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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1h

I have gathered my thoughts and turned it into a fun blog about how IMDb is hell. I hope you like a long, under-explained list of movie ratings. aftermath.site/imdb-review-...

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 3d

I get paid 7 figures a year to come up with this shit. Some stuff I have cooking up for you to look forward to: Amazon Prime changing to Amazon Plus. Paramount Plus changing to Paramount Now. HBO Max changing to just HBO. I fucking hate all of you and I will never stop.

Headline about Apple TV+ changing to Apple TV.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 7h

the elon musk doge plan was to kill black people. its working.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 7h

The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came. Now Lesotho’s care system is crumbling. Clinics shut down, workers were let go, and patients stopped treatment. Experts are sounding alarms.

In Lesotho, US aid cuts leave people living with HIV in limbo

Lesotho, once with the world’s second-highest HIV rate, faces a health crisis as U.S. aid cuts dismantle vital HIV treatment programs, leaving patients without care.

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Curb Your Malthusiasm 2.0 @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 18h

The question really must be put to everyone: if fascists are able to take power, if all media, all education institutions, and all corporations will collaborate with it, then do we have anything resembling a society worth preserving? Are the ways we relate to each other and how we survive adequate?

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 1d

"Facebook removed one of [Chicago's] most active pages for reporting ICE sightings on Tuesday after being asked to do so by the" DOJ.

"[M]ore than 80,000 members."

Kae Rosado "has already started a new one: 'ICE Sightings-Chicagoland 2.'"
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

Chicagoland 'ICE Sighting' Page Taken Down By Facebook At Justice Department's Request

"I started it simply to warn others because I seen some ICE agents were using excessive force & they didn't seem to be following any safety protocols our local police typically do," the page's…

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 21h

to say anything short of "this is the republican party, they are like this and they have always been like this" is self-defeating simp behavior and it's pathetic!

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Doug @groug.bsky.social · 22h

È il mio paese!

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 23h

Praxis

Italy players ‘cursed at us the whole game’ Israel footballers say

Doug @groug.bsky.social · 1d

It's called Nightsposting and everyone on Bluesky is doing it

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

JD Vance said today on the TPUSA podcast that these guys were “just a bunch of kids in a chat room.” bsky.app/profile/blue...

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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Doug @groug.bsky.social · 1d

Meanwhile, the Denver Broncos would soon win two championships. Is Homer Simpson the greatest team owner in NFL history? You have to ask the question.

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Clue Heywood @clueheywood.bsky.social · 11d

I know Jesus taught us to love our enemies, bless those who curse us, and do good to those who hate us (Matthew 5:44), but he said that way before the Los Angeles Dodgers existed