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T.A. Jhauntson
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Hubby, artist, fan of the uncanny, AI hater, physical media freak, played The Palace
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another spooky guy. thanks @bullwark.bsky.social for the spooky guy request!
October 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Joe Fig (American, b.1968)
"Jennifer Packer: Nate, Chey," 2026
Oil on linen
15 x 13.75 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
October 5, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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where did you come from
where did you go
what movie did you come from
May 7, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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I like how often Batman is still wearing the costume when he’s working at the computer in the cave, I’d be sitting there like Porky Pig without pants
October 4, 2026 at 1:47 AM
As a longtime NYC straphanger, I approve of this cover!
October 3, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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Post Office
Garfield, WA
October 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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“I'm not worried the Democrats will lose the midterms. I'm worried they'll win and use their normal ploy of installing a rotating villain to torpedo the vote as soon as something good and productive is about to happen.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zswl...
Trump Created a CRISIS that Half the Country Doesn't Know About! (feat. Sarah Kendzior)
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Find a drop box!
NEW: Each election year, USPS takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time.

But this year, the agency has pushed back the start date by five days for a set of new measures, leaving postal workers with a truncated timeline to manage mail ballots.
USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
www.democracydocket.com
October 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Werewolf a day?
October 2, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON 🦇💀🖤✨
#art #pinup
October 2, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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Every one of these guys is thinking the same thing: how much money can I extract from giving Defense contracts to the tech industry? Even the govt officials are calculating when to make the jump over to the vendors they are nominally going to be buying from.
October 2, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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October 2, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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I don’t think Kid Rock should continue to call himself Kid when he looks 102 years old
October 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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Exactly what we’re seeing in AI in the life sciences: wine and dine a cluster of thinkers, then invite the ones who aren’t put off or critical to contribute to paid-off think tanks
“For months, Anthropic has been hosting private meetings like this one, shuttling in dozens of religious scholars from across the world, papering them with nondisclosure agreements and demanding that key aspects of many conversations remain confidential.“

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
Is Claude Conscious? Inside Anthropic’s Quest to Instill Morality Into Its A.I. Models (Gift Article)
In a series of private meetings, the company consulted religious scholars to help instill morality into its A.I. models — and make the case that Claude could be conscious.
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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The Hum marches North #Hookland
October 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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since October is finally upon us, it's time to (re)share my list of horror movie favorites
favorite horror
A list of 153 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Innocents (1961), The Exorcist (1973), Alien (1979), 28 Years Later (2025) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
letterboxd.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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You know it's going to be a good episode of The X-Files when Mulder finds some goop
May 8, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
September 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
September 30, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.

“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”

www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
September 30, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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It’s that wonderful time of the year again! The autumnal month that leads us to Halloween starts tomorrow and, as for tradition, I’m planning to draw a themed horror illustration each day all month long. (Deadlines permitting!!!)
September 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Free book excerpt! From THEY KNEW, on paywalls, the loss of the public sphere, and the abandonment of accountability. Written in 2021, it explains much of the present political information crisis:
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/a-public-f...
A Public Flat Earth
How paywalls killed the public sphere.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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September 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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Jack Smith's brief opening statement is worth watching.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1es...
WATCH: Jack Smith's full opening statement in Senate Judiciary hearing on Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2026 at 4:43 PM