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David Pollard

@dop4.bsky.social

Retired, recent (2022) escapé from Texas, living the good life in Girona, Catalunya. (Estic aparenent català, però només parlo una mica.)

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We walked by the Unitarian Church in Dublin this morning.

20.05.2025 18:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The lesson of 1933 is that you get out sooner rather than later.”
-Marci Shore
(Professor of History, Yale)

15.05.2025 09:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
AI Hype Requires Memetic Defense: This is AI Memetic Defense 101
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones AI Hype Requires Memetic Defense: This is AI Memetic Defense 101

An AI expert talks about the need to have a defense against "AI Hype."
"Technical claims need technical evidence. Real productivity is not measured in launch tweets, but in how long it takes to get actual value."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd1f...

13.05.2025 08:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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«Estic molt content pel Papa, ens cal un anti-Trump, algú que vingui dels Estats Units i no sigui el mal» Rufus Wainwright torna a l’Auditori de Girona aquest divendres amb un concert amb la GIO Symphonia

Rufus Wainwright played Girona last night - here's a translation of what he said, "I'm happy about the new Pope. We need an anti-Trump: someone who's from the US, but isn't evil."

13.05.2025 07:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Girona flourishes as flower festival preparations get underway City’s “Temps de Flors” festival, starting on Saturday, will transform site into a sea of colors and florals

This week we're having the 70th Annual Temps de Flors celebration in Girona. It's particularly colorful this year, as it's the first time I've attended it that we weren't under drought restrictions.
www.catalannews.com/culture/item...

12.05.2025 21:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sacred Circle Conversation: Honoring Mother Earth
YouTube video by Parliament of the World's Religions Sacred Circle Conversation: Honoring Mother Earth

Important interfaith discussion. Nice to see Parliament doing this work, not just during the official 'Parliaments'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9EW...

12.05.2025 20:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
my teacher was a youtuber
YouTube video by nobody my teacher was a youtuber

This is a really good video I found on YouTube. As the spouse of a retired teacher, it really hit close to home.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeb6...

12.05.2025 07:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Simple, treatments are far more financially lucrative than one-time preventive actions.

04.05.2025 19:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Delighted to see that SRL is still around and kicking. I had one of the VCR tapes back in the ‘90’s and was thrilled with their work.

04.05.2025 19:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Phase behavior of Cacio e Pepe sauce “Pasta alla Cacio e pepe” is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect

This is what happens when you let scientists into your kitchen.
Yummy!
pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/arti...

30.04.2025 18:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Subjugating the world for Caesar. Fun for the whole family!

18.04.2025 19:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump includes policies on Catalan language cinema to justify tariffs US administration releases 400-page 'Foreign Trade Barriers' document criticizing investment in local production

I realize that saying "stupid" and "Trump administration policy" in the same sentence is redundant, but here it is. If Catlans want to watch movies in Spain in their native language, then United States will apply a tax.
www.catalannews.com/politics/ite...

07.04.2025 16:54 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The problem is that this board has also voted Elon a $56 Billion bonus (which was knocked down in court). So they have a history of ignoring their fiduciary responsibilities to shareholders to enrich their liege. This makes the odds of them firing him *really* low.

22.03.2025 10:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

L'extrema dreta torna a prohibir i penalitzar la dissidència política i reactiva el rearmament per generalitzar la cacera de bruixes i el control polític.
Els EUA volen cremar infidels dissidents fent servir els llibres de les biblioteques com a combustible natural.
#ForaFeixistesDelPoder

20.03.2025 09:37 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

It's not enough for him to resign from Tesla. If the board wishes to save the company, they *must* FIRE him as CEO and a board member. Otherwise, it will just look like they are only being expedient, and not truly attempting to put the company on the path to positive change.

22.03.2025 00:29 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

As a scientist, I've been thinking about this parallel a lot recently, especially after reading SISTERS IN SCIENCE 🧪 by Olivia Campbell, about four female scientists' struggles to escape Nazi Germany. 📚💙

They had the best science program in the world, and they trashed it.

16.03.2025 13:26 — 👍 71    🔁 21    💬 4    📌 1

Interesting newstory about a woman who spent much of life near here in Catalunya.

14.03.2025 00:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Woman who lived to age 117 had genes keeping her cells ‘younger’, study shows Maria Branyas Morera, US-born supercentenarian who died in Spain last August, found to have microbiota of an infant

Oldest person in the world had microbiota of an infant, according to unpublished study.

Genes she inherited allowed her cells to "feel and behave as if they were 17 years younger than they actually were".
🧪👵🏼🧬

Link to preprint below.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

13.03.2025 20:22 — 👍 24    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Anime en català | Fansubs.cat Gaudeix de l’anime en català a Fansubs.cat, el portal que recopila tot l’anime subtitulat pels diferents fansubs en català!

el meu anime preferit té un fansub català. anime.fansubs.cat (Frieren)

11.03.2025 23:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In the US, does the US Constitution’s 2nd Amendment mean that US citizen have a right to own armed flying drones?
Just asking for a friend…..

06.03.2025 08:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🧪 Apropos timing: Aix Marseille University in France is launching a €15M program to support American scientists fearing censorship under Trump.

The initiative offers funding and academic freedom, echoing past exoduses from authoritarian regimes.

06.03.2025 06:06 — 👍 67    🔁 38    💬 0    📌 7
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The Urgency Of Celebrating The Spring Equinox We urgently need to celebrate the Spring Equinox. In a country where the government is repressive and authoritarian, the rebel celebrates the joys of life, freedom, self-expression, and the sacredness...

We urgently need to celebrate the Spring Equinox. In a country where the government is repressive and authoritarian, the rebel celebrates the joys of life, freedom, self-expression, and the sacredness of nature.

www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...

02.03.2025 13:38 — 👍 32    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

They are all characters in future Disney stories.

04.03.2025 14:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The principles of Space Law have been under discussion for several decades. It's just that nearly all of the entities with the means to go into space have either ignored, or explicitly stated that they have no intention of adhering to those principles.

23.02.2025 22:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Imagine Salisbury Steak flavored Pringles....
It's actually pretty good. Also, Julie found Dr. Pepper Zero for sale at the same store - something she'd been missing ever since she left Texas nearly two years ago.
Store: Normal, 31 Carrer de Joan Margall, Girona

23.02.2025 22:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
My Funny Valentine -
YouTube video by Puddles Pity Party My Funny Valentine -

Sorry I didn't post this last week:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_5q...

19.02.2025 22:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Couple nights ago I had a dream about a book:
"How to Spell: The magic of English grammar and the grammar of English magic."
Seems like too good of a title to not exist, has anybody ever heard of it? It was a thin book, kind of an occult version of Strunk & White's Elements of Style.

18.02.2025 00:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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22.01.2025 02:19 — 👍 52162    🔁 28825    💬 941    📌 946

I'm interested in the wine pairing. What kind of wine is in the glass?

24.01.2025 11:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
Stargate: a half a trillion dollars spent on 2023 architecture with no clear goals?
YouTube video by AI News & Strategy Daily | Nate B Jones Stargate: a half a trillion dollars spent on 2023 architecture with no clear goals?

Usually I'll all for government spending on science. But the new administration seems to even screw this up:

23.01.2025 10:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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