David McLauchlan
@davomatiq.bsky.social
Dad, life sciences lawyer, loving partner, concerned citizen (climate change, social justice), aspiring writer.
I just finished reading The Organist by Mark Abley, a memoir about music, memory, and a complicated father-son relationship. It struck a chord—especially the ending. Here are my reflections.
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What does a life add up to?
Reflections on The Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind by Mark Abley
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June 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I just finished reading The Organist by Mark Abley, a memoir about music, memory, and a complicated father-son relationship. It struck a chord—especially the ending. Here are my reflections.
davomatic.substack.com/p/what-does-...
davomatic.substack.com/p/what-does-...
The view from my office yesterday. On a clear day, you can see the Adirondacks to the south. Yesterday, you couldn’t even see the river. It’s probably too soon to say for sure if the wildfires were the result of climate change. Nonetheless: our house is on fire!
June 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The view from my office yesterday. On a clear day, you can see the Adirondacks to the south. Yesterday, you couldn’t even see the river. It’s probably too soon to say for sure if the wildfires were the result of climate change. Nonetheless: our house is on fire!
Here it is. My stack of reading material, from Abley to Wittgenstein via Haidt, Lewis, and Taylor. Why would I do this to myself, you ask? It's for a memoir I’m working on, tentatively titled Make Believe: An Elegy for Faith, part deconstruction, part remembrance.
Any books I should add to the pile?
Any books I should add to the pile?
May 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Here it is. My stack of reading material, from Abley to Wittgenstein via Haidt, Lewis, and Taylor. Why would I do this to myself, you ask? It's for a memoir I’m working on, tentatively titled Make Believe: An Elegy for Faith, part deconstruction, part remembrance.
Any books I should add to the pile?
Any books I should add to the pile?
My first foray into fiction. Let me know what you think, good folks of Bluesky. davomatic.substack.com/p/the-valley...
The Valley of Dry Bones
“Perhaps you could tell me a bit about yourself before we get into last Sunday’s incident.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
My first foray into fiction. Let me know what you think, good folks of Bluesky. davomatic.substack.com/p/the-valley...
I wrote a thing. I'd welcome any feedback the good people of Bluesky might have, whether on the style, the content, or anything else.
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Briarwood
“Did you sing ‘Jesus Loves Me?’” Lloyd Shimotakahara asked me one Sunday when we got home from church.
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May 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a thing. I'd welcome any feedback the good people of Bluesky might have, whether on the style, the content, or anything else.
open.substack.com/pub/davomati...
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As I continue to explore the "Other America", I turned to Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's Dickensian story of a boy growing up in Appalachia amid the opioid crisis. Read my review here. open.substack.com/pub/davomati...
Book Review: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
According to a blurb on the back, “Novelists like Kingsolver have a particular knack for making us empathize with lives that may bear little resemblance to our own.”
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March 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As I continue to explore the "Other America", I turned to Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver's Dickensian story of a boy growing up in Appalachia amid the opioid crisis. Read my review here. open.substack.com/pub/davomati...
I wrote a travelogue about our trip to New York and DC. Check it out here:
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Gone to Look for America
This is March Break 2025 and we’re visiting New York City and Washington D.C.
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March 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I wrote a travelogue about our trip to New York and DC. Check it out here:
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At the risk of putting the train before the tracks, I, for one, am excited about this announcement.
February 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
At the risk of putting the train before the tracks, I, for one, am excited about this announcement.
Outro to the work week…
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Outro to the work week…
Sorry kids - we burned the house down and we’re leaving you the ashes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate change target of 2C is ‘dead’, says renowned climate scientist
Prof James Hansen says pace of global heating has been significantly underestimated, though other scientists disagree
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February 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sorry kids - we burned the house down and we’re leaving you the ashes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reposted by David McLauchlan
January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024.
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
February 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
January 2025 was quite unexpectedly the warmest January on record at 1.75C above preindustrial, beating the prior record set in 2024.
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
This is despite the presence of La Niña conditions in the tropical Pacific, with the El Niño event of 2023/2024 long faded. www.theclimatebrink....
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Hey EU, UK, Mexico etc you guys seem smart, funny and reliable trading partners who don’t illegally break relatively recent trade agreements by imposing ridiculously high tariffs to start a trade war against long-time partners & allies while plunging your nation into fascism.
Wanna do more trade?
Wanna do more trade?
February 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hey EU, UK, Mexico etc you guys seem smart, funny and reliable trading partners who don’t illegally break relatively recent trade agreements by imposing ridiculously high tariffs to start a trade war against long-time partners & allies while plunging your nation into fascism.
Wanna do more trade?
Wanna do more trade?
Grab some WAT-R Something New Under the Sun is happening IRL.
Breaking News: Los Angeles officials ordered 30,000 people to evacuate as a fast-growing wildfire burned through the Pacific Palisades.
Follow live updates here.
Follow live updates here.
California Wildfires Live Updates: Thousands Ordered to Evacuate Pacific Palisades
Rapidly spreading flames, fanned by gusts that could reach up to 100 m.p.h., destroyed homes along the coastline and was threatening thousands more.
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January 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Grab some WAT-R Something New Under the Sun is happening IRL.
Have you been wondering what happened to the evangelical church in America? Read my review of Tim Alberta's "The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism" and find out. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
David McLauchlan's review of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
4/5: What Happened to the Evangelical Church in America? With Donald Trump’s re-election in November, and 80% of white evangelicals voting for him, I’ve been asking myself that question a lot. My impr...
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January 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Have you been wondering what happened to the evangelical church in America? Read my review of Tim Alberta's "The Kingdom, The Power, and The Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism" and find out. www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
This should keep me busy for a while. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
December 25, 2024 at 9:50 PM
This should keep me busy for a while. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
Trente-cinq ans plus tard, je me souviens parfaitement du 6 décembre 1989. Thirty-five years later, I remember December 6, 1989 clearly.
Six décembre 2024 – 35 ans après – souvenir et recueillement
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December 6, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Trente-cinq ans plus tard, je me souviens parfaitement du 6 décembre 1989. Thirty-five years later, I remember December 6, 1989 clearly.
Have you been trying to understand Trumpism? This opinion piece might help.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
Opinion | The Inverted Morality of MAGA
Trumpism represents an alternative value system. The people I regard as upright and admirable MAGA regards as morally disgraceful.
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November 29, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Have you been trying to understand Trumpism? This opinion piece might help.
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Need a cargo bike occasionally?
In Denmark 🇩🇰, a supermarket offers free cargo bike rentals, showing how short-term access can empower more people to choose sustainable transport.
In Denmark 🇩🇰, a supermarket offers free cargo bike rentals, showing how short-term access can empower more people to choose sustainable transport.
Et pour les personnes n'ayant besoin d'un vélo cargo qu'occasionnellement, il faut des services de location courte durée
Au 🇩🇰, une chaîne de supermarchés propose le prêt gratuit de vélos cargos par exemple !
Au 🇩🇰, une chaîne de supermarchés propose le prêt gratuit de vélos cargos par exemple !
November 28, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Need a cargo bike occasionally?
In Denmark 🇩🇰, a supermarket offers free cargo bike rentals, showing how short-term access can empower more people to choose sustainable transport.
In Denmark 🇩🇰, a supermarket offers free cargo bike rentals, showing how short-term access can empower more people to choose sustainable transport.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Black Beans and Chile Dressing
November 26, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Black Beans and Chile Dressing
Have you ever wondered how big your carbon footprint is? If you're like me, you may have tried to calculate it and given up. Good news! Now there's myco2.com. You can enter details of your daily habits, see how they affect your carbon footprint and get a total.
Calculez votre empreinte carbone | MyCO2 par Carbone 4
MyCO2 par Carbone 4 vous aide à calculer et decrytper votre empreinte carbone, au niveau de votre entreprise ou de votre vie personnelle.
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November 22, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Have you ever wondered how big your carbon footprint is? If you're like me, you may have tried to calculate it and given up. Good news! Now there's myco2.com. You can enter details of your daily habits, see how they affect your carbon footprint and get a total.
Kung Pao Tofu à la New York Times #vegetarian #spicy
November 21, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Kung Pao Tofu à la New York Times #vegetarian #spicy
