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Curt Brown

@crtbrown.bsky.social
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planter of plants, Iowa resident, evil underlord, renowned cupcake eater

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Grumpy-ish Brian🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇮🇪 @brian770.bsky.social · 23h
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12h
You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 23h
Beautiful hand-painted globes by one of the few remaining traditional globe makers. [kottke.org]
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Beautiful Hand-Painted Globes
Bellerby & Co. Globemakers are one of the world’s last remaining makers of globes by hand. Their Instagram account is chock full of their handiwork. If I could afford it (£2000!), I’d get The Livin
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 23h
Calendula on the rocks
Bright yellow calendula flower resting on a lumpy brown rock in dappled shade
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It's amazing to see George Carlin predict our truly shitty current situation here in America, decades ago in his stand-up. The man was a genius and a prophet. Damn, I miss him.
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Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 12/10/2026
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Business in front made a poorly thought out executive decision.
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
malwarebytes.com
Amazon has an uncomfortably personal profile on you
Amazon thinks it knows your body, your family, and your life. You didn't sign up for it, and we couldn't find a way to opt-out.
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BIG D GRANDROYAL @bigdgrandroyal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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Mint Royale - Down Down
YouTube video by Mint Royale
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.
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Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
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Blog for Iowa @blogforiowa.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
A Little Bit About Data Centers blogforiowa.com/2026/10/11/a...
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A Little Bit About Data Centers
Data centers have become one of the very hot button issues of this mid-term election. However, most people probably understand tis issue only at a very surface level. Therefore I offer this 16 minu…
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 11/10/2026
A street map made up of over 900 film titles www.wearedorothy.com/products/fil...
map with reservoir dogs map with Jurassic parkmap with forrest gump, the killing fields
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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💙🎀 𝑱𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 🎀💙 @jpep38.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😆😂
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good." 

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues  "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026
We released a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients. Explore the database:
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
4. Delete Gemini History If you've used Gemini before, your chats may be saved, and some could be reviewed by humans. Go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini → Turn off Gemini Apps Activity → Delete Activity → All Time. This removes your past Gemini history & stops future chats from being saved
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Welcome to My Activity
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
nationalzoo.si.edu
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Grown ass people afraid of a "curse" on their town. Good grief.
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'It Is Done. Hail Satan:' City Immediately Regrets New Religious Liberty Law That Allows Prayer at City Council Meeting
Iowa city council debates proper time in meeting agenda to "undo the curse that was just put on our city."
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We've all heard the right wing claim about the *liberal media* but the truth is that right coded zillionaires own most of the media we consume. Just look at this list of what the Ellison's now own. It's astounding & very concerning. (h/t @thedesk.net)
a list of all the media properties now owned by david ellison.

shows all of the media logos.
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Rick Havoc @rickhavoc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mike Ditka has passed.
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Da Bears! Chicago Bears Fans Cheering
Alt: Da Bears! Chicago Bears Fans Cheering
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
music.youtube.com
Republica (30th Anniversary Edition)
Album • Republica
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 09/10/2026
“Come on, Donald. Jump! You almost had it!”
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
tuta.com
Google Maps alternative: Best open source maps in 2026. | Tuta
With a number of community driven, open source mapping projects, picking a Google Maps app alternative that comes without ads or tracking has never been easier.
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
androidauthority.com
One UI 9 is hiding a clever feature that blocks in-app ads. Here's how to use it
Fed up with ads in free apps? AI Network Guard is a One UI 9 feature that lets you block in-app ads on your Galaxy phone.
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Curvy contrail
Blue sky, whispy clouds, 2 straight contrails, and 1 unusual curved
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Super Idiocy
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Japanese poster for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
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Kenneth Nørgaard @kennethnrgaard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Hip hop hooray Ho, hey
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Albert Schindehütte, 1982
A bat hanging upside down from a branch, a full moon, and a couple trees forming the shape of a skull. Illustration for a collection of poems by Poe.
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I use linkcleaner
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The Hidden Tracker In Every YouTube Link
YouTube video by Proton
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Freaked Flower
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Alien needs a nap.
An 8 foot tall inflatable green alien that's slumped over because it has a slow leak somewhere
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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Frame #95 from E69 High as a Kite
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pointy Harris Hawk
An angular brown hawk with a hooked yellow beak and long legs perched on a stump
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phoenixrising @mmcarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
57 years ago today, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam changed comedy forever with the BBC debut of Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“The whole world is covered with buttons, and not one of them is mine!”
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First Among Equals @pyncster.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As the holidays approach, look for signs that your cookies may have gone bad.
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James Urbaniak @jamesurbaniak.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Lynn Daniello @madamwiz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OMG 😂🎯
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media
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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Beetle 5/11 - Tetraphyllus #Art #SciArt
illustration of a dark, round beetle with iridescence that makes its otherwise black body and wings appear in vivid rainbow colors like a soap bubble.
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Curt Brown @crtbrown.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Grassfiti
Yellow NEC and red OK spraypainted on grass letting me know the utility lines in my yard have been marked, so I know where I can and cannot dig
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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From Oct 2011. Happy Pumpkin Pi season! Annual reminder: magnets of this strip are available on my store... store.foxtrot.com
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