Nathan
@nathandunbar.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer. Tall. Bookseller by profession, Humanist at heart. Support Trans 🏳️⚧️ lives.
📍Chicago
📍Chicago
Men of Bluesky Calendar
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine if billionaires did things like this so much they became just simple millionaires.
Someone bought a bunch of the turkeys and hams at our local grocery in town and told the manager to make them available for free to folks that need them. There’s a whole freezer case with a sign on it that just says “If you need one take one, if you don’t then leave it for someone else.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Imagine if billionaires did things like this so much they became just simple millionaires.
Brown line taker here. I see these every day. 2 have been ripped off at my stop.
If you look up this company you'll find interviews with the 20-something dudebro who founded it. He, of course, thinks the defaced ads are funny and good press. His loser energy couldn't be more palpable.
If you look up this company you'll find interviews with the 20-something dudebro who founded it. He, of course, thinks the defaced ads are funny and good press. His loser energy couldn't be more palpable.
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Brown line taker here. I see these every day. 2 have been ripped off at my stop.
If you look up this company you'll find interviews with the 20-something dudebro who founded it. He, of course, thinks the defaced ads are funny and good press. His loser energy couldn't be more palpable.
If you look up this company you'll find interviews with the 20-something dudebro who founded it. He, of course, thinks the defaced ads are funny and good press. His loser energy couldn't be more palpable.
What if god was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
What if god was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus
Tryin' to make his way home?
What the literal hell happened today.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
What the literal hell happened today.
What is it with these "NO DMS" kookaloos following zillions of accounts? Get bent.
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What is it with these "NO DMS" kookaloos following zillions of accounts? Get bent.
MJM doing the lord's work.
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
MJM doing the lord's work.
Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang."
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Ian Fleming wrote "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang."
Shanice's biggest hit is not "I Love Your Smile." It's "Un-break My Heart," where she sang backup vocals.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Shanice's biggest hit is not "I Love Your Smile." It's "Un-break My Heart," where she sang backup vocals.
The Pacific entrance to the Panama canal is east of the Atlantic entrance.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Pacific entrance to the Panama canal is east of the Atlantic entrance.
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“In case anyone is wondering what’s going on at ‘the other place’”
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“In case anyone is wondering what’s going on at ‘the other place’”
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
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“In case anyone is wondering what’s going on at ‘the other place’”
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
I’m not. If I was I would still be there.
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Wait holy shit, a nice correction on this story - THESE CELEBS DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT. They recorded voices 15 years ago for an audio bible project and Fox is repurposing it bsky.app/profile/falc...
Okay, this is kind of wild? www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Kristen Bell Is the Star of a New FOX Jesus Podcast. No One Told Her
FOX's new Jesus podcast features Kristen Bell as the voice of Mary Magdalene. Bell, however, recorded the audio 15 years ago for a different project.
www.rollingstone.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Wait holy shit, a nice correction on this story - THESE CELEBS DIDNT KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT. They recorded voices 15 years ago for an audio bible project and Fox is repurposing it bsky.app/profile/falc...
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So, I won a National Book Award.
November 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So, I won a National Book Award.
I don't remember these but ngl...
Would.
Would.
Bagel-fuls (2003-2008): Small, tube-shaped bagels, loaded with a variety of cream cheese fillings. Available in options such as Original, Chive, Cinnamon, Blueberry, Strawberry, Cherry, and Apple-Cinnamon
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I don't remember these but ngl...
Would.
Would.
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We are thrilled that @rabihalameddine.bsky.social's THE TRUE TRUE STORY OF RAJA THE GULLIBLE (AND HIS MOTHER) has been selected as the winner of the 2025 @nationalbook.bsky.social Award for Fiction! Congrats, Rabih 🥳
November 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
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Somehow in all the excitement over on the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social account, I didn’t manage to share this news (from a couple weeks ago) directly myself: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and could not be more excited 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Somehow in all the excitement over on the @storystudiochicago.bsky.social account, I didn’t manage to share this news (from a couple weeks ago) directly myself: We were awarded a $100,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation and could not be more excited 🧵
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Tired: the Christmas pickle
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tired: the Christmas pickle
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
Wired: the Christmas eggplant
(Sorry I might be hornt on main)
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If you don’t want to hate read any part of that book, this was a great year for books that are actually good! I’d recommend Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Boom Town by Nic Stone, and The Payback, by me.
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you don’t want to hate read any part of that book, this was a great year for books that are actually good! I’d recommend Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin, Discontent by Beatriz Serrano, Audition by Katie Kitamura, Boom Town by Nic Stone, and The Payback, by me.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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🎁CHICAGO'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING LOCAL🎁
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🎁CHICAGO'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING LOCAL🎁
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd
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