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Gregory Shmegory

@gregoryshmegory.bsky.social
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Chicagoland dufus, work in transportation planning & GIS. Retired half-assed jazz musician. Slava Ukraini! www.youtube.com/user/xenoexuberphobe

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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Right-wing scandal: he raped a toddler and carpet bombed a senior center Left-wing scandal: he’s mean, has muscles and farts
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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 07/10/2026
PROTECT SPECIAL EDUCATION: ALL of our kids deserve a real, quality education. I spoke with a WA state mom and advocate about how Trump should NOT move special education from the Department of EDUCATION over to RFK Jr.
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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
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Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
Several years ago, we brought you a transcription and a couple of audio interpretations of the oldest known song in the world, discovered in the ancient Syrian city of Ugarit and dating back to the 14...
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Roland Gerritsen van der Hoop @rgh1205.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fascism is dumb, it is violent because it is dumb and loses arguments, it is anti-intellectual because it hates people that are not dumb, it is corrupt because dumb people need corruption to compensate for lack of merit, and most of all it is very lazy, especially mentally. It probably loves AI.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
AI Guy Asks AI To Help Him Read Difficult Books
4 panel comic

Panel 1: Orange Guy holds up book and says “I’m gonna read a book”

Panel 2: Orange Guy looks at book cover and says “hmmmmm”

Panel 3: Orange Guy types a query into his phone

Panel 4: Close up on phone screen reveals AI responding with “a chocolate factory is a factory made of chocolate”
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Bleacher Nation Bears @bn-bears.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We're just 6⃣ days away from the #Bears playing the Browns in their preseason opener.
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Jay Cutler 'Smoking' Gesture on Field
ALT: Jay Cutler 'Smoking' Gesture on Field
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/07/2026
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective. This is the future of the information environment.
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Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
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FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez @agomezfcc.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The FCC just announced it will move forward with its unlawful effort to hand control of the public airwaves to billionaire buddies of this administration. This will destroy local newsrooms, silence community reporting, and drive-up costs for American families.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I wake up to see ICE murdered an innocent man on his way to work and the US is bombing bridges and power plants in Iran. The horrors of the Trump regime are unparalleled.
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Under Trump, pardons have a price, and criminals know it. Trump has erased a growing number of criminal convictions – and $1.5 billion in penalties and restitution owed to taxpayers and victims – for his donors and friends. My @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social Chart
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
MUST BE NICE
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The top 1% now hold as much wealth as the entire bottom 90% of Americans combined — about 32% each. This is what runaway inequality looks like, according to the Fed's most recent data released this month.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
No lies detected from Robert Reich!
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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My goodness, his Pride fingers are turning everybody gay!
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Peabody Awards @peabodyawards.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
We proudly present Amy Poehler with this year’s Peabody Career Achievement Award for her unerring wit and inspiring use of old and new media to bring us closer and make us laugh along the way. 🏆 For more on this honor as part of our 86th Annual #PeabodyAwards: peabodyawards.com/award-profil...
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Adam Mockler @adammockler.com · 20/05/2026
Lie after lie after lie after lie from the GOP 🤦‍♂️
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I am interested in exactly one specific medical update concerning this particular individual
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/05/2026
The U.S. is effectively checkmated in Iran—and this defeat will carry lasting consequences unlike any America has endured before, Robert Kagan argues.
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Checkmate in Iran
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/05/2026
The United States now ranks 64th in press freedom, falling seven places since last year, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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Press Freedom Hits New Low, U.S. Drops to 64th in the World: Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders warns press freedom has fallen to its lowest level since the group began publishing its annual World Press Freedom Index in 2002. The index has charted how press freedoms have deteriorated in the United States and elsewhere ove...
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
An incredible run from one of the absolute best
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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The White House has always had beautiful room for concerts, dining, dancing. No other president has expressed a wish for a ballroom. We don't need it. We dont want it. We need affordable healthcare. Everything costs more because of the tariffs. Let Trump dance at his Florida club.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
DoD insiders with access to sensitive military operations are using their knowledge to place bets at Polymarkets and other sites. And Hegseth may well be one of them. "Longshot" bets on military operations won 52% of the time, researchers found, four times more often than others.
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Military insiders may be betting frequently on troops, researchers find
Longshot bets on military operations won 52% of the time on Polymarket, researchers found, four times more often than other bets.
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Secular Talk @kylekulinskishow.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Erika is the LeBron James of getting people to dislike her more by the day. Truly impressive.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
listen hun if you can't handle the Washington Post editorial board at their the Texas gerrymander "freakout" is "not a threat to democracy" you don't deserve them at their "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss"
screenshot of WashPo editorial board August 20 2025 "The Texas Gerrymander freakout
What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy" screenshot of April 21 Wash PO editorial board: "Virginia plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss
The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Democrats. Voters went along with it."
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21/04/2026
Amazon doing a good ole price fixing conspiracy, apparently www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California attorney general Rob Bonta
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Every one of us in danger from #ICELawlessness whether you are a citizen or not because these ICE & CBP thugs are sadistic monsters who care nothing about the rule of law & will brutally injure & even kill & then lie about it. Are you willing to tell 3 friends about how Tucker Collins lost his eye?
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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
YOU BLEW IT UP! NOW BLOW US UP! Vote here to help us win a Webby: tinyurl.com/stv63n7x
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Turns out Russia, Russia, Russia was worse than we thought
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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
The absurdity of the Iran war is epitomized by the Trump administration’s decision to partially ease sanctions on Iran and Russia, allowing both countries to rake in huge profits. Russia is set to earn three times more per month from its energy resources. @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social
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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump got rid of the Iran Deal because it had Obama’s signature. Now we’re here because he’s a blackmailed asset. I’ll say it again, Trump was installed to destroy the US from within.
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Jes 👊🇺🇸🔥 (Admin@antifa.org) @jestastrophy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Come on.
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Just posting this here, watch it and share it….
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
With just three days left, we’re leaving it all on the field with canvass launches all across the district!
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The day begins with a former Fox host turned Trump administration official ranting at the media over his own failings and ends with a former Fox host turned Trump administration official ranting at a judge over her own failings.
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Bill @sporb.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
How Stupid are 'Americans'? This stupid:
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gisele600.bsky.social @gisele600.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NYT article about billionaires, my friend Scott Ellis' quote: “At some point there’s nothing you can spend money on that actually makes your life materially better, so money simply becomes power,” he said. “The question for us is not how much wealth we want other people to have, but how much power.”
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/03/2026
sure is
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Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states pledged to invest $24 billion in Paramount's WBD deal. Is that still on?
Saudi Arabia and two other Gulf states were going to invest $24 billion to help the Ellisons buy WBD last year. Are those deals still in place?
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/03/2026
yes, nothing says "innovation reinvention" like a nepobaby trust fund brat with no meaningful experience being gifted a massive hollywood empire by his technofascist dad, who leveraged his corrupt influence over the country's pudding-headed autocrats to box out competitors (?)
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David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: “This Is About Reinventing the Business”
HBO Max and Paramount+ will be merged when the deal closes, the mogul told Wall Street early Monday morning.
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Spread this FAR AND WIDE.
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The Dangerous Ones @thedangerousones.com · 20/02/2026
🚨Rep. Ted Lieu just put Trump on BLAST over the Epstein files Check it out👇
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Yellow Dot Studios @yellowdotstudios.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Trump's lies vs. the last four weeks of extreme weather reality:
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Republican fascists will tell you that the people in parkas and bathrobes are domestic terrorists who threaten our way of life and the armed paramilitary thugs who are terrorizing them with kidnapping and gassing and beatings and murder are legal officers who ensure our peace and safety.
A group of very brave but otherwise unremarkable U.S. citizens stand in their neighborhood, taking video of the armed fascist ICE thugs that a serial child rapist sent to wage war against them to satisfy the delusional fears and hateful bigotries of the white supremacist christian nationalists who love him
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
CNN: “Maxwell can clear Trump’s name in exchange for clemency, attorney says” 🤔 Translation: they think we are all idiots
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark sent a tip to the FBI accusing Trump of authorizing his murder: “I have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Present Trump authorized is murder.“
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
PM Tusk on Epstein: it is very likely that this was a planned operation by the Russian KGB. More and more leads are pointing to suspicions that this unprecedented pedophilia scandal was co-organized by Russian intelligence services.
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Alien Super Show @aliensupershow.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
we got the mystery science theater 3000 guys who all live in minneapolis to watch the news with us and they had a lot to say about "tom homan's new tone"
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