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Count Choculonnor

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“All I wanna do is die,” says the man next to me, and I wonder if he’s ever had a life

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 17h

Forgot to share this yesterday, but the last of my IndyCar/IMSA crossover coverage for this season is live

IndyCar at the 2025 Petit Le Mans

Dixon leads Acura's title heist attempt, Grosjean does more heroics for Lamborghini, and an ex-Dale Coyne driver takes a major prize

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · 16h

Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah

Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen

Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah

Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him

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@[email protected] on Mastodon @electricheadpt2.cryptoanarchy.network · 4h

Axl Rose asks for some reggae for 8 minutes and 34 seconds

YouTube video by Aoaeao

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, but because I’m spending recklessly to rid myself of the curse, I pay them to start all the way over and make a game simulating the 1920 season. If you try to make a created franchise west of Illinois, the game crashes

Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 4h

Yes, and you have to order more discs for every update

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 4h

Of course. Bringing the Dreamcast back is the whole point

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 4h

I hope you can organize over 400 discs, because the way this’ll go, you’ll spend more time swapping them in and out of the console than actually playing the game

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 4h

I would build the world’s largest GD-ROM manufacturing plant, then pay Studio Wildcard to physically release ARK: Survival Evolved in the format

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 5h

I tell ya, I get no respect! I’m in my easy chair reading a book about the fae, so I ask my wife, hey sweetheart, which court would you want us to be in? Seelie or Unseelie? She says honey, the only court I wanna be in with you is divorce court!!

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Osaka: None/bun - A sack of nuns @osakanone.bsky.social · 10h

remigrate is not a dog whistle, and is open nazi language

Remigration

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing[1] via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.[2][3] It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement.[4][5] Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.[6][7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 6h

Final verdict: Keith Hernandez really did spit on Kramer

Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 6h

Kicking the French nerdcore rapper out of the cypher because he tried to brag about his hunnid bandes

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 8h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 8h

They can stick Graham in a pretend car and let him complain about it as much as he wants

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 9h

Lauryn Hill just shared a moving tribute to the late D’Angelo:

People need reflection.

I regret not having more time with you. Your undeniable beauty and talent were not of this world, and a presence not of this world needs protection in a world that covets light and the anointing of God. You sir, moved us, stirred us, inspired and even intimidated others to action with your genius. Thank you for being a beacon of light to a generation and beyond who had no
remembrance of the legacy that preceded us. Thank you for charting the course and for making
space during a time when no similar space really existed.

You imaged a unity of strength and sensitivity in Black manhood to a generation that only saw itself as having to be one or the other. It is my earnest prayer that you are in peace, far away from selfishness, fear and/or controlling interests. Far from possessiveness, far from greed, far from manipulation, far from exploitation, far from intentionally designed chaos and that you Brother are in peace, in bliss and in eternal light and fulfillment with our Father in heaven. I Love you and I miss you. May God grant peace and shelter to your family, true friends and genuine appreciators, Brother, King.

A photo of Lauryn Hill and D’Angelo, wearing black

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Gallifreyan Jedi @jediofgallifrey.bsky.social · 9h

the scariest thing about donald trump is the widespread belief that he is The Problem, rather than a symptom of The Problem

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Ketracel Black @ketracelblack.blacksky.app · 10h

A professor I once worked with mentioned a study that claimed black men are one of the only groups whose health outcomes don't improve as wealth goes up. I think about that every time another rapper or singer dies before 65.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 12h

The border will open tomorrow. I’m in urgent need of healing please, donate fifty to help me and my family.

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · Sep 6

We are in urgent need of protection and a safe place to live. We’re raising support to help us escape danger and rebuild our lives in safety. Every contribution, no matter how small, brings us one step closer to security and hope. 💛
kindly give :
#BringRuaaHome #SafetyForRuaa #HumanitarianAid

Project Bring Ruaa and Her Family to Safety

I'm helping my friend, Ruaa Naji, raise funds to help her family survive.

chuffed.org

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 10h

Gotta go with my first ever starter Piplup

rome. @romewithadot.com · 15h

Time for the fun part. What’s your starter Pokemon?

Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 10h

Middle America might wreck that shit even faster. Half the creatives there are trying to get out off the strength of their work, and AI companies want to destroy that work’s value

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 11h

Washed Mad Max saddling up in the playoffs one last time: Awww, you’re sweet

Washed Kershaw saddling up in the playoffs one last time: You’re ugly, you’re disgusting, I’m gonna kill you, give me $200

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 12h

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Count Choculonnor @roxconn.bsky.social · 12h

And “Let’s blow up any consensus of reality for no reason”

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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 12h

Five of the nine African qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup are on a *proposed* US travel ban list

A list of countries under consideration for a US travel ban by the Trump administration if they "do not address various security or diplomatic concerns within two months." Per the New York Times.

Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Dem. Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Egypt
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Kyrgyzstan
Liberia
Malawi
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
South Sudan
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
Syria
Tanzania
Tonga
Tuvalu
Uganda
Vanuatu
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 22h

Amid all the plaudits of Trump for getting this deal done, I've yet to see mention of the fact that Netanyahu has turned the Israeli govt into an arm of the Republican Party and manages relations with the US administration in power at any given time accordingly.

Bonnie Honig @bonniehonig.bsky.social · 23h

Hamas agreed to this same deal by Dec 2024. But “Baskin would soon learn that the Israelis had no intention of striking any agreement before a change of administration in Washington…”
Reminiscent of Reagan/Carter and a different hostage release…

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 5d

Gershon Baskin says he got the plan on to the president’s desk but then learnt the Israelis were waiting for a change of administration in Washington

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 14h

Setting aside graverobbing woman who died in no small part due to men exploiting her image, copyright violations aren't "growing pains." It's literally the law. They’re breaking the law. Without copyright law, there is no creative industry, and without a creative industry, there is no genAI.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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