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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 9h

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 1h

Mornin’! m.youtube.com/watch?v=rPYU...

Nudist colony of the dead - Inky dinky doodah morning (with lyrics)

YouTube video by Jan Deeg

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 10h

Reconnaissance of a multi-story building from the inside using FPV drone to identify possible Russian positions. In this case, everything is clear, but the video is a good demonstration of the capabilities of urban reconnaissance using drones.

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 2d

Question I am wrestling with - in the aftermath of late 90s/early 2000s tech bubble there was a lot of infra left behind (fibre optic build out; mass internet adoption etc) that became a persistent consumer surplus. For the AI buildout, unless data centres can be repurposed - where’s the surplus?

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 9h

Had the same reaction when I booted my first, 13 year old iPad recently after about 4 years. Just an ebook reader at this point, but works and the battery is still quite decent.

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Charles de Lauzirika @lauzirika.bsky.social · 1d

An unsung hero of the ALIEN franchise (and terrific ad copy) has departed. deadline.com/2025/10/barb...

Barbara Gips Dies: Tagline Writer Responsible For Iconic “In Space No One Can Hear You Scream” Was 89

Barbara Gips, who wrote some of the most iconic movie taglines of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, died on October 16, in the Bronx.

deadline.com

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 13h

Working class, salt of the earth indeed. bsky.app/profile/samt...

CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · 14h

lmao just one fucking second please

Early life
Platner was born in 1984 in Blue Hill, Maine. 111[21 He was raised in Sullivan, a coastal town in rural Maine near Acadia National Park, and Ellsworth. 131 14] 151 He is the elder of two sons born to restaurant owner Leslie Harlow and lawyer Bronson Platner. (51 (31 121
His grandfather was the modernist architect Warren Platner.
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Jucika @jucikadaily.bsky.social · 13h

"Jucika and the fashion fad."
röltex- a shopping and retail store chain in Hungary

This is something that actually happened in world history during depressions when women couldn't buy dark stockings, they had their normal stockings painted

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 13h

Named after Horst Wessel originally even (another ship in the class captured by the allies still serves in the same role in the Portuguese navy, one is a museum ship in Germany, returning there via the Soviet and then the Ukrainian navy).

Stars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 13h

For four generations of Coast Guard cadets, getting their “sea legs” and literally “learning the ropes” has come aboard the Coast Guard sailing ship Eagle.

But did you know it was a former Nazi training ship?

Learn more about its history:

Training ship Eagle to mark 80 years with Coast Guard after early life with the Nazis

Next year, the Eagle will celebrate 80 years as part of the Coast Guard. Its alumni rank from ensigns to admirals.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 13h

(He has a much more substantial role in the second film though-he’s the opponent of Feyd on the Giedi Prime arena).

All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 16h

Yuan also shows up in a very minor role. When Duncan Idaho (Jason Momoa) gives Paul an Arrakis compass, we see Yuan in the background. Also, the film’s Editor, Joe Walker, provided the voice of Paul’s filmbooks teaching him about Arrakis.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 13h

Heh, missed this

All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 16h

Zimmer shows up in the film too, as the bagpipe player on Arrakis, though the sound of the instrument was achieved on a guitar. The idea of using bagpipes came from Villeneuve himself.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 14h

Heh, 6-7 immediately reminded me of exactly this.

Brandon Hardin @hardin.bsky.social · 16h

Guy who spent 2 months yelling WASSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAP at his friends in 2000: this 6-7 thing shows what’s wrong with kids

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SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 16h

Genuinely one of the most indecipherable things I've seen in a while is the range of political alignments defending the tattoo guy. Like why is the entire horseshoe playing here

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 15h

Prawda :) A całkiem serio, to nie jestem pewien gdzie coś więcej o tym znaleźć (na japońskiej wiki jest dokładnie to samo), bo szczerze mówiąc, to jakiś totalny ewenement.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 15h

Weird Polish middle-aged guy vibes are really strong in Sliwa („Plum”, btw).

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 15h

The insignia of the whole branch of the SS that had administration of the camps under it’s remit. The division in question was recruited from it’s members, commanded by it’s chief and inherited the symbol.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah, not their first rodeo one can assume, considering aggressive self-confidence needed to pull this off.

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 15h

Also, I'm willing to bet the global public's sympathies for the culprits behind the heist, which I wrote about yesterday, will decline dramatically when they're caught and revealed to be neither Arsène Lupin nor Thomas Crown, but rather a gang of hardened, professional breaking-and-entering thugs.

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone loves a heist. It's cooked into the word itself.

What is it about a heist that makes people root for it to succeed? Mention a break-in, a robbery, a swindle, a scam, and people will recoil instinctively and demand that justice be served. But mention a heist, and they will often lean in to find out what happened, how the masterminds did it and what they made away with. Only later, perhaps, will they inquire as to the victim, as if the very word “heist” implies a victimless crime, or one in which the victim has either deep enough pockets or a solid enough insurance policy to emerge unscathed. As opposed to the malevolence and violence of other forms of theft, a heist conveys cleverness in planning the crime and skill in carrying it out, making it a form of real-life public entertainment akin to the movie versions beloved by viewing audiences everywhere.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 16h

Ignoramus proud of his ignorance-no shortage of those these days.

Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 16h

It’s impossible to satirize NYT style at this point

Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 1d

I know it’s been pointed out on here but I actually cannot believe they printed these two phrases — ”pay him $230 million” and “potential ethical conflicts“ — up top together like this.

I think I need therapy after seeing this behavior-coverage gap

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19h

The actual regime that these people are hankering after is Dubai: a small elite of citizens, most immigrants to be transient, insecure and all immigrants to be second-class. In reality they would hate the world they would create and would find ever-more ridiculous scapegoats for their failure.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

i think that there is something even darker here, in that the crooked media guys have come to the conclusion that civic virtue and public service are scams for suckers and that if you hold your rulers to a higher standard you are just begging for them to fuck you

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

you know it is not at all difficult to acknowledge the legitimate concerns about the tattoo and still make a case for the candidate. but this would require maturity, a perspective outside ones own and a willingness to lose a little face, which means it won’t happen.

Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 1d

“Let him among you who is without a Nazi tattoo cast the first stone.” -The Bible

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 17h

Ending up in prison for causing a collision and then, after the release, continuing the career in the navy as if nothing happened-becoming an admiral even-is a bit bonkers, tbh.

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Dominix @dominix.bsky.social · 18h

Once a major war ends, there are plenty of surplus toys for overgrown boys to play with and destroy in imaginative ways.

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