Frank McCormick
mcfrank0.bsky.social
Frank McCormick
@mcfrank0.bsky.social
Retired from 45 years of clinical and IS/IT in healthcare.

Studied Electrical Engineering/Computer Science at Northwestern University

Exploring a path not professionally taken: Music (already a trained singer)
I'm having a hard time where Rubio claims switching to Calibri was wasteful of resources and I'm thinking "isn't switching back just as wasteful?".

In my dotage (but before senility) I finally got a handle on how humans tick and "I just didn't like it" is the most likely (and most common) reason.
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I visited Wikipedia to sneak a quick peak about Calibri and this paragraph stood out:

<<Calibri was the default typeface of Microsoft Office and much other Microsoft software, replacing the previously used Times New Roman.>>
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I ruled out true grift* even though greed is a rampant disease these days since 1) he will never be in a situation where he will not be able to find money when necessary and 2) money and position are just attention/self-valuation to him.

The rich think very differently about money.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Add in a large family with an absent (namesake) father, his outsider adolescence and drug addiction and being educated and smart enough to know that there is no consistent accepted basis for any of his MAHA bullshit and ATTENTION WHORE seemed a good theory.

Thoughts?
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Tell me where I'm wrong, if I'm full of it, or if this aligns in any way with reality.

I do know that followers of conspiracy theories contradicted by evidence are sucked in by the illusory "special knowledge" that a select few are right and the rest of us are wrong.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I wonder if the "charm" that Nuzzi fell for was not true charisma but Love Bombing.

I know nothing about of RFK Jr's life other than what I gleaned from the news over the years.

Anyone with a more detailed, possibly more intimate, knowledge of the current Secretary of HHS is welcome to chime in.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I am grateful to @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social for seconding my opinion.

I am convinced he became a leader in the anti-vax movement because the spot was available and its adherents shower him with love and praise for defending their scientifically indefensible positions.
December 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I followed your warning post from the blog Balloon Juice and your nym just got you an immediate follow. (I lived in Chicago for several decades before moving to Austin.)
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM