Jimmie Quick
@jimmieaquick.bsky.social
Techno-optimist waiting for utopia while shunning zero-sum bias. A fan of empathy & abundance mindset. Curious about many topics.
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Jimmie Quick
@jimmieaquick.bsky.social
· Nov 15
"We’ve all belonged the entire time. Every single attempt anyone ever made to make anyone else feel like they didn’t belong or weren’t a part of it or they weren’t worthy of participating all happened within a larger unity and belonging." — Rob Bell in Everything Is Spiritual
@jonquilynhill.bsky.social I’m JQ, too!! 😍 Heard someone call you that on a podcast, and had to look you up because my college buds call me JQ.
August 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
@jonquilynhill.bsky.social I’m JQ, too!! 😍 Heard someone call you that on a podcast, and had to look you up because my college buds call me JQ.
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“In a culture saturated with more accessible and engrossing forms of entertainment, long-form literacy may soon become the domain of elite subcultures,” writes Mary Harrington.
Opinion | How Smartphones Are Breeding a New Kind of Inequality
That’s bad news for our democracies.
nyti.ms
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“In a culture saturated with more accessible and engrossing forms of entertainment, long-form literacy may soon become the domain of elite subcultures,” writes Mary Harrington.
I support my local PBS station @wkno.bsky.social. And as a major perk, I get access to PBS Passport streaming with so many great shows from Masterpiece! #protectmypublicmedia #choose901
May 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I support my local PBS station @wkno.bsky.social. And as a major perk, I get access to PBS Passport streaming with so many great shows from Masterpiece! #protectmypublicmedia #choose901
Cognitive shuffling! This works to help me sleep when my mind is in overdrive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
What Is Cognitive Shuffling? (Gift Article)
“Cognitive shuffling” can calm a busy brain.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Cognitive shuffling! This works to help me sleep when my mind is in overdrive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/w...
(Fictional) AI speaks to a child in Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami.
March 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
(Fictional) AI speaks to a child in Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami.
Joy is a defiance of despair even while you recognize the distress all around.
— thoughts from Ash Wednesday
— thoughts from Ash Wednesday
March 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Joy is a defiance of despair even while you recognize the distress all around.
— thoughts from Ash Wednesday
— thoughts from Ash Wednesday
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The hardest part about being angry and learning to control pure rage is also learning how to put it to good use but not letting your honest, real anger turn into bitterness (poison to you) or hopelessness (a cloud of despair infecting everyone around you) before venting out the excess.
March 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The hardest part about being angry and learning to control pure rage is also learning how to put it to good use but not letting your honest, real anger turn into bitterness (poison to you) or hopelessness (a cloud of despair infecting everyone around you) before venting out the excess.
“Renounce the hero system and receive your identity as a gift.” open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
March 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“Renounce the hero system and receive your identity as a gift.” open.substack.com/pub/richardb...
Have been reducing (not eliminating) my consumption of politics pods and increasing my listens of this kind of uplifting 🆙↗️📈discourse.
Topic: generosity. Yes, can cause 😭. Beautiful work.
(Why are these guys not on Bluesky?!)
pca.st/episode/364f...
Topic: generosity. Yes, can cause 😭. Beautiful work.
(Why are these guys not on Bluesky?!)
pca.st/episode/364f...
What Generosity Does For Your Well-Being - The Art of Accomplishment
Applied self-exploration. The Art of Accomplishment reflects a unique way of relating in business, personal and internal life that leads to more connection and satisfying relationships, awakening your...
pca.st
February 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Have been reducing (not eliminating) my consumption of politics pods and increasing my listens of this kind of uplifting 🆙↗️📈discourse.
Topic: generosity. Yes, can cause 😭. Beautiful work.
(Why are these guys not on Bluesky?!)
pca.st/episode/364f...
Topic: generosity. Yes, can cause 😭. Beautiful work.
(Why are these guys not on Bluesky?!)
pca.st/episode/364f...
Zero-sum beliefs limit possibilities. This is an excellent read.
How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness - by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi - Behavioral Scientist
The more we are stuck in the fixed-pie mentality, the harder it is to spot the opportunities to expand the pie.
behavioralscientist.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Zero-sum beliefs limit possibilities. This is an excellent read.
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It’s 1989, a good cop suspects that his colleagues are corrupt and tonight he’s getting to the bottom of it 🚔
#synthwave #synth #musicproducer #80s #guitar
#synthwave #synth #musicproducer #80s #guitar
January 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It’s 1989, a good cop suspects that his colleagues are corrupt and tonight he’s getting to the bottom of it 🚔
#synthwave #synth #musicproducer #80s #guitar
#synthwave #synth #musicproducer #80s #guitar
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It’s not Christmas without this album, played in its entirety, in order.
What’s your go-to Xmas album?
music.apple.com/us/album/elv...
What’s your go-to Xmas album?
music.apple.com/us/album/elv...
Elvis' Christmas Album by Elvis Presley on Apple Music
Album · 1957 · 12 Songs
music.apple.com
December 25, 2024 at 3:02 PM
It’s not Christmas without this album, played in its entirety, in order.
What’s your go-to Xmas album?
music.apple.com/us/album/elv...
What’s your go-to Xmas album?
music.apple.com/us/album/elv...
Instead of screen time report I want a log in report. Instead of Spotify wrapped, I want a log in wrapped.
“You wasted 49 hours 18 min this year resetting passwords, getting verification codes, choosing all the motorcycles, and opening authentication apps.”
“You wasted 49 hours 18 min this year resetting passwords, getting verification codes, choosing all the motorcycles, and opening authentication apps.”
December 21, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Instead of screen time report I want a log in report. Instead of Spotify wrapped, I want a log in wrapped.
“You wasted 49 hours 18 min this year resetting passwords, getting verification codes, choosing all the motorcycles, and opening authentication apps.”
“You wasted 49 hours 18 min this year resetting passwords, getting verification codes, choosing all the motorcycles, and opening authentication apps.”
Never too late to read a classic. Case in point: just finished this gem and I have a new favorite author. 😍
December 20, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Never too late to read a classic. Case in point: just finished this gem and I have a new favorite author. 😍
Exactly correct. Social media is not journalism.
no shade to the op here, but i honestly think a lot of times when people are like "i can't believe the media ignored this story, it should have been front-page news," what they really mean is it should have been at the top of their social media feeds.
December 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Exactly correct. Social media is not journalism.
"While competitors like Microsoft and Google invest in renewable energy for their AI infrastructure, xAI chose the path of highest environmental impact, and least cost."
#memphis #choose901
By @jalalawan.bsky.social
#memphis #choose901
By @jalalawan.bsky.social
Colossus
The environmental cost of AI in Memphis.
www.memphisflyer.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:59 PM
"While competitors like Microsoft and Google invest in renewable energy for their AI infrastructure, xAI chose the path of highest environmental impact, and least cost."
#memphis #choose901
By @jalalawan.bsky.social
#memphis #choose901
By @jalalawan.bsky.social
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The 2025 #NationalLibraryWeek theme, “Drawn to the Library,” celebrates how libraries inspire creativity, foster connection, and bring communities together. bit.ly/celebrate-nlw
December 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
The 2025 #NationalLibraryWeek theme, “Drawn to the Library,” celebrates how libraries inspire creativity, foster connection, and bring communities together. bit.ly/celebrate-nlw
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I want him and everyone here. The power is in the @bsky.app platform.
There is no one benefitting from algorithmically driven influence here.
Every post stands on its own merit. Every engagement can generate more engagement.
It’s bigger than any one person
There is no one benefitting from algorithmically driven influence here.
Every post stands on its own merit. Every engagement can generate more engagement.
It’s bigger than any one person
Mark: absolutely not! His cowardice and bending the knee to Trump and Elon is why we all unsubscribed after being lifetime LA Times readers.
December 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM
I want him and everyone here. The power is in the @bsky.app platform.
There is no one benefitting from algorithmically driven influence here.
Every post stands on its own merit. Every engagement can generate more engagement.
It’s bigger than any one person
There is no one benefitting from algorithmically driven influence here.
Every post stands on its own merit. Every engagement can generate more engagement.
It’s bigger than any one person
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The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)
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December 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
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1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
What really happened after California raised its minimum wage to $20 for fast food workers
What would happen to the fast food industry if it had to pay its workers something closer to a living wage?
popular.info
December 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM
1. In April 2024, California raised the minimum wage for fast food chains to $20/hour
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
The industry claimed it would be devastating & require significant job cuts and prices increases
Here is what really happened: workers got a raise, prices went modestly, and the industry continued to add jobs
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The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.
This interview with Bluesky CEO further convinces me of the genius of this platform.
pca.st/podcast/01a3...
pca.st/podcast/01a3...
Decoder with Nilay Patel
Decoder is a show from The Verge about big ideas — and other problems. Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel talks to a diverse cast of innovators and policymakers at the frontiers of business and technol...
pca.st
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
This interview with Bluesky CEO further convinces me of the genius of this platform.
pca.st/podcast/01a3...
pca.st/podcast/01a3...
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In 2018, Hegseth's mother called him out as an "abuser" and asked him to "get some help."
Instead, he joined a church with a long history of shielding abusers, blaming victims, and saying men "dream of being rapists" because of feminism.
www.salon.com/2024/12/03/p...
Instead, he joined a church with a long history of shielding abusers, blaming victims, and saying men "dream of being rapists" because of feminism.
www.salon.com/2024/12/03/p...
Pete Hegseth's mother begged him to "get some help" — instead, he joined a grossly misogynist church
The denomination's leader argues men "dream of being rapists" because women aren't submissive enough
www.salon.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:16 AM
In 2018, Hegseth's mother called him out as an "abuser" and asked him to "get some help."
Instead, he joined a church with a long history of shielding abusers, blaming victims, and saying men "dream of being rapists" because of feminism.
www.salon.com/2024/12/03/p...
Instead, he joined a church with a long history of shielding abusers, blaming victims, and saying men "dream of being rapists" because of feminism.
www.salon.com/2024/12/03/p...