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George

@nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social
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Human | Husband | Father | Liberal all the way | Political nerd by passion (used to work in the field a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...) #Tolkien #StarWars #StarTrek #SciFi #PolSci #Science #Climate #🟦 #NAFO 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Ally 😺⚽🏒🏈🎞️🎭📺📻📚

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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why yes, spooky season is upon us. Matilda approves. 🎃 #cat #catsofbluesky #caturday
A tabby cat, sitting on a place mat depicting a witch riding a broom. A plastic skull beside her. In the background, a wooden calendar is visible, and a straw puppet with a jack-o'-lantern head. An orange light chain goes up the wall.
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50 Plus Döner @50plusdoner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
First of all THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX LFG Second of all the last time the White Sox won a playoff series Schalke and Werder Gotdamn Bremen were in the Champions League
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Financial stuff is understandably a turnoff for most people so let me just say this is alarm bell material. Keep an eye on the AI bubble and regional banks.
cnbc.com
History shows financial calamities occur when rates rise rapidly like this: 'Something always breaks'
The 10-year Treasury note yield is spiking to levels not seen in years, and that may be a bad omen for financial markets.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The reason why I can't get anything done today...
Me, sitting on a sofa, wearing light gray sweatpants and a dark blue T-shirt, with a tabby cat curled up on my lap. A tortoise shell cat is nestled against my left arm.
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joemag @joemag.games · 21/09/2026
i do love the unpretentiousness of the Lucas Museum and how it has enraged the same pretentious assholes that have always hated Lucas’ work
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Alright, freeze that frame till week 34!
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Get rid of Rodgers ffs!
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
And now back to your regular Sunday afternoon programming. #nfl #steelers #cat
A view of the living room. The tv shows the Steelers @ Patriots game. On the right, a chair is covered with a Pittsburgh Steelers blanket. A tabby cat is sitting on it and is grooming herself.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yes, you guessed it: it's #caturday again! Of course with Bundesliga soccer. #cat #vfbbvb
Me, sitting on the couch. My left hand is supporting a cat who is clinging on my chest and shoulder.A view of my living room. In the background, the tv shows a soccer game.
In the foreground, part of my torso and legs are visible with a cat stretching on my chest.
On the left, the legs of a person stretching on a sofa are visible, having a laptop on their lap.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
And again, pinned down by a member of the species that truly rules the universe... #cat #catsofbluesky
Me, stretching out on the sofa, with a tortoise shell cat on my chest. She stretches her right leg out wide.
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Nathalie Maréchal, PhD @nathaliemarechal.net · 17/09/2026
So you just learned about the AI cult, huh? Here is the longform explainer you need to make sense of the very, very strange ideas driving tech policy in 2026. Buckle up, it’s a wild ride. www.techpolicy.press/what-policym...
techpolicy.press
What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here we go: “the bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships”. “I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,” von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carne
apple.news
EU Chief Floats Plan to Make Canada First Associate Member — The Wall Street Journal
Von der Leyen added the eurozone bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
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@realizingerin
I went to an rationalist/EA Al doomer event last night with the goal of meeting someone who could calmly explain to me the argument for how they get to the conclusion that Al will kill everyone.
Because these are rationalists, I expected to find people who could lay out a serious extinction pathway, walk through the assumptions and intermediate steps, identify choke points where negative pathways could potentially be regulated, and entertain disagreement about where their assumptions might break down.
My experience was the exact opposite.
The people I spoke to seemed psychologically unable to entertain the possibility that their conclusion (that Al literally kills everyone, which was a point that many would not even budge on) might be wrong.
Their most extreme conclusion was treated as an axiom.
I had multiple people walk out of conversations with me when I questioned their inevitable extinction premise.
At one point during a panel, the moderator asked everyone in the audience who was still skeptical of Al doom to raise their hands. About half the room did. He then told all of the skeptics to leave the panel and go with one of the speakers, who would answer their questions separately. They filtered out all the skeptics, and continued the panel only with the subset who accepted their extreme position.
I genuinely felt like a heretic just for questioning whether superintelligent Al inevitably leads to the extinction of humanity, or entertaining the possibility that the future might actually turn out well.
That does not mean Al safety is fake. Obviously there are serious questions about rapidly advancing Al systems and what happens as they become much more capable. Those are exactly the conversations I went there hoping to have.
But what I encountered was an apocalyptic death cult. These people are not rational. They are deeply afraid, they reinforce that fear in one another, and they have become so emotionally committed to apocalypse
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alan Shore — brilliantly played by one of my favourite Actors, JAMES SPADER — takes apart Scientology in BOSTON LEGAL (2008)
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every movie has the potential to be about Robin Hood before we watch it. The only limit is our imagination. Schrödinger’s Robin Hood, if you will
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What the heck is going on with the Packers? I hardly paid attention to the game, and within minutes the Vikings destroying them?!?
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haversack @hsack121.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold www.ecoticias.com/en/two-minne...
ecoticias.com
Two Minnesota solar farms turned the ground beneath their panels into habitat, and native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold
Minnesota solar farms planted with native flowers saw native bees rise 20-fold, with bees also pollinating nearby soybean fields.
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Emily Kay @emilylkay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I Stand With Pink! Thank you, Pink, and Shana Tova
yahoo.com
Pink Explains Slamming Macklemore’s Pro-Palestine Performances, Acknowledges Heavy Backlash: ‘I’m Standing Up for My Own People, and I Thought I Knew How Lonely That Would Be. It’s Lonelier Than That’
Pink had fallen silent in the face of backlash from many quarters following her reposting a call for Macklemore to be dropped from the Ed Sheeran tour in the wake of his nightly pro-Palestinian songs ...
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A solemn day. We remember those who lost their lives, And honor those who came to help.
On the front porch. A cup of coffee on a round bistro table. Two chairs behind the table. On the bannister there's a Star Spangled Banner mounted. In the background lush green bushes and trees are visible. A car drives by on the street.
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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10/09/2026
The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That's disappointing. Or How to walk 500 miles in the wrong direction.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I wish people who "just have questions" about trans issues would spend even five minutes just *trying* to research trans issues. Because the inevitable conclusion I get from 95% of people who do this is that all they really want is their internal discomfort with trans people validated.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sixty years ago today, the starship Enterprise launched and with it, a vision of the future where humanity had moved beyond its divisions. I was there at the beginning, and I can tell you...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
America’s trend toward higher profits, higher share prices, and mounting executive pay but near stagnant wages is unsustainable — economically and politically. It's time to bring back profit sharing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Share the Profits! Why US business must return to rewarding workers properly | Robert Reich
The economy is booming and corporate profits are huge, but American wages still stagnate. History provides the answer
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A more appropriate #caturday contribution. Meet b&w Rosie, void Dulcinea and tabby Matilda. #cats #catsofbluesky
Me, stretching on a sofa with a black and white cat on my chest, a black cat curled up beside me and a tabby cat balancing on the back of the seat.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A great way to get the long Labor Day weekend started. Big breakfast, hot coffee and Bundesliga! And cats of course. Good morning! #cats #caturday #soccer #tsgbvb
A view of the living room. The TV shows a Bundesliga soccer game. 
On the right, a cat is sitting on a sofa. On the back left another cat is walking under a chair.
On the left the feet of a person are visible on a sofa.
In the foreground my knee pops into the picture.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rest in power glorious, glorious Gloria Steinem  www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
nytimes.com
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Feminist Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CHRISTOPH WALTZ reciting the lyrics of the Sesame Street theme tune is pure gold.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Christopher Broker @christopherbroker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The people complaining about Lanterns episode 3 being woke, and ruining John Stewart’s origin, are the same people in 1971 that would’ve complained about having a black Green Lantern.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I'm most likely pinned down for the next several hours... #cat #catsofbluesky #caturday
Me, laying on a day bed with a white-and-black cat curled up on my torso, supported by my arm.
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Lady Luddite (KJ Colt) @moistenedtart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hello. I was raised in a death cult. These people are in a death cult.
50 Nerds of Grey®
Matt Walsh
Remember when they spent years telling us to panic over the hole in the ozone layer and then suddenly just stopped talking about it and nobody ever mentioned the ozone layer again?
Derek
What happened is scientists discovered chlorofluorocarbons were bad for the ozone, countries believed them, the Montreal Protocol was signed, and CFC use fell by 99.7%, leading to the stabilization of the ozone layer, perhaps the greatest example of global cooperation in history.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Teachers shouldn’t have to pay for school supplies
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A storm is coming...
A view from my back porch over the backyard towards the horizon.
A dramatic dark cloud rises up high, slowly covering a layer of bright, pink clouds further back, illuminated by the sun that just dipped below the horizon.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When Amadeus first transferred from London to Broadway in 1980 the Broadway production starred Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri and I would like to go back in time and watch that.
Tim Curry and Ian McKellen in Amadeus.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Very insightful thoughts by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social on the phenomenon Dolly was. Being an outsider, married to a woman who grew up in Appalachia (both being white), this adds another layer to my ongoing path to learn and understand this region and its people as well as this nation as a whole.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
She lived the American dream, she was a feminist icon. She will be missed.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects
A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Good Sunday morning! The sun is coming out, Dortmund is leading at Arsenal, life's good.
A view of the living room. On the right the TV shows the soccer game between Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.
On the left, a child is laying on the sofa, visible only from the torso downwards. It's wearing a yellow BvB jersey and grey shorts.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Evening glow up.
A small cloud formation is glowing pinkish red, illuminated by the setting sun.
The trees are already in the dark.
The roofs of a few garden sheds are visible.
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Underneath solar panels, plants grew much more and used less water, "Chiltepin pepper plants produced three times as much fruit as those grown in full sun. Jalapenos matched their usual harvest while using 65 percent less water. Tomatoes grown under the array came in at twice the normal yield."
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50 Plus Döner @50plusdoner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
LMAOOOO
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The vote was 55-0.
theguardian.com
Uefa agrees to boycott Fifa competitions if World Cup sell-off plans proceed
Uefa nations have agreed to boycott all Fifa tournaments if the global governing body continues with its plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup
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Andy Mann Footy Fan @amff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
There is no longer any choice. We have to see a full UEFA withdrawal from FIFA. Private investment has absolutely no place in an organising body which has a moral duty to both remain neutral and be fully accountable. Infantino is a blight on the game and completely unfit for the role.
bbc.co.uk
World Cup: Uefa furious at Fifa plan for private investment in tournament
European football's governing body Uefa reacts furiously to proposals from Fifa to seek private investment in its competitions, including the World Cup.
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George @nxtlvlcatdad.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
And here we go! It's close but moving away from us. However, more potentially dangerous thunderstorms are on the way heading in our direction. We'll stay alert!
A screenshot of my TV showing an active tornado warning from our local station for our area.
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