Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Do I recall correctly that government control of language was a central point in the novel 1984? www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...forbes.comTrump: People Who Still Say ‘AI’ Are ‘The Enemy’President Donald Trump continued his push to rename AI to “super intelligence” Thursday, calling anyone who refuses to use his preferred term “THE ENEMY!” 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 08/10/2026You're working that poor cat too hard. He should form a union 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I'm old enough to remember when a sitting POTUS starting a war and then inviting the enemy to bomb major US cities would have been literally unthinkable. Of course, middle school students are old enough to remember that. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Unfortunately, if there is no one both able and willing to put you in handcuffs, you are in fact above the law. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The pizza looks good, but cutting a round pizza that way is objectively Wrong. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 02/10/2026#FavoriteSongFriday Speaking of King Crimson and Primus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml6L...youtube.comthela hun ginjeet les claypoolYouTube video by dinkus4727 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here's an interesting angle on the educational implications of the new world: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m a College Professor. Writing Isn’t as Important as We Think. (Gift Article)If I do not treat writing as essential for achieving thought, it is not clear why I should force my students to. 000
Reposted by Don ReaOutspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Black folks don’t hang themselves from trees. 296138174635
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Superman waving around an open beaker with every deadly microbe known to man 000
Reposted by Don ReaMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 882331378395
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026He's actually too stupid to sell cars. He'd more likely be selling Rollex watches from a blanket on a street corner on Canal Street 012
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"When you can buy your way out of any mistake, when you can fire anyone who disagrees with you, when your social circle consists entirely of people who need something from you, the basic mechanism by which humans learn that other people are real goes dark." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...theatlantic.comWhat I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private RetreatFor the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#FavoriteSongFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFIQ...youtube.comThe Most Beautiful Version of Mad World You'll Ever Hear | Sierra Hull (2022)YouTube video by Paste Magazine 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Making mozzarella is falling-off-a-log easy. Your next one could be *all* homemade. 110
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 23/09/2026TIL My shoulders are hypermobile, which means I have a larger range of motion than most people. I had no idea. "Hey, let's see how high up our own backs we can put our hands" isn't a suggestion that ever occurred to me. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"In the view of A.I. consciousness skeptics, the fact that these models have begun mimicking deep human ideas...simply reflects how much human researchers and commentators have trained them with language that anthropomorphizes them." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/s...nytimes.comAre A.I. Models Being Misled to Act Too Human? (Gift Article)A corporate spat between two tech giants last week was just the latest volley in a conflict over whether dangerous mistakes are being made in A.I. training. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 20/09/2026To my USian friends: I'm sorry, but we are not the good guys. The people who murder children are never, ever the good guys. 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#FavoriteSongFriday I first heard of these guys on a t-shirt I saw at a Primus show www.youtube.com/watch?v=otKP...youtube.comSTICK MEN "Komodo" (Official Video) | Tony Levin · Pat Mastelotto · Markus ReuterYouTube video by Stick Men 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Asked if GOP leaders were canceling session to protect members from a politically difficult vote to impeach Hegseth, Johnson said the move had nothing to do with the defense secretary." www.cnn.com/2026/09/16/p...cnn.comHouse to adjourn early, stave off Hegseth impeachment vote | CNN PoliticsSpeaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday announced he is sending members home from Washington early for their seven-week campaigning recess ahead of the midterm elections, a move that will stave off a vote o... 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"...of course many people don’t find Trump morally repellent. He’s just an exaggerated version of the kind of person modern society was designed to create." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comWhy Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time. 010
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I just made a sandwich with Canadian bacon, American cheese, and Mexican hot sauce. I call it the NAFTA 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026#FavoriteSongFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvuC...youtube.comRoyal Republic - Stayin' Alive (Official Video)YouTube video by RoyalRepublic 000
Reposted by Don ReaRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Yep, I'm up for that! Anybody else want to join me? #BookSky 881043125
Reposted by Don ReaBerin Szóka @berinszoka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel 399208704813
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 04/09/2026#FavoriteSongFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_nV...youtube.comAdrian Belew - Young LionsYouTube video by Adri8286 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In all seriousness, what the hell happened to Senator McConnell? 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 01/09/2026SEPTEMBER 1ST IS NOT HALLOWEEN. NOVEMBER 1ST IS NOT CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It IS NOT AUTUMN. It is still August. You pumpkin spice zombies just wait your turn. 220
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Can someone explain to me why we aren't talking about Asimov's Laws all day every day? 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 28/08/2026#FavoriteSongFriday www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5T...youtube.comPaul Simon - The Boy In The BubbleYouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO 000
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 27/08/20261. Be beautiful. 2. Be famous. The rest will come to you. 010
Don Rea @donrea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Very bad times may be coming for Arizona www.nytimes.com/2026/08/23/u...nytimes.comAmerica’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water (Gift Article)Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come. 000
Reposted by Don ReaÁine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 23/08/2026static.klipy.comTryan Trying to Fit BlocksAlt: Tryan Trying to Fit Blocks 092
