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we sing it at Mass sometimes and I think about it a lot. it gets at something really profound in such simple language
“My country's skies are bluer than the ocean
And sunlight shines on clover leaf and pine
But other lands have sunlight too and clover
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine”
“My country's skies are bluer than the ocean
And sunlight shines on clover leaf and pine
But other lands have sunlight too and clover
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine”
Jean Sibelius wrote this heart-lifting tune as part of his nationalist tone poem, “Finlandia,” but the words by Lloyd Stone that were set to it in 1930s turned it into a moving hymn for world peace. We’ll be singing at Greenpoint Church today, though not quite as well as Voces8 does here. #dailysong
VOCES8: This Is My Song (Finlandia) - Jean Sibelius arr. Blake Morgan
YouTube video by VOCES8
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
we sing it at Mass sometimes and I think about it a lot. it gets at something really profound in such simple language
“My country's skies are bluer than the ocean
And sunlight shines on clover leaf and pine
But other lands have sunlight too and clover
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine”
“My country's skies are bluer than the ocean
And sunlight shines on clover leaf and pine
But other lands have sunlight too and clover
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine”
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Good time to remember Hong Kong’s excellent protest gear:
Helmet, goggles, gloves, sleeves, long pants. Masks (one on your face, at least one sealed in a zip bag or still in the wrapper. More if you can.) Pocket umbrella.
hongkongfp.com/2019/08/09/e...
Helmet, goggles, gloves, sleeves, long pants. Masks (one on your face, at least one sealed in a zip bag or still in the wrapper. More if you can.) Pocket umbrella.
hongkongfp.com/2019/08/09/e...
Explainer: How frontline protesters' toolkit has evolved over Hong Kong's long summer of dissent | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The tools, equipment, clothing and communication methods used by Hong Kong’s anti-extradition law protesters have captured headlines around the world. Protesters have often hit the streets in “full ge...
hongkongfp.com
June 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Good time to remember Hong Kong’s excellent protest gear:
Helmet, goggles, gloves, sleeves, long pants. Masks (one on your face, at least one sealed in a zip bag or still in the wrapper. More if you can.) Pocket umbrella.
hongkongfp.com/2019/08/09/e...
Helmet, goggles, gloves, sleeves, long pants. Masks (one on your face, at least one sealed in a zip bag or still in the wrapper. More if you can.) Pocket umbrella.
hongkongfp.com/2019/08/09/e...
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This constant call for feedback on the most mundane transaction is excessive. I don’t need to give feedback for a muffin and a coffee and it’s wrong to give your employee a thing else to worry about with their performance.
June 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This constant call for feedback on the most mundane transaction is excessive. I don’t need to give feedback for a muffin and a coffee and it’s wrong to give your employee a thing else to worry about with their performance.
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there should be a consumer electronics review site called does it beep dot com and the sole criteria it uses to judge kitchen appliances, cars, washing machines, etc is whether it beeps at you and if so how annoying the beeps are
June 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
there should be a consumer electronics review site called does it beep dot com and the sole criteria it uses to judge kitchen appliances, cars, washing machines, etc is whether it beeps at you and if so how annoying the beeps are
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What an extraordinary, beautiful thing. Sometimes the only sensible response to scientific discovery is wonderment and awe.
June 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
What an extraordinary, beautiful thing. Sometimes the only sensible response to scientific discovery is wonderment and awe.
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Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
Most Americans use federal science information on a weekly basis, a new poll finds
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
www.npr.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.
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Let me remind everyone that polygraphs are, in practice, pseudoscience interrogation tools not ‘lie detectors.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Furthermore, use of polygraphs enables interrogators (knowingly or otherwise) to launder their own biases & bullshit thru the machine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Furthermore, use of polygraphs enables interrogators (knowingly or otherwise) to launder their own biases & bullshit thru the machine.
FBI using polygraph tests to identify sources of internal leaks
Trump administration has been cracking down on people who leak information to the media since January
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Let me remind everyone that polygraphs are, in practice, pseudoscience interrogation tools not ‘lie detectors.’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Furthermore, use of polygraphs enables interrogators (knowingly or otherwise) to launder their own biases & bullshit thru the machine.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Furthermore, use of polygraphs enables interrogators (knowingly or otherwise) to launder their own biases & bullshit thru the machine.
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the conclave/Eurovision overlap is going to be a wild time specifically for me and @starinthetitle.bsky.social, who each have a longtime hyperfixation on exactly one of those things but mostly know the second through each other
To the extent the Conclave overlaps with the run-up to the Eurovision finals, friends point out that social media chatter may get confusing for the casual fan.
(Papabile Pizzaballa is a great band name! But what if that Mamagama guy from Azerbaijan turns into a surprise contender?)
(Papabile Pizzaballa is a great band name! But what if that Mamagama guy from Azerbaijan turns into a surprise contender?)
April 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
the conclave/Eurovision overlap is going to be a wild time specifically for me and @starinthetitle.bsky.social, who each have a longtime hyperfixation on exactly one of those things but mostly know the second through each other
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Me on Independent Bookstore Day
April 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Me on Independent Bookstore Day
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I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
Welcome to the 4chan administration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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And now we move to the dismantling and defunding of museums, libraries, & any remaining public space that promotes education, joy and togetherness, or an evidence-based sense of history without having to spend money. The destruction of community culture itself for the enrichment of a despicable few.
Horrific EO dropped last night! Below is an interactive map to see EXACTLY the libraries + museums which will be heavily impacted with the IMLS being defunded:
@exploratorium.bsky.social Science Center of MN; Nat'l Children's Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art....the list goes on and on.
@exploratorium.bsky.social Science Center of MN; Nat'l Children's Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art....the list goes on and on.
IMLS Interactive Map
www.imls.gov
March 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
And now we move to the dismantling and defunding of museums, libraries, & any remaining public space that promotes education, joy and togetherness, or an evidence-based sense of history without having to spend money. The destruction of community culture itself for the enrichment of a despicable few.
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As someone who spends a lot of time talking to Congressional staff, some perspective:
- Staffers are exhausted. It’s chaos. Things change w/o warning bc of shit flowing down from the WH.
- Republican staffers too.
- Staffer pay is shit. Most are there because they have a sense of civic duty.
- Staffers are exhausted. It’s chaos. Things change w/o warning bc of shit flowing down from the WH.
- Republican staffers too.
- Staffer pay is shit. Most are there because they have a sense of civic duty.
the thing is, I’m sure he’s telling the truth about what they say in private
there have always been plenty of Republicans who are like, holy shit, this guy is insane
and not a single one of them will ever offer resistance when it matters, especially since they actually agree with what he’s doing
there have always been plenty of Republicans who are like, holy shit, this guy is insane
and not a single one of them will ever offer resistance when it matters, especially since they actually agree with what he’s doing
A lot of delusion happening in that Schumer NYT interview, but this gets to the heart of it: he believes his Republican colleagues will come around and everything will be ok. Absolutely delusional.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/m...
March 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
As someone who spends a lot of time talking to Congressional staff, some perspective:
- Staffers are exhausted. It’s chaos. Things change w/o warning bc of shit flowing down from the WH.
- Republican staffers too.
- Staffer pay is shit. Most are there because they have a sense of civic duty.
- Staffers are exhausted. It’s chaos. Things change w/o warning bc of shit flowing down from the WH.
- Republican staffers too.
- Staffer pay is shit. Most are there because they have a sense of civic duty.
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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our hugely over-valued, energy-sucking bullshit machines still curiously can't do the basics
AI chatbots unable to accurately summarise news, BBC finds
The BBC's head of news and current affairs says the developers of the tools are "playing with fire."
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
our hugely over-valued, energy-sucking bullshit machines still curiously can't do the basics
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The blithe tone of this headline and deck is chilling.
February 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The blithe tone of this headline and deck is chilling.
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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
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There's actually an appendix in Let This Radicalize You about what to do if the feds come to your door, written by a movement lawyer (along with an appendix section on treating pepper spray and tear gas exposure), but yes, the short version is plz shut the fuck up. Never talk to them w out a lawyer.
Speaking of shut the fuck up Friday, I’ve been seeing some people say that the FBI has contacted them for questioning after seeing social media posts, and my extremely urgent advice is that you should under NO CIRCUMSTANCES talk to the Feds without a lawyer.
December 27, 2024 at 7:59 PM
There's actually an appendix in Let This Radicalize You about what to do if the feds come to your door, written by a movement lawyer (along with an appendix section on treating pepper spray and tear gas exposure), but yes, the short version is plz shut the fuck up. Never talk to them w out a lawyer.
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This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
December 5, 2024 at 3:50 AM
This is one of the most well-written explanations of certain kinds of AI errors I’ve seen to date. (The whole article is great too.)
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
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Really don't understand how there are people who don't like Irish trad or folk. It's the only kind of music that alternates between making me want to dance, cry, and chase a redcoat over the bog with a pike
November 25, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Really don't understand how there are people who don't like Irish trad or folk. It's the only kind of music that alternates between making me want to dance, cry, and chase a redcoat over the bog with a pike
Me (as if I am having an epic realization that executive functioning does more than propel capitalism): maybe I still need to take my adhd meds on non-work days if I have enough multipart tasks to juggle?
Partner: yep. Could have told you that.
Me: 👀👀👀
Partner: I helped you move. Nuff said.
Partner: yep. Could have told you that.
Me: 👀👀👀
Partner: I helped you move. Nuff said.
November 26, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Me (as if I am having an epic realization that executive functioning does more than propel capitalism): maybe I still need to take my adhd meds on non-work days if I have enough multipart tasks to juggle?
Partner: yep. Could have told you that.
Me: 👀👀👀
Partner: I helped you move. Nuff said.
Partner: yep. Could have told you that.
Me: 👀👀👀
Partner: I helped you move. Nuff said.