Mike McKay
@mckaymj.bsky.social
Campari. Punt e mes. Tanqueray ('cause Hendricks would be a bit much). Substitute Tanqueray with prosecco if before 5 pm. 14A§3
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqed.bsky.social is there a pledge-free stream for sustaining members during current pledge activities?
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqed.bsky.social is there a pledge-free stream for sustaining members during current pledge activities?
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Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
August 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hello. The president's continued insistence that the BLS numbers are rigged, political, or otherwise manipulated is a lie. Please stop saying 'baseless claim.' Thank you.
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
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In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
July 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
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Even if you’re not a history person, please read this thread. All the way to the end
At this time of day on July 2, I’m drawn to think of the several thousand US troops spread out in an ever thinning line along Culp’s Hill, on the US right. All afternoon, units have been pulled from this position to bolster the left flank - Little Round Top, the Wheatfield, and Cemetery Ridge
July 3, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Even if you’re not a history person, please read this thread. All the way to the end
@caltrain.com what’s up with the 4:25 sb #638 held at Hayward Park?
June 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@caltrain.com what’s up with the 4:25 sb #638 held at Hayward Park?
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Everything Just Got Better.
June 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Everything Just Got Better.
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The Leeroy Jenkins Administration
June 22, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The Leeroy Jenkins Administration
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Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600
And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too.
www.extremetech.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.
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Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now
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In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
June 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
Tagging @peterhartlaub.bsky.social to look into this Google Maps Gemini AI summary about Angel Island— figured you would definitely know if there was such an unlikely attraction in the middle of the Bay.
maps.app.goo.gl/1ipJ6AsE9CDu...
maps.app.goo.gl/1ipJ6AsE9CDu...
April 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Tagging @peterhartlaub.bsky.social to look into this Google Maps Gemini AI summary about Angel Island— figured you would definitely know if there was such an unlikely attraction in the middle of the Bay.
maps.app.goo.gl/1ipJ6AsE9CDu...
maps.app.goo.gl/1ipJ6AsE9CDu...
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I have been thinking for a while there needs to be a very detailed archive, both from public sources and info yielded by subsequent litigation for the purposes of pursuing accountability over years and decades.
April 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I have been thinking for a while there needs to be a very detailed archive, both from public sources and info yielded by subsequent litigation for the purposes of pursuing accountability over years and decades.
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Hey @stanfordlaw.bsky.social you forgot to sign this
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hey @stanfordlaw.bsky.social you forgot to sign this
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President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
www.npr.org
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Ok, I am so bad at being Online when illness doesn't force me to be that I was today years old when I found this in the replies of a Mekka Okereke Mastodon post and understood why someone earlier today used the phrase "hold a gun to my amygdala"
theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about the backfire effect.
theoatmeal.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Ok, I am so bad at being Online when illness doesn't force me to be that I was today years old when I found this in the replies of a Mekka Okereke Mastodon post and understood why someone earlier today used the phrase "hold a gun to my amygdala"
theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
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x
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
'A Complete Unknown': The Ballad of TOSHI
And INTRODUCING 'THE TOSHI AWARDS!'
merrillmarkoe.substack.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I wrote a review of A COMPLETE UNKNOWN: the brand new Bob Dylan bio pic. And I guarantee you it is totally unlike any other critique of the film that you are ever going to run in to. merrillmarkoe.substack.com/p/a-complete...
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Remember when Twitter was just everyone tearing up over this instead of, you know, oops all nazis?
Kristin Chenoweth and Sarah Horn duet at the Hollywood Bowl
YouTube video by Sarah Horn
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:41 AM
Remember when Twitter was just everyone tearing up over this instead of, you know, oops all nazis?
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If Harris wins, will Congress certify the results?
There are now 172 election deniers in Congress.
But the new Congress gets sworn in before the presidential election is certified.
Your down ballot votes could decide whether your presidential vote is respected or discarded.
There are now 172 election deniers in Congress.
But the new Congress gets sworn in before the presidential election is certified.
Your down ballot votes could decide whether your presidential vote is respected or discarded.
November 5, 2024 at 6:55 AM
If Harris wins, will Congress certify the results?
There are now 172 election deniers in Congress.
But the new Congress gets sworn in before the presidential election is certified.
Your down ballot votes could decide whether your presidential vote is respected or discarded.
There are now 172 election deniers in Congress.
But the new Congress gets sworn in before the presidential election is certified.
Your down ballot votes could decide whether your presidential vote is respected or discarded.
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Dallas Morning News endorses Allred over Cruz.
The Morning News said Cruz has "long embraced the politics of division" and on items of crucial importance to the country, he "digs in the most partisan mode possible, making no room for common ground."
www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-blo...
The Morning News said Cruz has "long embraced the politics of division" and on items of crucial importance to the country, he "digs in the most partisan mode possible, making no room for common ground."
www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-blo...
Ted Cruz suffers blow as Texas' biggest newspaper endorses opponent
Cruz has "long embraced the politics of division," the Dallas Morning News' editorial board said as it endorsed Democratic Rep. Colin Allred for U.S. Senate.
www.newsweek.com
October 22, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Dallas Morning News endorses Allred over Cruz.
The Morning News said Cruz has "long embraced the politics of division" and on items of crucial importance to the country, he "digs in the most partisan mode possible, making no room for common ground."
www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-blo...
The Morning News said Cruz has "long embraced the politics of division" and on items of crucial importance to the country, he "digs in the most partisan mode possible, making no room for common ground."
www.newsweek.com/ted-cruz-blo...
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In a just universe there would be at least five more seasons of this show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WR...
Official Trailer | Star Trek: Lower Decks - Season 5 | StarTrek.com
YouTube video by Star Trek
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2024 at 6:51 PM
In a just universe there would be at least five more seasons of this show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8WR...
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in the damn VOTERS PAMPHLET
October 10, 2024 at 3:24 AM
in the damn VOTERS PAMPHLET