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Alex Samaras (he/him)
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It’s not enough to be not; be anti-. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Anti-sexist. Anti-bigot. Anti-capitalist. #CapitalismPoisonsEverything

Expect a whole sort of general mishmash of my interests & passions, w/ a lot of #Splatoon3 stuff.
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Alex Samaras (he/him) @bioalex.bsky.social · Apr 1
When cruelty is the point, as it so very clearly is with these fascists, every act of kindness is an act of resistance.

Be kind, look out for each other, and stomp your boots on the faces of fascism.
Street art painted on a wall in Athens Greece in 2017 depicting a boot slamming into the face of a fascist giving a nazi salute
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lexialex.bsky.social
We're so atomized across too many platforms now. I would love if we can make Upscrolled happen. It's Palestinian owned so they won't ban or censor us and you can do all the fun stuff you do on IG, Tiktok or X
share.upscrolled.com/en/post/e3b3...
⁦Lexi Alexander⁩ ⁦(@lexialex)⁩ / ⁦UpScrolled⁩
It's me. Free Palestine.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
A lot of what people imagine politically for this country can't actually happen under the current Democratic party. That's something that I don't see lots of people actually reckoning with. There is no way to do most of the things that some people want to do through the Democratic party.
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
The road to Sandy Valley was unpaved and very rough, so it was slow going. Not really much to photograph and I had to concentrate on not wrecking my bicycle. Then it was a long climb to the pass leading to Goodpsrings. The next thread will be the Fallout New Vegas tour. 6/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
The setting sun, clouds, and distant haze made for some rather dramatic scenes in the desert where I camped before heading over to Sandy Valley the next day. 5/6
#BicycleTravel #BikeSky
Photograph of distant mountains silhouetted against a cloudy sky backlit by the setting sun. Haze highlights the ridges of the mountains. Photograph of rather dramatic clouds over the evening desert with signs that the sun is going down to the west. Photograph of the shadowed desert plain of creosote bushes, sage brush, and joshua trees stretching towards silhouetted mountains outlined in mist and haze under the backlit clouds of the evening sky. Photograph of joshua trees, creosote bushes, and sage brush in the desert with distant mountains dramatically side-lit casting shadows leftward across the distant valley.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
All the jet contrails pointed towards Las Vegas, but I took a different way. Gotta say, despite how heavily loaded my bicycle is, my Surly Long Haul Trucker never fails to impress me how well it holds up when I have to go on rough unpaved routes. Not comfy, but doable. 4/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Photograph of Nevada route 160 southeast of Pahrump showing the asphalt road stretching through desert and mountains in the distance. In the clear blue sky, there are several white jet contrail all leading in the same direction towards the distant mountains. Photograph of the Mojave Desert between Pahrump and Sandy Valley showing a plain of creosote bushes and desert sand and rock stretching towards distant mountains under a bright sun and a clear blue sky Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle looking over the handlebars along a dirt track through the desert towards distant mountains under a blue and white cloudy sky. Photograph of white clouds against a blue sky stretching towards distant mountains over a dirt track through the desert of creosote bushes, sand and rocks.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
Guess I passed close enough to Area 51 to run into some Aliens. 👽😁 3/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, and a black tanktop encrusted with salt from my sweat in front of some statues of aliens in front of a convenience store that the Lathrop Wells intersection of US 95 and NV 373 in Nevada. Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, a forest green buff, and a black tanktop encrusted with salt from my sweat in front of a statue of an alien pointing up to the sky in front of a convenience store that the Lathrop Wells intersection of US 95 and NV 373 in Nevada.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
To get there after returning through Beatty, I still had to pass through the Amargosa Valley, Pahrump, and Sandy Valley. Had a good place to camp in the Amargosa Valley near the Big Dune. 2/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #Camping
Photograph of the "Big Dune" of Amargosa Valley in Nevada showing a desert plain of creosote bushes leading to a large sand dune in front of distant mountains under a blue sky. Photograph of a grey tent and a bicycle next to some creosote bushes in a small valley of white rocky ground under a blue evening sky. Photograph of portable solar panels leaning against white chalky rock catching the last of the evening sun. Photograph of the sunset in Amargosa Valley Nevada as the orange sun touches the horizon over a desert plain of creosote bushes, sand, and white chalky rock.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
My next main goal was to make it near Las Vegas, though I had no intention of going into the city. Instead, my plan was to follow route that most players take in the game #FalloutNewVegas, starting from Goodsprings, around to Primm, Nipton, & Boulder City. 1/6
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Screenshot from the Mapy navigation app showing my planned route around the Mojave Desert south of Las Vegas, following the real life route that the main character takes in the video game Fallout New Vegas.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
Nothing beats a nice wide shoulder. They even did it right with the rumble strip being right on the white line. I've been on several roads (including this same road just north of Beatty) where the rumble strip is running down the middle of the shoulder. Terrible for #cycling. 3/3
#BikeSky #Nevada
Photograph of US Route 95 south of Tonopah Nevada, showing a recently paved asphalt road with a wide shoulder and a rumble strip along the white line stretching into the distance towards desert and mountains under a blue, slightly clouded sky on a bright sunny day. Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle looking over the handlebars along US95 showing a wide shoulder on the road stretching into the distance between desert hills towards a distant mountain. Photograph of US 95 southbound showing the road descending into a valley between foothills with mountains in the distance under a blue sky with some wispy clouds and a lone white cloud in the upper right. Photograph of US 95 stretching into the desert under a blue sky with some white clouds on the right side. In the far distance there are mountains along the horizon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
And so I made it to Tonopah, thus completing that line from the Linda Ronstadt song "Willin'". 😁 That was literally my ONLY reason for going there, so I ate lunch and immediately turned around and headed back south the way I came. 2/3
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel #Nevada
Photograph of a wooden structure on top of a grey rocky hill with desert scrub brush under a clear blue sky. On the structure is a sign that says Tonopah. Photograph of the "cockpit view" from my bicycle of the road leading into Tonopah Nevada with a sign reading "Tonopah ELEV 6030" (which is in feet). All under a clear blue sky. Selfie of me on my bicycle wearing a lime green bicycle helmet, clear cycling glasses, a forest green buff, a lime green windbreaker, and a backpack, with one hand holding up the peace sign in front of a sign that says Welcome to Tonopah.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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intoaheadwind.bsky.social
After Death Valley, I headed east to Beatty #Nevada, there to turn north to make my way towards Tonopah. 1/3
#BikeSky #BicycleTravel
Photograph of Nevada Route 374 curving down into the valley in which the town of Beatty is nestled as a little patch of green in the desert mountains and foothills. Photograph of sunset in the desert with orange clouds against a deep blue sky fading to yellow and orange on the western horizon over a shadowed plain of scrub brush and sand. Photograph of sunset in the desert with salmon colored clouds against a deep blue sky fading to yellow and orange on the western horizon over a shadowed plain of scrub brush and sand.
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
It’s been a hot minute since I bothered to get 9s in Splatoon 3 Salmon Run, but a golden rotation makes it all too easy! 😎👍🏼 Thank you to this particular group of freelancers who were my team when I hit 999.🥰

And of course, 3x scales.

…

3x ZERO is how many gold scales I got.😭
#Splatoon #Splatoon3
Screenshot from Splatoon 3 showing the results of clearing a Salmon Run shift in which I got promoted to the rank Eggsecutive VP 999. Screenshot from the end of a Splatoon 3 Salmon Run shift showing my teammates when I achieved rank EVP 999. They were Nooora, Link, me (BioAlex), and moffy.
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen:

- REM
- The Cat Empire
- Rusted Root
- The Dave Matthews Band
- Smashing Pumpkins (this one was special: they played the Grand Ol’ Opry, & had to play an acoustic show in order to do so)
doctorvive.bsky.social Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you have seen:

- Terence Trent D'Arby
- Crash Worship
- Magnetic Fields
- Yo Yo Ma
- Ekko Astral
nathanielbullard.com Nat Bullard @nathanielbullard.com · 2d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
- Pink Floyd
- The Indigo Girls
- Dave Brubeck
- Explosions in the Sky
- Morcheeba
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
Corporate executives who lay off game developers and artists right after they’ve created a massive profit for said executives & shareholders.
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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zackdavisson.com
As someone who works in the tech industry--absolutely.

They are testing the waters. These are top-down orders. The ONLY way to stop it is a visceral negative reaction. Write articles. Post your rage. Email. Post. @. All those things.

Only you have the power to kill it.
katrinal10n.bsky.social Katrina Leonoudakis 🗼🚉🥰 @katrinal10n.bsky.social · 2d
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.

tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.

🧵⬇️
littlekuriboh.bsky.social LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 3d
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them

A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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priver.dev
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
If a student’s reaction to assigned material is “I reject the assigned material outright as a matter of personal belief,” the response should be “we respect your beliefs so much that we’re unenrolling you from this class to make room for a student interested in engaging with the subject.”
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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juliusgoat.bsky.social
We need to start to understand that “respecting people’s beliefs” means giving the people holding anti-society beliefs what they want, which is separation from society. Respect their agency that they want what they say they want. Give them credit for the natural logical effect of their belief.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Remember when getting titles and banners as rewards in Splatoon 3 was exciting? Good times! 😅

#SplatoonClips
November 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
Splatoon 3 really ought to have a no subs, no specials, main weapons only challenge. They could call it “Splatty on Main”. 🤔
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
bioalex.bsky.social
Custom ugly sweater designs? In MY Animal Crossing New Horizons?? It’s more likely than you think! 🤩
#ACNH
Screenshot from Nintendo Switch online news for Animal Crossing New Horizons advertising that custom ugly sweater designs are available. The text reads: Custom Designs for Ugly Sweaters Now Available EVERYONE Animal CrOSsing Ensiom Designs for Ugly Sweaters Now Available The Custom Designs Portal on Nintendo's official island, Ninten Island, has original custom designs available! The festive Jingle Sweater, Bells Sweater, and Wreath Sweater custom designs were created to help you dress up in the perfect Toy Day attire for celebrating the holiday season on your island. You can visit Ninten Island by giving its Dream Address, found below, to Luna when you're in your bed on your island. [Dream Address: DA-6382-1459-4417]
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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picardtips.bsky.social
Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
It’s only REAL socialism if it helps the poor at the expense of the rich who can well afford it. If it helps the rich at the expense of the poor who cannot afford it, well, that’s just good business. 🤬

#CapitalismPoisonsEverything
qasimrashid.com Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 10d
Each of the 86 Corporate Dems who voted to "condemn socialism" & was in Congress when Biden used taxpayer money to bailout banks, supported Biden using taxpayer money to bailout banks.

They believe in socialism for the wealthy but rugged individualism for working class. MLK called them hypocrites.
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
bioalex.bsky.social
While it does have many of the typical Ubisoft open world annoyances to make it feel like Star Wars Far Cry (Star Cry?🤔), I’m really enjoying Star Wars Outlaws on my Switch 2.

It’s really fun doing a star war that’s not all The Force this and Skywalker that. 😎👍🏼
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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vanvanvilla.bsky.social
ok now I’m done
#splatoon #splatoonart #art #squidsisters
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM