Manwray
@manwray.bsky.social
Coding since ‘66, guitar, violin, banjo. Musical tastes range from free jazz to oldtime and lots of early 20th century violinists. Dedicated listener of WKCR (home of technical difficulties) and WFMU (freeform radio). Further left!
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BREAKING: Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and a jam band icon, dies at 78.
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead founding member and a jam band icon, dies at 78
Weir had been diagnosed with cancer in July and beat it, but "succumbed to underlying lung issues," a statement said.
nbcnews.to
January 10, 2026 at 11:57 PM
BREAKING: Bob Weir, a founding member of the Grateful Dead and a jam band icon, dies at 78.
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I keep coming back to this
After federal troops forced a fugitive slave named Anthony Burns back into slavery in the 1850s, one Bostonian wrote, “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.” The abuse of power radicalizes people. We are seeing that now.
January 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
I keep coming back to this
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This is the MO of much of the reactionary centrist crowd, supporting monstrous policies but pushing them with a veneer of civility.
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This is the MO of much of the reactionary centrist crowd, supporting monstrous policies but pushing them with a veneer of civility.
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⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 *From Pride Month 2024* (on X)
Have you heard of David Mancuso, Larry Levan or Mel Cheren? Probably not, but these three unsung legends laid the groundwork for the club music/house that you hear today.
It started in my hometown, NYC.
Let's get started!💃🕺🏾 (cont)
🧵 *From Pride Month 2024* (on X)
Have you heard of David Mancuso, Larry Levan or Mel Cheren? Probably not, but these three unsung legends laid the groundwork for the club music/house that you hear today.
It started in my hometown, NYC.
Let's get started!💃🕺🏾 (cont)
December 20, 2025 at 4:40 PM
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️
🧵 *From Pride Month 2024* (on X)
Have you heard of David Mancuso, Larry Levan or Mel Cheren? Probably not, but these three unsung legends laid the groundwork for the club music/house that you hear today.
It started in my hometown, NYC.
Let's get started!💃🕺🏾 (cont)
🧵 *From Pride Month 2024* (on X)
Have you heard of David Mancuso, Larry Levan or Mel Cheren? Probably not, but these three unsung legends laid the groundwork for the club music/house that you hear today.
It started in my hometown, NYC.
Let's get started!💃🕺🏾 (cont)
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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So many of us have been warning the public that RFK Jr. is going to take away access to as many vaccines as he can.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So many of us have been warning the public that RFK Jr. is going to take away access to as many vaccines as he can.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
The December ACIP meeting is dedicating an entire day to reviewing “the safety” of the childhood vaccine schedule.
There’s not a shred of credible evidence that warrants this.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have unveiled a promising new vaccine that generates a powerful immune response against HIV and other viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza with just ONE dose. By combining immune-boosting adjuvants, the vaccine encourages the body to generate more antibody variations.
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have unveiled a promising new vaccine that generates a powerful immune response against HIV and other viruses including SARS-CoV-2 and influenza with just ONE dose. By combining immune-boosting adjuvants, the vaccine encourages the body to generate more antibody variations.
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Most red states are just violently gerrymandered states.
AND — as I’ve said before and will say again — if you genuinely care about liberation, you want liberation for EVERYONE.
Freedom is not to be hoarded.
AND — as I’ve said before and will say again — if you genuinely care about liberation, you want liberation for EVERYONE.
Freedom is not to be hoarded.
September 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Most red states are just violently gerrymandered states.
AND — as I’ve said before and will say again — if you genuinely care about liberation, you want liberation for EVERYONE.
Freedom is not to be hoarded.
AND — as I’ve said before and will say again — if you genuinely care about liberation, you want liberation for EVERYONE.
Freedom is not to be hoarded.
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Every time I visit DC (which happens to be where I was born), I visit the Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection and just sit for a while. www.phillipscollection.org/curation/rot...
The Rothko Room
The intimate Rothko Room features four paintings by abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, and reflects the artist’s preference for exhibiting his art “in a scale of normal living.”
www.phillipscollection.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Every time I visit DC (which happens to be where I was born), I visit the Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection and just sit for a while. www.phillipscollection.org/curation/rot...
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Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
August 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Every news broadcast should run the facts split-screen in real time while Trump spews his lies.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
Nice work, @msnbc.com — every network had time to prepare because they knew what was coming.
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One of the most memorable scenes in Les Miserables is where Jean Valjean briefly visualizes the full cosmic horror of French society crushing him with inhuman intent.
He pictures in detail every priest and gendarme, every bureaucrat, all the million moving pieces of the machine crushing him.
He pictures in detail every priest and gendarme, every bureaucrat, all the million moving pieces of the machine crushing him.
July 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One of the most memorable scenes in Les Miserables is where Jean Valjean briefly visualizes the full cosmic horror of French society crushing him with inhuman intent.
He pictures in detail every priest and gendarme, every bureaucrat, all the million moving pieces of the machine crushing him.
He pictures in detail every priest and gendarme, every bureaucrat, all the million moving pieces of the machine crushing him.
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I tend to describe what they do, what they're designed to do, is generate "answer-shaped objects".
June 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I tend to describe what they do, what they're designed to do, is generate "answer-shaped objects".
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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Weingarten: Their attacks on public education are relentless and why? Because they fear knowledge. Why do they fear teachers? They fear us because we teach critical thinking… their brand of greed, power, and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse educated citizens
June 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Weingarten: Their attacks on public education are relentless and why? Because they fear knowledge. Why do they fear teachers? They fear us because we teach critical thinking… their brand of greed, power, and privilege cannot survive in a democracy of diverse educated citizens
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what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
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very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
June 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867
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To add:
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently unwell/ in pain (like some fibro pain)
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently fine, but how we live life around them *makes* their lives difficult (like some neurodiversity)
But both ppl are conditioned to hide the difficulty
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently unwell/ in pain (like some fibro pain)
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently fine, but how we live life around them *makes* their lives difficult (like some neurodiversity)
But both ppl are conditioned to hide the difficulty
“But you don’t look sick!”
Many disabilities are invisible. It doesn’t make them any less real.
We’ve also been conditioned by society to hide our pain.
People don’t want a reminder of chronic illness & disability. They want us to sell them the comfortable lie. To say we’re “fine”
We’re not fine
Many disabilities are invisible. It doesn’t make them any less real.
We’ve also been conditioned by society to hide our pain.
People don’t want a reminder of chronic illness & disability. They want us to sell them the comfortable lie. To say we’re “fine”
We’re not fine
May 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
To add:
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently unwell/ in pain (like some fibro pain)
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently fine, but how we live life around them *makes* their lives difficult (like some neurodiversity)
But both ppl are conditioned to hide the difficulty
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently unwell/ in pain (like some fibro pain)
Some folks w invisible disabilities are inherently fine, but how we live life around them *makes* their lives difficult (like some neurodiversity)
But both ppl are conditioned to hide the difficulty
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Sun Ra came to this planet from the cosmos to be born in Alabama today. Celebrating the intergalactic music traveler through time & space on his birthday.
May 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Sun Ra came to this planet from the cosmos to be born in Alabama today. Celebrating the intergalactic music traveler through time & space on his birthday.
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This from @stuartbuck.bsky.social ought to be obvious, but is no longer so in the age DOGE. open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
May 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This from @stuartbuck.bsky.social ought to be obvious, but is no longer so in the age DOGE. open.substack.com/pub/goodscie...
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.