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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 9h

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Da Vinci Bro Code

John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 17h

Hot take on a 36-year old film: TREMORS is underrated on all counts—horror, suspense, and comedy. Top notch script, cinematography, effects, script, and casting. Worth discussing in a straight line with THE BIRDS, JAWS, and EVIL DEAD.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How do we think a dog processes what happens when they enter and then exit an elevator?

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Big “seat belts cost more lives than they save” energy.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“I’m sure you all heard about the dysfunction and low morale among our fleet… well, anyways, it’s not true.” Well played, sir. Well played. youtu.be/RqfLOJGS_7o?...

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The Duff Brewery

YouTube video by Danarky

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A paradox of the Trump Era is that his supposed appeal to his followers is that he says what he means, speaks freely, and attacks others without concern for who he offends ... and yet, as often as not, his followers would very much prefer it if you didn't repeat what he says or ask them to comment.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It may be hard to understand this if you’re younger than 24 years old, but our country didn’t always have a president who sounds like MadLibs on crack whenever he speaks in public.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don’t think it’s our job to interpret the President’s words as if they’re riddles to be solved. I think it’s his job to speak plainly and clearly and to be judged by the public and the press appropriately when he says things like “eh, so Americans may die, big whoop.”

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As President Ronald Reagan famously once said, the most comforting words in the English language are "I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

FORGOTTEN ISLAND is fantastic and I hope more people see it in theaters.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Maybe the most Tom Waits-coded movie theme ever written: youtu.be/CNOzVkvRU1w?...

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12 Monkeys music theme

YouTube video by MrArtKub

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Trying to imagine the national discourse and the media's frame if Obama felt compelled to rally voters in Vermont and California ahead of a major election ...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
nvidia

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m embarrassed to say that this took me a minute to get. “What, like ‘America Day’?” I need to give that other movie another shot. It didn’t really land at the time but it seems like the favorite “recent” Spielberg of a lot I people I follow.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Police in Singapore have charged a man who is accused of posting an AI-generated image of a saltwater crocodile in a popular reservoir The fake image caused public concern, authorities allege, and the national water agency suspended its work for two days

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Singapore crocodile: Man charged over AI image

The defendant could face jail or a fine after the image sparked a search operation in the city’s largest reservoir.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love that the Mega Man 2 artwork looks like the artist clearly never played the first or the second game and somehow missed perhaps the defining trait of the main character.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It has never been this vital to check your registration status. Do it today. Do it now. And tell everyone you know to do the same. iwillvote.com

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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#VeryAsian Eric @ektaka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Check your registration today and often until early voting starts and you know for sure you are registered whether you live in Texas or not. Iwillvote.com #VoteBlue

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I Will Vote

Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Imagine if you could've said that you were alive at the same time as William Shakespeare, even if only for a day. For all of you (like me) born before May 16, 1990, you were alive at the same time as Jim Henson. He should be 90 today. Gone too soon, but in the way of his kind, he'll live forever.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And that article pairs nicely with this one. Shrinking away from principles and fairness is bad politics, bad policy, and bad for business: bsky.app/profile/jake...

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Powerful and important article.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This video was a lot of fun to make, as surreal as it was to “collaborate” with my AI avatar. The central point is also the main reason I like the practice of trademark law—at its core, trademarks are all about perception, a product of the subjective human POV. youtu.be/0rbfOdzlA5s?...

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Candid RE:Marks - Artificial Intelligence, Actual Confusion

YouTube video by Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Setting everything else wrong about this statement for the moment, at what point did anyone decide that the highest office in the country should be weighing in at all on how Americans parent their kids? Why are the daily operations of an elementary school any of this fool’s business?

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What I’m about to say is 100% in support of bicyclist safety and coexistence on the road: When a bicyclist jumps randomly between acting effectively-like-a-car and effectively-like-a-pedestrian, it can be very difficult as a driver to anticipate what they’re going to do next. End of post, mute.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“Once. I once said that orbs are nice. ONE TIME. Now, every year on my birthday it’s the same…”

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Always funny to see when they trot out the "we're too stupid/incompetent to do anything about it" line ... and when they don't. Because I could name a few other areas of law where these guys seem pretty confident that they know better than, e.g., women, parents, doctors, teachers, librarians, etc.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Feels like we’re going to need a different adjective for these justices, because it’s not really “conservative” to allow the USPS to screw with ballots just six weeks before the election

Instead, only Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and C'arence Thomas - the court's two most conservative members — lodged their dissent, indicating that they would have allowed the president's plan to reshape how the Postal Service handles mail-in ballots to move ahead.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

OMG, I just noticed that Captain Kirk is carrying his log 😂

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

And perhaps my favorite build this year:

Lego recreation of a classic PAC-MAN tabletop video game

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Fair use… the final frontier…

Lego recreation of the Guardian of Forever

Lego recreation of the TNG Enterprise and Deep Space Nine

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It’s #BrickCon, which means it’s time for another round of Adventures in Fair Use!

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Bread

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Donna Stern @dvsmemphis.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Watching 2,977 drones form the outline of the Twin Towers over NYC is a breathtaking reminder of what was lost 25 years ago. One light for every life. We hold their memories forever. 🕯️ #NeverForget #TwinTowers #911Memorial #momsky #sheshed #voterizer

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

(In my most “serious lawyer” voice:)“Copyright disputes can be, um, well, the technical term is ‘tricky.’”

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wait, guys, I think I might’ve cracked it… The premise is “MUPPET SHOW.” (Slow clap to standing ovation as audience cheer cries.)

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yet again, the simplest way to describe any major legal decision is… The Court overturned the stay blocking the implementation of the ban on the approval of the prohibition on not doing the thing that would prevent people from doing the not doing thing, reversed.

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John Halski @johnhalski.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

(My nerd “head canon” is that this the film that Sammy Fabelman would’ve made as the in-universe equivalent of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS if his story continued.)

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