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Dave M.

@dmacaul.bsky.social
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Librarian (academic), musician, radio DJ on extended hiatus, curry lover, resident of Lincoln Nebraska

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 21h
BREAKING: A federal immigration agent shot a man in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, the latest of nearly two dozen such shootings in the past two years. A statement by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani indicated that the man had a five-year-old child in his car.
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DHS shoots New York man with five-year-old in car
Federal agents surrounded and fired into the man's vehicle, reportedly with a young child inside.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
GIL SCOTT-HERON in 1982 showing the side of Washington D.C. that tourists never got to see and politicians tried to imagine didn’t exist.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tomorrow we go to Skegness.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Q: How do you define socialism personally? JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Trump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 07/10/2026
Must be wild living in the Fox News Cinematic Universe. It's like getting kicked in the head every day.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026
No Regrets in the mugshot is what’s smoking me the most right now
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026
Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
RIP Charles Ellerbe, an essential live wire in Prime Time. Here is a definitive obituary, by Shaun Brady. (I learned a thing or two editing this, and I bet you'll do the same reading it.) 🎸
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Charles Ellerbe, Harmolodic guitar hero in Prime Time, dies at 76
Guitarist Charles Ellerbe, whose R&B and rock roots helped lend a funky frisson to Ornette Coleman's electric Prime Time band, died at home in North Philadelphia in the early hours between Sunday and ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump calls Natalie on stage, checks out her legs, calls her "perfect," then floats creating a reality show w/ her -- & other lowlights from his rally tonight in Nebraska (Including Trump saying of Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is very small price to pay")
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Dave M. @dmacaul.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Calling out Springer for sneaking AI-generated monographs into the collections it sells to libraries www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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AI Slop Coming to University Library Near You (opinion)
Librarians must hold the gates against machine-generated titles.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
LOL -- Trump tries to shout out Ted Cruz in Texas and *not a single person applauds* for him. Not one!
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Most of the commentary about this concentrates on how it's just an asshole move. And it definitely is. But it's also a violation of ADA
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Patrick Hutchinson @patrickndg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excellent piece by @charlieangus104.bsky.social, correctly calling out some pernicious shit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
TIME: So what is the hoax of AI? Who's behind it? TRUMP: The whole country is based on fake stuff because these people have Trump derangement syndrome.
cap of Trump intv
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Tim McDermott @thebombshelter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Annals of James Brown history: "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" was recorded 56 years ago today. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZkj...
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James Brown - Talking Loud and Saying Nothing
YouTube video by soulfunkPL
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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Buddy Rich 🎂 #botd And you know what that means.... Time to watch how quotes from the Buddy Rich tapes were incorporated into Seinfeld. 👇
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Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has responded to the PQ’s Blue Book, calls on Quebec to recognize First Nations rights. “The future of Quebec cannot be determined as though First Nations do not exist,” it reads.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pete Hegseth prepares for general purge of all women, Blacks and Hispanics from the general officer ranks of the military service branches. thehill.com/policy/defen...
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Hegseth to cut 20 percent of admirals, generals in major Pentagon overhaul
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to announce a 20 percent cut to slots slated for admirals and generals at the Pentagon as part of his push to overhaul the outlook of the department, two Penta…
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Keegan 🎃sinski @keeganosinski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what happens when you offload your collection development to the vendors to put together “packages” of whatever content THEY want to sell you
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
literally the only impact it would have on my life would be to spare me the aggravation of all the slop I run across.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort.
A neon light art piece of Samuel Beckett's famous quote "I can't go on. I'll go on" but spaced - it would seem inadvertently- so that it reads "I can't goon. I'll goon".
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Stevie Wonder • Songs in the Key of Life – The EP 4-song EP feat. previously unreleased recordings from the album’s sessions Out now steviewonder.lnk.to/sitkoltheep
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Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life – The EP
Listen to content by Stevie Wonder.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/09/2026
Trump on Canada: "They have been one of the worst countries in the entire world"
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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Saddened to hear dancehall legend Lt Stitchie died earlier today. Stitchie was one of the most skillful and entertaining DJs of the 1980s. His records for King Jammy and Stereo One were some of the best from that era... RIP 🙏 youtu.be/jgRauW_JHEs?... #reggae #reggaesky #music #dancehall
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Lt. Stitchie - Natty Dread (Official Video)
YouTube video by Lt. Stitchie
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
RIP Mighty Sparrow (1935-2026)
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Legendary calypsonian Mighty Sparrow has died
Legendary calypsonian Slinger Francisco, better known as the Mighty Sparrow, has died at the age of 91.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/09/2026
absolutely demented. like a scene from a horror movie
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Winsor McCay, from the comic strip“Dream of the Rarebit Fiend” New York Herald, 1913.
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller September 19,1960
P1 - ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WANTS NANCY TO SEE HIS BABY COUSIN
KID: MY BABY COUSIN JUST SAID HIS FIRST WORD 
P2- NANCY IS FOLLOWING HIM TO SEE HIS BABY COUSIN 
NANCY: WAS IT "PAPA" OR "MAMA" ?
KID : NEITHER 
P3- KID: THIS IS A MODERN BABY 
P4- THEY ARE LOOKING IN THE WINDOW AT THE BABY BEING HELD BY HIS FATHER 
KID: HIS FATHER IS A BEATNIK 
BABY: DADDY-O
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 26/09/2026
#OtD 26 Sep 1940 German Jewish philosopher, cultural critic and essayist, Walter Benjamin died in Portbou at the French-Spanish border while attempting to escape from invading Nazi forces. The most likely cause of death was suicide stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9870...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 26/09/2026
"Similarities between the far right in Canada and the United States suggest a certain amount of contagion across the border, but Alberta separatism is a home-grown movement." An excerpt from a new book on polarization by UBC political scientist Max Cameron. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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The Uncomfortable Roots of Alberta Separatism | The Tyee
It’s a home-grown movement sparked by the Freedom Convoy protests. An excerpt from ‘Divided We Fall.’
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Peter Wheeland @peterwheeland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And what's the fine when a public servant insults a citizen? www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
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Restaurant owner speaks out after tribunal finds Montreal police officer used offensive language
A restaurateur is speaking out after a Quebec’s police ethics tribunal has found that a Montreal police officer used offensive language during a police stop.
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Alex Gibney @alexgibneyfilm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sam Rivers was born in El Reno, Oklahoma on this day in 1923 📸 Tom Marcello; Rivers w. Joe Daley, Studio Rivbea, NYC, July 1976
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Every day 4%”
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David William with a 'This IS my costume' pin @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
THIS NIGHTMARE WILL BE IN FULL COLOR
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Trump: “All of the SLEAZEBAGS, like Third Rate ‘Reporter,’ Kaitlyn Collins, of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren’t going to be covering me. Then why were they ranting and raving like Lunatics at the UN? She’s got a ‘TRUMP’ addiction. They’re all sick, treasonous, and demented!”
Trump: “All of the SLEAZEBAGS, like Third Rate ‘Reporter,’ Kaitlyn Collins, of Fake News CNN, a truly unhappy person, said they weren’t going to be covering me. Then why were they ranting and raving like Lunatics, in the Press Area, at the United Nations? Why was she there? She’s got a ‘TRUMP” addiction, and so does CNN and MSDNC. They’re all sick, treasonous, and demented! The ‘good news’ is that they have a great, for them, and totally disloyal Judge. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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The Wire Magazine @thewiremagazine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Coltrane. To mark it we have selected a number of essays and reviews from back issues of The Wire going back over 40 years, all attempting to come to an understanding of the meaning and significance of Coltrane’s life and music.
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mike Reed's Separatist Party - New Angels (live on BimhuisTV) Mike Reed Marvin Tate Ben LaMar Gay Bitchin Bajas (Cooper Crain, Dan Quinlivan, Rob Frye) youtu.be/3LMYinyfQVo?...
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Mike Reed's Separatist Party - New Angels (live on BimhuisTV)
YouTube video by Thrill Jockey Records
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Coltrane #24 (1961) 📸 Roy DeCarava
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Dave M. @dmacaul.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ugh, the last post linked to a paywalled story. Here's one you can read www.thegazette.com/news/vote-of...
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Resignations follow no-confidence vote at Center for Intellectual Freedom
Casting a “vote of no confidence” in the Legislature’s Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, all but two of 13 out-of-state professors invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the...
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/e...
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11 quit Center for Intellectual Freedom council, citing low confidence
The UI Center for Intellectual Freedom's advisory council was hit hard when 11 members resigned, citing a "vote of no confidence" in the center.
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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