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Jerod Poore

@jerod23.bsky.social
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Retired curmudgeon. Former mad overlord of CrazyMeds, Fringe & SciFi editor for FactSheet5, big iron coder, and zine publisher.

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The Other End @theotherend.bsky.social · 8h
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Kathryn Cramer 📚🎨 @kathryncramer.bsky.social · 8h
On the subject if lethal injection, remember this?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h
Signs you might really have crossed a line: The torture guy is suggesting a firing squad as a more humane alternative
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 8h
Here's one of my cat propaganda posters. If you like what you see please follow me here for more and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thank You, Cats of Yore.
A cat poster done in the style of a mid-20th-century communist propaganda poster. A line of three cat faces face left in unison. Below them is a large crowd of cats marching. They represent various kinds of cats, ages, and jobs. The background is a large red flag. Text at bottom reads: The purrletarians have nothing to lose but their collars. They have a world to win. Workers of the world, Unite!"
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 10h
Gavin in ‘28: I’m just a chill, fun loving left wing presidential candidate who’s into pervert glasses and going downtown to throw out homeless people’s shit myself
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 12h
A forgotten media moment from earlier this year was that Olivia Reingold embedded with ICE agents in Minnesota and never wrote about what it was like because doing so would turn Free Press readers into No Kings marchers.
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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Another big win for Newsom: helping abusers and governments escape the consequences of child sexual abuse
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 9h
I don't wanna COUCH my words here: I know JD Vance, his eyeliner, and absent Ashley Moody are used to running away from people when things get tough because they care more about themselves and their billionaire buddies than the people they represent. But this is my home. /1
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Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 9h
Titties October South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972
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Local Man @whoabot.wtf · 30/09/2026
cmon man, even with that name, you can’t phrase that first sentence like that
Wisconsin historical site plaque for Richard Ira Bong, better known as Major Dick Bong. The first sentence of the plaque uses the phrase “grew to manhood”
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Listen to that CRUNCH. Absolutely delicious. #WorldBollardAssociation
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70s Sci-Fi Art @70sscifiart.bsky.social · 12h
In 1959, Forrest J Ackerman commissioned famed science fiction artist Frank R Paul to create a parody of Paul's old Oct 1926 issue of "Amazing Stories." Ackerman had Paul change the title to a pun on his nickname "Forries" & add a century to the publication date... making it the October 2026 issue.
An October 2026 issue of "Amazing Forries" features a guy in a red cloak greeting two aliens that look like giant lobsters with beaks, with a silver tube-like spaceship behind them.
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 12h
That janitor just goes from building to building helping people. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/equati... PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
10-panel SMBC comic update. All the panels are dialogue-less. Two researchers are writing equations on a chalkboard. A janitor watches them from afar. The researchers leave as the janitor is still mopping the floor. The janitor walks up to the chalkboard and writes on it with purpose, admires what he wrote, and leave late in the evening. The two researchers return at dawn, and are shocked by what is written on the blackboard. Over their half-erased equations, the text "ChatGPT, do a breakthru, no mistakes, thankx."
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Lis Power @lispower.bsky.social · 15h
Fox News is honing in on the enemy ... and it's ... Ms. Rachel?
Graphic showing "Ms. Rachel's controversial stances" 

which includes supporting Dem candidates, supporting Palestine, opposing ICE, and stating no one needs a billion dollars.
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John Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 13h
This scandal should enter the national debate over data centers. Meta evaded $4B in taxes last year by using the "research" tax credit for its data center buildout. Tax accountants say it's highly questionable, the Congressional sponsor says buying supplies was never what was intended.
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 11h
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 9h
I Don't Sleep Well (Title)
I Don't Sleep Well. The title is rendered in biological looking script. The action takes place in the cross section of an apartment, where the characters are in front of a large window  with the angle such that we are looking down on to the street. Insect arms reach out to a woman, whose silhouette is replicated behind her. The moon shines down.
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Caroline Baxter @convergingriskslab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pausing my AI/NATSEC commentary to share this with a personal take, stated as clearly as possible: This is fucking barbaric and should feature prominently and permanently in every US history textbook. We will never wash away this stain, so we better learn from it. www.cnn.com/2026/09/28/p...
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Inside the Texas courtroom where toddlers face immigration judges | CNN Politics
Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to try make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
UPDATE: After our investigation into that company that buys struggling news sites and turns them into AI-powered content mills, it has halted publication -- at least for now futurism.com/artificial-i...
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That Company That Buys Struggling News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills Has Halted Publishing After a Futurism Investigation
Brown Brothers Media has halted publication at its wide-ranging AI-powered content farm empire -- for now, at least.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I hope everyone reads this, thinks about it and then shares it. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A few hundred noncitizen votes are a national scandal. But when states reject hundreds of thousands of ballots from eligible voters, it’s business as usual
One state rejected ballots because some voters failed to include their mother’s maiden name on the back of the return envelope.
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This 33-year-old nurse told the FBI she knew she was “going to set him free” after border patrol agents brought in a man whose face was bloodied and seriously injured. She treated him and helped him escape, and she faces charges now. He got away, and they never relocated him.
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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We need AI regulation yesterday. The incentive driving the doom scenario is simply greed. I don't take PAC money from OpenAI, or any AI corporation, or any corporation for that matter.
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Vincent Ledvina @vincentledvina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here it comes... the large coronal hole is almost directly facing Earth now, which means fast solar wind is 3-4 days away. In fact, NOAA SWPC has just issued a G1/minor storm watch for Oct 2. This means there are chances for mid-latitude auroral displays Thu and Fri nights. #heliophysics
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 15h
No one should lose years of their life because some healthcare CEO wants a larger 401k. That's why I support Medicare-for-All & why Floridians keep coming out to see me, regardless of party-- because it's time to fix the broken healthcare system in this country. #AngieforFlorida
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Ursula K. PenGuin @ikiruined.bsky.social · 15h
Shoutout to the man with the coolest name on earth, a straight-up anime protagonist, Saint Blizzard III. @actualnames.bsky.social hscathletics.com/staff-direct...
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Saint Blizzard III - Assistant Athletic Director - Staff Directory
Saint Blizzard III is in his fifth year at Hampden-Sydney College during the 2026-27 academic year and his second year as Assistant Athletic Director. He was promoted
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Michael Karanicolas @karanicolas.bsky.social · 16h
I’m not an expert on this area of law, but it really seems like bringing someone to the brink of death multiple times and reviving them meets the definition of “cruel and unusual” on a plain reading of the text.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 14h
Billionaires want tax breaks to make you pay for their data centers, & they want AI to decide whether you get hired, fired, & paid. We can't take that lying down, so here's how to stop them & make sure that Florida's government is accountable to Florida's people #angieforflorida
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Jimmy Hendricks @jimismash.bsky.social · 15h
The most vocal portion of the big titty fan base doesn't want them attached to characters with agency, though. We've seen the ire that female led sci-fi draws, and if you put big titties on vin diesel, you're catering to a very narrow audience.
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15h
You've seen fireworks that look like jellyfish, but what about a jellyfish that looks like fireworks? The E/V Nautilus filmed this rare Halitrephes maasi jellyfish glowing like a firework at a depth of 4,019 feet (1,225 meters) off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. (📷: Ocean Exploration Trust)
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
These ads go in the same category as brazen, easily disproven lies after ICE killings. It’s not about persuasion. It’s a display of power. They could have passed them off as PAC-funded. They added “paid for by the U.S. government” because they want us to know they can break the law with impunity.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Everyone Knows Elections Are Rigged Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels.

PANEL 1

On a city sidewalk, a balding man in a shirt and tie is talking insistently to a purple-haired passerby with glasses and tattoos.

MAN: Hey, pal, guess what? They’re letting millions of illegals into the country to vote for Democrats!

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In a kitchen, the same man has stuck his head and shoulders through a window into the kitchen, shaking a finger emphatically as he lectures a startled woman.

MAN: The Democrats’ dirty vote machine is so diabolical it’s impossible to “prove,” but everybody knows it stinks!

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In a park, the same man has grabbed another person by the shoulder and is shouting in their face.

MAN: Never mind “proof.” Your elections are stolen! It’s all rigged! Democracy is dead!!

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Close-up of a hand holding a phone. On the screen, the same man—now smiling and calm—is speaking on Fox News.

MAN: Of course there’s proof elections are crooked! Because if they aren’t, why do so many Americans think they are?
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 30/09/2026
NEW: People who chug their own piss have emerged as MAJOR supporters of AI futurism.com/artificial-i...
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People Who Drink Their Own Pee Are Obsessed With AI, Using It to Reassure Themselves That It's a Miraculous Cure-All
Urine therapy devotees are sharing ways to break past AI guardrails in order to brainstorm ways to use pee as medicine.
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Mahesh Somashekhar @msoma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A new study shows how racism and xenophobia can be baked into urban planning schemes: across the U.S., activists use parking concerns to stop mosques from being built in their communities. New mosques are 16-18% more likely to trigger opposition than new churches. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Religion of Parking: How Land Use Planning Enables Anti-Muslim Prejudice
In this article we consider a neglected injustice of parking policy: religious intolerance. Through qualitative interviews and a review of public hearing transcripts and official records, we show h...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One important policy lesson from this story is how Facebook committed blatant tax fraud in 2013 (Zuckerberg's stock options as R&D) and still hasn't been forced to pay it and thus learned that tax fraud is an acceptable business practice and so is doing it again.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college.
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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of the main reasons fraternities still exist is that membership signals to potential employers that you’re capable of keeping institutional secrets, even when it means covering up illegal behavior.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 30/09/2026
I actually don't think the Republican Senator mixed up "Hawks" and "Hawkeyes." Going by his own statements, it appears his staff saw he went to a basketball game on that date and googled basketball games and found the only men's game that night in the whole country was in Atlanta.
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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Twitter user alexydude9:
Valid. Pro-choice should be the norm but many women confuse it with glorification of abortion. I've seen women in social media gloating about having their 6th abortion in a month.
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The “Beats off” Chronicles day one hundred and forty-five: Now that’s how you win prizes for hospitality.
Laois hotel beats off stiff competition to win Best Overall Hotel' at Hospitality Awards.
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That whole section is unappreciated comedy gold. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/script... PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Part 1/2 of a 6-panel SMBC comic update. A priest confronts a kid for falling asleep in church. The kid starts to recite Acts 20:9-11 as his explanation. He says : "And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.”Part 2/2 of a 6-panel SMBC comic update. After quoting the Bible verse, the kid explains "Paul’s preaching was so boring a kid literally fell out a third story window and had to be resurrected just to hear more sermon, and you’re mad at ME for finding you boring?" The final panel cuts to a later scene, where the priest declares "the scripture memorization prize is officially canceled. We will now be rewarding doing what I say."
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Former special counsel Jack Smith: “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation.”
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Scoop — I've ID'd the two men sitting behind Sen. Eric Schmitt during his botched attack on Jack Smith this morning. Ethan Harper (left) is Chief Counsel to Schmitt, and Andrew Ceonzo (right) is Counsel to Schmitt and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
yes when i think of the people in my life I've watched weep in despair for lack of affordable childcare options i think "urban, affluent voters"
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026
Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Democrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned Media
Insiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights.
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Amber Ying 應 緣 @amberying.com · 29/09/2026
i'm pretty salty: 1) rape culture is at every campus not just the ivy league, 2) been on a student committee to support rape survivors and i know schools aren't looking at prevention, 3) news media has been hounding the "liberal authoritarian safe space" bs over rape culture over 10 years now
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Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Here’s your reminder that Jon Husted has taken 10x more money from an Epstein co-conspirator than any other sitting Senator. No wonder he voted against releasing the Epstein files.
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