Vince Mao
@mindminermao.bsky.social
MIND MINER: Writer, test engineer, father/kiddy resort manager, student of politics (on your left), inspirator, educator, prismatic thinker, Tai Chi practitioner, explorer of STEAM, second brain tinkerer, all-around generalist and knowledge theorist
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Vince Mao
@mindminermao.bsky.social
· Nov 18
a blue background with the words 5 things to quit on it
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I'm beginning to realize something after sharing on social media for 3 years:
It's not your job to apologize for the misunderstandings of others.
It's your job to defend where you stand with facts, feelings, and stories.
You won't reach others if you are missing any one of these elements.
It's not your job to apologize for the misunderstandings of others.
It's your job to defend where you stand with facts, feelings, and stories.
You won't reach others if you are missing any one of these elements.
At this rate, we're shoveling canaries out along with the coal...
September 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
At this rate, we're shoveling canaries out along with the coal...
Speak now...
Or forever hold you peace.
That's the state of this union.
Or forever hold you peace.
That's the state of this union.
August 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Speak now...
Or forever hold you peace.
That's the state of this union.
Or forever hold you peace.
That's the state of this union.
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ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
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Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
August 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...
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Bully puppet. I wonder what the gazpacho will think.
Greene: These are not the kind of people who should have the president’s ear. They could never win an election themselves. Loomer lost two races. Levin wouldn’t run because he’d likely lose. So it’s interesting to see these people use their platforms as a bully puppet…
August 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bully puppet. I wonder what the gazpacho will think.
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Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show
Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show
Writers Guild of America requests New York attorney general investigate ‘potential wrongdoing’ after shock cancellation
The Writers Guild of America has called on New York state officials to launch an investigation into Paramount following its sudden decision to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
In a strongly worded statement issued on Friday, the Writers Guild of America East and the Writers Guild of America West asked New York state attorney general Letitia James to investigate Paramount over “potential wrongdoing” after the company announced the cancellation of the ‘Late Show’ on Thursday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show
W.T.F.
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:17 AM
W.T.F.
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All educated people should know the value of logic and critical thinking. To not understand the value of logic and critical thinking, is to be severely lacking in education, though one may be specialized in a specific field.
July 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
All educated people should know the value of logic and critical thinking. To not understand the value of logic and critical thinking, is to be severely lacking in education, though one may be specialized in a specific field.
Actually, This is the Reason You're Smarter Than AI
open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
Actually, This is the Reason You're Smarter Than AI
And it has nothing to do with intelligence.
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Actually, This is the Reason You're Smarter Than AI
open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
You'd think that some of these people in government who are so lazy they can't be bothered to read the bills they pass would at least throw it at AI to help summarize it...but that's not what they're building it for anyway so...
July 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You'd think that some of these people in government who are so lazy they can't be bothered to read the bills they pass would at least throw it at AI to help summarize it...but that's not what they're building it for anyway so...
Your voice is powerful.
Regardless of what they will do, we still have our experiences, stories, and values to defend.
Know who you are and what you stand for. Don't let anyone dictate what you are about.
7 Simple Questions to Escape This Vanity Trap open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
Regardless of what they will do, we still have our experiences, stories, and values to defend.
Know who you are and what you stand for. Don't let anyone dictate what you are about.
7 Simple Questions to Escape This Vanity Trap open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
7 Simple Questions to Escape This Vanity Trap
Getting seen doesn't mean you make a difference.
open.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Your voice is powerful.
Regardless of what they will do, we still have our experiences, stories, and values to defend.
Know who you are and what you stand for. Don't let anyone dictate what you are about.
7 Simple Questions to Escape This Vanity Trap open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
Regardless of what they will do, we still have our experiences, stories, and values to defend.
Know who you are and what you stand for. Don't let anyone dictate what you are about.
7 Simple Questions to Escape This Vanity Trap open.substack.com/pub/projectp...
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a peach doll stands in front of a field of flames
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June 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
June 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
People who don't pay attention to politics in any way make a rather terrible assumption for that "privilege"...
That the nation will function regardless of who is in charge at the moment.
For a healthy, stable form of government, this is true.
We are certainly not.
Don't look away.
That the nation will function regardless of who is in charge at the moment.
For a healthy, stable form of government, this is true.
We are certainly not.
Don't look away.
June 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
People who don't pay attention to politics in any way make a rather terrible assumption for that "privilege"...
That the nation will function regardless of who is in charge at the moment.
For a healthy, stable form of government, this is true.
We are certainly not.
Don't look away.
That the nation will function regardless of who is in charge at the moment.
For a healthy, stable form of government, this is true.
We are certainly not.
Don't look away.
As of this year, you're living in another country even if you never left the US your entire life.
Read that again.
Read that again.
June 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
As of this year, you're living in another country even if you never left the US your entire life.
Read that again.
Read that again.
I share these every week...
I don't talk about them enough, but it's something that's helped me a lot in the past few years.
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I don't talk about them enough, but it's something that's helped me a lot in the past few years.
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June 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I share these every week...
I don't talk about them enough, but it's something that's helped me a lot in the past few years.
thedigitalheirloom.beehiiv.com/subscribe
I don't talk about them enough, but it's something that's helped me a lot in the past few years.
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Enjoying the show as they tear down the system outside the arena...
a man with a beard is talking to another man with the words fear and wonder- a powerful combination
ALT: a man with a beard is talking to another man with the words fear and wonder- a powerful combination
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June 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Enjoying the show as they tear down the system outside the arena...
Fight for your rights.
As a former educator, students are worth fighting for regardless of their age.
If they can do this to universities, what's to stop them from doing it to all levels?
As a former educator, students are worth fighting for regardless of their age.
If they can do this to universities, what's to stop them from doing it to all levels?
BREAKING: Harvard is suing the Trump administration after DHS revoked its certification to enroll international students. Harvard’s president called the move “unlawful,” warning it threatens thousands of students and strikes at the heart of higher education in America.
May 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Fight for your rights.
As a former educator, students are worth fighting for regardless of their age.
If they can do this to universities, what's to stop them from doing it to all levels?
As a former educator, students are worth fighting for regardless of their age.
If they can do this to universities, what's to stop them from doing it to all levels?
Is it just me, or is it that most people can only retain the words "jack" and "sh*t" when it comes to history?
May 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Is it just me, or is it that most people can only retain the words "jack" and "sh*t" when it comes to history?
Ideas...
bought this in-universe history of the galactic empire (by an actual historian) and it is actually pretty good
May 17, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ideas...
You think this doesn't affect you?
Wait a few weeks.
Wait a few weeks.
May 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You think this doesn't affect you?
Wait a few weeks.
Wait a few weeks.
Answering "I don't know." Is fine...
Unless it's actually IN the job description!
Not to mention in the oath you made to take the office.
Unless it's actually IN the job description!
Not to mention in the oath you made to take the office.
a man in a suit and tie is saying i didn 't know that .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying i didn 't know that .
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May 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Answering "I don't know." Is fine...
Unless it's actually IN the job description!
Not to mention in the oath you made to take the office.
Unless it's actually IN the job description!
Not to mention in the oath you made to take the office.