@thinker4.bsky.social
Mostly reposting things that give me a new perspective or explanation or way to approach things. How to live with kindness & compassion in the world, justice, covid. Sometimes tennis or kittens.
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An important and grace-filled post about grieving a partner.
Friday blog in which survival is not a competition.
sharonleewriter.com/2025/11/frid...
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Friday – Sharon Lee, Writer
sharonleewriter.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
An important and grace-filled post about grieving a partner.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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You're not here to convince
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM
You're not here to convince
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
anyone to believe in your light.
You're here to become it,
and to walk in purpose
so boldly that even shadows
start to soften around you.
-Vex King
Happy new week weavers, remember you are the light.💛
#Nature #Photography #Bluesky #Naturephotography
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Thread. My daughter, diagnosed with dysgraphia and ADHD in her teens, got a first in archaeology and a masters degree. Support and personal effort, a winning combination.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thread. My daughter, diagnosed with dysgraphia and ADHD in her teens, got a first in archaeology and a masters degree. Support and personal effort, a winning combination.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
I could hyperfocus during revision and exams. My daughter’s diagnosis led to me understanding the way my own brain functions.
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So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
November 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
So I try not to give too many gory details about life with long covid, but I also think it’s important to give a clear picture of what can happen to anyone.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
Over the last yearish, I’ve become allergic to more than 70 foods. Today I lost soy. I’m not how long I can keep eating at all.
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The standard of living in Haiti, in the running for the most wretchedly poor country on Earth, is on the high end for preindustrial societies.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The standard of living in Haiti, in the running for the most wretchedly poor country on Earth, is on the high end for preindustrial societies.
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These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.
The Fear Factor
The right and the left both use fear to drive politics, but the difference in how is striking
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
These are scary times, and it’s okay to feel afraid. The challenge is learning how to respond instead of retreating. This piece offers insight into managing that fear and transforming it into courage, understanding, and tangible steps forward.
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We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
Now That Fascism is Here...
Fascism isn’t coming to America; it’s here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
We cannot let the myth of American exceptionalism numb us into imagining we are above devolving into inhumanity.
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
We have every ingredient in place to become something historically monstrous.
It will happen here unless we refuse to allow it.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/now-that-f...
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Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
August 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Anyone who has experience in an abusive household, or who has worked with people in them, or has read a lot about them, will be familiar with a particular dynamic:
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
Dad is full of loud passions & intense moods, sweeping through like a thunderstorm, unpredictable, volatile, often violent. He is ...
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Cool.
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
New ‘artificial plant’ uses solar power to clean radioactive soil
Researchers have created a game-changing device that purifies radioactive soil using nothing but sunlight.
interestingengineering.com
September 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Cool.
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
"Solar-powered ‘artificial plant’ purifies radioactive soil by 95% in 20 days"
interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...
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There's a fascinating epistemological difference between how Jewish people relate to the Torah and how Christian people relate to the Bible.
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
So Shaun King really is on a messy messy journey here huh
September 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There's a fascinating epistemological difference between how Jewish people relate to the Torah and how Christian people relate to the Bible.
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
From the Council of Nicaea forward, Christianity had bound itself to a literate tradition - by which I mean that they view knowledge as closed, not open. 🧵
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The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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September 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin
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Are you considering moderating what you say in public (incl here) bc of potential for backlash, being doxxed/your family threatened wo legal recourse, being targeted by our own government, losing your job? Do you know people who are?
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
September 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Are you considering moderating what you say in public (incl here) bc of potential for backlash, being doxxed/your family threatened wo legal recourse, being targeted by our own government, losing your job? Do you know people who are?
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
Did you have this concern a year ago?
That's what we've lost.
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"The healthiest minds I’ve seen aren’t the ones with zero anxiety. They’re the ones that know how to regulate, reset, and reconnect. Mental health isn’t about never struggling. It’s about knowing how to come back to balance."
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
September 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"The healthiest minds I’ve seen aren’t the ones with zero anxiety. They’re the ones that know how to regulate, reset, and reconnect. Mental health isn’t about never struggling. It’s about knowing how to come back to balance."
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
- Dr. Daniela Mascaro
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🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on "Why Novavax is the better COVID-19 vaccine..."
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...
September 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
🚨🧵 by @Biff234523 on "Why Novavax is the better COVID-19 vaccine..."
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...
"There are 5 main categories (in addition to the benefit of the JN.1 antigen target, which I’ve already described in the past) that illustrate why Novavax is the best choice..."
Full🧵here:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19647...
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Covid vaccine deaths: the best data came out of Korea, which did autopsies on all post-vaccination sudden deaths.
The country identified 21 deaths out of 44 million vaccinees.
Yes people can die from the vaccine, but it’s incredibly rare.
mazer.substack.com/p/koreas-rea...
The country identified 21 deaths out of 44 million vaccinees.
Yes people can die from the vaccine, but it’s incredibly rare.
mazer.substack.com/p/koreas-rea...
Korea's reassuring vaccine data
Autopsy results reveal extremely rare sudden deaths
mazer.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Covid vaccine deaths: the best data came out of Korea, which did autopsies on all post-vaccination sudden deaths.
The country identified 21 deaths out of 44 million vaccinees.
Yes people can die from the vaccine, but it’s incredibly rare.
mazer.substack.com/p/koreas-rea...
The country identified 21 deaths out of 44 million vaccinees.
Yes people can die from the vaccine, but it’s incredibly rare.
mazer.substack.com/p/koreas-rea...
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They lost loved ones in 9/11. We invited them to leave a voicemail in their memory.
They Lost Loved Ones In 9/11. We Invited Them To Leave A Voicemail In Their Memory | NPR
YouTube video by NPR
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September 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
They lost loved ones in 9/11. We invited them to leave a voicemail in their memory.
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anyway I need to cleanse my palate
for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation
for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation
youtube just recommended me an AI slop '''folk''' song. absolutely fucking disgusting and contrary to the core principles at the heart of folk music. eternal struggle against AI 'art'
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
anyway I need to cleanse my palate
for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation
for each like, i'll drop a folk song recommendation
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I want everyone, even those who I despise, to have healthcare. I want everyone, even republicans, to be able to afford food and housing. I want everyone, even those on the right who actively work to build the opposite, to live in a place that is safe from violence.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I want everyone, even those who I despise, to have healthcare. I want everyone, even republicans, to be able to afford food and housing. I want everyone, even those on the right who actively work to build the opposite, to live in a place that is safe from violence.
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There is an ever-increasing body of scientific evidence that the virus uses cells' histamine receptors for infection and that's part of why it's so virulent: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Large enough quantities of antihistamines serve as preferential binders and reduce capacity for viral entry.
The histamine receptor H1 acts as an alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2 | mBio
In addition to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can utilize alternative cofactors to facilitate viral entry. In this study, we discovered that histamine receptor H1 (HRH1) not only ...
journals.asm.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
There is an ever-increasing body of scientific evidence that the virus uses cells' histamine receptors for infection and that's part of why it's so virulent: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/... Large enough quantities of antihistamines serve as preferential binders and reduce capacity for viral entry.
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I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
August 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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“August is going to be significantly (worse) because…their physiology has eroded to the point where even refeeding could potentially cause death itself. The gut has started to auto-digest & will no longer have adequate absorptive capacity for water or for nutrition. Death is unfortunately imminent…”
NEW— "A lot of children have passed the point of no return...The gut lining has started to auto-digest & will no longer [absorb] water or nutrition. Death is imminent for 1000s"
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
An American doctor who just returned from Gaza on where US-Israeli policy is taking us:
www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-s...
‘Past The Point Of No Return’: Doctor Describes How Starvation In Gaza Is Driving Mass Death
"In August and September, there are probably still going to be ... large numbers of deaths because children have already passed the tipping point," Mark Brauner, who volunteered in Gaza last month, to...
www.huffpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“August is going to be significantly (worse) because…their physiology has eroded to the point where even refeeding could potentially cause death itself. The gut has started to auto-digest & will no longer have adequate absorptive capacity for water or for nutrition. Death is unfortunately imminent…”