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Paul Kirk

@paulkirk.bsky.social
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Dazed and confused 24/7/365 but very much interested in seeing how it all turns out. Love: short stories, my dog, pizza, naps, art, esp. Paul Klee.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 22h
Vibe shift update: Dems getting endorsements from legendary Texas high school football coaches
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Guns of August, anyone? Houthis Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Site as Yemen Conflict Grows www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Houthis Claim Attack on Saudi Oil Site as Yemen Conflict Grows
The Iranian-backed militia said it had targeted a refinery in Riyadh belonging to Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company as fresh airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
At the U.N., Trump Lays Out a Winner-Takes-All Vision of U.S. Power www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u... are you fucking me, NYT? Lead story about this canon ball of shit and not a single rffing sentence on how the audience reacted?
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Trump Threatens Annihilation in Iran in UN Speech and Lays Out Winner-Takes-All Vision
President Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounted to a rejection of the founding concept of the United Nations.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What Years of Inflation Have Done to American Prices www.nytimes.com/interactive/... not a single mention of the role played by corporations in raising prices like drunken sailors
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What Years of Inflation Have Done to US Prices (Gift Article)
Nearly every category of product costs more than it would have had prepandemic trends continued. And many product prices are still rising faster than they were before.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Iranian government media got gamme
Massive picture from today’s NY Times 9/9/26 showing Don Trump drowning. Shown at some public space in Iran.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Low-Tab Pete for the win. Again. Inside the Battle to Save One Pioneering General From Hegseth’s Purge www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u....
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The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge (Gift Article)
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?
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Richard Shaner @rick77-jqa6.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/s...
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Scientists Hunting Dark Matter Found Something Strange (Gift Article)
A lone signal from an experiment in South Dakota doesn’t fit the profile of any other known particles, physicists say.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@lewmorton.bsky.social I do believe the Natalie Harp story is an extension of the Candi Caruso character from Veep.
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Philadelphia Bar Association @phillybarassoc.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention is accepting requests for evaluation from prospective judicial candidates. More info here: ow.ly/cJHR50ZqKV3
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/07/2026
Eric Trump founded American Bitcoin is suffering major financial losses and its stock is so low it risks being removed from NASDAQ. So the company moved to do "reverse stock split" to prop up its stock price.
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rngtrik.bsky.social @rngtrik.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
With everything coming out of the Supreme Court, it looks like the Democratic Socialists picked the perfect time to show up.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Is Ross D now a MAGA Congresswoman?
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
He’s raising an army of designated drivers
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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 09/04/2026
I got laid off on Monday (don't worry, I'll figure it out) and there is nothing quite so absurdly terrible as the COBRA process for continuing health insurance through your former employer. This system is designed to keep people as powerless vassals of their employers. We need Medicare for all.
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Lee David Dalton @leedaviddalton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I don’t know how @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social and @mzspress.bsky.social stock their titles, but @horrornonna.com ‘s 1000 Women in Horror is a must-have on any cinephile’s shelf, and I would buy any of her other titles from your shop!
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@joshuajfriedman.com when does @darthbluesky.bsky.social return? Is there a countdown clock?
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Can’t we want to know about both? Surely the response to being under a government of philistines is not to say that we need less coverage of arts and culture in our lives.
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Comfortably Boo @numb.comfortab.ly · 19/02/2026
UK can arrest royalty, US can't even arrest a shitty former reality TV host.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This video is a nice encapsulation of the success of Mamdani’s overall comms strategy - a slightly stunt-y, surprise-and-delight way to celebrate New Yorkers and government in service of New Yorkers
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Jeanie Tomanek @jtomanek.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
“Light Melts Ice”, 24x24. Acrylic on canvas. Trying to express reactions to our current state of affairs. I want to be hopeful yet very aware of where we are. These are crude and I will probably continue on this after it dries. But it felt good to let anger and outrage flow.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
@darthbluesky.bsky.social how many days until Darth tm returns?
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
www.bbc.com/news/article... OMG. Every day is a new thing. Hats off, science people
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UK company sends factory with 1,000C furnace into space
A factory in space has been switched on and has reached temperatures of about 1,000C.
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
This is great because I’m always thinking what if my arm was resting on something cold and uncomfortable as fuck
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Love Notes from Nature Calendars are how we're funding the 2026 Native Plant Project in Philly! We're planning to distribute 10,000 packets of native plant seeds in the city & doing a bar-level promo campaign w/local artists. We have 72 calendars left. Reposts v helpful! Get one at SquidFacts.Net
Sarah presents you with a calendar that has an anglerfish surrounded by the words "Light up the darkness". The paper is matte and it's for the month September.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Raul Malo, Lush-Voiced Frontman of the Mavericks, Dies at 60 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/a... Gid fuckjng damnit
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Raul Malo, Lush-Voiced Frontman of the Mavericks, Dies at 60
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Why the The New York Timrs stompin’ on the The Onion’s “American Voices” real estate?
A New York times with the headline “6 Republican Voters on Trump’s Lethal Boat Strikes”, followed by a sub-header that says “We’ve been checking in with this group on their impressions of the Trump administration. It is followed by six photographs of individuals the Times talked to. The whole articlle, IMO, is similar to the standing feature called “American Voices” in the The Onion. Except the The Onion is a satirical publication.
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Philadelphia Bar Association @phillybarassoc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Join us for Philadelphia Bar Association Member Appreciation Week on November 10-14! We have giveaways, special events and a Member Appreciation Reception on Wednesday, November 12 at The Lucy. Register for the reception: ow.ly/1ZO250X7JFF
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
@kelbadry.bsky.social Congratulations on your MacArthur fellowship!
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Maybe the real reason the GOP hated the USSR was jealousy.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Fusion is still banned in most states, it was done for exactly this sort of reason. @centerforballotfreedom.org is involved in some promising litigation to bring it back in several states arguing, correctly, it violates state con. equivalents of the First Amendment. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
As a base line, the opposition must unify. American history offers an example: In the Jim Crow South, the conservative Democratic Party engaged in rampant voter intimidation, ballot stuffing and other authoritarian tactics to manipulate elections throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In response, fractured opposition groups in some Southern states — most prominently, Republicans and Populists in North Carolina — formed “fusion” coalitions to increase their chances of victory. In North Carolina’s 1894 and 1896 elections, the fusion slates bridged racial and party divides and achieved remarkable gains, although these victories were later undone through a combination of violence and the large-scale disenfranchisement of Black voters.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
25 the 47th!
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Ahh I see now, they were busy planning trips to Riyadh
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Note: As mentioned, Groypers use their own variant of Pepe the Frog, a toad nicknamed the “Groyper.” The image shown here is the broader Pepe meme.
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incognitoastronaut.bsky.social @incognitoastronaut.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Ah so she autopenned it.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 10/09/2025
First onshore wave energy project in the U.S. launches in Los Angeles
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First onshore wave energy project in the U.S. launches in Los Angeles
In a milestone for U.S. wave energy, officials with Eco Wave Power and AltaSea unveiled a pilot project Tuesday at the Port of Los Angeles.
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
He's been rushed to New Hampshire Total Landscaping
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/08/2025
TARIFFS BACKFIRE: Bloomberg reports Trump’s tariffs are crushing U.S. textile exporters—raising costs, scaring off buyers, and stalling investments. Cocona Labs’ CEO says sales are down and the company may move some of its operations overseas.
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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Hey congrats to all the cheating dads and closeted gay sons for pushing the conversation back one more day
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
It took two growing seasons but the Butterfly Milkweed is blossoming.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
www.nytimes.com/badges/games...
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The New York Times Spelling Bee
How many words can you make with 7 letters?
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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
There are few reporters I'd rather have digging into Florida's efforts to build a detention facility in the Everglades than Christine Stapleton: thebackstoryblog.com/f/feds-have-...
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Feds have not approved or agreed to fund Alligator Alcatraz
Federal immigration agencies have not approved, contracted for, or agreed to fund the migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz that Florida is building in the middle of the Everglades, acc...
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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Something to Note: Every major category of violent crime is down in Chicago, but there is no push to declare the progressive mayor Brandon Johnson a successful crime fighter because he didn’t invest in militarization. Even when progressives are successful, they won’t get credit.
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Councilmember Rue Landau @ruephilacouncil.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
A statement from Councilmember Rue Landau.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Just putting it out there that the Philadelphian writer and activist #Victoria Brownworth passed. I don’t think she ever transitioned from the other place to here.
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Rhonda @rhonda28.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
A perfect day for a DC protest!
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#tdih 1796, Ona Judge carefully, strategically, and bravely freed herself from bondage by the most powerful family in the U.S., George & Martha Washington. Judge lived rest of life as fugitive. Check out young readers version of excellent book by Professor Erica Armstrong Dunbar: "Never Caught" ⬇️
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May 21, 1796: Ona Judge Escapes Enslavement by President George Washington
Ona Judge escaped enslavement by U.S. President George Washington.
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Paul Kirk @paulkirk.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A must read!
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Christine Corcos @lpcprof.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Thread: warning bell?
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