Orlando Roncesvalles
@orbronski.bsky.social
Personal BlueSky account. (Can this replace FB, X, etc.?)
Please follow if we already know each other personally. Or you can argue for random events with almost miraculous effect.
Please follow if we already know each other personally. Or you can argue for random events with almost miraculous effect.
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“I have my books and my poetry to protect me..” And my twins.
Every day is a good day.
Every day is a good day.
March 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
“I have my books and my poetry to protect me..” And my twins.
Every day is a good day.
Every day is a good day.
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Last review of my Sickos! theme month is the Italian comedy WIDE BRIMMED HATS ARE FASHIONABLE.
Director-star Ernesto Vaser gender-flips the fashion satire and adopts a giant hat, spreading mayhem-- and a decapitation!-- wherever he goes.
moviessilently.com/2025/01/26/w...
Director-star Ernesto Vaser gender-flips the fashion satire and adopts a giant hat, spreading mayhem-- and a decapitation!-- wherever he goes.
moviessilently.com/2025/01/26/w...
Wide Brimmed Hats Are Fashionable (1912) A Silent Film Review
When an Italian dandy finds himself the subject of ridicule, he discovers that his narrow hat is simply not the style. He buys the broadest brim he can find and chaos ensues.
moviessilently.com
January 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Last review of my Sickos! theme month is the Italian comedy WIDE BRIMMED HATS ARE FASHIONABLE.
Director-star Ernesto Vaser gender-flips the fashion satire and adopts a giant hat, spreading mayhem-- and a decapitation!-- wherever he goes.
moviessilently.com/2025/01/26/w...
Director-star Ernesto Vaser gender-flips the fashion satire and adopts a giant hat, spreading mayhem-- and a decapitation!-- wherever he goes.
moviessilently.com/2025/01/26/w...
What’s all that about?
Community notes also favored jerkwad, asshat, and tool.
Zuckerberg Rethinks Meta Policy After Community Notes Call Him a Sociopath
Community notes also favored jerkwad, asshat, and tool.
www.borowitzreport.com
January 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What’s all that about?
Reposted by Orlando Roncesvalles
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that…
tcrn.ch
January 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes
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Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
I had to look them up. As a nominee for his job, he should have known..
I had to look them up. As a nominee for his job, he should have known..
January 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
I had to look them up. As a nominee for his job, he should have known..
I had to look them up. As a nominee for his job, he should have known..
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This is all-inclusive: all the tools, glue, thread, endpaper, book boards, pages, etc.
That’s why I went with this kit, some kits are like “provide own paper and thread”
I think a kit should be soup to nuts complete.
That’s why I went with this kit, some kits are like “provide own paper and thread”
I think a kit should be soup to nuts complete.
January 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is all-inclusive: all the tools, glue, thread, endpaper, book boards, pages, etc.
That’s why I went with this kit, some kits are like “provide own paper and thread”
I think a kit should be soup to nuts complete.
That’s why I went with this kit, some kits are like “provide own paper and thread”
I think a kit should be soup to nuts complete.
Make this make sense
The economy is in turmoil but at least my financial future is secure thanks to my collection of 10,000 images of tennis balls. Now to take a big sip of coffee and open Bluesky
Almost 10,000 images of tennis balls plunge up to 90% in value as Australian Open appears to ditch NFTs
January 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Make this make sense
Ok this is about something
January 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ok this is about something
It's almost ridiculous
January 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
It's almost ridiculous
Reposted by Orlando Roncesvalles
Joan Robinson once said: "(t)he purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
There's a parallel here with mathematics, which we also do to avoid being deceived (by ourselves).
#economics
There's a parallel here with mathematics, which we also do to avoid being deceived (by ourselves).
#economics
January 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Joan Robinson once said: "(t)he purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists."
There's a parallel here with mathematics, which we also do to avoid being deceived (by ourselves).
#economics
There's a parallel here with mathematics, which we also do to avoid being deceived (by ourselves).
#economics
Reposted by Orlando Roncesvalles
Why do we have government?
Well, what would life be like if we didn't have government?
Pretty bad?
Hobbes agreed!
What did he think? Find out here:
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”: Thomas Hobbes on Life in the State of Nature by Daniel Weltman
1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/07/14/h...
Well, what would life be like if we didn't have government?
Pretty bad?
Hobbes agreed!
What did he think? Find out here:
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”: Thomas Hobbes on Life in the State of Nature by Daniel Weltman
1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/07/14/h...
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”: Thomas Hobbes on Life in the State of Nature - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology
An introduction to Thomas Hobbes and his views on life in the State of nature, including his quote that life in that state would be “Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”
1000wordphilosophy.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why do we have government?
Well, what would life be like if we didn't have government?
Pretty bad?
Hobbes agreed!
What did he think? Find out here:
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”: Thomas Hobbes on Life in the State of Nature by Daniel Weltman
1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/07/14/h...
Well, what would life be like if we didn't have government?
Pretty bad?
Hobbes agreed!
What did he think? Find out here:
“Nasty, Brutish, and Short”: Thomas Hobbes on Life in the State of Nature by Daniel Weltman
1000wordphilosophy.com/2021/07/14/h...
How to Survive in '25
There’s no way around it: it’s 2025.
www.borowitzreport.com
January 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Boomer music
Peter Yarrow, singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at 86. cnn.it/4gGn8Pp
January 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Boomer music