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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Agree that engagement is low. Though for me content quality remains high. When I go to the other place, it's pretty much all crap, all the time I don't have the strength to constantly clean and curate. Plus I am uninterested in providing free content for ownership to monetize. Where else to go?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Returning to cocktail programming, tonight I'm done with honey. This is a Brooklyn - a Manhattan riff, of course. The key ingredient, hard to find, is the French Amaro-ish liqueur Amer Picon. Fortunately, I have a French daughter-in-law, so I am well provisioned.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Last weekend of honey cocktails. This is the sine qua non of the category - the Gold Rush.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cool story, which emphasizes the science NEVER lies. (Which, sadly, now feels like a political statement.)

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Over here at House Gilman, I have just signed an executive order declaring that the moon is, in fact, made of green cheese. Anything else you may heard is a hoax. Or, to resurrect a golden oldie from the Nixon administration, it is "inoperative."

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I’m just gonna try to take this at face value for a moment. So if people pay their premiums and make no insurance claims, they’re committing fraud. Therefore, I’ve been fraudulently paying for home and auto insurance for decades. I’m in deep shit.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

People may remember the Nixon White House tapes as the quintessential Oval Office audio collection. But this one, man, it's the best.

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LBJ Orders Pants

YouTube video by pthiso

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This story is powerful. You can readily understand the frustrations all around. Fortunately, a happy ending for little Hazel. This is not really a Vertex issue IMHO. Rather it reveals systemic cracks in our entire system of drug development, regulation, and healthcare delivery. How do we respond?

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In a changed world for cystic fibrosis, a family's fight reveals a new gap in care

Drugs like Trikafta, first approved in 2019, have changed cystic fibrosis from a death sentence to a manageable chronic condition for the vast majority of patients. But the drug is only approved for c...

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Changing our clocks twice a year is such an unforced error. Look what we're gonna be dealing with after Nov 1.

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Chris Weston @chrisweston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We would probably have raised them in anticipation of energy costs but ngl was too funny to imagine Trump reading we held them. Lol

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Left to right, I think: Shana Tova Sour, Rye Hummingbird Down, Tequila Honey Bee.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The holiday cocktail menu. With best wishes for a sweet new year.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Hump Day commercial makes me so happy.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

RIP to a legend

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hendrix did it better. Discuss.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In 1937, Stalin's census found the famine killed millions.⁣ ⁣ His government suppressed the report and shot the statisticians who made it.⁣ ⁣ Three weeks ago, that kind of suppression was illegal in America. Now it isn't. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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The Sentence That Used to Protect American Statistics

"Protection from inappropriate influence is a hallmark of scientific integrity." That line governed the Census Bureau and then the White House quietly disappeared it.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Dude misunderstands how insurance works. (Which I don't believe.)

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I had one this evening. Thanks for the Rye Hummingbird Down, which I'd never heard of. It is timely, as honey syrup season is approaching in the Gilman household. What's your honey syrup protocol? I think I do 2:1 honey:water (or maybe 3:1?). Or maybe even 1:1. Should keep a better notebook.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Much consternation in family thread, but I ended up getting it in four.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Doing the important work for America.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Finished the bottle. But YOLO.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Pretty sure this is my favorite Chartreuse-containing cocktail. It’s the Monte Cassino. Equal parts rye, lemon juice, Benedictine, Yellow Chartreuse.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

OK, here's mine. TIL Burton Cummings, the golden-voiced Winnipeg-born lead singer of The Guess Who, who spent many years as a successful solo artist in California, now lives in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. And loves it there.

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Canada maybe the smaller "fish" in this battle, but who's got the biggest lake trout? (This is my brother, anonymity preserved - sort of - with a fish he caught this week in northern Manitoba.)

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. What is this thing?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Why am I thinking about the Overton window again?

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Michael Gilman @gilman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Vanilla-ginger highball featuring Flor de Caña 7 rum. Have a great weekend, everyone.

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