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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams — “A firsthand look at the author’s time at Facebook, the book shows how early idealism inside the company gradually gave way to power plays, profit motives, and ethical compromises” #books #audiobooks

Book cover for “Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism” by Sarah Wynn-Williams

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Less than one minute later.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

And they did this when it was -fuckit degrees, probably in shorts. Stay heated

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Eric @mountainscalling.me · 19/01/2026

Here. Now. #Yosemite

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Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

One thing at a time. A bit of food. A book... A walk. Maybe a film. Movie: face to face (1976) Director: Ingmar Bergman 🌬️ 🌫️ 🌊 Walk at City Lake 🌊 ... winter is more quiet than summer 📖 (Photo by Kirpal)

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The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The Myrtle Beach "Hard Rock Cafe" will serve two of today's specials... #BlueSkyArtShow #Vibrant 'Instrument' #FotoVorschlag 📷 Pentax K1000 🔘 Pentax M 50mm f/1.2 🎞️ Cinestill 800T #photography #streetphotography #neon #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #art #EastCoastKin #Cinestill #Pentax #P414

A wide color photograph of the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina "Hard Rock Cafe" with its signature tall neon guitar.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 Art and money Never made sense There’s a conflict Fogging up the interest You can't define What the heart has made To hold your mind In your hand Like a photograph ... We're turning love into war #TurningLoveIntoWar #TheDangerousSummer

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Turning Love Into War

YouTube video by The Dangerous Summer - Topic

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

sunset&clouds&concrete THRIVE Art District — January 2026 Fort Lauderdale, Florida #photography #art #streetart #ftlauderdale #fortlauderdale #thriveartdistrict #florida #travel

A concrete walkway runs between two modern white buildings at the THRIVE Art district in Fort Lauderdale, under a sky filled with golden-lit clouds. String lights hang overhead, and the right-hand wall features a large geometric mural in blue and beige tones. Unit numbers F1 701 and F2 701 are visible on the building corners. Photo by @thecontraire.bsky.social. January 2026.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

“We’re but children on this earth, pulling bolts out of the Ferris wheel, thinking ourselves to be gods.” —Arn Peeples (William H. Macy, in ‘Train Dreams’) #quotes #movies #TrainDreams #ArnPeeples #WilliamHMacy

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

“ When Musk’s plans inevitably fail, his money protects him from any consequences and allows him to avoid introspection. … He continues to fund far-right, anti-immigration, anti-regulation political movements around the world, flirting with Neo-Nazi politics along the way. “ #EatTheRich

newrepublic.com

The Worst Thing About Elon Musk Is That He Got Away With All of It

His reign of terror didn’t end after he bought the 2024 election.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Chain Reaction has closed permanently. In this little room, I got to see: - All-American Rejects - Taking Back Sunday - Jimmy Eat World - The Wonder Years - Paramore youtu.be/b9pRNO5k5Y8 - fun. and many others… Devastated to see it go. #chainreaction #anaheim www.metalsucks.net/2025/12/10/a...

A crowded, dimly lit concert venue with blue stage lights illuminating a small stage and drum kit, viewed from behind a standing audience. The glowing “Chain Reaction” sign marks the space as Chain Reaction in Anaheim, a well-known all-ages venue celebrated for punk, hardcore, and alternative shows in an intimate room. Photo credit: @thecontraire.bsky.social. October 2025.

A flat lay of vintage and modern concert tickets arranged on a dark surface, all from shows at Chain Reaction in Anaheim. The tickets feature bands including Valencia, Hellogoodbye, Cartel, fun., Jimmy Eat World, and The Wonder Years, spanning from 2009 to 2025. Early tickets list general admission prices as low as $10–$15. Photo credit: @thecontraire.bsky.social. December 2025.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

1. Dems insisted on a gov’t shutdown to address this specific issue 2. A group of Dems defected and supported reopening on the empty promise that it would get addressed. 3. It wasn’t… and now Congress is on recess until after ACA subsidies are set to expire. www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...

npr.org

Health insurance subsidies expire this month but Congress can't agree on a fix : The NPR Politics Podcast

The enhanced subsidies 22 million Americans use to help pay for health insurance are set to expire at the end of this month, and when they do, many Americans will see their insurance premiums balloon....

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 You could feel The tension mounting And it never did break Well, whatever it was …I’ll live without it Yeah, whatever you are …Can’t seem to care See it’s only because …Forgot about it So no matter how far …I’ll meet you there #WhateverItWas #JoyceManor

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Joyce Manor - "Well, Whatever It Was"

YouTube video by Epitaph Records

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/12/2025

BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.

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Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and i understood." -Albert Camus (1935-1951) 🌊 ⛵ 🎵🎵 (Photo by Kirpal)

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 Hear your voice again Could we dim the sun And wonder where we've been? … And I’m melting In your eyes Like my first time That I caught fire … Let’s sleep til the sun burns out #ICaughtFire #TheUsed

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The Used - I Caught Fire (Official Music Video) | Warner Vault

YouTube video by Warner Records Vault

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JuliusChestnut @juliuschestnut.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

make a wish, in secret, in silence pide un deseo, en secreto, en silencio fais un vœu, en secret, en silence

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The Pentaxian @the-pentaxian.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Taking a break from "Faces In A Crowd" to post something green for the #BlueSkyArtShow Saturday special. 📷 Pentax K1000 🔘 Pentax M 28mm f/2.8 🎞️ Kodak Portra 800 #green #blueskyartshow #photography #streetphotography #filmisnotdead #believeinfilm #35mm #urbanphotography #urbex #streetart #Pentax

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LGpix @lgpix.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

They say there's a bridge out there Out there in the mist Some will deny it's there Others will tell you it don't even exist #StunDay #EastCoastKin #TheBridge #Sting #Bridges #Photography #Monochrome

Monochrome image of a road leading across a tall bridge. Ominous clouds overhead.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism by Michael O’Leary & Warren Valdmanis — “A solid explanation for understanding how the system is broken and why profit-maximization isn’t usually in society’s best interest. It also makes a good case for boycotts over divestment.” #books #audiobooks

Book cover for “Accountable: The Rise of Citizen Capitalism” by Michael O’Leary & Warren Valdmanis

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 He was standing at the rock Gathering the flock Getting there with no directions And underneath the arch It turned into a march And there we found the spark To set this fucker off… #SetItOff #Audioslave

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“ They say dreams are fragile, but so are stars before they burn. They say hope is foolish, but so is life without it. … “ Against The Wind by @bigjosh84.bsky.social

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

“Black Friday” < “BLEAK Friday” @chicago.suntimes.com

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 Fuck it up Burn it down Cover it all in gasoline Light the match Turn around Level it all and flee the scene Choke it in Spit it out Make a nightmare into a dream Cover it all in gasoline #Gasoline #AllRageStillOnlyNumb #StoryOfTheYear

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Story Of The Year - Gasoline (All Rage Still Only Numb) (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by SharpTone Records

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T. S. Eliot

Driving down the highway at sunset with reflection on the hood.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 I'm not the man I'll grow to be In many years to come I'll listen where I used to speak And I'll sit where I used to run Maybe a husband to a wife Maybe a father to a son And they'll know like I know That the road is long… #TheRoadIsLong #Passenger

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 I hope that I will Never let you down I know that this Can be more than just Flashing lights and sound Can we pick you off the ground? More than flashing lights and sound… #TheArtistInTheAmbulance #Thrice

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Áine Keenan @ainekeenan.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Look, there it stands, as if insentient. When it stilled my mind and drew me to itself and I came near, I saw that it was absolute stillness, O Arunachala! Ramana Maharshi, 20th century #Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin

A pink, 40-seat private bus with a large 'FRIENDS' decal on the upper window sits parked on a clay plot of land with Arunachala looming in the background, separated only by a variety of trees and dense undergrowth.

The holy hill forms part of the Eastern Ghats and is 2,268 feet in height. Geologists estimate its age to be 2.6 billion years. The Skanda Purana tells of how Shiva appeared as a column of light to settle a dispute between Brahma and Vishnu about which of them was greater. After this had been resolved, Siva manifested in form for the benefit of humanity as the Arunachala Hill.

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Niamh Ní Longáin (pronounced ‘Knee-uv’) @niamhie.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

‘I am not some stone commission Like a statue in a park I am flesh and blood and vision I am howling in the dark Long blue shadows of the jackals Are falling on a pay phone by the road Oh, all they ever wanted Was just to come in from the cold’ Joni Mitchell #imageandverse #eastcoastkin

A group of people enter a community centre through a red doorway. There’s a white wall beyond the red and pillars and a cold blue sky

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 Starting to permeate A shifting paradigm Ain’t always taking place In a race against time I wouldn’t hesitate The work is never done In a continuous Race against time Slow burn Billowing Your turn Meet mе at the front… #Circulate #TheStartingLine

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 It's just another stretch of highway I never asked for ordinary time And time change If I rewrote this It might just sound the same #DareTo… #Spitalfield

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Dare To...

YouTube video by Spitalfield - Topic

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.” —Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress #quotes #ronaldwright #books #johnsteinbeck #steinbeck youtu.be/eU9Rvot38cI

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 05/11/2025

NEW: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a state assemblymember, will become New York City’s next mayor, The Associated Press reports. He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. to.pbs.org/4ovh28q

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It’s Election Day. ☑️ Virginia ☑️ New Jersey ☑️ NYC ☑️ Pennsylvania ✅ California (we’re not losing this) + 🔥 Jack Smith, gloves off dgaf We work the offseason to win when it counts. If good things happen, it’s because we were effective enough to earn them. Keep going.

A protester holds a sign reading “HE’S NOT A KING, HE’S A DRAFT Dodger” with stylized text mimicking sports team logos. Taken during a No Kings protest on October 18 at Centennial Park in Santa Ana, California. Credit @thecontraire.bsky.social. October 2025.

A group of protesters gathered outdoors holding colorful signs with slogans such as “NO KINGS,” “DEFEND DEMOCRACY,” and “NO THRONES, NO CROWNS, NO KINGS.” One woman stands out wearing an inflatable peacock costume. The scene is sunny with trees and buildings in the background. Taken during a No Kings protest on October 18 at Centennial Park in Santa Ana, California. Credit @thecontraire.bsky.social. October 2025.

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

🎶 #NowPlaying 🎶 This goddamn machine Hungry and heartless My whole generation Got lost in the margin We put our faith in you You turned a profit … You can't have my friends You can't have my brothers You can't have me No, you can't have me #Cigarettes&Saints #TheWonderYears

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The Wonder Years - Cigarettes & Saints (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Hopeless Records

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Derek S @thecontraire.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

“… Meta, Amazon, and Google—and even the newer AI labs such as OpenAI—have remade our world and have become unfathomably rich for it, all while being mostly oblivious or uninterested in the fallout. … In all scenarios, the outcome seems only to be real, painful disruption for the rest of us.”

theatlantic.com

Here’s How the AI Crash Happens

The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

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