Larry O. Dean

Larry O. Dean

@larryodean.bsky.social

Flint-born, former San Franciscan, Chicago-based poet, educator, singer-songwriter, and kitchen sink sardonicist https://www.larryodean.com

334 Followers 392 Following 12,820 Posts Joined Nov 2024
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Rubio in Coma After Falling Down Stairs in Ill-fitting Florsheims Rubio tumbled down the marble steps headfirst before braining himself on a newly installed statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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SXSW 2026 Review: HOKUM, Be Very Afraid Of Damian McCarthy's Latest In 2024 Damian McCarthy lit up the horror world with his quietly terrifying Oddity, a film I reviewed for its SXSW world premiere, and while it was topping year end horror lists left and right, I was ...
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‘Imposters’ SXSW Review – Jessica Rothe Stuns in Twisty Genre-Bending Mystery In 2019, writer/director Caleb J. Phillips won the SXSW Midnight Shorts Jury Award for his terrifying short film “Other Side of the Box.” The filmmaker shifts gears for his SXSW return with his featur...
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
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How Trump’s Homeland Security Pick, a Prolific Investor, Got a Lot Wealthier in Congress
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Florida censors ‘racism’ references out of college textbook | Column A gutting of a collegiate sociology textbook that discusses racism and gender inequality.
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He Came to New York for Fun. He Left Seeking $20 Million in Damages.
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'There's a problem with the sauce': Times Square taqueria's salsa sparks lawsuit A German man says he suffered from unlabeled spicy salsa. It's not his only claim.
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'That's When the Boos Started': The Oscars Speech That Lost the Room Days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Michael Moore used his moment in the spotlight to rail against the war. Here’s what he and others onstage remember.
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F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters’ Licenses Over War Coverage

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‘Hokum’: Gratuitously Frightening Hotel Horrors [SXSW 2026 Review] 'Hokum' is gratuitously frightening horror cinema. For genre fans with a penchant for classical, gothic scares, this is groundbreaking stuff.
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Journalist Julia Angwin files class action lawsuit over Grammarly’s AI “sloppelgangers” Grammarly will face a class action lawsuit over its "Expert Review" feature that dispensed writing advice using the names of prominent journalists, academics, and authors, Wired reported on Wednesday....
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War on Iran may provoke a terrorist attack in US – and that may be the point ‘Of course there’s going to be retaliation,’ says one expert. ‘It may be that this is what Trump’s interested in’
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“Bob! There’s a fly on your lip! … There he goes. …  He’s back! He’s back!”

“Bob! There’s a fly on your lip! … There he goes. … He’s back! He’s back!”

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Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions Records show DHS tech incubator spending large sums on partnerships that would expand surveillance capabilities
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UF disbands College Republican chapter, citing antisemitic activity The deactivation came at the request of the Florida Federation of College Republicans, though the UF chapter says it's not affiliated with that group.
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‘Hokum’ SXSW Review – ‘Oddity’ Director’s Latest Irish Folkloric Horror is Nightmare Fuel The haunted bell that summoned a bellhop ghost in the closing moments of Oddity turned out to be a prelude for writer/director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum, his most polished and unnerving yet. A quaint Ir...
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Opinion | The Death Penalty Is Even More Horrifying Than You Think
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Trump’s FCC chair threatens news networks over Iran war coverage FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s warning was met with immediate outrage, with one advocacy group calling it an “authoritarian warning.”
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Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war The email solicitation to benefit Trump’s PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”
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100 Years of Women Who Changed History Revisiting the obituaries of a century of notable women to show how they were remembered — and what history may have left unsaid.
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Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon
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“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

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Professors Say AI Is Destroying Their Students' Ability to Think Over a dozen professors spoke of the grim effects that AI is having on their students, and what they're doing to push back against the tech.
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I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.
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“We Don’t Want To Be Studied Like Guinea Pigs. We Want To Be Helped.” Three years after the East Palestine derailment, residents are still suffering.
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Opinion | Why I’m Suing Grammarly
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I Challenge Josh Hawley to a Duel If he loses, he has to stop trying to ban the abortion pill. If I lose, then at least I'm spared from hearing him talk about it ever again.

If he loses, he has to stop trying to ban the abortion pill. If I lose, then at least I'm spared from hearing him talk about it ever again.
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