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Petrarca

@petrarca.bsky.social
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Garden-Stater, MTBer, foodie, tequila snob, oenophile, aesthete. Petrarca was a scholar, poet laureate, and original Renaissance humanist, unaccidental tourist, and alpinist Born July 20, 1304.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 16m
Were you born yesterday? Are you unaware of the 700 million other times he just pulled whole-cloth made-up shit out of his ass? JFC!
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Michael Jordan - Stop It Get Some Help Meme
ALT: Michael Jordan - Stop It Get Some Help Meme
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Michael Scott's Shocked Reaction
Alt: Michael Scott's Shocked Reaction
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 16h
Rusher, if you're listening...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 22h
Did an AI company try to buy this bookseller's rare books in order to train large language AI models and destroy the original copies? He thinks so. “I’m not a paranoid person, despite my penchant for Don DeLillo’s work. But it’s hard not to be discomfited and concerned.”
motherjones.com
A bookseller confronts a mysterious company hunting his rarest books
Was a Kentucky retailer targeted by a destructive AI "predator"?
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Ken @bludrone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“One member would deliver a paper on any subject – politics,literature, religion,ethics,useful knowledge’ – topic would be thrown open to general discussion.The aim was to develop the verbal and intellectual skills of people who had never been encouraged to speak or think” psyche.co/ideas/want-t...
psyche.co
Want to be a lifelong learner? Don’t go it alone | Psyche Ideas
The history of autodidacticism shows that learning has always been social. The right relationships open intellectual horizons
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#xpnCountdown #RemiWolf Guerrilla Boo, Bitch Season 1, multiple episodes youtu.be/JjIwAJ7uJIs
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Remi Wolf - Guerrilla (Official Video)
YouTube video by RemiWolfVEVO
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#xpnCountdown Alias S2, Ep.5 The Indicator 2002-11-03 "Francie's restaurant grand-opening party" youtu.be/RCY4IZ-abyg
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Cornershop - A Brimfull of Asha [1998]
YouTube video by What's for afters?
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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The Waitresses - Theme from 'Square Pegs' (Opening Credits + Band's Guest Appearance on End Credits)
YouTube video by [redacted]
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Arguably, every song has been used somewhere in a movie or TV show #xpnCountdown tunefind.com
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Music from TV Shows & Movies | Tunefind
Discover songs and popular soundtracks from your favorite movies and tv shows on Tunefind.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#xpnCountdown Favorite: youtu.be/1Dpl8Ku9Y2Q
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Sugar Water
YouTube video by WatchWithMati
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Too broad. #xpnCountdown Iconic vs. Favorite Iconic: youtu.be/b8VRlyIu5H8
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Vietnam war music| Somebody to love
YouTube video by Strategic Comrade
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Came across this last night: So good! youtu.be/WWcJe2Zr5Ts
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Monterey Pop Festival 1967 [4K Remaster]
YouTube video by Kane McCarthy
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Nah, I know. Ocean's 11:
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Gritty Shaker
YouTube video by David Holmes - Topic
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Well, my favorite songs sure as hell aren't going to win.
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Pizzicato 5 - Twiggy Twiggy [JAP] 1991
YouTube video by Antenna Mondo X
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Or Steppenwolf, Born To Be Wild
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Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (Easy Rider) (1969)
YouTube video by Retrospective Soundtrack
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"Is it 'the Greatest Song,' or 'My Favorite Song' in a movie?" Bullwinkle Part II by the Centurians
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Pulp Fiction OST - 08 Zed's Dead, Baby-Bullwinkle, Pt. 2
YouTube video by TarantinoFM
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Coming to an America near you!
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Corporate Media: "We like the lying an stealing machine, so we write and frame stories to support it."
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Punky Brewster’s Millions @enceladust.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Byline is Kate Conger, Mike Isaac, Julian E. Barnes, and David E. Sanger, who should all be ridiculed mercilessly for their gullibility.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"I am McCarty et al."
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Benny and the Mets @bhead.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why is it never ai breaks out tries to cure cancer? Ai breaks out drains bank accounts of billionaires?
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The president of the United States had a porn star spank his bare ass with a magazine, paid $5,625,005.48 to a woman he raped, to whom he is still on the hook for another $83.2 million for defamation and admitted to wanting to bang his daughter.
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Mark Tingay @mudvolcanoguy.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
⚒️🧪 The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan had a minor eruption starting around 3am today at vents near the mud volcano temple. It last erupted in July 2026 and has had numerous small eruptions in the last few years. Video courtesy of my friend 張寶惠, the temple caretaker.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Coolest grandmother ever.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Why does your bicycle cost $12,000? Well... because when I throw it off a mountain, it doesn't explode like a grenade.
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Riders Test Massive Features at Rampage 2026 | Practice Raw
YouTube video by Pinkbike
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Two turds.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ever since the "Broadview 6" scandal broke, much has been made of alleged misconduct by one federal prosecutor. Judge April Perry is going a different direction, testing claims made by U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros and others. UPDATED from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
chicago.suntimes.com
'Broadview Six' judge testing claims made by Boutros, others in tainted case
It all lines up with U.S. District Judge April Perry’s insistence last week that her “sole focus … is on lack of candor, concealment of material facts, or other misconduct that occurred before me.” Sh...
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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I'Ll Allow It.
ALT: I'Ll Allow It.
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Baker🇺🇦🌻 @bakerblue.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Interesting.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Pooper
ALT: Pooper
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If only we could capture that wind power.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Oops
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Balloons and Power Lines
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The authoritarian future is already here, (but don't call it fascism)
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Opinion | I Went to Uganda and Saw the Authoritarian Future (Gift Article)
A crackdown in Uganda shows how new technologies, Chinese influence and America’s moral retreat are making the world safer for autocrats.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Feds appear to hide name of government lawyer in new 'Broadview Six' court filing From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/1...
chicago.suntimes.com
Feds appear to hide name of government lawyer in new 'Broadview Six' court filing
The move is particularly striking in the politically charged "Broadview Six" case, in which U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' office has already been accused of a cover-up. Even in the Chicago prosecution...
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
H_NGM_N
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pardon me? Please, pardon me, because I lied.
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Rachel @rachelwash78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Another day this fxckery gets to continue Our entire government is a complete joke The social contract is broken. The government is a menace! They all need to go. And if they won’t leave- guillotine!! I’m done! I’ll wait right over here for the rest of you to decide you’ve had enough. The rest of u:
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lol, he's pissed about the Nobels!
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 08/10/2026
Guess what? I had some *thoughts* on Michael Shellenberger & the State Dept's Sarah Rogers losing their minds about a disinfo conference in Lithuania having a panel exploring if the US interferes in foreign information systems... and then interfering to get the conference sponsors to pull out.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
bUt tHe gOvErNoR iS a heLiCoPtER PiLoT! 🙃 Maybe she should fly her helicopter over to Rt. 46 and check things out 😡
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I hope she kept a little dry powder in the can.
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 08/10/2026
🚨Snoh Aalegra teases new music.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Scrounging hard drives out of old desktop towers...
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Keep scrolling hon
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
FIMI is a new acronym I just learned, short for “Foreign information manipulation and interference”. An international conference is going to have a session entitled “USA as a FIMI threat: acknowledge, adapt, push back”. So the Trump administration threatened the EU and Canada and they pulled out.
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EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure
The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"All that time." Some of y'all's knife skills...well, let's just say you don't have any.
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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
But divorce papers hit the same.
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Tom Jamieson @tomjam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How soon can the plague get here?
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