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MidwestExCentrist

@midwestcentrist.bsky.social
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Culture and politics, some science, some music, some humor. And whatever. Photos are generally mine and unmodified. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈ally #science

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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So now we have Cashbag Homan and Hawkeye Schmitt
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yep there is plenty of of lying and corruption without posting fake bullshit. Blocking if I see it again
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My advice to CNN, MSNOW and Poliitico Concentrate on the Epstein Files You'll have him eating out of your hand after the 1st bombshell article about everything "Epstein".
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I keep failing the ‘are you a person’ test
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I wish I could bet on how big the next sports betting scandal will be. So far they just playin
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good morning Bluesky! #photography
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 07/09/2026
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot… hartmannreport.com/p/has-the-me...
hartmannreport.com
Has the Media Normalized the GOP’s Voter Suppression Right Before Our Very Eyes?
For decades, reporters have treated hours-long voting lines as a “normal” feature of Election Day instead of investigating why some Americans consistently face greater barriers to the ballot…
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Cory’s essay is brilliant, please read and repost
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Rich Tate 🎃 @richtate.com · 05/09/2026
I love how they keep reframing this with language like RETRO TECH BOOM. We've all simply realized it's the only way we own anything. We're not buying out of nostalgia. We're buying so companies can't take it away after we've purchased.
techcrunch.com
CD sales are making an unexpected comeback amid a retro tech boom | TechCrunch
U.S. CD revenue jumped 58.6% in the first half of 2026, reversing last year’s decline as interest in retro tech and physical media continues to grow.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I just stumbled across this with zero context. I don't know what this is. I don't have time to look it up and I kinda don't want to. I'd rather just let it live in my head and do whatever it's going to do because WTF is this? 😆 Who is this? [both rhetorical questions] www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtjO...
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Boko Yout - IMAGINE (Official Video)
YouTube video by Boko Yout
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/09/2026
“It’s not ... just body cameras, just drones, just license plate readers, just fixed surveillance cameras - it’s all of these things are being integrated, and the analysis that can be done on these cameras is pretty extensive,” EFF's Beryl Lipton told @48hills.bsky.social.
48hills.org
It's not just Flock - 48 hills
Cities are cancelling contracts with the spy agency over its abuses—but the alternatives are not a lot better
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Cat 🐈 @mrsbadcrumble1975.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This post is ten years old and still accurate. #climatechange
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good morning Bluesky #photography Barely sunny
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I struggle with the music streaming model too- I want to own the song. Apple Music adds friction and restrictions to purchased music as well as your digital copies of your own music ripped from cd’s and vinyl.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
They are doing this just to film everybody and AI analyze while Pete says stupid shit. If you smirk or eye roll, you're fired. You can also expect some 'leakers' to get punished soon.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Before we get excited about all the investigations and subpeonas to come with a Dem house majority, remember Jim Jordan is over there smirking at you. Would this DOJ enforce subpoenas against Bannon or Navarro again? Better have a plan for being ignored, blocked, and mocked by Fox.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump won’t be able to stand the lame duck status that’s coming. 100% he will resign in exchange for extensive pardons and $. He’s bored by the actual job, he’s a Sarah Palin.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Where where the hell is Mitch
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Nick Varga @karaoke-god.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 26/08/2026
arstechnica.com
Catholic bishops tell Florida there's no religious reason for vaccine exemptions
The bishops' snub comes as the state continues to attack vaccines.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
the manliest men www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
dailykos.com
The manliest men
A cartoon by Tom Tomorrow.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: The FBI just admitted it has over an hour of Epstein Files redaction training videos, and the FBI ignored my lawyer's directions for what to search for then hid it from us for 8 months. I'll tell you what they said today at NOON PT. Here's a link: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
muellershewrote.com
EXCLUSIVE: FBI Admits it has Over an Hour of Epstein Redaction Training Videos
Despite there being no exemption in the Epstein Files Transparency Act to withhold these training materials, the FBI refuses to hand them over, and they waited 8 months to tell us.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Strange and musical #chaos #BlueskyArtShow
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography turbulence chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography more water chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography bouncy chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography fireworks chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography water chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography sand chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#chaos #BlueSkyArtShow #photography beach chaos
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In the wild
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Trump would love for people to believe this is about fucking and blowies. More like dumping and wipies.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Does it ever feel like you're in a cage being watched? Well, you are. By Flock cameras, thanks to Mike Rogers.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Travels with Natalie. Beats that stupid Sean Duffy show I guess
Natalie Wood in lingerie
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Important discovery regarding Alzheimer's and tau related diseases! #science med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
med.stanford.edu
Alzheimer’s-implicated protein tau scrambles nerve cells’ powerpacks
In a paradigm shift, a Stanford Medicine-led study reveals a new role for a well-known protein, tau, linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I think one of the games had fine print that involved surrendering one’s soul to the devil on a particular April 1.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Michigan is turning into rain forest, moss everywhere. Another monsoon today.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Double blinded study #photography
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026... The stupid is strong in this one. Everybody knows it's a debacle but they are afraid to tell him so. How are we counting on these guys to say no when he wants to nuke something?
dailykos.com
Trump Steam Punks The United States Navy
Trump has just struck a major blow to the capabilities of the United States Navy that will take decades to undo. He often gets an unnatural obsession with things about which he is totally ignorant.
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
In the Bay Area they have been hating the dodgers and lakers for decades- this assholery justifies all of it.
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wisewebwoman.bsky.social @wisewebwoman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Honestly, this is like a Monty Python skit. She's swaying to her own private head music, Brainworms is spouting insane nonsense as usual and yer man is snoring in the middle. This is the US government.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A quick lesson on winning and losing a war. If you start a war of choice, blow through masses of your weapons stocks so that you cannot escalate effectively, and find the country you attacked dictating negotiating terms while in a stronger strategic position. You lost.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/08/2026
Hardly a day goes by without my getting email from someone looking for ways to do good with tech. From computer science students thinking about post-grad careers to seasoned coders with decades of experience, there's an army of hackers looking for a way to turn their expertise into public goods. 1/
The giant head of the Statue of Liberty. Around it are many medieval machines, tended by little medieval rude mechanicals. In the background is a crosshatched architectural drawing of some classical arches and such.
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/07/29/1
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The Far Side Bot @farside-bot.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
#thefarside #farside #comic www.thefarside.com/2026/07/30/0
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 05/08/2026
"If Abdul El-Sayed can win this fall, he’ll have handed his party a roadmap," writes @peterbeinart.bsky.social. "Democrats across the country should be taking notes."
theguardian.com
Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism | Peter Beinart
The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Exactly on point
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Lake sunset #photography
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
After a crap weather day we got this nice lake sunset. All is forgiven #photography
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MidwestExCentrist @midwestcentrist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
And biotech
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