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J Durkin

@drgonzo2022.bsky.social
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Writer, TTRPG designer, Gluten-free baker (because my GI tract hates me), AV editor/producer. Check out my sites www.curiachronicles.com (author info) and sprocketland.wordpress.com (pop culture ramblings).

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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Alamo is showing the Hellraiser series, so that's how I spent my Friday. That is watching the original movie. I've seen it a zillion times, but seeing it on the big screen was pretty cool.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Anand is the best (and I'm doing an event with him at, yes, @cityartssf.bsky.social Thursday, for his new book Man in the Mirror). Couldn't agree more that cities are refuges or places of last resort for people kicked out of rural/suburban/pseudo-idyllic America.
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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unimprovable retort
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Watched They Will Kill You (2026) today. Meh. Good action scenes and some decent effects. Premise is fine. But got repetitive after a while and the protagonist never landed with me (as a character; the actress - Zazie Beetz - is fine). A decent but forgettable action/horror film. 2.5/5 #filmsky
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Watched Evil Dead Burn last night. Pretty good. Solid opening act. Good effects. Unflinching gore. But, meh characters, overly cartoonish violence (already a staple of the series, but here it gets numbing), some pacing issues near the end, and a dreary color palette weigh it down. 3/5. #filmsky
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The Economist @economist.com · 24/09/2026
Deaths now outnumber births in reliably Republican counties for the first time since at least 1982. We explain how this may already be affecting voting patterns in America bit.ly/471apDL
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Most importantly, Barry Levinson (D) and Josh Nussbaum (cinematographer) do a great job of using the format to sell the story as a real event, something many found footage films fail at. Check it out 5/5 #filmsky
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Watching The Bay (2012) tonight. This is a SF/horror film using a found footage/mockumentary format. Basically, a town on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay is infested with a strain of isopods. Well done. Decent acting, great pacing, some cool gore effects.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The internals must show a collapse of enthusiasm among non-MAGA Republicans (I’m sure there are still a few) and, more importantly, the indies who went for Trump in 2024. It may not amount to huge numbers… but it must be bad enough that they see normally safe seats now in jeopardy.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I hope Trump rebrands AI every week, so we have the spectacle of these tools having to continuously correct themselves.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A victory for the First Amendment and press freedom… at least, for now. www.themirror.com/entertainmen...
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CNN, MS NOW journalists allowed into White House in humiliating U-turn for Trump
After having their passes taken away and being denied entry to the White House grounds, reporters from the three banned news outlets were allowed back in during President Xi's visit
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“When I was in kindergarten in 1961, I survived a near-fatal case of measles… my clearest memory of that period is my father carrying me to our station wagon & rushing me to the hospital. I stayed for a month, part of it in a coma, my blood pressure dangerously unstable” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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Measles almost killed me. Now I’m a doctor — and I'm scared of what's happening
Jewel Mullen was in kindergarten in 1961 when she almost died from measles. Now a physician, measles’ return frightens her.
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Pat @pizzasuplex.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yea dude no shit that’s why it mostly works. Those are load bearing furries.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At least he didn't call it "Super Terrific Intelligence"... wait, that might have been better. 😁
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
⚠️ Anthropic announces its first wet lab discovery: A team of Anthropic biologists used Claude to find “a novel enzyme system that is associated with an array of DNA repeats, a pattern reminiscent of CRISPR.”
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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mental illness plus money equals the weirdest sexual fetish I’ve ever seen.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump is a one-track thinker. He thinks calling AI “super intelligence” will end the wide-ranging suspicion of the technology and the people pursuing it in a manner even they acknowledge is reckless. But he thinks it’s a branding issue. Sorry, Donny, but no. #ai www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump says US Justice Department could rein in AI companies if needed
President ‌Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to new regulations on AI technology, telling global leaders at the ​UN General Assembly on Tuesday that US ​law enforcement agencies would rein in the...
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
… under Trump, particularly with the damage done by the Iran War and the ideologically driven decimation of the DoD and the IC. Ukraine may prevail; it may fail. But the US has maneuvered itself into a position of growing irrelevancy on this issue.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At this point, what is the upside of listening to the US? They’ve expended many of the weapons Ukraine needed from them in Iran and outsourced their intel to “AI” systems that target schools and almost got the US into a war with China. I’m being a bit hyperbolic, but the US has much less to offer…
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ffrf.org @ffrf.org · 21/09/2026
Correct. We should lose the biblical foundation for marriage and gender. Those ancient religious rules have no business governing modern society. But we don’t need Adam and Eve, or any religion at all, to recognize the sanctity and value of human life.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Let us hope that this leads to less sanewashing of the Trumpists by these outlets and less platforming of Trump supporters. A lack of access to this White House, which leaks like a sieve anyway, should have no impact, other than freeing them up to do more real reporting. IMHO
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Zack Snyder is remaking Escape From New York?!? Why? Like why do it and why him? The original is a classic. More importantly, I don't see what the remake can bring to the story. And Snyder is not in the same class as John Carpenter. Hard pass. #filmsky share.google/PMCIROFyGqHX...
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Zack Snyder’s Remake Of Kurt Russell Sci-Fi Classic Gets First Plot Details
Zack Snyder is returning to science fiction.
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump threatened to stop all trade with the EU if they let Canada become an associate member. How did Europe respond? They gave PM Carney a standing ovation 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 The world has moved on, and the US is ALL alone and isolated.
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/09/2026
SCOTUS blocked USPS from advancing Trump's anti-mail voting order. What does this mean? ✅The battle returns to lower courts that have already ruled against it. ✅States can mail absentee ballots as they always have for midterms. Subscribe for more mail voting updates: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Jon Ossoff @ossoff.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
While the world burns, and you pay more for everything, your tax dollars become the royal family’s wealth. Because it pays to be a Trump, especially when the whole world knows daddy's a crook.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 15/09/2026
Tell me again that climate change is a hoax.
Chart showing global annual temperature abnormalities between 1880 and 2024
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
cutting it close, but got my latest submission done and I with 15 minutes to spare. 4400 words. Not bad for an anthology call that I learned about Thursday. #amwriting
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So, Trump posted this on Truth Social and now I am more worried about a catastrophic outcome for gAI. This clown is going to try and stop anyone from enacting guardrails. Congress has checked out. We are rushing into a new technological paradigm without any real safeguards against harm.
Truth Social text from Donald Trump claiming to be a genius, decrying any efforts to make AI safer and calling critics traitors.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The idea that America in 2026 is still an “advanced democracy” is pretty “bananas.”
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Buffet Infinity - eldritch horror meets absurdist comedy about consumerism told as a series of fragmented 80s style ads and news snippets. Very unsettling and very funny. Oh, and there are some catchy/creepy tunes to sing along with. Highly recommended. 4.5/5 #filmsky
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sigh… “unless” it performs “some” ideological task. I hate autocorrect… and tiny keyboards.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Next up is Buffet Infinity. Looking forward to that. #filmsky
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#filmsky
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Watched Disclosure Day. This is one of the worst films I’ve seen in a while. Terrible writing (so much exposition). Embarrassing acting (Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor are particularly bad). Meh effects. The dumbest action set pieces I’ve seen in a while. And a non-ending. Such a disappointment. 1/5
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Agreed. Talking to Trumpists is a waste of time. Focus on the 90 million people who sat out 2024 because they saw no difference… that’s the getable population. They are just waiting to be convinced. IMHO
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My man looks like a lawn gnome who watched Wolf of Wall Street one too many times.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Conservatives have no sense of culture, no love for art, music, literature, unpess it performs dome ideological task... so it is on brand that they want to destroy an example of creativity and replace it with the most obvious, performative symbology possible.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Great stuff. youtu.be/isLWnuBkaOc?...
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Your Boss Who Has AI Psychosis
YouTube video by Ryan George
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Interesting piece. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold
The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home
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CNN @cnn.com · 11/09/2026
James Talarico, the Texas Democratic Senate candidate, says the Trump administration is committing “the most dangerous form of cancel culture” by pressuring TV stations over their content. Talarico spoke out ahead of an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, an outspoken opponent of President Donald Trump.
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James Talarico blasts Trump FCC’s ‘dangerous’ cancel culture over Kimmel interview ordeal | CNN Business
Talarico, the Texas Democratic Senate candidate, says the Trump administration is committing “the most dangerous form of cancel culture” by pressuring TV stations over their content.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
News outlets like FT need to stop sanewashing Trump's demented rants. This is not serious policy. It is a mix of desperation and contempt. The former about the midterms, the latter for his base, who he thinks are so stupid they'll believe him. IMHO.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.” Hunter S Thompson, after 9/11. www.espn.com/page2/s/thom...
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ESPN.com - Page2 - When war drums roll
Johnny Depp called me from France on Sunday night and asked what I knew about Osama bin Laden.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The desperation is reassuring. The GOP internal polls must be as bad or worse than public polls. The various attempts to suppress, gerrymander, and/or steal the vote, must be projected to be failing. So now it’s just an attempt to buy votes. A Blue tsunami seems more likely after this. #bluewave
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Go Denmark @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @corrina.sheshed.rocks @jbminatra.bsky.social @rebba.bsky.social @fireeyebooks.bsky.social @docsociology.bsky.social @sheilaharris.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
AI may have its uses, but being your friend is not one of them.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 09/09/2026
"He scammed his way into the White House twice." trib.al/BaQUJfU
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Transcript: Trump Accidentally Reveals His Contempt for MAGA Voters
As fresh Trump outbursts expose what he really thinks of his supporters, a skilled decoder of MAGA explains the role of sheer unreality in Trumpian politics—and why it betrays deep political weakness.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
As a resident of South Canada, I approve 😁
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Add in "Questioning life choices that led to this moment".... that's about 20% of my writing process.
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J Durkin @drgonzo2022.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A good piece on the dismantling of the US food inspection and safety system, exacerbating problems that have existed for decades. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Should We Be Afraid of Our Food?
America’s food-safety system is being methodically dismantled by the Trump administration.
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