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Michael Carvin

@mcarvin.bsky.social
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Married to a saint. Socially awkward. Liberal. Focus, attention = kryptonite Working on an app for dog owners. Mostly politics and movies. Sometimes both. #OreoTheTerrier stan account. Movies @ letterboxd.com/mcarvin

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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Orient expressed”?
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Poirot Hercule Poirot
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We just got our 1st fill of the season this morning and HOO BOY am I praying for a mild winter.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Obligatory: What if Clinton/Obama/Biden said “they” could take out the Los Angeles or San Diego?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Didn’t this ship sail back in Trump 1.0?
Bloomberg Businessweek headline:
Scott Bessent's Rosy Forecasts Are Putting His Credibility at Risk
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
IIRC, and @termiteterraceclub.bsky.social might know better, Weigel Broadcasting (parent of MeTV Toons) funded part of the restoration efforts. I’d have to go digging to find where I read that, but I feel like it was a forum site. So in a way, just watching MeTV Toons is a ‘thank you’.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I caught one of them. Only reason I could think of was that Senate campaigns are increasingly capturing the national interest bc of how tight the splits are. Even that’s a stretch. And “when missing children signs go up, Ken Paxton takes them down” is as terrible a line as he is a candidate.
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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#BOTD 1890. Remembering actor, comedian, and game show host Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx. (d.1977) #FilmSky
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Tell him the good part…” “The good part, William, is whether there’s peace in Gaza or fighting, Kushner and Trump get the commissions.”
Randolph and Mortimer Duke explaining commodities trading to Billy Ray Valentine.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oreo’s snoozing and snoring like he just worked a triple on the farm.
Oreo the terrier snoozing
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schweinberghere.bsky.social @schweinberghere.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is leading on an issue instead of cowering behind focus groups and consultants, and far too rare in the Democratic Party.
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Miguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That “super intelligence” executive order was another insider grift, this time to sell “.si” domains - they bought the domains over the summer. x.com/adamscochran...
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Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) on X
1/15 SCOOP: Trump’s “Super Intelligence” Scandal: I believe Trump’s “SI” Executive Order was ANOTHER criminal plot to enrich the Trump family. Insiders seem to have profited MILLIONS off of .si domain names before his Truth Social posts.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Go Birds
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Jalen Hurts Smiles After Philadelphia Eagles Game
Alt: Jalen Hurts Smiles After Philadelphia Eagles Game
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
First, great pod with Andy McCabe on this over the weekend. Isn't tomorrow supposed to be the hearing on the fired FBI agents' motion which could make Jack Smith's Vol 2 public?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
What's behind this tidal wave of epidemics? In the largest study ever conducted on emerging infectious diseases, we show that the popular explanation - "our relationship with nature is out of balance" - doesn't hold up. Out now in Nature, after half a decade of work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The anthropogenic fingerprint on emerging infectious diseases - Nature
Emerging infectious disease outbreak risks are ubiquitous worldwide, and highest in landscapes where people, livestock and fragmented natural ecosystems coexist, but detection and data ...
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mr. Sir, aka #OreoTheTerrier, was good enough to pause for a selfie with me in between attempts to catch a fly buzzing around the room. He’s not so into The Palm Beach Story, which upsets me. But a fly is a fly and he likes chasing things. #pittsky #filmsky 📽️
My boy Oreo lying on the top of our sofa
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The cure for what ails me? And I don’t think Oreo has seen this yet. #filmsky 📽️ #pittsky
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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker...
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jesus. I feel like I need a minute after just reading your notes. Can only imagine how you felt and probably still feel.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow, and right after the state AGs announce a settlement. Gosh.
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Philip J Fry's Shocked Reaction
ALT: Philip J Fry's Shocked Reaction
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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The Divided Sky by Phish on Apple Music
Song · 1989 · Duration 11:56
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sorry - need to put Junta, Lawn Boy and A Picture of Nectar on repeat while I relive my early 90s
Today’s Apple News Quartiles puzzle, featuring the names of Phish’s members in the corners
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On one hand, you got people in the Admin saying to "just work through it" when you get sick or injured. On the other hand, if you got insurance and work through it, you're obviously a fraudster. Meanwhile, I have insurance but I'm afraid to use it because of the copays & subsequent delivery $$$s.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“…a globalist scheme…” That was probably the least bad phrase in the clip.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JAYNE MANSFIELD had an IQ of 163, spoke 5 languages, and was a more than proficient Violinist, as evidenced here playing Vivaldi's Concerto No. 6 in A minor on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1957.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
And, uh...he's still addressing the UN next week?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Joe Biden Didn’t Take Oval Office Press Gaggle Naps the Right Way By Ezra Klein
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Was it worth it CNN, MSNow and Politico? Was it worth it, White House Correspondent's Dinner?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Tom And Jerry Cooking
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t know how accurate this is, but I swear I recently saw that ~40% of the current stock market gains are AI/AI-adjacent.
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Grace Segers @gracesegers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We've seen a lot about how young people are struggling with mental health. I took the time to speak with young adults across the country about why things are so bad, from their perspectives. My deep dive here: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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The Dire National Crisis That Washington Won’t Touch
Adolescents and young adults across the country are collapsing under the weight of isolation and pressure to succeed. There’s no easy fix—but it’s past time for Washington to do something.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Or don't because it is a sideshow meant to distract from Trump's incompetence and corruption, and the Republicans who enable him
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
youtu.be/ukr3Y3unFhg
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Underwear Must Be Worn On The Outside
YouTube video by John Hawkins
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Need to remember to jump into #TCMParty tomorrow for The Bad and the Beautiful at 12:45pm ET
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This Admin has made me ridiculously cynical. So what do his sycophants hope to gain? * Electeds want some of that sweet $400MM across Trump's SuperPACs for midterms * Trump's blessings for those who have/may have business with the Admin * No ire from Trump, lest there be threats and recriminations.
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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Experts from academia and civil society regularly work for govt agencies for short periods to help them succeed. But Trump2 went further, installing partisan operatives to conduct projects to venerate the president. They're undermining the legitimacy of the agencies. www.wired.com/story/a-trum...
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The Census Bureau Is Overrun With Staffers From a MAGA Think Tank
The US Census is home to vast troves of sensitive data on nearly every person living in the country, which is used for apportioning and drawing congressional districts as well as allocating federal fu...
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well, shit. He is alive.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Are you doing that in the quiet car?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How does that even work? Is it possible to detect that even at a small (e.g., borough, sections of townships) population?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
May your punishment not be a trip to “The compiler is unable to type-check this expression in reasonable time; try breaking up the expression into distinct sub-expressions.” jail.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were _vehemently_ anti-regulation. “Let the invisible hand of the market manage it.” I guess the self-regulation approach and government-based regulatory regimes are insufficient, the only solution is to have Mushbrain here be the arbiter of AI power.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
So This is Paris is one of my favorite silents, and I wish it would go back on @hbomax.bsky.social
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
There might be something to be said about the fact DiGenova didn’t even last 5 months. Jack Smith got a 37-count indictment against Trump in 6.5 months (Nov. 2022 - Jun 2023), with an additional 4 counts landing 2 months later. I bet J DiG found the opposite of what he was tasked with.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Damn. Wonder if it was actually closer to “Not only is there no evidence of wrongdoing by these subjects, turns out they were more right than not.”
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So the MO Supreme Court was PISSED pissed.
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Well, we’re farting!”
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Man's Impatient Expression
Alt: Ted Knight as Judge Smails in Caddyshack, saying “Well, we’re waiting!”
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"We need to have people keep more of their money" Sure! We'll need it for medical costs from eating tainted foods, ...and the car needs a repair using Canadian-made parts, so that's extra &!#%@#ing $$$ ...and do I want to use my homeowners' for that storm damage?
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“But he is going to distance himself from socialism in the Democratic Party's left wing…” I really need an explainer on what “socialism in the Democratic Party’s left wing” means. Because if it’s “tax the rich” and “free child care” type shit… apple.news/At3PUKhX8QMK...
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Exclusive: Fetterman to praise Trump in bombshell GOP convention video — Axios
DALLAS — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) is preparing to make a bombshell appearance Wednesday night at the GOP convention, in a video praising President Trump and Republican Sen. Dave McCormick ...
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Michael Carvin @mcarvin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
'performative' is a weird way of spelling 'brown' and/or 'muslim' but you do you, Ariola.
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