@thinker4.bsky.social
Mostly reposting things that give me a new perspective or explanation or way to approach things. How to live with kindness & compassion in the world, justice, covid. Sometimes tennis or kittens.
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“Who’s going to pay for all those social services? You????”
Yes. I want my tax dollars to go towards making life better for everyone.
I want them to fund housing, education and healthcare instead of war, ICE and enriching the billionaire class.
Yes. I want my tax dollars to go towards making life better for everyone.
I want them to fund housing, education and healthcare instead of war, ICE and enriching the billionaire class.
December 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“Who’s going to pay for all those social services? You????”
Yes. I want my tax dollars to go towards making life better for everyone.
I want them to fund housing, education and healthcare instead of war, ICE and enriching the billionaire class.
Yes. I want my tax dollars to go towards making life better for everyone.
I want them to fund housing, education and healthcare instead of war, ICE and enriching the billionaire class.
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Harry Tuttle:
an organism that perpetually grows is called cancer. every other species self regulates it's population, for example when there's too many coyotes they start having smaller litters.
Why wouldn't the human species be doing the same thing?
10 billion of us is plenty.
an organism that perpetually grows is called cancer. every other species self regulates it's population, for example when there's too many coyotes they start having smaller litters.
Why wouldn't the human species be doing the same thing?
10 billion of us is plenty.
“People may be persuaded that a stable world population is in their rational self-interest,” writes Jennifer Sciubba. “But it is an altogether different proposition for people to decide that it is in their rational self-interest to produce children themselves.” READ: belib.org/depopulation...
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Harry Tuttle:
an organism that perpetually grows is called cancer. every other species self regulates it's population, for example when there's too many coyotes they start having smaller litters.
Why wouldn't the human species be doing the same thing?
10 billion of us is plenty.
an organism that perpetually grows is called cancer. every other species self regulates it's population, for example when there's too many coyotes they start having smaller litters.
Why wouldn't the human species be doing the same thing?
10 billion of us is plenty.
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It’s #winter. The buzzing has stopped - mostly.
So what’s happened to all the #bees?
Let me explain.
Please #repost this thread.
Don’t just like/look.
It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing.
Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help.
Thank you.
#share
#nature
#education
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So what’s happened to all the #bees?
Let me explain.
Please #repost this thread.
Don’t just like/look.
It literally takes you a second. Costs you nothing.
Bees are in trouble and need you good people to help.
Thank you.
#share
#nature
#education
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December 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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If there was ever a time to abandon joy, it would be now.
If there was ever a season when despair was justifiable, it would be this one.
And yet, I am fighting not to let the darkness around me steal the light from within me.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-are-...
If there was ever a season when despair was justifiable, it would be this one.
And yet, I am fighting not to let the darkness around me steal the light from within me.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-are-...
These are Dark Days. Don't Lose Your Light.
There’s no other way to say it: these are dark days here in America.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
If there was ever a time to abandon joy, it would be now.
If there was ever a season when despair was justifiable, it would be this one.
And yet, I am fighting not to let the darkness around me steal the light from within me.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-are-...
If there was ever a season when despair was justifiable, it would be this one.
And yet, I am fighting not to let the darkness around me steal the light from within me.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/these-are-...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A thread of how to say “nobody asked you” from around the world, starting with this one…
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
A Lithuanian way of telling someone to mind their own business is ne tavo kiaulės, ne tavo pupos. It means “not your pigs, not your beans.”
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NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
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1/ Tomorrow, #ACIP —the committee guiding U.S. vaccine policy—will review the entire childhood vaccine schedule. This is the same committee RFK Jr. overhauled, including long-time vaccine skeptics and COVID-19 contrarians. With that in mind, we think it’s important that you know the facts👇
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
1/ Tomorrow, #ACIP —the committee guiding U.S. vaccine policy—will review the entire childhood vaccine schedule. This is the same committee RFK Jr. overhauled, including long-time vaccine skeptics and COVID-19 contrarians. With that in mind, we think it’s important that you know the facts👇
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An important and grace-filled post about grieving a partner.
Friday blog in which survival is not a competition.
sharonleewriter.com/2025/11/frid...
#writingcommunity
sharonleewriter.com/2025/11/frid...
#writingcommunity
Friday – Sharon Lee, Writer
sharonleewriter.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
An important and grace-filled post about grieving a partner.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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You're not here to convince
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
You're not here to convince
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
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Thread. My daughter, diagnosed with dysgraphia and ADHD in her teens, got a first in archaeology and a masters degree. Support and personal effort, a winning combination.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thread. My daughter, diagnosed with dysgraphia and ADHD in her teens, got a first in archaeology and a masters degree. Support and personal effort, a winning combination.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
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So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
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The standard of living in Haiti, in the running for the most wretchedly poor country on Earth, is on the high end for preindustrial societies.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The standard of living in Haiti, in the running for the most wretchedly poor country on Earth, is on the high end for preindustrial societies.
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These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.
The Fear Factor
The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.
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We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
Now That Fascism is Here...
Fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
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Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
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Cool.
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
New ‘artificial plant’ uses solar power to clean radioactive soil
Researchers have created a game-changing device that purifies radioactive soil using nothing but sunlight.
interestingengineering.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cool.
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
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There's a fascinating epistemological difference between how Jewish people relate to the Torah and how Christian people relate to the Bible.
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
September 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There's a fascinating epistemological difference between how Jewish people relate to the Torah and how Christian people relate to the Bible.
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
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The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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Are you considering moderating what you say in public (incl here) bc of potential for backlash, being doxxed/your family threatened wo legal recourse, being targeted by our own government, losing your job? Do you know people who are?
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Are you considering moderating what you say in public (incl here) bc of potential for backlash, being doxxed/your family threatened wo legal recourse, being targeted by our own government, losing your job? Do you know people who are?
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
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"The healthiest minds I’ve seen aren’t the ones with zero anxiety. They’re the ones that know how to regulate, reset, and reconnect. Mental health isn’t about never struggling. It’s about knowing how to come back to balance."
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The healthiest minds I’ve seen aren’t the ones with zero anxiety. They’re the ones that know how to regulate, reset, and reconnect. Mental health isn’t about never struggling. It’s about knowing how to come back to balance."
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
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🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on "Why Novavax is the better COVID-19 vaccine..."
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
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"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
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September 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on "Why Novavax is the better COVID-19 vaccine..."
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...