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Cleon

@cleon42.bsky.social
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Code monkey, leftist, Chicagolander. 🍉🍉🍉 He/him él/él sé/é он/его ער/אים דארטען, ווו מיר לעבן,ַ דארט איז אונדזער לאנד.

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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oh no, whatever will we do without a giant gas station?
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hot take: Nobody who shits on "liberal arts" degrees has ever tried actually studying a subject academically.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I did this back on Xitter back in COVID days and saved screenshots when I left. It's got worse since.
I keep thinking about what would've happened if I'd pitchec a 2020 novel to an editor in 1998.

There's a global pandemic. Starts in China, spreads fast.

"You can't stop it, right?" editor says.

"Nope. You can't stop slow it. Masks like 1918, etc."

"Flu pandemic reference is nice," the editor says. "Wevdo this while we work on vaccine or cure?"

"Mostly we don't. A party makes it all political. If you do it, you're on the wrong side. So the virus spreads."

"Don't they come to their senses whrn it gets out of hand?"

"Not well. 2020 is an election year. And Internet talk is a big deal then. Everybody has a cell phone like a little computer...""Don't they spread information fast?" the editor says.

"Information. Misinformation. Disinformation, too."

Editor frowns. "This is pretty dark."

Me: "Oh. I forgot to tell you--while all this is going on, Donald Trump is President of the United States."

"GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE!!!!"
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is when the Triffids come...
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ACKSHULLY Ben Judaism is the religion of the Jewish people, but one's Jewishness is NOT defined by a # of ritual acts. Stewart + Sanders are Jews. To my great consternation, so are you + Ivanka, even tho each of you violate more Torah concepts every day than either of them could in a lifetime.
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 27/07/2026
she was arrested twice for shoplifting clothes for her children after her divorce and long ago paid her fines and served her time
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Holzman-Tweed (he-suite) @holzman-tweed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Periodic reminder that Al Franken had at least 8 accusers and that he stepped down the day they were going to begin the investigation he initially demanded. "What happened to Al Franken" is exactly the bare minimum that should have happened to Al Franken.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
That's the look of a man who knows he's in for a rough time after the match.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I swear all of Irish social media right now is screaming "Nuestro dia llegará!"
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I think @demsocialists.bsky.social should just take this opportunity to tell the Democrats to go fuck themselves and go form their own party. This just shows how hollow the "vote blue no matter who" slogan really is.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I never would've expected to see *this* decision from *this* organization.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Happy 100th birthday to the 2000-year-old man, Mel Brooks. ביז הונדערט און צוואנציק!
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Melissa Benoist is Supergirl and I see no reason to pretend otherwise.
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Tal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
i do find the imagery of pouring endless, unnecessary money into a corroded mirror of rancid water a little heavy handed
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"And you dare to call me a terrorist, While you look down your gun. When I think of all the deeds that you have done...."
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is the only human.
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Elder Taylor @taylornewc.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
If Waffle House doesn’t make this their new slogan, then capitalism has failed
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
My family left what is now Ukraine because of anti-Jewish pogroms -- and those who stayed behind were killed in the Holocaust -- and I am completely comfortable calling what is happening in Belfast a pogrom
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you marched with Bezalel Smotrich, you don't get to claim the moral high ground about anything ever again. #israeldayparade
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
גוט נחת אלעמען!
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If you like paddle-and-ball games like Arkanoid or Breakout, please give my new Android game a try! 100% free-to-play. No DLC or in-game purchases or anything like that. play.google.com/store/apps/d...
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Brick Basher - Apps on Google Play
A new version of the classic brick-breaking game
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"So about those Epstein files..." "Look! There are Muslims! They're Musliming! Remember how much you hate Muslims?" "...But Epstein..." "MOOSLIMS! IRAN! 9/11!" "They DID open a mosque nearby..." "INVASION! SHARIA LAW! EAT PORK FOR 'MURICA!" "We SHOULD ban sharia!!!!" "Dance, monkey, dance!" *fin*
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Dan Carkner @alte.klezmor.im · 13/05/2026
hearty salute to the guy (David Wieder) who went and took photos of the graves of dozens of old klezmer musicians at Mount Hebron cemetery in Queens in the last few months and posted them on FindAGrave. I got notifications about a few but I didn't realize he has maybe done about 2/3 of the section.🕵️
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Looking for some folks to test an Arkanoid/Breakout style Android game. No pay but you will have my eternal gratitude. Shoot me a DM with your email address and I'll add you to the Google Play Closed Test.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I promise to vote for any candidate that will put insurance company advertising executives on trial for crimes against humanity.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
That moment when all of JewSky - left, right, and center, frum, atheist, and inbetween, literally everyone - collectively cocked their head and said "*huh*" at the exact same time.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
*record scratch* "Yup. That's me. I bet you're all wondering how I got here...."
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
the guys walking around in shoes that don’t fit are not gonna do a 25th Amendment
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Yiddish anarchists can't be musicians. They have no lider.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
AI is not writing
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Right, simply entertaining this challenge as if it's remotely legitimate is already discrediting. If there's a single vote to end birthright citizenship, we need to take this Supreme Court apart with sledgehammers and start over.
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Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Republican and Democratic representatives and senators, take note: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Researchers use mice pluripotent cells to generate miniature testes | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
A team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in making sperm cell precursors in vitro that could be used in a number of applications, such as identifying infertility mechanisms and technologies f...
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/03/2026
friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?
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A. M. Vincent @vincent.northsky.social · 15/03/2026
Sad to see the Ides of March becoming commercialised like this. I really feel like we're losing track of the true spirit of the holiday. It's not about how many knives you can stick in a tyrant all at once, it's about the whole community coming together to stab the tyrant as many times as possible.
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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
this is one of the most amazing conversations I have ever seen on Bluesky. It’s a shame that the Louvre deleted his account because this should be framed
“Yiddish is the true language of the Jews u poser”

“What are you and who mentioned Yiddish
דו פארשטייסט דאך נישט קיין יידיש ווארט תרתי משמע, תוב לעפרך”

“Sorry I dont read dead languages”
“That’s Yiddish, numbskull”
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I wonder how many Iranian synagogues are being destroyed by US and Israeli freedom bombs.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 11/02/2026
In a flurry of student walkouts, Chicago-area students continue protest of ICE
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In a flurry of student walkouts, Chicago-area students continue protest of ICE
Several hundred high school students from Proviso Township walked out of their classrooms Wednesday morning in protest of mass deportation.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's a legit addiction and just as destructive.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This honestly explains a LOT about the Times.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Elon Musk is singlehandedly doing more to ruin capitalism's reputation than a thousand communist propagandists could hope to do in a hundred lifetimes.
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Scary Tea Lady @sassytealady.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.
a mini barbie dreamhouse atop a giant (relative to the house) chicken legs
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Yes, ICE is a Gestapo-like police force compromised largely of white supremacists who were unable to obtain jobs in traditional law enforcement. But so many of the anti-ICE people I talk to are like the worst wine moms . I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Go Bears, fuck ICE, and Free Palestine.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
ICE is murdering people and lying about it. Don't let them get away with it.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Прости, Юра, мы всё проебали.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 03/01/2026
Everything is infuriating and the people in charge are irrevocably evil.
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Cleon @cleon42.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Everyone paying attention: "It's about the oil!" Trump fans: "It's about narcoterrorism!" Trump: "It's about the oil."
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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