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Rick Baumhauer

@rickbaumhauer.bsky.social
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Photographer, caretaker for too many cats, auto racing fan since the 70s

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Nick Park spent the '80s making A Grand Day Out mostly alone. It was a school project that got out of hand -- he wanted to quit many times. But Park stuck with it and fulfilled his dream of bringing a cinematic feel to stop motion. We explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/wallace-an...
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Listening to the racist podcast about the “Indian Question” and wow mediocre 2026 white guys jealous of an Indian with a tech job is very much the new mediocre Central Valley white guys in 1941 jealous of Japanese with a thriving farm.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
HE DID SOME OTHER STUFF TOO, BARI.
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, who represented Illinois for two decades in Congress and was later jailed for violating banking laws, has died.
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please be nice to patrick @nicetopatrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Adolf Hitler, semi-professional painter and author jailed for failed putsch, dies in Berlin with wife
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The easy way to stop there being new art for you to steal is to make it financially impossible for anybody to earn a living making art. Every branch we all sit on sawn through. Nobody asked for the branches to be sawn through. But they came and sawed through them for us all the same. Twats.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 04/10/2026
Tim Snyder: The term that I came up with… is superpower suicide. I just can’t see an example of a major country losing so much power so quickly as the United States under Trump. We’ve encouraged our enemies and we’ve made our allies not trust us.
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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, it’s not just tainting its reputation w/ the public. It’s chasing out everyone with the skills & motivation to keep a functioning party machine in one piece. Trump’s ruined the GOP’s ability to recruit competent minor leadership (to say nothing of major leadership!) you can’t survive without!
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today I reviewed @jcbradbury.com's upcoming book "This One Will Be Different" which stands as the foremost statement about and against public subsidies for professional sports facilities. A must read for those interested and impacted by the topic. jcbradbury.com/towbd/
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This One Will Be Different
False Promises and Fiscal Realities of Publicly Funded Stadiums, by economist J.C. Bradbury.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026
the idea that rufo has, at any point in his public career, been a sincere advocate for “colorblind meritocracy” is brain dead
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Department of Homeland Security is celebrating that for the first time in ~50 years, more people left America than moved here. These people are so stupid and so racist they don’t realize they are scoring own goals
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My magnum o'puss? CATS ON FILM (kindle or paperback), which includes the short story "MY DAY BY JONES" - ALIEN from the POV of Jones the cat. "possibly the greatest book ever" "original, diverse, intelligent, and multi-cultural" www.amazon.com/dp/1978038747
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Generally prefer LC's to Domino's for their Detroit-style, but have no LC's nearby. Since I'm near New Haven (and also make a very good homemade pizza every Friday), I'm not hurting, but Domino's new personal Detroit-style is actually very good, so Domino's is back on the rotation.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is Ilya Honcharov. He was only 14 years old. Russia killed him in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Region on September 30 🕯💔 ​Ilya’s family had moved to the Kyiv region from Sumy to escape relentless bombings, only for a Russian missile to strike the building where they lived.
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stevelevitsky.bsky.social @stevelevitsky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lucan Way and I have been writing about competitive authoritarianism for more than 25 years. We never thought we'd write this piece. www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/com...
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Competitive Authoritarianism in America | Journal of Democracy
The United States has slid into competitive authoritarianism. The slide has been modest and remains reversible—but it is real. Even after Donald Trump, American democracy will remain fragile.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
look, if the pentagon wants IT security then they have to do what the rest of us do: hire trans furries who go to renfest don't ask me why, idk, i just know that data is insecure until sanctified by the holy aura of someone who checks at least one of those boxes. it's part of god's plan.
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Joe Rogan: "No one thought we were gonna go into this prolonged war." Me:
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026
Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp...
A casual Star Wars alien fella at the cantina, in a sun faded, reddish photo. Someone will be mad at me for not knowing who this is. Phil, a balding Caucasian man, poses a model of the garthok, an antagonist from the Coneheads movie.Phil, a balding caucasian man, points at some CG on a CRT computer monitor, as a younger man looks on. The screen shows a model of a dinosaur attacking a jeep, while there's an actual physical model of that event in the foreground for reference.an isolated shot of a star wars vehicle. Sorry, I don't know star wars lol
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s hard to separate the legitimate technologies being developed by Anduril from the MAGA corruption party.
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15/10 Foundation @15outof10.org · 01/10/2026
These are all the dogs we sponsored in September ❤️‍🩹
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They're just getting you for the oil changes you won't be doing now.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Again, only <Republicans> get to talk about US citizens, let alone human beings, let alone other elected officials, like this. Which is why it's so exhausting to listen to Ezra Douthglesias & everyone else tell Democrats that they need to moderate & stop talking funny & reach out to Real Folkz.
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 30/09/2026
We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post.
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here's a good overview of the PEN: www.dpreview.com/reviews/om-s...
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OM System PEN Review: somewhat throwback, for better and worse | DPReview
Classically styled compact mirrorless
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’ve been shooting with Olympus/OM since 2012. You should also take a look at the OM-3 and the just-released PEN.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In many ways, the only thing boys need to learn are the lessons we already teach girls. They need to learn to be part of a community. And if they understand that, then the lessons on consent and sexual violence come naturally.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wonder what role American Exceptionalism plays in this? Americans have basically been raised, since the end of WWII, to default to optimism. It's been foundational to (white, reasonably stable, straight) Americans' view of the country and themselves. Taking that away feels like catastrophe.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/09/2026
On the second point, see the "Supermom Myth" chapter in Holding It Together, where I detail how decades of conservative fear mongering made parents wary of sending their children to childcare, even though the real goal was to keep women trapped at home. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
​This is 16-year-old Katya. Russia killed her in Sumy on September 27 when three guided bombs hit a residential neighborhood💔🕯 ​She was in her final year of high school. Her school shared: “Katya will forever stay in our hearts as a student, a friend, and an irreplaceable part of our school family”
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Stephanie Mencimer @smencimer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
While the Trump ads paid for by the taxpayers are shocking, his abuse of federal resources for campaign activity is nothing new. Just a little louder and more obvious. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
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In another break from norms, Trump is using the White House as a campaign backdrop
"We’re in unorthodox times.”
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Ariel Waldman @arielwaldman.com · 28/09/2026
The robbery continues. “This is theft from the American people, plain and simple.”
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What to know about the $810 million in spending canceled by President Trump
President Trump announced plans to cancel $810 million in Congressionally approved spending, a move that some in his own party are calling illegal.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Since they’ve apparently figured out the correct number of fingers, we’ve lost the one easy tell. I just assume AI unless I have reason to trust the source now.
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And as far as the eye can see.
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In a few years, no one will debate that Trump was not mentally fit in his second term. Unfortunately, by then it will not matter anymore.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Let’s call it the “Donald J Trump Place Where Presidents Go to Die”
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 22/09/2026
ICE grabbed a Kentucky State basketball player at the airport because she missed a student visa deadline while recovering from back surgery. She's been shuffled through four facilities and is now sitting in Texas. Kidnapping with a badge, and it's happening every single day.
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New ICE horrors come to light
Unfortunately for the rest of us, Immigration and Customs Enforcement never sleeps.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That scene where the comic book villain addresses the United Nations has finally come true.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There are some people in this administration who are imbecilic true believers (e.g., Hegseth, Kash). There are others who know exactly what they're doing and why it's wrong, but who want power. Rubio is in the latter group. To quote Dylan, "All the money you made / Will never buy back your soul."
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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 22/09/2026
All of the tech executives who prostrated themselves before Trump are destroying their industry's public perception. Having this hated buffoon as your biggest booster is absolute poison. The US internationally has already seen this, and now perception of AI will go even lower.
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sweetie π @sixfeetofcandy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
there’s so much beauty in the world it’s a shame that so many dickheads constantly try and distract us from that fact
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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 22/09/2026
Rotator cuff surgery on Friday! I shall have some days of low function. In unrelated news, did you know I write and sell books? As a self-employed person, this is the means by which I derive my living.
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Store - Aperiodical Publishing Co.
Browse books, ebooks, audiobooks, letterpress prints, and creative projects from Aperiodical Publishing Co.
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Rick Baumhauer @rickbaumhauer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
While this may be true for younger fans, there are still some of us who are old enough to have seen it in ’77 (and ‘78, and ‘79) for whom it was a transformational event. Is Empire better? In most ways, yes, but for three years, there was very little else, and nothing will replace that.
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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
We're one month out from the publication of Serling: A Journey Into the Twilight Zone with TV's First Visionary. Every day from now until October 13, I'll be counting down the 31 best Twilight Zone episodes, in this thread. Preorder the book: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/alan-...
Rod Serling stands in front of a glowing door on the cover of my Serling bio
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Elias Greig @eliasgreig.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I keep seeing articles about men worrying they won't pass on their genes, and I don't understand why the media won't tell the plain truth: as a man hoping to sire children, the most important thing to do is artfully assemble a bower and surround it with a collection of startlingly blue objects.
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2026
Osama bin Laden's great hope for the attack was that the US would overreact -- tear itself apart, destabilize the post-war international order, & sacrifice its moral standing. The Republican Party obliged him, beyond his wildest dreams. (And let him get away!)
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dear Americans, if there were ever a ‘most impeachable high crime’ by the President, and a ‘most repugnant crime that demands prosecution’ by the DOJ lawyers… faking a crime to charge & arrest an innocent person to please an insane teetering would-be tyrant would be that crime
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