Skip Arey N2EI
@skipn2ei.bsky.social
Reluctant Polymath, Recovering Shaman, Retired Academician, Occasional Author
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”
― Carl Sandburg
― Carl Sandburg
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
“If the facts are against you, argue the law. If the law is against you, argue the facts. If the law and the facts are against you, pound the table and yell like hell”
― Carl Sandburg
― Carl Sandburg
When Pam Bondi said: “Don’t you ever accuse me of a crime.”, you have to wonder if John Mitchell’s ghost made a sardonic smile.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
When Pam Bondi said: “Don’t you ever accuse me of a crime.”, you have to wonder if John Mitchell’s ghost made a sardonic smile.
Today’s Transmitting Tool. Vibroplex Vibrokeyer Single Lever Paddle. Classic from the days when they were made at 833 Broadway, New York. #amateurradio #hamradio #morsecode
February 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Today’s Transmitting Tool. Vibroplex Vibrokeyer Single Lever Paddle. Classic from the days when they were made at 833 Broadway, New York. #amateurradio #hamradio #morsecode
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
If you have Spotify, look for a mix called “Turkish Coffee Radio” if you had someone with a Surf Guitar Strat plugged into a cranked up Princeton Reverb with a proper Reggae Bass Player hitting on Southwest Asia rhythms, you’ll be close to the vibe.
February 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
If you have Spotify, look for a mix called “Turkish Coffee Radio” if you had someone with a Surf Guitar Strat plugged into a cranked up Princeton Reverb with a proper Reggae Bass Player hitting on Southwest Asia rhythms, you’ll be close to the vibe.
So were the Super Bowl AI commercials generated by AI?
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 PM
So were the Super Bowl AI commercials generated by AI?
A poignant and all too prescient protest song from my youth.
What About Me?
YouTube video by Quicksilver Messenger Service - Topic
youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A poignant and all too prescient protest song from my youth.
Bad Bunny’s performance was epic. It even got me to break out my old Tito Puente records.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Bad Bunny’s performance was epic. It even got me to break out my old Tito Puente records.
All those AI companies advertising in the Super Bowl tonight need to remember this guy.
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
All those AI companies advertising in the Super Bowl tonight need to remember this guy.
Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils
Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils
The Republic explained that social scrutiny was necessary for human virtue
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils
Sunday NYT Crossword done in under 53 minutes today.
February 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Sunday NYT Crossword done in under 53 minutes today.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Hubble image of Arp 238, also known as UGC 8335.
Gravitational interactions between these two spiral galaxies created a bridge of material and two curved tails of gas and stars. These tails are full of clusters of young, hot, blue, stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Source
Gravitational interactions between these two spiral galaxies created a bridge of material and two curved tails of gas and stars. These tails are full of clusters of young, hot, blue, stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Source
February 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Hubble image of Arp 238, also known as UGC 8335.
Gravitational interactions between these two spiral galaxies created a bridge of material and two curved tails of gas and stars. These tails are full of clusters of young, hot, blue, stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Source
Gravitational interactions between these two spiral galaxies created a bridge of material and two curved tails of gas and stars. These tails are full of clusters of young, hot, blue, stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
Source
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The problem with the Olympics in 2026 is that it has always been an event that draws attention to the United States, and we are too embarrassed by our country right now for that to be comfortable.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The problem with the Olympics in 2026 is that it has always been an event that draws attention to the United States, and we are too embarrassed by our country right now for that to be comfortable.
Search for the podcast “Galaxy Brain” and listen to the January 30 episode “How to be a citizen in the Information War (and stay sane). Essential information. Highly recommended!
February 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Search for the podcast “Galaxy Brain” and listen to the January 30 episode “How to be a citizen in the Information War (and stay sane). Essential information. Highly recommended!
I understand that theaters showing “Melania” are changing the fabric of reality. More people are leaving the theater than entered it.
February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
I understand that theaters showing “Melania” are changing the fabric of reality. More people are leaving the theater than entered it.
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Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles sprung from nothing
Physicists trace particles back to the quantum vacuum
Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles sprung from nothing
www.scientificamerican.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Scientists have found “strange quarks” that originated as virtual particles sprung from nothing
Currently reading Alastair Reynolds’ “Halcyon Years”. He never disappoints.
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Currently reading Alastair Reynolds’ “Halcyon Years”. He never disappoints.
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An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all
Scientists discover brain network that may cause Parkinson’s disease
An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all
www.scientificamerican.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM
An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
"A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
"A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
First vaccine targeting SARS virus family enters human trials – Institute for Protein Design
The computer-designed vaccine aims to protect against coronaviruses that haven't yet emerged, including pandemic threats
www.ipd.uw.edu
February 3, 2026 at 10:50 PM
#ShareGoodNewsToo
"A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
"A vaccine called GBP511 has begun clinical testing in Australia. Pioneered by UW Medicine researchers, it is intended to protect against COVID-19 and related coronaviruses — including some that haven’t yet jumped to humans. www.ipd.uw.edu/2026/02/gbp5...
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Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough,
and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough,
for us to find our way back to
simplicity and straightforwardness?
You can't be a Christian AND a nationalist.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4 Dec 1906🎂
Schwarze Kapelle👈
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough,
for us to find our way back to
simplicity and straightforwardness?
You can't be a Christian AND a nationalist.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4 Dec 1906🎂
Schwarze Kapelle👈
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
February 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Will our inward power of resistance be strong enough,
and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough,
for us to find our way back to
simplicity and straightforwardness?
You can't be a Christian AND a nationalist.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4 Dec 1906🎂
Schwarze Kapelle👈
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
and our honesty with ourselves remoreseless enough,
for us to find our way back to
simplicity and straightforwardness?
You can't be a Christian AND a nationalist.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4 Dec 1906🎂
Schwarze Kapelle👈
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
The sun just unleashed its most powerful solar flare in years
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
www.scientificamerican.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The sun is experiencing a violent solar storm, releasing one of the strongest solar flares seen in the past 30 years
I'm confused. If so many respected athletes, actors, musicians, unions, protesting individual citizens and even a few caring politicians are so dead set against the current administration and its policies, how is it that this clear minority of fascists continue to hold sway over things?
February 2, 2026 at 9:33 PM
I'm confused. If so many respected athletes, actors, musicians, unions, protesting individual citizens and even a few caring politicians are so dead set against the current administration and its policies, how is it that this clear minority of fascists continue to hold sway over things?