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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 06/10/2026

the Browns need glow-in-the-dark skeleton uniforms, like the 1933 Cleveland Bulldogs

1933 Cleveland Bulldogs ad

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Excellent text! There's a critical through line about meritocracy on our book Why We Fear AI, too - might be up your alley

Many (especially if they are from the professional stratum or
even the capitalist class themselves) would likely feel an immediate
need and desire to reject the suggestion that intelligence is, for
the most part, a post-hoc justification for social hierarchy. And
yet, in some sense, everyone (other than the actual capitalists)
really knows that the meritocratic justification is to a significant
degree post-hoc. Everyone knows that the justification in terms
of intelligence follows from the hierarchy, rather than the other
way around. In fact, to simultaneously believe and not believe the
justification is an amazing feat, one that is almost constitutive of
belonging to the so-called “middle class,” its real “special something.” Let us explain: within the pyramid, people generally are
happy to justify their own position relative to the people under
them, the deskilled ones, etc. in terms of intelligence. So the story
goes: they know themselves to be better at the job, to be more
suited, harder working, and most importantly just plain smarter
than the people that are below them in the hierarchy. The head of
a company’s research division who looks (perhaps fondly) at her
busy teams—she tells and believes this story about herself just as
much as the desk worker who looks down his nose at the people
who deliver his office supplies or clean the building. As always,

when it comes to complex social phenomena, there are plenty
of exceptions to the rule, but by and large, where people look
down the pyramid hierarchy—things tend to look good and quite
well justified. The more intelligent reside above the slightly lesser
minds, and all is as it should be. And yet! Throughout the very
same pyramid, when the very same people look up, rather than
down, what happens? At every level, everyone knows with equal
conviction that right there, just above them, a mistake was made,
some error (perhaps of Kafkaesque proportion) has occurred, and
they find themselves subjected to the whims of someone with
hardly any brains at all. The meritocracy has failed, and there
stands a fool. Thus is the horror of the office.
Perhaps that is the real meaning of the phrase “middle class,”
its essential belief being this double vision of where things are
right and where things are wrong. Something between one half
and two thirds of the US population (depending on the polls)
think of themselves as “middle class” or perhaps “upper middle
class.” They are the people who are high enough in the pyramid
that they can look down on at least someone, and hence—they
are intelligent.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 05/10/2026

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛‍♂️🧟‍♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps.
1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says:
"Well! Here comes ol' Charlie Brown!"
2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says "Good ol' Charlie Brown...yes, sir!"
3rd panel: "Good ol' Charlie Brown..."
4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, "How I hate him!"

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Henri Matisse @henrimatisse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Women on the Beach, Etrétat, 1920 botfrens.com/collections/48/content…

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sperm whales have joined the war on the Orcas' side

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1. Peter Thiel 2. Elon Musk 3. Jamie Dimon 4. Larry Summers 5. Larry Fink 6. Jeff Bezos 7. Sam Altman 8. Mark Zuckerberg 9. Stephen Miller 10. Bobby Jr

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

music.youtube.com

Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP

EP • Stevie Wonder

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The chiefs wouldn't be the chiefs if games like this were ever easy

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The Slides @theslides.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Military Airlift Command," slide 17 of 24 [gallery]

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can't judge this list since I've only watched a whole season of... Wait, I've watched 40 of these fucking shows? What have I done with my life

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

from the Women Builders of the Metro series— Alexander Samokhvalov, 1937 Oil on canvas

Smiling woman in a smiling woman in a coverall on a break looks like she's got a glass of something in her in her right hand and maybe that's the sandwich in her left

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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Most of the increase in socialism’s positive rating through 2025 reflected increasingly positive views among Democrats, rising from 50% in 2010 to 66% last year. The latest uptick, however, comes entirely from political independents."

news.gallup.com

Socialism's Positive Rating Tops 40% for First Time

Socialism's appeal is at a new high, but it remains less popular than capitalism and well below free enterprise.

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Kevin Rutmanis bringing the wall o noise in COWS. Big brass slide bass

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DoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Leonard Nimoy and Grace Lee Whitney - Star Trek (1966) Behind The Scenes Promotional Outtakes

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

C is for Columbo

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bonanos @bonanos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's a nice transcription of the opening section of Coltrane's "Psalm" (part IV of 'A Love Supreme'), with the words he was reciting through his horn.

A transcription of Coltrane "reading" his devotional poem as music, through his horn.

The poem, printed on the record sleeve of 'A Love Supreme' (1986 pressing, MCA Impulse, Canada).

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Adger Cowans, "Coltrane at the Gate," 1961

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The war has only cost 43 billion? Believable fact, Mr. Post

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Tom Fehr @tom-fehr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Xavier Worthy is such a good fast WR. As long as you don't let any defensive player touch him. And also in fact NO ONE should touch him. And also don't throw the ball too hard at him. And also don't throw it to him where he needs to get his feet down. Other than that he's great

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Jason Ringer @jjringer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

andy reid screen game back

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Whatever billionaire drugs Kelce has access to are working great

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El Al-Killjoy @capitalcrimes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Could smell that Butker miss from a mile away

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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m just saying Billie Joe MacAllister should’ve survived that jump.

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Guggenheim Collection @guggenheim.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Blue Mountain by Vasily Kandinsky, 1908 botfrens.com/collections/212/conten…

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 17/09/2026

As an academic I feel like that I'm living in that scene in The Big Short where they see all the empty houses and know it's a bubble, but for me it's hearing about all the innovation and growth in higher education, then teaching a class where only 8/250 students show up weekly

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