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@baylink.bsky.social
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FB and The Service Formerly Known as Twitter since 2009 or 10, blogged back in the 90s. Usenet back in the 80s. ASR33/PDP8 back in the 70s. Born back in the 60s.

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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I see in a recent release that YouTube for Android has started cold launching into playing a clip it thinks I will be interested in. The program SHALL NOT do this.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just upgraded to a new model of cell phone for the first time in about a decade. The old one was an LG v20 which would only run Android 8 and all of my applications summarily quit working on that release. The new one is a Samsung X cover 6 Pro ruggedized phone...
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What a bummer. Even though Github notes suggest it's been fixed, ConnectBot on Android 16 (on my spandy-old Xcover6 Pro) uses a non monospace font in monospace, lets you select or install a font, but still ignores those. Sorry Kenny; not marrying Github to report it's still broken.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
From 1993, here's Jerry Seinfeld and Julia Louis-Dreyfus doing an American Comedy Awards intro I've never seen before, for @kellycarlin.bsky.social's dad. :-) www.facebook.com/reel/1354356...
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hey, @npr.org, @kffhealthnews.org, and @katewells.com(?)? The quote from the urgent care owner/doc, amounting to "cause it's not my business" *was the most important part of this story*, as heard on NPR air. Why was it cut from the transcripted version? www.npr.org/2026/04/08/n...
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Abortion clinics are closing nationwide. Could urgent care help fill the gap?
When the only clinic that offered abortions in Michigan's rural Upper Peninsula closed, an urgent care decided to step in to fill the gap. Now, others are considering similar moves as brick-and-mortar clinics close in blue states.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I hate to tell @marketplace.org and @ryanbradley.bsky.social this, but that music is actually called production music, and it has existed since at least the late 1970s if not earlier. I have about 250 CDs worth of it in my collection.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Well, Senator Kelly overstates the case just a touch. SAVE itself does not *require everyone* to reregister. It merely makes registering much harder, so that when -- as a separate process -- the GOP forces states to over-purge their rolls, it's hard to get back in time. Process Matters.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Good. Cause, by all accounts, if he does that, he essentially guarantees a Democratic trifecta -- and a pretty deep one at that -- in 26 and 28.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Pre-emptive strike: Among the lies Trump will spend 2 hours telling tonight, ones about voting insecurity are the most dangerous, and you should pretty much assume the opposite of everything he says.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
WaPo: Trump aides struggle with how to spend $500B more on military. It can now be revealed... that I am an entire branch of the US Military...
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Won't be as much fun as the Spenser novel...
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Just ran across this Kevin Smith clip on FB that @kellycarlin.bsky.social might or might not already have seen... (Warning: the work fuck is used a lot...) www.facebook.com/reel/4445808...
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164K views · 6.3K reactions | Remembering the comedic titan #georgecarlin and the time he performed “Advertising Lullaby” for the cast of Dogma back in 1998. Sometimes it’s okay to meet your heroes, K...
Remembering the comedic titan #georgecarlin and the time he performed “Advertising Lullaby” for the cast of Dogma back in 1998. Sometimes it’s okay to meet your heroes, Kids! #KevinSmith
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Melt ICE!
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas from Comedy Death Ray! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7nN... Dunno how this only has 96kv in 16 years, with Weird Al, Brian Posehn, Garfunkel and Oates, and most of the rest of comedy...
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Comedy Death-Ray - Do They Know It's Christmas?
YouTube video by ScottAukerman
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
REMINDER: Today is Giving Tuesday. If you gotta non-profit you love, send them a sawbuck. Or more. If you don't, send it to Wikipedia, Ballotpedia or The Internet Archive.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
@tk.gg Should I expect YouTube live urls to work in the grid? I've tried a couple, and it seems to get all the YT chrome populated into the pane, title and all, but then it just spins. Is a YT stream too far from what the grid wrapper wants to hand to the browser to work?
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
@tk.gg Just started digging back into MythTV, and in the current world, IPTV and the github project which led me to you. And I love nearly everything about Grid, but I have 3 minor RFEs: 1) Bright yellow box follows the audio 2) Ability to put audio back to sleep 3) Zoom FS vid to aud - HotkeyF
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
I've gotten dropped into a PowerPoint project, and I'm exceedingly disheartened with Libre Impress, which -- apparently, even in v25 -- just can't do about half the very basic things I need done reasonably. #styles #boxes #masterpages #refresh
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
@notalawyer.bsky.social - you didn't get the Susan Stamberg news in time, did you?
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Well, I've been very happy with my AfterShokz headset, until the cap just popped off one earpiece, and I learned that *they won't repair it* (or even just sell me a replacement Little Plastic Cap). My recommendation now is "buy the $25 Temu knock off, people, not theirs."
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
SCOOP / UPDATE — Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancelations during the period 9/17-9/23, a Disney source confirms to me. The total includes Disney+, Hulu and ESPN.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Thirteen years on, and Bridget having won, served, and retired, this is still a serious contender for Coolest. Thing. EVAR. #WestWing #reunion #promo @bradleywhitford.bsky.social @janelmoloney.bsky.social @joshuamalina.bsky.social @marycmccormack.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=v52F...
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Walk and Talk the Vote - West Wing Reunion - Bridget Mary McCormack
YouTube video by Bridget Mary McCormack
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
So, y'know what? Youtube plays can get things onto American Top 40 these days, folks. You wanna make the news? www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5y7...
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Immigrants
YouTube video by Martin Kerr - Topic
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/09/2025
The White House Peace Vigil, widely considered the longest continuous act of political protest in U.S. history, was dismantled by federal law enforcement Thursday night after its more than 40-years of standing.
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The White House Peace Vigil, after standing for decades, is dismantled
Parts of the vigil were removed earlier this month after Trump ordered, “Take it down.” On Thursday night, only the vigil volunteers and some signs remained.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Yeah, this won't be D's shutting down the government, it will be R's, who are abdicating their responsibilities. Great that you're throwing in with the R's there, though, WaPo.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Scoop: Business Insider just committed suicide.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Amazingly, none of my space tubers, like @scottmanley.bsky.social or @amyshirateitel.bsky.social seem to have covered that Trump apparently murdered NASA last month: futurism.com/trump-execut... Or I've missed it.
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Trump Executive Order Declares NASA Is Now a Spy Agency
The Trump administration issued an executive order last month that quietly declared that NASA will now function as an intelligence agency.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Conservatives believe free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want, and also if you don't say what they want you should be sent to a gulag for life bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
So we should give President Bartlet the same amout of credit for the state of the country as President Obama, then? Do I have it right?
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Hopefully, Democrats won't cave, and instead stick the Republicans with the consequences of their actions.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12/09/2025
Eliezer Yudkowsky, one of the most fascinating people in A.I., is the author of a new book on why artificial intelligence will kill us all. On "Hard Fork," he made the case for why A.I. development should be shut down now, long before we reach superintelligence. nyti.ms/42qt3CT
A quote from Eliezer Yudkowsky, author of “If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies,” a new book on why A.I. will kill us all: "It’s a situation where, if you screw up, everybody’s dead, and you don’t get to try again. That’s the lethal part. That’s the part where you need to just back off and actually not try to do this insane thing."
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
@chrisgeidner.bsky.social (substack): > That is the law, and it is bad reporting to simply characterize the action as Trump and his team wishes. I believe you're referring back to your quote of the WaPo hed about Bowser's announcement, and, really, I can't view that headline, as "what TCF wants".
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Chicago mayor joins Illinois Gov Pritzker in telling pres to fuck ALL THE WAY OFF.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The Pentagon is working on plans to deploy the U.S. military to Chicago as soon as September, a new report says
huffpost.com
Pentagon Working On Plans For Military Deployment In Chicago, Washington Post Reports
The Defense Department planning, in the works for weeks, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September, the Post reported.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Hey, @petersagal.bsky.social? Recognize this guy? youtu.be/v3EbZZa2jWY?...
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80's Commercials Vol. 419
YouTube video by 80sCommercialVault
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We. Told. You. So.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Trump wants to fuck up the 2028 Olympics, too." There. FTFY. #FAFO
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Hey, @gofundme.com? This person's plight might be legit, but what's with this "multiple different shortlinks pointing to the same campaign" thing -- YOUR shortlinks? Doesn't that violate your TOS? And why is it technically possible?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2025
A driver called out, “Wow, a real-life grim reaper. Nice scythe, kid.” Scything your lawn is for the truly adventurous: those “who don't mind being seen as a little odd.” nyti.ms/4mkfMDw
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My Neighbors Stared. I Cut My Lawn With a Scythe Anyway.
Avid scythers praise this ancient mowing tool for its quiet, meditative workout. Our writer wondered if it was an exercise in self-denial.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Well, @normlorg.bsky.social got their FB page back... and lost it again. Change the password AND revoke all the admins/mods, guys.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hey, @normlorg.bsky.social? Somebody kidnapped your Facebook page about 8 hours ago, and has been reposting entirely articles from Buzzchron. Hopefully you already know this and you're working on it.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Sean 'Puffy' 'Puff Daddy' 'P. Diddy' 'Diddy' Combs to languish in jail.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Wonder if @mileycyrus.bsky.social ever heard this story... www.billdeyoung.com/other_writin...
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A day at the beach with Miley Cyrus - Bill DeYoung dot com
I applied to work as an extra on "The Last Song," was accepted, and for 10 hours I did everything asked of me as the Disney cameras followed Miley Cyrus up and down Tybee Beach. Then, without explanat...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/08/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com If Benjamin Netanyahu “decided tonight that every Palestinian child in Gaza should have breakfast tomorrow, it could undoubtedly be done,” Alex de Waal writes. “Seasoned humanitarian-aid professionals can still bring Gaza back from the brink.”
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Opinion | Netanyahu Is Choosing to Starve Gaza
To end starvation — and stave off social collapse — in Gaza, Israel must allow humanitarian-aid professionals to do their jobs.
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ALT Fish and Wildlife Service @altfws.altgov.info · 02/08/2025
We need your email power to support Dept of Agriculture! USDA is opening a 30-day public comment period on the Department's reorganization plan now through Aug. 26, 2025. Say yes to SNAP! Say yes to Research! Say yes to conservation! To submit feedback, please email reorganization@usda.gov.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Well, I certainly missed *this* earlier in the year... 96k views? That's a travesty. #Marsh #VE #VeraLynn #Rainbow www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAZB...
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"VE Day 80" adaptation by The Marsh Family of "White Cliffs of Dover" & "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
The more potshots the right takes, the more I think they just don't think a Second American Revolution is likely. I think they'll be mistaken in that estimate.
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Joseph Menn @joemenn.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
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Baylink @baylink.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I'm hearing, from a usually reliable source, that CBP/ICE is instructing local police to treat *livestreaming their public activity* as "violence", and respond to it in kind. Time for the revolution yet?
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 09/06/2025
90.9% to 9.1% The severity of this stomping (of Attorney General Pam Bondi's brother) pleases me
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