Jimmie Quick

@jonquilynhill.bsky.social I’m JQ, too!! 😍 Heard someone call you that on a podcast, and had to look you up because my college buds call me JQ.

Opinion | How Smartphones Are Breeding a New Kind of Inequality That’s bad news for our democracies.

“In a culture saturated with more accessible and engrossing forms of entertainment, long-form literacy may soon become the domain of elite subcultures,” writes Mary Harrington.

PBS: Public Broadcasting Service Watch full episodes of your favorite PBS dramas, find in-depth news analysis and explore documentaries on history, science, art and more!

Here's how to get started with Passport and support local media. It's an incredible value for all the great programming you get. www.pbs.org/passport/lea...

i stand with local stations #protectmypublicmedia

I support my local PBS station @wkno.bsky.social. And as a major perk, I get access to PBS Passport streaming with so many great shows from Masterpiece! #protectmypublicmedia #choose901

Yes. In a browser. I want it to open in the ATLANTIC app.

Why don’t Atlantic links open in the app? (NYT articles open it their app.)

Ooh. Thank you! This one has molasses and buttermilk so it has to be good.

What Is Cognitive Shuffling? (Gift Article) “Cognitive shuffling” can calm a busy brain.

Cognitive shuffling! This works to help me sleep when my mind is in overdrive.

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Page from book Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami: “You have the ability to feel satisfied simply by exercising your ability to choose — even when the choice itself has only the barest chance of succeeding. It’s wonderful. Truly, it’s wonderful. I’m not being sarcastic. It’s precisely why I love you as a species. “

(Fictional) AI speaks to a child in Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami.

Joy is a defiance of despair even while you recognize the distress all around.

— thoughts from Ash Wednesday

The hardest part about being angry and learning to control pure rage is also learning how to put it to good use but not letting your honest, real anger turn into bitterness (poison to you) or hopelessness (a cloud of despair infecting everyone around you) before venting out the excess.

Also…. Off topic but why does a scarf on a man look so 🔥🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥?

“Renounce the hero system and receive your identity as a gift.” open.substack.com/pub/richardb...

What Generosity Does For Your Well-Being - The Art of Accomplishment Applied self-exploration. The Art of Accomplishment reflects a unique way of relating in business, personal and internal life that leads to more connection and satisfying relationships, awakening your...

Have been reducing (not eliminating) my consumption of politics pods and increasing my listens of this kind of uplifting 🆙↗️📈discourse.

Topic: generosity. Yes, can cause 😭. Beautiful work.

(Why are these guys not on Bluesky?!)

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I had that same problem. Subbed but could never log in. Asked for a refund. So bizarre.

How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness - by Iris Bohnet and Siri Chilazi - Behavioral Scientist The more we are stuck in the fixed-pie mentality, the harder it is to spot the opportunities to expand the pie.

Zero-sum beliefs limit possibilities. This is an excellent read.

It’s 1989, a good cop suspects that his colleagues are corrupt and tonight he’s getting to the bottom of it 🚔

#synthwave #synth #musicproducer #80s #guitar

It’s horrible. The AI responses are typically incorrect and have zero sources cited.
The links are often identical articles regurgitated over and over. Useless.

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Elvis' Christmas Album by Elvis Presley on Apple Music Album · 1957 · 12 Songs

It’s not Christmas without this album, played in its entirety, in order.

What’s your go-to Xmas album?

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If only we could figure out the missing link here.

Instead of screen time report I want a log in report. Instead of Spotify wrapped, I want a log in wrapped.

“You wasted 49 hours 18 min this year resetting passwords, getting verification codes, choosing all the motorcycles, and opening authentication apps.”

Never too late to read a classic. Case in point: just finished this gem and I have a new favorite author. 😍

Exactly correct. Social media is not journalism.

Keep saying it.

Colossus The environmental cost of AI in Memphis.

"While competitors like Microsoft and Google invest in renewable energy for their AI infrastructure, xAI chose the path of highest environmental impact, and least cost."
#memphis #choose901
By @jalalawan.bsky.social

Super weird.

National Library Week Poster: Drawn to the Library. Celebrate National Library Week. Illustration by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud showiing four scenes from libraries with diverse children reading together, speaking with a librarian (wearing a hijab) using a sewing, and creating their own graphic novel.

The 2025 #NationalLibraryWeek theme, “Drawn to the Library,” celebrates how libraries inspire creativity, foster connection, and bring communities together. bit.ly/celebrate-nlw

I want him and everyone here. The power is in the @bsky.app platform.

There is no one benefitting from algorithmically driven influence here.

Every post stands on its own merit. Every engagement can generate more engagement.

It’s bigger than any one person

Photo of a tubby little wren (what I like to call a "little dumpling birb") perched on an icy branch, taken by Jeff Cohen

The meanings of the word for a wren, from eight different languages...

8. Little walnut (Bulgarian)
7. Little bird in the ditch (Japanese)
6. Thumbling (Finnish)
5. Fence-skedaddler (Danish)
4. Fence-master (Hebrew)
3. Druid bird (Irish)
2. Mouse-brother (Faroese)
1. Little king of winter (Dutch)