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William Burg

@oldcityguardian.bsky.social
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Sacramento history & historic preservation enthusiast. I don't have a podcast, but would be happy to be a guest on yours. @sacramentohistorian on Youtube & Instagram.

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PiscesRising ♓️ @13crowes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twelve years I had an account and I left. He absolutely killed it.
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Urbanist Philomena Cunk. In America, they invented a clever system called sprawl. It’s a brilliant idea where they put the place you sleep exactly twenty-five miles away from the place they keep the bread.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026
crafting an entire insufferable theory of the world around “less wrong and rationalism and Mastodon are places for weird nerds who don’t like or understand jokes, and places like Something Awful and certain regions of old Twitter and Bluesky are for weird nerds who like jokes”
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William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Downgrade a movie Star Fights
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
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F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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sasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“the left doesn’t understand aspiration” is a popular conservative cliche, although it doesn’t quite fit with the other right-wing cliche that we’re utopian dreamers. idk.
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Raven Campbell @ravenmcampbell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
tfw "they're just not reporting it" turns into a form of "I reject your reality and substitute my own"
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Something some lie $5,000 checks…
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wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In disaster research we talk about Pro-Social Behavior. There are certainly many examples of that during 9/11. We also talk about Elite Panic. 9/11 is a textbook example of Elite Panic that we have lived within for the last 25 years.
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William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
MAKE THIS TOWER THE BIG TOMATO!
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 06/09/2026
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/09/2026
This seems absurdly simple, but: Republicans talk *all the time* about how Democrats are bad. Not this or that individual Democrat, but the party, the ideology, the very idea of Democrats. Democrats almost never do this about Republicans. Not in a coordinated, concerted way.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/09/2026
Breaking news: Gloria Steinem, celebrated author and activist who became one of the most influential voices behind the women’s movement through the second half of the 20th century and into the 21st, died at her home in New York City. She was 92.
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Gloria Steinem, lodestar of the modern women’s movement, dies at 92
"In my heart, I think a woman has two choices," she once said. "Either she's a feminist or a masochist."
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans.
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 24/08/2026
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The man who made a fake Greek amphitheater and went to jail | CNN
This “ancient Greek” stadium in northern Italy was charging locals €40. An investigation into it took only a day to conclude it was a scam.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/08/2026
so Trump 2.0’s war on every single non-evil job did destroy my career and traumatize me a lil bit, but the thing is that, like many people in my position, I’m quite capable of synthesizing that trauma into a single-minded thirst for revenge
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I had some feelings to express about the "Woke 1" discourse.
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Woke What? Let's Be Fucking Serious
Our politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tonight we’re launching our new public-interest website about the National Design Studio. The goal is to put everything we know in one place and make it easier for people to see what the Studio is actually doing. The Studio isn’t just giving government websites a facelift. It’s building and
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William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The 1970s Filmation Studios Saturday morning series "Space Academy" and "Jason of Star Command" (separate shows, same setting) would make a fun space-opera RPG. I adapted some of the show's concepts for a Traveller campaign in 2020 but never ran it.
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 16/08/2026
The ‘Squatter’s Riot’ between the settlers and homesteaders, or squatters, ended with five dead and four wounded, including a mayor and later, a sheriff.
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A Gold Rush standoff in Sacramento 176 years ago led to a riot. Then shots rang out
The ‘Squatter’s Riot’ between the settlers and homesteaders, or squatters, ended with five dead and four wounded, including a mayor and later, a sheriff.
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Gavin Miller @worriedaboutsatan.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
has anyone trademarked the phrase 'panslopticon' to describe ai yet?
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Don't get me wrong, I lift every morning. But being a man is not really about how you show up in the gym. It's how you show up for your family. It's about how you show up for your community.
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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 10/08/2026
Really excellent article by @ad-mastro.bsky.social on how Japan's tiny businesses are a product of the country's loose business regulations and zoning laws. I also want to add historical context to this: these types of businesses used to be the norm in America before zoning came along. 1/🧵
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Japan Is Not a Magical Wonderland
Americans Could Run and Enjoy Micro-Businesses, Too
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Don makes an important point here about the dismantling of the administrative state. The institutional damage is to: 1.) destruction of *expertise,* honed by credentialing, research, experience, and *tenure* in job
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/08/2026
They think this appeals to "ordinary people" because every asshole believes, deep down, that everyone else is an asshole too and only reason everyone doesn't act like an asshole all the time is fear or political correctness or whatever. Asshole behavior makes more sense once you understand this.
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Insults, Expletives and Fat-Shaming: Vance Trolls Critics on the Right and Left
The vice president has dispensed with the decorum and restraint of his predecessors to directly take on opponents and journalists on social media with sometimes profane and often personal jabs.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
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Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"Ebikes are out of control!" ...say the exact same people ignoring that motorists kill 44,000 people in the US annually and remain a leading cause of child deaths.
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Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢 @regimecpa.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Love drone footage of new builds in exurban Texas, gives me a very particular kind of dread to look at that is hard to replicate with other photos.
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Fortmax Headroom @hwhall.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This seemed like it was worth boosting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/735...
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His Name was Harvey Pekar
Saving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Meanwhile, the United States has already seen more than 4 million acres burn in 2026, with over 42,000 wildfires reported nationwide. #SaveUSFS
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SageNatural @sagenatural.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I didn't know this was a work-inspiration quote when I stuck the post-it in, but... "New York is heavy like brick and mortar, metallic like hammers. San Francisco is dark and intricate, like gold-filigreed chocolate. Vegas tastes like despair." -Dead Souls, Stephen Blackmoore (1/2)
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Urban Land Rent 🇸🇴🚰 @urbanlandrent.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Capitol Area Development Authority should experiment with long term leases to provide a quasi-Singapore style public homeownership model to downtown Sacramento imo.
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William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet. www.twz.com/news-feature...
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Anduril Brings The Thunder With Autonomous Tiltrotor Attack Drone Concept
Thunder is designed to fly deep into hostile airspace at low altitude as a highly autonomous wingman for AH-64 Apaches and MV-75 Cheyennes.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
an entire system designed to be penny-wise and pound-foolish we'll spend $100 on enforcement making sure we don't give $50 to an unworthy person
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/07/2026
Tomorrow, the House will vote on the NDAA, which includes a provision to merge parts of our military with the IDF. This amendment is an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy. Every member of Congress must vote NO.
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Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Portland: everyone who is seriously thinking of using our CLEAN ENERGY FUND to bribe our basketball team to not leave town needs to know that our transit agency is on track to cut nearly 1/3 of its service from what it was in 2025. Which is the greater crisis?
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea
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nick pants @nickpants.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
my response to the HOA cutting down a perfectly good tree on the main road into my neighborhood
i nailed a lorax stuffed doll to the stump of what was a beautiful tree in my neighborhood.
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bobby @bobbylewis.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
i remember scientists saying 20 years ago that climate change-fueled wildfires would darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away. but republicans said that was a lie, so now climate change-fueled wildfires darken and poison the skies hundreds of miles away every summer
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🧵👇!!!! My contribution: They're going to expand what they're already doing, which is Revolutionary Warfare=Guerrilla Warfare+Political Action (RW=GW+PA). Let me start w/the Political Action part. This has two tracks: federal & w/in the states the GOP control. 1/
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The Sacramento Bee @sacbee.com · 13/07/2026
A recent study of Sacramento County public works projects found that those led by unionized contractors were more cost- and time-efficient.
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New research shows unionized construction crews are more cost-efficient, on-time
A recent study of Sacramento County public works projects found that those led by unionized contractors were more cost- and time-efficient.
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Simply Susan 💙 @simplysusan.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Historian Thomas Lecaque, following the news of Lindsey’s death, posted here: "To be a historian is to speak ill of the dead and the rest of you should take more history classes and join us."
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 12/07/2026
Goodbye Sweaty - Lindsay Graham, 1955 to 2026
Goodbye sweaty Lindsay Graham meme and honestly it’s kind of indescribable? There’s a erotic minion and a brat sticker and a confederate flag bikini and sonic and stuff
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William Burg @oldcityguardian.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
California State Fair absolutely needs this.
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Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits @bobbyjoeebola.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
This might be our most patriotic song, so here ya go. Just a fun folk-punk anthem about riding your bicycle through a dystopian fascist hellscape wishing there was something you could do. DISCLAIMER: This song was written in 2004 if it makes you feel any better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lZX...
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Sandwiches & Ammunition (Official Music Video) - Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits
YouTube video by Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/07/2026
DC is, flatly, owed statehood after what they have been through under this man to make sure this shit never happens again
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Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 01/07/2026
Okay, my ACTUAL take on all this transsexual Discourse™ is that we never should’ve stopped calling ourselves “sex changelings.”
The cover of the May 5, 1954 issue of People Today magazine showing a brunette white Roman wedding a diaphanous pink top and looking over her shoulder at the reader. A large yellow inset block has text in red and black trading “Exclusive NEW FACTS ABOUT SEX CHANGELINGS.”
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