Gideon Stevens
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Director, BookoftheDay.org.
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USCG Veteran.
Advocate for civil discourse.
Occasional person of interest.
RTP.NC.USA
@bookofthedayorg.bsky.social
USCG Veteran.
Advocate for civil discourse.
Occasional person of interest.
RTP.NC.USA
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Gideon Stevens
@gideonstevens.bsky.social
· Dec 28
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge.
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
Fredrik Backman's Writer's Anxiety.☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuS...
Fredrik Backman on Creative Anxiety and Procrastination
YouTube video by Simon & Schuster Books
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September 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Fredrik Backman's Writer's Anxiety.☺️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSuS...
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Song of the Day 🎵
Enjoy 💙
Enjoy 💙
Crosby, Stills, & Nash - Southern Cross (Official Video) (Stereo)
YouTube video by Memory Lane
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August 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Song of the Day 🎵
Enjoy 💙
Enjoy 💙
Just posting this so I can find it again. There's something inside this I need to understand. By working together, the crowd lost its wisdom.
youtube.com/shorts/Hb-w7...
youtube.com/shorts/Hb-w7...
The Experiment We Didn't Show
YouTube video by Vsauce
youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Just posting this so I can find it again. There's something inside this I need to understand. By working together, the crowd lost its wisdom.
youtube.com/shorts/Hb-w7...
youtube.com/shorts/Hb-w7...
Celebrating my 100th day on Bluesky! I like it; think I'll keep it.
February 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Celebrating my 100th day on Bluesky! I like it; think I'll keep it.
Just heard that Steven Miller attended Duke University. As a Carolina fan, I really didn't need another reason to hate Duke, but here we are.
February 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Just heard that Steven Miller attended Duke University. As a Carolina fan, I really didn't need another reason to hate Duke, but here we are.
Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:
February 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Russian author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn:
A bell is no bell until you ring
A song is no song until you sing
Love in your heart was not put there to stay
Because love is not love till you give it away.
A song is no song until you sing
Love in your heart was not put there to stay
Because love is not love till you give it away.
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A bell is no bell until you ring
A song is no song until you sing
Love in your heart was not put there to stay
Because love is not love till you give it away.
A song is no song until you sing
Love in your heart was not put there to stay
Because love is not love till you give it away.
When democrats get power, they drive it like they borrowed it from a friend and don't want to get it dirty. When republicans get power, they drive it like they stole it.
February 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
When democrats get power, they drive it like they borrowed it from a friend and don't want to get it dirty. When republicans get power, they drive it like they stole it.
Reposted by Gideon Stevens
The Blue Report
The top links on Bluesky over the last 24 hours. Updated hourly.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Reposted by Gideon Stevens
A Bible quote for the #resistance:
Job 38:11 "Thus far shall you come, and no farther..."
Job 38:11 "Thus far shall you come, and no farther..."
January 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A Bible quote for the #resistance:
Job 38:11 "Thus far shall you come, and no farther..."
Job 38:11 "Thus far shall you come, and no farther..."
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States ... nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
January 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States ... nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
From the mean church lady...
Today's Book: How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith - Mariann Edgar Budde
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How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith – Mariann Edgar Budde
An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. On January 21, 2025, many Americans were introduced to Bishop Mariann Budde thanks to what The New York Times called “an extraordinary act of public resistance.” During her prayer service for Donald J.
bookoftheday.org
January 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
From the mean church lady...
I read Robert A. Heinlein's novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land' about 50 years ago (I was 16). The Fair Witness character has stuck with me ever since. If you ask a Fair Witness "what color is that house?" she'll look and say "it's white on this side." I've tried to live that way.
January 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I read Robert A. Heinlein's novel 'Stranger in a Strange Land' about 50 years ago (I was 16). The Fair Witness character has stuck with me ever since. If you ask a Fair Witness "what color is that house?" she'll look and say "it's white on this side." I've tried to live that way.
Any comments from designers? Before and after Walmart logo change:
January 14, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Any comments from designers? Before and after Walmart logo change:
Tim Minchin speaks brilliantly about social media. 45 min. Worth your time. youtu.be/Eapbq8_1LiQ?...
Tim Minchin wants you to stop policing opinions online | The Weekend Briefing
YouTube video by LiSTNR Newsroom
youtu.be
January 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Tim Minchin speaks brilliantly about social media. 45 min. Worth your time. youtu.be/Eapbq8_1LiQ?...
All your base are belong to us.
January 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
All your base are belong to us.
We're in a Brave New World, but we don't have soma. They used to call Television "the opiate of the masses" - that's social media now - but in some places it's more like "the methamphetame of the masses."
January 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
We're in a Brave New World, but we don't have soma. They used to call Television "the opiate of the masses" - that's social media now - but in some places it's more like "the methamphetame of the masses."
TAFKAT: The Algorithm Formerly Known As Twitter.
January 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
TAFKAT: The Algorithm Formerly Known As Twitter.
Richard Wiseman has a conversation with Richard Dawkins and Ricky Gervais. Fascinating and funny, it's a little over an hour; well worth your time, if only for the crocoduck.
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@richardwiseman.bsky.social
youtu.be/zBLdMmNuHlQ
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@richardwiseman.bsky.social
youtu.be/zBLdMmNuHlQ
Courage to Be Honest - On Stage with Ricky Gervais
YouTube video by The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins
youtu.be
January 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Richard Wiseman has a conversation with Richard Dawkins and Ricky Gervais. Fascinating and funny, it's a little over an hour; well worth your time, if only for the crocoduck.
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@richardwiseman.bsky.social
youtu.be/zBLdMmNuHlQ
@mrrickygervais.bsky.social
@rdfrs.bsky.social
@richardwiseman.bsky.social
youtu.be/zBLdMmNuHlQ
James Earl Carter Jr. 1924 - 2024
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
December 30, 2024 at 6:24 AM
James Earl Carter Jr. 1924 - 2024
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge.
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
December 28, 2024 at 6:44 PM
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge.
-Carl Sagan
-Carl Sagan
When does "old enough to know better" kick in? I thought it would be here by now.
December 27, 2024 at 7:24 PM
When does "old enough to know better" kick in? I thought it would be here by now.