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Salon of Shame @salonofshame.bsky.social · 11d

Ok do any of you unicorns own a working laserdisc player 📀?

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AWerewolfRidingAVampireRidingAJackOLantern @amrawramb.bsky.social · 9h

www.salonofshame.com

Salon of Shame | Exploiting Your Misspent Youth For Laughs Since 2005

www.salonofshame.com

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Dan ChickHolla @danchickholla.bsky.social · 14h

people who represent the left: anyone with a bad take on twitter, any college student clipped out of context, someone holding a sign at a protest

people who don’t represent the right: the president, the entire party bowing to the president, the young republicans

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PJ @sykoscorch.bsky.social · 11h

"We need ai to make smut!"

Just log into Bluesky dummy.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11h

Feds have got until midnight tonight to take down the fence in front of the Broadview ICE facility, per a recent ruling from district judge LaShonda Hunt.

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 11h

Not sure what’s up but this flatbed with what appears like more fence materials has pulled up outside Broadview.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 18h

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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jenny @qdork.bsky.social · 12h

why did it take me 2 hours to edit 1 minute of footage.. i gotta get faster at this 🫠 #gaming #indiegames #videogames #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12h

They're trying to prevent the student newspaper from printing news, period. Not just a particular story.

"The Media School directed us to print no news in the paper... nothing but information about homecoming — no other news at all, and particularly no traditional front page news coverage."

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14h

Indiana University has fired the staff director of the student newspaper, after disputes in which university leadership tried to pressure him to prevent students from publishing news.

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The director of student media at Indiana University was fired amidst a dispute between university leadership and editors at the Indiana Daily Student over what content gets printed in the student newspaper.

As director of student media, Jim Rodenbush did not directly oversee or have any say over the content published in the IDS, per a charter between the IDS and the university. But he told IndyStar his firing follows a series of meetings with IU Media School leadership in which it grew increasingly apparent they were expecting him to officially prohibit students from publishing news.

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Derek (cosmic horror) @nocontroller.bsky.social · 13h

she nature my labubu till i unbox my conkers

Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 14h

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · Oct 25

my hero

THE GUARDIAN: Do you miss the low-budget days of Dark Star and Halloween?
JOHN CARPENTER: No.I don't miss working. Working is hard because you have to get up in the morning.

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13h

It’s been 21 days since Adelita Grijalva won her election, yet Mike Johnson still hasn’t sworn her in.

Why? Because she said she would be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files.

Her constituents deserve a voice in Congress. Swear her in NOW.

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Lizzie Kodpuak née Acid Lich (Gröbnerpilled era) @acidlich.bsky.social · 13h

This is why I am extra tired of your armchair speculation on what type of protest works

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 14h

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15h

the Bajoran version of the Bechdel test is “do two named women talk to each other about something other than murder” and I love “Deep Space Nine” because it fails almost every episode

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AWerewolfRidingAVampireRidingAJackOLantern @amrawramb.bsky.social · 13h

World of Keflings. It was free with XBL Gold or something. I wouldn't pay for that. I was also in a rough patch of life.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 15h

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 13h

shocked to see racial slurs and Nazi rhetoric in that Young Republicans group chat, the same way that I am often shocked to open my sock drawer and find socks in there

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 14h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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🔥💀LA MANTIA!💀🔥 @lamantia.bsky.social · 13h

Day 14

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Digital Eclipse @digitaleclipse.bsky.social · 18h

ICYMI - The final list of games and their versions can be found here:

https://www.ign.com/articles/mortal-kombat-legacy-kollection-final-lineup-confirmed-includes-version-of-ultimate-mortal-kombat-3-that-has-not-been-playable-anywhere-since-1997

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 18h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 21h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 13h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 14h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 14h

I love this so much. Funny, sweet, hopeful, and kind of bad-ass.

youtu.be/bw5zxdSObso?...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h

"a test"? you mean...a violation?

AP: Israel plans to halve aid into Gaza over slow return of dead hostages, a test for the Gaza ceasefire

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Henry Gilbert (Beloved Podcast Personality) @talkinghenry.bsky.social · 13h

After Rachel McAdams was wasted in two different Doctor Strange movies, it’s cool that Sam Raimi saw her potential to be covered in fake blood (the greatest compliment he gives an actor) youtu.be/R4wiXj9NmEE?...

Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 14h

We have reached a point where you can morally differentiate yourself from Mike “If you want to know what I believe, just read the Bible” Johnson simply by acknowledging that shooting unarmed priests in the head is bad. newrepublic.com/post/201757/...

Mike Johnson Says ICE Shooting a Priest Doesn’t Cross the Line

The House speaker has yet to see any issue with ICE’s behavior in Chicago.

newrepublic.com

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AWerewolfRidingAVampireRidingAJackOLantern @amrawramb.bsky.social · Jun 3

Has anyone tried creating a nebulous tech company, name it Basilisk, and scare credulous EA weirdos into reflexively funding it with no obligation of return?

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