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Nico @nico-encounter.bsky.social · 18h

Made a starter pack for insightful leftwing/marxist AI posters
go.bsky.app/8BZUJ9v

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 16h

Getting the day before flying visions of catastrophe jitters

ds @dylanschenker.com · 1d

Indigo Bookstore in Montreal, which is as far as I can tell Canada Barnes and Noble did not have any Pynchon in their general fiction. When I flagged down an employee she found copies of Shadow Ticket in their new release section but nothing else. What the hell

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 1d

You can't call someone a fraud if you can't explain why they're a fraud

ds @dylanschenker.com · 1d

Ghost in the shell forever

NEIGHBORHOOD VOODOO PRIEST🔮🧿📿🪬 @tajaithealchemist.bsky.social · 1d

Ghost in the Shell or Perfect Blue?

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 2d

Just a few more days before I go to Brazil. Still kinda crazy to me

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 2d

one single step that would do a lot to improve reputation of LLMs would be for Google to abandon AI Mode like they do with all of their other products

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 2d

RIP to a legend people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 2d

holy shit RIP Diane Keaton

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 2d

This reminds me of the time I bought a post-Easter sale two pound bag of egg-shaped Reese's peanut butter cups (not "fun-sized") and probably ate about 3/4 in one sitting before I couldn't eat anymore. Finished it the next day though

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 2d

One of my overarching political commitments is the treatment of isolation as a collective obligation to which all people in the orbit of sufferers have a duty to resolve.

Actively invite anyone lonely, isolated, miserable, introverted to communal activities regardless of what they contribute

The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 2d

I feel lots of things that felt like, were billed as, self-actualization read in retrospect as canaries in the coal mine for the fraying commitments we owe to each other as members of a society.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 2d

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

There's a context bot that will show you the post behind a block but I don't remember their handle and when I've asked nobody has replied

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

Something poetic about these frog costumes becoming a symbol of defiance to an authoritarianism often associated with another frog, Pepe. Except whereas the latter represented grievance and nihilistic irony the former is joyous and celebratory in the face of violent suppression

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

I'm so close to 1000 followers. I think at my peek I had 1300 or 1400 followers on Twitter?

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

Anyone who has ever worked in the service industry or as a janitor understands the utter indignity of dealing with the excrement of the public

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

Once again, my politics is I never want anyone ever to be subjected to cleaning a public restroom ever again

unpaid shirtz dot cool brand ambassador @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com · 3d

i think it's a pretty clear repudiation of modern capitalism and capitalism as a whole that what people actually want robots to do is shit like laundry, taking the trash out, vacuuming, etc, and instead the market has forced robots to be The Future Of Everything. no, please just wash my dishes thx

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 3d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

Favorite part of the lore is it was started by the country musician Jason Isbell

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

To be honest before I realized the post was about actual hogs I thought feral swine was being used euphemistically to identify ICE deployments

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Rookie Picture Horror Show 🏳️‍⚧️ ✝️ @gaywad.lol · 3d

For Sale: Baby Shoes, financing available through Klarna

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 3d

BIG STAR MENTIONED

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 4d

Tom Waits
Nick Cave

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 4d

a single "Greatest Living" feels way to difficult to nominate but some people I would include on a list:

Mike Cooley (Drive-By Truckers)
Paul Westerberg
Robert Pollard (Guided by Voices)

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 8d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 4d

It would be nice if more people would look at this post as a perfect example of how you can include a link to the article and a screenshot with the byline

Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 4d

Oh www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/p...

CNN headline: Former GOP election official buys Dominion Voting
Systems, says he'll push for paper ballots

ds @dylanschenker.com · 4d

They desperately need to redesign the site

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ds @dylanschenker.com · 4d

This is the future

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