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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Huh. Pretty sure you’re right. I’m from a small town and that makes some things snap into focus. Thanks.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can take the boy out of Iklahoma, but not etc., etc. #yeehaw

Red cowboy boots on a yellow background, rendered like a grainy print. The boots are clicking heels in the air. The left boot reads “yee”and the right boot reads “haw”.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To be fair, I’m more from flat plains Oklahoma and there were plenty of cockfights there. (McClain County, about 20 minutes from Norman) I’m definitely not from the part of Oklahoma that’s nearly indistinguishable from West Texas.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can’t do anything about someone else’s feelings, all I can do is interrogate my own. The idea I might treat someone this way horrifies me.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I think a lot about this. I don’t know that contempt is constructive or useful, and I know it can make it impossible to accomplish anything when one or more parties in a situation is feeling it. www.huffpost.com/entry/this-o...

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This One Thing is the Biggest Predictor of Divorce

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Also worth pointing out that most calls for efficiency are really calls to reduce the effective cost of labor.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I keep hearing people talk about how AI slop happens because of a need for more content. I think we don’t talk enough about how AI slop scratches the itch for *cheap* content. The second it gets to be as costly as a human most people stop paying for or using AI.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In politics, that sounds like a figurehead. But I’m not sure of a more general use term.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If history is a guide, you win them by taking power, not pleading with them about what’s good for the country.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Running errand with my SO. Look forward to reading shortly. Thanks so much.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wait, is there an article or something I can check out about the call for ethnic cleansing of the Roma? Cause that’s alarming and I need to know more.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I think it should be a literal talk show like Colbert. Still have guests and skits and acts and stuff.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

America can do functioning foreign policy?

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So they’ve had to goose their predictions every quarter to appease increasingly skeptical investors, and they’re already claiming they found the golden goose. Problem I see is it will be increasingly difficult to escalate their claims. Okay, they got AGI, what now?

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Playing around this weekend. May build a funhouse themed dungeon filled with evil clowns. #procreate #digitalart #ttrpg

Digital art of an evil looking clown with chalk white skin, green eyebrows, curly orange hair, a pointed blue hat, and a bright red nose, the clown’s mouth is wide open, with a large pink tongue lolling out.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Compounded by these PE firms only caring about results on a quarter by quarter basis.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It’s Calvinball. It’s always Calvinball.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

You’re right, and I’d tag on that our society has a problem.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If this is what your algorithm is sending you then you’re living right.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yes. This will absolutely make him less suicidal and will improve the conditions onboard the ship materially, I’m sure.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I’m getting sick of media putting words like “misappropriated” in quotes. Like, this wouldn’t be defamation, that is literally what the grand jury found, right? Putting it in quotes makes it seem like the outlet is questioning the validity of the finding.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This Batman is very much dismissed as being weak because he’s kind of silly. But he would mollywhop most versions of Batman.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Marvel tends to kill villains in the movie where they appear, so maybe he’s only contracted for a single film?

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am both intrigued and horrified by the possibilities.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

First time I ever noticed Root, I was a kid and he showed up on Night Court. He was playing a man having a nervous breakdown who thought he was death.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I mean, how long till SCOTUS rules that they don’t have authority over the president?

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just based on the headline, it sounds like this dude’s problem is with *taxation*, since by definition, some of that money will be spent on things that either don’t directly benefit you, or that you disagree with, etc.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We all make more than people did in 1925 also, but that doesn’t mean much because the cost of living is so different.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Relative to what, chum? What about the cost of living?

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I think if people weren’t constantly being forced to pinch pennies, this might not be an issue.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

In America (I cannot speak to the rest of the world, I’m not that well traveled) as a culture we assume that the wealthy are moral, brilliant, and above reproach. There’s starting to be pushback, but it’s still an uphill climb.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Like this will do nothing except give Trump a boner when he pardons her.

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michael coyote @michaelcoyote.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Have you read the article "American Gentry" by @patrickwyman.bsky.social? For me, this article is where the penny dropped and why rural areas feel so stunted. As someone who grew up rural and left ASAP as an adult it connected the all the dots. patrickwyman.substack.com/p/american-g...

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American Gentry

Local Power and the Social Order

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

They might be breaking the law, but in my experience they don’t need to to figure out where you stand. They can just about smell it on you.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

No, I don’t think they are breaking the law necessarily. I’m from a small town, and if you don’t endorse a view quick enough, or you disagree on something, or you look a certain way, they figure it out. When everyone around you is in lockstep on something, you stick out if you’re not.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Nothing. Nothing was bad about RSS feeds.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Found a few examples so far of Etsy alternatives because of discourse on this article, including in this thread. Here’s a roundup of what I’ve seen so far: Fybe, Little Blue Market, Big Cartel, Artisans Cooperative. Anyone got more? Looking for more alternatives all the time.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I feel like we would all be better off if personal fortunes were capped at like $100 million. That’s still an obscene amount of wealth, but it’s less likely to make it possible for one person to alter the course of human history just by buying politicians.

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

To wrap up, Masters of the Universe may be someone’s favorite movie, somewhere. No shame in that. It was fine. If this represents the decline in quality as Mattel continues to adapt its toys into movies though, the next project is in trouble. Barbie was transcendent, and this was fine. /5

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Lots and lots of fan service. Not the most egregious examples, but still noticeable. Which, fine. The tone can swing quite a bit, with some people understanding what movie they’re in and others doing something else entirely. Overall, a fairly pleasant mess. Not mind blowing, not awful. /4

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Jared Leto was fine as Skeletor. I thought some of the choices were weird. Like why the weird Transatlantic accent? I get that they didn’t want to do the nasal, whiny voice from the cartoon, but the choice kept striking me as odd. /3

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Galitzine was fine as Adam. Given weird material to work with, but fine. Camila Mendes was fine as Teela, but I have to say that the blue contacts were distracting. Morena Baccarin sure was on screen as the Sorceress. Yep. Alison Brie wasn’t given much to do, but she seemed to be having fun. /2

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Watched Masters of the Universe now that it’s streaming on Amazon and I don’t have to pay for it. Let me start by saying it was fine. Not amazing, fine. Special shout outs for Idris Elba and James Purefoy for taking what they were given and doing something amazing with it. /1

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Greg Holkan @inkbrush.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Well you know, diplomatic efforts that start with an unprovoked bombing campaign and proceeds with continued attacks is probably not going to yield anything productive.

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