Blaise Doran

My piece in @thedailytism.bsky.social today

Seen on Reddit…

General Ripper from Dr. Strangelove on the telephone with a concerned look

They plagiarized our trillion dollar plagiarism machine!?

So… This Trump fella:
• Suggests ethnic cleansing (Gaza)
• Makes a big noise annexing states that he wants (Greenland; Panama)
• Associates with someone who throws out not one, but two, *ahem* “Roman salutes”.
And apparently he’s [checks notes] “not a fascist / Nazi.”

ACTIONS:words.

A photo I posted of graffiti in Syria in 2014.
"One day the war will be over and I will return to my poem"
I hope they will return to their poem

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When did we start attributing Plato's falacies in logic to a Soviet invention? Tell me we're not trying to start a redscare on the left.

By which I mean, don’t care about their opinions.

There’s just one? Haha!
Wasn’t aware (TBH don’t really care!)

Someone blocked you? Any clues as to why?

Though I don’t really gamble. I’d wager BlueSky will hit 20,000,000 users in the next 24 hours…

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Shakespeare for the 21st century...

7. “To even, or can’t even, that is the question”
6. “All that glisters is not goals”
5. “Out, dammed Spotify!”
4. “As You, like, Like It”
3. “Romeo, Romeo, WTF Romeo?!”
2. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earbuds”
1. “Alas, poor Yorick. He got ratio'd”

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Great to see so many of the #physiotherapy / #physicaltherapy crew coming over to the Bluesky side. Welcome!

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Made this list for a friend, you might find it useful too.

Tips on moving to blue*ky:

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Lots to think about…
Worth reading.

Salut et bienvenue!

Halloween - Carved swede head, traditional Jack O’ Lantern.

It’s that time of year again…

Elmo’s solipsism syndrome becomes increasingly florid.

Henceforth, I shall be referring to Peter Dutton as “Peter Duttno”.
(Feel free to call me out when I slack off.)
He was the figurehead for a campaign filled with blatant lies and fear mongering . Life must be difficult when everything is so scary, eh, Pete?

Sad, sad outcome.

… finally be recognised and gain some recognition, respect and a modicum of influence. It will be a great shame if the result is “No”.
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… Are votes ever really cast rationally? In this referendum, there has been emotionally focused propaganda on both sides, but I find the “No” campaign to be horrendous… as if the “doomed race” theory of the late 19th / early 20th Cs is still rife. Fear that the subjugated First Nations will… 2/n

14/10/23. A majority “Yes” vote to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voice to parliament in Australia is my fervent wish. But I fear it is our “Brexit moment”. The real danger is will show the world, but never admit to ourselves, that racism is deeply ingrained in our society. 1/n

Horrible boast and evidence of greed. If you are interested in prefrontal cortex I published Understanding the Prefrontal Cortex (OUP) in 2021 during Covid. So it has not sold as many copies as I would like to keep me in comfort in retirement. Our son thinks I should be more assertive!

I empathise.
Obviously not the same, but diagnosis in my mid-50’s meant some… what’s the euphemism? “Adjustment”?
Despite my diagnosis, I properly burnt myself out (with few shits given by managers) a couple years a ago. Recently got out of the rut, thankfully.

Guess where I am (briefest of visits for a wedding)? Io ritornerò!

I finally dumped Twitter/X. My timeline was increasing choked with RW vitriol. And, you know, “the standard you walk past…” and all that. Spookily, within a couple of weeks I get a Bluesky invite code. Coincidence, obviously. But a welcome one. Hello to all, including those I previously followed.