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partiallycylon.bsky.social
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@partiallycylon.bsky.social
Photographer, sometimes. Anticapitalist rants and unapologetic leftist politics otherwise.
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I want most of all for my lifetime portfolio of images to serve as "a landscape photographer's documentation of climate change". My dream would be to work with scientists in remote corners of the world, showing people the most fragile landscapes as they disappear. Show people what's worth saving...
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All In The Family
Spinal Tap
A Few Good Men
When Harry Met Sally
Princess Bride
Stand By Me

That’s just the start…

And without Castle Rock (Rob’s company) you wouldn’t have Seinfeld among many other iconic tv shows and films.
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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every time a community tests ubi or free housing for the homeless the result is always "holy fuck this works incredibly well and costs less than existing solutions!" and then every politician alive does this
April 9, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.

The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:

Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
March 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Congratulations to the Cuomo team: it takes a lot of dedication and money to lose one election twice.
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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So…they’re disappearing people. This is all just ticking along as expected. Now I know how the junta in Argentina lasted so long

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
My years-long joke of a starting word has finally paid off.
#wordle

Wordle 1,500 1/6
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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*trying to ignore the concentration camps*

i just need to lock in
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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there is something so fucking sick about building a society and job market that actively punishes people for attempting to have a work/life balance and then to frame it as "is caring for yourself worth it?" girl fuck you
the zoomers have rebranded vacation
July 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.
From Sensual Butt Songs to Santa’s Alleged Coke Habit: AI Slop Music Is Getting Harder to Avoid
Even listeners who hate the idea of AI music are getting served tracks like “Taste My Ass” and “I Caught Santa Claus Sniffing Cocaine” on Spotify and other streamers.
wrd.cm
July 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"There's no way at all this can end poorly, right?" - Every shareholder meeting about AI
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'

But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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YES. YES IT IS BAD
Everyone Is Using A.I. for Everything. Is That Bad?
www.nytimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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as ever, if you ask people if they think art should exist for their enjoyment they will say yes, and then if you ask them if the people making the art should get paid for it they'll tell you "no that's a fake job"
if you think every voice actor is a millionaire, you are not immune to propaganda and would not survive the winter, sorry.
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
Trump upends historic Columbia River Basin agreement, bringing uncertainty to salmon recovery efforts
President Donald Trump on Thursday pulled the federal government out of what Northwest tribes have hailed as a historic agreement to recover salmon in the Columbia River Basin.
www.opb.org
June 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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All gas, no breaks.

Only you can make this poll a reality: zohranfornyc.com/events
June 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter:

Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera.

The problem?

THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT.
June 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”
looks like she was targeted
June 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a once-in-a-generation leader who has led the fight for working people in Congress.

In 2018, she shocked the world and transformed our politics.

On June 24, with @aoc.bsky.social’s support and this movement behind us, we will do the same.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Zohran Mamdani as Top Choice for Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Lankford: "People are screaming & saying, 'It's kicking people off Medicaid.' It's not kicking people off Medicaid. It's transitioning from Medicaid to employer-provided healthcare. So yes, we've got 10 mil ppl that are not gonna be on Medicaid, but they are gonna be on employer-provided healthcare"
June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM