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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Rather surprised that @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social chose to highlight Faneuil Hall - especially during #blackhistorymonth - considering it's namesake's ties to the slave trade, and that Boston City Hall has voted to rename the space because of it.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Here's my "not-your-average-Christmas-music-music" mix for 2025. soundcloud.com/seenthat/mrm... With weird, wonderful, funny, strange, beautiful, and even sad tracks, I hope you enjoy - and share - this offering as an alternative to the "usual" holiday music. Happy Whatever You're Having!

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SoundCloud - Hear the world’s sounds

Explore the largest community of artists, bands, podcasters and creators of music & audio

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

If you think the Democrat's video warning about unlawful orders was meant for the lower ranks of the enlisted, you're mistaken. It was meant for the most senior of officers, particularly those who attended the Hesgeth/Trump meeting a month or so back; and that message was received loud and clear.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Am I shocked that @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is tearing down part of The White House? No, as it's symbolic of how the President is dismantling our democracy. What truly shocks me is that he didn't create a shell company that would capitalize on selling pieces from that demolition for his benefit.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I will forever stand by my favorite NBA team, the Toronto Rangers, and will continue to cheer them on to their next Lord Lombardi O'Brien Anschultz World Series Crown.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hoping someone here (or at @nbcnews.com) can explain why - on the Season 51 premier of SNL (10/4/2025 - Bad Bunny, host) - the "Information" kiosk clock shows 10:56 instead of the usual post-cold-open time of 11:30-something. Was this actually a delayed broadcast, and not truly "Live?" What gives?

NBC raw feed of the Season 51 premier of Saturday Night Live, showing wide view of monologue set, with the actual program feed being sent to affiliates in an image box in the upper right corner.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

So, let me get this straight... REPUBLICANS are going to shutdown the government?!

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The World @theworld.org · 03/09/2025

👀 Did you know that The World broadcasts from Nan and Bill Harris Studios at @wgbh.org in Boston, USA?! It’s been a while since we’ve done a roll-call, and so many more of you are new to our show. Where in ~the world~ are YOU from? We’re curious!! 🌎🌍🌏

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Ironic that @jimmykimmel.com asks the question on WWTBAM about gum advertisements featuring twins as he was once removed not just from the Twins Days Festival, but from Twinsburg, Ohio itself after looking for the Doublemint Twins there many years ago.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

@americanair.bsky.social Just a heartfelt note of thanks for the kindness & professionalism given me by AA employees on a recent trip home fraught w/ canceled flights (weather), re-routed baggage & a lost (but found) item. From lounge front desk staff to crew, they went above & beyond. Thank you!

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

@jtkantor.bsky.social Josh! In the ballyard today, sitting g next to some wonderful people who'd like to request anything by the Foo Fighters, if you can fit it in...

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I'm old enough to remember President Nixon and his bout with phlebitis.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

"You're gonna need a bigger boat!" On this 50th anniversary of "Jaws," I thought I'd sport this fictional Amity Island Sharks hockey jersey from Geeky Jerseys. I was in junior high at the time "Jaws" hit the screen & it happened to be the movie for my first blind date. (It went swimmingly well 😉)

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nabet18.bsky.social @nabet18.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Hit this link to do your part: cwa.org/ProtectPubli... This is a Call To Action, not an ask for cash! @npr.org @pbs.org @wgbh.org @nabetcwa.bsky.social @cwaunion.bsky.social

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We see you, you coward! #LosAngelesPoliceDepartment officer must be held accountable! www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Sequence of screen-grabbed images of Australian television reporter, Lauren Tomasi, being shot with a rubber bullet by a LAPD officer while reporting live from the LA riots on Sunday.

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David Beard @dabeard.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

"Dictators free themselves, but they enslave the people." - Charlie Chaplin in "The Great Dictator" www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY...

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Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator

YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin

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Durrie Bouscaren @durriethekid.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Wanted to explain another social media silence. Or maybe all of them – over the past six years of living in Turkey. www.durriebouscaren.com/post/on-prot...

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

From here on out, I urge everyone to refer to the current reconciliation bill as the Big BARBARIC Bill.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Listener-supported WBAI in Newark, part of the network founded by pacifist Lew Hill, is barely making payroll. If you support local news, consider throwing them a few dollars. wbai.org

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WBAI Radio 99.5FM NYCPublic News Service

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I had a wonderful time catching the U.S. debut of "Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) at the A.R.T. in Cambridge (MA). The acting, singing, and choreography / interaction amongst the (surprisingly) versatile and moving stage was amazing. Funny and emotional, I highly recommend seeing it!

Picture of theater ticket and program in front of the stage for the musical "Two Strangers (Carry A Cake Across New York) at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Tonight! The U.S. debut and preview of the musical, "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)" takes place at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Happy to be in the audience for this one, thanks to @publicradionerd.bsky.social's suggestion!

This is a picture of two actors - a woman and a man holding a cake - being used to promot the U.S. debut of the musical, "Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)" at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Every time - Every. Damn. Time. - I hear someone write or say MAHA, my brain plays the "Maha, Aha" exchanges from The Three Stooges' short, "Three Little Pirates." www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76I...

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Maha? Aha?

YouTube video by Compositorum

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Let's be real here for a moment, no one in the 99% buys 30 dolls in one year for their child. They may, perhaps buy three over the course of one year. So accoring to the out-of-touch President's percentages, no one will be buying (or can afford to buy) a doll this year.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Just why are public broadcasters so important? Well, here's some of what @wgbh.org does for you and the community: www.wgbh.org/passport/pro...

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Protect My GBH

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Had the opportunity to engineer an interview with @rappler.bsky.social co-founder, CEO, and journalist, @mariaressa.bsky.social for @prx.org and @wgbh.org's The World. You can hear her views on democracy, social manipulation, and press freedom later today on The World, or online @theworld.org

Snapshot of The World's audio engineer Mike WIlkins with CEO and journalist Maria Ressa of the online investigative newsgroup, Rappler.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

When the U.S. President puts out a message like the one from this past Easter Sunday, remember this line from Inherit The Wind: “Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding."

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Just three more months of this fantastic economic plan from the Trump administration and we'll officially be in a recession. Oh boy! #winning

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Elon Musk has cut somewhere between 0% and 3% of what he promised—and most of what was cut was not waste or fraud or abuse, but simply expenditures Mr. Musk did not personally favor for partisan reasons. DOGE is the biggest program failure in the history of American government.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/04/2025

Palestinian photog Fatima Hassouna killed in an Israeli air strike with nine family members 24 hours after the announcement that a documentary about her work in Gaza would premiere at Cannes. deadline.com/2025/04/gaza...

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Palestinian Photojournalist & Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza Strike

Palestinian Photojournalist And Protagonist Of Cannes-Selected Doc Killed In Israeli Gaza Strike

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

NO KING THEN, NO KING NOW! Celebrating the rides of Revere and Dawes to Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts on the night of April 18th, 1775 (250 years ago) alerting those along their path that indeed, the British soldiers were coming.

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The World @theworld.org · 17/04/2025

Yesterday, Co-hosts Marco Werman and Carolyn Beeler answered questions and spoke to students from the SDSU's School of Journalism & Media Studies about the journalistic trajectories that led them to The World.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

When a government fails to abide by Constitutional due process, requires fealty from institutions of higher learning, and attempts to control the free press, there's a serious problem - and it's not with the people railing against that problem.

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nabet18.bsky.social @nabet18.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Trusted, Local, Essential - Share an example of how an NPR story or interview, or a PBS show or documentary has impacted you or your family or your community! @npr.org @pbs.org #whatmatterstoyou

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Dear Mr. President, How's that plan of yours to secure peace in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking back the White House coming? Today is Day 83. Death toll (32 and) rising after Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy.

Picture of destroyed apartments and vehicles, including a bus, where A Russian ballistic missile attack occurred in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Suny, killing at least 32 people

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Jeremy Siegel @jersiegel.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

ICYMI — International tourists are cancelling trips to the US due to souring international opinion and new government guidance about the dangers of entering the country. This could have a huge economic effect domestically. My latest for @theworld.org: theworld.org/segments/202...

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International travelers are avoiding the US - The World from PRX

Forecasts for international tourism in the US are down sharply amid souring international opinions and ramped up immigration enforcement. Canadian airlines say passengers are choosing other destinatio...

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Stephen Snyder @stephenproducer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

To Do List for disrupting tyranny from @timothysnyder.bsky.social read by John Lithgow Countdown to April 5 #handsoff snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow

Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

TAKE ACTION! Our independent public TV and radio stations are essential in providing trusted, important local news and weather, beloved children's programming and a lot more. HELP DEFEND PUBLIC MEDIA! CWA.org/ProtectPublicTVandRadio

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The only "benefit" I derive from still being on Twitter (heh, eff "X") is that I get to drop cynical, anti-regime comments and not give a rap about blowback.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

@rbreich.bsky.social - Robert, Unfortunately, the Capitol Switchboard is ineffective: the virtual assistant won't connect to your Senator & waiting for a real human takes over an hour. Most Senators' vm boxes are full & their outgoing messages are garbled & incomprehensible. Check it for yourself.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Dear @schumer.senate.gov - your office vm box is full. Also, your outgoing message is garbled & incomprehensible (perhaps a metaphor for Democratic leadership at this time). The Capitol Switchboard is a no-go; the virtual assistant won't connect to you & waiting for a real human takes over an hour.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Dear @warren.senate.gov - Dear @markey.senate.gov - your outgoing message is garbled & incomprehensible (perhaps a metaphor for Democratic leadership at this time). The Capitol Switchboard is a no-go; the virtual assistant won't connect to you & waiting for a real human takes over an hour.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Dear @markey.senate.gov - your office vm box is full. Also, your outgoing message is garbled & incomprehensible (perhaps a metaphor for Democratic leadership at this time). The Capitol Switchboard is a no-go; the virtual assistant won't connect to you & waiting for a real human takes over an hour.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I'm just hoping that The Master Distractor doesn't think he gets to have yet another inauguration (celebration) later in the year when the weather is nicer.

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Which sounds better? "The Master Distractor" or "The Distractor Master?"

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

While (again) trying to wrangle my record hoard, er, collection, I found that I have two 1974 copies of Ramsey Lewis's "Sun Goddess" album. I'm embarrassed to say that I'd never listened to either one until today. WOW! I can't believe I've been missing out on these fantastic grooves all this time!

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That Wilkins Guy @thatwilkinsguy.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Couldn't AI bots learn to detect and call out other AI bots/profiles?

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