Trump is a twisted twist on predictive processing theories. His hyper-priors override the naive assumption that bottom up sensory data is true by making it safe. CNN/MSNow/Politico are lies because to be true would involve rejecting Trump which takes way too much (free) energy.

Do you remember listening to the same tracks over and over...

We grow lilies on the Isle of Skye - for no reason, apart from them being spectacular and they look great in our wee AirBnB 'The Fairy House'. Last ones went out today, but there'll be even more next year - who would believe we could grow these on Skye? It's the hydrangeas next!

Your last lilyshot for this year - show's over until next August - short but very, very sweet.

Hey @FBI - go get him!

Angels In Velvet@angelsinvelvet.bsky.social · last mo.

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Reporter: Donald Trump says you're full of shit. What do you say to that? Abdul Al-Sayed: At least I don't let mine go in the middle of the Oval Office. 🤣 I wish I could vote for him!!

Here's your lilyshot for today - they're sadly coming to an end, so adding in me just to give you a sense of scale...

David Byrne performed "Life During Wartime" at the Hollywood Bowl in front of ICE raid footage. His "Who Is the Sky?" tour is becoming a concert film directed by Oscar nominee Brady Corbet, following past films with Jonathan Demme and Spike Lee. This ain't no disco.

FUCK GOOGLE MAPS Sleazy fuckers changed Lake Ontario on maps. The company whose motto used to be "do no harm" is now "suck trump's dick" What pricks.

Here's your lilyshot for today. (We grow these things for reasons we don't understand - they're mental.)

Among things Trump isn't good at is geography. A critical piece of the shipping route connecting America’s Great Lakes ports to the Atlantic runs through infrastructure controlled by the very country Trump keeps picking trade fights with. Canada could close it any time. #ProudBlue

Here's your lily shot for today

This👇

Mo Ryan@moryan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

every billionaire & tech mogul, they all want to be adored & celebrated without doing the things Dolly did with a fraction of the power & money. What she had, she gave away. I'm sure she was comfortable (& that's good!). But she just relentlessly helped. It's not that difficult. Love. Care. Help. 💚🌸

Here's your lily shot for today - this is actually the maddest one - a single stem.

Trump sent militarized force into American cities, tried regime change in Venezuela and Iran, threatened Greenland and blew up fishermen. One might conclude that he likes using force... ...so watch out for his coming attempt to bomb the Federal Reserve to obliterate the deficit once and for all😱

The DOJ civil rights department should be intervening to protect the first amendment against tyranny?

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The president is threatening to sue a think tank for $5 billion unless they retract a report stating that his National Guard deployments to American cities under the guise of fake emergencies didn't make those cities safer. It's like a Con Law exam question about executive abuse of power.

Where we live today

I found these lovely people visiting from America... nothing wrong with a bit of eclecticism... missing are tickets from The Tubes, Iggy Pop (the psychedelic furs blew him away) and the B52's (1st album) - look at the prices!!! - Americans made me what I am today.

When will this mother’fer face justice. JFC😡

I found these lovely people visiting from America... nothing wrong with a bit of eclecticism... missing are tickets from The Tubes, Iggy Pop (the psychedelic furs blew him away) and the B52's (1st album) - look at the prices!!! - Americans made me what I am today.

Here's the lily shot for today

It's exactly a month since Psychopharmacology published "The mystic trip: how psychedelic research fell for mysticism" which I wrote with Sharday Mosurinjohn. It's what happens when religious studies reconsiders what psychedelic theorists did to mysticism. rdcu.be/fub8q

Here's the lily shot for today

Today was a study in greys #skye

Some people grow useful fruit and veg, we grow lilies...

Can anyone explain why Spain still has territories in Africa like Ceuta? Due to the Muslims or Spanish imperialism? Come to think of it, why is Gibraltar (just across the water from Ceuta) still British? What a weird web colonialism weaves.

Fifteen minutes before Lughnasa...everyone ready?

The nice people at Psychopharmacology provided a link to our review: 'The mystic trip: how psychedelic research fell for mysticism'. It's view only but that's ok for starters? Link: rdcu.be/fub8q Time to get over the MEQ?

Just had a piece critiquing mysticism in psychedelic research published in Psychopharmacology - time to move on from that old trope. trebuchet.public.springernature.app/get_content/...

In the supermarket on Skye today I asked for directions to the specialist section of Norwegian food. Quick as a flash she replied, 'it's the whole shop'! #Norway #England #FIFAworldcup