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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 8h

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 9h

every day is going online and discovering a newly invented way to lose your mind

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

perhaps the only thing i was surprised by was this collection represents only 7 months. that is so much texting.

Politico @politico.com · 18h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

Also Mark Thompson's Combat Wheelchair: x.com/mustangsart/...

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

"roll for panic attack" + D20's addiction mechanism www.thegamer.com/dimension-20...

Dimension 20’s Addiction System Shows The Roleplaying Power Of Dice Rolls In D&D

The Unsleeping City Chapter 2 ties addiction to gameplay in an amazingly sensitive and realistic way.

www.thegamer.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 15h

i had a not dissimilar thought

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 16h

Indianapolis! We're looking for a public editor! Is it you? www.poynter.org/news-release...

Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter

Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.

www.poynter.org

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 17h

some of us have only gotten where we are because we have always paid attention to who wants us dead, 'jokingly' or otherwise

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 17h

"“They support slavery and all that shit. Mega based,” he said."

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 18h

“it's really important to use trusted sources for weather information. Just remember that most accounts out there are competing for your attention, and they're willing to sacrifice accuracy to get it.” www.patreon.com/posts/141213...

Weekly VibeCast: Nor'easter post-mortem, nice weather ahead | New York Metro Weather

www.patreon.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 18h

It is in their best interest [of social
media hype accounts] “to provide information that captures your attention. This is a major problem for meteorologists, because oftentimes the information that captures the viewers attention is either hype, nonsense, or both” www.patreon.com/posts/141213...

Weekly VibeCast: Nor'easter post-mortem, nice weather ahead | New York Metro Weather

www.patreon.com

stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 18h

D'Angelo, damn.

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 18h

"turn on the TV" as shorthand for "this important thing is happening" is such a trope!

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 20h

which, even when people hearken back to some nostalgic golden era of appointment viewing or emergency radio broadcasts, says much more about a kind of privileged definition of audience and who was catered to by these platforms

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 20h

“why is no one talking about this” is especially acute in an era of algorithmic media consumption, but at its core is the much older belief that if something were really important you’d have been directly and immediately informed in your preferred way on schedule

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 20h

“I haven’t seen this on the television channels I watch at particular times” is not the same thing as “this has not been on TV”, but here we are

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 6d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

✊🏾 RIP www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died

The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.

www.advocate.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

In the time it took you to tag them:

CTV News Vancouver has a story: www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

Dozens rescued as remnants of typhoon hits Alaska while nor’easter brings flooding to U.S. East Coast

More than 30 people were rescued and three people remain unaccounted for in western Alaska after the remnants of Typhoon Halong brought hurricane-force winds and flooding strong enough to sweep away e...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 1d

Typhoon Halong videos on TikTok are horrific. Alaskan indigenous communities are just devastated by flooding and destruction.

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Auvkrh/

#climatejustice #alaska #fyp

TikTok video by char <3

www.tiktok.com

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

people stay ready on here to be loud and furious about things that aren’t true

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

much better use of your time to spend 5 seconds checking than to automatically repost accounts claiming "the media isn't covering this" for basically any value of this

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d

NPR/Alaska Public Media: alaskapublic.org/news/public-...

AP: apnews.com/article/alas...

CNN: www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/w...

Fox Weather: www.foxweather.com/weather-news...

ABC: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

CBS: www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-...

The Weather Channel: weather.com/news/weather...

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

going to channel @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social when i say that it is bad that the gatekeepers of political discourse are indifferent to serial dishonesty

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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 2d

hotels specifying “front desk staffed” as an amenity and not a baseline; really are engaging in alienation as a default

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