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andrewbolick.bsky.social
Qualia curator, most-mediocre musician, bibliophile, and of the House of Ravenclaw
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BREAKING: The court has granted our request for a temporary restraining order to stop the federal government from unlawfully sharing personal financial data with DOGE. This must now stop, pending a full hearing, and any downloaded data must be deleted.

submitted 26 days ago • 65 comments

For posterity, the blizzard of '24: #NorthCarolinaSnow

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

I've read #TheStarlessSea by @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social half-dozen times now, but each re-reading is a newly-opened door, the threshold crossing of which never seems to lose its wonder. (Song: "The Starless Sea" by Christina Alden and Alex Patterson)

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Flippin' ace, 10/10 ⭐️ This film takes the metaphorical cake for me, and is the least financially-prohibitive way to experience a Broadway play. 👏 #WickedMovie

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Yes! This will be shelved alongside God's Monsters, by Esther Hamori. 📚

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

May it be an instant boost in mood for you as well: The that-feeling of arriving at the next stoplight the same time as the egomaniac who passed you and all, speeding/swerving through traffic to no avail. Offer them a happy-holidays wave. #HappyHolidays

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

Why is "Do your own research" terrible advice? Because of confirmation bias and motivated reasoning. People with a distrust of experts and consensus in a given field, a field in which they themselves are not experts, will seek and find something to support what they already believe.

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

"..when would-be authoritarians try to consolidate power, they do so by placing fools and jesters into positions of extraordinary power." "No one is more loyal than someone who would never get this kind of chance, this opportunity, this power under any other person." www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...

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