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Adam Kotlarczyk

@thekaycheck.bsky.social
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Dad. Reader. Writer. Teacher. Coach. Ph.D. Gamer. '85 Bears aficionado. All-Around Nerd. Chaotic Good. Views are my own and not affiliated with any institution.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The New American Gothic (2017) by Criselda Vasquez
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/10/2026
It's Artificial Intelligence. It's Twitter. It's the Gulf of Mexico. It's Lake Ontario. It's the Department of Defense. It's the Kennedy Center.
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026
"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"
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Elyse Graham @elysegraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hate English department Halloween. What do you mean, you're the hermeneutics of suspicion
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
After 10 years of cravenly and fraudulently presenting the Know-Nothing Nazified Republican Party as one of two sane, understandable choices, major news organizations are not able to report the obvious, which is that U.S. voters seem to be increasingly coming to their senses. Epic, epic fail.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Google and Apple immediately update their maps.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not something you say if you actually like education or children
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
Today I learned that Jack Smith is a Caitlin Clark fan and that Amy Klobuchar knows more about sports than Eric Schmitt.
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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm positive that if a Democrat mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes we'd never hear the end of how they're lame and un-American for not knowing anything about sports.
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Douglas Reyes-CeroÑ @dreyesceron.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Star Spangled Banner being played by the Mariachi Herencia de Mexico band before the Bears-Eagles game in Chicago on Monday Night Football was a deeply cool thing to see tonight
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Aaron Schatz @aaronschatz.com · 29/09/2026
OMG this mariachi band doing the national anthem is amazing and an incredibly subversive political statement that I did not expect to come from… Chicago Bears management?
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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This anthem is some elite level trolling, after DHS used NFL footage touting their immigration policies, without consent. No notes. Chef’s kiss.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
hi i'm Greydon Grey IV, chief marketing exec at Grey Uniforms Inc. Here's why we think your NFL team could use some grey uniforms: —gets away from your team's iconic color sets —does not look good —extremely forgettable —looks bad —could easily be confused with any other team —looks like crap
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Zach Rapport @zachrapport.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No no you miss understand. Kyle Juszczyk wasn’t fined $15k by the NFL for a beer chugging gesture. He was fined because his gesture pantomimed chugging a Miller Lite, rather than a Bud Light, the Official Beer Sponsor Of The NFL™️
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
we've never had much reason to articulate this before a.i., but a reason we enjoy literature, art, music, etc. is that we know it is one human mind trying to express something fundamentally human and otherwise inexpressible to another human mind
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Given how much the FCC is concerned about Disney-owned channels giving unequal time to politicians, I'm sure ESPN Game Day will have Texas alum James Talarico on next to counterbalance Ted Cruz
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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Due to Dolly Parton’s kids reading program for local libraries, my home county in Ohio saw children’s reading rates skyrocket from one of the lowest in the state to the top I cannot think of a better way to be remembered than to inspire whole generations to seek imagination, empathy, and curiosity
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"WELCOME CLASS OF 2030"
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Man's Rapid Aging Transformation
Alt: Man's Rapid Aging Transformation
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[No//Thrones] @krakoan-lorax.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Diarrhea in the lettuce, glass in the popsicles, E. Coli in the berries, screw worms in the beef, salmonella in the chicken & eggs, listeria in everything else. Man I love deregulation. Libertarianism is such a great philosophy.
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Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
US spends unlimited money on wars; next-generation blackboards in China🇨🇳. Different choices define different futures USA: no $ for that; we spent $ on shock gloves to torture children in concentration camps..China’s doing this for their kids, and we’re putting the Ten Commandments in public schools
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Jeff Carlson @jeffcarlson.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Joe Biden took an hours-long secret train ride into war-torn Ukraine, and Trump got hustled away in a catering truck to get out of a friendly nation. OK.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Republicans depicted Abdul El-Sayed as the guy hiding in a Trojan horse, but the president was actually the one hiding in a Turkish meal truck.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Dear God, yes. A PhD is not something you do because it's going to be fun.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
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Adam Kotlarczyk @thekaycheck.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
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Play "La Marseillaise". Play It!
ALT: Play "La Marseillaise". Play It!
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 27/07/2026
Writers are people who have imposter syndrome and main character syndrome at the same time
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026
Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three.
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Tony Paradis @tparadis27.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The next Dem presidential candidate should propose a sliding scale for corporate tax rates tied directly to the percentage of their employees who receive SNAP or other public benefits The Walmarts and McDonalds' of the world have sucked us dry for far too long now by not paying people a living wage
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 24/07/2026
Illinois is now fifth in the nation for public education; that’s a 7-spot jump in just a year. From cradle to career, we’re investing in every child’s future — and it’s paying off. A win for our schools, our students, and our state.
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Map reveals states with best and worst public schools
A new ranking lists New York as the state with the best public schools, while Arizona ranks at the bottom.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Us: We want more original stories with unknown actors. Movie execs: Here is A Christmas Carol starring Johnny Depp.
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It's fun to be watching the same stuff as everyone else www.slowboring.com/p/the-lost-j...
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The lost joy of monoculture
Part of the fun of the World Cup is it felt like everyone was watching.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 20/07/2026
This man defeated fascism without once posting his hormone panel.
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Adam Kotlarczyk @thekaycheck.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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Indiana Jones & Henry Sr. Dynamic Duo
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Morgan Hughes @morganhughes.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This England / France game is teaching the world a lesson that all of us who have ever played in the Nordecke Cup have understood for many, many years. Soccer games are better when nothing of value is at stake and both teams are very obviously hungover and/or still drunk.
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Sable, Sapphic Wet Nightmare 🏳️‍⚧️ @ghostlysable.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I love the World Cup because it lets you see the unique cultures of nations expressed through football, like Germany's ruthless efficiency, Brazil's beautiful dance, Spain's style and flair, France's total collapse in the face of slight adversity, and Italy's rich ancient history.
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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
WaPo/Ipsos poll In their rulings on Trump administration policies, do you think the Supreme Court justices have mainly (decided cases based on the law) or (based on their personal political views)? on the law 25% on their political views 46% no opinion/skipped 29%
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July 8-13, 2026, Washington Post-Ipsos poll
Nationwide survey of U.S. adults.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
How doth a cyclops wacche *The Odyssey*? Eyemax
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Morgan @larubia22.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I can't breathe the air, I can't eat lettuce, I can't afford gas, and my kids have measles. But at least now our soldiers will have enough testosterone.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
the food safety stuff is another reminder that a large, huge, gigantic part of being a republican is going “lmao why are we spending money to prevent horrifying disasters from happening if they never happen 🤪”
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Ed BooOOooOOmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The most elegant tense in English, the Law Enforcement Exonerative
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
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BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
A sweeping new study has found that daily reading for pleasure in the United States has declined by more than 40% over the last 20 years — raising urgent questions about the cultural, educational and health consequences of a nation reading less. news.ufl.edu/2025/08/read...
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Reading for pleasure in free fall: New study finds 40% drop over two decades
Daily reading for pleasure in the U.S. dropped by more than 40% over the last 20 years
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Mono 🐒 @3anx721.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I know this is asking a lot, but if people would take a second to read things, they will get their answers.
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BUG-EYED HELL CAT @californiahorst.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
when i was young they had these people called “investigative journalists” who could find out stuff like if a senator was dead or not
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