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AEGomezjr

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“Creation of a world view is work of a generation rather than of an individual, but we each of us, for better or worse, add our brick to the edifice.” John Dos Passos. #nafo

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Indigo 7A // Ash from New England // אשר @ashertheowl.bsky.social · 12h

John Adams defines the pursuit of happiness or what we call the American Dream, in a letter to Abigail, May 1780:

"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21h

Frogs in slowly heating water is a popular allegory for being unaware that you are being destroyed in an incrementally worsening situation.

But I'm drawing hope from the past week that we frogs may be a bit more aware of our situation than those allegorical frogs. #Hop

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

Making Argentina Great Again

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 12h

That’s “Los Doyers”.

AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 13h

Dieter!

AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 14h

desecrate…

AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 14h

Today was the first time in a very long time that another person’s act of boorish vandalism as seen today has prompted me to seriously consider what it would take to desiccate a certain to be dug grave site.

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 23h

Kruk: a true physical specimen of there ever was one.

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a man in a captain america costume says i understood that reference .

ALT: a man in a captain america costume says i understood that reference .

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mike wazowski from monsters inc is dancing in the street

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 1d

I too miss Stapleton Airport.

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a cartoon of spongebob holding a clothes pin in his hand

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 1d

The incompetence will continue until morale improves.

AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 1d

While playing against an entire league of players who were behaving much the same way he was while working side jobs to make ends meet. Excluding the best African American and most if not all Latin American players of course…potāto / potäto.

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 1d

Slopifying a commode near you.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2d

It's important to note that trump's ai slop video of him in a plane shitting all over people, is the *exact same medium* he uses to deliver his tariff otaku bullshit.

That diarrhea video has *exactly the same legal status* as any of the edicts he posts on his personal blog. Which is none. Zero.

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Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 2d

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”

Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 1d

Lol…lmao even. Citation needed btw.

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a man in a white shirt and tie is saying all of the above

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 2d

Jayzus H on a biscuit…

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“…for an AI chatbot to generate an autopsy report, contract workers have to sift through thousands of gruesome crime scene images, a gig known as ‘data labeling.’”

The AI Industry Is Traumatizing Desperate Contractors in the Developing World for Pennies

AI is propped up by a global sweat shop operation, where exploited workers polish the software for wealthy corporations in the west.

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Chris Braunsdorf @vslacks.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s peaceful protests were the perfect example of what @radiofreetom.bsky.social has repeated ad nauseum (only to receive ad hominem attacks):

We are not yet living under fascism.

Many of our current leaders are fascists. But they don’t control us yet and we need to make sure they never do.

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maurazehuva.bsky.social @maurazehuva.bsky.social · 2d

With all due respect...what's it like to be a condescending prick?

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AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 2d

She’s so different from her brother too.

AEGomezjr @aegomezjr.bsky.social · 2d

This photo is from last No Kings. It doesn’t start in DTLA until 2:00 pst.