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Don De Tina

@donnyd.bsky.social

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MD. Work-retired. Neurodivergent. Life hobbyist. Grateful husband to MaryLou and dad to Greg & Alicia. Alicia died by suicide in 2014, at age 27💔. Grief is love. (search my feed with #🔖 for my bookmarks) 📍Hamilton, Canada

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · Nov 9

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Sketches by Don De Tina on OpenProcessing

Processing sketches by Don De Tina on OpenProcessing

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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 5h

unknown little guy investigation update–

a few days ago, they were seen asking for food at a grocery store for me multiple days in a row, about a mile away from where we found them. someone said they were rummaging through trash too

it's starting to sound like they might actually be a homeless cat

someone else's picture of the same cat Freya found, but a week ago, at a grocery store a mile away

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 5h

The poor little munchkin. You did the right thing. 😢We have three rescues.

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Dave Richeson @divbyzero.bsky.social · 10h

There's a nice article by Siobhan Roberts about the Bridges 2025 conference in Eindhoven in the NY Times. I can now say that I am in The NY Times! (A photo credit for the shot of Chaim Goodman-Strauss and Edmund Harriss,... but still!) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/s...

Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 9h

I love Siobhan Roberts' writing and this is great.

Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 9h

Agree. He deserves so much better!

Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 9h

Vraiment superbe!
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Simone Conradi @sconradi.bsky.social · 17h

"I used to feel guilty in Cambridge that I spent all day playing games, while I was supposed to be doing mathematics. Then I realized that playing games is math."
John H. Conway
Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Adrián Guízar 📎 @adrianguizar.bsky.social · 2d

Portland frog responds after ICE pepper sprayed into his suit's airvent: "I kinda coughed a little, that's about as much as it did to me. Just a little peppermint taste. I've tasted spicier. I'm Mexican what do you expect."

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 1d

Evokes the bright city lights and adventure for me. Thanks.

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 1d

It helped so many. He helped so many. Steve left the world forever so much better than he'd found it.

Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 1d

10th Anniversary Edition of NeuroTribes. To say that seeing the first copy of this was bittersweet is an immense understatement.

A man with blond/gray short hair and beard, wearing glasses and a pink shirt, holding up a copy of the book NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 2d

trust in the frog

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 2d

requires some reflection

Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 2d

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 2d

Flying through the "spaceport" of my diffraction art!

Intensity of diffracted light for different wavelengths.

#SciArt #MathArt #PhysicsArt

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 2d

absolutely!

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Javeed Sukhera MD PhD @javeedsukhera.bsky.social · 2d

Selective empathy is moral blindness. It’s when compassion depends on who suffers, outrage on who’s harmed, and silence on who speaks. True empathy isn’t agreement, it’s feeling another’s pain even when it challenges your comfort or loyalty.

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 2d

Perhaps we gather more layers of adaptation to the neurotypical world that get in the way. Alternatively, perhaps neurodivergence diverges beyond childhood.

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 2d

Agree. A personal observation, however. Relating as an autistic physician in a therapeutic relationship with an autistic child, I've often found immediate resonance. The same has not been true in therapeutic relationships with autistic adults or with my own autistic primary health care provider.

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Non-Euclidean Dreamer @noneucldreamer.bsky.social · 2d

Two sources, two frequencies

#mathart

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Patchen Barss @patchenbarss.bsky.social · 3d

Question about fiction from a non-fiction writer: I'm trying to think of protagonists who do not have a character arc, who end their story the same as they began. My one candidate: Ferris Bueller, who catalyzes change in others, but does not himself evolve or grow. Any others you can think of?

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 3d

Not a writer, but I think of static archetypes in mythic stories, like the Wild Man in Iron John.

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Bill Krause @admiralbuck.bsky.social · 3d

Low and Slow.

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Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm. Definitely will try!

Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, I was talking about your post when I was saying analog was so sweet. My post is a hybrid device. Sorry for the confusion. 😀

Don De Tina @donnyd.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, but analog is also so sweet. The MicroFreak is more expensive but it's my personal unrequited fantasy. youtu.be/G2e_ZpGurzY?...

Harivarasanam: A Unique electronic Instrumental on Indian Classical Music with Arturia Microfreak

YouTube video by Sampath Hebbar

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