Jane914
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Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Judge Mark Wolf resigns from the District Court of Massachusetts and writes why in a powerful piece in the Atlantic.
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
One thing he doesn’t mention in his list of reasons but I’m sure is a factor:
Erez Reuveni was one of his law clerks.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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The usual explanation for great music is that it's predictable but not too predictable. But there's more to it, said @frosas.bsky.social at #ALIFE2025. We prefer music when we perceive agency behind it. Improvisation trumps a prepared performance. See paper at www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy.... ⚙️🧫
October 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The usual explanation for great music is that it's predictable but not too predictable. But there's more to it, said @frosas.bsky.social at #ALIFE2025. We prefer music when we perceive agency behind it. Improvisation trumps a prepared performance. See paper at www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy.... ⚙️🧫
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It is 9/11 in the US and I can think of no better answer to the question, “25 years later, how would we know if terrorism won?” than a quick scroll through X today.
Here in Aotearoa, we already knew the answer to “who matters to David Seymour?”
It.Can.Happen.Here.
#nzpol
Here in Aotearoa, we already knew the answer to “who matters to David Seymour?”
It.Can.Happen.Here.
#nzpol
September 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It is 9/11 in the US and I can think of no better answer to the question, “25 years later, how would we know if terrorism won?” than a quick scroll through X today.
Here in Aotearoa, we already knew the answer to “who matters to David Seymour?”
It.Can.Happen.Here.
#nzpol
Here in Aotearoa, we already knew the answer to “who matters to David Seymour?”
It.Can.Happen.Here.
#nzpol
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What an 85-Year-Long Harvard Study Says Is the Real Key to Happiness
What an 85-Year-Long Harvard Study Says Is the Real Key to Happiness
We've long used the French word milieu in English, but not with quite the same range of meanings it has back in France.
www.openculture.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What an 85-Year-Long Harvard Study Says Is the Real Key to Happiness
This all speaks to such basic needs: Stay connected. Cultivate Critical Thinking. Reflect on and Curate information. Update your models. <3
youtu.be/K1OvbwY6GPM?...
youtu.be/K1OvbwY6GPM?...
Yuval Noah Harari: How to safeguard your mind in the age of junk information
YouTube video by Big Think
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August 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This all speaks to such basic needs: Stay connected. Cultivate Critical Thinking. Reflect on and Curate information. Update your models. <3
youtu.be/K1OvbwY6GPM?...
youtu.be/K1OvbwY6GPM?...
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Having the freedom to defend science is a privilege. Those who have it owe it to everyone the world over to make their voices heard
https://go.nature.com/44guILv
https://go.nature.com/44guILv
In the face of anti-science politics, silence is not without cost
More scientific leaders need to speak out about anti-science agendas and threats to academic freedom across the world.
go.nature.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Having the freedom to defend science is a privilege. Those who have it owe it to everyone the world over to make their voices heard
https://go.nature.com/44guILv
https://go.nature.com/44guILv
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The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony
The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony
This week, Brian Wilson became the last of the Wilson brothers to shuffle off this mortal coil. Dennis, the first of the Wilsons to go, died young in 1983 — but not before offering this memorable asse...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Genius of Brian Wilson (RIP) and How He Turned “Good Vibrations” Into the Beach Boys’ Pocket Symphony
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The non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing their impact on public health.
https://go.nature.com/4jAo08S
https://go.nature.com/4jAo08S
Science-integrity project will root out bad medical papers ‘and tell everyone’
Group behind Retraction Watch aims to pinpoint the most influential flawed health data.
go.nature.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing their impact on public health.
https://go.nature.com/4jAo08S
https://go.nature.com/4jAo08S
May 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Well done, Robbie. #moderndayphilosophers
May 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Well done, Robbie. #moderndayphilosophers
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Budget 2025 is a disaster for our environment. Conservation investment is MIA while 75% of native species face extinction. The Govt is gambling with $133B in natural assets and our economy. This is environmental neglect, not leadership. We demand better.
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
No nature, no economy: Budget 2025 misses the $133b point
Forest & Bird says the Government’s lack of investment in New Zealand’s environment in Budget 2025 is deeply concerning given the importance of the environment to our economy and society.
www.forestandbird.org.nz
May 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Budget 2025 is a disaster for our environment. Conservation investment is MIA while 75% of native species face extinction. The Govt is gambling with $133B in natural assets and our economy. This is environmental neglect, not leadership. We demand better.
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/no...
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A Japanese Zen Monk Explains What Zen Is Really About
A Japanese Zen Monk Explains What Zen Is Really About
Despite developing in Asia, as the Chinese form of a religion originally brought over from India and later refined in Japan, Zen Buddhism has long appealed to Westerners as well.
www.openculture.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A Japanese Zen Monk Explains What Zen Is Really About
1/3 This is an interesting piece on the evolution of the smile in art over the centuries with a nod to coevolution, specifically of culture and technology, which we see playing out in real time. What type of smile do you have and what does it say about you?
www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-ra...
www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-ra...
A Rare Smile Captured in a 19th Century Photograph
Just look at this photo. Just look at this young girl’s smile. We know her name: O-o-be', according to the Smithsonian. And we know that she was a member of the Kiowa tribe in the Oklahoma Territory. ...
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March 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
1/3 This is an interesting piece on the evolution of the smile in art over the centuries with a nod to coevolution, specifically of culture and technology, which we see playing out in real time. What type of smile do you have and what does it say about you?
www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-ra...
www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-ra...
March 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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When a country prospers for too long, some start to romanticize tariffs, measles, and isolation. Historical memory is very short.
March 31, 2025 at 4:57 AM
When a country prospers for too long, some start to romanticize tariffs, measles, and isolation. Historical memory is very short.
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From Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,”
"you are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice"
That line hit me hard
"you are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice"
That line hit me hard
March 30, 2025 at 9:44 AM
From Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,”
"you are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice"
That line hit me hard
"you are being asked to kill off a part of you that would otherwise scream in opposition to injustice"
That line hit me hard
From Paekakariki Beach at sunset
#schopenhauerandsunset #walkingmeditation #allthatisonofferisallthatis
#schopenhauerandsunset #walkingmeditation #allthatisonofferisallthatis
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
From Paekakariki Beach at sunset
#schopenhauerandsunset #walkingmeditation #allthatisonofferisallthatis
#schopenhauerandsunset #walkingmeditation #allthatisonofferisallthatis
Was contemplating what a Schopenhauer inspired sketch by me might look like earlier and came across this… too good not to share.
#pandemichaircallback #everyonehasawill #philosophertotakeonajourney #interestingchoice
#pandemichaircallback #everyonehasawill #philosophertotakeonajourney #interestingchoice
The Will Stuck on Earth. Schopenhauer trying to use hair wings to fly away from brutes and dopes.
March 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Was contemplating what a Schopenhauer inspired sketch by me might look like earlier and came across this… too good not to share.
#pandemichaircallback #everyonehasawill #philosophertotakeonajourney #interestingchoice
#pandemichaircallback #everyonehasawill #philosophertotakeonajourney #interestingchoice
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1/3
We need to do better, as the pandemics won’t stop coming.
This sort of unnecessary smoke screening is an own goal, but also an example of why protecting the right of journalists and citizens to access government records is so important.
#foia #pandemic #H5N1
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
We need to do better, as the pandemics won’t stop coming.
This sort of unnecessary smoke screening is an own goal, but also an example of why protecting the right of journalists and citizens to access government records is so important.
#foia #pandemic #H5N1
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
Opinion | We Were Badly Misled About the Event That Changed Our Lives
Five years after the start of Covid, we still don’t know the truth.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
1/3
We need to do better, as the pandemics won’t stop coming.
This sort of unnecessary smoke screening is an own goal, but also an example of why protecting the right of journalists and citizens to access government records is so important.
#foia #pandemic #H5N1
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
We need to do better, as the pandemics won’t stop coming.
This sort of unnecessary smoke screening is an own goal, but also an example of why protecting the right of journalists and citizens to access government records is so important.
#foia #pandemic #H5N1
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/o...
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In liberal societies, science challenges assumptions. In authoritarian ones, it justifies them. 🧪 #AcademicSky
March 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
In liberal societies, science challenges assumptions. In authoritarian ones, it justifies them. 🧪 #AcademicSky
Made a friend while hanging out my washing. 😊#insectconsciousness #LTUs #gettingtoknowournewwhare
March 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Made a friend while hanging out my washing. 😊#insectconsciousness #LTUs #gettingtoknowournewwhare
A beautiful morning on this, the Autumnal Equinox. Let the hygge begin. #snuggleintekohangamarie
www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/autu...
www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/autu...
Autumn Equinox at 6:14pm
At precisely 6:14 this evening the Autumn Equinox will occur – and for the next 6 months the sun will spend more…
www.weatherwatch.co.nz
March 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
A beautiful morning on this, the Autumnal Equinox. Let the hygge begin. #snuggleintekohangamarie
www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/autu...
www.weatherwatch.co.nz/content/autu...
A worthy cause. 🪷 givealittle.co.nz/cause/save-t...
Save the Begonia House
The Friends are asking for donations to help us keep the Begonia House where it should be, in the rose garden and not at the dump.
givealittle.co.nz
February 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A worthy cause. 🪷 givealittle.co.nz/cause/save-t...
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The new animated series “Common Side Effects” is a mycology thriller—a fictional story about a rogue mushroom researcher who finds a ‘shroom that can heal any injury or disease.
In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.
✍️ @emmalgometz.bsky.social
In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.
✍️ @emmalgometz.bsky.social
‘Common Side Effects’ And The Race To Save Invisible Fungi
A “mycology thriller” imagines a hidden healing mushroom. In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The new animated series “Common Side Effects” is a mycology thriller—a fictional story about a rogue mushroom researcher who finds a ‘shroom that can heal any injury or disease.
In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.
✍️ @emmalgometz.bsky.social
In real life, scientists are searching far and wide to map the world’s unseen fungi.
✍️ @emmalgometz.bsky.social
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Thich Nhat Hahn 5th precept:
“Be aware of suffering caused by unmindful consumption and look deeply into how you consume foods, sense impressions, volition and consciousness.”
You can’t fight & feed the commodity form at the same time. You are trapped until you realize this.
#resist
#ThichNhatHahn
“Be aware of suffering caused by unmindful consumption and look deeply into how you consume foods, sense impressions, volition and consciousness.”
You can’t fight & feed the commodity form at the same time. You are trapped until you realize this.
#resist
#ThichNhatHahn
February 7, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Thich Nhat Hahn 5th precept:
“Be aware of suffering caused by unmindful consumption and look deeply into how you consume foods, sense impressions, volition and consciousness.”
You can’t fight & feed the commodity form at the same time. You are trapped until you realize this.
#resist
#ThichNhatHahn
“Be aware of suffering caused by unmindful consumption and look deeply into how you consume foods, sense impressions, volition and consciousness.”
You can’t fight & feed the commodity form at the same time. You are trapped until you realize this.
#resist
#ThichNhatHahn