BryanW
@bcw47.bsky.social
An old geezer who lives in the Blue Ridge mountains of central Virginia with momma geezer. Retired ed-tech exec. Humor is my way of protesting the madness of our time. 😊
Would that be the 1983 version or the 2018 remake? 🤔
Well, I’m watching old Love Connection shows, so there ya go. 😂😂 How’s you?
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Would that be the 1983 version or the 2018 remake? 🤔
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A radical new academic field questions people’s tendency to see their emotions mirrored in historical figures. Boris Kachka considers how to integrate the field’s research into our interpretation of characters from classic literature:
Do We Really Know How Isabel Archer Felt?
Fictional people, especially those from the past, are interesting because they are both strange and familiar.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A radical new academic field questions people’s tendency to see their emotions mirrored in historical figures. Boris Kachka considers how to integrate the field’s research into our interpretation of characters from classic literature:
By giving politicians the attention they crave when saying/doing the dumbest things, the media is complicit in dumbing down the citizenry. The irony is that people are leading the way... Trump is just the Pied Piper! 🤔
December 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
By giving politicians the attention they crave when saying/doing the dumbest things, the media is complicit in dumbing down the citizenry. The irony is that people are leading the way... Trump is just the Pied Piper! 🤔
Such a sign of leadership, people are clapping and shouting RUBIO all over the country. 🙄🥱
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Such a sign of leadership, people are clapping and shouting RUBIO all over the country. 🙄🥱
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“The spines of the Indiana Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped,” Jonathan Chait argues.
The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point
The spines of the state’s Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“The spines of the Indiana Republicans stiffened where so many others snapped,” Jonathan Chait argues.
You mean... you mean... she's not real? 🥺😂
December 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
You mean... you mean... she's not real? 🥺😂
Make room in life for what unfolds as you travel down the road. 😊
December 11, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Make room in life for what unfolds as you travel down the road. 😊
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All I want for Xmas. 🙏
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
All I want for Xmas. 🙏
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The great Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on love and the five rivers of self-knowledge www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/03/t...
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The great Zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on love and the five rivers of self-knowledge www.themarginalian.org/2024/02/03/t...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Just cranky ole ladies. 🤣🤣🤣
PSA: Please stop saying, “like” after every few words. Don’t say it at all. It’s a very bad habit and sounds awful. Work hard on it. It drives me bonkers and I might even look down on you a little bit for it. js 😂🤣 Do you have any pet peeves?
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Just cranky ole ladies. 🤣🤣🤣
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Brennan Center President Michael Waldman joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterms—and the changes that Congress can make to ensure free and fair elections in the future.
Watch the full episode:
Watch the full episode:
How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman on how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterm elections, how he can be stopped, and what can be done to reform America’s electoral system. Plus: David on Trump’s silly award from FIFA.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Brennan Center President Michael Waldman joins @davidfrum.bsky.social to discuss how Donald Trump could try to subvert the 2026 midterms—and the changes that Congress can make to ensure free and fair elections in the future.
Watch the full episode:
Watch the full episode:
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If the AI revolution fails to materialize as expected, the financial consequences could be ugly, Rogé Karma argues: “The last time the economy saw so much wealth tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.”
Something Ominous Is Happening in the AI Economy
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
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December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If the AI revolution fails to materialize as expected, the financial consequences could be ugly, Rogé Karma argues: “The last time the economy saw so much wealth tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.”
Meet the new AI "Musk Mutt," available at an SPCA near you. 😆
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Meet the new AI "Musk Mutt," available at an SPCA near you. 😆
An all-star list of fraudsters and con-artists that includes a noted American contemporary politician (hint: look under T) 🤔
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List of fraudsters - Wikipedia
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December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
An all-star list of fraudsters and con-artists that includes a noted American contemporary politician (hint: look under T) 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Once upon a time there was an earthquake and the mighty Mississippi River flowed backwards. 😳
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When the Mississippi Flowed Backwards | UC Geography
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December 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Once upon a time there was an earthquake and the mighty Mississippi River flowed backwards. 😳
legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/when-the-mis...
legacy.geog.ucsb.edu/when-the-mis...
Just South of Winnipeg Canada is Pinewood MN, location of the headwaters for the mighty Mississippi. The traditional and recognized source of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca. The river stretches 2552 miles emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles downstream from New Orleans.
December 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Just South of Winnipeg Canada is Pinewood MN, location of the headwaters for the mighty Mississippi. The traditional and recognized source of the Mississippi River is Lake Itasca. The river stretches 2552 miles emptying into the Gulf of Mexico about 100 miles downstream from New Orleans.
A creative soul, absolutely nothing in common with tRump. 🧐
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Alfred Nobel - Wikipedia
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December 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A creative soul, absolutely nothing in common with tRump. 🧐
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_...
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On this day in 1962, John Steinbeck delivered his magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech about what it means to be a writer and what it takes to slice through humanity's confusion www.themarginalian.org/2019/04/29/j...
What It Means to Be a Writer: John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech About Slicing Through Humanity’s Confusion
“A writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature.”
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December 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
On this day in 1962, John Steinbeck delivered his magnificent Nobel Prize acceptance speech about what it means to be a writer and what it takes to slice through humanity's confusion www.themarginalian.org/2019/04/29/j...
Trump claims he's not sleeping but having an "out of mind experience" (OME), keeps him on his game. 😳
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Trump claims he's not sleeping but having an "out of mind experience" (OME), keeps him on his game. 😳
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“A sign of health in the mind is the ability of one individual to enter imaginatively and yet accurately into the thoughts and feelings and hopes and fears of another person; also to allow the other person to do the same to us.”
Superb read: www.themarginalian.org/2024/08/19/w...
Superb read: www.themarginalian.org/2024/08/19/w...
Winnicott on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind and a Healthy Relationship
“A sign of health in the mind is the ability of one individual to enter imaginatively and yet accurately into the thoughts and feelings and hopes and fears of another person; also to allow th…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“A sign of health in the mind is the ability of one individual to enter imaginatively and yet accurately into the thoughts and feelings and hopes and fears of another person; also to allow the other person to do the same to us.”
Superb read: www.themarginalian.org/2024/08/19/w...
Superb read: www.themarginalian.org/2024/08/19/w...
Wouldn't it be cheaper and faster to just search for intelligent life here on earth? 🤔
www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
Human Missions to Mars Must Search for Alien Life, Landmark New Report Finds
A major new study lays out plans for crewed missions to Mars, with the search for extraterrestrial life being a top priority
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December 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wouldn't it be cheaper and faster to just search for intelligent life here on earth? 🤔
www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/huma...