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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Bluesky was bumming me out. So I created a ChatGPT Site that pulls my feeds, sorts for importance and personal interest and summarizes it so I can read for 3 minutes at a time instead of get sucked into doomscrolling.

The Big Stuff section with stories about Trump’s taxpayer ad campaign and Trump’s corruption deals.

The Worth Opening section with specific posts about ICE activity and Walmart’s surveillance pricing.

The Interesting section with stories about rain-leaf amplification, the 2019 movie detention, etc.

The end screen with a summary of how many posts were included as well as a way to mark that you’re caught up so that the next summary starts from this point forward.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I shared this image four years ago, two months before ChatGPT was released. It’s from The Actual Star by Monica Byrne, published five years ago this week. Given everything that’s happened in the last five years and current discussions today, I’d say it a bullseye.

I want to draw especial attention to the treatment of Al
-artificial intelligence-in these narratives. Think of Ex Machina or Blade Runner. I spoke at TED two years in a row, and one year, there were back-to-back talks about whether or not Al was going to evolve out of control and "kill us all." I realized that that scenario is just something I have never been afraid of. And at the same moment, I noticed that the people who are terrified of machine super-intelligence are almost exclusively white men. I don't think anxiety about Al is really about Al at all. I think it's certain white men's displaced anxiety upon realizing that women and people of color have, and have always had, sentience, and are beginning to act on it on scales that they're unprepared for. There's a reason that Al is almost exclusively gendered as female, in fiction and in life.
There's a reason they're almost exclusively in service positions, in fiction and in life. I'm not worried about how we're going to treat Al some distant day, I'm worried about how we treat other humans, now, today, all over the world, far worse than anything that's depicted in Al movies. It matters that still, the vast majority of science fiction narratives that appear in popular culture are imagined by, written by, directed by, and funded by white men who interpret the crumbling of their world as the crumbling of the world.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Found in a YouTube comment:

I used to work for the rural development office for the state of Tennessee. We did a lot of things to try to help the rural towns of the state ranging from improving their water infrastructure to paying to build solar energy farms and helping rural first time homebuyers. But one of the big initiatives during my time there was trying to build more public libraries in these small towns.
And part of my job was to create a way to track where all our money was spend and on what, and of course you'd see little to no money being spend in Davidson Co (Nashville) and Shelby Co (Memphis) but there were also just large swaths of East Tennessee where we spent zero dollars on this library building initiative.
And when we looked into it, it was because Dolly had quietly, our of her own pocket, paid to build libraries already in these rural communities.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The people that like my videos on TikTok always have the most psychotic usernames.

A TikTok notification that says: Yummy Diarrhea saved your video.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

For as mid as this movie ended up being, I loooove the teaser poster.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My kids’ school district uses Schoology, which is…fine. In an effort to get keep everyone on task this fall, I’ve decided to make a little app that sucks in Schoology data and displays it in a little dashboard app that I will have running on a Google Nest Hub in our kitchen.

Screenshot of a dashboard showing upcoming school assignments for two children

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Shooting more art into the void

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A Roland TR-707. It was $50.

A current listing of 707s for sale on eBay ranging from $625 to $999.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“That's much too vulgar a display of power, Karras.”

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I’m now getting Israeli influence operations pushed directly to my phone via text message.

Hi, I'm Matt. Reaching out to hear different perspectives on Israel and the U.S. Open to sharing your thoughts?
Stop 2End
Yes
It's great that you're open to sharing your thoughts, let's discuss Israel's importance as an ally. How do you see Israel as one of America's strongest allies?
I don't. I see it as a genocidal regime that is dragging the US into a lot of bad decisions.

I strongly disagree with that view, Israel's goal is to stop terrorism and protect its citizens, not harm innocent people. One thing many people don't realize is Israel has recently said it wants to move away from relying on U.S. financial aid and toward more of a strategic partnership with the U.S. This short clip explains it well: https://youtu.be/WFBJc0oFqx4

Moving forward, If you're interested in learning more about why many Americans view Israel as a strategic partner rather than just a recipient of aid, this site has articles and videos on the U.S.-Israel relationship, shared security interests, technology, and democratic values: https://allyvia.org.

Strengthening the US and Israel Alliance for Security, Prosperity &
Shared Values
ALLYVIA
Copyright © Allyvia.org | All Rights Reserved
This material is distributed by Clock Tower X LLC on behalf of the State of Israel. Additional information is available at the Department of Justice, Washington,
DC.

clocktower x lle

Clock Tower X LLC is a creative digital storytelling and advertising firm led by former Donald Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale.
The company operates out of Medina, Ohio, and gained significant public attention for securing multi-million dollar contracts to distribute targeted digital and Al-optimized
content.
Key details about the firm's operations and engagements:
• Israel Propaganda Campaign: Clock Tower X secured a multi-million dollar contract (originally $6 million and later expanded to $9
million) via HAVAS Media Network to run a nationwide public diplomacy and pro-Israel media campaign.
• Target Audience & Platforms: The campaign targets Gen Z audiences on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and podcasts, with the goal of achieving at least 50 million impressions per month.
• Al & Search Manipulation: The contract includes creating websites designed to influence how generative Al models (like ChatGPT frame issues, as well as using the predictive Al platform MarketBrew to boost pro-Israel narratives in search engine results on Google and Bing.
• Foreign Agent Registration: The company is registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to represent the Government of Israel and HAVAS.
• Brad Parscale's Role: Parscale serves as the company's principal and owner, while also concurrently serving as the Chief Strategy Officer for Salem Media Group, which has been utilized to integrate some of these narratives.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

But Noom is now a GLP-1 pusher!

Banner from Noom’s website offering GLP-1 for $79

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Great. Now I need to come up with an idea for an application just so I can Kai’s Power Tools the hell out of the UI.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

My watchlist says, “Eat your vegetables” when I’m in the middle of a Charles Band marathon.

Alert from Letterboxd:

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, The Wolf of Wall Street and Taxi zum Klo are now available on your favorite services

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

It goddamn happened again. I have given the TikTok Community Standards AI a boner.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Heh. TikTok removed this video of mine for “Body Exposure and Sexualized Imagery”. What body?

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Researching is free. So is, I guess, making assumptions and wildly speculating. thenewchicagoan.com/chicago/trib...

Photos of the Tribune Tower’s fragment wall.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The best thing about my mom is how she spells “okie dokie”.

A text from my mom that says “Okay dookie”

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

This is from the last time ICE murdered someone, but yep. You lose your proximity to whiteness.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

I am loving this level of organizing. Truly impressed.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I woke up this morning and made a KidPix-inspired subtractive paint/collage tool

User interface for a painting tool and the chunky abstract image created with it.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers Death Duel, a weird single-axis of movement mech shooter for the Genesis. It has a Road Rash-style upgrade shop. It plays sort of like if Space Invaders were flipped on its side.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

This is the funniest part of that project to me. “Why are we doing this? I DON’T KNOW!”

Why not LLMs?
tktk. Could use some help writing this with concrete receipts on environmental, social, political, and economic/labor harms.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

NoES marathon and a Jodie Mack retrospective will do that.

Actor: Robert Englund
Director: Jodie Mack

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This is what I get for marathoning Nightmare on Elm Street and going to a Jodie Mack retrospective.

Most watched actor: Robert Englund
Most watched director: Jodie Mack

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

How I am walking out of 2025

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Kruder & Dorfmeister at Howard Theater An absolute bucket list show for me.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or Alice In Chains. Still beyond excited that I got to see them play this live this summer.

The cover for Kruder & Dorfmeister’s The K&D Sessions.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

This was my big gift to my wife this year: a KidPix machine. She didn’t have a computer growing up, but when she was in the computer lab at school, she’d just play in KidPix the whole time. 🧵

Abstract digital art image in an ornate frame

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

@gvaughnjoy.bsky.social my history buff dad is enjoying his present (your book).

Dad on a davenport devouring a dissertation.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Every year I synthesize a tree for Christmas. Every year it comes out a little different, but that’s what I love about the medium. Here’s to a peaceful 2026.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A lot of college libraries offer “community borrower” privileges if you aren’t student/faculty but live in the area. Worth asking about, at any rate. Federal Depository Libraries are required to let the public in, so even if you can’t borrow, you might be able to watch on-site.

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

In addition to being an acclaimed playwright and actor, Harvey Fierstein is an amazing fibers artist, too…?

Caption from Facebook:

I challenged myself with this one. Started by dyeing the fabric with Indigo. Then I sketched out the main figure in chalk. Next I appliquéd scraps of fabric for a mosaic kind of feeling and then... then I quilted the entire thing on my Gammill long arm with Mexican macrame cord. No thread quilting. Just couching. I broke 4 needles and had to reset the needle bar height a few times because sewing through all of that rope was a challenge. Not sure I'd do this again but.... I'll sleep on it and see. The images are in tribute of Chagall and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF. 108" x 106". And just for the record... it weighs a ton!

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MrDys @mrdys.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

“Yes, I can guarantee your safety.”

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