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Kevin Smokler

@weegee.bsky.social
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a dope. Hurricanes and Famines "get something done" also but should be wishing for more of them? (via @jamellebouie.net )
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Please use the following phrase in a sentence.... "Shooting at the walls of heartache..."
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And while we're at it, how about how long it will take the next administration (and the one after that and after that) to undo the damage...
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It is a truth universally acknowledged that we leave out Pro Wrestling at our peril.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Completely. The guilty party of dirt on baseboards is, 100% of the time, wearing shoes or riding a motorcycle indoors. One of the two.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes! For 26 years now. Or put another way, I have been present for LOST GIRLS....and...HIDDEN VALLEY ROAD events at @booksmith.bsky.social & @bookpassage.bsky.social and the like. Would love to meet you in person :)
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I will miss you. You were a joy to work with...
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A modern classic of yours.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/09/2026
Bobby McIlvaine was 26 when he died in the September 11 attacks. In 2021, Jennifer Senior wrote about grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the decades since 9/11. Revisit the Pulitzer Prize–winning story: theatln.tc/lUQH2ThM
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jeez, no kidding! Give em matching clothes and they are a few members away from being Earth Wind and Fire or the Polyphonic Spree.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perpare to loose a year of your life at minimum on this giant archive of profiles of great coffee packaging and design. sprudge.com/design
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Between you, me and Mr. Roboto, this is more guys than were ever in STYX during their heyday. And this is minus their original drummer who is deceased. Did STYX decide to let Pookie from the neighborhood be part of their Vegas residency?
consequence.net
Styx Announce 2027 Las Vegas Residency at the Venetian Resort
Styx have announced their seventh consecutive residency at Las Vegas' Venetian Theatre, set for winter of 2027 featuring a set focused on their hits.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
73 Logos with Hidden Meanings. Also known as pure crack. designbro.com/blog/inspira...
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hayao Miyazaki is 85 years old. What will be next for the world he created, Studio Ghibli? (via @longreads.com ) www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
bloomberg.com
Studio Ghibli’s Biggest Secret Is What Comes Next
Hayao Miyazaki and his animators have had a legendary run of classics. They’re not in the biggest rush to make another.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#TIL that Ebenezer Scrooge, despite, well, never existing, has his own gravestone in Shropshire, England. Don't go leaving fruitcakes there come December, ya hear? www.atlasobscura.com/places/ebene...
atlasobscura.com
Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone in Shropshire
A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you use a service and WISH it had RSS feeds (you know if you are this sort of person) there's a good chance Open RSS has solved this problem for you. (via @32bit.cafe ) openrss.org/feeds
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Except Apple Cake. That alwayhs seems to arrive right on time this mo0ment of the year.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Oh this is good to know. Thank you!
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Dude, get on this (certain members of my family are late to everything and, because I am terrified of being an anti-semitic cliche, I am 5 minutes early for everything).
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
That's super tight! What do you typically borrow from the tool library/
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh shoot, thank you for the warning. Clearly this is a job for typeface piracy or something like it, right? :)
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There are roughly 2000 tool libraries (i.e. a "library of things" where you can borrow a lawn mower or knife set or stapler for free) worldwide. It's also suprisingly easy to set up your own. www.shareable.net/toolkit/libr...
shareable.net
Library of Things Toolkit (2.0)
Introduction Welcome to the second edition of the Library of Things Toolkit. This expanded guide will help you plan, start, and grow a Library of Things in your community.  Libraries of Things (often called LoTs) are community-based systems that allow people to borrow, share, and collectively steward physical resources. LoTs follow the traditional mechanics of […]
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Perhaps you are a giant nerd for typefaces as I am. If so, an open source type foundry called The League of Moveable Type has a newsletter that will send you a Typeface of the Week as well as other word(l)y gems. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/newsletter (via www.are.na/maia-welbel)
theleagueofmoveabletype.com
The Weekly Typographic Newsletter | The League of Moveable Type
Get the latest news, updates, and resources for typography & design from the first open-source font foundry.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Australia is considering passing a law called MY FEED MY WAY that mandates giving IG users the choice to see everyone they follow and weed out suggestions by algorithms entirely. How can I vote over your way @rossfloate.bsky.social ? (via Bubbles.town)
disassociated.com
My Feed My Way will make Instagram feeds overwhelming says Adam Mosseri
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This being the second night of Rosh Hashannah, whom has had quite enough Apple Cake for a while, thank you?
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Straight from what feels like the internet of August 1995 is Rotating Sandwiches dot com which is well, see for yourself and try not to drool. (via The Archive of Archives) rotatingsandwiches.com
rotatingsandwiches.com
Rotating Sandwiches
that's it
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Africa is home to roughly 1/3 of the world's languages. A revival in underspoken, native tongues is being led mostly by the continent's young people. The Story: bit.ly/4r713PM (via Arts Journal)
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
San Francisco, already the home of every stupid AI idea under the sun, is poised to become the world capital of anti-AI graffiti. sfstandard.com/2026/09/02/a...
sfstandard.com
The latest tech billboard trend? Anti-AI graffiti
Spray-painted screeds have popped up across the city.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Being curious about the contours of ethical bankruptcy is still ethical bankruptcy. Having a rigorous debate over say whether women deserve equal rights doesn't make you smart. It makes you an asshole who thinks such matters are actually debatable.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Someone at @longreads.com has been reading my Lisa Frank diary...
longreads.com
Ladies of the '80s - Longreads
How Madonna, Grace Jones, Joan Jett, Whitney Houston, and their contemporaries broke the stodgy musical mold of the '60s and '70s to inspire generations of women to pick up an instrument and learn to ...
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Followed by a 600% increase in CDs melting after being left out in the sun.
consequence.net
CD Revenue Surged Nearly 60% in First Half of 2026
US CD revenue surged 58.6% to $171 million during the first half of 2026, according to the RIAA's latest mid-year report.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don't like to be the person who reflexively says "So what?" but what exactly are the consequences if it is v. if it isn't? Does anything meaningly happen either way?
theguardian.com
Is Natalie Portman really the subject of Rachel Cusk’s new novel? Nine things you need to know about the literary hoo-haa
Fiction sleuths are obsessed with the idea that the book, Life of M, is a flagrant riff on the actor’s life. And despite being a firm Cusk fan, Portman is reportedly not happy
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
No one was going to spend 11 seconds looking into it and discovering there was already a movie called VISION QUEST? If this is the standard of things, why not just all every 3rd movie STAR WARS and be done with it?
youtube.com
Vision Quest (2026) | Official Trailer | Marvel Studios
YouTube video by Legendary Marvels
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Paul Constant @paulconstant.com · 30/08/2026
In case you missed it: Iif you’re giving your money to Starbucks right now, you’re officially crossing a picket line. The union has called for a boycott, and we respect the union’s wishes.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“No, the hit records of your generation are not better than today’s. As soon as you stop listening to new music, your life is over. You are a fart.” -- John Waters
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My man, Air Supply is my jam.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Listen, sometimes its an Air Supply deep cuts kinda day.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." -- Stephen Biko
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
We're doing this because it is critical that people in the same physical community interact with each other more in low-stakes, positive ways, and also it makes life more fun. Maybe you know someone who needs a pep talk/off ramp from the stranger danger mindset. www.eventbrite.com/e/1994617919...
eventbrite.com
How to Talk to Strangers
There are 8 billion new friends out there. Or at least encounters that can make memories and good stories. And that’s all life is, really.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
In case you had missed today's deeply unshocking news...
bbc.com
Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct when they were teenagers
The actor and musician faces allegations from 10 women in total who say he mistreated them as teenagers.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Tape Player is a blog about cassette tapes thetapeplayer.com (via @blogroll.org.web.brid.gy )
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
If the African continent is a subject of interest to you, allow me to recommend perhaps the most perfect book ever about the subject that i just had the honor of reading. "Africa is not a Country" by Dipo Faloyin
en.wikipedia.org
Africa Is Not a Country - Wikipedia
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
TIL: San Francisco has a crabbing group (as in to catch crabs in open water and take them home in a bucket) for women and non-binary folk. Unsurprisingly, it is an enormous hit.
sfstandard.com
How a group of crabbing baddies became SF’s most unexpected support group
They lost their jobs, picked up rods and snares, and built a 500-person crew of Bay Area women who crab, chant, and cure the loneliness epidemic one low tide at a time. Even the Fish and Game Warden a...
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
How long before Lettrboxed tries to convince you that there were only 500 movies ever made and 393 of them were produced by Netflix?
variety.com
Netflix Among Parties in Early Talks to Buy Letterboxd: Report
Letterboxd has reportedly held exploratory sales talks with Netflix, Paramount, Sony Pictures and other parties.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Today's question: Would you call this a continuity error? This is the trailer for Ryan Murphy's new series THE SHARDS, which takes place in 1981. The song, they use ( "Let's Go All The Way" ) by Sly Foxx was released in 1986, meaning it did not yet exist in the world of this series. Thoughts?
youtube.com
The Shards | Official Trailer | Igby Rigney, Kaia Gerber, Hayes Warner | FX
YouTube video by FX Networks
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I wish!
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
[Looks around room guiltily]
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Oh yeah, I grew up in one of those states (Michigan). Though Ohio, which is not far from Michigan, everything short of a rocket launcher was nice and legal.
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Why some cities have bigger issues with people setting off fireworks at all hours on July 4th? I grew up 40 mile from Ohio border, a state where you could purchase dynamite and no one would care. And I've never heard anyone from Columbus or Akron talk about illegal boom booms on Independence Day
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Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Smash cut to Jennifer Beals looking at camera and saying "But I'm from Chicago!"
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