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Janice in Anchorage @janiceinanchorage.bsky.social · 3h

From the air, you can see that Kipnuk Alaska is gone. survivors number in 1000s.

Where is FEMA? Where is national coverage?

Alaskans need help:

alaskacf.org/western-alas...

#USDemocracy

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 59m

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 12h

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 7h

SO much of the cultural and artistic nostalgia that society chases was just art made when people got paid to do it. Lavish movie posters made by human artists, video games made by people without sixteen different investment companies breathing down their neck, movies made by studios taking a chance.

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𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · 56m

like im sure it's comforting and it's less scary than actually attacking the ppl in charge or who are actively doing evil acts, especially since they arent accessible
Free serotonin when you attack a random person who you're 80-99% guaranteed to ACTUALLY upset

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𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · 56m

my hottest take
i feel like the current moral panic about fiction must be somehow connected to a feeling of powerlessness in people
Watching things get worse worldwide, and then picking a thing that you can ACTIVELY DO (harass fandom ppl with no power) so they can feel better

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HAYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @dirtcupart.bsky.social · 5h

is there actually a good way to be like "i don't think it's funny to tell me to just be a lesbian and i want to never hear anyone say this to me again for the rest of my life" that doesn't make everyone hate you and all other trans men forever

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 50m

kind of incredible that transfeminists can make up all kinds of bullshit about trans men in their highly acclaimed books, but as soon as a trans man says something poorly worded about his own experience he must be stomped down

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Kroctober Kourtney @altermentality.bsky.social · 3h

Earthbound to me is about the cruelty and insanity of expecting kids to be the heroes, and the assumption that younger generations must fix the older ones' mistakes, even if they ARE suited for it. It remains enduring and unique no matter how many things have supposedly been influenced by it

RaisonDetriment @raisondetriment.bsky.social · 2d

Playing Earthbound for the first time ever in 2025 is fascinating, actually. You're just a kid and the world's gone mad. All the adults are useless at best or trying to kill you at worst. Everyone talks like a crazy person. Everything's too expensive. Your next door neighbor wants to be a dictator.

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Incorrect Final Fantasy Quotes @incorrectffqts.bsky.social · 2h

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 1h

whenever i hear about how ~tasteful~ a depiction of rape is i roll my eyes. im sick and tired of having to be an afterschool special for media illiterate people who want to show off how moral they are.

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 1h

people seem convinced the best way to treat rape is by making it as deadly serious and simple as possible, when in reality it's messy. like yeah i get sad and serious, but having those be the only options for expressing how i feel is restrictive at best, censorship of survivors at worst

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 2h

makes sense, really. you have a character whos already written as a perfect victim (anya) and given shes fictional, theres no real effort you have to put into defending her. no hard work to put into thinking about the real lives of survivors, just really simple and blunt bullshit you can hide behind

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 2h

a bunch of people convinced they can support survivors by policing anyone making porn of jimmy mouthwashing, including real survivors

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 2h

its so funny how people care more about video game survivors of rape than actual, real life survivors. getting pissed about the anya nendo then listening to elder scrolls osts type behavior

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 6h

this and other recent work from Larson can be seen in the new section of the far side website

The Far Side | TheFarSide.com

Visit the official online home of The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson for your daily dose of Gary’s classic cartoons.

www.thefarside.com

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 6h

BRAND NEW Far Side from Gary Larson just dropped

a jazz club named "Club Gombe" with a chimpanzee band going nuts on stage and more chimps hooting and hollering at the tables. one empty table has a card on it reading "reserved for Jane Goodall"

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A Low Poly Robot @lowpolyrobot.bsky.social · 1d

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Frankie @frankievtothed.bsky.social · 6h

Reporter: “Do you support ICE?”
Mitch McConnell:

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 5h

this is a cartoon bird

Aves do Brasil @avesbrasil.bsky.social · 5h

🇧🇷Maria-do-nordeste
🌎Hemitriccus mirandae
Conservação:Vulnerável

Ameaçado de extinção

📷 Marco Cruz

Um pequeno pássaro de plumagem predominantemente verde-oliva e cinzenta, pousado num galho seco. Sua cabeça é cinzenta, contrastando com o corpo esverdeado. Possui um bico fino e levemente curvado para cima. Suas pernas são finas e rosadas. O fundo da imagem é um borrão verde de folhagem. O pássaro está levemente inclinado, olhando para cima.

Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 5h

abstract daddy one is also funny. oh im goin to hell

wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 6h

saw that anya nendo and ill be honest...its kinda funny

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Sandy Ernest Allen @sandyernestallen.bsky.social · 1d

Trans guys: What are the most annoying things cis people say to you, regularly?

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 6h

"i can't remember your pronouns, you arent even trying to be a man!" ok then motherfucker, pay for my HRT and then we can talk.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 11h

New from 404 Media: ICE, the Secret Service, and NCIS all had access to Flock's nationwide network of AI-enabled cameras, letter reveals. Shows many more federal agencies had access to network that authorities typically use without a warrant to search whole country

www.404media.co/ice-secret-s...

ICE, Secret Service, Navy All Had Access to Flock's Nationwide Network of Cameras

Flock has built a nationwide surveillance network of AI-powered cameras and given many more federal agencies access. Senator Ron Wyden told Flock “abuses of your product are not only likely but inevit...

www.404media.co

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wox dawson 🔞 @larvallamp.bsky.social · 8h

bold talk for a guy whose car i can peel like a banana

WIRED @wired.com · 9h

"She called me a Nazi!"

The full feature here:

Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck

“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they're proud to drive it.

www.wired.com

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