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Matt VanOrmer

@mvo.bsky.social

iPhone nerd, woodworker, PhD, (very) occasional writer at https://www.peerreviewed.io

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Jay Willis@jaywillis.net · 6mo ago

I have spent my entire adult life being lectured by Republican politicians and conservative legal movement types about how important it is to preserve the sacred constitutional right to self-defense of *specifically this person* and then secret police murdered him in the street

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · 6mo ago

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.

nilay patel@reckless.bsky.social · 6mo ago

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 10mo ago

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

Matt VanOrmer@mvo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

September is not over yet! Speaking of, I am live once more on Twitch kicking off Mass Effect 3 — come hang out, and get early deets on tomorrow’s very-special stream 👀 mvo.live

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Relay@relay.fm · 11mo ago

We're on a roll as we turn to the last week in September. There is still plenty of time to give, and don't forget about employer matching! It's super easy: stjude.org/relay

Saloni@scientificdiscovery.dev · 11mo ago

So a spurious correlation from an observational study is “gold standard science”, but testing vaccines in multiple RCTs with over 30,000 participants each is not?

Kate@rhllzo.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Now we’ve all recovered(?) from @relay.fm's Podcastathon for St Jude, I can announce that I spent *73 hours* researching the co-founders quiz! That time also includes work on my historian spreadsheets, and of course, my time checking the scoring/moderating during the Podcastathon itself.

Mikah Sargent@mikahsargent.com · 11mo ago

On Friday, Sept. 26, four players will take on the role of LEVEL 20 D&D characters in an epic adventure to save the world … and YOUR donations will impact the game! Streaming live on the Relay YouTube channel from 8 PM – 12 AM Eastern on 9/26! tilt.fyi/01iHwRVME8

A pixel-style graphic with the following text: D&D&Donations Charity Livestream to Benefit St. Jude. Friday, September 26 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Eastern. youtube.com/@relaypodcasts. Pixel sprites of the players and their names — Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, Aleen Simms, and Mikah Sargent — are arranged in pixelated tokens the foreground.