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Kurt

@truk77.bsky.social
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Christian. Husband. Dad. Coder. Dreamer. Overgrown kid.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 28/09/2026
All it took was getting kicked out of the White House press room and suddenly CNN remembers that "lie" is a word.
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Amy Mantravadi @amymantravadi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
ATTENTION U.S. VOTERS: 1. Voting in person, on the day or early, is least likely to be contested. 2. If you must vote absentee, drop it off at the Board of Elections directly. Less likely to be contested. 3. If you must mail in a ballot, do it as early as possible.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 12/09/2026
Headlines keep talking about the likelihood of Trump’s $5K check or lack thereof. To do this, we’re already falling for his trap. It doesn’t matter if he’ll really pay out or not. The only headline should ever be: SITTING PRESIDENT ILLEGALLY PROMISES TO BRIBE VOTERS
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Trump's proposed $5,000 payouts likely won't happen-but if they did, they would probably worsen his main vulnerability with voters, David A. Graham argues.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/09/2026
I'm personally encouraging people to vote early and in person. Krissy and I are going to vote early at our county elections office on the first day early voting is available, and then we are going to get lunch. It's a voting date!
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
A good rule of thumb: If the press release (or stenographic news reporting masquerading as journalism) says that an "AI" did something, that's deliberate obfuscation. Software doesn't do anything of its own accord, but folks sure like to talk about it as if it does: >>
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How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization
Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Gross.
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
yes. whatever you agree can legally be done to someone else, you have agreed can legally be done to you and people you care about. so. think about it carefully.
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
ICE has fallen out of the headlines but July marked the largest number of migrant detentions ever on record. Five migrants have died in ICE custody in the last two months. It's also currently impossible to legally migrate to this country, as 100% of visa applications have been paused.
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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Dan the Gnome @brewergnome.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
"Why SHOULDN'T government be run like a business?" Because the goals are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. Businesses exist to make money. Governments exist to make people's lives better. You ask if the fire dept is successful at putting out fires and saving people, not the $ it makes
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Dan | Commissions Open @danximenes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
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Steven D. Greydanus @decentfilms.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What men should know about being female in public: I teach young men, and I can tell you they’re largely unaware of how different the world looks to women than it does to them. Not that middle-aged men are much better—on the contrary.
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Being female in public: What men should know
[street harassment, vulnerability, fragility, and Catholic teaching]
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Wild
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Y'all are slipping on your "Don't reskeet obvious genAI memes" commitments.
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“The extrajudicial murders will continue until morale improves.”
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tennessee v. Garner (1984) “Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force.”
Homeland Security 
@DHSgov
On July 13, 2026, at approximately 7:00
AM ET, ICE was conducting targeted surveillance on the last known address of an illegal alien with a final order of removal. An illegal alien departed the residence in a vehicle. ICE law enforcement attempted to conduct a vehicle stop. The vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon.
The driver of the vehicle was struck, and emergency services were immediately contacted. He passed away from his injuries.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A young man complies, yet an ICE agent slams his head into a wall. Another holds a Taser sideways like a gangster. This is not professional law enforcement. PAXIS.app helps immigrants and citizens prepare before, during, and after ICE encounters. Help put it in every community: GoFundMe.com/PAXIS
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Rachel Darnall @trueconsolation.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The "trans issue" we should all actually be worried about isn't transgenderism, it's transhumanism. Do you know that a bunch of these Silicon Valley types believe that tech will eventually allow humans to transcend our bodies? P.S. I need to re-read C.S. Lewis' "That Hideous Strength."
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Christian Nationalists: “You should be REQUIRED to teach the Bible in school!” Me: 😈 “Okay class, everyone turn to James chapter 5.” Christian Nationalists: “Wait, not like that.”
Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.la 6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/06/2026
"Gather around, everyday working people, and allow me to lay out a grand vision for a brave new world. A world in which all economic functions are done by computers and robots. A world where the very concept of having money no longer exists (for all of you)."
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In Our Glorious AI Future, There Will Be No Such Thing as Money (For You)
“In the future, there is such a thing as money. But there’s no such thing as your money. All the money is our money.”
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Aaron, just Aaron @a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The Truly Reformed™️ bookish nerds (complimentary) who move at the pace of Ents have finally begun to notice and warn against the naziphilia of the online “reformed” world @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social @wearenotenemies.bsky.social @bonhoefferchild.bsky.social heidelblog.net/2026/06/thes...
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These Are Not Illinois Nazis - The Heidelblog
At Synod Calgary, held June 8–11 by the United Reformed Churches in North America (URCNA),1 as delegates debated whether or how to adopt a statement that had been adopted by several other sister churc...
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you are looking for a job that is fully remote and also not evil, DuckDuckGo is hiring for several positions: duckduckgo.com/hiring
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DuckDuckGo is Hiring!
Join the team at DuckDuckGo! Find out about our company culture, hiring process, and open positions.
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Isabel @isabelott.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
An interesting thread from a month ago that predicted exactly what we’re seeing in the reflecting pool now (peeling up, prolific microbial activity)
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works: www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...
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Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor
"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."
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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 29/05/2026
NEW: The Trump administration's DOJ has been systematically removing materials from its websites regarding the many indictments and convictions related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In response, @lawfaremedia.org has been systematically restoring them:
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Sunkissed Peaks @sunkissedpeaks.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
It’s really frightening.
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★·.·αиιѕѕα єѕριиσѕα·.·★ @redribbonrobot.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
So close to achieving this goal. Please keep spreading the word, and donate if you can!
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
And they call it Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Rod Serling holding a cigarette with the text: Imagine if you will a world where Kamala Harris starts a war with Iran, raises gas prices, demolishes half the white house  and asks for 1 billion dollars for a ballroom
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David W. Swanson @davidwswanson.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Before taking office, Trump pressured Republicans to kill a bipartisan immigration bill. Now, despite GOP majorities, no immigration legislation has been advanced. For the president and his supporters, immigration is not a challenge to compassionately resolve but an opportunity to cruelly exploit.
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Has somebody made a meme of Pete Hesgeth quoting from the Book of Armaments in preparation of throwing the Holy Hand Grenade yet?
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This.
Turns out I wasn't sick of hearing about space, I was just sick of hearing about Elon and Bezos
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Aaron, just Aaron @a-j-ruszk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
DO YOU REALIZE HOW HARD THIS IS FOR ME? A PRESBYTERIAN FROM DETROIT!
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
With sincere apologies to @tkingfisher.com.
A meme that with the headliner: "T. Kingfisher Writing a Book", and below it it "I am going to put that sensible middle aged woman in a situation."
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Your regular reminder that dehumanizing the people who are dehumanizing others isn’t how we’re gonna get to liberation. We have to live into the world we want to create.
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Bob Stevenson @bobstevenson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Just because it seems relevant:
"There are six things that the LORD hates, 
     seven that are an abomination to him: 

	haughty eyes, 
	a lying tongue, 
	and hands that shed innocent blood, 
	a heart that devises wicked plans, 
	feet that make haste to run to evil, 
	a false witness who breathes out lies, 
	and one who sows discord among brothers. 

-Prov 6:16-19 ESV
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Maybe it's less about big vs small government, but good vs bad government.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
You could say that Rock n Roll was born 111 years ago today in Arkansas, but probably not where you'd think. Before there was a Chuck Berry or Little Richard, there was those who wanted to be like her. Rosetta Nubin better known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of Rock was born on this day
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
No St. Patrick's Day is complete without watching this video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQLf...
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St. Patrick's Bad Analogies
YouTube video by LutheranSatire
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Watch a video about improving your creative productivity by cutting yourself off from cheap dopamine. I've been trying it out for less than 24 hours now (My version: No video/audio ent. or games before 8:00 PM), and gotta say: annoyed at how well it's working. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTgs...
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How I trick my brain to ALWAYS want to draw 🧠
YouTube video by Marc Brunet
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Many of y’all asked how you can support and donate to our female athletes and the celebrations,,, so I created a Go Fund Me. I’m hopeful this can have an impact beyond the weekend and help those that represent the best of the US gofund.me/140322128
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Donate to Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes, organized by Flavor Flav
Flavor Flav, the legendary rapper and Hollywood personality, has long been… Flavor Flav needs your support for Support She Got Game: Celebrate Female Athletes
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Mike Zamansky @zamansky.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Additional thoughts on why teaching CS still matters in this age of AI: cestlaz.zamansky.net/posts/more-w...
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More on why teaching CS matters - C’est la Z
I wanted to follow up on my earlier post on why teaching CS still matters. In that post, I cited a couple of former students. Not only former students but particularly high achieving ones. One friend ...
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 20/02/2026
Don't congratulate John Roberts or the Supreme Court. Congratulate Rick Woldenberg, the Chicago-area leader of Learning Resources, an educadtional toy company that had the courage to sue the president of the United States to save his family business. As well as everyone else who stepped up.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"This is so disgusting, here, smell it" ain't helpin' anybody.
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 11/02/2026
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Crazy that 40% of White evangelicals still think Trump acts ethically in office (though I'm glad it's now below the majority). But just as damning is that White evangelicals have the highest % of folks who support Trump despite doubting his ethics. "Who cares about character if we can win?"
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Kurt @truk77.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
When that one FB friend who is always posting articles from The Daily Caller writes a scolding rant about how you can't trust mainstream media on immigration. 😏
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