Jon
@jnigrine.bsky.social
Public health data guy, former mental health clinician. Live near and work in Flint, MI
Those opposed to the current government's behavior should take back the flag.
March 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Those opposed to the current government's behavior should take back the flag.
Anybody want to share what it's like having deep brain stimulation? I'm so sick of being a zombie on my meds that I'm considering it.
March 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Anybody want to share what it's like having deep brain stimulation? I'm so sick of being a zombie on my meds that I'm considering it.
Sadly the the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is coming to an end. www.bulwer-lytton.com
Home | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
A whimsical literary competition for the worst possible opening sentences to novels never written.
www.bulwer-lytton.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Sadly the the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is coming to an end. www.bulwer-lytton.com
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
The annual Official No Trousers Tube Ride
apnews.com/article/brit...
apnews.com/article/brit...
No pants? No problem. London subway riders bare their legs to brighten a gray winter day
Mind the pants. Hundreds of Londoners headed down to the Underground on Sunday afternoon, stripped down to their underwear and travelled around a bit, trying to look as though nothing unusual was goin...
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January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The annual Official No Trousers Tube Ride
apnews.com/article/brit...
apnews.com/article/brit...
Pepper likes being covered by the blanket when she sleeps.
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Pepper likes being covered by the blanket when she sleeps.
I haven't heard much talk about the fact that Luigi Manzione went missing for 6 months, and that he wasn't a murderer kind of guy before. Makes me wonder about mental illness.
That would NOT excuse the act in itself, but its impact should be looked at.
That would NOT excuse the act in itself, but its impact should be looked at.
December 11, 2024 at 2:45 AM
I haven't heard much talk about the fact that Luigi Manzione went missing for 6 months, and that he wasn't a murderer kind of guy before. Makes me wonder about mental illness.
That would NOT excuse the act in itself, but its impact should be looked at.
That would NOT excuse the act in itself, but its impact should be looked at.
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Alien as Peanuts.
December 9, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Alien as Peanuts.
Did you know squirrels can make square nests?
December 10, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Did you know squirrels can make square nests?
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"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
December 9, 2024 at 3:21 PM
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom."
- Isaac Asimov
- Isaac Asimov
Can anyone say spambot-to-be?
December 8, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Can anyone say spambot-to-be?
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I will miss the decency of Joe Biden. A lot.
December 2, 2024 at 1:08 AM
I will miss the decency of Joe Biden. A lot.
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on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things
December 5, 2024 at 7:01 PM
on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things
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Louder for the people in the back…
DO NOT BUY WHERE YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED📢
DO NOT BUY WHERE YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED📢
November 30, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Louder for the people in the back…
DO NOT BUY WHERE YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED📢
DO NOT BUY WHERE YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED📢
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A personal favorite. The older I get, the more poignant it becomes...
November 30, 2024 at 1:44 PM
A personal favorite. The older I get, the more poignant it becomes...
Interesting article about undersea cable disaster's effects in Africa and how it was fixed
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Undersea Surgeons (Gift Article)
The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Interesting article about undersea cable disaster's effects in Africa and how it was fixed
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Do you recognize this?
November 28, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Do you recognize this?
These stories really touched me. Life can be so hear without a decent start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
What Ever Happened to the Lady Jaguars? (Gift Article)
When we met them a dozen years ago, they were teenagers in trouble, playing for a basketball team that always lost. Did they find a way to win at life?
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:50 PM
These stories really touched me. Life can be so hear without a decent start.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
What a moving story - for better or worse. I hope they check in again.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
NYT Reporters Look Back on the Lady Jaguars Basketball Team (Gift Article)
When we met them a dozen years ago, they were teenagers in trouble, playing for a basketball team that always lost. Did they find a way to win at life?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2024 at 2:19 PM
What a moving story - for better or worse. I hope they check in again.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
Great article about a cool lady and an important topic. I had no idea assisted dying was legal in so many states.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/n...
Pat Koch Thaler, Sister to a Famed Mayor, Chose to Die on a Saturday
Ms. Thaler, a former dean at N.Y.U., used her last interview to reminisce about her brother, Ed, and to publicize the alternatives to prolonging pain and suffering.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Great article about a cool lady and an important topic. I had no idea assisted dying was legal in so many states.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/n...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/n...
What a cool way to look at it!
November 18, 2024 at 10:06 AM
What a cool way to look at it!