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@cinepost.bsky.social
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Four careers—precision machinist, freelance film cameraman, classical record buyer for an independent record store, postproduction engineering/supervision at an undergraduate film program. Now retired. Witness to too much over the last 60 years. Taoist.

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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Our memories are an inexhaustible reservoir that can fill the emptiness in us again and again. Good night”
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The world is not the immoral place you've known before. ... The world is simply a mirror of how we form it and it is nothing more and nothing less than what we all do together with it.” Carlos Ruiz Zafon 25. September 1964 - 19. June 2020):
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it's an uncivil war @lucyksy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There are a lot of them out there.
Sitting here with my 91 year old mom and her PT.  Great lady, fun to talk to. She just told us she anti-vax. Well, nice taking to you.  We will be getting a new therapist.  No patience for anti-science health professionals.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have reached the point where the MAGA red caps are sounding the warning of rising fascism in Germany? And EVERY single Republican is responsible for this, even if only by their silence in the face of Trump’s actions.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We have reached the point where the MAGA red caps are sounding the warning of rising fascism in Germany? And EVERY single Republican is responsible for this, even if only by their silence in the face of Trump’s actions.
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Argent @sedahr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Compassion, understanding, quiet curiosity all have a way to make people feel seen, feel human; I hope each of you lets another feel seen at least one opportunity you have available to do so on any given day. youtube.com/shorts/tAWk4... And may you be seen, and feel human, today. 🫶🏻
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Man heard a woman out instead of walking away... what happened next is just beautiful ❤️ | Stranger
YouTube video by Gio Neema
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So much of what we have become has separated us from traditional values that eased our passage from this life. There are wonderful people working to restore those values and practices. chicagoreader.com/city-life/ch...
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Rehearsing the end - Chicago Reader
A Chicago collective of death doulas wants to make dying and grieving something we do together again.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Denial of one’s history is the beginning of forgetting that which you promised to never forget.
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Helen Shin @h-x-s.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Tapping the 1970s IBM training manual’s warning again:
Page from a late 1970s IBM training manual that says: 
A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE
THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
They should have studied history. J. Robert Oppenheimer famously quoted the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, saying "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds" after witnessing the first successful detonation of a nuclear bomb during the Trinity test on July 16, 1945.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why someone wants a huge monument (w/sniper nest) overlooking the National Mall:
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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What is this life... ~ William Henry Davies 🎵 ✨
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just in case you were wondering… “Never forget” is now.
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SeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If NFL owners want to censor who performs in stadiums, they shouldn't ask taxpayers to help build them. You can't take public subsidies for stadiums then use them as your personal editorial board. Pay for it all out of your own pocket and hold as many Kid Rock concerts as you want to.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Be the final goose.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"You can't deal with National Socialism spiritually because it's unspirited." Alexander Schmorell, co-founder of the resistance group White Rose, author of well-known leaflets of the group, was born on September 16, 191
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just realized that To Kill a Mockingbird and The L-Shaped Room were both made in 1962. Brock Peters played a rural farmer in the first and a jazz trumpeter from the West Indies in the other. Talk about an acting range!
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Rev. Chris Harbin #KeepOurImmigrants #AbolishICE @prxiru.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every officer and official who helps ICE is breaking their oaths to "defend the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic." As ICE ignores due process, they become enemies of the state. 287g participants are complicit. #OathBreakers
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"If we extend unrestricted tolerance even to the intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant social order against the attacks of intolerance, then the tolerants will be destroyed and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper -
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Everybody knows somebody who stayed home last Election Day. Get them to the polls this time. One argument I use is “a Silent Majority is the key these clowns exploit every time. Don’t let them put words in your mouth or claim your support by your absence on Election Day.” What if turnout is +10%?
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Kara Swisher: “I think this idea that AI is going to kill us, it’s not AI, it’s the people making AI who are killing us. Let’s stop blaming the machines. Let’s blame the people who are making these things and the administration that refuses to put any guardrails”
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is just one of the “down the road” impacts of a society changing technology being designed and implemented by the “move fast and break things” crowd. Time for a moratorium on permitting data centers so that responsible oversight can be designed and implemented by.
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
My take is that having a Muslim immigrant preside over ceremonies commemorating 9/11 in New York City is one of the beautiful things about America.
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 10/09/2026
The United States: where giving a frail voter waiting in the Georgia sun a glass of water is punishable by a year in prison, but the president can offer everyone $5k to vote for his party.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Blast from the past...film crew T-shirt from 2017
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The comparison of this administration to the Third Reich are not overwrought. This should have been a caution, not an inspiration. youtu.be/B4_hd8HTyOI
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From the Diary of Anne Frank, Pt. 2: "I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed... "
YouTube video by San Francisco Symphony - Topic
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
There's no daylight between Trump and his Republican enablers Every sitting Republican Senator, Representative, Cabinet Secretary, Appointee enabled his destruction and crimes, including State and Local officials Republican Port Commissioners, all Midterm Candidates - them too Every. Last. One.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the end of the day, Fritz Bauer comes to mind again: “You can make paragraphs, you can write articles, you can make the best basic laws. What you need are the right people to live these things.” Fritz Bauer
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Every time the Starlink ad, “The Future,” is aired with Arthur C. Clarke’s rosy vision of a digital future reminds me that just four years later, Clarke created HAL for 2001: A Space Odyssey as a warning that computers might try to control us in the future.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we reject any evidence of the bamboozle. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.” — Carl Sagan
A close-up portrait of Carl Sagan speaking, shown from the chest up. He is wearing a dark grey suit jacket and a white shirt, set against a plain, neutral-colored wall. A microphone is partially visible in the bottom left corner.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Lake Ontario renamed Lake America: Seneca Nation President calls Trump executive order a treaty violation
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The President of the Seneca Nation believes U.S. President Donald Trump may be violating a centuries old peace treaty by renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America.J. Conrad Seneca says t...
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
An act of kindness does two things. Yes, it can help in a practical sense. But just as important, it helps someone in that they are “being seen,” and that they are not alone in dealing with something.
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 01/09/2026
This Suicide Prevention Month, we want every LGBTQ+ person to know that no politician or ban can erase your identity. If you are struggling, know that you are not alone. ❤️ @trevorproject.bsky.social — 866-488-7386 @lgbtnatlhelpctr.bsky.social — 800-246-7743 @translifeline.org — 877-565-8860
Purple graphic with white text that reads, "You are seen. You are loved. You belong. You are not alone."
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Deborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦 @teramis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Brilliant!
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Em dash on ChatGPT allegations
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Know our history so that you may shape your future.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Once intelligent beings achieve technology and the capacity for self-destruction of their species, the selective advantage of intelligence becomes more uncertain.” — Carl Sagan
A black and white portrait of Carl Sagan, looking thoughtfully at the camera with his chin resting on his hand.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Accountability is part of the social compact. And it can only begin by stripping anonymity away from the enablers that act on his behalf in every department in the executive branch.
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
People, the most reliable postal service in history has become unreliable. SCOTUS destroyed it with a shrug. No matter how you do it, VOTE.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If we survive this administration, make sure that someday your children and grandchildren know what happened here. The stories must be told, for a phrase like “Nicht vergessen” (Don’t forget) means nothing if they have nothing to remember.
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just a reminder that the fascist reversing the progress of the 20th century includes the eradication of the idea of childhood for everyone outside the wealth class, which is relatively new, and the reintroduction of child labor. The signs were there for a while but it’s impossible to deny it now.
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H.P. @hannelore14089.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
„You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them." Ray Bradbury 22. August 1920 - 5. Juni 2012 
Ein Foto von ihm. Er ist über einen Stuhl gebeugt, hat die Hände auf die Lehne gelegt, den Kopf darauf abgelegt, schaut lächelnd in die Kamera. Er hat weiße etwas längere Haare und trägt eine große Brille.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
John Roberts understands this, and apparently it did not affect his decision.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The Sisters Nini (21. August 1884 -1943?) Carry (1885-1957)Hess, who had their photo studio in Frankfurt, were known in the Weimar period for their psychologically sensitive portraits. Carry survived in French exile, her sister was murdered in Auschwitz.
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"Thomas Jefferson taught that a democracy was impractical unless the people were educated. No matter how stringent the protections of the people might be in constitutions or common law, there would always be a temptation, Jefferson thought, for the powerful, the wealthy, and the unscrupulous to undermine the ideal of government run by and for ordinary citizens.

The antidote is vigorous support for the expression of unpopular views, widespread literacy, substantive debate, a common familiarity with critical thinking, and skepticism of pronouncements of those in authority—which are all also central to the scientific method."

— Carl Sagan
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Larry Hochman @larryhochman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
It’s gotten to the point where the cognitive dissonance of supporting this administration and supporting actual American values is so large, you need to be living in an actual fantasy world to do both at the same time.
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cinepost.bsky.social @cinepost.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
These days it seems that simply trying to live an honorable life or help a neighbor is enough to make you “a member of the resistance.”
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