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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 35m

Holy shit

BT @mode7.bsky.social · 1h

Fair winds, Mariners.

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Boo! bo @boboispost.ing · 2h

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 1h

Things are so bad Canada is putting out ads with Roland Reagan.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 2h

i've never seen a baseball player break up a double play by leaping into the air, spinning 180 degrees, and taking the throw to the back of the dome. it was perhaps the most beautiful thing i have ever witnessed

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 2h

I honestly respect that move by Naylor so much irrespective of the result.

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Pat Inverted Vibe Curve Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 8h

its awesome how private sector infrastructure like AWS represents the best the free market in all its efficiency and resiliency can offer, god forbid the (spits) government had to handle this shit

sent from the police robot dog thats glitching between mauling and fucking my leg

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 9h

Every time there's a big AWS outage people become acutely aware of just how much of a bottomless gyre we have dumped our economy into. Then it comes up and people move on.

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 9h

Wow. Congratulations!

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 1d

Stay woke friends

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

Where can I buy this, chat?

Photo of a cap with the text: hello, 1am fleeing the American century of humiliation. Can you show me where to buy White Monster Energy Drinks?

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 1d

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 1d

Actually feels longer than that

Obsidian @obsidian.net · 1d

Today marks 15 years since the release of Fallout: New Vegas.

Since 2010, players have explored the Mojave Wasteland where countless Couriers have walked the same road—each carving their own story. Thank you for keeping the spirit of the game alive all these years.

Viva New Vegas. 🎲

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Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 1d

We finally have some insight into the legal rationale for the government's nighttime raid on a Chicago apartment building. The Times reports that the owners of the building consented, and identified units that were not rented out.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 2d

When I said "it's robbin' season" this is exactly what I meant

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 2d

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million

www.nytimes.com

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Dolphin Pilot @theamitie.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry I couldn’t get a better version than this but it’s still so good

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 3d

Shohei Othani is absurd.

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3d

Again, this is a liquidation of the union in all but letter of the law. This is reverse secessionism engineered by a central government.

tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.

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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 3d

Via @automaton-media.com, composer Uematsu: “I’ve never used AI & probably never will. I think it still feels more rewarding to go through the hardships of creating something myself. When you listen to music, the fun is also in discovering the background of the person who created it, right?"

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Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu says he's “never used generative AI, and never will.” Hardship is what makes the creative process rewarding - AUTOMATON WEST

Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu discusses the history and evolution of game music and shares opinion on generative AI.

automaton-media.com

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 3d

we live in the "Sega CD FMV cutscene" reality

Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 3d

The United States is so weird. like what do you mean a beret-wearing militia man with a beret tan line is running to be mayor of New York City

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 3d

Unqualified all-timer. New voicework is better than it has any right to be.

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 3d

Faram.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 3d

on today's episode of imperial decline

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 3d

So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 3d

“What would be the consequences, he asked, of a much larger reduction? A career official answered: Less humanitarian aid would mean more people would die. “You could say that about any of these cuts,” Vought replied. A person… described his reaction as “blasé.”” www.propublica.org/article/russ...

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President

From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

www.propublica.org

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BT @mode7.bsky.social · 3d

If you don't understand Reconstruction as the great unfinished work of this country you better start.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 3d

Segregationists spoke of the “long civil rights movement” as the “Second Reconstruction” and for inspiration turned to the Redemptionists, who declared war on the first Reconstruction and after many decades of legal and extralegal efforts Installed
Jim Crow regimes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act

www.nytimes.com

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