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Junkfood Cinema @junkfoodcinema.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s your one-way ticket to midnight (snacks)! Brian & Cargill invite you to take that ride on HEAVY METAL! Are you ready to rock Canadian style? This episode has everything: music, boobs, Jaws, short-lived Joe Pesci sitcoms? If you’ve got an angle, RskT now! www.spreaker.com/episode/heav...

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If you are headed to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival I have a $3 off online dosocut code. I get a $1 for every code redeemed. Come see me tell the "best" jokes out there!

A ginger bearded man behind a bush telling jokes.

Text for a $3 off MN Ren Fest discount code of dadjokes26 listed on it

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Latest substack up! Discussing the artistic freedom of Fringe festivals! kylebdekker.substack.com/p/fringe-fes...

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Fringe Festival - Art for the Masses

You want original ideas? Check out your local Fringe!

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Ben-Gvir is a blood thirsty psychopath, war criminal and one of Israel’s beloved genocidal leaders. America and the world should be sanctioning, divesting and boycotting Israel in every way until this apartheid regime falls.

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians

Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Still processing my 2026 Minnesota Fringe Run. Easily the best response to a show I've done. I can't think lf a better way than a love letter and testament to my brave neighbors.

Picture of a Minnesota Fringe Golden Lanyard award for The Kind of Art We Need Right Now

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Two shows lefts at the Minnesota Fringe! Come hear the story of my brave neighbors in St. Paul during Operation Metro Surge.

A theater promo image showing middle aged red headed Caucasian man on a stage at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Text showing showtimes of 8/13 830pm, 8/15 7pm, and 8/16 530pm. Cash tickets $15 at Strike theater in Minneapolis.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

These are the armbands with the stars on them in case you didn’t know.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Saw Kyle Dekker's Fringe show about being a legal observer during Metro Surge. Highly recommended but I meant to put this in my review and forgot: Strike (the theater he's at) is FREEZING. Bring your sweater! minnesotafringe.org/shows/2026/w...

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The Mayor of St. Paul has made a series of bad decisions and is nlw throwing public temper tantrums. We deserve much better leaders in our city. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

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Scoop: St. Paul's homelessness meeting with top officials went off the rails

Mayor Kaohly Her's controversial shift in homelessness policy comes as she faces a separate investigation.

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

St. Paul Mayor Her's sweep policy os dangerous and won't address any problem.

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

New substack essay up. On community and the planned sweeps of homeless encampments in St. Paul. kylebdekker.substack.com/p/the-power-...

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The Power of Community

We can fight the establishment that is committed to cruelty

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

My open letter to @mayorher.bsky.social of St. Paul addressing her disastrous and poorly thought out "plan" that WILL get People killed. kylebdekker.substack.com/p/open-lette...

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Open Letter to St. Paul Mayor Kaohly Her

Destroying Unhoused Encampments is Cruel

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you are looking at shows for the Minnesota Fringe, check out the blog by Adam Everett AKA SWFringe Geek! His "Returning Favorites" Column is here and I was privileged to make the list! swfringegeek.blogspot.com/2026/07/frin...

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Fringe 2026 - Returning Favorites - Kyle B. Dekker - Witness Loudly

Kyle B. Dekker is another returning Fringe storyteller that makes Strike Theater a venue worthy of multiple visits this Fringe . Kyle’s curr...

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Got all the sound design and video design dome early for my new solo show. Opens Friday at the Green Bay Fringe Festival!

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Please read in full. On ICE’s reported cessation of immigration enforcement related vehicle stops, media literacy, critical analysis, and the political / linguistic manipulation that masks the enormity of the fascist threat facing us all

No, ICE absolutely did NOT order “an immediate end to vehicle stops” for immigration enforcement.

Too many of you are prematurely celebrating an alleged victory, instead of recognizing the smoke and mirrors obfuscation campaign.

Go reread those primary sources, people.

ICE is “pausing” (eg, temporarily suspending) “most” (eg, not all) vehicle stops “for immigration enforcement” (this is not, in fact, ICE’s only operational area; the agency is an arm of umbrella department Homeland Security, as is CBP, and that ‘national security’ remit is why they have tactical / special ops / etc).

Translation (all we know for sure):
— ICE agents who are working the immigration enforcement beat won’t do as many vehicle stops for a while.

Reading Between The Lines (just a few highlights of the many, many things we don’t know):
— what vehicle stops are ICE agents doing immigration enforcement allowed to make?
— what vehicle stops are ICE agents doing immigration enforcement NOT allowed to make?
— can ICE agents still make vehicle stops if they are NOT directly involved in immigration enforcement?
— what about other duties related to (the stated purpose of, anyway) narcotrafficking / nat sec / counterterrorism / espionage surveillance / human trafficking (etc)?
— will CBP agents also have to follow this new ICE guideline? If so, which ones?
— how long will this pause last?
— who makes the call on restarting those stops and why?
— who decides which stops are ok and which stops fall under the “most” category? how? why? is the public allowed to know?
— who checks to make sure a stop some agent made was still allowed?
— what happens to prevent an agent who made one not-ok stop from doing it again?

The widespread journalistic lack of concern for precise and accurate language (in general, but ESPECIALLY) about DHS, ICE, and CBP is horrifying.

Words matter.
Critical thinking matters.
Media literacy matters.

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New essay out. Talking about mutual aid in geek spaces! As always free to read, thanks! kylebdekker.substack.com/p/mutual-aid...

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Mutual Aid And Cooperation Make Magic

Or how a geek convention helps me find faith in a better future.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

SFF, we need to talk. I'm not here to rag specifically on Bona, who did the right thing by going public. No, I'm looking at all of you. Or at least, 15 of you. Because this right here? This is buckwild.

Once we’d picked our hearts off the floor, we started digging: Bella had minimal online presence, first appearing in May 2025. Since then, she’d accumulated a remarkable publication record (we counted 15 published stories in 12 months), across name publishers and small or community-minded outlets, including several paying SFWA rates (like us).

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CVG Guests of Honor @cvgguests.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The face you make when you roll a Nat 20 going full murder hobo #CVG2026 @arifskinchen.bsky.social @jrdawson.bsky.social (Photo by Peter Huynh, caption by @kbdekker.bsky.social)

Sitting at a table, we have Catero Colbert (a Black man with a goatee), Arif S. Kinchen (a Black man with a white beard and a yellow and white trucker hat), and JR Dawson (a white person with a blue ponytail), all holding microphones and with water bottles and other gaming detritus on the table. Arif has a wide-eyed, wild look on his face.

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My latest essay. As always free to read and free to subscribe. On patriotism in the rise of fascism. kylebdekker.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...

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How to Be Patriotic When It Feels So Gross Right Now?

Or the true meaning of patriotic

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Minnesota Fringe Website is live! There are many awesome shows from artists you can support. I'm humbly offer my new solo show about my experiences as a Constitutional Observer during Operation Metro Surge. minnesotafringe.org/shows/2026/w...

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is from Tidal's new AI policy going into effect July 15th. It's not an outright ban, but clearly labeling AI generated stuff and shutting off its ability to generate revenue is a great approach. Plagiarists are less likely to pollute a platform if there isn't any monetary gain.

Screen shot of Tidal's new AI policy that reads:

Here are the highlights of our new AI policy, which goes into effect on July 15:

Tidal will identify and tag AI-generated music in our app. Listeners will see an “AI” badge next to music we detect as wholly AI-generated.

Tidal will not tolerate AI-generated music that impersonates an artist or group, or that facilitates fraudulent activity. We’re implementing automatic tools to remove these releases immediately and on an ongoing basis.

Tidal will not allow music that is 100% AI-generated to be monetized. No royalties will go to such releases, nor will AI-generated uploads be eligible for direct-to-fan sales.

We will update Tidal’s AI policy as the technology continues to evolve.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It’s important to understand that the Court is now just an arm of the oligarchy. This decision strips the people of the right to limit the role of money in politics. It gives billionaires special rights to buy our elections. A precondition of oligarchy.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 29/06/2026

The greatest country in the world: one where we all wait with baited breath to hear the results of the seance six wizards in robes selected by two presidents who lost the popular vote had with child rapist slavers to decide whether marginalized people are allowed to exist.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/06/2026

Anthropic and Open AI are making LinkedIn Fortnite

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Trump admin will set the US back in every important research backed industry for decades.

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026

Theyve mobilized faster against this than anything in the past 10 years and to me that pretty much says it all and justifies what so many have said about them collectively for anyone willing to pay attention

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Heard James Carville referred to as a “prominent strategist” and that’s like saying Gilligans Island is a prominent tv show, if you pretend time doesn’t exist lots of stuff is in the zeitgeist

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

New essay out. I'm an unapologetic leftist who has voted for Democrats for 26 years and been disappointed consistently. This week I have some hope, something I haven't felt since I met Obama in 2004. kylebdekker.substack.com/p/i-have-hop...

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Pushing back against the voters is the most DNC shit ever

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2026

This is an incredibly narrow and strikingly *non-originalist* reading of the meaning of "commerce" but then Justice Thomas isn't an originalist as much as he is an antisocial crank in robes.

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Ash yes the "left extremism" of *checks notes* Medicare fkr all, affordable housing, and not sending money and weapons to foreign governments to bomb children. The moderate choice between MAGA and democratic socialism is not moderate and its evil.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

The Democratic establishment crash-out is a wonderous thing to see. A bunch of people, their organization named after democracy, unable to handle the results of just a few popular elections, appealing to the unspoken rules of a club they thought belonged exclusively to them. Let's do it everywhere.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Pure gestapo tactics. Jonathan Ross did murder Renee Good, we all watched it happen.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

That big purple spike in 2022 is what made the owner class turn violently against Biden

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Kyle B. Dekker @kbdekker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I pissed off the centrists who think leftists are to blame for everything bad and the Zionists with this post. Centrists are so willing to blame anyone but their own bad policies for their failures. No accountability.

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I like that this piece zeroes in on Starmer's regressive politics. I have been using the phrase "aggressively regressive" for Trump & the technofascist right in the US, but this made me realize many Dems & Labour have countered this with a less aggressive regressive politics. All of which is awful.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Trump pardoned people who literally smeared shit on the capitol walls

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Everyone has lost their minds. Mamdani's record in office is that of an ambitious center-left pragmatist yet the entire media is still casting him as a dangerous ideologue.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 21/06/2026

to be clear, this fascist shit is happening because the king told a lie about vandalism and they're retroactively arresting people to try to make it seem like it's true

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