Mickey McManus
@mickeymcmanus.bsky.social
Maker/teacher/student/stumbler, author of Trillions, thriving in the information ecology. http://trillions.civium.net
TED talks, films, podcasts? https://t-1ventures.com/tedtalks-podcasts-films/
TED talks, films, podcasts? https://t-1ventures.com/tedtalks-podcasts-films/
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I was listening to this part of the podcast on a crowded train this morning, and I couldn't hold it together. Openly laughing and probably looking like a crazy person.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I was listening to this part of the podcast on a crowded train this morning, and I couldn't hold it together. Openly laughing and probably looking like a crazy person.
I was gifted an amazing advent calendar collection from @mcsweeneys.net !
December 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I was gifted an amazing advent calendar collection from @mcsweeneys.net !
Oh my, the new @theonion.com arrived! @bencollins.bsky.social is doing the work of the angels. I wondered when Ron Howard would molt.
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Oh my, the new @theonion.com arrived! @bencollins.bsky.social is doing the work of the angels. I wondered when Ron Howard would molt.
50th birthday of the Byte Shop was yesterday and the founder and a bunch of old timers from the homebrew computer club and the original Apple garage gang regaled us with stories of the early days of the revolution.
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
50th birthday of the Byte Shop was yesterday and the founder and a bunch of old timers from the homebrew computer club and the original Apple garage gang regaled us with stories of the early days of the revolution.
Beautiful new work by Japanese ceramic artists now showing at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Beautiful new work by Japanese ceramic artists now showing at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco!
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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oh cool i love everything useful dying
so it begins
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
oh cool i love everything useful dying
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Overall trust in scientists and medical professionals is still rather high (Pew 2024). And only about 7% of American/Canadian respondents in a study (Gravelle 2022) are stridently anti-vax.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Overall trust in scientists and medical professionals is still rather high (Pew 2024). And only about 7% of American/Canadian respondents in a study (Gravelle 2022) are stridently anti-vax.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
MAHA is platforming views of a very small minority, to erode the majority.
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A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
Fact-checking a custom-made bullshit generator in realtime is an impossible ask.
Fact-checking a custom-made bullshit generator in realtime is an impossible ask.
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.
Fact-checking a custom-made bullshit generator in realtime is an impossible ask.
Fact-checking a custom-made bullshit generator in realtime is an impossible ask.
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You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
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I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
Explore live radio by rotating the globe
Explore live radio by rotating the globe.
radio.garden
December 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm no purist when it comes to participating in things we all know are bad. I try to reduce my harm but I'm an honest hypocrite.
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
I won't judge you for still using Spotify, just try this rad alternative. I'm listening to music from Dar es Salaam. Where will you listen to? radio.garden/listen/furah...
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
December 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
ICE heads to Minnesota as the triple dip polar vortex starts
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Surveillance crapitalism.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Surveillance crapitalism.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
I’m curious how this might show up in other organisms? @drmichaellevin.bsky.social it feels like you’d have a point of view. Are cells and cephelopods religious?
I wrote a paper on my least favourite theory of religion: HADD
It’s good, you should read it! 😆
It’s good, you should read it! 😆
1/ 🎙️ New paper by Dr Aiyana Willard argues it’s time to retire HADD = “we’re hardwired to see agents EVERYWHERE” and replace it with something that *actually* fits the evidence 🪦➡️📚
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
@brunelpsy.bsky.social
🔗 Read it 👇
November 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m curious how this might show up in other organisms? @drmichaellevin.bsky.social it feels like you’d have a point of view. Are cells and cephelopods religious?
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Chicago Transit Authority's pension is only 50% funded? Gonna have to keep putting out those self-titled albums for a while longer huh
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Chicago Transit Authority's pension is only 50% funded? Gonna have to keep putting out those self-titled albums for a while longer huh
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Sixty years ago this week, Ralph Nader, then age 31, changed corporate and civic culture with his book 'Unsafe at Any Speed.'
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
Unsafe At Any Speed - Sixtieth Anniversary (1965-2025)
On the 60th anniversary of Unsafe at Any Speed we are asking those who want a stronger democracy to solve current crises to join with us in launching a new and enduring era of activism.
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Sixty years ago this week, Ralph Nader, then age 31, changed corporate and civic culture with his book 'Unsafe at Any Speed.'
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
What he is doing at age 91:
www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/p/unsafe-at-...
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So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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Patent trolls couldn’t kill patent challenges in Congress. They couldn’t kill them in court. Now the Patent Office is trying to do it for them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The Patent Office Is About To Make Bad Patents Untouchable
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has proposed new rules that would effectively end the public’s ability to challenge improperly granted patents at the Patent Office itself. We need EFF
www.eff.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Patent trolls couldn’t kill patent challenges in Congress. They couldn’t kill them in court. Now the Patent Office is trying to do it for them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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When I was in 7th grade my science teacher had everybody write up the instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Then, he brought in the ingredients and followed the instructions very literally to hilarious effect.
It was an intro to describing methodology, and a good bit
Then, he brought in the ingredients and followed the instructions very literally to hilarious effect.
It was an intro to describing methodology, and a good bit
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
When I was in 7th grade my science teacher had everybody write up the instructions for how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Then, he brought in the ingredients and followed the instructions very literally to hilarious effect.
It was an intro to describing methodology, and a good bit
Then, he brought in the ingredients and followed the instructions very literally to hilarious effect.
It was an intro to describing methodology, and a good bit
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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A promising experiment in closing the loop between legislations and real-world outcomes:
www.eatingpolicy.com/p/outcomes-r...
www.eatingpolicy.com/p/outcomes-r...
Outcomes Reviews: Realigning Legislative Incentives
How might a state legislature shift from outputs to outcomes?
www.eatingpolicy.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A promising experiment in closing the loop between legislations and real-world outcomes:
www.eatingpolicy.com/p/outcomes-r...
www.eatingpolicy.com/p/outcomes-r...