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John Luke

@royalbluejay.blacksky.app

I am the builder, no longer a stone refused. Trying to add a little more light and a little less noise to the world. With the shits. Always tired. β™‘ 🌞 β™‹ πŸŒ• β™‘πŸŒ… **views/opinions are my own**

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DVDs are cool again
DVDs are cool again YouTube video by Marketplace APM

Yep, that's right. DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and VHS tapes are cool again. πŸ˜ŽπŸ“ΌπŸ“€

Marketplace correspondent Nova Safo recently checked out Los Angeles’ popular video rental store Vidiots to see what the fuss is all about: www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

28.02.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 613 πŸ” 118 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 19

πŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎπŸ‘πŸΎ I'll keep an eye out for it.

10.03.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
directors charles burnett and boots riley seated on the cover of film / culture magazine β€œa rabbit’s foot”

directors charles burnett and boots riley seated on the cover of film / culture magazine β€œa rabbit’s foot”

CHARLES BURNETT x BOOTS RILEY
on the cover of A RABBIT’S FOOT.

cover story by me! on newsstands 3/14.

10.03.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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31% Of Gen Z men believe that women should obey their wives, Let us know your thoughts!

@shawnarenee.bsky.social

#UrbanViewMorning

10.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mamdani's 14th Street Redesign: The Perfect Opportunity For BRT-Style Bus Stations - Streetsblog New York City A "once-in-a-generation upgrade" to the 14th Street busway offers Mayor Zohran Mamdani a chance to make NYCs streets "the envy of the world."

A "once-in-a-generation upgrade" to the 14th Street busway offers Mayor Mamdani a chance to live up to his pledge to make the city's streets "the envy of the world" β€” by finally bringing fully enclosed bus boarding stations to New York City, advocates and experts said.

10.03.2026 13:10 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Grammarly is using our identities without permission Grammarly’s AI stole my boss’s identity.

(Original article here: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... )

10.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After the original Verge story on Grammarly using writers’ identities without consent, I thought that we should make a site about teaching consent, where we use Superhuman (who owns Grammarly) execs as examples of people who don’t understand consent. They could be shown as child predators.

10.03.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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NYC $30 minimum wage proposal headed to City Council Mayor Mamdani campaigned for the nation-leading increase, which would land at a time of of heightened economic uncertainty.

BREAKING: A bill is being introduced in the NYC City Council to raise the minimum wage to $30/hr by 2030.

gothamist.com/news/nyc-30-...

10.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 860 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 11

🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾

#HouseMusic #DetroitTechnoCity

10.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Financial stress can affect your mental, emotional and physical well-being.

Aja Clark of JPMorganChase shares strategies to help manage money stress and strengthen financial wellness.

10.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"And I took that personally." - Dracula, Castlevania (2017)

10.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd make it Afro-Indian fusion, open it in Miami and call it Naan N*gga.

10.03.2026 01:17 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 12
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Today (that’s right, March 10) is Election Day in Broward and Palm Beach counties

Voters in Palm Beach and Broward counties have elections on March 10 to choose local officials and decide on referendum questions, including tax hikes.

10.03.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The audience took that question as reasonable. Who is he to claim this? A king? I do not pay tribute to him with my words.
If everyone on earth is using Chatgpt to write in the end, no not everyone. I won't be and I'm going to make sure I tell as many people as I can irl not to use it too.

10.03.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm trying to combat despair by going out and interacting with the actual people. I got asked about AI last week and I was very blunt in saying, yes its everywhere. Along with the environment damage this is a labour issue.
I did not consent to this and I don't see why Sam Altman can take my work?

10.03.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm meeting a few young adult writers at the library today. I've read their work. It wasn't written with chatgpt and it's good!πŸ™Œ

I am encountering parents who are encouraging their teens and tweens to write along with adults and older people.

Not catching me say: We're cooked, today!

10.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHey, can you stop bombing us? Let’s talk.”

Iran:

10.03.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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10.03.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Both of the options here are human writers. The first option is unprocessed human writing and the second option is human writing run through a language model to reproduce the same outputs with different words

If it couldn't have existed without training data, it isn't creating anything at all.

10.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 544 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 21

Might grab some sushi on the way back from an appt. Something light, something celebratory.

10.03.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers’ Reports Under Trump’s CFPB TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

10.03.2026 12:00 πŸ‘ 765 πŸ” 387 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 25

Even though I'm an economist, I wish there was more focus on the human suffering from this war and less focus on the economic consequences. Hundreds of little girls are dead, and we're worried about oil prices.

10.03.2026 12:06 πŸ‘ 551 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7
A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

A handicap blue and white painted sign on the asphalt of a parking space. The symbols are meant to be a pregnant women and a baby stroller, but it doesn't look like that. It looks like pac man being killed with scissors next to a dancer

Twerkers at the barbeque get priority parking 🫑

08.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 5634 πŸ” 1054 πŸ’¬ 60 πŸ“Œ 49
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PLEASE. HELP. ME 🀣🀣😭😭

09.03.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Draft Dodger’s War: Political Choices & Economic Impacts YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors

Monday live segment with of #LDFShow with @luriedanielfavors.bsky.social on Urban View ch126 @urbanviewradio.bsky.social

09.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We Bombed Iran. Black Folks Are Asking: Who Is 'We'? For Black Americans, the national β€œwe” has never been automatic.

When America claims a collective β€œwe” in war, many Black Americans hear a familiar question β€” belonging when sacrifice is required, exclusion when justice is demanded.
wordinblack.com/2026/03/we-b...

09.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@bryanrva.dev

09.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*stares in Black people*

09.03.2026 12:41 πŸ‘ 254 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Now that everyone’s paying attention to global energy markets and effects of faraway events on prices and decision-making, is it a good time to talk about the indirect land use effects of dedicating cropland to biofuel production or nah?

06.03.2026 23:55 πŸ‘ 384 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 11

Tbh I’m not experiencing narrative rupture and it feels really bad being right so don’t worry it all feels bad one way or another

09.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2