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Rachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 22d

Who’s your favorite? The thick skull dinosaur or the horned Dinos? I love all bony-shelf skull dinosaurs equally.

Illustration from my book DINOSAURS 🦕📚

Preorder here: a.co/d/ehVr8DJ

#dinosaurs #paleoart #sciart #evolution #fossiladdict

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 2h

Workers don’t just deserve a cut btw

An old poster showing two workers talking and having drinks together.
Top text:
THE BOSS NEEDS YOU,
YOU DON'T NEED HIM!
Bottom text:
LABOR IS ENTITLED
TO ALL IT CREATES

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 2h

A billionaire’s soulless, performative largesse is not redistribution of wealth. Cuban can toss all the scraps he wants, but his existence is still a policy failure and an obscenity.

Samhain Goldstein @goldstein.bsky.social · 2h

Mark Cuban is trying to privatize wealth redistribution away from the government. Incredible stuff really. Give the employees company money! How about rich people just pay more taxes? Or increase the wages at their companies?

As billionaire wealth soars $33 trillion, Mark Cuban says it's time for workers to receive a cut of their employers' success in the form of stocks | Fortune

Billionaire wealth has increased by $33 trillion since 2015—and Mark Cuban says employees deserve a piece of that pie too.

fortune.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 11h

Some real 2008 vibes lately

Meme with a tabby cat in a tinfoil hat in the middle of curved arrows indicating a cycle.
Top text: I wake up
Bottom text: there is another financial crisis

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Lindsay Wiley @lindsaywiley.bsky.social · 1d

“Rent relief for tenants who have fallen behind as a result of the ICE raids and money for legal aid and other services are among the provisions in the declaration.”

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 8h

Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Moulton - but he's spot on correct here. Markey shouldn't be running again! There's a deep bench in MA - pass the torch. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Democratic senator shouldn’t run at age 80, new primary challenger says

Rep. Seth Moulton launched a bid against Sen. Edward J. Markey in Massachusetts, opening up another battlefront in a tense intra-party divide over candidates’ ages.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mark Hill @mehill.bsky.social · 10h

Get ready for Tron 4 starring Mr. Beast

The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 12h

"Some at Disney were always concerned only die-hard fans would show up, which isn’t a Leto issue but an IP problem. They were right; 18- to 24-year-old males, the sweet spot, badly underindexed."

Since the announcement of Tron 3, I don't know who this movie is aimed at. Teens & young adults or...

“No One Asked for This Reboot”: ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days

As 'Ares' disappoints, insiders question whether the self-styled boundary-pushing A-lister can still be counted on to carry a franchise vehicle to the bank.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 10h

Don’t say that Mark, a studio executive might see it

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 11h

I’m not an expert on negotiation, is the guy saying “I’ll suck your dick” usually the winner?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 11h

Some real 2008 vibes lately

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 1d

idk man, if your idea is, “I will strip naked at this school board meeting if you give trans people rights,” I don’t think *you* seem like the reasonable ones

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/13/a...

Anti-trans activists strip at a school board meeting – but their protest is a flop

Anti-trans activists resorted to stripping at a school board meeting in an attempt to make a point, only for their protest to fall completely flat.

www.thepinknews.com

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House of Black Cats @houseofblackcats.bsky.social · 13h

When I was in college we had a whole program trying to get people to turn off their computers and electronics at night to save electricity.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 13h

"The deal with Broadcom would use as much power as 8 million US households.

A 2024 Department of Energy report on data center energy usage found that data centers are expected to consume about 6.7% to 12% of total US electricity by 2028."

Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business

OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...

www.cnn.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 23h

“Some” bad apples seems like an awfully low estimate when you’re talking about the Nazi tree

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 14h

Always partial to a dino name

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Greg 📎🍉 @gregory-c-leavitt.bsky.social · 23h

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 23h

“Some” bad apples seems like an awfully low estimate when you’re talking about the Nazi tree

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Some of those people are currently on the staff of elected Republicans, in fact. They’re part of the present of the GOP.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 1d

idk man, if your idea is, “I will strip naked at this school board meeting if you give trans people rights,” I don’t think *you* seem like the reasonable ones

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/13/a...

Anti-trans activists strip at a school board meeting – but their protest is a flop

Anti-trans activists resorted to stripping at a school board meeting in an attempt to make a point, only for their protest to fall completely flat.

www.thepinknews.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 1d

I will say that this being exposed is a good thing if Dems and leftists will have the spine to actually call out the GOP as racist. No better time to tell the truth than now.

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow, ya don’t say? What a surprise

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 1d

every young Republican staffer is a Nazi, it's that simple www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 1d

lol, lmao

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Mr Autumn Man @pnwnwa.myatproto.social · 2d

Lest we forget

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Cristian Ramirez @cristianramirez.bsky.social · 2d

I think this should NOT be controversial at all, but people are willing to overlook a lot to feel smart and kinda edgy

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 2d

Dune is a racist, colonial novel; Herbert has a certain amount of self-awareness and some anticolonial commitments, but his love of pulp betrays him and I think in that respect the novel is largely a failure.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Engraved with IDEOLOGY!!!!!!!! @plazmaburn.bsky.social · 2d

TFW you bank on the artistry and star power of Jared Leto.

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