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Christopher
@cekent.bsky.social
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Medievalist, Futurist, Finder, Pointer. Looking at the long-term future of [something something something].
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Christopher @cekent.bsky.social · Oct 28
Kent's Law: There is no need to fear AI until spellcheck and autocorrect work flawlessly 95% of the time.
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itsthebrandi.bsky.social
The Strib posted video of Angie Craig going in on Tom Emmer re: ICE on the House floor. It is WILD how everyone else is just milling around having a larf and not noticing the MN reps

www.instagram.com/reel/DTOsTJv...
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
cekent.bsky.social
It used to be you would task one friend to be the person to come to your place and clear out your porn and drugs if you died unexpectedly. Now you have to have them be in charge of setting up your memorial GoFundMe as well.
January 8, 2026 at 3:33 AM
cekent.bsky.social
This is a stupendously bad idea. An AI with an inclination to “yes, and” questions posed to is going to lead users into thinking they have medical problems that they do not have.
January 8, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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kvetch.gay
Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
cekent.bsky.social
You can't ban cars! You just can't!!! We neeeeeeeed our cars! If you ban cars then only criminals will have cars!!!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 AM
cekent.bsky.social
Wow.
morganrichter.bsky.social Morgan Richter @morganrichter.bsky.social · 5h
Tonight I watched a forgotten horror film from 1977 that featured the screen debut of Sexy Young Stephen Tobolowsky (playing a nubile young stable boy), and I'm still trying to wrap my brain around it.
Sexy Young Stephen Tobolowsky, looking young and sexy, in 1977's Keep My Grave Open. Much-loved character actor Stephen Tobolowsky, known for Groundhog Day and dozens of other films.
January 8, 2026 at 1:20 AM
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jphillll.bsky.social
We’ve graduated from “abolish ICE is the moderate position” to “Nuremberg trials for the Trump regime and its Gestapo is the moderate position.”
January 7, 2026 at 8:44 PM
cekent.bsky.social
Wall Street mouthpiece Bloomberg calling it clearly.
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
cekent.bsky.social
I do not need to see what anyone is saying about anything on X. Not about today's events, or yesterday's, or tomorrow's. Left it behind for a reason, don't need to be updated here.
January 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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rincewind.run
what this should make clear to everyone in this country is that it does not matter who you are, there's no "it could never happen to me"

you can be a white woman who drives around with stuffed animals in her car, and they will still kill you in cold blood and call you a domestic terrorist
kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social Laminariales @kelpkelpkelp.bsky.social · 10h
The murdered woman's glove compartment is filled with stuffed animals.
murdered woman's glove compartment filled with stuffed animals
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
cekent.bsky.social
@davidjroth.bsky.social A link that I saw, but did not click on. But if you want, this is from Decider.com.
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
cekent.bsky.social
Some good news:
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...
Abortion pill ban is unconstitutional, Wyoming’s top court rules
The court also struck down a broader prohibition on abortions, citing a state constitution provision that guarantees residents the right to make health care decisions.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
cekent.bsky.social
This is a good reminder that there is nothing these washed-out, gym class bullies hate more than not being listened to.

This is in no way victim blaming.
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 PM
cekent.bsky.social
@clsn.bsky.social RTYI
catbus.phd Catbus @catbus.phd · May 22
meet me at the Naha City crab shrine in 10 minutes if u crave carcinisation
a stone table and chairs beneath a large crab statue, claws upraised in defiance of the gods
January 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
cekent.bsky.social
I looked at this and thought, “Despite what was said, she is not unattractive.” And then I realized this is the Holbein portrait that led Henry VIII to believe she was not unattractive.

Got us again, Holbein.
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
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mobute.bsky.social
this is so cool
January 7, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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techdirt.com
Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses

I've criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority party…
Chuck Schumer’s Ridiculous Strategy For Trump’s Illegal War: Hope Republicans Come To Their Senses
I've criticized Chuck Schumer plenty over the years, generally for being bad on tech policy, but also for not understanding the moment we’re living through. Yes, he’s the leader of a minority party with zero power, but that doesn’t mean he’s powerless. Yet he acts as if he is. And if he can't figure that out, it's time for someone else to do it.
www.techdirt.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
cekent.bsky.social
If Marvel had any balls they’d announce they are bringing back Chadwick Boseman.

I mean, they did it for Carrie Fisher …
January 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
cekent.bsky.social
Finally! After millennia of not knowing how to find music to listen to, or the people that make music, we will have a way to discover music. The tyranny of the half-dozen music makers and one genre is over! Hurrah!!
January 7, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Just a reminder that George Conway is not fundraising right now to run against a MAGA republican.

He is fundraising to run against progressive Democrats.
January 7, 2026 at 5:28 AM
cekent.bsky.social
I know the Senate/House GOP are cowards, huddling afraid in the corner, but AT THE VERY LEAST they could insist on controlling this $$$ to use for pork barrel projects in their own states. C’mon guys, at least be venal!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President”
I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over between 30 and 50 MILLION Barrels of High Quality, Sanctioned Oil, to the United States of America. This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States! I have asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright to execute this plan, immediately. It will be taken by storage ships, and brought directly to unloading docks in the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
January 7, 2026 at 1:04 AM
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roodypatooti.bsky.social
Wish I could internalize this
brightwanderer I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success. Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage. The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things. I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
cekent.bsky.social
Went to the movies last week (saw Marty Supreme--good!)for the first time in a year and holy moses was the pre-movie sound (entertainment show, adverts, previews) so goddamned LOUD. I actually leaned over to the wife and kid and said, "I sound like an old man, but why is it so loud?"
January 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
cekent.bsky.social
This is a clever and fun.

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How (not) to recycle those old gadgets
E-waste can be transformed into essentials if you’re willing to think outside the box.
wapo.st
January 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
cekent.bsky.social
@afterschool.skystack.xyz Reading yesterday's glossary and once again I realize I will never remember that Brandy Melville is a retailer and not a Real Housewife nor an eponymous Real Housewife retailer.
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM