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Martin Tusler

@mtusler.bsky.social
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Mostly retired researcher, three amazing daughters. Studied the role of numeracy in decision making also patient activation. Chickadees, squirrels, kestrels. Old cis white guy with tons of useless knowledge.

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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thank you for reminding me of that scene. It's one of those film moments when I thought, "No, they didn't!"
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I hope it's what you think. If it's in the PNW it's more likely this teamster.org/2024/11/team...
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Teamsters Boycott Bigfoot Beverages
(EUGENE, Ore.) – Teamsters Local 206 and 324 are calling for Oregon residents to boycott Bigfoot Beverages, one of the largest soft drink and alcohol distribu
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My money is on Scylla on the rock.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Only some of them wear tank tops. Otherwise 99 percent accurate. I can't believe that they let gambling guys host shows that are not about gambling.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
My feeling is that if I had been there I would have been one of the incurious only to realize, later, lying in bed, how interesting it is. Social anxiety is a beast.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@corvidresearch.bsky.social
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I have a pair like those on the left. The chick screams at the crow, demanding to be fed.
Parent and chick crows
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I have a pair like those on the left. The chick screams at the crow, demanding to be fed.
Parent and chick crows
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
(1/2) There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
(2/2)One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.' John Rogers
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I know this is old but it still makes me laugh. (1/2) There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The pitter-patter is unmistakably human. Variable sentence length, unusual word choices, and the final simile all point to a human creator. Thanks for sharing.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I went to an actuarial conference once. How do you tell an introvert actuary from an extrovert? The extrovert stares at your shoes when he talks to you; the introvert stares at his own shoes.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I'm sorry there are no swords. Do large knives count?
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
For it's one, two, three, what are we fightin' for? Don't ask me I don't give a damn, next stop is Tehran. And it's five, six, seven, open up the pearly gates for there ain't no time to wonder why, Yippee, we're all gonna die. RIP Country Joe.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I was going to suggest he limit his follows to chronically upbeat posters like @connieschultz.bsky.social but realized he already knew that advice.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This is crucial for part time workers. Many states have no protections against short shifts and split shifts. Just because a restaurant only needs someone for an hour doesn't mean they should make someone come in for a one hour shift.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Sat next to Martin Milner on the submarine ride at Disneyland.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Of course, she is @ellenpeters.bsky.social
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
A research group that Ellen belongs to, SCIMaP, was identified by "The Nation" as one of the Public Health Heroes for 2025. The leaders include @asinclair.bsky.social , @joshuasweitz.bsky.social , and @falklab.bsky.social (Emily Falk). I couldn't be more proud.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Lew Zealand and his boomerang fish!
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Thank you for including that it is pay-walled. I subscribe to several things so I like knowing.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I was taught it in the 60s at UCSD but not with much enthusiasm. Essentially, they said, "observe how much developing mammals look like fish."
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I loaned my dvd to a friend, admittedly conservative but not evangelical. He hated it. Didn't find it funny, moving, or profound. Go figure.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Thank you for your effort. I follow people who are generally kind so I prefer not much assholery.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
"Take your own side"
Eli Lake
@EliLake
To the 38% of Jewish New Yorkers who are apparently voting Mamdani: A) What’s wrong with you? and B) Take your own side for G-d’s sake.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I think this might be v.2 of "If your only tool is a hammer, everything looks like a nail."
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Was the vicar Caswell and the constable Massey?
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Rebecca Brückmann @historleans.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Baby elephant time!
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
It's said that getting hair to move naturally was one of the hardest things in animation. Her hair moves like it's a single thing not thousands of strands.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
I'm surprised that methane is not discussed more. It stays in the atmosphere for less time than CO2 so if we can curtail emissions we should see faster progress.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
2/2 Our ability to reduce carbon emissions is better than the most optimistic projections and medicine has shown giant strides, not only mRNA vaccines but using antibodies to fight cancer that gave Carter years of life. I'm not saying we dented the patriarchy but, absent Trump I'd be optimistic
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
1/2 One thing that bothers me about our current situation is that in at least two domains we have made great progress. .
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
"Imagine how pleased I am to receive it." From A Thousand Clowns
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I'd trade ten classes with Herbert Marcuse (I only had one) for one class with Molly Ivins.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I await the results!
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Not my favorite week. Two decent but not great from Motown, a Randy Newman song (never a bad idea) a soapy Beatles song and the last gasp of bubblegum rock.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Carter!
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I don't know your experience, but the pilot of your water taxi viewed the lagoon speed limit as a "guideline"
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
"When we hear and accept what we hear without meeting others, without asking how can it be, without looking for friends outside our circles, when we accept hatred for a group as a legitimate discourse – Pharaoh is alive and well, inside ourselves." Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 1/x
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is so important. The trap of "When YOU do this" is very appealing. Only when I recognize that I do this, and will probably keep doing it, do I begin to move on.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
The skeletal man at the Dollar Store.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
ALT: Orange Citroën with broken door.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
ALT: orange Citroën with broken foor
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
I'm trying to teach Carter about automotive design. It's possible I rushed things
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I'm guessing you have access to the abstract. If not I'll post it.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Yes, but Peter was a bad boy. The book doesn't work as a subversive act if he doesn't have an authority figure to resist. No one remembers Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Heading into Philadelphia a day early in June for the ALA Conference so I can spend a day at The Mutter Museum. Already been once, but frankly, ya gotta go multiple times. Like all good museums, it's too much to absorb in one trip.
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Proud of my congresswoman!
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Martin Tusler @mtusler.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
We clearly have no knowledge of their long term effects given their recent promotion.
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