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Biotech leadership. Desert hiker. Short-distance cyclist. Gym member. Reader. Listener. Biggest yawns you ever saw.

bsky.app/profile/bria... I cannot tell you how obsessed I was with this film when I was 13. It was so surreal, disturbing and unique. I think I watched it alone and late (for a 13 year old). But it has stayed with me. I’ve never once seen it mentioned since then.

(Brian) Taylor's Version@briantaylor.bsky.social · last wk.

sitting with this piece by Andy Battle on Penda's Fen, Walter Benjamin, and an importance of the past in the work of liberation www.bostonreview.net/articles/and...

Thank god this Lazarus can't rise again. Emma, a Jew and activist, would probably row out to Liberty Island and pry the plaque off herself. Time for a new "New Colossus". 1/2

Watching the death of journalism in real time. CNN write "The imperialistic land grabs Trump is floating — which, if he follows through and succeeds, would represent the first major changes to the American map since Hawaii’s statehood in 1959...." This is just sane-washing psychotic ramblings 1/2

Seeing the rapid paced and coverage of the events in Seoul today on BlueSky feels like the CNN 2003 shock-and-awe moment. And not having to navigate around garbage postings is a thrill. This platform really can deliver.