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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 13h

are you fucking kidding me

$Curtis Yarvin • @curtis_yarvin • 1h What if OpenAl solves the Jewish problem ... roon @tszzl • 23h Replying to @tszzl unified field theory / quantum gravity within the next 12 months? 25 {7 16 • 258 ıll 9K$

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 7h

Limited visit, cheapest visit in years, small haul wise for the trudge over Russian Hill: Allen Ginsberg, Kaddish Cory Doctorow, Enshittification (2025) John Cassidy, ed., Capitalism and its Critics (2025) Douglas Snith, The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna (2026) #booksky #books

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 23h

Abandon Unbridled Desire All Ye Who Check Credit Card Balance. Some purchase considerations. #booksky #books

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Abandon All Despair Ye Who Enter Here First visited City Lights Bookstore in fall 1978; was back in 1979; and between AHAs and now HSBs almost annual pilgrimages. I’ve been in store when the late Larry Ferlinghetti was in, but my visits usually at night, too late. #BookSky #SkyPhotography #Beats

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hats off to your dad. My dad, too, was antifa long before it was cool or controversial to be antifa. 150 days of combat. My dad fought the Nazis in Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Old enough to recall when I chose her over the bloated soulsuck that was Roger Ailes. No regrets given that situation, of course. But what's clear now is that years at Fox News molded both Ailes and Megyn Kelly from the same substance into a matched set of colon-clogging fistulas. Same inhumanity.

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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/10/2026

It’s not just one billionaire. It’s a full-blown cult of billionaires who believe dictatorship should replace democracy—and that technology (crypto and AI) will make this inevitable. They say it loud. Some guy just wrote a book about it (That guy is me!) www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

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The Nerd Reich

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This transfixing debut from journalist Durán investigates the antidemocratic ideologies espoused by tech billionaires ...

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

JFC, I really miss newspapers. Many Republicans and hard right folks have turned on the League of Women Voters, but they remain non-partisan, mainstream, and dedicated to providing accurate information about all candidates. www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n...

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People are asking ChatGPT to help them decide how to vote in the midterms

Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get ready for the election: asking AI to help research their ballot and even decide who to vote for.

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tom Morello is a great guitar player, talented musician for sure...but sorry, if you didn't vote for Kamala Harris in 2024 (because "reasons"), f*** you. bluevirginia.us/2026/10/sund... cc: @brucespringsteen.net

Tom Morello explains why he didn't vote for Kamala Harris in 2024, because...whatever, f*** him.

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The fiscal year is over. The dying Social, Behavioral, and Economic division of NSF ended up awarding 90 total grants this year, as opposed to ~700-800 in recent past years. Source: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses...

The graph shows the cumulative number of awards made by month across this fiscal year, as compared to the last 6 fiscal years. The line for this year is total flat until June, but then finally gets up to 91 by October. In prior years the increase starts building earlier and ends on average in the 700-800 range (with variability, last year was only between 400-500).

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There is no execution which does not violate eighth amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. (Most U.S. executions also violate the 14th amendment.) But capital punishment in Tennessee crueler and more unusual than even notably cruel and unusual states like Florida and Texas.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I wrote a paragraph on a dozen U.S. economic, governmental, infrastructure failings, but looking at the chart it really is just Trump and Trumpism:

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Turner doubled, advanced by Schwarbs, hit in by Harper in first. Eighth: Schwarbomb, Harper with a Redeemer after misplay a fly ball. Tenth: hame winning Bohmer. Final: Phillies 4, Atlanta 3. Sanchez did his job; Painter on the mound the MVP, says Kruk, Game ends on ABS challenge third strike.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oh my. Are those Salvatore Ferragamo, Tonino Cannucci, Adolfo, or Edward Vomit Proof for Ralph Lauren? But Hegseth did not get the message on the hair gel: just a little dab will do ya. Funk, Musk, or Smudge? Who cares? Part Goon, more Clown, all Wreck.

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American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ACLS celebrates research in Latin American and Latinx/a/o/e Studies. Learn more about the work ACLS Fellows like Cecilia Márquez, Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History at Duke University. www.acls.org/resources/latin-americ…

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Want to learn more about a great journalist? If you are in DC, stop by the John Brademas Center at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the launch of my biography about Wallace Terry, published by the @unmpress.bsky.social. events.nyu.edu/event/401720...

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“These people”=mothers & fathers, grandmothers & grandfathers, neighbors & colleagues, nurses & nursing home assistants, teachers & students. They drive taxis & trucks; plant & harvest crops; build & repair our houses. They’ve more dignity & generosity in their pinkies than MwM has in his entirety.

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wmuhockeyupdates.bsky.social @wmuhockeyupdates.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having a mariachi band play the national anthem at the Bears game just made my night. Case Keenum, Give Them Hell!

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you were raised in the Southwest, as I was, mariachi speaks to your soul. Growing up it often seemed like every great human being I knew who was not family was Mexican. Most everything I learned about baseball, family, generosity, hard work I learned from Mexicans. I love this for the anthem.

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Kacey Musgraves Defies ICE, Brings Detained Mariachi band Onstage in Texas

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

None so blind as those who won't look in a mirror.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Royce Hall where I studied Latin, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic. Mediterranean medieval history, Islamic North Africa, Renaissance Italy, and EM Spain were usually in Bunche Hall. UCLA, no. 1 public university in USA, home to many great libraries, one of the finest places on planet earth..

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/09/2026

George W. Bush had plenty of opportunities to speak up. January 6th. The January 6th Committee. Trump’s return to power. Mostly silence. But now he’s stepping back into politics to help Republican senators get reelected? Yeah. I have some thoughts.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And the Philadelphia Phillies clinch the final MLB playoff slot. Mattingly: “You just have to fu**ing get in. We’re fu**ing in.” Not sure Don had anything to do with it, but maybe Phillies’ September slump over. Schwarbs single, double, walk. Padres, for record, currently ahead of surging Arizona.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“evangelicals, who for decades have received heavy financial backing and missionary support from US-based right-wing evangelicals, make up 27% of all Brazilians and consistently back Bolsonaro.” Evangelicals are entitled to their childish religion; it is their deadly politics I cannot abide.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring … and it blossoms in the summer … and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall all alone … just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops." mason.gmu.edu/~rmatz/giama...

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Not the source, but some French read at an impressionable age sticks with you over the course of a lifetime: “… et Lisa [Quenu], avec son fort cou, ses hanches rondes, sa gorge tendue, semblait la reine de toute cette chair en suspens.” —Émile Zola, Le Ventre de Paris

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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 27/09/2026

Christian Science Monitor 2016 vs. ABC 10 San Diego 2026

Kristoffer is part of a new generation of wunderkinds, many of them lugging school backpacks and still wearing braces, that just might help save tomorrow’s internet. Idealistic and computer savvy, they are mastering the mysterious numerical codes that underpin the digital world in the hope of making the web a more secure place.

The suspect, identified as Kristoffer Von Hassel, was located in the neighborhood where the vandalism incidents took place and was arrested on suspicion of vandalism and damage to property motivated by civil rights violations.

At the time of his arrest, sheriff’s officials said Von Hassel “was found in possession of a handheld electronic device capable of interacting with and analyzing certain wireless signals, including those used by some garage doors, gates and other access systems.”

Von Hassel is accused of drawing hate symbols and anti-Semitic graffiti at homes on Elm Avenue and Seacoast Drive on Sept. 13. He is also believed to be linked to additional graffiti scrawled at the home on Elm Avenue on Sept. 19, with more vandalism discovered in an alley behind the home.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” B. Mussolini Trump will be cut in or paid a bribe and AI regulation will be further forestalled. These asses deserve our ridicule, but there is nothing to laugh at. youtu.be/-Nvne3LzBls?...

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Weekend Update: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on A.I.’s Threat to Humanity - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“Are you a communist?" "No I am an anti-fascist" "For a long time?" "Since I have understood fascism.” — Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

23 September 1938 | A German Jewish girl, Mirjam Helene Friedmann, was born in Berlin. The family fled to Prague in 1938. In 1941, Mirjam was deported to Litzmannstadt ghetto & in August 1944 to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber. --- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA

A vintage black and white photo showing a smiling girl in a hooded coat and white shoes standing next to a plush teddy bear.

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Dawna and RealMonkeyCat @dawna9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The trailer for the documentary that a vacuous billionaire wants disappeared. Like the thousands of federal jobs his doge dudes removed. Like the citizens & immigrants removed from American streets. Please watch & repost. Thank you for your attention to this matter. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

UCLA 54, Maryland 3. Two more victories for bowl eligibility. Tough road; no guarantees. UCLA is running back by committee but Wayne Knight legitimate Heisman candidate: heard here 1st. Oh and down goes USC, Michigan, USC, Michigan State, USC, Texas A&M, USC, Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee, and USC.

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Ms. Turnstiles @msturnstiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm adding this book, by Kelly Lytle Hernández, UCLA professor of history, to my to-read stack: Racist by Design, published by @wwnorton.com dankowalski.substack.com/p/racist-by-...

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Racist by Design

Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Is there? I’m a Red Wings fan. Go WMU Broncos Hockey!!! 2025 and perhaps 2027 national champions.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Maryland finding a way to keep the UCLA offense off the field.

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Basketball helps; UCLA men and women!

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

his “is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”

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Larry J. Simon @larryjsimon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1983 was a good year for the Orioles and the Pride of La Junta, Colorado. I was out of the country so had to follow the Series in the International Herald Tribune. Still remember first time I saw Tippy play, Spring 1969, his junior year of high school.

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