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11th Earl of Maher

@garymaher.bsky.social
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Attorney, musician (Cream Legbar / The Play Trains), genealogist, nerd. He/him.

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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Am image of the hatch computer report from lost indicating SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE SYSTEM FAILURE
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Brighton Beach, Long Beach Island, New Jersey, a few minutes ago.
Multicolored clouds above where the sun has set on the horizon. In the foreground are typical New Jersey beach houses.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
6pm New Jersey sun, no filter.
A diffuse and vaguely orange spot in a grey/black sky is the late day sun.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Ah, but how do we know the VACATION photo is authentic, as opposed to someone messing about today. I ask because HiveModeration reports the vacation photo as fake.
HiveModeration's analysis of the purported McConnell vacation photo that is purportedly the source of the hospital photo, which indicates that the vacation photo is AI generated.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
FWIW, HiveModeration's AI detection tool says it's real. I've found their tool to be generally reliable. Note that the tool is not designed to detect photoshop-type editing. Also, if the photo has been resampled a bunch of times, the tool can be fooled (but this photo does not look resampled).
A screenshot of the HiveModeration AI detection tool result for the image released today of McConnell in a hospital bed with his wife by his side. The tool indicates that the image is not likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
HiveModeration says it's real.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Saw this strange ad in the newspaper...
The image is a HELP WANTED ad that reads: VENTRILOQUIST - Office of a United States Senator from Kentucky urgently seeks an experienced ventriloquist for immediate engagement. Applicant must be able to bloviate convincingly in a Southern accent and speak out of both sides of mouth. Position begins immediately. Discretion is essential. No dummy required, we have our own. Email resume to staff@mcconnell.senate.gov.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Someone sloppily added a Nazi symbol to a perfectly normal building in Argentina and you fell for it. Duh.
The actual Colegio Militar de la Nacion building in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Note there is no Nazi symbolism anywhere in sight.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
On Voting
A 4-panel comic featuring a man and a genie.
1. Man: "I wish non-citizens couldn't vote."
2. Genie: Snaps and says "It is done."
3. Man: Looks around and says "Nothing's changed."
4. Genie: "Correct."
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A tweet by Jamie Bonkiewicz on X reading: The same idiots who think Trump, who dodged the draft five times, knows how to win a war also think Trump, who declared bankruptcy six times, knows how to run the economy.

That’s what Trump Derangement Syndrome actually looks like.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Some other false herrings.
An illustration showing tins of seafood: sardines, caviar, Danish mackerel and white crab meat, but no herring.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Here's one from 1840 New York City, for the collection.
A New York City newspaper advertisement from 1840 that reads: WANTED - An American, English or Scotch Woman to do the cooking, washing and ironing of a small family, one who desires a permanent situation. No Irish need apply. Inquire at 222 East Broadway.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Won't you support some musicians today? "Bandcamp Friday" means Bandcamp waives their fees and lets the artists have the entire payment. Today only! #bandcampfriday bandcamp.com
It's a blue and white graphic reading BANDCAMP FRIDAY in a poorly designed font, along with February 6.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Woody Allen. Do they ALL know each other?
A screenshot of an iMessage from Woody Allen to Jeffrey Epstein: "Happy Birthday. Had an idea for a present but couldn't figure out how to Fed Ex Kate Upton."
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Sorry for the amateur graphics, but you get the point.
A collage showing an iconic image from the aftermath of the 1970 Kent State shooting, in which a female student kneels next to the body of a murdered male student with a look of anguish on her face; an image of Renee Good telling a federal agent that she's not mad at him moments before she was murdered; and an image of Alex Pretti being pepper sprayed moments before he was murdered. The text at the bottom asks "HOW MANY MORE?"
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Just like we've all forgotten this one.
Iconic photo from the aftermath of the 1970 Kent State shooting, in which a female student kneels next to one of the murdered male students with a look of anguish on her face, with body language that seems to ask "How is this happening here???"
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Congrats on your accomplishment!
A recent post by @boxbrown.bsky.social which has been labelled for Toxic Posting by Hailey's Labeler (https://bsky.app/profile/labeler.hailey.at).
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Nope.
Analysis by Hive Moderation confirms the image of trump using a walker is AI generated, by Gemini3.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
November 8th, it's there.
US Vice President JD Vance dances with US Second Lady Usha Vance at the Marine Ball at the Washington Hilton, November 8, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rod Lamkey / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ROD LAMKEY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
November 10th, I don't see one either.
US Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance talk with combat-wounded Marine Sergeant (ret.) Carlos Evans as they visit the Military Advanced Training Center (MATC) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on November 10, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. Vance met with members of the military the day before Veterans Day, the nation's holiday to honor those who have served in the military. (Photo by Andrew Harnik / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Damn, EVERYBODY famous was involved with Epstein!
A search of the House Oversight Committee's Epstein Papers at https://journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/search?collection=092314e384a58618 for Jesus Christ returns results, but that does not mean that Jesus was involved with Epstein (probably).
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Text image: PRISON for TRUMP
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"You want us to get you a picture?" "Nah, I'm good, I know what they look like."
A wall painting of what I assume was meant to be a zebra from my doctor's office. Normally, zebras have a fairly consistent pattern of vertical black and white stripes on their sides. The side of this one has black triangles from the top and bottom, leaving a large white area in the middle, so it looks like the person who painted it didn't quite know what they are supposed to look like.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
A refrigerator magnet in the shape on New Jersey featuring an old New Jersey tourism slogan, New Jersey's got it! It also depicts a pair of dice and a couple of seagulls over the ocean.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
RIP
An image of the great Lo Borges in his 20s posing with an acoustic guitar. RIP.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings - Mountainside NJ
No Kings protesters line US Route 22No Kings protesters line US Route 22No Kings protesters along the highwayHundreds of No Kings protesters line US Route 22
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
STABBED WITH UMBRELLAS???? ARE THEY ALL JOHN STEED???
John Steed of The Avengers in black and white, holding his trademark umbrella weapon.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
An image of Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath singing. Superimposed is a rewritten line from the classic Black Sabbath song War Pigs: Generals gathered in their masses / Forced to listen to those two asses!
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
This image is from March or April, but it seems apropos for right now. A lot of people assumed that their massive egos and obvious narcissism would prevent the Trump / Musk bromance from enduring, but it's nice to see it actually imploding in real time.
A photograph that appears to have been taken from behind a curtain or through a window showing Trump and Musk standing facing each other, with Trump jabbing his index finger in the proximity of Musk's face.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I found Pete's brother! #hardtosayimsorry
It's a sign for an aesthetics shop called WaxCetera. Get it?
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Tonight's colorful sunset.
A particularly colorful sunset with clouds reflecting vivid reds and yellows and deep blues. I wish everyone could see it.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
People also ask:
Image captured from a Google suggested question: Is Duolingo married to Dua Lipa?
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I'm old enough to remember this.
Julie Brown (who sang The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun) standing back to back with MTV VJ "Downtown" Julie Brown. Both are smiling broadly, and the former is holding a flute of champagne.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
James Roday Rodriguez and Dulé Hill, tonight in Philadelphia. #psychodelphia
They are reading from scripts and standing at microphones.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
A Chuck Schumer post from earlier today with 180 likes and 3600 comments, the vast majority of which were negative.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
This is a gravestone from the cemetery in Lomza, Poland where my Jewish ancestors were buried. The painted graffiti from the 1990s says "JUDEN RAUS" (Jews out). That's the context where one typically finds such statements, not tweets from US government employees.
A rough-hewn tombstone with a low-relief Hebrew inscription that I cannot read. Graffiti sloppily written with black paint says "JUDEN RAUS".
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
This is at least 15 years old, but some things never change.
A homemade sign from some event c. 2010 that says "Thank you Fox News for keeping us INFROMED" [sic].
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I'm not normally into Broadway shows, but this was a special case.
Sign inside the Marquis theater for Stranger Things: The First Shadow.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Is fake, AI generated.
Analysis from Hive Moderation confirming with 93% certainty that the OP image is AI generated, most likely using Stable Diffusion.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In the chill of night with a drink in his hands Like a neophyte he will text his war plans (Illustration: Upcoming circular firing squad blame game)
Three OG animated spidermen pointing at each other.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This car is 100% American made and will not be subject to the new tariffs. Also, you don't need a license to drive it.
SpongeBob and Patrick in a hamburger sandwich with wheels, a still from the SpongeBob movie.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
A photo with caption "the general vibe at the moment". The image shows the upper portion of an office building with WELLS FARGO in large yellow letters near the top, except that the S and ARGO have been removed, leaving only the letters "WELL F".
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
LOL'd at this footnote from Judge Reyes' opinion in the Talbott case. It's a great read in general, btw.
47 A “Sophie’s choice” is a dilemma between two equally devastating options. In the novel Sophie’s Choice, a camp doctor at Auschwitz makes Sophie choose which of her two children
would be gassed and which would live. Sophie chooses to save her son, Jan, so that the family name can continue through him. She releases her daughter, Eva, and watches as she is taken
away to be killed in a gas chamber. Sophie, unable to live with the guilt, later commits suicide. See William Styron, Sophie’s Choice (Random House 1979). So, not a pick-me-up. (It was the last sentence that got me!)
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
JFC this happened in November. How does nobody know that??
European Journalists Federation to Exit X Over Disinformation Concerns
Last updated 
Nov 28, 2024
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), representing approximately 320,000 journalists, has decided to cease posting on the platform X, citing concerns over disinformation. This decision, effective from January 20, 2025, reflects broader tensions regarding the role of social media in journalism and the spread of misinformation.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
How are none of you people aware that this happened months ago????
European Journalists Federation to Exit X Over Disinformation Concerns
Last updated 
Nov 28, 2024
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), representing approximately 320,000 journalists, has decided to cease posting on the platform X, citing concerns over disinformation. This decision, effective from January 20, 2025, reflects broader tensions regarding the role of social media in journalism and the spread of misinformation.
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11th Earl of Maher @garymaher.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Good trouble.
A long shot of D. Trump delivering the State of the Union address from the large, wooden Speaker's platform. The narrow depth of field focuses clearly on Rep. Al Green in the foreground, his back to the camera. From behind, we see his right arm and cane raised up in protest, pointing towards Trump.
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