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Matt Dunphy

@leviathant.com

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Citizen archaeologist, solutions engineer, electronic musician. I call Philadelphia home.

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · Nov 13

Hello again, Bluesky. I'm a hyperlocal historian & citizen archaeologist hailing from Philadelphia. I'm a musician & sometimes photographer, a founder of several internet communities revolving around NIN, an enterprise ecommerce guy, and I clean up the trash on my street.

This is a photo of me that my buddy Mikey Mongol took as part of a shoot for The Boghouse podcast. I'm standing against an 18th century wall on the first floor of my home.

Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 10h

Me, to the entire Internet: I'm not clicking on that

Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 10h

Scrolling through Google News, gawking at the corpse of the fourth estate, propped up against an every changing and excessively bright electronic billboard, twitching and sparking

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 11h

I don't know whether to boo or to cheer Disney and their ilk. I had an anti-RIAA sticker on my car in 1999. Someone on Facebook yelled "what about copyright!" at me for sharing a scan of a 1927 photo I bought on eBay. Is AI slop "derivative work" if you're not actually doing any work? WHAT IS WORK?

Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 11h

IP laws were complicated enough when you didn't have to factor in slop factories built to meet the demands of an audience that's chronically 12 years old

Disney feasting on public domain IP while slamming that door shut, finds their entire ouvre a mere crumb on the table of OmniMechaDisneyIsh "AI"

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 11h

You're going to get what you deserve

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

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Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 14h

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 14h

and then the cancer cures right

The Verge @theverge.com · 15h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 1d

2002: It would be pretty cool to see studio footage of my favorite electronic musicians recording my favorite songs

2025: For the love of god, I don't care about your rig, please just bring back the music video as an art form

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 1d

I sometimes think that a lot of the irreconcilable differences in society roughly boil down to the tension between people who think no one (including themselves) really understands anything, and the people who think "no one understands anything except me, and I am very sure of myself."

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 2d

I gotta get back to doing cool shit

Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 2d

One thing I'm thankful for is that somehow, there is a limit to lying with these creeps. For as much as they test the law, there's still some awareness of facts that will induce squirming in a weasel. He could just lie! That he doesn't just lie shows that there is still some kind of path to justice.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 2d

I can't see how anyone who paid attention to the second Iraq War can take any of this Baghdad Bob type shit coming out of the Trump admin seriously.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Rep. Van Orden: "Listen, at this point the Nobel Peace Prize does not deserve Donald Trump. It's just shocking and so in your face. I mean, this guy has done more for world peace in 9 months any any president in history. Period. And it should be recognized. But unfortunately he's not a globalist."

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 4d

Speaker Mike Johnson, standing next to Emmer here, urged Democrats less than a month ago to "turn down their rhetoric," saying, "Nazis and fascists is not helpful."

As such, striking to see him stand quietly as a fellow Republican insists there is a "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Jay @rogueaiconstruct.bsky.social · 4d

It’s because of these assholes that I’ll be attending my first No Kings rally on October 18. I value my rights so much I’m doing what I think is the best course of action to preserve them, which is the opposite of “hating the country”.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4d

The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.

Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4d

Trying to scare people. But it won't work. No one looks scared to me anymore. And it's power in numbers. All the TV hits in the world won't change the fact that when Americans see the sheer number of people out there, absolutely no one will believe anything these guys say.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 4d

It's that time of the year when last night's "I'll leave the windows open tonight for some fresh air" has me complaining to myself "why hasn't the house warmed up yet"

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 6d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

The most important political thread of our time.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 7d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s video of the incident

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 7d

My silly quest to find pictures of my rowhome continues to unfold, as I chase documentation of the enormous changes my neighborhood underwent in the 20th century. Last month, I scored a set of really nice color slides shot during the demolition of the Market Frankford Elevated Line on Front St.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 8d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 8d

My favorite response to phone scams that pretend to be law enforcement is, "You know what I'll just come to the office and let's do this in person."

"if you do that, you'll be arrested!"

"Boy, if I need to go to jail because you say I wasn't at some grand jury on Friday, so be it."

*click*

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 10d

Every one of these pigs needs to be made famous for life

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 10d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Matt Dunphy @leviathant.com · 10d

Wowee the country continues to descend into madness, quasi-legal government thugs are murdering citizens in the streets and rappelling into Chicago high-rises to kidnap people

But it's Bandcamp Friday and 100% of every purchase goes to the artists! And man, did you see the sky last night? So pretty