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king ned blood 🇨🇦 @grumble.social · 4h

If I were cursed with money I would pay every manufacturer, artist, and rights holder to rename the saxophone to clown-horn.

I would pay tech companies to change any existing or new instances of the word.

I would offer a book trade-in to get an updated book, and $100,000.

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 4h

this is doubly hilarious after seeing the staying power of Hamilton.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 6h

a skull full of soup.

cinesthetic. @TheCinesth.... 13h
Teaser trailer for 'AMADEUS' starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.

Graham Linehan @Glinner 7h
How would you like to see Amadeus again, except this time Mozart is black?
Me neither! Yet here it is!

Clara @Americana Mama79 6h
That guy is black?

Graham Linehan @Glinner 6h
Apparently not but the point rrrremains!

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 6h

a skull full of soup.

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 14h

what?? you dont like conquest cards to signify you fucked someone?

(I loved the story and hated the gameplay lol)

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 14h

Same time that Pritzker is telling city and state officials to start arresting and prosecuting federal officials for assaulting Illinois citizens.

OT1H, this is clearly really bad.

OTOH, our federalized design might end up being an absolute godsend.

JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.

www.newsweek.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 15h

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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AndreaaaHHhHHHHh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 14h

If the ~ correction ~ does not immediately hurt, it will be because "AI" will get a bailout that is proportionally more harmful and ridiculous than the biggest banks got post-2008. These billionaire fuckos are running all the levers and gears, and it is folly to imagine they won't fuck us all.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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haunted mentions @makeitsnow.bsky.social · 14h

WHAT YEAR IN EXILE

SHE WAS INSTANTLY REHIRED

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 15h

Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...

Have I Got Nuzzi For You

Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 15h

This post was written before today's car crash and chemical attack. Was referring to the preceding car crashes and chemical attacks.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 14h

I can't get over how not even satirical Colin Josts' Hegseth was last week on the snl cold open lmao

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

no surprise here, jd vance has a vested interest in being able to be an open nazi in american politics

Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 17h

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 22h

If you were an admin or member of one of the Facebook groups that the DOJ jawboned Facebook into censoring, we want to talk to you!

Please shoot me a message,

Rtorney Pamela
' @AGPamBondi
Today following outreach from @thejusticedept, Facebook removed a
large group page that was being used to dox and target
@lCEgov
in Chicago.
The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and
social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing
their jobs. The Departrnent of Justice will continue engaging tech
companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent
violence against federal law enforcernent.
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Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social · 21h

Still a lot of people that seemingly don’t know we’re all @secondwindgroup.com now making the best stuff we’ve ever made.

There’s literally nobody left working on video at the old site.

Just a dead brand being used for name recognition for gambling shit.

Nyek London @stupidhoroscope.bsky.social · 1d

Wow The Escapist sure is doing content these days, huh

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15h

the most unsurprising thing in the world is now every rightwinger, all yhe way up to JD vance, have explicitely defended this and the statements made by those in this group. and that’s by design, every single rightwinger is now an extremist nazi

onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

these people know how extreme they are

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Eternal Clarkness: Sanity's Requiem @justinofclark.bsky.social · 15h

I can't *prove* this was secretly directed by Ernest Cline, but it's not like anybody else has a better explanation for this.

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 23h

🎮 PIXELS → POWER-UPS → PURE MAGIC ✨
Next week changes everything.
GDC Festival of Gaming 2026 registration launches!

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 16h

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 15h

sir. sir. stop making me look up how long ago songs came out.

because I did not need to know that Toxicity would have a bachelor's degree now.

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That BG Dork @thatbgdork.bsky.social · 15h

this has been the case since at least 2014, not 2022.

Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 16h

collar gate is the latest instance of a trumped-up non-issue blossoming into a large-scale psychosis event – and possibly the dumbest. it's also the modern internet doing exactly what it was engineered to do

To be honest, I wouldn’t be mentioning this if not for the fact that it’s a microcosm of how online platforms work today: Somebody makes an accusation based on evidence that’s spurious at best, big names with something to gain (viewership or the downfall of a perceived enemy) uncritically boost it, internet sleuths obsessively piece together supporting evidence by amassing context-free clips and ignoring everything that doesn’t match their intended conclusion, and all of the aforementioned parties spread performatively apoplectic videos across Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and wherever else they can sucker in uninitiated normies.

Some version of this happens every week – every day, on a smaller scale – without fail. It accomplishes nothing aside from giving the disaffected masses a brief glimmer of what feels like purpose, but is actually a bloodsucking waste of their precious time on this dying planet. And of course, it provides platforms with sweet, sweet engagement numbers. As a result, platforms will probably never intervene to disrupt this corrosive dynamic, which has broken the general public’s ability to perceive anything resembling objective reality, even as society collapses around them and people like Piker attempt to identify the real reasons why (hint: they don't involve dog collars).

The internet has been like this at least since the Depp v. Heard trial, which wannabe sleuths similarly feasted on in 2022 while getting pretty much every important detail completely wrong. At least back then they were obsessing over something of consequence. Now they’ve taught viewers to regard every trumped-up non-issue they can surface with similar gravity.

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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 16h

I wish I were lying when I said that this ruins the closer of my new hour of standup.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content

New version will allow users to customize AI assistant’s personality in what firm calls ‘treat adults users like adults’ policy

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

It really feels like Sam Altman promised a lot of Very Serious Old People he was going to create capitalist blowjob jesus based off a tech demo, and now that the bottom’s falling out he’s throwing whatever he can think of at the wall to avoid getting disappeared because he wasted all their money.

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Dan LK, Annelid Industries Requirements Analyst @2ndlevelbard.bsky.social · 19h

I've met people - smart people! - for whom *any* analysis of deeper meaning, looking at metaphors, parallels, symbolism, ruins their entertainment. They'll use that exact word: "That would ruin it for me."

I don't know why this is (though I have theories), but it's absolutely a thing.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 1d

Or - let me make an effort to describe this in the least derogatory way possible:

There are folks for whom TV shows are fundamentally the same as a nice view from a scenic overlook.

"That's a pretty thing to look at." They don't need to be fascinated by the geology, or also be birdwatching, etc.

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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 16h

If the constitution wasn't actually in effect right now, how would we really know? The Second Amendment still seems pretty sturdy, but that's about all I can confidently say these days.

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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 20h

Adelita Grijalva won her Congressional race fair and square THREE WEEKS ago.

Mike Johnson’s refusal to seat her is an absolute disgrace.

Seat her now. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

Who is Adelita Grijalva and why hasn't she been sworn in to Congress yet?

Democrats are ramping up the pressure on House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a special election last month to succeed her late father.

www.pbs.org

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Kestrel Casey @wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com · 16h

Just another nudge to delete Spotify.

Do you really want to lose access to all your music if you stop paying them every month? Or make sure the artists you like are paid as little as possible? Or support this bullshit?

Buying and owning music is better in every way.

Neon Chinchilla @neonchinchilla.bsky.social · 16h

From the assholes who gave Joe Rogan hundreds of millions of dollars we now have:

Spotify is running ICE hiring ads boasting wild signing bonuses

Spotify responded that the ads do not violate its policies.

www.sfgate.com

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Osaka: None/bun - A sack of nuns @osakanone.bsky.social · 17h

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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