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Helen Kennedy

@helenkennedy.bsky.social

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Newspapers 4 life. (Retired from NY Daily News, ex Boston Herald.) NYC, North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. (Amateur watercolors now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Too sarcastic for my own good. MyName@gmail

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · Oct 12

Best reason to go off the record.

A highlighted excerpt from a news story, apparently about a new washroom in the city bus terminal:

"A second person who checked out the women's restroom and who asked not to be identified because she has always wanted to be an anonymous source - reported her findings by email: "Black shiny granite..."

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 26m

I’m on mobile 99% of the time these days. So many solutions (to AI, to ads) are mostly useful for desktop.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 27m

Ever.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 29m

Yes, I’m cranky, a storm is coming, but Jesus Christ why do I have to click “reader mode” to even have a hope of reading anything online these days? If you publish something you want people to read, why do you also cover it with 25 ads so they can’t actually read it?

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The Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 34m

Stop calling for resignations and start calling for arrests.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 52m

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1h

There's one huge difference between the 2025 Portland protests & the ones in 2020. Today, the ~100 anti-fascist protesters at the ICE facility are sandwiched between the feds who have MAGA-friendly media embedded w/ them, and ~15 MAGA-friendly content creators/counter-protesters out in the crowd.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1h

As President Trump tries to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, conservative influencers are working to support his claim that the city is burning with viral clips from one block. https://wapo.st/4q5HM0n

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 35m

I bought a frog beret specially.

A green felt beret with white frog eyes attached

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 39m

That’s insane

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

True of many of his stories. IT, in particular, was bad. But everything is generally so good until the ending.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 1h

No. Same.

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 7h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Website says no :(
Economy Candy has never let me down before.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

That’s it!

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Throw in Melania with her squinty glare

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

The short stories are even better than the (excellent) movies.

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

I’ve only heard about those. I’ve always wanted to try one. I wonder if Economy Candy has them. I’ll have to check next time I’m downtown.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

I prefer the first half myself. But I love apocalypses.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

I would add three of the four in Four Seasons, was it? The one with The Body and Shawshank.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah they are all period pieces now. (I am a sane person who doesn’t believe in any woo-woo anything, but every time I read that book, about halfway through I start looking around to see if I have the makings of a crucifix handy.)

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Our country is being run by evil men. But also very stupid and incompetent ones.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

I can’t tell you how jealous I am that you get to read the Stand for the first time. Get the longer version.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 10h

Trump claims the “Biden FBI” placed 274 agents at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Trump was president on Jan. 6.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

Another ludicrous pick with crazy eyes

Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

Trump names Dan Scavino to lead White House personnel office reut.rs/4nLJbHI

Trump names Dan Scavino to lead White House personnel office

U.S. President Donald Trump has appointed Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino to head the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Trump posted on Truth Social early on Sunday.

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 10h

100 Grand FTW but hard to find.

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