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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Percent chance these were created with AI=Very, very high

Four images. Clockwise from upper left: some kind of owl with stars and stripes plumage; tattered American flag; a sloth-like creature standing on two legs, playing a stars and stripes electric guitar and wearing a cowboy hat; a woman wearing a cowboy hat riding a stars and stripes rocket

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

They have fancy cousins you can travel to see!

Black-throated Magpie-Jay, resident year round on the West Coast of Mexico

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This sounds so tuff. I have no fucking clue what it's about.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Always turned down Marb lights or reds or whatever. Couldn't stand them. American Spirit, Luckies, sometimes Nat Sherman's or if I was feeling really spicy, Gauloises Caporal (the black tobacco was so heavy but so good). People always looked at me like I was crazy when they bummed one of those. Ha!

The most French cigarette ever, Gauloises Caporal. They came in a light blue soft pack with navy blue ink depicting a Roman Legionnaire's helmet.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"I asked ChatGPT." Oh yeah? Well I asked Dr. Theopolis!

A small, silver, humanoid robot wearing a another robot around his neck like Flava Flav wears a clock. Dr. Theopolis being with by Twiki, from Buck Rogers, 1979.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Name a TV show you're pretty sure no one remembers but you. It all felt aimless and super post modern and way too good to be true. The Internet says 36 episodes were made...

A poster image of Zach Galifinakis' face and a rainbow, with the title "Late World with Zach"

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

It's been a very long time since I've spent a foggy winter night in Minneapolis, but it very much does have a special kind of charm.

The Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis at night in the fog, lit from below in yellow lights and along the top of the bridge in blue. The river is frozen below, and lights of tall buildings are in the distance.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

The first three albums by Deftones are perfect in every way. Technically White Pony came out in 2000, but for these purposes I'm gonna argue that culturally, the 90's ended on September 11th, 2001.

The albums Adrenaline, Around the Fur and White Pony by the band Deftones

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

Cover of the album Doppelganger, by the band Curve

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

I know it all from Diogenes to Foucault From Lozgechkin to Paspartu I ia klianus obossav dva paltza Chto muzika poshla ot Zvukov Mu! Start wearing purple wearing purple! Start wearing purple for me now All your sanity and wits they will all vanish I promise it's just a matter of time So YEAH start

Pope Leo XIV speaks into a microphone with closed eyes while standing in front of other bishops, church officials and reporters

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

And the NYT is demonstrably toxic garbage and has been for years! The fact that important people continue to take this paper seriously as a good faith actor may very well be the root problem here!

Infamous NY Times front page from days before 2016 election with top headline "NEW EMAILS JOLT CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN RACE'S LAST DAYS"

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

There are others some with very different moods, but this is one of my absolute top Halloween albums. You just really can't go wrong here.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Word. We had this beauty outside our place recently. *Think* it's a Cooper's, but could be sharp shinned. Very difficult to tell apart, mostly size.

A medium sized hawk with a brown head and tail, and speckled white and brown breast, sits in a tree with no leaves on it.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

"Alien" is actually a really fucked up word. It has a lot of negative connotations baked in. Here is the etymology from the OED. As you can see, it very much does not just mean "from another place," or "different."

classical Latin aliēnus (adjective) of or belonging to others, unnatural, unusual, unconnected, separate, of another country, foreign, unrelated, of a different variety or species, unfamiliar, strange, [highlighted section] unfriendly, unsympathetic, unfavourable, inappropriate, incompatible, distasteful, repugnant, (noun) person or slave belonging to another person, foreigner, stranger, outsider

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Whitewater Jennifer Flowers Paula Jones Lewinsky obvs Extremely anti-Gore coverage 2000 Bush v. Gore Erasing anti war protests 2002-3 Anti-Kerry 2004 Pro-Tea Party Extremely anti-ACA especially public option But her EMAILZ x1000 Many "Cletus safaris" normalizing far right ...they just suck.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Sort of maybe. There have always been key subjects that get the propaganda treatment, tho - The 2000 election coverage was fully biased against Al Gore/in favor of W - Protests against the Iraq war, absolutely 100% censored - 2009-10 coverage of the Tea Party was totally propaganda And on and on

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

They've been the handmaidens to this monstrosity from day 1. Never let them forget.

Notorious NYT front page about Hilary Clinton emails from just days before the 2016 election.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I take no joy in this. The Times took us here, of their own choosing, and yet we will be worse when they inevitably are brought to heel. Goodnight America.

The New York Times' infamous front page just days before the 2016 election, with the headline NEW EMAILS JOLT CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN RACE'S LAST DAYS. There was, of course, fuck all that was newsworthy in said emails.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Decided to check the other place...

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Yes, we do! Ours is a four step scale, though.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

He has such incredible body control, and he uses it to do this. He's a fantastic embarrassment.

Shai Gilgeous Flopexander surrounded by Timberwolves watching him act like he's been fouled.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

They are seriously terrified of this man. Not what he can do now, but what he represents.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Here, not sure how y'all got on this old post, but I found this pic since you're into it. Note that it's a tiny pack, 11 short cigarettes, very much not American king sized. More like Canadian Export A's, for the extremely esoteric cigarette aficionados. But VERY strong 💥

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Thanks. Mostly just stuff for myself, but here you go. I'm not always this maudlin, but it seemed appropriate to the moment.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

I'm here for the grass roots movement

A secretary bird standing in tall savannah grass

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 18/09/2024

Holy shit, it's a really high prime number 😃😃😃

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

I mean.... There are multiple *ongoing* incentivized structural flaws in our journalistic institutions that may have something to do with it!

NEW EMAILS JOLLY CLINTON CAMPAIGN IN RACE'S LAST DAYS -- Notorious front page from New York Times towards end of 2016 presidential election

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Basset hounds' optimal ecological niche is sitting in front of a fireplace. Our Australian labradoodle is a smart, gentle cuddler who is only a little high strung despite being just 2 years old. She is 100% a champion napper.

A cute, medium sized black dog on the beach, very proud of her stick.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 06/09/2024

Never heard of him, clearly a glaring oversight. This looks right up my alley

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Oh man, I'm really sorry about that. Cancer survivor here, and i fully appreciate what you are saying. I definitely tend towards, I dunno, not sadness, but wrestling with the suffering of the world. But there is another side to things, and it is very, very important to keep that perspective.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Chickens scratch oracles in the dry dirt, just so, we play with words. But it's a lovely thought, thank you.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy. Feeling good about this one.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

So I had to call 911 this morning and gentle reader, while I do see where Seattle PD is going with this, it really does make me uncomfortable.

A screenshot of a digital survey from the Seattle Police department after calling 911. The question reads "Based on your interaction with just the person you spoke with on the phone (the call taker/dispatcher), would you recommend a friend or family member dealing with a similar situation call 911?" with options from 1-10, 10 being "Absolutely would recommend" and 1 being "Absolutely would not recommend."

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 09/08/2024

Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.

Big Shot Bounty Hunter Round Up from Cowboy Bebop.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 07/08/2024

May you be ripped a thousand new assholes and liked only 40 times. Oh wait, that's what's happening right now.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 02/08/2024

If they actually pick Walz, I'm gonna be so chuffed. Just shocking to have competent people running Democratic campaign. Feels like walking up from a really bad dream.

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 23/07/2024

He's a really interesting guy! Former HS football coach and Chief Master Sgt in the Army, but also a nerd. Fun fact: Walz tried to be Mr. Moderate and govern across the aisle but the R's kept shitting on every attempt at bipartisanship. So he said OK, fine, and did this:

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 26/01/2024

Doing a thing repeatedly, expecting different results 🙃

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regretfully yours @chimneyswift.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

I believe this image may actually have medicinal properties.

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