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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 14h

More insane than "he sleeps with his sister, his aunt Bea is criminally infatuated with him, then he's murdered by his jealous brother-in-law"??

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just noticed the handle 🤣 jello biafra would be so proud

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🔥 @angieforfl.bsky.social : “Let’s talk about the Black Panther Party…”

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How about starting with freeing Occupied DC?

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes, the writers' pitch was "Space Family Robinson"!

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I've worked at many transnational corps (including now). They always try that, but in practice it's not great. The time differences and cultural differences erase much of the anticipated savings. The claim that the US lacks coding talent is ridiculous, of course.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In 1941, the Japanese killed ~2500 Americans at Pearl Harbor. In 1945, the US killed ~170,000 Japanese *civilians* in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Mamdani made a Pearl Harbor Day statement which spent most of its time on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. That's both understandable and completely wrong.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

US artist Hillary Waters Fayle, known for creating fine embroideries on real leaves #womensart #AutumnWeek 🍂

A photo of a line of the same species of green leaf each with a botanical embroidery of the same flowering plant

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is an unintended consequence of car culture—the legal age was raised to cut down on DWI fatalities, which it did, but now kids don't get to experiment in the presence of more experienced adults.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is not particularly true of classical music. Mahler, Ives, and many others were considered insignificant in their time. Bach was famous only as a performer.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I always love a good Temptation

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

In 2009, Peru's former Dictator, Alberto Fujimori, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He served 10 years, and in 2017 he was pardoned. In 2026, his daughter was elected president. Source: Peruvian political crisis (2016–present) - Wikipedia share.google/UcK1j949R2Mb...

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Peruvian political crisis (2016–present) - Wikipedia

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Actual non-AI heartwarming experience

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Avenue of Pollard Birches and Poplars - 1884 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…

Promised gift of Richard and Mary L. Gray

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

<I. Asimov has entered the chat>

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Okay, the yelling is mostly missing the point. You're correct, the 1st A. allows all the things you say; but naming an accuser 1) seldom helps the accused (that's what trials are for) 2) is a known deterrent to *legit* grievances coming out. Many countries keep *all* parties anon until trial.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Doubtful. The programs he's announced have mostly been small pilot programs. The reversal on 2nd-home taxes is temporary. Otherwise his budgets are nothing special for NYC.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First US female photojournalist, Jessie Tarbox Beals, preparing to take a photograph, Austrian Pavilion, 1904 St. Louis World's Fair #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a woman in a long Victorian style dress and hat at the top of a very long stepladder holding a large camera as men below hold the ladder

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Gorgeous flowers collected in a glass vase, plus what appear to be some glaceed cherries. And butterflies. By Carstiaen Luyckx, on his day.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

See, *this* is how the Reaganites stole the center: phrases like "efficiency" and "responsible spending" became euphemisms for "enabling evil." Mamdani is deliberately reclaiming those. NYC permitting *is* a tangled mess, and fixing that isn't the same as cutting corners.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The turtle laughed. The lizards laughed. The snake laughed. The field mouse laughed, and Frog laughed.

The turtle, lizards, snake, field mouse, and Frog all laugh at Toad. Not very nice friends, are they?

From "A Swim"
In *Frog and Toad Are Friends*

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is not in fundamental disagreement with anyone here, only in what is primary (antisemitism or political advantage); whereas your opening comment seemed to dismiss antisemitism entirely. That was why the skeetstorm occurred. Thank you for clarifying.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah I've read the whole thread. Nothing I've said is remotely obscure or controversial, so there's nothing to defend; and "Socratic" questions are not refutation. If you have a coherent thesis that fits the known facts, there's no sign of it here. Write it out in full or let it go.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Terrorism doesn't just scare the target demographic, another significant purpose is to humiliate the local government. (9/11 is a good example.) Why humiliate your allies, when you have so many other possibilities?

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

1) They hate *lots* of people, especially Jews. 2) The Jews they leave alone live within the borders of their handful of allies.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Iran does not care about the political position of this or any Israeli government. They oppose (and have often made war on) all the regional governments that are not Islamic ethnostates. They support Hezbollah and Hamas to harass the govt's of Lebanon and Egypt.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Plate, c.1928 by Grete Marks (1899-1990), ceramic artist and a Bauhaus student #womensart

Plate in cream with thin black half circular lines and green circular motifs

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When Dover Books issued the orchestral score to Gustav Holst's "The Planets," the composer's name was misspelled on the spine: "Holtz."

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Antisemitism is the socialism of fools.

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Pol Niuman @pol-niuman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Claude Monet Mañana en el Sena cerca de Giverny (1897)

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hard drive prices have doubled since January.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm sincerely glad that SOMEONE explained why my feed is clogged with unfunny "iced coffee" references.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Ingredients for a lovely lunch: omelette, salad, fruit, what could be better? Also liking paper stops for bottle & jug. From Carlo Magini, whose day is today.

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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

No. 46 (Black, Ochre, Red Over Red) botfrens.com/collections/25/content…

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Les Alyscamps: Falling Autumn Leaves - November 1888 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is why they're against abortion. Fear of a moment like this is *always* why a gov't restricts abortion.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was saying literally last night that "Mamdani should encourage people to attend events at City Center and Lincoln Center"

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How unfortunate! Doubly so, because in most cases an open rehearsal isn't like that at all.

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Raggedy Android @egrunin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's not the word choices. AI slop has characteristic rhetorical patterns, most famously "you might think X, but actually...". Also flow interrupted by single-sentence paragraphs. Using it to help organize your thoughts is very different from using it to generate actual prose. Just. Don't.

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