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Just a Phone Guy

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And been one since the 1900s

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
every republican president destroys the economy and starts a war in the middle east
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 04/10/2026
Doing “imperial presidency but from the left” means that in 2032 or 2036 we will be dropped back into worse fascism, and face another two-decade long rebuild before we have finished the first one—from DOGE and Trump II. Let’s do the big change and prosecutions we need to avoid that. /end
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Buh Gawd that’s @costasamaras.com ‘s music
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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 26/09/2026
No one is going to decide to quit a job making $2k a month to sit around and do nothing at home for $500, which is what a lot of these "basic income" schemes are. They are instead going to have more of a cushion to pay for, like, food and heating bills instead of stressing and starving
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
@jmroth.bsky.social
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
We keep being told the only two positions on LLMs are basically “this does nothing, it’s all waste” and “this does anything you can imagine, or will very soon, so make choices today based on that assumption.” Except both of those are wrong, and distracting from the real capabilities and problems.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Back in the late 1780s the more conspiracy minded anti-federalists fixated on the idea of a new national capitol because they feared it would become an armed compound from which unaccountable and tyrannical leaders would rule the nation with an iron fist.
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love the Irish🇮🇪
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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If Anthropic folks think AGI brings the end of the world, why do they care about stock options
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There’s such an easy answer to this “gotcha” question and it’s “Sports are inherently unsafe and unfair and it’s ridiculous to single out trans athletes when we allow 150 pound linebackers to go up against 260 pound linemen in freshman football on a daily basis. Let kids play with their friends.”
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think frankly all of this speaks to the really unserious way that Americans generally but the current GOP in particular think about armed conflict, as if it is against the rules for the other side to fight back. It is not. Which is one reason (of many) why maybe we should do less war.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
this is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie
Donald Trump posts an image on his Truth Social account. It shows a new uniform for US Space Force members, comprising of an all-black outfit with knee-high black leather boots, black cap, and minimalist looking suit.
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Eugene Lim @tukohbin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
As a computational physicist I am a big proponent of open science : your codes are your equations and if you don’t show your work it’s a black box and I without to my trust until somebody replicate your results. LLM is beginning to feel like a black box within a black box.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When Donald knew there was no real threat to his life, he preened for photographers, yelled “Fight, fight, fight!” and didn’t care if a fireman died. When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
National Day of Mourning immediately
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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Robert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I am at at airport. Hell is other people.
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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Writing an article or essay is so fucking easy. If it is hard for you or you dread it enough to use AI I suggest you remove from your to-do list “writing articles and essays.” I do not, for example, enter golf tourneys or work at a mechanic’s shop because I am not good at those and don’t like them.
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Doug Merrill 🌻 @bagatsen.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Until 1933, German universities led the world. They have never regained that position.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The only time Republicans get upset about kids getting shot is when it’s with vaccines.
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Chris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Cool cool cool, now do Colin Kaepernick
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The universe requires conservation of Rodriguezes.
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Colombian lefthander Arturo Coffee
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 05/07/2026
One of the most frustrating parts of Donald Trump is his ability to take any moment, anywhere and make it about Donald Trump. I’m sick of thinking about this fucking guy.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
You knew Trump would still find a way to ruin the World Cup I'm a beyond-diehard USA fan who thinks Balogun's red card was wrongly given, but this taints everything. I'd rather lose by the rules (which includes bad officiating) than win with rank corruption
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/07/2026
Happy Canada Day 🍁 youtu.be/_AG7g0eCtcI
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Bruce Cockburn - If I Had A Rocket Launcher (Live 8 2005)
YouTube video by Live 8
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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I would love Alito to explain to me how he thinks elections worked in the 1790s
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Apparently, you're not allowed to post: “BREAKING: The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in broad daylight has been identified as Jonathan Ross by the Minnesota Star Tribune. I think today is a great day for Jonathan to be indicted!”
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Fascists are not welcome at this party. Get lost
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Tim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The three players in this photo: 1. Nigerian heritage, grew up in England, and is only a citizen thanks to birthright citizenship. 2. Born + raised in Holland, has a dad who immigrated to the US from Suriname. 3. Said he wanted to “make people who look like me proud” while playing on Juneteenth
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
IMO, teachers who encourage students to use LLMs to do their homework are akin to personal trainers who provide robots to do their clients' cardio workouts for them.
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 14/06/2026
Sir Ian McKellen.
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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
For Pride I ask you to look at what I think is one of the most powerful pieces of queer art. Electric Fan (Feel it Motherfuckers) By John Boskovich
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
And the average school will lose how much funding?
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 04/06/2026
By popular demand, the USPS has reissued a 2018 postage stamp featuring Mister Rogers. “In national Stamp Encore polling, the stamp honoring the television host...rose to the top spot from a varied ballot of 25 previous stamp issuances.” ❤️ [kottke.org]
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USPS Reissues Popular Mister Rogers Stamps
Every so often, the US Postal Service reissues old stamps. This time around, they polled the public about which past stamp they’d like to see reissued and the results were decisive: the people love Mister Rogers. The
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Allegheny County Government @alleghenycounty.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Allegheny County is celebrating Pride Month, the Three Rivers Arts Festival, and the Andy Warhol Bridge’s 100th birthday this month by illuminating our beautiful Sister Bridges in rainbow colors. 🌈😍
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 01/06/2026
This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)
a golden retriever puppy on a bright pink rope leash prances through some tall grass. he’s wearing a brightly patterned bandana around his neck and is carrying a miniature six-stripe pride flag in his mouth. his front right paw is raised mid-stride, like he’s ready to hop into a pride parade at any second.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/06/2026
This is formally known as "Yog's Law." I was not the originator of it, although I did offer an amendment regarding self-publishing, which is "The money is controlled by the author."
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Jim Robert @mollygrub.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 31/05/2026
“Government stats say incomes after adjusting for inflation are now declining YoY. What do you say to that?” “Yeah, well, we are also starving people and kicking them off health care”
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Conservatism has defined itself in such a way that if a conservative were truly to become an artist they would of necessity no longer be conservative; it's an ideology opposed to humanity itself so it is disengaged from human art. This is why even to the degree they enjoy art they misunderstand it.
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Saw someone purporting to be @scalzi.com at the Pgh Book Fest but he appeared to be drinking Diet Pepsi so I’m pretty sure it was an imposter
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is rookie NFL QB Cole Payton. He is 6’3”, 232 pounds.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
disturbing reports that republicans are doing the exact same thing to the economy they always do
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Just a Phone Guy @phoneguy517.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pancakes, eggs, bacon, coffee, and an extra $1 tip to the wait staff
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/05/2026
I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The President is telling the IRS to give him $10 billion rn
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