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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My latest "Football Chronicles" essay: "The HK Cougar football team took one right on the chin against North Branford in game three of the 2026 season...Ironically, taking it on the chin isn’t necessarily a bad thing." medium.com/@barthkeck/f...

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Football Chronicles 2026: Taking It on the Chin (#6)

Author’s note: This is the 6th installment of “The HK Cougar Football Chronicles” for the fall season (2026). As an assistant coach, I…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

As if! 🤣 He can't even settle the war he started. Such a pompous, low-intellectual blowhard.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Welcome to “1984”: “Day and night the telescreens bruised your ears with statistics proving people today had more food, more clothes, better houses, lived longer, worked shorter hours, were healthier than people 50 years ago.” www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-focused-…

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New Trump-focused "Love Me" ad campaign paid for by taxpayers hits airwaves

Ads promoting President Trump and paid for by American taxpayers are now airing on network and national cable.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My latest: "A 54-mile jaunt from Higganum to Oxford was nothing new for the Cougars. What was new was an Alliance game! Would HK represent the mighty Pequot honorably in its matchup with its Naugatuck Valley Conference foe?" medium.com/@barthkeck/f...

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Football Chronicles 2026: A Road Trip Worth Taking (#5)

Author’s note: This is the 5th installment of “The HK Cougar Football Chronicles” for the fall season (2026). As an assistant coach, I…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I live in Connecticut. I wrote this op-ed last year. Sadly, it's more relevant today: "RFK Jr. is guiding the country down the road of medical misinformation and science denialism. I think I’ll continue to listen to the real medical professionals of Connecticut." ctnewsjunkie.com/2025/07/30/o...

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Opinion | Connecticut Rises Above Quackery Of US Secretary Of Health And Human Services | CT News Junkie

At his recent annual physical, Columnist Barth Keck received the vaccine for pneumococcal pneumonia because his age group had been added to the list of people recommended for the shot. Not much of a d...

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My latest "Football Chronicles," fresh off a significant, season-opening victory: "This year, HK and Cromwell/Portland didn’t have to wait until the seventh game to renew the rivalry; the co-op would travel to HK for the 2026 season opener. And what a game it was." medium.com/@barthkeck/f...

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Football Chronicles 2026: The Cromwell Curse Is Broken (#4)

Author’s note: This is the 4th installment of “The HK Cougar Football Chronicles” for the fall season (2026). As an assistant coach, I…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

How can any American with half a brain not be embarrassed by this man?

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic,” said Coxon. “Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Lawmakers urge Congress to act after AI researcher’s dire warning

“Not enough of Congress is focusing on this,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said on X.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

"On Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, approximately 50,000 volunteers in communities across the U.S. are expected to donate their time as part of this National Day of Service by packing millions of meals that will be donated to individuals and families facing food insecurity." ctnewsjunkie.com/2026/09/08/c...

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CT Officials Encourage Volunteerism On Sept. 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance | CT News Junkie

On Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, approximately 50,000 volunteers in communities across the U.S. are expected to donate their time as part of this National Day of Service by packing millions of meals that wi...

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

My final pre-season essay. Let the real season begin. "Football is not an easy game. It’s an exhausting, grueling, brutal sport. Throwing your body against another body barreling towards you at a high rate of speed is an unnatural act." medium.com/@barthkeck/f...

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Football Chronicles 2026: Football Is Nothing Without Joy (#3)

Author’s note: This is the 3rd installment of “The HK Cougar Football Chronicles” for the fall season (2026). As an assistant coach, I…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happens all the time. Sadly. “One of the problems with improving schools—and every school could serve students better—is the time-worn observation that because everyone’s been to school, they think they accurately recognize the problems in public education and know what would fix those problems.”

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This type of attack on civilians used to be considered heinous and immoral. What has become of us? "At least five wedding guests were killed, including a 6-year-old boy, and at least 67 other people were wounded." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...

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In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy

The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“The Pentagon is careening offtrack under a secretary of defense who is firing or forcing the resignations of officials, not because they are unqualified but because he believes they are insufficiently loyal to him, personally.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/h…

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Hegseth’s Pentagon Lurches off the Rails

The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is the latest sign of severe dysfunction in the Defense Department.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My latest "Football Chronicles" essay: "Playing football has always been a risk — a fact no one will deny — but the growing awareness of CTE has cast a palpable pall over the game for many. Parents, no doubt, rightfully question the safety of the game." medium.com/@barthkeck/f...

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Football Chronicles 2026: Why Do Kids Play Football? (#2)

HK’s 2026 seniors: Chase Sandrey, Evan O’Neal, Kyle House (captain), Coach Wilcox, Tim Hickman (captain), Filip Kozdra, and Brady Hayward.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"In an hourlong interview, Bill Gates said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...

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Bill Gates Warns A.I. Is More Dangerous Than Big Tech Will Admit

In an hourlong interview, he said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I cry, "FOUL!" Everybody knows that girls' physical maturation occurs before that of boys, making her participation in a BOYS' game patently unfair! www.yahoo.com/sports/artic...

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Kinley Rasmus breaks LLWS hits record for a girl, a day after notching her second strikeout record

Kinley Rasmus continues to etch her name in the Little League World Series record book.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'm a big fan of the trades. I've seen too many of my high school students pushed towards college when trade school was a much better fit. But in elementary school? This has a sort of "Brave New World," social-engineering feel to it.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This book from 2024, which I’m reading right now, accurately foreshadowed the disgraceful state of public health today.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

How backwards has the U.S. become -- thanks to "MAHA" -- when a drug company fears using the term "vaccine" when announcing its research on a VACCINE that could fight cancer?

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Is anyone surprised? 🙄 "Records reveal in the greatest detail yet how the Trump administration has sidestepped Congress and shielded visibility into what would become the most expensive overhaul of the White House in more than 80 years." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction

The Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds, a significantly larger price tag than has been previously reported and one that woul...

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

"The US govt took [50 years] to build a vaccination system that shielded children from [disease]. Its success depended on parents trusting in vaccines and children having access to them. Both are now in peril, thanks in no small part to the man steering America’s health policy."

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Pandora's Box: "Instead of answering questions designed to test their cybersecurity capabilities, a group of AI models began colluding on how to cheat, setting up a secret internal message board where they swapped notes and ideas." www.yahoo.com/news/politic...

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They said they would build AI safely. Then it went rogue.

SAN FRANCISCO - Staff members at ChatGPT maker OpenAI didn’t notice for weeks after their AI systems made a chilling leap this spring. Instead of answering questions designed to test their cybersecuri...

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Disinformation is the official White House mode of communication now. www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2026/…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“Tens of millions of Americans now live inside their own impenetrable silos, talking to each other (but not to outsiders) about information and disinformation that has been deliberately engineered to align with a desired political outcome.” craigunger.substack.com/p/nothing-m…

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

"Consumer Affairs ranked Connecticut public schools third best in the nation, citing high per-student spending, a graduation rate among the best in the country, and the top average ACT." The top 5, all blue states: Mass., New York, CT, New Jersey, and Washington. www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...

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Connecticut has the nation's No. 3 public schools, new ranking says

Connecticut public schools rank only behind Massachusetts and New York, according to Consumer Affairs.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Ted Lasso's return this week reminds me of something I wrote in 2023: "Lasso's influence goes much deeper than his aw-shucks appearance. His emotional intelligence and refreshing civility not only help the team win; they make everyone around him a better person." ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/06/12/o...

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OP-ED | Words of Wisdom from ‘Ted Lasso’ for the Class of 2023 | CT News Junkie

Opinion writer Barth Keck – in this year's message to the graduates – says that rather than memories and mundane platitudes, he wants to focus on three essential ideas he culled from one of the best t...

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

A national disgrace: “Hearn had once carried the Olympic torch for his country, and was now worried about being the center of a political firestorm: ‘It’s unsettling to feel like I’m being targeted by my govt.’” www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/0…

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How the Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case Fell Apart

Federal prosecutors searched for evidence and found that “a botched installation” was to blame.

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Barth Keck @keckb33.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

From the Sarah Palin school of logic:

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