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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Stefan Andreasson @bstefan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My colleagues Fawwaz Alabdulhadi, @jacktaggart.bsky.social I have a new article published (open access) in @ripejournal.bsky.social, "The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas". I hope you will find it informative. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The petrochemical pivot: geostrategic globalization and the future of oil and gas

While demand for oil as an energy source is projected to decline, petrochemical demand is expected to grow significantly. Toward securing future profitability, oil and gas (O&G) firms are pivoting ...

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Infinite universes means that there is a universe exactly like this one, except Bob Newhart was cast as the lead in Three Days of the Condor instead of Robert Redford. I'm just disappointed that I'm not living in that universe is what I'm saying.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm probably a dinosaur, but I wish students were allowed more time just to be students: to study, to read, to think, to talk to each other, to have big ideas - maybe even to have fun now & then. I'm not convinced turning unis into training centres is going to fix bigger problems in the jobs market

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Aw, man, this loss sucks. I was particularly fond of Wendell Berry's short fiction.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

IGO of Four Bob Marley & the Whalers Sly & the Family Hundredweight The Jesus & Mary & Joseph Chain

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The closest I've come to being run over in a crosswalk was in Tempe AZ; the guy driving the car looked *exactly* like me. As i glared, he mouthed "sorry" Then kept pointing to me, pointing to his own face, & giving a double thumbs up. Must be exciting, narrowly missing running yourself over.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I've been a grump about the Red Sox for several years now, but, OK, that was a fun game to watch.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Probably something like this John Zorn record would be in my wheelhouse, but...

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Every now and again, you maybe start to feel like the world has lost its capacity to surprise you anymore. And then this truck pulls out in front of you during your morning commute.

A black pickup truck with a painting of bigfoot posed laying down with a pet raccoon.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Since we're talking Christopher Nolan movies again:

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Grover gets frustrated very easily, which has made training a challenge sometimes. But the look on his face when things finally click and he's learned something new? Priceless

Grover, a 3 year old good puppo, who is very proud of himself indeed.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Just had the most adorable little visitor at my office window this morning. An American Goldfinch, I think? He sat on the ledge peering in at me and chattering away for a couple minutes.

A little yellow bird perched on a window ledge, peering inside.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This year, in the knockout stage, the team with more Everton connections loses. Really, England never had a chance.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Robert Altman's It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ingmar Bergman's The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

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max koss 🦩 @maxkoss.com · 06/07/2026

The nice things about books: once you own them, you own them, forever. No one will be eye tracking your reading habits. No one will make money of you reading the book as many times as you'd like. And the very same book can be read by generations to come. It can last centuries, literally. It's great.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The first one was pretty. This one was just silly.

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

As @rogbennett puts it, Cape Verde is one of the most valiant performances in the history of the World Cup. The world will forever remember this team, this performance. Nothing but love and respect 🇨🇻

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Yet another reason I ♡ New Bedford

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I bet Argentina is out there like Apollo Creed in Rocky 1. “There ain’t gonna be no rematch.”

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This is why VAR sucks. If the line official calls it off-sides, fine. But this endless reviewing of the finest of touches is just nonsense. It's the fiction of thinking a) you CAN eliminate all human judgment and error when all you've done is displace it back one level; and b) that you SHOULD ... 👎

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Latest office decor find. Turns out, in 1965, Saul Bass did some design work for UNESCO. Now to get it up on the wall.

1965 UNESCO poster commemorating Human Rights Week, designed by Saul Bass.

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David Leheny @davidleheny.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Jazz OTD: The John Coltrane Quartet recorded two tracks for their splendid album “Coltrane” on June 19, 1962. One was this brilliant opener. With McCoy Tyner (p), Jimmy Garrison (b), and drummer Elvin Jones. #jazzsky

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Out Of This World

YouTube video by John Coltrane - Topic

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Really should submit something for ISA-NE before tomorrow's deadline, shouldn't I?

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/06/2026

“It is a mischaracterisation to speak of one Sun Ra. At any given time, there was Sun Ra the teacher, bandleader, the poet, cosmologist, historian, community leader, the patriarch, the mother and that’s just scratching the surface” Do The Impossible: OST by #SunRa buff.ly/QiMc4hl

Sun Ra - Do The Impossible OST album cover. Photograph of Sun Ra in purple tones against a black background.

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⚝ vorsprung durch zauberkraft ⚝ @inobscurity.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

and if you spend five minutes ripping the cd to a computer, you can even put all its songs on your phone: the convenience offered by spotify, with none of the rentseeking!

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Long long walk = happy happy pup

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using with no explanation.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I swear, even if i live to be 1000 years old, I will never understand why people put dried-out markers back on the markerboard shelf

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Yesterday was so nice, we went to the beach. Today, snowstorm. Maine!

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Neville Morley @nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 31/12/2025

November on The Sphinx… This is the Internationalisation Strategy. And this Is the Impact Strategy, whose use you will see, When you are assessed for REF preparedness. And this is the Future Priorities Strategy, Which in your case you have not got. thesphinxblog.com/2025/11/07/t...

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The Naming of Parts

Today we have Strategic Vision. Yesterday,We had financial imperatives. And tomorrow morning,We shall have what to do after firing. But today,Today we have Strategic Vision. The quiet girlAt the ba…

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Made a couple really good pizzas yesterday: one kind of traditional and the other not so much. Descriptions in alt text

L: marinara base, mozzarella, pepperoni, roasted garlic, fresh basil

R: garlic oil base, sharp cheddar, bourbon-caramelized onions, bacon, green apple, smoked sea salt, finish with maple syrup drizzle.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Watching Oppenheimer, in the moment of pure silence before the Trinity test, when the woman behind us just barely whispers to herself "boom." Perfection. The rest of you saw a significantly poorer movie, through no fault of your own.

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

As we all crawl through the Cloudflare slowdown, it is a powerful reminder that the international economy is not flat but built around key chokepoints. And those chokepoints are sites of vulnerability as well as opportunity. www.amazon.com/Underground-...

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Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy [Farrell, Henry, Newman, Abraham] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Top 5 Movie Genres are: - detective takes the case, finds moral ambiguity - hey, it's the Mid-Atlantic Accent - don't ask about the plot; the cinematography is the point - this one is also filmed in Monument Valley - 70s paranoia

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

We've been celebrating the 2nd anniversary of Grover's gotcha day all this week. The trip to the beach today was a highlight. I swear I've never known a happier pup than my buddy here.

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Tim Ruback @profruback.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Tomorrow is Grover's gotcha day, and we're gonna be giving him a nearly 3' tall rubber chicken. Will the house survive intact? Stay tuned to find out.

A photo of a large toy chicken on a dining room table.

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Elisabeth R. Anker @libankerdc.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout: Humanities majors killed on the job market 1) Mamdani- Africana Studies 2) Spanberger -French 3) Sherill - Global History

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Attention is understandably elsewhere this evening, but it's a good night up here too (DSA-backed $19 minimum wage passes in Portland as well)

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