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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

A television absolutely fucking laser targeted towards millennials: youtu.be/Q9Uvlu_mDAU

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MP3 Trailer [New Dropout Series]

YouTube video by Dropout

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There is no greater evidence for the damage football does to brains than the Washington Commander's clock management acumen.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

dumbest football team in the league

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Fun day at work! (Souvenir bat from the Brooklyn Dodgers Long Island boosters, signed by a number of '57 Dodgers, in a ultimately vain attempt to drive support to keep the team in Brooklyn)

A tiny souvenir baseball bat in hand. Or possibly a regular sized baseball bat in the hand of a giant. How could you know??

Souvenir baseball bat placed on grey paper sweep, awaiting being imaged. Visible are the Louisville Slugger badge in the center, and Long Island Dodger Boosters 1957 on the right.

Close up of Sandy Koufax's signature on the bat.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My thumb varies between half an inch and an inch thick depending on how big I need it to be as reference when cutting up stuff for dinner.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Loyal followers will recall that I imaged this back in 2018, fresh from the donation box, prior to its getting the conservation spiff up described in the blog!

A concept drawing of Captain America by Joe Simon, addressed to Martin Goodman, publisher of Timely Comics (later becoming Marvel Comics), indicating Cap's pants should be solid blue, and his shirt should be "mailed armor". Simon's caption at the bottom reads:

"Martin - Here's the character - I think he should have a kid buddy or he'll be talking to himself all the time. I'm working on script. Send schedule. Regards - Joe"

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's National Comic Book Day! Before he was famously depicted punching Hitler on the cover of the first issue of his comic, Captain America was a concept drawing. That drawing was donated to us in 2018, albeit a little worse for wear. Here's how it was repaired. ⬇️ blogs.loc.gov/preservation...

A photo of a damaged concept drawing of Captain America before it was treated by the Library of Congress.

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

sonny rollins memorial service at st john the divine (hat tip to @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social )

soaring cathedral with a giant, enormous, really big inflatable earth hanging from the ceiling

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Library of Congress recently had the honor of hosting @kenjennings.bsky.social for an event, and we just couldn't resist testing him on his Library knowledge while he was here. 👀

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

AI Guy: "it's gonna kill us all" "well you could stop working on it?" AIG: "if only it were so simple. *sets "bloodthirst" at 100%* "stop doing it!" AIG: "i worry for the future" *prompts a global economy crash* "stop!" AIG: "i'm deeply concerned" *attaches rocket bays to roof of data centers*

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

MST3K via @rifftrax.com was as true a return to form as you could hope for. An ineptly constructed movie. Gleeful deconstruction via riffs. It felt like the gang picked it up right where it left off 27 years ago. If not for the horror of seeing Mike's face in HD you'd never know they left!

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

That's about 1.2 trillion dollars. Last year's entire federal expenditure was ~7 trillion dollars. Of all the things that won't happen, this is the most not happeningist.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm so excited I'm going to eat so much ham that the sawdust in my belly swells up and I explode!

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Coyote vs Acme was a delight. Lots of fun, lots of laugh out loud moments, and a message to take to the bank both by dint of The Times We Live In and the film's own long journey to the screen. Literally practicing what it preached! Go see it if you haven't already!

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Brooks Brothers Riot x 1000 is gonna happen. They're going to try to steal this election. What's the Dem plan to prevent it?

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The media gave more coverage to a totally fake, invented idea that the federal government was withholding aid to Hurricane Helene victims in 2024 than to Trump actually doing it in 2025/26. Why did the fake story get more coverage than the real one?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton was a much better person than she was a songwriter, and she was a much better songwriter than most everybody.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

YOU WILL BELIEVE A MAN CAN FLY

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

9.5 hours later, that's a wrap on #NatBookFest for me! A terrific time at the inaugural Collections Digitization table talking about digitization, and then escorting the legend Frank Miller around, who was so thoughtful and kind. So mamy smiling faces came away from his signing line! Including mine!

A program from the 2026 National Book Festival. The figures on it have had word balloons added by Frank Miller stating "He's a liar!" and "Kevin is a damn liar", adding his signature at the bottom right. I will treasure this forever.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Coming soon to a ICE witness' cellphone footage near you!

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

You literally couldn't pick a character more famous for having their origins examined.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I too was freaked out by Conan's new look, but per his explanation on the podcast, it's a temporary thing while he oils up his sunburnt scalp. One has to believe his pompadour will return to balance out his giant melon of a face!

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Conan Addresses His New Hairstyle | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

YouTube video by Team Coco

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

WE BUILT THIS CITY 🎶🎶🎶

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Just canceled my DashPass and sent this email to DoorDash. I encourage you to do the same if you support D.C. home rule. press@doordash.com and ir@doordash.com

Hello,

I’m writing to let you know that I just canceled my DashPass because of DoorDash’s disgraceful campaign against D.C. home rule.

DoorDash is urging Congress to nullify a new D.C. law imposing a 20 percent tax on food-delivery services—not merely by overturning that law, but by prohibiting the District from enacting any new tax without prior congressional approval. That is an extraordinarily sweeping assault on D.C.’s right to govern itself and an odious insult to the District’s residents.

I am especially disgusted by DoorDash’s public claim that it is somehow defending D.C. residents while actively seeking to strip us of our right to govern ourselves through our own democratically elected lawmakers. Please do not pretend that disenfranchising District residents is an act undertaken on our behalf.

I intend to publicize DoorDash’s attack on home rule as widely as possible and urge everyone I know to boycott the company.

Shame on you.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@ryannorth.ca Just finished reading the latest FF but something stood out to me, and I don't just mean the twist... SPOILERS In the Base 12 timeline, we see an email from R. Munroe talking about how they've gotten to "3.14x10^14 decimal places". But wouldn't it be a *duodecimal* place instead?

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

“I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.” - Clarence Darrow

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

There's some NAMES in this year's mug I tell ya what.

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

A new exhibition opens today (July 3) at the Library of Congress. “The Declaration’s Promise: A Revolutionary Idea" explores the principles of the Declaration of Independence and their impact on American history over the last 250 years. 🇺🇸

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Library of Congress has a new exhibit on the "Declaration's Promise" opening on the 3rd. Roughly half is on the creation of the Declaration, the other on the 250 years of struggle for its fullest and truest application. A genuinely moving display of artifacts objects, and A/V tell the story.

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Another ALA in the books, another great time manning the Library of Congress' booth. Always enjoy being able to share what my coworkers and I do with my fellow librarians!

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Trump appeared at the Libertarian National Convention in 2024 in front of a sign that said this, it was the convention's theme

Trump at the Libertarian Convention in 2024

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Went to a full-on fashion show at the Library of Congress tonight! Featured multiple designers, each with their own collection. Also there were dancers and opera singers, and of course a venue which can't be beat. Fabulous night!

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The American Library Association's Annual Conference in Chicago is happening the same weekend as Chicago's Pride Parade. Luckily I don't think there's much intersectionality between those two groups??

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Shrey spelling 32 words in 90 seconds to win the Spelling Bee is the new greatest athletic accomplishment of 2026. I don’t even know how he said the letters that fast. Got a “Holy Mackerel” out of @minakimes.bsky.social

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"How will I know if I'm reading a genuine @ryannorth.ca comic?" "There will be signs."

Panel from Fantastic Four #11, featuring the character find of the year, Crimeasaurus Rex. CR is seen bursting thru the brick wall of a bank, money bags hung around their shoulders. Reed Richards stammers "This is..this is..." before Johnny interjects "...this is totally awesome!". Sue facepalms as she sighs "Oh my god Johnny". Ben meanwhile stays focused: "It'z a robot, yeah boss? We can clobber it?"

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A thing I digitized is in this, which is pretty rad! Behold, Lincoln's disembodied hand! Now digitally encoded into artificial DNA!

This bronze casting of Lincoln's right hand shows a clenched fist holding the sawed-off handle of a broomstick. The bottom of the cast reads "Original made Springfield, Ill. May 21, 1860 by L.W. Volk."

Because you're a cool person who reads alt text, here's a link to the 3D scan so can print out lil Lincoln Fists: https://labs.loc.gov/work/experiments/loc-3d/cast-lincolns-hand/?st=3d-item

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Hey BTW there's still National Guard stationed in DC at all the safest places in the city, standing around doing jack shit for the princely sum of $1.65million a day.

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James Neal @james3neal.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"A new exhibit at the Library of Congress brings children face to face with primary sources, introducing a new generation to the slow-burn thrill of researching history." www.npr.org/2026/05/16/n...

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Kevin Marcou @gummyjoe.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Amen Break and the Doom soundtrack? Be still my heart!

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

ANNOUNCEMENT: Acting Librarian of Congress Robert R. Newlen today named 25 recordings as audio treasures worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage. 🧵 ⬇️ #NatRecRegistry

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A 16-year-long effort to digitize in high resolution the 175,000 or so Farm Security Administration photographs at the Library of Congress is coming to an end, perhaps by the end of this year. Read more. ⬇️ blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/05/...

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Preserving the 175,000 FSA photographs, one at a time | Timeless

The Library's 16-year-long project to complete the high-resolution digitization of all 175,000 images in the historic Farm Security Administration files is nearing its end. Fewer than 15,000 negatives...

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