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J.H. Siegal

@joshuasiegal.bsky.social
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Chicago Writer, Musician, Creative Technologist 🖊️ in Michigan Quarterly Review, PodCastle, Skeptic Magazine, Peatsmoke Journal, etc 🎶 at redspotrhythmsection.com Also: game design, software dev, making things in general joshuasiegal.org

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Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Enjoy the “interruption”
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Maryland Blue Girl 💙 I have words and know how to use them @quothpam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If only.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blumenthal: Tether is a crypto company that has a stablecoin known as USDT, and it is the major means of Iran avoiding and evading sanctions. What we’ve also exposed is that Cantor Fitzgerald has a major financial tie. Cantor Fitzgerald was owned by Howard Lutnick. It’s still run by his family.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Everything Pedolf Shitler says is bullshit. He couldn’t tell the truth to save his worthless, shitty life.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hawaii enacted a law that could neuter Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.
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Could This Actually End Citizens United?
Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.No Supreme Court ruling or constituti
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Flooding the zone" with this stuff might be in order.
Post from Mark R Elias 

"I think I'm getting the hang of this."

Mark's question to America.gov

Does the president have the authority over the conduct of federal elections,?

Answer:
The Constitution does not give the president the power to run or set the rules for federal elections. States have the main job if administering them. Congress can change most of those rules by statue. The president's role is to enforce existing federal law, not to replace state or congressional election rules.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ONE MONTH FROM TODAY:
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Andy “Homegrown” Smith 📎 @butterwise.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The majority of Supreme Court justices lied in order to earn confirmation.
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Eli Friedmann @eligit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This all looks very healthy. Surely good faith negotiations and positive outcomes.....
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Endless corruption.
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I don't know about you, but Crispix still seems high tech to me.
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MingTheMerciless @mingthemercyless.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
And he didn't do it alone.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Impeach his ass 👇
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every bit of this 👇
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This also sums up the American healthcare experience pretty well. American healthcare is a travesty. This is the bad place.
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Johnny 🫧 Cowlick @jefferycowlick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Elect a convicted felon, you get a criminal government.
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020 — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system.
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Get out and vote! He literally had people raise their hands and pledge to cheat two weeks ago in Dallas.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.
A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with 
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Reading for The Genre Society in Chicago last night. Such a great time!
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"you guys, LLMs are just sophisticated pattern matching! 🙄" SO ARE YOU 🙄
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This aired just the once in 1998 on the live SNL show for which McKay wrote it. It was effectively banned as it never aired again. I wonder why. MEDIA-OPOLY
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God @thegodshow.com · 19/09/2026
Bless these folks!
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Bless The Americans Who Formed A Human Chain Around The Kennedy Center
Dear Humans,
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Mr. Ron @mrrevron.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Speaker Mike Johnson gets brutally community noted.
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Mrs. Beaverhausen @ghostmom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you're used to being "the crazy one" and you get in a relationship with the same, you're gonna have to figure out who gets to be crazy when, and that turns each of you into all the people who told you to sit down shut up and be normal. That's actually the part you gotta work through.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction. 👇
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There should be more like "LLMs are a major and growing disruption to cybersecurity and encryption, that's very risky, almost like anticipating Y2K but not knowing how it'd hit or how to head it off" and less formless "it's gonna kill us all, didn't you see [movie] or consider [imagined thing]."
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Spare me your taco-sandwich debate. Is a piano a dulcimer??
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Lol you can almost hear the beads of sweat rolling down her forehead.
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Here's why AI fiction is bullshit. People have been fine getting fucked by machines for hundreds of years. But no one wants to be lied to by one. For that, you need another human.
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fantastic interview with @edzitron.com. Get em, ed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf5o...
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The Man Who Calls BS On AI: They’re LYING About AI, 2027 Is When It All Breaks! | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm not a technophobe, I'm a techno-appropriate-levels-of-informed-concern
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
yes....YESSS.....
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CD and vinyl sales are surging as frustration with digital media keeps growing
News of the latest increase in physical media sales comes from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It revealed that recorded music revenues for H1 2026...
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Peter Hansen @pitecohansen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The most reliable aspect of Gen AI
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If only there some kind of metaphor...
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Two Years Ago: Q: But what if a rogue AI gets loose on the Internet? A: lol you dope, that would never happen. Today:
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OpenAI’s rogue agents keep escaping, with no formal process to investigate them
OpenAI’s latest agent swarm incident adds urgency to calls for independent investigations as researchers and lawmakers question whether AI labs should control the scope of their own safety reviews.
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I mean, pop and gym shoes...it's not rocket science
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Piano Player" : "Pianist" :: "Fiddler" : "Violinist"
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J.H. Siegal @joshuasiegal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There are hardly four more satisfying words in music than, "this is the original."
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