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Kalmbach 🔜

@gdkalmbach.bsky.social
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Amateur photographer, voice actor, and scribbler. Volunteer railroader, professional machinist. Big cat in diesel hat. May contain adult content, sarcasm Male, single, bi, 1985 Chicago area. INTP-A t.me/GD_Kalmbach www.youtube.com/c/SynchroScore

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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 57m
Apparently the architect for Trump's ballroom quit over design issues that would violate building and fire safety codes and I say, just build it anyway. It ends in two ways. 1: Next admin declares the building a public safety hazard and has it demolished.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 3h
Seems a bit funny that my accounts with utility companies have password protection. If somebody else wants to go in there and pay my ComEd bill, they're welcome to it.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 3h
So @ericwschwartz.bsky.social made the Front Page of Wikipedia today, that's cool.
Screenshot of the Front Page of Wikipedia on October 4, 2026, with the text

Did you know ...

    ... that a man born in Austria (pictured) became one of the first colonels of the People's Army of Vietnam?
    ... that the melodies of Alarms in the Heart were likened to Gregorian chants?
    ... that Australian model Cindy Rostron also had a career as an Indigenous ranger?
    ... that from 1959 all Guinean people aged 7 to 35 years old statutorily belonged to the Youth of the African Democratic Revolution?
    ... that Grady Prestage was the first African American elected to the Fort Bend County commissioners' court since Reconstruction?
    ... that John James Audubon gave his wife ownership of his Manhattan estate to prevent debt collectors from seizing it?
    ... that Philoxenos Yuhanon Dolabani defied church policy against Assyrian nationalism through anonymous poetry?
    ... that the anthropomorphic skunk Sabrina has been called "one of the most famous furry comics stars"?
    ... that drag queen Marcus Hunter-Neill once donated £20,000 worth of clothes to charity?

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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 4h
And there you have it. Of course Trump's announcement of a giant steel mill was bullshit. It would only be possible with huge tax incentives and subsidies. It's Foxconn all over again.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 20h
I was first made aware of this piece in a conversation with @matchwolf.bsky.social and then shortly after joined the DuPage Chorale and found it was on the program for this semester, yay! And now there is a SynchroScore video for you all to enjoy, follow along with the music!
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 21h
This makes the history buff in me grin.
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The Grinch's Mischievous Smile
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 21h
Imagine the combined level of arrogance and cluelessness needed to say that to the Pope, even online, and you have a good idea of how techbros operate.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Okay, now I need to find a way to fit an electric bell onto my Bolt. Why we didn't stay with these lovely machines, I have no idea.
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How to Start and Drive an original 1911 Baker Electric!
YouTube video by Gavin Rice
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wikipedia has some lovely articles.
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Mozart and scatology - Wikipedia
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you realize that these are people who don't actually watch or enjoy or care about movies, it makes perfect.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the most David Niven thing I've ever seen.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Jeff The Land Shark: Absolute Cinema Poster
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
When you realize that your team's carefully coordinated attempt at a gotcha has completely blown up in your face. Her face is clearly saying "Oh shit, now what?"
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Katie Britt's face as she listens to Jack Smith refutes Sen. Eric Schmitt's blunder during hearing.
YouTube video by AL.com
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As somebody who's lived his entire life in the Western Suburbs, I don't see the problem here. Metra exists.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Worst Chief Justice since Roger Taney (the guy who wrote in Dred Scott v. Sandford that black people have no rights and aren't citizens). He doesn't deserve a single day of peace for the rest of his life.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
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Sesame Street: The Count's Celebration
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
With yet another college rape scandal, I think we need to combine punishment with deterrence.
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The Good Place Fire Up The Ol Penis Flattener
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is there anybody who supports AI who is not completely insane?
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Translation: "Your federal goons are scaring off the undocumented immigrant laborers my campaign contributors rely on for their businesses, and they're not happy."
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the sort of thing that happens when you think the most important issues are much testosterone your soldiers have or how many pushups they can do.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Since I've never been in one, could somebody tell me what activities college fraternities engage in, other than binge drinking and sexual assault?
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You'd think that one of those people who can't shut up about the superiority of Western Culture would throw some money their way.
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 30/09/2026
the virgin AI ("it's inevitable and here to stay but also we are gonna need a government bailout and we need you to force people to use it") vs the chad photovoltaics (accelerating deployment in spite of a totally hostile policy environment)
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
1: There hasn't been a Secretary of War since 1947. 2: The Secretary of Defense is a civilian. The Secretary does not engage in combat and is not expected to meet any physical fitness requirements. The Secretary is expected to meet certain mental fitness requirements, which Kegsbreath has not done
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Would you like the computer to make you music? Would you like the computer to think for you? Would you like the computer to fuck your wife?"
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A wonderful #sneptember surprise, was not expecting this. Thank you!
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Dr. Evil Says 'How About No'
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just ran through the first fugue section of the Laudate Pueri of Mozart's Vespera solennis de confessore and even if it's at half speed I nailed it and it feels so great you have no idea it feels so wonderful when it's all coming together. =[^].[^]=
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The guys who were seeking out such group chats weren't opposed to this sort of thing and probably are exclusively creeps. However, there does seem to be some selection bias going on here.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Almost didn't go to the Windy City Furs arcade meet last night, since the one last month ended up being kind of a bummer for me. Glad I reconsidered, after-event ended up a pool party atop a building at North & Milwaukee, had nice chats with some good friends, and enjoyed the view.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This will be the biggest steel mill in the country, bigger than Gary, even though several other primary mills have been idled in recent years. There is no way this is happening, not without heavy subsidies. Also, the company behind it is headquartered in India. That's a great look...
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you feel the need to hide your employer from the general public, you should reflect on why that is.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now that I'm getting back into singing, I hope I can get my voice to be more agile. Always been a bit heavy and slow, but I think it would be fun (and hilarious) to show up onstage at a con talent show, a complete unknown to most, and belt out Largo al Factotum.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Gomer Pyle's Iconic 'Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!'
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well, this wasn't very surprising.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I think I need to find a Starfleet uniform now. Engineering Division, naturally.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Or maybe I just don't listen to pop music, have you ever considered that? There are plenty of things that you're not aware of, but I'm not giving you crap about it.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
To the lefties who could not get themselves to vote for Harris, part of this is on you. There are two choices in elections – the Democrat or the Republican. If you are a progressive and you refuse to vote for the Democrat, you hurt yourself and your causes. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/26/w...
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The US deported LGBTQ migrants to countries where homosexuality makes them a target | CNN
Aylin says she fled her home country after her life was threatened. She sought refuge in the US but was deported to a country where her sexuality puts her at risk.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So, giving car manufacturers the option to completely reengineer their powertrains, at considerable expense, to produce cars that can't be sold in other countries, just so that they can burn more fuel, at skyrocketing prices caused by his unnecessary war. He is so goddamned stupid.
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

FLOCK OFF
CEO of Flock Garrett Langley doesn't like his photo being shared publicly
NOTICE NEWS
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One way to look at AI is as a klein jar made of butthole, in which it is both impossible and meaningless to say which part of the butthole you're looking at is facing the world. This is in technical terms called the multidimensional AI butthole problem.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The best time to get off Facebook was several years ago, but the second-best time is right the fuck now.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I do not want to put stickers all over my new car, as it seems untidy, difficult to get them to be straight, let alone symmetrical. But all the same, I've found a definite way to declare just who is driving it. #sneptember
A rear shot of a 2027 Chevrolet Bolt in Marina Blue showing the license plate reading SNEP. Metra F40PH #180 "Village of Elmwood Park" is passing by the Aurora Roundhouse in the background.
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Cersei Trannister 🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️🦋 @qadishtujessica.inanna.app · 25/09/2026
Read this again when someone tells you that the democrats are gearing up to go transphobic or don’t fight for us.
Do they settle because it costs a lot of money to litigate? Because they're at risk of losing federal funding? What are the ways that the Justice Department is able to coerce these hospitals?
Rep. Grace Meng: I mean, all of the above, right? I'm the top Democrat on the Appropriations
subcommittee that oversees all the DOJ funding. And we have seen this as we've been negotiating our budgets with them. They tried to include over 50 anti-GBTQ riders, what we call poison pills, into the budget. And we, as House Democrats, were able to take them all out. But they wanted to insert 52 pieces of wording and legislation that would have restricted medically necessary health care for transgender people, basically allowing taxpayer-funded discrimination against same-sex couples, blocking any non-discriminatory and DEl-type efforts.
But they are persistent, so they try it through the budget process, and they can't do that. Obviously, they're trying to cheat by coercing these hospitals:
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Three tracks, three trains, at Turner Junction in West Chicago. Quite the catch
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Glenn Gould, in SynchroScore youtu.be/d626QuvpNMM
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Ludwig van Beethoven -- Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major -- Score
YouTube video by SynchroScore
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
50% decrease in production time, 15% increase in fingers.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Did you remember? To celebrate all of Sneptember? Yes, you still have time to enjoy #Sneptember, by finding a snep and petting them tenderly. I will make myself available for this and other celebration.
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Kalmbach 🔜 @gdkalmbach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Posting this to terrify Tommy Tuberville.
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Porco Rosso Piloting Red Plane
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