dave
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dave
@soonestmended.bsky.social
Academic neuroradiologist.
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My theory about this is that there are a lot of billionaire tech entrepreneurs who were first movers (which, yes, here’s your pat on the back) just by throwing shit against the wall if they had any tech skills at all and a little bit of timing and luck
It remains astounding to me, as someone who had a few small interactions with Marc, how much a little criticism directed at him turned him into such a baby.

Like literally none of what he says here is accurate.
By “free speech” they meant “make it illegal to dislike me”
January 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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my advice is: be in love lift weights drink cortados photograph the sky check in with the moon read poetry
January 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Logging into Facebook and liking every post by ApacheFreedomTomcat1488 to get marked safe from The Purge.
January 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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british people are like "oi i picked up some macca down at the chazzer innit" and americans are like "someone shot my kid's friend at school today"
December 27, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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I'm doing a final BOOK GIVEAWAY for my biography of Henri Bergson, Herald of a Restless World.

For a chance to win and find out why a philosopher's lectures caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway *share this post and tag someone in the comments*!

I'll announce the winner on Monday Dec 23!
December 19, 2024 at 2:14 PM
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The year is on its knees, waiting for the blade of ice. We roast ale. We roast cider. Rough music fills the air. The Bone Horse dances the night #WinterSolstice
December 21, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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*Werner Herzog voice*

now, the Jingle Hop has begun
December 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
~aftermath~
December 18, 2024 at 3:43 AM
IT BEGINS
December 18, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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my glass coffin company “remains to be seen” is not doing as well as i thought it would.
December 3, 2024 at 1:02 AM
And another year of paying attention to the #sabres comes to a close
December 4, 2024 at 3:58 AM
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People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy.

It’s not rocket science.
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
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Why is Tokyo so fashionable? Some theories. 🧵
November 27, 2024 at 6:43 AM
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The Washington Post reports that Michael Anton and Sebastian Gorka had a falling out over who should receive credit for writing Trump's speeches. This is incorrect. In this thread, I will tell you the real reason why Anton dislikes Gorka. 🧵
November 24, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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genuinely wonder it must feel like to be Jake Paul right now

a literal Arnold Schwarzenegger from The Running Man moment as everyone on earth roots for you to be beaten to death on live television
November 16, 2024 at 3:17 AM
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One of many many reasons I am fundamentally unelectable is I basically think this is correct.

crookedtimber.org/2024/11/08/t...
The problem is the nation-state
Obviously people are shocked, and particularly shocked at the rejection of normal sensible politics by the rubes who have elected an oaf, a criminal and a rapist to the White House, again. But the …
crookedtimber.org
November 9, 2024 at 7:01 PM