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Taylor Jessen

@sidfudd.bsky.social
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Archivist for Firesign Theatre, Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre, and Negativland. Considered irresistible by some men. "Great Syntax" - Mr. Ward, 8th grade English 🌈

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Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre @ducksbreath.bsky.social · 8h
"But I have made a special trip, from Transylva...er, the Transamerica building." ducksbreathmysterytheatre.bandcamp.com/track/stones...
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Stonestown: Dracula, by Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
from the album Duck Spots Vol. 2
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 23h
It is the duty of every generation to rediscover "Duck Soup", "Million Dollar Legs", "Shh! The Octopus", and "Hellzapoppin"
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Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre @ducksbreath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As promised, it's Volume 2 of Duck Spots! All new! All old! Big! Funny! Cheap! You buy! ducksbreathmysterytheatre.bandcamp.com/album/duck-s...
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Duck Spots Vol. 2, by Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
41 track album
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
In last night's dream I was watching a documentary about three college students who decided to get a severed head and keep it in their dorm room
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Jane Spane @janespane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Gotta obey the rules! (Subject to change at any time.)
"Cat stroking for beginners." A drawing of a cat showing zones the cat's reaction to being stroked on different parts of its body. Humorous.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/09/2026
Shelter Dog Just Doesn’t Have That X Factor theonion.com/shelter-dog-just-doesn…
Shelter Dog Just Doesn’t Have That X Factor
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Andy Zax @andyzax.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Some belated words about Kaleb Horton, who died a year ago today. I was supposed to speak at his memorial last fall, but I got covid and ended up stumbling around my house in a bathrobe instead of trying to say something thoughtful to a roomful of people who felt as grief-stricken as I did.
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badly drawn bee 🐝 @soapachu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
All travel terminus announcements ever
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TM Opera cOdy @codyanskaya.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not slop. It’s a real creator! www.strikegently.co/products/hor...
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Strike Gently - Horse Pin
1.25 inchesHard enamel with gold platingDeluxe clasp backingShipped with love from our warehouse in LA.
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iainham iainspur but spookier @iain.coys.social · 22/09/2026
I quite like Strike Gently www.strikegently.co/collections/...
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Strike Gently - Ungovernable Pin
1.25 inch diameterHard enamel finishDouble clutch backingShipped with love from our warehouse in LA.
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Year after year, AI Slop continues earning its keep as Czar of Stupid Garbage, showing leadership not seen since George W. Bush abandoned the post
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The Weatherman from Negativland @weatherman54.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My high school yearbook photo from 1972.
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KQED Arts & Culture @kqedarts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Inside the Internet Archive’s giant hall — a former church, with wooden pews and hymn numbers sharing space with giant servers — Negativland performed for a sold-out crowd Wednesday night. www.kqed.org/arts/13993971/review-n…
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At the Internet Archive, Negativland Reminds the World Why They Matter | KQED
Two Bay Area institutions came together for a night of soundscapes, sampling and discussion about art.
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Lar deSouza @lartist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Editorial sorta: Over the weekend I saw this amazing post from Gotham Goose www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... and have been itching to draw this cartoon. Enjoy :)
cartoon of Mitch McConnell doing a kick dance from his wheelchair with a cane and top hat. He's noticeably green.
Mitchigan J. Frog
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ree beep da beedeep de boop de bay Zop zop zoodle and a zoop ze gay Ree deep da bah dop de bomp de bo Zoop zoom zaddle and a bohm de bo Heep dap ziddle and a home de day Eight zat zootle and a zoom de zay Own zon zeedle and a boom de bo Own zon zeedle and a zom de zo
"Hot Cross Bunny" (1948): an operating theatre full of very serious doctors who are not even a tiny bit impressed with Bugs Bunny's increasingly desperate attempts to earn some applause
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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026
Bankrupt Kennedy Center Auctions Off JFK’s Skeleton theonion.com/bankrupt-kennedy-cente…
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
[British Discovery Channel narrator] The human monkey constantly spews highly creative threats and abuse. Our boring palaver makes us special. But what of the Dick-Punching machine? Is this not the true apex of human achievement? (from this morning's dream)
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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I REALLY want to know EXACTLY what she watching. Yes, it would appear to be a game of American Football involving Kansas, I want more detail than that😲😀
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs?
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Busy Bodies" by Kate Renshaw-Lewis, the most pleasant OCD episode you will ever have. vimeo.com/1224458759
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Busy Bodies
Tiny workers run a domesticated factory under the supervision of giant hands. This fantastically convenient at-home solution for disposable creation is absurdly inefficient and potentially an answer t...
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Don't eat the rich. They're treyf
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Oglaf @oglaf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
www.oglaf.com/goodideas/
Comic strip!
panel 1
a king with a long face speaks
king- okay, this might be really dumb but has anyone asked the crimson overlord to stop?

panel 2
we see that we're in some kind of war planning situation.
Well, there's a table with little figurines on it and a map.
so it's ether that or games night.
king- He's conquering and slaying but maybe he thinks we want that.

panel 3
general- Why would he think we want that?
king- probably he doesn't

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king- but a small group of heroes might make it up the dark tower and tell him we don't like it.

panel 5
general- You woud send those heroes to their deaths
king- aw come ooooon- send the worst four people in your army

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a shot of four adventurers.
one of them, who I'm going to call 'Rigby'speaks
Rugby- Cool. Secret mission.

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Rigby and friends battle monsters that are sort of like huge naked moke rats but with way more eyes.

panel 8
Rigby and friend battle their way into a doorway.

panel 9
close-up on Rigby
Rigby- Crimson Overlord! People don't like getting slain!

panel 10
green tyrant- you might have the wrong dark tower
Rigby- Shit
king-
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Brownkuma @brownkuma.dad · 20/09/2026
This is too real. Especially after witnessing 2 different ai review bots complementing each others hallucinations with verbiage like “kudos yada yada sunglasses emoji rocket emoji cow emoji”
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Tim Maloney @nakedrabbit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This afternoon at 2220 Arts + Archives, 1pm, Saturday 19Sep26 my new cartoon How the Weatherman Got His Name. @220arts #cartoon #weatherman #negativland @negativlandland @buddyrunyan54 #notashortstorybyRudyardKipling
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do they make dog thundershirts for people? Asking for a friend who is exactly my height and weight and address and name #AnxietyWrap
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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Well, I gotta say I was really encouraged by the really positive response to the first installment of dollar crate bingo, and all of the suggestions you diggers had were SO amazing that I utilized many of them for this sequel edition! Thank you so much! I hope people are actually playing it!
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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Oh boy fun! An activity page for vinyl nerds that like to go to thrift stores!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 18/09/2026
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nef…
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I live 300 yards from the main corridor ambulances use to get to Providence St. Joseph, so when I meet someone new there are certain recurring themes in the getting-to-know-you chat
Q: So what's new?
A: Sirens
Q: You from here originally?
A: Sirens
Q: What do you do for work?
A: Sirens
Q: Any interests? Hobbies? Fun stuff?
A: Sirens
Q: Where do you see yourself in five—
A: SIRENS
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The Weatherman from Negativland @weatherman54.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Video 09172026
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We on Earth can rightly claim the Carina nebula may be the most awesome spectacle in the known universe, but I'm sure someone on the Orklonian home world in dimension five just sent an email saying "Cleanup needed in the pets department"
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Dan @ufovictim.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🚨 Your blokes are doing fuck all! 🚨 Activate your blokes to keep them hearty. 🚨 To activate a bloke, right-click and assign them to a pint.
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_LV...
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Ken Russell's The Devils | UK trailer | In cinemas 30 October | BFI
YouTube video by BFI
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What's the German word for "realizing the DJ is playing a song that has a Fuck in it and wishing you were in the studio so you could offer to mute the audio at exactly the right moment even though of course you can't"? www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZqr... #YoureAbsofuckinlutelyUnbelievable
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killdozer - unbelievable
YouTube video by OldManDarrell
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Attn @adamroberts.bsky.social "These were young men freed from tight controls of family, parish or guild, and thrust into an environment full of weapons, with ample access to alehouses and sex workers.” www.cam.ac.uk/stories/medi... #AreYouLocal
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Medieval Murder Maps: homicidal Oxford students in the 14th century
How students made Oxford the murder capital of late medieval England
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net I think it's terrible the way you keep downplaying industry claims about the messianic &/or apocalyptcic power of AI. My panel of experts assure me it's all true
Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp (Portrait multiple de Marcel Duchamp), taken at the Broadway Photo Shop, New York City, 21 June 1917
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Color Me Obsessed: A Film About the Replacements (2011) earns my undying respect because it's a rock documentary in which a) no member of the band speaks b) no song by the band is played c) no album cover is shown d) all the interviews look terrible Now streaming on @criterionchannl.bsky.social
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
a) Gerald Nabarro b) Joan La Barbara c) Joe the Barman d) Jarman, bored
Gerald NabarroJoan La Barbara "Tapesongs" album coverJackie Gleason as Joe the BartenderDerek Jarman
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TRASHFUTURE @trashfuture.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A recent article claimed @doctorow.pluralistic.net theory of tech's continual worsening is actually fake, and that people actually love their phones and apps more than ever. Cory wasn't going to read it, but we got him on and let him respond. Let's just say there are some holes in the logic.
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Negativland @negativlandland.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Video of our manufacturing the vinyl for the reissue of our 1980 debut album... www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-O5...
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Pressing Negativland's 46th anniversary reissue of their 1980 debut album
YouTube video by NegativlandVideo
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just uploaded to Archive.org: Merveilleuses Histoires de Nasr’eddine, written by Pierre Mille, illustrations by Jacques Touchet, printed in a hand-pressed hand-painted gouache edition by René Kieffer, Paris, 1924. In French with full transcript: archive.org/details/mhd-...
Merveilleuses Histoires de Nasr’eddine, writte by Pierre Mille, illustrations by Jacques Touchet, printed in a hand-pressed hand-painted gouache edition by René Kieffer, Paris, 1924, coverMerveilleuses Histoires de Nasr’eddine, writte by Pierre Mille, illustrations by Jacques Touchet, printed in a hand-pressed hand-painted gouache edition by René Kieffer, Paris, 1924, frontispieceMerveilleuses Histoires de Nasr’eddine, writte by Pierre Mille, illustrations by Jacques Touchet, printed in a hand-pressed hand-painted gouache edition by René Kieffer, Paris, 1924, pg. 85Merveilleuses Histoires de Nasr’eddine, writte by Pierre Mille, illustrations by Jacques Touchet, printed in a hand-pressed hand-painted gouache edition by René Kieffer, Paris, 1924, pg. 111
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Negativland's first album from 1980 is coming back in a deluxe reissue, remastered, with extensive liner notes and extras. As with every previous release, every cover is handmade, and the first 250 copies of this 1000-copy limited edition are already spoken for, so ACT FAST: negativland.com/001
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[Negativland & Seeland Records]
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
attn @negativlandland.bsky.social
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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
All right, who has been having sex in the library?! Which one of you dirty dawgs is responsible?
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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1977
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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CAPS LOCK STUCK ENTIRE STARSHIP
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Taylor Jessen @sidfudd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Here, let me just pre-believe this outrageous tech claim for you - The BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans'
It is the latest in a series of increasing warnings about the safety threat posed by artificial intelligence.
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Chuck Jordan @sasquatchers.wtf · 04/09/2026
Perfection. The *only* thing I'd change is to represent reposts/quote posts as someone coming at you with someone else on their shoulders.
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Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre @ducksbreath.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"Oh these are USED records! Oh, I think it might have been new when it came out." #RandeeOfTheRedwoods ducksbreathmysterytheatre.bandcamp.com/track/used-r...
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Used Record Shoppe: Randee, by Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre
from the album Duck Spots Vol. 1
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Nafin (no hog left uncranked edition) @nafinstabs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Famed CIA operative Gloria Steinem has died
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