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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

...and they used infrared film to make the house exteriors look eerie.

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yesterday, I was trying to find the title of a song that contains the lyrics "I count mountains."

Google AI Overview's response to a search for the phrase "I count mountains:"

That sounds like an amazing hobby, whether you are keeping track of the peaks you have climbed or counting the beautiful summits from a scenic viewpoint! 🏔️
If you'd like to share more, tell me:
• Are you climbing/peak bagging them, or counting them from a distance?
• Do you have a favorite mountain range you focus on?
• Is there a specific goal or number you are trying to reach?
I can help you look up mountain lists, track your stats, or find your next peak!

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.

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Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! As if it were afraid that nobody would... ...Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” Yeah, so happy "There Will Come Soft Rains" day?

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

*standing up on the plane* When you’re lying awake with a dismal headache And repose is taboo’d by anxiety I conceive you may use Any language you choose To indulge in, without impropriety; For your brain is on fire The bedclothes conspire Of usual slumber to plunder you: First your counterpane goes

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif.

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John C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Mark Ham wowed the world with this picture. But then someone wowed me even more by pointing out that the moon always has the same phase when it's in a rainbow! (1/2)

A closeup of a rainbow with the Moon in it. The Moon is not full, it is gibbous. This photo was taken by Mark Ham. In this photo you can work out exactly where the sun is—behind him over his left shoulder—from both the position of the rainbow and from the phase of the moon.

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Just watched The Firm and his (mostly) solo piano score was a lot of fun.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/06/2026

We used to post etymologies. We still do, but we used to, too.

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Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines

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Programme 4 @programme4.tv · 06/05/2026

Programme 4 is a groovy, feature-length "broadcast" from The Botany 500 Age of Television: Fake shows, local ads, interstitials, musical guests & more—starring a dazzling array of talent! See it in the analog world along with special guest stars & performances. Tickets: Programme4.tv/makethescene

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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

James McMurtry’s scorching live version of “Choctaw Bingo” from his amazing album “Live In Aught-Three”. “I’ll start this next set with a song about the North Texas/Southern Oklahoma crystal methamphetamine industry.” youtu.be/EBBvXcpMzhk?...

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Choctaw Bingo

YouTube video by James McMurtry - Topic

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Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Joni Mitchell and the ultimate fusion backup band. youtube.com/watch?v=PNI7...

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Joni Mitchell / Pat Metheny / Jaco Pastorius

YouTube video by ILJY

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Brian Stack @brianstack153.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Jackson C. Frank, “Blues Run The Game”. Just the best, that’s all. youtube.com/watch?v=RyI7...

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Blues Run the Game (2001 - Remaster)

YouTube video by Jackson C. Frank - Topic

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

George Saunders' tribute to Michael Silverblatt. KCRW's Bookworm podcast archive: georgesaunders.substack.com/p/on-taking-...

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On Taking Ownership

And a tribute to the great Michael Silverblatt

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Teenage me absolutely loved Lord of Light and Ringworld, but never finished reading Dune.

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Will Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Mary Chapin Carpenter and the Mountain Goats covering World Party is not something I knew I needed or ever expected to exist, but by God, it's good... themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/put-th...

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Put the Message in the Box / Migrations, by Mary Chapin Carpenter & the Mountain Goats

2 track album

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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

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Shakespeare and Company @shakespeareandcompany.com · 19/11/2025

We are late to this piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social. It is brilliant, and sobering. We have a fight on our hands, booksellers… jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

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The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21/02/2026

Cleopatra lived closer in time to 'yeet' being in the dictionary than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 07/02/2026

Watching the Winter Olympics…

So this is a comic version of the post it’s quoting:

The Winter Olympics Sports progression:

Turn on TV:

1. Never heard of this sport

2. Quite like this sport

3. I think I’d be quite good at this…

4. Yeah this guy is making some classic mistakes on this run…

5. I am now pretty much an expert at this sport.

Time elapsed: 6 minutes.

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Lars Gotrich @totalvibration.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

It is a good discography.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning and will therefore remain in Omelas for another year

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 30/01/2026

If I had to pick one scene from one movie, I'd pick this one.

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Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It finally happened. My 3yo asked me “why does the sun shine?” and I responded by conversationally reciting the entire lyrics of the TMBG song

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Is Glenda Ferrell the best Torchy Blane?

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

car wheels on a gravel road is a christmas album

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

every person pushing AI fundamentally believes that they, personally, are superior to AI, but that AI is superior to each one of the rest of us

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

You will be visited by three spirits.

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, and Gary Cooper in the back seat of a car in the film Design For Living.

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Poltergeist Avoider @gregbposting.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Manny, Moe, and Jack They know what I'm after

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 06/12/2025

OK, Los Angeles and Los Angeles–adjacent: A week from Monday—that is to say the 15th—there's going to be a great Shirley Jackson–oriented evening featuring @kerryomalley.bsky.social, Annabeth Gish, and even me. Details linked below. Also: two en dashes in one post.

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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance. @MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

“I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it. Is its pattern strange to you?”

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