Sign in

McDyer

@mcdyer.bsky.social
197 followers 199 following 519 posts

Harmless if irritable descendant of the terror birds of yore. Cook, designer, hiker, wrote Disordinary Time, a novel about time and ritual.

PostsRepliesMedia
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 7h
000
Reposted by McDyer
National Catholic Reporter @ncronline.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.
bit.ly
Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI
Pope Leo XIV said a proposal to create an AI-version of him so people could have a virtual audience with the pope pretty much horrified him.
531466300
Reposted by McDyer
Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion
Drugs Fail to Kill Woman
622230296
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Chicken of the woods, but make it fashion. #mushrooms #fungifriends
Chicken of the woods on a cut tree with a hole
1263
Reposted by McDyer
Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026
Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
1533451491
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Papal orb spore emerging from storm drain. Has anyone at the Vatican checked on that thing? Did they get it wet?
Papal orb fruiting body by storm drain at night
010
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
More chickens than I've ever seen, and a really good tree #fungifriends #mushrooms #forest
Chicken of the woodsMore chickens of the woodsA twisted tree trunk
0190
Reposted by McDyer
Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes. It does not matter if you think the Kennedy Center is bougie: private individuals do not get to destroy public goods. If you budge one iota on this stance, then you lose the right to object when he demands bits of the national parks as a treat. You've already agreed with him on the principle.
241275315
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pope Leo saddened that Auntie Em's heart can't take it.
000
Reposted by McDyer
spirit airlines presents: airplane fall @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
you can’t just dismiss the kidney stone of galilee like this
542710
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's been dry here in my side of Atlanta, so I felt lucky to find this one mushroom, but also liked this tree that for some reason reminds me of the three-headed knight that Sir Robin ran away from.
A cream-colored mushroomA tree with three trunks , but all in a row , not in a triangle
010
Reposted by McDyer
Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
20591043163
Reposted by McDyer
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Jesus Christ, this. Platner was given the benefit of the doubt despite having a fucking Totenkopf tattoo on his own skin, while many of the same people are demanding El-Sayed answer for any random comment from anyone who supports him.
4950721108
Reposted by McDyer
Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Working through my fundraiser paintings and the request here was “paint my two dogs looking happy sitting behind Ben Roethlisberger after he threw an interception”
984090229
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I grew up next door to George Hamilton IV. The Hamiltons were friends of Dolly's, and always said she was the kindest and smartest person you would ever meet. My daughter and her roommates had a giant What Would Dolly Do? poster in their living room. She was goals in every human way.
000
Reposted by McDyer
The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
RECORD BROKEN 🚨 With 25,433 fans at Sanford Stadium, the University of Georgia’s women’s soccer team set a new record for the largest attendance at an NCAA soccer game, women’s or men’s! 👏
443018453
Reposted by McDyer
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
If you're opposed to machine learning making outputs based on training on copyrighted art, I have this thing I call the Chewbacca Test. what if a guy in a monkey suit won a medal and everybody clapped and it was a really positive vibe, and then the monkey yelled? think about that
251194159
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A good day in the woods. #Saturday
Brown and white scruffy dog rests in shady grassShady grass in the woods
020
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This fruiting body loves you (with apologies to Neko Case). #mushrooms #fungifriends
Heart shaped yellow mushroom
0130
Reposted by McDyer
John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 03/08/2026
Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/
librarian.net
How to disable or avoid intrusive AI – librarian.net
171033451
Reposted by McDyer
Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The name of this playlist is hilarious 😂😂😂 the songs are 🔥🔥🔥🔥
186418954
Reposted by McDyer
Peter Lucier @peterlucier.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Metal man don’t need it that Christian
10595160
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A nice cauliflower mushroom in my backyardA nice cauliflower Mushroom in my backyard. I like that it also has a little smiling cartoon devil face in the lower left. #mushrooms #fungifriends
A cauliflower mushroom
123926
Reposted by McDyer
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We've gotta make the Monorail Simpsons episode required viewing for every city councilor in the country. Every single thing he says here is a lie. A Potemkin Village Imaginarium.
50082761726
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Some ruby-colored mushrooms on my morning walk #shroomscrolling #fungifriends
3 ruby red mushrooms 3 ruby red mushrooms, side view
18911
Reposted by McDyer
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
ok reasonable
399158192043
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I can't walk in the woods today, but the office provides. (don't know what this is, other than yellow) #mushrooms
A bright yellow mushroom
010
Reposted by McDyer
Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”
9356951235
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Orange jelly in the park, NE Georgia #fungi
Orange jelly on a dead tree with some nice moss
071
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Bastille Day, y'all! Maybe we can appropriate a little culture, for a treat.
A cheerful patch wearing a  watch
010
Reposted by McDyer
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
No hell too hot. www.sunjournal.com/2026/07/13/i...
The little girl was still in Bluey pajamas.

No older than 3, she was trying to smell the flowers.

At her side, a pink rolling bag.

Her father, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, had just been fatally shot and yanked from a car he’d been driving. Now, he lay handcuffed in the street, where he would remain for five hours.

 “You took her dad, you took her dad!” a woman nearby yelled, according to Cecelia Humiston, 22, who witnessed the interaction in Biddeford on Monday morning.
535226666863
Reposted by McDyer
Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 13/07/2026
One of the most memorable scenes in the history of cinema. RIP Sam Neill
17869841220
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Thinking a lot this morning about chasing relevance, and the inevitable regrettable results.
000
Reposted by McDyer
Karen Carpenter @kcdirector.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo from their unmarked car in a traffic stop. Because he was driving a white van… he wasn’t even the guy they were looking for. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...
thebulwark.com
He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.
022
Reposted by McDyer
Smudge The Insult Cat 🐀 @disentingcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
signüll @signulll
"can i start you off with an appetizer, maybe 30 tortillas?"
"god no, i can't eat that many tortillas!"
"how about if cut them up into triangles, fry them in seed oil, & serve them with some salsa?"
"omg that sounds delightful".
803433318
Reposted by McDyer
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
July 7, 2026
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
July 7, 2026
In Ankara, Türkiye, for a two-day summit of the countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), President Donald J.
31779249
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Genuinely charmed that Eddie Vedder is tickled to be on the Jumbotron.
010
Reposted by McDyer
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
No frog left straight.
Have you heard anything from Alex Jones since launching the parody?

Not from Alex, but his son Rex (don’t worry, he’s like 30) said “It’s yours now” on social media, while complaining that we made a bad business decision. He’s right about the first thing and couldn’t be more wrong about the second thing. Gotta give him credit: being 50-percent correct on anything is a huge improvement for the Jones empire.

What do you envision true success looking like for The Onion’s takeover of InfoWars?

Total world domination. No frog left straight.
362306328
Reposted by McDyer
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/07/2026
New in PN with @juddlegum.bsky.social: How Kalshi infects the news "Since last December, both CNBC & CNN have promoted Kalshi to viewers extensively, frequently vouching for its accuracy. The existence of financial ties between the networks & Kalshi, however, is disclosed to viewers inconsistently"
publicnotice.co
How Kalshi infects the news
CNN and CNBC are pushing Kalshi on viewers but not telling them the whole story.
971907589
Reposted by McDyer
Shaker Samman @shaker.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Erling Haaland is so big. Why does he not simply eat the smaller boys?
3515
McDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Good Sunday morning, people. Rest up, then back to work fixing this thing.
Sunbeams on neighborhood street
000
Reposted by McDyer
The Onion @theonion.com · 04/07/2026
Nation Turns 250 Despite Presence Of Irish theonion.com/nation-turns-250-despi…
Nation Turns 250 Despite Presence Of Irish
674346603
Reposted by McDyer
Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
this is in leaves of grass
6083080
Reposted by McDyer
Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 02/07/2026
Ad Rock: you can disagree with the current All: POPE MCA: but if you push his buttons then you’re a All: DOPE Mike D: ordain yourself a bishop and you’re All: SCHISMATIC Ad Rock: excommunication is All: AUTOMATIC
80114043392
Reposted by McDyer
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.
A chart showing an immediate spike after the headline hit the front page of Wall Street Bets.
480150713213
Reposted by McDyer
BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
CBS staff, you have one job and that is to incept Bari Weiss into believing she can win over Isaac Chotiner.
945219875
Reposted by McDyer
Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Jesus Christ. Run your own fucking campaign how you want. But don't go out of your way to give Republicans ammo against Democrats running in other districts. Such stupid assholes.
3214300783
Reposted by McDyer
Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.
110160274101
Reposted by McDyer
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please read and call. Flood the zone.
12941592863