Michael Davison
@michael481.bsky.social
Pro-democracy, LDS Christian, parent, educator, gamer, reader, writer, Q. Bluesky is nice.
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Michael Davison
@michael481.bsky.social
· Nov 25
A few tools to help you get started with moderating your feed...
Two of my favorite block list creators:
@skywatch.blue
@skysentry.bsky.social
My politically neutral list of conspiracy theorists:
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A feed for finding more lists:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Two of my favorite block list creators:
@skywatch.blue
@skysentry.bsky.social
My politically neutral list of conspiracy theorists:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
A feed for finding more lists:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
624 words today, 1594 total!
Slow and steady isn't winning this race, but it's sure not losing it either.
Slow and steady isn't winning this race, but it's sure not losing it either.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
624 words today, 1594 total!
Slow and steady isn't winning this race, but it's sure not losing it either.
Slow and steady isn't winning this race, but it's sure not losing it either.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 AM
November Novel: 683 words
Today's word count: 589 words
(but they were for a scene in what would be a sequel to my actual November book, so... not adding to the total lol.)
#Writevember
#FirstDraftFall
#Novelember
#NaNoWriMo
Today's word count: 589 words
(but they were for a scene in what would be a sequel to my actual November book, so... not adding to the total lol.)
#Writevember
#FirstDraftFall
#Novelember
#NaNoWriMo
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
November Novel: 683 words
Today's word count: 589 words
(but they were for a scene in what would be a sequel to my actual November book, so... not adding to the total lol.)
#Writevember
#FirstDraftFall
#Novelember
#NaNoWriMo
Today's word count: 589 words
(but they were for a scene in what would be a sequel to my actual November book, so... not adding to the total lol.)
#Writevember
#FirstDraftFall
#Novelember
#NaNoWriMo
Food for thought: how extreme would the ratio (of people in genuine need to fraudsters) have to be, to change your position on SNAP?
(Note that most Republicans don't actually support ending SNAP, and there are 15 Republican Senators supporting Hawley's proposal to fund it during this shutdown.)
(Note that most Republicans don't actually support ending SNAP, and there are 15 Republican Senators supporting Hawley's proposal to fund it during this shutdown.)
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Food for thought: how extreme would the ratio (of people in genuine need to fraudsters) have to be, to change your position on SNAP?
(Note that most Republicans don't actually support ending SNAP, and there are 15 Republican Senators supporting Hawley's proposal to fund it during this shutdown.)
(Note that most Republicans don't actually support ending SNAP, and there are 15 Republican Senators supporting Hawley's proposal to fund it during this shutdown.)
Um, Day 3 #AltNaNo update: 8 words before I fell asleep at the computer.
I mean technically within my commitment to write every day and see if I naturally write more over time
But maybe writing at 10pm is a bit much for my old brain 🤣
#Writevember
#WritingCommunity
#NovelNovember
I mean technically within my commitment to write every day and see if I naturally write more over time
But maybe writing at 10pm is a bit much for my old brain 🤣
#Writevember
#WritingCommunity
#NovelNovember
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Um, Day 3 #AltNaNo update: 8 words before I fell asleep at the computer.
I mean technically within my commitment to write every day and see if I naturally write more over time
But maybe writing at 10pm is a bit much for my old brain 🤣
#Writevember
#WritingCommunity
#NovelNovember
I mean technically within my commitment to write every day and see if I naturally write more over time
But maybe writing at 10pm is a bit much for my old brain 🤣
#Writevember
#WritingCommunity
#NovelNovember
NaNoWriMo Day 2 word count: +156
Total: 224 words
My goal is to keep writing something each day and hope that my word count naturally improves with tracked practice! So far, so good!
#Wrritevember
#NovelNovember
#NovNov
#AmWriting
Total: 224 words
My goal is to keep writing something each day and hope that my word count naturally improves with tracked practice! So far, so good!
#Wrritevember
#NovelNovember
#NovNov
#AmWriting
November 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
NaNoWriMo Day 2 word count: +156
Total: 224 words
My goal is to keep writing something each day and hope that my word count naturally improves with tracked practice! So far, so good!
#Wrritevember
#NovelNovember
#NovNov
#AmWriting
Total: 224 words
My goal is to keep writing something each day and hope that my word count naturally improves with tracked practice! So far, so good!
#Wrritevember
#NovelNovember
#NovNov
#AmWriting
#AltNaNo writing session #1: 68 words
(My goal for this NaNoWriMo is to steadily increase my words per day, or per writing session, as I increase my mental stamina. Like independent reading stamina in upper elementary school.)
#Draftvember #NanoFree #WritingCommunity #WritingMonth #Novelember
✏️📖
(My goal for this NaNoWriMo is to steadily increase my words per day, or per writing session, as I increase my mental stamina. Like independent reading stamina in upper elementary school.)
#Draftvember #NanoFree #WritingCommunity #WritingMonth #Novelember
✏️📖
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#AltNaNo writing session #1: 68 words
(My goal for this NaNoWriMo is to steadily increase my words per day, or per writing session, as I increase my mental stamina. Like independent reading stamina in upper elementary school.)
#Draftvember #NanoFree #WritingCommunity #WritingMonth #Novelember
✏️📖
(My goal for this NaNoWriMo is to steadily increase my words per day, or per writing session, as I increase my mental stamina. Like independent reading stamina in upper elementary school.)
#Draftvember #NanoFree #WritingCommunity #WritingMonth #Novelember
✏️📖
“It is true intelligence for a man to take a subject that is mysterious and great in itself and to unfold and simplify it so that a child can understand it.”
~John Taylor (Discourse, Deseret News, Sept. 30, 1857, 238)
~John Taylor (Discourse, Deseret News, Sept. 30, 1857, 238)
i once had a professor comment that if you really knew your material, you could present it to anyone from any education background in a way they'd understand, from 1st graders to your phd peers
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“It is true intelligence for a man to take a subject that is mysterious and great in itself and to unfold and simplify it so that a child can understand it.”
~John Taylor (Discourse, Deseret News, Sept. 30, 1857, 238)
~John Taylor (Discourse, Deseret News, Sept. 30, 1857, 238)
NaNoWriMo HQ is dead.
Long live #NaNoWriMo.
#Novelember
#NovNov
#NanoFree
#AltNaNo
#NaNo2
#WritingCommunity
Long live #NaNoWriMo.
#Novelember
#NovNov
#NanoFree
#AltNaNo
#NaNo2
#WritingCommunity
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
NaNoWriMo HQ is dead.
Long live #NaNoWriMo.
#Novelember
#NovNov
#NanoFree
#AltNaNo
#NaNo2
#WritingCommunity
Long live #NaNoWriMo.
#Novelember
#NovNov
#NanoFree
#AltNaNo
#NaNo2
#WritingCommunity
Sometimes I suspect that implicit-bias racism and explicit-deliberate racism sometimes require opposite solutions, and that racists-by-choice subconsciously know this and so hide behind racists-by-default for protection.
But then I think that human connection is an excellent remedy for either.
But then I think that human connection is an excellent remedy for either.
October 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sometimes I suspect that implicit-bias racism and explicit-deliberate racism sometimes require opposite solutions, and that racists-by-choice subconsciously know this and so hide behind racists-by-default for protection.
But then I think that human connection is an excellent remedy for either.
But then I think that human connection is an excellent remedy for either.
Today in my little conservative town
Somebody found a vaguely Hispanic-looking person's REAL ID at a Taco Bell, posted about it on social media, and returned it to its owner.
I didn't even see any racist jokes.
It gives me hope.
Somebody found a vaguely Hispanic-looking person's REAL ID at a Taco Bell, posted about it on social media, and returned it to its owner.
I didn't even see any racist jokes.
It gives me hope.
October 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Today in my little conservative town
Somebody found a vaguely Hispanic-looking person's REAL ID at a Taco Bell, posted about it on social media, and returned it to its owner.
I didn't even see any racist jokes.
It gives me hope.
Somebody found a vaguely Hispanic-looking person's REAL ID at a Taco Bell, posted about it on social media, and returned it to its owner.
I didn't even see any racist jokes.
It gives me hope.
I love how libraries can have books with exactly opposite perspectives side by side, without any contention, in perfect silence.
September 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I love how libraries can have books with exactly opposite perspectives side by side, without any contention, in perfect silence.
"It is quite normal to feel many contradictory things at once. Emotions need not make sense, Albert. They are there so that we might make sense of them. It is your job to choose the shape that you prefer, though the ghost of the other one might remain."
#BookQuotes #FaerieRegency #OliviaAtwater
#BookQuotes #FaerieRegency #OliviaAtwater
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
"It is quite normal to feel many contradictory things at once. Emotions need not make sense, Albert. They are there so that we might make sense of them. It is your job to choose the shape that you prefer, though the ghost of the other one might remain."
#BookQuotes #FaerieRegency #OliviaAtwater
#BookQuotes #FaerieRegency #OliviaAtwater
Tragic shooting at an LDS chapel this morning. #lds #mormon #gunviolence
My prayers go out to the victims' families, and may we actually solve this national epidemic of gun violence.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
My prayers go out to the victims' families, and may we actually solve this national epidemic of gun violence.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
Live updates: Multiple shot at Michigan Mormon church, suspect ‘down’
An active shooter was reported at a church Sunday morning, Sept. 28, in Grand Blanc Township, according to police.
www.mlive.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Tragic shooting at an LDS chapel this morning. #lds #mormon #gunviolence
My prayers go out to the victims' families, and may we actually solve this national epidemic of gun violence.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
My prayers go out to the victims' families, and may we actually solve this national epidemic of gun violence.
www.mlive.com/news/flint/2...
"All life is sacred, even the life of the tiniest spiderfly caught in its own web."
#ATLA #Yangchen #Nonviolence #PoliticalViolence #GunViolence
#ATLA #Yangchen #Nonviolence #PoliticalViolence #GunViolence
September 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"All life is sacred, even the life of the tiniest spiderfly caught in its own web."
#ATLA #Yangchen #Nonviolence #PoliticalViolence #GunViolence
#ATLA #Yangchen #Nonviolence #PoliticalViolence #GunViolence
Gentle parenting grown magicians is a big job, but somebody's got to do it. #BookReactions #HalfaSoul
September 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Gentle parenting grown magicians is a big job, but somebody's got to do it. #BookReactions #HalfaSoul
#BookReactions I'm enjoying Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. I'm pretty sure Vanessa is in league with the narrator.
I love the humor. The social commentary here is deep. Probably good to read this one after some exposure to other Regency stories, or at least other Regency-satire stories.
I love the humor. The social commentary here is deep. Probably good to read this one after some exposure to other Regency stories, or at least other Regency-satire stories.
September 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
#BookReactions I'm enjoying Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. I'm pretty sure Vanessa is in league with the narrator.
I love the humor. The social commentary here is deep. Probably good to read this one after some exposure to other Regency stories, or at least other Regency-satire stories.
I love the humor. The social commentary here is deep. Probably good to read this one after some exposure to other Regency stories, or at least other Regency-satire stories.
Great thoughts on the challenge of democracy.
wapo.st/4oIitk9
wapo.st/4oIitk9
Opinion | My gut instinct on Trump’s D.C. power grab was wrong
The allure of the president’s crackdown on crime in the District tests our democratic society.
wapo.st
August 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great thoughts on the challenge of democracy.
wapo.st/4oIitk9
wapo.st/4oIitk9
Reposted by Michael Davison
As someone with chronic disease, this truth hurts.
I have lost so many habits because they weren't sustainable.
But my very most important habits help me remember who I am. And breaking bad mental habits—of shame, of disconnection, of giving up—frees up a little energy for something new.
I have lost so many habits because they weren't sustainable.
But my very most important habits help me remember who I am. And breaking bad mental habits—of shame, of disconnection, of giving up—frees up a little energy for something new.
Habits are the foundation for our wellbeing. To make a big life changes, start with small changes to daily habits
July 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As someone with chronic disease, this truth hurts.
I have lost so many habits because they weren't sustainable.
But my very most important habits help me remember who I am. And breaking bad mental habits—of shame, of disconnection, of giving up—frees up a little energy for something new.
I have lost so many habits because they weren't sustainable.
But my very most important habits help me remember who I am. And breaking bad mental habits—of shame, of disconnection, of giving up—frees up a little energy for something new.
Today, a leader at church announced that two men's responsibities were being traded (the ward clerk and assistant ward clerk).
Some of us giggled, so the leader explained it was so the former ward clerk could have more time at home to support his wife's calling as Young Women's President. #lds
Some of us giggled, so the leader explained it was so the former ward clerk could have more time at home to support his wife's calling as Young Women's President. #lds
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today, a leader at church announced that two men's responsibities were being traded (the ward clerk and assistant ward clerk).
Some of us giggled, so the leader explained it was so the former ward clerk could have more time at home to support his wife's calling as Young Women's President. #lds
Some of us giggled, so the leader explained it was so the former ward clerk could have more time at home to support his wife's calling as Young Women's President. #lds