Kaz Fernandes
@kazfernandes.bsky.social
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Coder. Rock climber. Burrito connoisseur. Late-night cereal enthusiast. Loves seeing live music.
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Work hard, stay positive, be awesome.
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#motivation
#positivity
:) (Yes I know most of us don't bother with Facebook these days, I don't really use it either. But those pics are still accessible so there's no point in uploading them elsewhere.)
about 1 year ago
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Action for Happiness
1 day ago
Start where you are and do what you can. Your actions matter 💖✅ Join us for
#HappierJanuary
and get the new year off to a calmer and happier start
actionforhappiness.org/happier-janu...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial)
5 days ago
From the rise of misinformation and AI to escalating political tensions, vast economic disparity, and the erosion of social bonds, the vibe shift is now understood as a deep, unsettling change in our collective reality.
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Forget brat summer, the vibe shift is here and it's terrifying
From the rise of misinformation and AI to escalating political tensions, vast economic disparity, and the erosion of social bonds, the vibe shift is now understood as a deep, unsettling change in our collective reality.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-28/vibe-shift-ai-misinformation-reality-future/106098002
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So
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just admitted it was gaslighting me...
6 days ago
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New Scientist
7 days ago
Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life
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How to extend and improve your life by getting more creative
Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506241-how-to-extend-and-improve-your-life-by-getting-more-creative/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=SOC&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766707865
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A great summary of
#Stoic
history, principles and advice from Massimo Pigliucci:
www.ted.com/talks/massim...
#philosophy
#TEDxTalks
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Stoicism as a philosophy for an ordinary life | Massimo Pigliucci | TEDxAthens
Massimo Pigliucci explains Stoicism and how to change your life for the better by practicing this ancient Greco-Roman philosophy as a way of life. Massimo Pigliucci has PhDs in evolutionary biology a...
https://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_pigliucci_stoicism_as_a_philosophy_for_an_ordinary_life
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Consumerism Is Rotting Our Brains
YouTube video by According to Nicole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9sl2PjKg-A
17 days ago
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Stoical Geezer
18 days ago
“Happiness is found in wanting less, not in having more.” — Unknown
#Buddhism
teaches that craving is the root of suffering;
#Stoicism
teaches that peace comes from desiring only what is necessary. Both point to the same freedom: loosen desire, and contentment follows.
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WellnessDay.App
18 days ago
12 Mental Models That Upgrade Your Thinking
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Open Culture
19 days ago
The History of the World in One Beautiful, 5‑Foot-Long Chart (1931)
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The History of the World in One Beautiful, 5‑Foot-Long Chart (1931)
In the image above, we see an impressive pre-internet macro-infographic called a “Histomap.' Its creator John B. Sparks (who later created “histomaps” of religion and evolution) published the graphic ...
https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/the-history-of-the-world-in-one-beautiful-5-foot-long-chart-1931.html
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ABC News Bot (unofficial)
21 days ago
You'll need to get up early, but the views could be worth it to catch the best glimpse of the Geminids meteor shower this weekend.
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How to see Australia's best meteor shower this weekend
You'll need to get up early, but the views could be worth it to catch the best glimpse of the Geminids meteor shower this weekend.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-12-12/geminids-meteor-shower-2025/106090174
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I asked
#ChatGPT
to provide a list of the key areas of overlap between
#Stoic
#philosophy
and
#Zen
#Buddhism
. The answer it gave me was pretty good!
21 days ago
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Pincer+'s new album is out today ❤️
pincerplus.bandcamp.com/album/who-ar...
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Who Are You When No One Is Around?, by Pincer+
8 track album
https://pincerplus.bandcamp.com/album/who-are-you-when-no-one-is-around
21 days ago
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Breezie
22 days ago
"Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile." -Mark Twain
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Apparently you're not the centre of the universe, sorry 😛 (this is from a recent
@daily-stoic.bsky.social
email)
22 days ago
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Still an amazing song all these years later ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLp...
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Georgia Maq - Footscray Station (Extended Family)
YouTube video by extendedfamily
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLpr799rzo
23 days ago
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The Baffler
23 days ago
Dreaming allows the mind to explore all possibilities, to test experiences in preparation for waking life. This could help explain why humans are so drawn to fiction.
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Enter the Supersensorium | Erik Hoel
Just as the threat of The Entertainment looms, the idea of an aesthetic spectrum, with Art on one end and Entertainment on the other, is defunct.
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/enter-the-supersensorium-hoel?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=archival
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Quotes from the Forum
23 days ago
“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive — to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius #stoic #philosophy #wisdom
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Petra Michaela
23 days ago
We often forget how little of this world truly belongs to us. Every creature around us is just trying to live, find food, and a safe place to be. Pause for a moment and remember: we share this world — we don’t own it. Life belongs to more than just us
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Greenpeace International 🌍
27 days ago
Recycling was never designed to solve the plastics crisis. Industry sold a myth while plastic production kept rising. We need governments to cut plastic at the source and secure a strong
#PlasticsTreaty
that puts people and planet over profits.
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Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a 'Toxic Lie' Pushed by Plastics Industry | Common Dreams
"These corporations and their partners continue to sell the public a comforting lie to hide the hard truth: that we simply have to stop producing so much plastic," said one campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/greenpeace-plastic-report
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ABC News (Unofficial)
25 days ago
How would your social feed look if you controlled what you saw?:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/chanel-contos-teach-us-consent-fix-our-feed/106107546
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How would your social feed look if you controlled what you saw?
Sexual violence prevention group Teach Us Consent is pushing for Australians to have the choice to "opt-in" to social media algorithms.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/chanel-contos-teach-us-consent-fix-our-feed/106107546
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#GoodThings
Festival 2026, in 8 bullet points:
25 days ago
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"To live meaningfully in a world of infinite data, you must choose to protect your cognitive space, to build mental walls around the sacred, the profound, the personal."
medium.com/@philosophy....
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Digital Nihilism: Does Constant Access to Information Erode Meaning?
In the past, information was rare — something you sought with effort, through travel, conversation, or deep study. Today, information…
https://medium.com/@philosophy.101/digital-nihilism-does-constant-access-to-information-erode-meaning-c4f261a33dce
27 days ago
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Open Culture
27 days ago
32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
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32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking
Do you know someone whose arguments consist of baldly specious reasoning, hopelessly confused categories, archipelagos of logical fallacies buttressed by seawalls of cognitive biases? Surely you do.
https://www.openculture.com/2016/07/wireless-philosophy-critical-thinking.html
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Daily Stoic
27 days ago
6 life lessons from Marcus Aurelius: 1. Cut out the inessential 2. Stop making excuses 3. Embrace failure 4. Trade anger for sympathy 5. Always do the right thing 6. Complaining will make it worse
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Action for Happiness
29 days ago
Your small acts of kindness have a ripple effect and make a difference Image:
www.instagram.com/naturallife
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Daily Dose of Philosophy
30 days ago
Agree?
#philosophy
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B∙R∙AI∙N
about 1 month ago
The ethics of AI’s untaxed future
https://ethics.org.au/the-ethics-of-ais-untaxed-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ethics-of-ais-untaxed-future
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The ethics of AI’s untaxed future
As AI becomes a cheaper alternative to human labour, who should have to pay for the social cost?
https://ethics.org.au/the-ethics-of-ais-untaxed-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ethics-of-ais-untaxed-future
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Quanta Magazine
about 1 month ago
To truly wrap one’s head around entropy requires taking some deeply uncomfortable philosophical leaps. What is the purpose of science if physical qualities only make sense in relation to the observer?
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What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine
Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world…
https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-entropy-a-measure-of-just-how-little-we-really-know-20241213/
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Daily Stoic
about 1 month ago
Amor Fati: Love your fate
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Kevin Kelly
about 1 month ago
Try to define yourself by what you love and embrace, rather than what you hate and refuse. For more advice see my book Excellent Advice for Living
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#excellentadvice
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Nerdlinger's new album is out today ❤️
peerecords.bandcamp.com/album/growin...
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Growing Up Is Getting Old, by NERDLINGER
15 track album
https://peerecords.bandcamp.com/album/growing-up-is-getting-old
about 1 month ago
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Big Think
about 1 month ago
Want to be a better learner? Start by noticing how you think. Anne-Laure Le Cunff explains how metacognition — the ability to think about your thinking — can help you learn faster and make better decisions. Full article:
bigthink.com/thinking/lea...
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Daily Stoic
about 1 month ago
Stop suffering imagined troubles. "We suffer more in imagination than reality" Seneca says. The thing you are worried may or may not happen, and if it does, it rarely is as bad as you think
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The Guardian
about 1 month ago
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
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Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age. The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/25/brain-human-cognitive-development-life-stages-cambridge-study?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Sheila
about 1 month ago
A reminder of some of the small self care acts we do They all count
#selfcare
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Maria Popova
about 1 month ago
Artist and philosopher Rockwell Kent on our existential wanderlust
www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/21/r...
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Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent on Our Existential Wanderlust
“Wander where you will over all the world, from every valley seeing forever new hills calling you to climb them, from every mountain top farther peaks enticing you… until you stand one …
https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/06/21/rockwell-kent-wilderness-wanderlust/
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Daniel Pink identifies 4 types of regrets in his video: 1. foundation regrets - "If only I'd done the work" 2. boldness regrets - "If only I'd taken the chance" 3. moral regrets - "If only I'd done the right thing" 4. connection regrets - "If only I had reached out"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLX7...
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about 1 month ago
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Daily Stoic
about 1 month ago
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Peter Vogel
about 1 month ago
Social media platforms usage breakdown for American adults in 2025.
www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
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Americans’ Social Media Use 2025
YouTube remains the most popular, but adults are increasingly using Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Reddit. Use of some platforms varies by age, gender, and race and ethnicity.
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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TrishEM
about 1 month ago
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/11/gmail-is-reading-your-emails-and-attachments-to-train-its-ai-unless-you-turn-it-off
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University of Oxford
about 1 month ago
'AI is not just something to react to, but something that people should actively shape in relation to the kinds of education & indeed society, we want.'
@oii.ox.ac.uk
's Prof Eynon⬇️
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11-17-expert-comment-digital-literacy-curriculum-opportunity-more-proactive-response-ai
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George The Station Cat
about 1 month ago
Night night sweet dreamies Take a few minutes each day to look around you. Be proud of the life you've built and the future you're still building
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AViVA's new album is out today ❤️
soundcloud.com/thisisaviva/...
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SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds
Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio
https://soundcloud.com/thisisaviva/sets/eyes-wide-shut-13736214
about 1 month ago
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WHO
about 1 month ago
Investing in #ClimateAction is not just about the planet. It is about people. US$ 11 billion a year could build climate-resilient health systems, costing less than US$ 2 per person worldwide. Let's call on your leaders to put health at the heart of every climate plan! 👉
bit.ly/HealthCOP30
#ClimateAction
#COP30
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy
about 1 month ago
How should one live? That's the question that most of you want
#philosophy
to help you answer. 🤔❓ So, in the lead-up to
#WorldPhilosophyDay
, we'll be posting resources on
#ethics
and
#moralphilosophy
. Here's a useful study guide for starters:
buff.ly/yIOg2lw
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bad internet
about 1 month ago
Cloudflare is down, in yet another example of why 5 companies should not control the internet.
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Maria Popova
about 2 months ago
Fascinating read on the 3 elements of creativity and the building blocks of what we call intuition
www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/22/m...
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Decoding the Mystery of Intuition: Pioneering Philosopher of AI Margaret Boden on the Three Elements of Creativity
“The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do [only] whatever we know how to order it to perform,” Ada Lovelace inveighed upon composing the world&…
https://www.themarginalian.org/2025/08/22/margaret-boden-creativity/
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Saganism
about 2 months ago
"We are, each of us, largely responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves." -Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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Evan Above!☝🏼
about 2 months ago
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” - Aristotle.
#photography
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Some great life
#advice
from
@robertwaldinger.bsky.social
in this
@bigthink.com
video!
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about 2 months ago
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