Duncan Blackman
@dhblackman.bsky.social
Retired psychologist with experience primarily for people with intellectual disabilities. Cellist. Christian believer.
See website at https://sites.google.com/site/dhbresourcescreativeworks/home?authuser=0
See website at https://sites.google.com/site/dhbresourcescreativeworks/home?authuser=0
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What are some Bible verses about worry? | GotQuestions.org
What are some Bible verses about worry? What are some of the most well-known Bible verses about worry?
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In these times of uncertainty and major upheavals, verses from the Bible pertaining to worry might be of use. After all it is easier to respond to things when one's mind is at peace.
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Of probable interest to ChatGBT users.
Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT
by Malwarebytes Labs | February 2, 2026
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Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT
by Malwarebytes Labs | February 2, 2026
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Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT
Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT, making it the first cybersecurity provider that can deliver novel expertise without ever leaving the chat.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Of probable interest to ChatGBT users.
Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT
by Malwarebytes Labs | February 2, 2026
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Scam-checking just got easier: Malwarebytes is now in ChatGPT
by Malwarebytes Labs | February 2, 2026
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/product...
"Music is well said to be the speech of angels," is a quote from Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle.
January 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"Music is well said to be the speech of angels," is a quote from Scottish philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle.
This is extremely disconcerting! As a Canadian I find it abhorrent.
January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This is extremely disconcerting! As a Canadian I find it abhorrent.
Here's a video of a Christmas song that I played on December 29th for my last scheduled date of playing the cello at our local mall.
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Here's a video of a Christmas song that I played on December 29th for my last scheduled date of playing the cello at our local mall.
Summary from ChatGPT for Jesus Christ:
A life of humility, teachings of radical love, a death by execution, and a transformation of the moral and cultural course of the world.
Whether one sees him as God, Savior, teacher, or historical figure, no one else has left a comparable mark on human history.
A life of humility, teachings of radical love, a death by execution, and a transformation of the moral and cultural course of the world.
Whether one sees him as God, Savior, teacher, or historical figure, no one else has left a comparable mark on human history.
December 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Summary from ChatGPT for Jesus Christ:
A life of humility, teachings of radical love, a death by execution, and a transformation of the moral and cultural course of the world.
Whether one sees him as God, Savior, teacher, or historical figure, no one else has left a comparable mark on human history.
A life of humility, teachings of radical love, a death by execution, and a transformation of the moral and cultural course of the world.
Whether one sees him as God, Savior, teacher, or historical figure, no one else has left a comparable mark on human history.
I'm just reading a 2014 book entitled Chicken Soup for the Soul - Miracles Happen.
Each chapter begins with an inspirational sentence by a famous author. This one by Corrie Ten Boom struck me as meaningful: the measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Each chapter begins with an inspirational sentence by a famous author. This one by Corrie Ten Boom struck me as meaningful: the measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I'm just reading a 2014 book entitled Chicken Soup for the Soul - Miracles Happen.
Each chapter begins with an inspirational sentence by a famous author. This one by Corrie Ten Boom struck me as meaningful: the measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Each chapter begins with an inspirational sentence by a famous author. This one by Corrie Ten Boom struck me as meaningful: the measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
Great news for the Saskatchewan Roughriders football players! Winners of the 112th Canadian Grey Cup! Yay yay yay!
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Great news for the Saskatchewan Roughriders football players! Winners of the 112th Canadian Grey Cup! Yay yay yay!
I'm a romantic type of fellow and was really impressed with this story. In these times of great uncertainty and trauma for some people, a story like this brings hope for a peaceful future.
www.cnn.com/travel/hallo...
www.cnn.com/travel/hallo...
She arrived in New York on Halloween anticipating a movie moment. Then she met the guy of her dreams | CNN
Parisian Claire Chabaud-Tropéano traveled to New York City one October on a whim. Then Claire crossed paths with LA musician David Redd and they both felt a connection they couldn’t ignore.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm a romantic type of fellow and was really impressed with this story. In these times of great uncertainty and trauma for some people, a story like this brings hope for a peaceful future.
www.cnn.com/travel/hallo...
www.cnn.com/travel/hallo...
Listening to music associated with lower dementia risk
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October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Listening to music associated with lower dementia risk
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FYI
From 4 to 6 November
2025 Second World Summit for Social Development
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From 4 to 6 November
2025 Second World Summit for Social Development
social.desa.un.org/world-summit...
Second World Summit for Social Development 2025 | Second World Summit for Social Development 2025
Second World Summit for Social Development4 - 6 November 2025 | Doha, QatarThe United Nations General Assembly, through its resolutions 78/261 and 78/318, decided to convene the “World Social Summit” ...
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October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
FYI
From 4 to 6 November
2025 Second World Summit for Social Development
social.desa.un.org/world-summit...
From 4 to 6 November
2025 Second World Summit for Social Development
social.desa.un.org/world-summit...
Hebrews 10:30-31 (NIV)
For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hebrews 10:30-31 (NIV)
For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Today at our local mall I played the Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby, on the cello when I noticed a young lady who seemed pensive and possibly lonely.
When I chatted with her and found out that she played the piano, I then played Fur Elise.
Check out m.youtube.com/user/DHBlack... for some cello songs.
When I chatted with her and found out that she played the piano, I then played Fur Elise.
Check out m.youtube.com/user/DHBlack... for some cello songs.
Duncan Blackman
Cellist, playing primarily at church and for seniors at their residences.
m.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Today at our local mall I played the Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby, on the cello when I noticed a young lady who seemed pensive and possibly lonely.
When I chatted with her and found out that she played the piano, I then played Fur Elise.
Check out m.youtube.com/user/DHBlack... for some cello songs.
When I chatted with her and found out that she played the piano, I then played Fur Elise.
Check out m.youtube.com/user/DHBlack... for some cello songs.
Verse of the day from Bible Gateway.
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
September 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Verse of the day from Bible Gateway.
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:3-4
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
What would happen if the billionaires in the world became philanthropists in the style of Andrew Carnegie?
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Elon Musk just lost his title as world’s richest person | CNN Business
Elon Musk has lost his title of “world’s richest person” title to Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What would happen if the billionaires in the world became philanthropists in the style of Andrew Carnegie?
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/i...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/i...
I'm almost finished reading a book called No Surrender by Chris Edmonds.
In the conclusion, his son who was the author states:
I've learned that you don't have to be perfect to do something extraordinary. Ordinary people are heroic, and an ordinary life lived well is, indeed, extraordinary.
In the conclusion, his son who was the author states:
I've learned that you don't have to be perfect to do something extraordinary. Ordinary people are heroic, and an ordinary life lived well is, indeed, extraordinary.
September 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I'm almost finished reading a book called No Surrender by Chris Edmonds.
In the conclusion, his son who was the author states:
I've learned that you don't have to be perfect to do something extraordinary. Ordinary people are heroic, and an ordinary life lived well is, indeed, extraordinary.
In the conclusion, his son who was the author states:
I've learned that you don't have to be perfect to do something extraordinary. Ordinary people are heroic, and an ordinary life lived well is, indeed, extraordinary.
Wisdom from a friend!
August 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Wisdom from a friend!
For the age in which we are living.
Psalm 94
1 The Lord is a God who avenges...
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve...
5 They crush your people, Lord...
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner...
7 They say, “The Lord does not see... (& ff)
Psalm 94
1 The Lord is a God who avenges...
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve...
5 They crush your people, Lord...
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner...
7 They say, “The Lord does not see... (& ff)
August 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For the age in which we are living.
Psalm 94
1 The Lord is a God who avenges...
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve...
5 They crush your people, Lord...
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner...
7 They say, “The Lord does not see... (& ff)
Psalm 94
1 The Lord is a God who avenges...
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve...
5 They crush your people, Lord...
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner...
7 They say, “The Lord does not see... (& ff)
Just enjoying the presence of our neighborhood woodland rabbit!
August 19, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Just enjoying the presence of our neighborhood woodland rabbit!
How GPT-5 is faring! Interesting analysis in CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/b...
The latest ChatGPT is supposed to be ‘PhD level’ smart. It can’t even label a map | CNN Business
Sam Altman, the artificial intelligence hype master, is in damage-control mode.
www.cnn.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How GPT-5 is faring! Interesting analysis in CNN.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/08/14/b...
Incredible singing by a parrot!
youtu.be/pFu9WNUVqHg?...
youtu.be/pFu9WNUVqHg?...
Sound Of Silence
YouTube video by Tico & the Man Frank Maglio
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August 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Incredible singing by a parrot!
youtu.be/pFu9WNUVqHg?...
youtu.be/pFu9WNUVqHg?...
New AI image generator with realistic results.
www.krea.ai/blog/flux-kr...
I requested "a quartet of professional cellists" and received the photo attached to this message.
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I requested "a quartet of professional cellists" and received the photo attached to this message.
August 1, 2025 at 1:23 PM
New AI image generator with realistic results.
www.krea.ai/blog/flux-kr...
I requested "a quartet of professional cellists" and received the photo attached to this message.
www.krea.ai/blog/flux-kr...
I requested "a quartet of professional cellists" and received the photo attached to this message.
In this era concerning actions violating morality, I propose that the following source puts all into a clear perspective. Basically are we right with God.
See www.gotquestions.org/going-to-hea...
See www.gotquestions.org/going-to-hea...
Going to heaven—how can I guarantee my eternal destination? | GotQuestions.org
Going to heaven—how can I guarantee my eternal destination? How can I know for sure that I am going to heaven?
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July 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In this era concerning actions violating morality, I propose that the following source puts all into a clear perspective. Basically are we right with God.
See www.gotquestions.org/going-to-hea...
See www.gotquestions.org/going-to-hea...
The last day of caring for a friend's dog!
July 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The last day of caring for a friend's dog!
Obviously President Trump was poorly briefed by his advisors.
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Liberia: Five things Donald Trump should know after he praised Joseph Boakai's 'good English'
Liberia was founded by freed slaves and the country has long-standing historical ties with the US.
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July 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Obviously President Trump was poorly briefed by his advisors.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...