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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 2h

I haven't seen the new TRON yet but I really don't think Jared Leto should be able to come in and say "Hey so umm, I have an idea. Why don't we just make the whole movie about me?"

Moxie 🔜 blfc @dracocat.bsky.social · 4h

Its wild too because apparently Tron Ares was a different story/film initially but Leto wanted to explore his character so much he convinced the director to change it to focus on him.

“The first iteration of [Tron: Ares] was a different movie, but it had a character named Ares that [Leto] was cast as while we were in pre-production,” Wigutow says, “He really got his teeth into this character and really wanted to hold onto it, and ultimately came to me and said, ‘Let's just build a movie around this character. I want to understand this character, his origins, and I want to take him to a very different place.’ So that's really the provenance and the origin of this specific film is Jared's dogged persistence on getting it done, but also telling the story of this character specifically.”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

theonion.com/ice-raids-my...

MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 6h

Why doesn't Donald Trump remember that he was President on January 6th, 2021?

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 4h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 8h

Almost there! Come watch and donate if you can.

Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14h

Third and final day of raising money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social begins at 9 AM PT on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh. Playing Metal Gear Delta start to finish.

Donate here: www.twitch.tv/charity/tamoorh

Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 5d

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need.

On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh.

Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 11h

The beloved Saleh Al-Jafarawi has been murdered. We are absolutely devastated. For 2 years he reported on the genocide of his people, just for him to be murdered during the ‘ceasefire’

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12h

"So...I read it."

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 13h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Jan 9

cyberpunk madonna

Annie Lennox. 1986

white woman with short blonde hair wearing a sleeveless black leather top with center ring pull zipper looking off into the distance

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Qagggy! @qagggy.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the urbanism happening in New York City…is stunning.

Broadway between Union Square and the Flatiron.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

Andrew Cuomo is incapable of speaking clearly and directly about Trump’s authoritarianism.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 13h

Bluesky deletes the accounts of the very real Gaza civilians here. But their plight isn't over and they rely on our donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her family. And find and help others. We’re their only voice and means of survival. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 15h

This is another form of censorship and book banning to my mind: you force an ersatz simplification on young readers while making the original harder & harder to obtain, then tell them the ersatz is better than the real thing (bc it is programmed propaganda pablum).

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16h

No, resurrecting the corpse of Anne Frank so 12-year-olds can gossip with her is not how you “make history come alive.” It’s how you destroy history so that someone can come in, rewrite it, and then author a future to their liking.

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 14h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 14h

I was trying to put my finger on what bothered me about this portrayal and I think it’s that it just takes the guy’s words at face value, like he was a nice guy and reaction to Charlie Kirk’s death just pushed him over the edge www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/u...

She Despised Charlie Kirk. He Resolved to Make People Like Her Pay.

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Leggett @leggetron.bsky.social · 14h

Photo A: The Trump administration
Photo B: Portland

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 14h

The people instituting this shit also think Lee Greenwood should be at the Super Bowl Halftime Show singing, “And I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m freeeeeee…”

onion person @junlper.beer · 22h

we need to abolish this shit

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 15h

Man did I need to hear this message now.

Veronica (Vera) 🏳️‍⚧️ @veronica-atchley.bsky.social · 15h

I’m still teary after watching that ad. Jesus. (from @katelynburns.com)

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

You Have to See This Mamdani Ad

I wasn't planning to post anything today. I dislike working and writing on weekends in general, but this was too important to ignore. You have to see this Zohran Mamdani campaign ad that came out this...

www.burnsnotice.com

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, what was happening in Germany in the 1930s? I forget.

James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
For those who actually respect history, the origin story of Antifa is well documented. Antifa is an organization that emerged with the “German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion” movement in the 1930’s.
German Communists smeared anyone to their right as "fascists,” a common ploy used by the ignorant hysterical activists of the Democrat Party today. Like today’s leftist loonies, the German Antifa of the Weimar years even labeled the leftwing SDP as "social fascists." Today’s Antifa are a paramilitary mob used by the usual suspects to foment fake “mass protests” and burn down cities. The same puppet masters of the Democrat activist judges ruining America today also fund these “useful idiots” of Antifa to impede the mandate given to the current President in his landslide last election victory.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

It’s remarkable to realize Diane Keaton created a signature look and sensibility back in the 1970s and for about half a century continued to be a creative inspiration for how to be yourself in a world that tries so hard to put you in a box. Well done, Diane Keaton. RIP.

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macaw45.bsky.social @macaw45.bsky.social · 2d

I gotta stream all the games based on V.I.P. starring Pamela Anderson www.twitch.tv/macaw45

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