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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In 2020, Trump lied before the election, lied after the election and -- when he lost in court -- incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol. Right now, he is lying and losing in court ahead of 2026. He is going to escalate and we need to be ready.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/03/2026

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

My adventures in vibe coding continued: Generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life. www.garbageday.email/p/generative...

Every time I’ve tried to involve AI in one of my creative pursuits it has spit out the exact same level of meh. No matter the model, no matter the project, it simply cannot match what I have in my head. Which would be fine, but it absolutely cannot match the fun of making the imperfect version of that idea that I may have made on my own either. Instead, it simulates the act of brainstorming or creative exploration, turning it into predatory pay-for-play process that, every single time, spits out deeply mediocre garbage. It charges you for the thrill of feeling like you’re building or making something and, just like a casino — or online dating, or pornography, or TikTok — cares more about that monetizable loop of engagement, of progress, than it does the finished product. What I’m saying is generative AI is a deeply expensive edging machine, but for your life.

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Jess @jessicaesquire.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Absolute banger from @garbageday.email today on Gen AI: "It is not a revolution in computing, but a revolution in accepting lower standards." www.garbageday.email/p/generative...

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Read to the end for insider trading and money laundering

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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

"Empathy is a weakness" crowd is so funny. That's the meaning of life dawg. That's the one great and universal sense of joy. Playboy

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

a.co/d/0QzGGzG This book was the most fun book I read this year and the one that I keep finding reasons to talk about. You should read it so we can talk about boba and supermarkets and British takes on Americana!

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All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now: Tandoh, Ruby: 9798217207862: Amazon.com: Books

All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now [Tandoh, Ruby] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I love PCHH. Just wanted to say it to you, that's all. :)

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

the latest podcast from PanicWorld is good on this topic

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

When we were in StL, the checkout kid at the grocery store asked where we were from, and I did my whole "sad trombones Wichita" reply. My heart BROKE when he stopped what he was doing, looked right at me all interested, and asked with sincerity "Is it better than it is here?"

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Mavis Staples singing the Tom Waits song “Chicago”

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Amazing. Need this on a single. Saw it last night on Montreal and broke my heart!

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Not only am I now following you, I am also proposing marriage and asking you to go into business with me. My current, much less useful husband will understand.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

So soothing, you'll love it I promise!

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Among the most important things right now, for those of us Americans who want to understand our world and our place in it, is to shift from understanding ourselves as citizens of a democracy to members of a captive, restive, rebellious public an autocrat is seeking to consolidate control over.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

They say the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, & self-control, but last night I self-regulated and put myself to sleep by imagining I was kicking Stephen Miller and JD Vance in the face.

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Jess Zimmerman @jesszimmerman.com · 18/02/2025

Ten years ago we had Bob Hope, Bob Jobs, Bob Cash, Bob Constitution, Bob Vaccines, Bob Air Traffic Controllers

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I agree, and I love the Episcopalians and Lutherans. Wanted to throw out a plug for your local Health Dept, though. Community Health Workers do amazing, wide-reaching work! Even in my dumb red state.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Taking a walk in a weighted vest < taking a nap in a weighted vest

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Last thing: Does not GET that her faith has been totally co-opted and that she can't say "they're not the real Christians" bc Christianity is redefined. They own it now, not her. And no "Christian" is safe in this admin. ...Her generation's theology led us here and she has to reckon w that.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Reality is so fast/weird/gross right now that anyone who knows specifics of the news and talks about it (like me!) sounds like an extremist w mental health problems. You're forced to say rude, crass, disgusting things in casual discussion, and then insist the Dems didn't invent it as slander.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Also, her gen is used to US being stable & reliable & functional. They have no concept of life in Hungary. They're used to government keeping the daily dangers of life mute and invisible. They hate gov but love bridges that work, planes that fly, milk that won't kill you. They take it for granted.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

And her generation is used to slow change. This is happening so fast. She wasn't worried as much the first term bc "how much damage can he do in 4 yrs" but the world has changed. Every day she, like me, is in high alert waiting for a new crisis, perhaps even war. Her gen doesn't get it.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Doesn't even understand where someone would call themselves "BigBalls" bc they don't understand the internet. They thought things like Twitter, social media, crypto (what IS crypto???) were fad things they didn't need to understand. Now it seems to be defining the world (if you're paying attn).

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

news sources. Says all of this is overwhelming to her generation bc they don't understand what's real and what's made up news. Trump world is so crass and gross that anytime they see something on FB calling someone a Nazi or using vulgar language ("BigBalls") they assume hateful Dems made it up.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

bc we actually agree. She's steamed about J6 pardons and how that directly led to the culture of retribution and fear in her party. She's mad that Trump is giving away Ukraine and is mad that he's obvs in w Putin. She's mad about T's corruption. What really got me: she's not that clued into--

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

for them when they were elected and in some cases knows the staffer personaly -- because she is afraid it will "put her on some MAGA list" and the crazies in her party will find her and attack her. She tells me things she wants me to include in my calls and visits (stuff I am saying anyway,

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

1/? Long convo w my Mom, a 75 yo white/evangelical/Never Trumper Republican who worked in local politics for years while I was growing up. She's angry at Musk/Trump right now! Angry that Republicans aren't doing anything. Won't call her Senator or Rep's offices -- even though she campaigned ...

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I'm gonna need ...less cowbell.

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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

It is so hard to get through to people that before food stamps, kids starved. Before meat inspections, kids died. Before vaccines, kids died. You're choosing to kill children to save a buck & you refuse to see it because it's not real to you

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

They want to send 10 year olds with dyslexia into the workforce because education just ain't for everyone.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Seeing an unelected South African billionaire in the Oval Office giving a briefing next to the mute and demented US President is jarring to say the least… They are pulling back the curtain to let us all know who is in charge.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The ‘American First’ crowd is awfully quiet about Trump’s pledge to build free housing for 2 million Palestinians in some random country they don’t want to go to that also doesn’t want them. I’m sure this will all work out fine and that’s what people thought they were voting for.

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Billie @billieiswriting.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I am going to keep posting my corrective reminder: Stop saying "they can't do that" and start asking "how will they be stopped and who will stop them". But then look to the states and look to the people to find out whether or not fascism will be stopped and who will be doing the stopping. 10/

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

OMG the Trumpiest person in my own life adores that movie and says I remind them of her. Why do they love that movie and do they just not know many dark-haired women?

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I get all the gorls I get all the gorls

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Here's an album that got a lot of play in my childhood, back when I was big into cereal. (Maybe this is the band some people would want to see during a Super Bowl Halftime show. Could run it by them for approval.)

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

It would have been featured in the hit sitcom "My So-Cold Life," obvs.

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Aurora M @auroraboringallaus.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

If I was a one-hit wonder 90's alternative rock band, my song would have been "Sitting Next to the Space Heater With a Melted-Down Chapstick in My Hoodie Pocket."

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