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Jackwraith
@jackwraith.bsky.social
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Writer, post-communist social malcontent, gamer, shodan, Liverpool fan (#YNWA) Politics and occasional football on Substack as me Movie/TV criticism & occasional politics here: http://dichotomouspurity.blogspot.com/ Comics here: https://www.dystopia.ink
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 14h
Am afraid it's a factor of the "increased freedom" that Grav spoke about a few weeks ago. Don't know that for certain obvsly, but the way we've been carved open right down the middle since Bournemouth bespeaks a midfield that doesn't have a grasp of whose responsibility is whose.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 16h
That’s incomplete, he only got 2 of his 3 feet down inbounds
andrewsiciliano.bsky.social Andrew Siciliano @andrewsiciliano.bsky.social · 17h
Roger Goodell says the NFL is looking into how AI can help officiating in the future.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 19h
Another disturbing example of how Trump silences dissent: "the chief content officer for our parent company... stated in a meeting that we should not run articles that could draw the attention of the Trump White House and have them try to shut us down." www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Opinion | I Quit My Job in the Face of Pro-Trump Censorship
A veteran journalist says his bosses were afraid of crossing the administration.
www.politico.com
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Technical appreciator @whatahellofawaytodad.com · 1d
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
STEREOGUM: People my age, we talk about how we were lucky that we didn’t have social media growing up, and there’s no record of all the dumb shit we said and did. You didn’t have social media, but everything you said and did in those years is on record, and you’ve got to live with it now. That’s tough. VIOLENT J: And the amount of gay Juggalos out there is really surprising. I think about them doing their research and getting the old records, getting excited about it, and getting their hearts broke or something, you know? I tell my daughter, “For the rest of your life, when your friends ask why your dad said that, say it’s because your dad was a fool. Don’t defend me. Say I was a fool then, but I’m not now.” There’s no excuse. I was going with the flow, and that’s the very thing we preach against — being a sheep. And that’s what I was doing. https://www.stereogum.com/2083804/icp-interview-juggalos/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 2d
My ex used to tell me: "One minute you're quoting Diogenes and the next minute you sound like you just walked out of a truck stop." Whatever lingo is appropriate for the moment, yo.
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Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 3d
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 3d
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
bjornlarssen.com Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 3d
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 3d
www.reddit.com/r/soccer/s/W...

Come on, fuck off. He's been the most graceful winner for the past year and now it's because the ref missed an injury? We spent £400m to make the squad worse than last year. Some of it's luck. Some of it is trying to force guys into roles they're not suited to.
From the soccer community on Reddit: Arne Slot: "It is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball. It makes it even more difficult when you go o...
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 3d
Hasn't been right since April. Don't know what's up there.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 3d
Thinking Hugo for Alex and Flo for Mac (who has basically just been a passenger.) Our movements are too predictable and those two can change them.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 3d
Yeah, have noticed a lot of complaints from him this season. Not sure what Arne is preaching there or on the entire left side, but it's not working so far.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 3d
Seems like Arne wants him to play a more controlled game which is a) bot what he did at Bournemouth and b) not what Robbo has done for 7 years. Add that to no Luis threat on the left and it's not hard to see why we're neutered on that side. Still not sure what Arne wants.
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ScopesTownBoos 👻 @scopestownlib.bsky.social · 4d
A favorite sign from Chattanooga #NoKings protest
Sign at No Kings protest in Chattanooga reads "Science keeps your dumb ass alive"; illustrated with a smiling, waving beaker.
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ajsaxx.bsky.social @ajsaxx.bsky.social · 4d
Not mine but I have to share it 💯
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d
“You can win elections by tacking to the middle; lots of people have. But you can also win elections by staking a moral position and convincing people to agree with you. You can earn support by demonstrating what is important to you instead of just being determined to nod along with what you hear.”
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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4d
Hard to estimate any of these crowd sizes other than “bigger than Trump’s crowds.”
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KindLivesMatter @bekindforthefuture.bsky.social · 4d
Flood The Streets With OUR Flag!

No Kings No Fascists In America 🇺🇸
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 4d
Brilliant game. Has its couple of wonky Portal aspects, but that just adds to it (not to mention the excellent combat system.) I haven't played mine in a couple years, but am still holding on to it because it's always so good when it does hit the table.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5d
The war zone in Portland is out of control.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 5d
open.substack.com/pub/jackwrai...

How important are managers/head coaches?
Heavy is the (tin?) crown, part 1
Do managers/head coaches/people in charge really make a difference?
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 5d
Yup. Going to walk around in plain sight alongside all of my other friends who are long-term demonstrators/leftists/Greens (We're already on their lists!) because that's what our laws and the America we know say we can do. It's about showing them what we want, not cowering like they want.
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ALFA @blackeyeart.bsky.social · 9d
Greetings #webcomics readers! It's flashback week at the #supernatural #cyberpunk #comic Dystopia. Let's learn what @jackwraith.bsky.social has up their sleeve for Angie. More at dystopia.ink - we love #indiecomics
Dystopia: Chapter 2 – Midwife, Aborted, Page 22. In a dim sparsely furnished classroom with cracked walls and a single window letting in pale light. A young Angie sits alone at a small wooden desk, surrounded by a few worn crayons. On the desk lies a simple drawing: a smiling figure with purple clothing, standing among green trees and red flowers under a blue sky. Angie is coloring carefully, but their thoughts reveal frustration — the colors never look as true or vibrant as they do in real life. A teacher, wearing a pale dress, stands nearby as the classroom door opens. Two men in matching blue suits and dark glasses enter. Their appearance is formal and detached, suggesting authority or surveillance. One of the men gestures toward Angie and asks the teacher, “Is this the one?” The teacher leans closer to examine Angie’s drawing, studies it for a moment, and then quietly replies, “Yes.” The atmosphere shifts as one of the suited men raises a small communication device to his mouth and says, “Yes, the potential is secured.” The other man steps forward toward Angie’s desk, extending his hand in a gesture that is polite but firm. He says, “Won’t you come with me, please?” Angie looks up at him silently, her expression uncertain.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 9d
Not just Biden. It's embedded in the Democrats' approach. "We're heeding the norms!" You remember when Reagan left the hostages in Iran for a few more weeks? You remember when Nixon made a deal with Hanoi behind the scenes? That's what they think of your norms. They don't exist. Never really have.
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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 9d
I remember asserting to my grandfather at 8 years old that the economy was doing well because the stock market was. He frowned at me: "That's a casino for already wealthy people. It means nothing to you and me." Former exec at a tier 1 supplier talking there, so not exactly a revolutionary.
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C Stuart Hardwick @cstuarthardwick.com · 9d
Things are tough for a lot of people, but ignore the TikTok apocalyptism. A big part of the problem is that since Reagan, economist pay too much attention to market value and too little to the state or ordinary people. Still, this is NOT a depression, not yet.
Things are tough for a lot of people, but ignore the TikTok apocalyptism. A big part of the problem is that since Reagan, economist pay too much attention to market value and too little to the state or ordinary people. Still, this is NOT a depression, not yet.
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