Haydon is reading Kuiper's Da'wa History of Islamic Missionary
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Dad, husband, double hoo.
10+ years as a fire/medic, neuro/stroke clinical researcher, public and foreign policy degrees. Occasional woodworking posts.
Opinions my own, especially when they're wrong. Reposts are not endorsements.
10+ years as a fire/medic, neuro/stroke clinical researcher, public and foreign policy degrees. Occasional woodworking posts.
Opinions my own, especially when they're wrong. Reposts are not endorsements.
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I am not saying that a stroke like this is disqualifying for the office of the presidency, not at all. Neuro recovery is a remarkable and individual thing.
But like, it is very clearly what's going on here.
But like, it is very clearly what's going on here.
This thread escaped containment and I would like to use this as an opportunity to address some misconceptions about stroke as a disease and recovery thereof I noticed in the replies.
I'm going to use an example from my career where I was so glad to be so wrong about a patient's prognosis.
I'm going to use an example from my career where I was so glad to be so wrong about a patient's prognosis.
@ohdeerthermos.bsky.social so the passenger speaker in my truck cracked so any bass makes an awful rattle. Spoken word is fine tho.
This means I spent a total of 18 hours straight listening to Team of Rivals over the course of two days.
Great recommendation! Extremely detailed!!
This means I spent a total of 18 hours straight listening to Team of Rivals over the course of two days.
Great recommendation! Extremely detailed!!
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
@ohdeerthermos.bsky.social so the passenger speaker in my truck cracked so any bass makes an awful rattle. Spoken word is fine tho.
This means I spent a total of 18 hours straight listening to Team of Rivals over the course of two days.
Great recommendation! Extremely detailed!!
This means I spent a total of 18 hours straight listening to Team of Rivals over the course of two days.
Great recommendation! Extremely detailed!!
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it's like an eight-way tie but "decided to ride on the roof through the automatic carwash" is up there (fell off, got my legs run over by the car behind us, didn't break a single bone, govawls)
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
it's like an eight-way tie but "decided to ride on the roof through the automatic carwash" is up there (fell off, got my legs run over by the car behind us, didn't break a single bone, govawls)
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relationship advice: "we were only in the carwash in the first place because we took the jeep mudding through the empty Home Depot, which was her idea" is *not* the excuse your dad wants to hear from your boyfriend in the ER
January 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
relationship advice: "we were only in the carwash in the first place because we took the jeep mudding through the empty Home Depot, which was her idea" is *not* the excuse your dad wants to hear from your boyfriend in the ER
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How Brazil as the only regional power in the Western Hemisphere with the capacity to develop a degree of strategic autonomy approaches an erratically expansionist US is one of the more interesting geopolitical questions of 2026
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
How Brazil as the only regional power in the Western Hemisphere with the capacity to develop a degree of strategic autonomy approaches an erratically expansionist US is one of the more interesting geopolitical questions of 2026
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There's a definite sense among the lord of chaos types that the US would never take a hit in a lawless world. It's a failure of imagination
January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
There's a definite sense among the lord of chaos types that the US would never take a hit in a lawless world. It's a failure of imagination
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News: A recent classified CIA assessment concluded Maduro loyalists were more likely to maintain near-term stability than opposition figures if Maduro was removed from power. Trump was briefed on the findings, which motivated posture against Machado. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
News: A recent classified CIA assessment concluded Maduro loyalists were more likely to maintain near-term stability than opposition figures if Maduro was removed from power. Trump was briefed on the findings, which motivated posture against Machado. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Reconstituted Pork Slander is the name of my next Protest Punk / Grindcore crossover band.
If you’re a vegetarian or vegan on principle I 100% respect that and will happily cook vegan and vegetarian meals for you if you ever come to my home.
I will not, however, allow for Reconstituted Pork Slander.
I will not, however, allow for Reconstituted Pork Slander.
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Reconstituted Pork Slander is the name of my next Protest Punk / Grindcore crossover band.
I’m sorry y’all, as I eat a West Virginia hot dog I just can’t tolerate the sort of nonsense like what you see below.
Restructured pork in tube form is delightful and I will not be accepting feedback on this point.
Restructured pork in tube form is delightful and I will not be accepting feedback on this point.
"McRib is actually made from restructured pork, combining cuts such as shoulder, heart, tripe, and scalded stomach"
Sinclair warned you.
McDonald’s hit with class action lawsuit claiming McRib doesn’t contain any rib meat | The Independent share.google/iHU9PPo55U4y...
Sinclair warned you.
McDonald’s hit with class action lawsuit claiming McRib doesn’t contain any rib meat | The Independent share.google/iHU9PPo55U4y...
McDonald’s faces class action lawsuit claiming McRib contains no actual rib meat
The lawsuit argues the McRib’s name and rib-shaped patty mislead consumers and seeks nationwide and state-specific class action status for purchases over the past four years
share.google
January 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I’m sorry y’all, as I eat a West Virginia hot dog I just can’t tolerate the sort of nonsense like what you see below.
Restructured pork in tube form is delightful and I will not be accepting feedback on this point.
Restructured pork in tube form is delightful and I will not be accepting feedback on this point.
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He drew pictures of animals as fat as we could demand them.
—Virginia Woolf, remembering her father when she and her siblings were kids
—Virginia Woolf, remembering her father when she and her siblings were kids
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
He drew pictures of animals as fat as we could demand them.
—Virginia Woolf, remembering her father when she and her siblings were kids
—Virginia Woolf, remembering her father when she and her siblings were kids
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We're under some severe gloom in the Piedmont Triad today. The obnoxious mist makes that 38°F feel super chilly.
January 5, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're under some severe gloom in the Piedmont Triad today. The obnoxious mist makes that 38°F feel super chilly.
This is what I assume is going on here.
Non-zero chance this is an excuse to purge Cuban advisors and other Maduro loyalists tbh
January 5, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This is what I assume is going on here.
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This is why I never understood all the editorializing about how things had really changed. All the structure/principals of the Venezuelan government that was set up by Maduro are still in power
Reuters natsec reporter Phil Stewart: "Venezuela orders police to find, arrest anyone involved in supporting U.S. attack-decree"
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 PM
This is why I never understood all the editorializing about how things had really changed. All the structure/principals of the Venezuelan government that was set up by Maduro are still in power
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When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
January 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
When I said last year that the average American MAGA supporter closely resembles a Russian vatnik in both mindset and ideology, I meant it seriously.
Hundreds of crows at the Panera bread this morning on my travels.
Not sure what kind of omen that is but it seems worth mentioning.
Not sure what kind of omen that is but it seems worth mentioning.
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Hundreds of crows at the Panera bread this morning on my travels.
Not sure what kind of omen that is but it seems worth mentioning.
Not sure what kind of omen that is but it seems worth mentioning.
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so how we feeling about funding the government in four weeks
January 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM
so how we feeling about funding the government in four weeks
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Marxist professors in the US are rejoicing. Their critique of US policy (perhaps for the first time ever) is absolutely right 🤔😉
“The statements by Trump and Rubio amount to an explicit declaration of gunboat diplomacy and an embrace of the kind
“The statements by Trump and Rubio amount to an explicit declaration of gunboat diplomacy and an embrace of the kind
Trump Says U.S. Is ‘In Charge’ of Venezuela, While Rubio Stresses Coercing It
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Marxist professors in the US are rejoicing. Their critique of US policy (perhaps for the first time ever) is absolutely right 🤔😉
“The statements by Trump and Rubio amount to an explicit declaration of gunboat diplomacy and an embrace of the kind
“The statements by Trump and Rubio amount to an explicit declaration of gunboat diplomacy and an embrace of the kind
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Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Would love to hear expert views on this paper. It appears to show that the operationalization of brain activity the field has relied on for 3 decades—the BOLD response—is not actually a sensible measure of brain activity.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
If you’re not following @aphclarkson.bsky.social for regular geopolitical correctives you’re going to be wrong a lot more than you need to be.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
If you’re not following @aphclarkson.bsky.social for regular geopolitical correctives you’re going to be wrong a lot more than you need to be.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.
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Lucy’s New Year’s resolution: eat more spaghetti
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Lucy’s New Year’s resolution: eat more spaghetti
There’s a helpful American Stroke Association pamphlet on personality changes and stroke.
As part of my unified theory of neuro degeneration and politics I suggest that it be posted prominently in the Capitol.
As part of my unified theory of neuro degeneration and politics I suggest that it be posted prominently in the Capitol.
January 5, 2026 at 2:36 AM
There’s a helpful American Stroke Association pamphlet on personality changes and stroke.
As part of my unified theory of neuro degeneration and politics I suggest that it be posted prominently in the Capitol.
As part of my unified theory of neuro degeneration and politics I suggest that it be posted prominently in the Capitol.
Traveling through West Virginia for work and I decided to take the scenic route that goes through Hawks Nest State Park
Last time I came through here was during peak fall color, but I think winter has its own beauty. Snow or not.
Last time I came through here was during peak fall color, but I think winter has its own beauty. Snow or not.
January 5, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Traveling through West Virginia for work and I decided to take the scenic route that goes through Hawks Nest State Park
Last time I came through here was during peak fall color, but I think winter has its own beauty. Snow or not.
Last time I came through here was during peak fall color, but I think winter has its own beauty. Snow or not.
Axios rage bait aside the simple solution for these Dems is to message that this provides ample precedent for the kind of Vigorous Executive Governance that will rendition Bukele to the United States for trial.
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Axios rage bait aside the simple solution for these Dems is to message that this provides ample precedent for the kind of Vigorous Executive Governance that will rendition Bukele to the United States for trial.
A sign of hope for an otherwise intractable and evil disease.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for the first time #SomeGoodNews
The new treatment is a type of gene therapy given during extended brain surgery. Data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients, so the decline you'd normally expect in one year would take four years after treatment.
The new treatment is a type of gene therapy given during extended brain surgery. Data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients, so the decline you'd normally expect in one year would take four years after treatment.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A sign of hope for an otherwise intractable and evil disease.
For Work Reasons I’ll be out of contact for several hours at a time over the next few days and I’m very excited for Logging On and seeing how different the world is each time.
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
For Work Reasons I’ll be out of contact for several hours at a time over the next few days and I’m very excited for Logging On and seeing how different the world is each time.