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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 18m

I’m sorry. Isn’t there a government they should be trying to open instead?

Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1h

Yeah. White libs love masking their white supremacy with elitism.

Because MAGA can’t just be knowingly racist (which they are), they have to be idiots who didn’t realize they were voting against their own self interest.

Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah. To me it’s less about the belief that YRs are suddenly racist (they aren’t, since the entirety of the southern strategy was about how to make angry racists vote republicans).

It’s about the white liberals ability to ignore racist smoke until they find the racist fire.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 2h

It’s hilarious watching white folks get all shocked pikachu about this because YRs ain’t change.

Their racism isn’t new. It’s just less coded.

And white liberals love playing stupid to even the weakest coding in order to give other whites an out. Because surely other white people are good.

Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 19h

For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.

That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

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👇

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 3h

Why does this feel less like an actual deterrent and more like the UK government found a fun new way to extort big businesses while disproportionately knee capping developing ones?

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 4h

It was like they didn’t even see that woman.

Made me decide that I will just get concert tickets to see that man and wait by the door for an auto another time because I don’t have time for people like that.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 5h

The way I had to shift from trying to get a signature to helping a woman protect her mobility aids from a mobbing crowd the year Kudi dropped Moon Man.

They were full on about to wreck a woman's walker just to be near that man.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 5h

Purity politics is just a dog whistle at this point since it’s a polite way to say “I don’t want to defend these people. Let them die.”

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 8h

The ensuing thread is hilarious, but let’s be real—

There is a certain line of Black men that look oddly like Wesley Snipes that could get away with a duster.

But that is a very narrow line and it has to be leather.

Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 18h

www.reddit.com/r/mensfashio...

From the mensfashionadvice community on Reddit: First date

Explore this post and more from the mensfashionadvice community

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 23h

You give your data and personal information.

They give you some of the most god awful, pussy drying collection of words to fap to.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 23h

ChatGPT will soon allow sexting with verified adults

• Erotica and 'mature conversations' will be permitted

• Change arrives in December alongside new age verification tools

(via Sama | TW)

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 23h

The sad thing is, those middle aged men might actually be younger than us.

They just suffer from that rapid aging disease all Conservatives seem to have.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 23h

They’re really important to people who had tumblr instead of friends in 15 years ago.

I say as someone also on Tumblr during that time.

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Nerdist @nerdist.bsky.social · 1d

Jason Voorhees might be the best slasher in history, but his mother Pamela Voorhees also deserves a place among horror's greats.

An Ode to FRIDAY THE 13th's Pamela Voorhees, an All-Time Great Slasher Villain

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for your loss.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

And related to both:

Find something interesting to do with Sabretooth or leave him dead because we already know the 616 version is the weakest one and no one enjoys the wishy washy rehab treatment they put him through every few years.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

I say this with all the love in the world:

Raven should’ve never gotten the rehab treatment just because she’s a lesbian. Bitch didn’t deserve it.

And Logan should’ve stayed dead. There’s nothing left for him and this dad thing is bullshit given his entire adopted kid everyone forgot.

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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Tonya R. Moore @tonyarmoore.com · 1d

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Coming soon: The Cookout: A Speculative Fiction Anthology

Sci-fi, fantasy, & horror stories by Black authors, centering traditions of “the cookout” — the joy, the drama, and the delicious food.

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♿🏳️‍⚧️ Need Dental Funds ASAP! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Help me tip my fate's scales toward survival, please?
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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

But according to her friends, she deserves to be a billionaire. Why would you ruin her dreams of exploitation? /s

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

So the Realm of Satin and Swords episode of Solar Opposites is just a mini Lower Decks reunion, huh?

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

Had me at Aidan Gillen.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 1d

Things just aren’t what they used to be! Or are they? And is that good, bad, or ugly? Nostalgie, a fiction short directed by Kathryn Ferguson, the Belfast-based filmmaker known for the likes of Sinéad O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares, will raise questions like that in your mind. And more!

Aidan Gillen Is a 1980s Pop Star Facing a Moral Dilemma in Kathryn Ferguson’s ‘Nostalgie’

Things just aren’t what they used to be! Or are they? And is that good, bad, or ugly? Nostalgie, a fiction short directed by Kathryn Ferguson, the Belfast-based filmmaker known for the likes of Sinéad O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares, will raise questions like that in your mind. And more!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

The Smartless joke on Solar Opposites was my everything.

I need this show forever.

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Marketplace @marketplace.org · 1d

For his first teaching, the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church opted to focus on the gap between the rich and the poor.

We dive deeper into the pope’s teaching, which calls into question some basic tenets of mainstream economics.

The pope calls on Catholics to take on economic inequality

Pope Leo XIV’s first teaching called on Catholics to engage with and help solve poverty.

mktplc.org

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Darth J.D. @starklyjd.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know what to do without my gay alien dads and the war crimes committed in the backyard.

They were heirloom war crimes.

Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 2d

Feels weird to not have Solar or Lower Decks in production anymore. So proud of what we accomplished on both shows in very different ways. Thank you to everyone on both productions, and to all the fans who tuned in!!

Star Trek Lower Decks art, four ensigns panicking on a starfleet shuttle with a sparking control panel.

A cartoon alien family hugging and being nibbled on, from Solar Opposites.