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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 22m

Like, that’s only an appreciable amount of money for a relatively small org in terms of ongoing ops.
Is it a lot for a couple hundred people? Yes.
Is it a lot for… a globe-spanning military that can take any two other forces simultaneously? Lolno.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2h

I do think we have a pretty good chance of turning gambling into a genuine popular moral crusade 19th century style, because it's becoming a social evil that's destroying young men's lives in particular but also making sports coverage really shit.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3h

Almost every major news story this week is about how the entire economy is now gambling, scams, bribes and theft.

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 38m

“Don’t protest.” Not great when federal law enforcement leaders start directly and openly denying the existence of the literal and explicit First Amendment.

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 57m

“The use of force that I’ve seen has been exemplary — the least amount of force necessary to accomplish the mission,” Bovino told @cbsnews.com Friday. “If someone strays into a pepper ball, then that’s on them. Don’t protest and don’t trespass.”

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 58m

FULL STORY: U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, who has led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs, to appear in her courtroom in person at 10 a.m. Tuesday. @wttw.bsky.social

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 1h

Whenever you think he's nazi'd as hard as any one person can possibly nazi, he just nazis harder.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"

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Batman or halo @milesklee.bsky.social · 42m

Tesla owners trying out the new "Mad Max" setting for Full-Self-Driving keep reporting that it breaks speed limits—in one case going almost twice as fast. The feature was rolled out just after NHTSA launched a probe into incidents where FSD ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road.

Tesla's New 'Mad Max' Self-Driving Mode Keeps Blowing Speed Limits

Tesla unveiled an aggressive 'Mad Max' setting for its Full Self-Driving system even as it stared down wrongful death lawsuits and regulatory probes.

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Batman or halo @milesklee.bsky.social · 34m

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Absent regulatory action, it seems Tesla drivers using the Mad Max setting on FSD will continue to travel at dangerous speeds. In an X Spaces event this week, a user narrated his experience with the new mode as he tried it out for the first time. “It’s going 65 in a 35 right now,” he announced at one point. “It sees the speed limit as 35, it’s highlighting it on the screen, because I’m going over the speed limit — because it’s going over the speed limit. It’s warning itself.”

“I’m not quite sure why it completely ignored the sign,” he said.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 51m

(I'm capable of using Google and Wikipedia, of course, the point I mean to make is that our collective memory of crisis N-M has shrunk from so many damn crises in a row!)

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2h

Traffic to Pornhub has fallen by more than 75% in the UK since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, as legal adults have shifted to the thousands non-compliant sites, supercharging the growth of platforms that don't moderate for pirated content, revenge porn and CSAM

An unmitigated disaster.

UPDATED: Aylo Accuses Ofcom of Ineffective AV Enforcement AVN

Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.com and other adult platforms, accused the United Kingdom's (UK) digital regulator of ineffective enforcement of the age verification requirements outlined und...

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 6h

someone finally did it. a game about rote bureaucracy and policing that is much more dystopian than papers please

king ned blood 🇨🇦 @grumble.social · 8h

still thinking about this article today. so many societal ills are caused by people white-washing what actually happens. it's awful to see games do it too.

can't wait for cozy domestic violence simulator or cozy kkk simulator

a wholesome plane has hit the second cozy tower

more like no thoughts to declare

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 3h

"One Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s knee was on his neck, another’s was grinding his back. Drenched with tear gas and pepper spray, George Retes might have wished that his 137 pounds were back in Kirkuk, Iraq, one of his Army deployments. Here's a glimpse of your tax dollars at work."

Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 5h

"How many appalling incidents are occurring during today’s tsunami of sometimes lawless 'law enforcement'?" George F. Will writes.
https://wapo.st/49jxVho

Opinion | When ICE came for a U.S. citizen and Army veteran

George Retes is suing the federal government for unconstitutional detention.

wapo.st

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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 3h

I’ve been watching it, and it does what all good works about fascists should do: shows them to be pathetic, insecure pieces of shit underneath it all.

Clint Worthington @clintworthing.bsky.social · Sep 10

Helluva moment for MUBI to release an eight-part Joe Wright miniseries about the rise of Mussolini, but it's here, and it's as stylish as it is occasionally overwhelming.

My review of MUSSOLINI: SON OF THE CENTURY for @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/muss...

Mussolini: Son of the Century movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert

It's all very presentational and Brechtian, and the nonstop pace leaves you breathless.

www.rogerebert.com

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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 2h

Good luck with the recovery management that gets dumped at you. :hugs:

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Strange Coyote 🏳️‍⚧️ @grey.lastcaw.cc · 2h

The official White House website hosting trans nsfw imagery was not on my bingo card.

Alice Campos @ok-sure.bsky.social · 9h

Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.

It’s… shocking

The White House Building

Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...

www.whitehouse.gov

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 3h

lakshya jain preemptively blocking bouie is fucking hilarious, just completely gives away the game lol

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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 2h

Looks like she’s aggravated at the people trying to shove the Nazi’s candidacy down the public’s throat.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3h

Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.

Adam Cancryn @adamcancryn.bsky.social · 3h

New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...

Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics

The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...

www.cnn.com

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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 2h

How old is the post the screenshot is of? I don’t see a timestamp.

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 3h

At the end of every year Walmart hangs posters in the break room reminding you that your coworkers don’t make enough to have a holiday meal and that you should probably bring something for them. I’m not even making that up. You get to do that between taking anti-union training every three months

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 3h

Sam's Club is part of Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart workers are among the largest recipients of SNAP in this country. Apparently, some Wal-Marts will help employees fill out SNAP applications as part of their HR paperwork. When people start going hungry on Nov 1 part of the reason is companies underpay them

King T'Challa @kidcardiac23.bsky.social · 3h

Is Sam's Club better than Costco?

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

Use the power of state and local law to slow Trump's crime and abuse spree www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 4h

I can already tell I’m going to find out about a ground war from a bluesky meme

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 4h

U.S. sending aircraft carrier to Latin America in major buildup

The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier strike group to the waters off Latin America, dramatically increasing the number of service members and ships dedicated to countering narcotics traffickers.

www.cbsnews.com

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 8h

Redditor asks how things are looking at strip clubs, a known indicator of economic downturn. The answers are pretty bleak (albeit not all responses are from strippers)

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

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u/AutumnForestWitch • 9d
We need the real recession indicator.
Strippers of Reddit, how is business going?
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FourEyesAndThighs • 9d
Not a stripper, but my dive bar is down $50,000 compared to this time last year, and my booze is cheap. We're fucked if alcoholics aren't drinking.
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Appropriate_Total875 • 9d
I've worked in the industry for years. It's been bad for the last three years now and continuing to get worse.
Prior to covid, at my club you could expect a ratio of 5 or 6 customers per girl. Since covid it dropped to 1 to 1 or worse. And not just my club but the whole area. The first couple years after covid money got stupid good but that all dried up a few years ago.
Previously when the industry slowed, the girls would bounce to other clubs and eventually come back after a month or two. However, girls are now leaving the industry entirely
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SherbetLoud185 • 9d
NYC girl. I know of multiple girls who have lost their apartments. It's the worst anyone has ever seen the industry.
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SomethingNeatnClever • 9d
My earnings have definitely declined in the past year.
I'm still doing okay because of my past regulars but they're coming in less as well. Tourism is down in my state. It isn't great. It isn't my only source of income but l'd be struggling a bit if it was.
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anivex • 8d
It's bad. Real bad. Worse than it was in 2008, and that's saying something.
I stopped by my old club last week and the manager said they made more money during Covid.
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Mistealakes • 9d
Left the industry entirely this year, after the past 3 years of decreasing pay with no bounce back at all.
Most dancers at the last place I worked were lucky to leave with $200 at the end of a shift, at this point.
We're not getting naked for warehouse pay, ladies and gentlemen. The only women that are left are there because they have no other options at all.
Everyone with an option is gone. The money is gone.
Our clients no longer have enough money for the club and many dancers have a second job now.
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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah I have to make myself eat lunches at times just because I can get lost in Excel.

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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 4h

Don’t worry I’m sure that we’ve all made an aas of ourselves at some point with spelling names. 🌽😹🌽

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Corn Anon @cornanon.bsky.social · 4h

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… my brain is rotted based on how many attempts it took to parse that into Catan-context.

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brent is Saw Gerrera-pilled @therealbrent.bsky.social · 4h

it’s so cool to live in an era where dystopian fiction is becoming reality and despite every resource and technological advancement possible, society is meaningfully getting worse in every way

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

a photo of Taki Allen and a bag of doritos

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