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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 8h

the more this goes on the more I'm convinced that his entire media diet is stephen miller typing shit into an LLM to convince him he's popular.
"beautiful black women big tits wearing maga hat chicago street eighteen nineteen twenty high heels" is probably in his autocomplete

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 10h

the diaper pokemon

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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 13h

Near Portland? Come celebrate the 40th anniversary of the NES with a once-in-a-lifetime panel with the people who made it happen! We're hosting a panel on the actual 40th anniversary date with ex-Nintendo staff. Memories, photos, surprises and more! www.patreon.com/posts/nes-40...

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 13h

999 billion on golden parachutes

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 14h

Every time they build anything new in my city there's a debate about roads and traffic, it slows down new construction but also it means we force companies to pay for roads and stoplights. Sucks when it's being built but so much better long-term

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 16h

The beatings will continue until morale improves

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 17h

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 17h

I went to a tea party rally in Boston and there was a person wearing a monkey costume with an Obama mask over it. This isn't a "young republicans" problem

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 1d

“Epithets like “f----t,” “retarded” and “n--ga” appeared more than 251 times combined”

If you ever had any doubt that the youth wing of the GOP is fully radicalized and proudly racist these days:

‘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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wint @dril.bsky.social · 10d

Yoda Latino

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d

Independent of this statement, a good way of describing a huge chunk of the internet is “rapists running content and bot farms to make their pet issues seem more important”, that’s basically half the traffic on X at this point.

Peter Fobian @peterfobian.bsky.social · 1d

Notably the 3 people leading the charge on this are a guy who spends all his time trying to sue and deplatform pro-palestinian creators and 2 rapists who all run content farms of out of context clips but y'know maybe this time it's not a cynical attempt to get rid of their self-proclaimed #1 op.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

I can't believe we're still talking about this

aftermath.site/hasan-piker-...

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 1d

one of the unintentionally funniest people to ever exist. Trashing a dude for getting shot in the neck and dying as you're giving him an award for getting shot in the neck and dying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 1d

i'm sure these won't be leaked immediately

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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Stephie Haynes @crooklyn.bsky.social · 1d

Hey yo! Here's a closeup of the info you need to call in to tomorrow's CSAC meeting about the terrible Ali Act bill proposal:

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 1d

"WebTV but good" feels like an easy home run and I've always been confused on why it hasn't taken off.

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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 1d

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We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site

Design Room

Video game oral histories

designroom.site

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 2d

If Aspinall wasn't on the card this would be a decent regional event. With umar playing the role of hepatitis negative Alexander Emelianenko

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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely tore through every episode of this show that we could find when we were researching the book. An astonishing resource and time capsule of gay New York before AIDS, its existence seems impossible today. Highly recommended. Gem after gem in terms of interview subjects.

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

If you are interested in old New York gay history, watch old episodes of The Emerald City, the first TV show made for gay and trans people. 1977, right before AIDS. My old film teacher Gene Stavis produced and interviewed in it. m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eQW...

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bakoon @bakoon.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

PHILOMENA CUNK: It was actually illegal in England for The Obese to be employed in the film business until 1983. Why do you think that was?
JIMINY GLICK: [ignoring question, high pitched voice] Have you ever noticed how lesbians and British women dress the same? [sudden low pitch] Why is that?

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

That’s right! Thanks, Fox News!
www.foxnews.com/politics/squ...

Squad 2.0: Meet America's next wave of radical Democrats shaping the party's future

Progressive Democrats, including Zohran Mamdani and Omar Fateh, have emerged as the new generation of candidates responding to President Donald Trump's second term.

www.foxnews.com

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 2d

then he proceeded to fuck up the math when he tried finding he longitude during Lunar eclipses, proving all the haters right

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2d

things bullets say

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 2d

Almost every time I go thru JFK something weird happens.

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Ducky (Maybe) 🦆 @justducky.bsky.social · 2d

A comparative breakdown of professional wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino and all around piece of shit Christopher Columbus

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High_light 𓁹‿𓁹 @highlightt.bsky.social · 2d

Merab is booked for a title defense against Petr Yan, and I can't imagine that goes any better for Yan than the last fight did. Merab is gonna need to fall off bad or fight someone who can stuff all his TDs like Aldo did but still able to mount an offense. Basically he needs to fight prime Aldo

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