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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
I’m listening to the Only Lovers Left Alive soundtrack and it occurs to me that @seanfennessey.bsky.social and the Big Picture pod haven’t done a sexiest movies draft. Still time before Halloween! Definitely room for Vampire and Pre-Code categories.
January 23, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I’m listening to the Only Lovers Left Alive soundtrack and it occurs to me that @seanfennessey.bsky.social and the Big Picture pod haven’t done a sexiest movies draft. Still time before Halloween! Definitely room for Vampire and Pre-Code categories.
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Congratulations to @stephenspong.bsky.social on being named OCUL's 2026 Visiting Researcher! Stephen's expertise in copyright & AI will bring valuable insights to academic libraries navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. We're proud of this well-deserved recognition! #WesternU
We're thrilled that Stephen Spong from @westernulibs.bsky.social is our 2026 Visiting Researcher!
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
January 22, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Congratulations to @stephenspong.bsky.social on being named OCUL's 2026 Visiting Researcher! Stephen's expertise in copyright & AI will bring valuable insights to academic libraries navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. We're proud of this well-deserved recognition! #WesternU
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We're thrilled that Stephen Spong from @westernulibs.bsky.social is our 2026 Visiting Researcher!
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We're thrilled that Stephen Spong from @westernulibs.bsky.social is our 2026 Visiting Researcher!
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
Stephen will undertake a project examining how GenAI is reshaping authorship, originality and creativity — and what these shifts mean for academic libraries.
Read more: ocul.on.ca/stephen-spon...
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I honestly thought the war against Denmark would come before the war against Minnesota
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I honestly thought the war against Denmark would come before the war against Minnesota
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Other people go have a drink after a loss like this but Aaron Rodgers is going to go out there and get measles
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Other people go have a drink after a loss like this but Aaron Rodgers is going to go out there and get measles
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Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
January 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Naming a police officer is not doxxing. We aren’t supposed to have secret police in America.
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The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
As someone not chronically online… Aunt Gladys in Weapons is a metaphor for Boomers, right?
January 1, 2026 at 4:46 AM
As someone not chronically online… Aunt Gladys in Weapons is a metaphor for Boomers, right?
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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christmas on bluesky
December 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
christmas on bluesky
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Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
December 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”
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If you walked into the voting booth and put a fucking check mark next to "Donald J. Trump" for President, you cannot fucking say "I didn't vote for this". YES YOU DID. You checked the box, you posted the memes, you owned the libs, and now we are all being rewarded for your hatred and racism. Thanks.
December 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you walked into the voting booth and put a fucking check mark next to "Donald J. Trump" for President, you cannot fucking say "I didn't vote for this". YES YOU DID. You checked the box, you posted the memes, you owned the libs, and now we are all being rewarded for your hatred and racism. Thanks.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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It's fashionable now to trot out Nixon being ahead of his time on Russia, China, etc - for good & ill I helped start it - but nobody talks about the last chapter of In the Arena, which is pretty much a no-holds-barred attack on elderly politicians who won't get off the stage & go demented in public.
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It's fashionable now to trot out Nixon being ahead of his time on Russia, China, etc - for good & ill I helped start it - but nobody talks about the last chapter of In the Arena, which is pretty much a no-holds-barred attack on elderly politicians who won't get off the stage & go demented in public.
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You have to be cold. You have to force yourself. As much as possible you have to operate on interests, not feelings. Which is difficult because hate is a feeling. So you can't look it directly in the eye at first. You step away, clear your mind, try to discern your classes of enemy.
Sir, how do you learn how to hate?
September 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
You have to be cold. You have to force yourself. As much as possible you have to operate on interests, not feelings. Which is difficult because hate is a feeling. So you can't look it directly in the eye at first. You step away, clear your mind, try to discern your classes of enemy.
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welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
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MAYOR: Did you do that sculpture solemnly honouring our civil war dead
SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked
MAYOR: What
SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked
MAYOR: What
Des Moines has you all beat
September 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
MAYOR: Did you do that sculpture solemnly honouring our civil war dead
SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked
MAYOR: What
SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked
MAYOR: What