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Nicky Six Names (he/him)

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Trying my best to keep my sanity with books and nerd stuff and such despite, you know....gestures broadly

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No fine could ever be enough. Executives who knowingly turned the app addictive for children should be behind bars.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"DoN't bE EviL" - Sergey Brin
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SpongeBob Distorted: Pov I Wanna Go To Farm
ALT: SpongeBob Distorted: Pov I Wanna Go To Farm
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
LOTR sitcom called gandALF
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The Onion @theonion.com · 03/08/2026
Power-Mad Marvel Claims ‘Night At The Roxbury’ Part Of MCU theonion.com/power-mad-marvel-claim…
Power-Mad Marvel Claims ‘Night At The Roxbury’ Part Of MCU
Raving Execs Say ‘What Is Love’ Dancers Are Heroes From Silver Age Of Comics
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
😕🤷🏼
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
U.S. taxpayers spend about $2 billion every year on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees, subsidizing the companies that refuse to adequately pay hundreds of thousands of workers, or give them healthcare. /1
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Taxpayers spend about $2 billion annually on Medicaid for Amazon and Walmart employees
American taxpayers are spending billions every year providing Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands of employees of Amazon and Walmart, a new analysis by Popular Information reveals.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
How did inequality spiral out of control? If you’ve never watched a video of mine, please watch this one.
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How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control | Robert Reich
Here it is: The full story of wealth inequality in America.The top 1% holds 15x more wealth than the bottom 50% combined
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Boycott companies that steal your tax dollars!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Susan Collins accepted campaign donations from known Jeffrey Epstein associates, while taking legislative action to block the release of the Epstein files.
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More Donations from Epstein Contacts to Susan Collins Uncovered
Collins took money from men on the Epstein list before voting against releasing the files
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
"Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention." Imagine this as your eulogy ... and it's all true. steveschmidt.substack.com/p/lindsey-kn...
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Lindsey knew better. He chose worse.
Lindsey Graham was a lonely and unprincipled man who betrayed his country for power and his decency for attention.
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Rep. James Walkinshaw @repwalkinshaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The FBI never interviewed Epstein’s lawyer, his accountant, or the primary financier of his sex trafficking. Our investigation uncovered major gaps, and new allegations have come to light. Trump’s DOJ cannot bury this. It must reopen the investigation and follow every lead.
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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
SAM ALTMAN

"You ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
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@think_and_exist
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
AI is coming for our jobs, but not the way we thought.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Maga: "how dare they have a Spanish halftime show, this is America!!!😡" The Superbowl: takes place in San Francisco, an American city with a literal Spanish name.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
A dozen bands/artists to get to know me: Paul Simon Phish Julien Baker Bright Eyes Led Zeppelin The White Stripes Pink Floyd Modest Mouse Postal Service Ludovico Einaudi The Strokes Jay-Z
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time." Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Number of SNAP recipients
Amazon	2,456
Walmart	2,318
Uber	1,799
DoorDash	1,462
Tempus Unlimited	1,425
Stop & Shop	989
Mass General Brigham	956
Dollar Tree	952
Albertsons Companies, Inc.	896
Bayada Home Health	887
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Just read: The Strength of the Few by James Islington. My most anticipated book of 2025, 100% lived up to the hype. A deep book about the morality of power, how our environment shapes us, grief, friendship, and vengeance. An absolute blast and deeply moving. You WILL love it. 5/5⭐ #booksky #fantasy
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs. Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker. Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps. Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Just read: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'd call it 'subtle scifi' as there's a speculative hook, but it's really about love, friendship, and finding meaning with what limited time we have. A beautiful and haunting story, tho I prefer Ishiguro's Buried Giant a smidge more 4/5⭐ #Booksky #books
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Put him out to pasture
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
"When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate."
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Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Just finished: Diavola by Jennifer Thorne. Had some chilling moments. Characters are truly awful in a fun way. Some tension is lost when we change settings. For lovers of haunted houses👻, Italy🍝, and nightmare families. 3/5⭐ #booksky #italy #familydrama #horror
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I recently read: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. Killer spooky season vibes 🎃. Smart, funny characters. Body horror. Witch stuff. Shines a light 💡 on a widely forgotten part of our pre-Roe society. Horror with a heart. 5/5⭐ #booksky #horror #witches
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Just finished: Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom. Really loved the 17th century New England setting . A smart and resilient female protagonist, Despicable villains. Perfect spooky season vibes 🎃. 4/5⭐ #horror #booksky #witchy
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The GOP is a malignant tumor and it is metastasizing.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
An extremely accurate assessment of the times we find ourselves living through: "his ascent was the product of a lot of powerful people who once denounced him forsaking their purported ideals for an inside shot at a windfall. His movement is powered by a willingness to sell out."
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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is true.
A post from Dan Rather (@DanRather):

The reality is we have a
sharp partisan divide in this
country. And that divide is
largely over reality.
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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
The Libby app is one of the miracles of modern tech tbh
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Wilson Voight @radiospanishspeak.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Release them anyway.....
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just canceled my Disney+, hulu, ESPN bundle. ✊🏽
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Exactly this
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The following is a statement from the WGA on ABC’s decision to pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
WGA Statement on ABC's Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WGA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.
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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Calling peoples' employers in a rage because their tributes to Robert Redford weren't horny enough
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Plz
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2025
wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend
nytimes.com
Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/09/2025
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
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Kayleigh McKee 🟡, Blinded my a billion brilliant lights @ghaspey.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Charlie Kirk, famous gun violence apologizer and flat out nazi, killed by one well placed bullet: "Oh man, we are fucked, the conservatives are gonna go crazy now" Minnesota lawmakers assassinated, hundreds of right wing ideology induced mass shootings, one sided enforcement of diarmament: "..." 👀
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Nicky Six Names (he/him) @sicksnames.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
"I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths (like my own)...so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." Charlie Kirk
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Can’t quite put my finger on why, but somehow the actual doodle makes it so much worse and more disgusting.
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Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
enshittification definition covered in ads
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
This guy gets it. This is the way.
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