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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 13h

Trump can simply give $40 billion in US tax money to his pals in Argentina, openly admit it is for the intended purpose of keeping the MAGA allied right wing government in power, and pocket billions for himself. The US has no laws anymore and that's your money they are stealing.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life

Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

www.propublica.org

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 2d

Cyberpunk Legends has hit $900,000! That means we're going to be localizing the game into the top five backer languages! Check out Kickstarter update 7 for details, probably languages, and some scenario 4 spoilers. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyb...

Cyberpunk Legends: Into the Night

Return to the world of Cyberpunk, discover the history of Night City in this strategic story driven co-op card game.

www.kickstarter.com

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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 3d

Please remember that the disgust people have over Christopher Columbus is not based on some modern, 21st century “woke” ideology, but rather on contemporaneous accounts of atrocities that make many modern genocides appear quaint in comparison.

Below, are the accounts of Bartlomé de las Casas.

But too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had in-vested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death.
The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with dogs, and were killed.

After each six or eight months' work in the mines, which was the time required of each crew to dig enough gold for melting, up to a third of the men died.
While the men were sent many miles away to the mines, the wives remained to work the soil, forced into the excruciating job of digging and making thousands of hills for cassava plants.
Thus husbands and wives were together only once every eight or ten months and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides... they ceased to pro-create. As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and fam-ished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months. Some mothers even drowned their babies from sheer desper-ation.... In this way, husbands died in the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk ... and in a short time this land which was so great, so powerful and fer-tile... was depopulated... My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature, and now I tremble as I write....

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 3d

John Carpenter's Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula

Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social · 5d

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Dave @davelikesmovies.bsky.social · 6d

Make a movie better by adding "John Carpenter's" to the title.

John Carpenter's Xanadu

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 4d

suddenly i am way more interested in finally getting into warhammer

Bionic Woman @batmansrobyn.bsky.social · 6d

Instagram has started feeding me videos of people bedazzling Warhammer figurines and I am obsessed with them all lmfao

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 5d

Nice! Cyberpunk Legends on the front page of Tech4Gamers today. Catch our interview here. @nightcrewgames.bsky.social tech4gamers.com/cyberpunk-le... #tabletop #ttrpg #cyberpunk #kickstarter #cardgames

Cyberpunk Legends: Into The Night Interview - Bringing Classic Cyberpunk World To The Tabletop Scene

Cyberpunk Legends: Into The Night brings players back to early Night City with fresh art, co-op card gameplay, and stories true to the original world.

tech4gamers.com

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 6d

Just left my message! This is really easy to do. If you're nervous, don't be, you can leave a voicemail.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 6d

If you live in California, please call @gavinnewsom.bsky.social at (916) 445-2841 and urge him to sign SB 79. Here's my post about why the bill is so important: publiccomment.blog/p/newsom-s-f...

Newsom's Fateful Choice

Why the governor needs to sign SB 79

publiccomment.blog

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 7d

Remember when the Wirecutter was good 🫠

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 7d

What those example headlines in the screenshot underline is the insidious way advertisers exploit user desire for actual, unbiased, factual research to help them navigate the endless see of choices in the marketplace. "I found the best XYZ thing/deal/whatever." But it's not research, just more ads.

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 7d

"Sponsored content" on digital news/media sites has metastasized and reshaped how people interact with info on said sites; advertisers have every incentive + no barriers to portraying their ads as "native content." Any boundaries betw "real editorial" + "ads" now blurred or totally collapsed.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 7d

There it is folks.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 8d

You are here.

Natty🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🏐🏈🐕🐴📎 @grillnatty.bsky.social · 9d

Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 8d

They're not going to win, you know.

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 8d

"zip ties and blood stains on the floor next to baby shoes"

Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 8d

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/02/s...

South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'

A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

blockclubchicago.org

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NCG - Kickstarter ending soon! @nightcrewgames.bsky.social · 9d

Have any questions? Join us for our Q&A stream! It doesn’t have to be about the Kickstarter—ask about game design, art, or anything else you’re curious about in the replies.

We'll be going live at 5pm Pacific 👀

A man holds his head in despair as multiple monitors flash red warning signs and cybergribble, hacked by some unseen person. Text reads: twitch; Night Crew Q&A Livestream

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NCG - Kickstarter ending soon! @nightcrewgames.bsky.social · 20d

Over 908% funded on Kickstarter! Unlock new stretch goals and help us go nova. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyb...

#cyberpunk

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 13d

OMG this has nothing to do with "harnessing your creativity" and everything to do with avoiding paying for the rights to existing literature/IPs. It's unequivocally gross and the outputs will be lower quality that actual books. Please stop this. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 13d

That's one way to tell the world you don't prioritize AI ethics like, at all

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 13d

....reading about 'The World' Entire' sent me down the path of checking out Melissa Castrillon's work and it's also wonderful! www.melissacastrillon.co.uk

Colorful drawing of a girl in a hammock reading a book in a fantastical garden, by illustrator Melissa Castrillon

Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 13d

This looks wonderful

Children's B🎃🎃kshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · Jun 26

★ Elizabeth Brown and illustrator Melissa Castrillón highlight “an extraordinary feat of moral courage” from Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes in their “sweeping” picture book THE WORLD ENTIRE: A TRUE STORY OF AN EXTRAORDINARY WORLD WAR II RESCUE

The World Entire: A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue by Elizabeth Brown

Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885–1954) performed an extraordinary feat of moral courage, here described as pe...

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 14d

I never thought the leopards would eat MY face! (Art by prettybadco.com)

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Irene Kaoru @irenekaoru.bsky.social · 14d

What tf did I just read

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 15d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

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