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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 3h

edgelord reactionary cruelty is so boring

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 4h

I’m at a loss for words, and it’s not because I’m surprised; rather, I’m in near despair at the sheer level of coarseness and vulgarity to which large swathes of our polity have sunk. There is an entire portion of our population with absolutely no urge to decency, and it’s heartbreaking.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 7h

I think as a society we all moved on too quickly from the time we got the Power Rangers movie where Elizabeth Banks did Toxic Yuri with Becky G. Like that could have been a real pivot for the franchise imo.

Elizabeth Banks as Rita Repulsa menacing Becky G up against a wall in a really gay manner.

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 11h

good candidate for a new snl movie. feels like it's time to try again for one of those

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 12h

it's this year's Sable & also so fucking sick it's disgusting. i am so excited for it

"lollygagging, gagging of any kind" (iykyk)

Alex Navarro @alexnavarro.bsky.social · 17h

Skate Story is the best Nextfest demo I've tried so far. you're a demonic skater trying to eat the moon and getting menaced by philosophy cops. I learned to ollie by touching a forbidden monolith. parts of it are soundtracked like a Jon Bois video. can't recommend enough.

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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 20h

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Ireul appears within NERV HQ and tries to initiate a self-destruct sequence by hacking into the three MAGI supercomputers. The angel is defeated by Ritsuko utilizing the machines to purge it from the system.

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Evan Narcisse @evnarc.bsky.social · 18h

This is the D'Angelo performance that I've never forgotten. This song was already a huge hit but the way he took it from contemporary R&B to church revival illustrated how connected those idioms are. A revelation for those who didn't know, and an affirmation for those who did.

D'Angelo - Lady ft. Spanky, Saadiq, Ali Shaheed & ?uestlove

YouTube video by twinbreed

www.youtube.com

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Alex Navarro @alexnavarro.bsky.social · 17h

Skate Story is the best Nextfest demo I've tried so far. you're a demonic skater trying to eat the moon and getting menaced by philosophy cops. I learned to ollie by touching a forbidden monolith. parts of it are soundtracked like a Jon Bois video. can't recommend enough.

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ShordeeDoWhop @netta.bsky.social · 22h

balleralert.com/profiles/blo...

D’Angelo Dead At 51 After Battle With Pancreatic Cancer

Neo-soul legend D’Angelo has died after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. Read Baller Alert’s exclusive report celebrating his life, music, and impact.

balleralert.com

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 1d

who knew there was an actual explanation for the pancakes-waffles phenomenon?!?

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samdi being perceived @ajangri.me · 1d

okay. so in 1975, the trilateral commission came out with a report in which they concluded the civil unrest of the 60s was due in large part to people being too educated.

i’m not a conspiracy theorist, & i’m trying really hard to not be weird, but like…

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

remember that article that explained why this was happening?

www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 1d

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When I asked him what he makes of the cognitive science research, he told me he thinks scientists focus too much on word recognition. He still doesn't believe accurate word recognition is necessary for reading comprehension.

"Word recognition is a preoccupation," he said. "I don't teach word recognition. I teach people to make sense of language. And learning the words is incidental to that."

He brought up the example of a child who comes to the word "horse" and says "pony" instead. His argument is that a child will still understand the meaning of the story because horse and pony are the same concept.

I pressed him on this. First of all, a pony isn't the same thing as a horse. Second, don't you want to make sure that when a child is learning to read, he understands that /p/ /o/ /n/ /y/ says "pony"? And different letters say "horse"?

He dismissed my question.

"The purpose is not to learn words," he said. "The purpose is to make sense."

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Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 1d

The latest Steam Next Fest is here, and you're probably overwhelmed by its thousands of options. Luckily, we've dug through much of its offerings and have come up with five must-play demos to check out, including at least a few you probably haven't heard of:

Five Must-Play Demos From Steam Next Fest October 2025

Endless Mode explores the infinite possibilities of games and anime, from the excitement of video games, togetherness of board games, and action of pinball, to the adventure of theme parks, exhilarati...

www.endlessmode.com

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Cyberpunk 2077 @cyberpunk.net · 3d

From humble beginnings in Watson to the big leagues of Corpo Plaza — no one’s left their mark on Night City quite like V 💛

Happy birthday to a true legend! 🎉

Male V sits on the hood of a car and looks out at as weak sunlight breaks through the smog over the Night City skyline. Next to him, Johnny Silverhand leans against the car with a guitar in his hands. Text reads, “Happy Birthday, V!”

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 3d

LONG LIVE HOOKED ON PHONICS

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Christi Kerr @christikerr.bsky.social · 3d

wtf mine got turned off too

Tess Snider @malkyne.com · 4d

My "Require alt text before posting" setting got randomly cleared, at some point. If you use this setting, you may want to make sure it's still turned on.

A picture of the Alt text settings in the Accessibility section of BlueSky's settings.

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Rose Lerner @roselerner.bsky.social · 5d

This made me so happy

Screenshot of Claire's last skeet with one from the Frog and Toad bot underneath of Frog saying "don't be silly"

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 5d

I get it but I really dislike the "the political climate is tense" phrasing the same way I don't like the "Gaza war" phrasing - we're foregoing that one side is people who want to live and the other side is people who have more power and both the means and intent to destroy and harm.

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 5d

Tuesday marked 2 years with @ajangri.me
i adore that deceptively tall lil mf

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 5d

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 6d

5 seconds. it's white insecure.

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Lynzee Loveridge @annlynzee.bsky.social · 7d

"To become mature is to become kind" is actually beautiful.

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 7d

Makoto Yukimura was worried that Vinland Saga's farming arc and "I have no enemies" moment was a gamble that readers wouldn't like. I told him about the J. Cole meme from the Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap beef. This is how he reacted.

If “I have no enemies” has become a meme and people remember it, then maybe people will understand what I’m really trying to say through the story, which is that humans are immature, but we can mature. To become mature is to become kind. This is the foundation of what I’m trying to say, but it really has to be much shorter for people to remember. But it does give me hope that people remember these short phrases as memes. Then, one day, it will click in their mind what I was trying to really say in the first place.

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 10d

a separate ssd? my ssd is my current boot drive but most of my docs are on hdd's

we can also do this in dm's if preferable

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https://kolektiva.social/@noescape_vg 🏴🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @noescapevg.com · 10d

I put any documents I had on a solid state drive and then followed the install instructions on Linuxmint.com

Home - Linux Mint

Linux Mint is an elegant, easy to use, up to date and comfortable desktop operating system.

Linuxmint.com

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an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 10d

there were layers to the bet

an eloquent attempt at ire @eloquentire.bsky.social · 10d

this was a troll suggestion in the office that won someone a bet

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 10d

LEGO Star Wars Brick-Built Star Wars Logo Set is $36.98 on QVC w/ code HOLIDAY30 (free shipping. Discount code for new accounts) buff.ly/PrK5e83

more LEGO ($30 off $60 order w/ code HOLIDAY30) buff.ly/GtVm6gY #ad

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