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Paul Robert Lingas

@wishforacoolname.bsky.social
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Independent filmmaker. Educator. 🇬🇷🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HORRIBLY disappointed. But so is current me. Actually, 20 year old me would be utterly bewildered. Current me is still working hard for what 20 year old me wanted.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Of course. Because we’re living in Stalinist Russia.
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Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt
The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Absolutely enjoying the outpouring of love for such a wonderful human being. There are so many stories and clips and anecdotes and more. All full of love for someone who was so full of love and always seemed willing, and eager, to share hers.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Among the travesties of this regime. It has always, and will always annoy (not a strong enough word) me that the wounded dead and wounded are mere numbers. Do people know what “wounded” can mean? I feel too many assume it’s something minor, when it can be life altering.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I keep seeing "Worst sitcom you've watched" and all I can think of is: my life at this moment. All of it. This authoritarian regime, all the hate, all the violence, all of it. None of it is funny. I think it's going for the absurdist comedy angle but it's failing miserably. DO NOT PICK UP. CANCEL.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This man is why I love Arsenal. And his words are why I love NY. Miss it so much.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/08/2026
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%. (Published May 2025)
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Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
We see that, unfortunately, Russia is regaining its positions in international sports organizations, while not stopping the war and the killings, - Zelenskyy.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
theguardian.com
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is what Stephen Miller and all the other murderous goons in the regime want. These deaths are on them.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...
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After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani (Gift Article)
Some politicians said Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel had created a dangerous environment. He pushed back, condemning the stabbings of two men on the Upper West Side and defending his state...
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Is it possible the field is tilted toward one end? #FRAENG
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Jules Sherred (he/him) @geekyjules.julessherred.com · 15/07/2026
Kid1, who is both an conductor and engineer for CN and has driven trains through SK wildfires himself, just sent me this video from Ontario. When I tell you they arent paid enough!!! vt.tiktok.com/ZSXkuEadE/
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
INSANE. How could this be anything but terrible? Of course this FCC said ok. "Plans to have more than 50,000 satellites reflecting sunlight back to Earth could cause huge disruption to ecosystems and humans alike. But the FCC has just given the go-ahead to test a giant space mirror in Earth-orbit."
earthsky.org
Giant space mirror approved to test sunlight on demand
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Crushed by the loss of Sam Neill. One of my all time favorites. He brought charm, gravitas, and solidity to every role and project. And so soon after the news he was cancer free.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"Corruption for me, not for thee" is far too prevalent with this whole discussion. The moment Trump put his finger on the scale, whomever is for the FIFA decision is also for Trump's corruption.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Holy…what a hit. Just…incredible finish.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Got to love a "hydration break" when the weather is mild and rainy.
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Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I’m not going to stop going on about the fact that Arsenal’s success at corners is built on having two of the best corner takers in the game and they both play for England so you’re going to see it in this tournament and you’re going to be forced to accept it 👍
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I miss NY so much.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Congratulations to the Knicks, to my former home of NY, and to all my friends there, and elsewhere. Especially to my other brain, for whom this is the first title in his life. You know who you are. Soak it in.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
As a neutral, I can say that NBA officiating remains childish, inconsistent, and worse than any other major sport. They can’t even get the basics right. #NBA #Finals
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Daily Cannon @dailycannon.com · 19/05/2026
Arsenal players celebrating 😍😍😍
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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!! COME ON ARSENAL!!!!!!!!! #Arsenal
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Miguel Arteta Laughing
ALT: Miguel Arteta Laughing
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SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
COYG
ONE NIL
TO THE ARSENAL
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!! #Arsenal
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Usually my feed is politics, science, arts, and cute animals. Yet this just happened.
A volcano pizza and a two tired donut with chocolate topping are pictured one after the other.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Welcome home Integrity and crew!!!! #ArtmisII
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The images right now of the solar eclipse from Orion are phenomenal. As this entire day and mission have been. Had it on pretty much 24/7 since pre-launch. #ArtemisII #NASA #Integrity #Orion
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I am getting such a kick out of listening to CAPCOM and Integrity taking care of little tasks, items on the checklist, and general feeling out of the spacecraft. Really makes me happy. #ArtemisII #NASA
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Successful TLI burn. Onto the moon! #ArtemisII
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Let's go, Artemis II !!!! #NASA #ArtemisII
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Global Abortion Rights News @globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
"The Price of Safety: Stories of Abortions Denied, Careers Disrupted, and States Left Behind" details the human and economic toll of abortion bans. The anthology uses stories from patients, doctors, business leaders, and others to show the real-world consequences of abortion bans.
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New Research Details 'Human and Economic Toll' of US Abortion Bans | Common Dreams
A Monday report from the Center for Reproductive Rights features various profiles demonstrating "the human and economic toll" of US abortion bans.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I wish this wasn’t so painfully, hysterically on point, but it is.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The United States of America is a rogue state that cannot be trusted anywhere with anything. The only guarantees from the government are lies and violence.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 27/02/2026
What the actual fuck @harvard.edu
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
On the Democrats: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/epstein-an...
The Democrats are a failed party. I do not think either party should exist at this point. I would be happy if two new parties arose to counter both the Dems and the GOP. The GOP is a party of abusers, the Dems are enablers, and this dynamic has been in place for the entire 21st century. The Democratic leadership is behaving no differently than they did before, which is the problem. It is the level of threat that has changed: failed democracy became fledgling fascism became an autocratic mafia state, and all the while, Dems collaborated with internal enemies and continue to protect them. Their refusal to focus on election integrity — a problem which dates back decades! — and instead fundraise off our fear is a key example of their failure.
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Beyond wrong, cruel, and unconstitutional.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Jack Hughes said, "Everything is so political. We're athletes." Well, you and your teammates, other than the five who didn't go to D.C., were used, some intended, as political props and pawns by a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, fascist regime that's killed its own citizens. #Hughes #SOTU #hockey
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"In our current state, there is no such thing as incidental symbolism. The images and associations matter." An excellent read. (Should be a gift article. Forgive me if it didn't work.) #USmenshockey #UShockey #USwomenshockey
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The reason we're here is that tens of millions of people will punch a hole in a wall if they hear someone used food stamps to buy soda but they're fine if the right-wing podcaster turned fbi director uses his taxpayer funded private jet to go party whenever he feels like it bsky.app/profile/thed...
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
✨ It’s a yes or no question ✨
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Paul Robert Lingas @wishforacoolname.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
A reminder that this is happening everywhere everyday. From my backyard 👇🏼
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"We are behind… How do I guarantee that if you show up to work today nothing's going to happen to you?" Construction company owner says ICE raids are decimating her workforce — After 15 years, she fears this will be her last year as projects fall weeks behind. (From @wcconews.bsky.social )
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