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Kevin Kelly

@seastarmedia.bsky.social
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Former museum director and educator now working on media and literary projects for the common good. Traveler, photographer, reader, music and nature lover. 🌱

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 24/09/2026
The far-right ideologues and grifters running U.S. foreign policy are the vanguard of a movement that will alter not just America but the world, @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu reports.
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Donald Trump’s Empire of Grift
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/09/2026
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November. www.wired.com/story/the-su...
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The Supreme Court Just Blocked Trump’s Efforts to Control Mail-In Voting for the Midterms
The ruling bars the United States Postal Service from implementing restrictions that experts and election officials say would upend voting in November.
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/09/2026
Trey Parker & Matt Stone announce that ‘SOUTH PARK’ will be renamed to ‘SOUTH AMERICA’. “Inspired by the bravery & patriotism of Apple & Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount — a Skydance Capitulation.”
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NPR @npr.org · 09/09/2026
Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions. n.pr/3TliWhp
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Mail-in voters weigh flying to vote in person and other backup plans amid uncertainty
Voters and election officials are navigating uncertainty about mail-in voting for the midterms as the legal fight drags on over the U.S. Postal Service plan for President Trump's bid for restrictions.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#horse #painting #zennerhouse #athensohio #fineart #seastarmedia #finehomes #photography #interior
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#urbanphotography #dayton #ohio #city #travelphotography #seastarmedia #urban
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#motherroad #route66 #Illinois #route66at100
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton commanded nearly universal admiration among Americans—and her death “leaves an absence that no contemporary cultural figure could dream of filling,” @dgraham.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. theatln.tc/owx8oCaS 📸: Tom Hill / WireImage / Getty
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David DeWitt @daviddewitt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
New research shows that at least 37 states, including Ohio, are facing billions in reduced federal payments for hospital services because of the Trump/Republican Medicaid funding changes ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/25/m...
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Medicaid changes to reduce payments for hospital services in at least 37 states, including Ohio • Ohio Capital Journal
New research shows that at least 37 states, including Ohio, could see reduced payments for hospital services because of Medicaid funding changes.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#morrissey #suedehead
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Original silkscreen print #protectyourvote #democracy #vote #silkscreening #art
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
#follybeach #southcarolina #surfing
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
In September of 2008, my friend and I spotted a black Rolls Royce in #blackmountain #northcarolina The #Tennessee license tag simply said Parton.#Dolly was visiting and enjoying some lunch and shopping in this quaint Southern town.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#brirish #phonebox #telephone #nightphotography
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#mtpleasant #southcarolina #icecreamtruck #summer #kids
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
#daytonarcade #dayton #ohio
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 07/08/2026
Stupid tariffs bang the economy. Great Climate Insurance Collapse bangs the economy. Botched Iran War bangs the economy. Clean energy ban bangs the economy. Behind it all is incompetence, corruption, and a mad fixation on gilding things.
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Hiring slumped unexpectedly in July, as the economy shed 23,000 jobs
The unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1 percent, according to new Labor Department data, due mainly to people leaving the workforce.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
America has experienced oligarchy thrice in its brief history. The first was under the slaveholding founders The second, the robber barons, a century later. A third American oligarchy emerged around 1980 — and has only gotten more powerful.
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The Enshittification of Everything (Part 2)
And how to disempower the oligarchy
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Trump administration announced that it is moving forward with plans to eliminate hundreds of federal regulations governing Head Start, a 61-year-old program that provides early education and support to some of the nation’s lowest-income children. The proposal would strip away many long-standing
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#cleveland #skyline #urbanphotography #ohio
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#rockandroll #rockhall #chuckberry #cleveland #rockandrollhalloffame #music
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#chagrinfalls #ohio #cleveland
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
A federal judge has officially allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for about 330,000 Haitians who have been living and working legally in the United States for years.
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Forbes @forbes.com · 05/08/2026
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
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Progressive El-Sayed Wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary—Results Much Closer Than Expected
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
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Vox @vox.com · 03/08/2026
The $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” appears dead. Trump’s bigger push to personally control federal money is not. www.vox.com/today-explai...
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Trump still really wants a slush fund
The $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” appears dead. Trump’s bigger push to personally control federal money is not.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#chicago #ord #travelphotography #travel
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#springfieldohio #architecture #architecturalphotography #urban #irbanphotography #ohio #midwest #photography #seastarmedia
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
#nature #hiking #ohio #momentofzen #photography
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"Incredulity, surprise, horror—these are normal and healthy reactions to Trumpism. But the assault on our political liberties and our civic decency, on our polity and on our society, is happening. Our surprise is a product of a complacency we haven’t quite shed." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-hard-t...
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It’s Hard to Believe This Is the Situation We Face
And somehow we are still underestimating the danger.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Holding our breath for #springfieldohio and the #tps #immigrants who have called it their home, many from #Haiti #iceout
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
@hcrichardson.bsky.social and @connieschultz.bsky.social in #cincinnati recently in support of #sherrordbrown for #senate in November. #lettersfromanamerican
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#jasonisbell & the #400unit last weekend at the @ #rosemusiccenter near #daytonohio Song: Cover Me Up #livemusic #music
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#jasonisbell & the #400unit last weekend at the @ #rosemusiccenter near #daytonohio
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
apnews.com/article/dave... Good vibes story
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Dave Chappelle helps keep Ohio radio station rooted in hometown with restored building
Dave Chappelle has helped secure the future of a small-town radio station by funding the renovation of a historic building in Yellow Springs.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#nokings #ohio #peacefulprotest #shitler #nowar
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 10/04/2026
March's persistent unseasonable heat was so intense that the continental United States registered its most abnormally hot month in 132 years of records, according to federal weather data. to.pbs.org/3Ogo4AX
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The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer
March’s persistent heat was unseasonably intense, and the next year or so looks to turn the dial up on global warmth even more, as some forecasts predict a brewing El Niño will reach superstrength.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#charleston #lowcountry #sunrise #atlantic #travelphotography #photography #nofilters
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#movies #theater #travelphotography #photography
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#koi #daytonohio
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
@obeygiant.bsky.social #beeple #obeyandresist #shepardfairey #charleston
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
@obeygiant.bsky.social #shepardfairey #Beeple #chs
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#dannymcbride #shepardfairey #beeple #obeygiant #charleston #resist
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#route66 #illinois #motherroad #travelphotography #photography
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Glenn Vowles @enviroman.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Yes, human use is not the only use - and all uses are interdependent.
A photo of a sign next to a pond and wildflowers, with trees in the background, saying: Developers see 'unused land'. Wildlife sees the last place to stay alive.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We're living through the doom loop once again.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
youtu.be/wWVYGB2k0aw Lane Narrows perform last Saturday at the Miner’s Theater in Collingsville, IL #livemusic #stlouis #lanenarrows #music
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Lane Narrows Miner
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Hide the ketchup.
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Kevin Kelly @seastarmedia.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make it clear that America rejects the regime’s brutality at home and abroad. app.sosha.ai/s/dPcVd3FK
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Join me at the next No Kings Day
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 01/12/2025
Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2025: "rage bait."
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