Kevin McClean
@kevinmcclean.bsky.social
Definitely has a reflection
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Gonna start a thread for the turn of phrases my brain throws at me, mainly so they don't disappear. Updated as needed
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Proud of our electeds and members who showed up for community yesterday 🌹
St. Paul police used tear gas and pepper spray Tuesday as hundreds of demonstrators confronted them and dozens of federal agents on the city’s East Side.
Council member criticizes St. Paul police conduct during federal arrest
Hundreds of demonstrators confronted dozens of federal agents and St. Paul police Tuesday as authorities arrested a man at a home on Rose Avenue on the East Side.
sahanjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Proud of our electeds and members who showed up for community yesterday 🌹
Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, and Paul Bettany are condemned to live the rest of their lives on the HMS Surprise and release a new Master & Commander movie every year
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Peter Weir, Russell Crowe, and Paul Bettany are condemned to live the rest of their lives on the HMS Surprise and release a new Master & Commander movie every year
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SPPD came prepared with gas masks and riot control gear. They planned to escalate.
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
SPPD came prepared with gas masks and riot control gear. They planned to escalate.
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There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
There’s no nice way to say this: promoting anti-vax bullshit while kids are dying of vaccine preventable illnesses is tantamount to murder, and should be treated as such in the media and the courts.
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it's important to understand that i don't actually care if the benoit blanc movies are good. lots of the columbo movies aren't "good" either. they're still good.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
it's important to understand that i don't actually care if the benoit blanc movies are good. lots of the columbo movies aren't "good" either. they're still good.
My favorite Golden Age of Twitter arguments were when people would get mad at the Pope for not reading the Bible
I miss when Twitter was truly great like the time a guy got upset at someone calling out a cricket team and started explaining how bowling worked and at the end OP was like "thanks for explaining btw I hold the world record for most career outs in cricket history"
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
My favorite Golden Age of Twitter arguments were when people would get mad at the Pope for not reading the Bible
Social media was a mistake
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Social media was a mistake
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Crowd has not dispersed. Please come rose Ave St. Paul
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Crowd has not dispersed. Please come rose Ave St. Paul
Since it's JFK Assassination Discourse time on the 'sky, my 2 cents is that Oswald acted alone, and the FBI also planted evidence because that's what they did in the 60s, except this time people were paying attention.
But the JFK Assassination is two years from retirement. I think we can let it go.
But the JFK Assassination is two years from retirement. I think we can let it go.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Since it's JFK Assassination Discourse time on the 'sky, my 2 cents is that Oswald acted alone, and the FBI also planted evidence because that's what they did in the 60s, except this time people were paying attention.
But the JFK Assassination is two years from retirement. I think we can let it go.
But the JFK Assassination is two years from retirement. I think we can let it go.
[Craig Finn voice]
Hey, but that's enough about me
Come on, tell me how you got down here into Gyoda City
Hey, but that's enough about me
Come on, tell me how you got down here into Gyoda City
Gyoda Mamekichi, a sentient green soybean, is the mascot for Gyoda City.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
[Craig Finn voice]
Hey, but that's enough about me
Come on, tell me how you got down here into Gyoda City
Hey, but that's enough about me
Come on, tell me how you got down here into Gyoda City
rfk sex poetry cant hurt me for i have seen goatse
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
rfk sex poetry cant hurt me for i have seen goatse
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i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"
does mamdani smell really good in person or something. like he seems very charming yes but what the fuck lol
November 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
i love how bsky posters are so eager to appear worldly and wise that they'll jump to say "AND YOU'RE SURPRISED????" to the craziest shit that's ever happened. if bluesky existed on 9/11/01 you fucking bet these people would out here with "obviously, everyone with a brain cell could see this coming"
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Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Google has started automatically opting you in to let it read your stuff to train AI. You need to turn this off in SEVERAL places in your settings (not just for Gmail), if you want to maintain privacy and confidentiality.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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Solidarity is brewing, let's serve it together by showing up on the picket line, supporting strike funds and skipping Starbucks while workers are on strike! Starbucks baristas are fighting for living wages, fair schedules, respect on the job, and an end to union busting. 🌹 buff.ly/e0DQyAs
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Solidarity is brewing, let's serve it together by showing up on the picket line, supporting strike funds and skipping Starbucks while workers are on strike! Starbucks baristas are fighting for living wages, fair schedules, respect on the job, and an end to union busting. 🌹 buff.ly/e0DQyAs
Much like you can pet a dog or a cat, you can pet bees
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Much like you can pet a dog or a cat, you can pet bees
Lazily making up bullshit and convincing billionaires to give you money for it is good work if you can get it
This man is paid millions of dollars every year to give lectures to the richest people in the world.
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lazily making up bullshit and convincing billionaires to give you money for it is good work if you can get it
One person's "bridge to nowhere" is another person's "only reliable access to the mainland"
Back in the New Deal, the WPA had programs that paid people to teach folk arts to kids. I think this is a good thing, but the corporate/RW media took one of the folk arts and made it a slur for government programs. Bring back boondoggles!
maybe we also try to own the word "boondoggle", lol. The term got big because of WPA programs that paid people to teach folk arts, like making a "boondoggle". The corporate press made it synonymous for waste, but imo: paying someone to teach folk arts is an eminently fine use of public money!
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
One person's "bridge to nowhere" is another person's "only reliable access to the mainland"
I wish every author shown in slide 2 a very happy open and shut lawsuit
Put writing high quality literary text on the list of things that AIs used to not be able to do but now can do
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
With fine-tuning, now outperforming MFA-trained expert writers at emulating award-winning authors when rated blindly by MFA-trained experts papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I wish every author shown in slide 2 a very happy open and shut lawsuit
More and more I think you shouldn't be allowed to leave high school until you understand storytelling. Like, they lock you into the library until you can write a convincing essay about how everyone in the The Great Gatsby, Nick included, is a giant piece of shit
MAN WHAT?
using kevin spacey for a comparison or example here is definitely… a choice
using kevin spacey for a comparison or example here is definitely… a choice
November 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
More and more I think you shouldn't be allowed to leave high school until you understand storytelling. Like, they lock you into the library until you can write a convincing essay about how everyone in the The Great Gatsby, Nick included, is a giant piece of shit
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
About 30 cars of ICE and DEA agents staging st Newell park in St. Paul
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Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Revenge/physical combat was how people settled things for literally millions of years, it's normal human behavior, we're wolves not sheep, the government project trying to social engineer us and domesticate us into sheep has been unsuccessful
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Archaeologist here. For 99.5% of human history (ca 300-400,000 years), we were peaceful (no war). There was conflict and smaller scale violence, but countless studies on the 119 known modern hunter gatherer groups show cooperation, negotiation, and peace instead of conflict. Please read books.
Our modern economy is this:
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Our modern economy is this: