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My first in-the-theater movie was (almost) “Ghostbusters.” But when the nice floaty librarian ghost flipped on Peter, Ray, and Egon, I lost my shit. Mom had to take me next door to see ”Muppets Take Manhattan” instead. Not the worst trade! I was 4.

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Four more songs from Stevie Wonder’s Songs In the Key of Life is like discovering four more verses to the Gospel of Mark music.apple.com/us/album/son...

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Songs In The Key Of Life - The EP - EP by Stevie Wonder on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 4 Songs

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Barry Yeoman @barryyeoman.com · 23/09/2026

One of my investigative stories is about to drop, which means I'll be sending out my Unabridged newsletter soon—maybe tomorrow. If you don't subscribe (it's free), this would be a good time.

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Barry Yeoman: Unabridged

Journalism (and other) recommendations, along with links to my own latest work.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

This is the bleak reality.

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I started my PhD program with an eight week old at home, sole income being my doctoral stipend, in a history program, in Knoxville, TN. And every month we got a new book to read to my son, free, mailed to us, so my kid, my kids, grew up in rooms full of books even when I had no money. That's Dolly.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/08/2026

This week I sat down with Bernie Wagenblast, the voice of the NYC subway system - a sound that any New Yorker can recognize almost instantly. We discussed how she got the job, her experience as a trans woman in New York City, and so much more. Watch the full stream below: youtu.be/XuAqiaCvxT8?...

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Toenail clippers, preferably ones either too small or too large to be useful.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Good-faith concern on this issue would be going, "hmm, professional sports leagues should probably have some standards in place to ensure trans competitors aren't getting an unfair advantage," googling for 5 minutes, realizing every sports league already has those standards and dropping it.

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Jo Yurcaba @joyurcaba.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Content warning: suicide After May Pollard died on a late-January morning, a detective asked her parents a question: Had anyone wanted to hurt her? “A lot of America,” her mother answered. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died.

The life and death of May Pollard, 16, provides a window into the tragic effect that legislation and political rhetoric have had on trans people in America.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 17/07/2026

this is also why you can't appease the right on this issue. bans on trans people in sports are the camel's nose under the tent for the entire suite of right-wing gender politics, including but not limited to bans on gay marriage, abortion, and birth control

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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 07/07/2026

The USMNT and Knicks being really good except for the precise moment when Trump involves himself is really funny

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"The Boy Scouts changed, not because any court told them to, but because people came to understand how wrong it was to exclude a kid for who he was. That understanding built slowly, over the years, because people like you refused to disappear."

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Joel D. Anderson @joelanderson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Our overemphasis on outcomes and results, as opposed to process and camaraderie and community, when it comes to sports really shines through in this cruel ruling. Who gives a shit about who wins a high school swim meet? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...

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Live Updates: Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports

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Maximum Mary @maximummary.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Worked for an R1 computer science research lab a decade ago. Grad students were testing out AI, but they quickly ran into its fatal flaw — a complete inability to innovate. It could only look to what had been done in the past. Knowledge became frozen at the moment you switched to AI.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

You’ve Jammed your last Pearl.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I spent a good hour on Saturday night scrolling through another Bsky users thread from a tour of houses and sites with connections to Los Angeles murders. I think it'd originally been posted in 2023. I forgot to save it, and now I NEED IT. Help me, BlueSky hive mind.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

You have to admire the commitment to commemorating the ‘99 series with this score.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

My Spielberg top 10: 1. Catch Me If You Can 2. Indy and the Last Crusade 3. Saving Private Ryan 4. Munich 5. Jurassic Park 6. Lincoln 7. Jaws 8. Raiders of the Lost Ark 9. Indy and the Temple of Doom 10. West Side Story

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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I regret to inform you that @themountaingoats.bsky.social has been co-opted by Big Oat.

The Mountain Goats, rock and roll champions, delight a crowd as the word OATS looms onscreen

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Mick O’Brien @mickobrien.nyc · 28/05/2026

This is a remarkable statement, and I couldn't applaud @prospect.org more for making it. The programmatic ad-tech space has created perverse incentives for publishers and has been one of the main drivers of the ongoing slow death of journalism in the digital age. Kudos. prospect.org/removing-pro...

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Why We're Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect

Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it. Programmatic advertising is the technology beh...

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

North Carolinian here. Cheerwine sucks.

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oceans_of_mona 🏳️‍⚧️ @vanillablue.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm 51 years old. Obv there's a lot of movies & tons of music from the 80s, 90s, and 00s that I think is amazing and I will surely love forever. But there was a lot of CRAP in that era too. And there is a ton of new, vibrant, amazing music and movies being made right now. Just gotta go seek em out.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My top 15 TV shows ever, in no particular order The Americans The West Wing Parks and Recreation The Good Place Doogie Howser, MD The Wire Andor Station Eleven SNL Kids in the Hall Saved by the Bell Breaking Bad The State Fargo 24

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Kerith Burke @kerithburke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Wemby: “I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions.” This is amazing.

"Wemby's too emotional." "Wemby should stop crying." "Wemby's gay."
Can we stop with the tired old clichés that treat emotions as a weakness, either in sports or in life in general?
I asked Wemby about why that is. Here's his response:
"That's a tough question. I think it's first and foremost a fear of judgment. Like this feeling that you have to act a certain way, social codes, I guess. Personally, I refuse to carry the burden of having to hide my emotions."

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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I play a drinking game where every time Elon Musk confidently announces that his cars will soon drive by themselves I do a shot. I have been continuously drunk since 2013 and am also drunk right now.

From the Wikipedia entry "Elon Musk's predictions for autonomous driving Teslas" which features dozens of inaccurate predictions dating back to 2013

An article from April 22 saying that Musk admitted that Tesla EVs with Hardware 3.0 aren't capable of self-driving

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ellery @ellery.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

A very important personal message for you all today: No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person. And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️ in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

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Many people can't tell us apart because they don't know or understand trans women, a deficit that fuels policies and rhetoric that harm us all.
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WBEZ Innovation Editor Ellery Jones | Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 06/04/2026

There is a path. It’s the path that Michael Vick walked. He has worked with the Humane Society for the last 17 years to educate folk about animal cruelty. He says he’ll do that work for the rest of his life. Call me when Louis or Kanye devotes even one weekend to making reparation.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/04/2026

that's right

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 28/03/2026

This is a nationwide phenomenon. The centrists and normies are more viciously angry than the socialists and anarchists, who gave up long ago on the illusion of a working system. Would encourage leftists of all stripes to take it seriously, welcome them in while they’re receptive.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

QTP with a gif of your favorite pokemon! (wrong answers only)

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Two fictional characters from different universes you want to see fight

Pizza the Hutt, villain from Mel Brooks’s “Spaceballs.”

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

As an American Jew it feels like I’m watching a 100-year flood of antisemitism rising in our country but for some reason we decided to deploy all of our available sandbags against anti-genocide college students

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Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 16/03/2026

What has 14 months of Trump meant for Medicaid? Less funding and staff. Way more red tape for millions of low-income recipients. 10 million more people losing health insurance by 2034.

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Medicaid: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Fun fact: Sean Penn couldn’t accept his Oscar tonight because he’s actually working on a sort of “Dave”-in-real-life thing where he’s filling in for RFK Jr. who’s actually in a coma somewhere from huffing beef tallow fumes while shooting up pure raw milk.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

@neonflag.bsky.social This is a weird thing to post, but: I did some stringing for The Guardian on Primary Day and just noticed both our names on a piece. Reminded me that I was (very briefly) your successor at the RM Telegram. Cheers to mid-00s Cox alums. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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North Carolina: Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley win primaries to set up Senate contest

Former Democratic governor Cooper to take on Trump-backed Whatley for seat held by retiring Thom Tillis

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Not trying to help Grammarly, but unlicensed sports video makers solved this problem long ago. “Stephen King” is a lawsuit waiting to happen. But Bleven Crown? Bulletproof. Same for: Khalein Who Vurr ff goings ring books Player #34 Prof. Soose Leo Tulsitea Jay Argh Argh Token

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

NO NO NO YOU DON’T GUYS LET ME PLEASE SPREAD THE GOSPEL OF FREE TAX USA federal is free, state is $16, handles even my chaotic freelancer taxes just fine, same step-by-step “designed for normies” kind of interface as TurboTax but NOT EVIL tell everyone you know www.freetaxusa.com

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FreeTaxUSA® - Free Online Tax Filing for Federal Returns

100% free federal tax filing. E-File your tax return directly to the IRS. Prepare federal and state income taxes online. 2025 tax preparation software.

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Transgender people are being forced out of public life in America, and what's happening in Kansas is accelerating that process. If you're in a red state, your Legislature will try to do this soon. Do not let them.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 26/02/2026

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

1) In one of the most personal (and, IMO, one of the most important) essays I have ever published, I wrote in @literaryhub.bsky.social on Jesse Jackson's LGBTQ legacy and what he meant to me regarding Black manhood, being born "illegitjmate," and practing love in America lithub.com/jesse-jackso...

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Jesse Jackson Loved Us—Sometimes Before We Loved Ourselves

“Before they came for us, and woke, and us, and power, they came for Jesse Jackson,” Kiese Laymon, the author of Heavy and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, wrote just hours after …

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

What do you know, @cluesbysam.com Who are your sources. When is It Happening?

Red and green squares from the quiz game, “Clues by Sam.”

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Jimmy Ryals @jpryals.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

5 authors I've read at least 5 books by John Irving Colleen McCullough Michael Chabon Hanif Abdurraqib Colson Whitehead

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/02/2026

as far as i can tell “bio hacking” is just a goofy term for giving yourself some combination of an eating disorder and a drug addiction

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David Noll @david.noll.org · 21/02/2026

Page 34: "An anonymous government is no government at all. It cannot be held accountable. A masked agent freely uses force without justifying his actions, and the public cannot name him to challenge his conduct."

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"free/cheap/non-toxic youth sports" feels like one of those skeleton keys that would have knock-on effects accidentally fix 100 unrelated things about America or, you know, even if it didn't, at least a bunch of kids would be able to have fun playing sports

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