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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 10h

(this is great, ftr)

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 10h

this was basically the median protester i saw out there

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a wicked and unusual boy @myrrlyn.net · 13h

guy who brought the trans flag we iwo jima’d described himself as “yeah i was pretty neutral about trans people, think i still am honestly, but these people are being so goddamn weird about it that i gotta get off the fence”

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 21h

it's several fics on ao3 i think

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 1d

Like, he's very clearly disheveled and drunken here too, but he's still presented with a sort of dignity. A lot of the sequel feels like it's a little more afraid to take itself seriously than the previous game, and it's sad to see Supergiant of all studios lose some sincerity.

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 1d

With the caveat that I haven't played the 1.0 release of Hades 2 yet, I *really* don't like Dionysus's new look. His design feels like a joke in the way that the original, even if the character himself was silly, did not.

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mandoqueer (Hypnobait) @mandoqueer.itch.io · 2d

40 Billion was literally *the entire yearly budget of USAID* before they killed it

Taking food away from starving kids dying of AIDS so the favorite president of the dude responsible for those dying kids can burn it in a giant pit in hopes of not being destroyed electorally

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Trump says his $40B bailout for Argentina's failing libertarian economy is "not gonna make a big difference for our country."

Really?

Imagine if we invested those billions on healthcare and housing for Americans, instead of bailing out Trump's pals abroad.

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Javier Rodríguez @javierrodriguez.bsky.social · 3d

Absolute Martian Manhunter cover of #7. First of second arc.

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 5d

gonna make a concerted effort to Log Off for a while. if any mutual would like my discord shoot me a DM

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 5d

is this about jkr or jordan peterson?

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 6d

“Abolish borders” is great and worth saying often, but what do you do when a large number of mobilizable Americans could actually be on board with massive changes to how immigration works in this country, because l’m not sure that’s impossible to get to from here

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 5d

There’s also another aspect of this: reporters are cosmopolitan, urbane people that live in cities. Many of them have internalized the fact that people like them are not “real Americans”. So they attempt to correct for this perceived inauthenticity

Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 5d

The psychology that twists coverage in Trump’s favor is transparent, once you accept that psychology plays a role. They want to be perceived as neutral by their peers, and they know their peers suspect them of anti-Trump bias. So they demonstrate independence by scrutinizing Dems and praising Trump.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 5d

There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?

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🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 Valkyrie Eleison @anitmata.bsky.social · 5d

t4t vibes

C3p0 and R2d2 in a spaceship hallway. Soldiers behind them run like they're late for movie night. C3p0 looks mildly consternated but then he always does look mildly consternated

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Captain Subaru booja blast: the falafel lobbyist @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 6d

trans rights!

Pearly Sweetcake @sugarblind.bsky.social · 6d

trans rights

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 7d

get in losers we're repenting

Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 7d

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 6d

It’s always “I‘m worried there’s not a place for old white guys like me anymore.” Oh, cool. I’m worried the government is gonna make my healthcare illegal but yeah that sounds bad I guess.

Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 6d

I hate profiles of conservatives who are worried that their country is changing and would welcome profiles of liberals and leftists who are afraid of same thing from the opposite direction and treated their concerns the same kind of reflexive deference

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 7d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Max Munchies @ghostdoggtv.bsky.social · 7d

The Republican party is a national suicide pact

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not really sure tbh @delphicreject.bsky.social · 7d

Going with your "can do Star Wars things" point, I think for me I'd say "the minimum competency necessary to participate in the conventions of the genre". There are styles of games where you definitely want to start at "useless but fails in interesting ways".

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 7d

I feel lots of things that felt like, were billed as, self-actualization read in retrospect as canaries in the coal mine for the fraying commitments we owe to each other as members of a society.

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 7d

Relatedly, I recall a lot of "the joy of canceling plans" jokes and memes from the 2010s and now folks are talking about a loneliness epidemic, and, well...

Aubrey Gilleran @aubreygilleran.bsky.social · 7d

People will scoff at virtue signaling and then wonder why today’s billionaires don’t build museums, libraries, hospitals, and universities like Gilded Age ones did.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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bepis jr. @bepisjr.bsky.social · 8d

Tweet from “Thing Bad” username @Merman_Melville
“Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it’s probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day”
4:03 AM Jan 25, 2019
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CAHSR's Strongest Soldier @emoscientist.bsky.social · 26d

A really striking thing about the US is how it feels like everyone is constantly trying to rip you off. You have to hold constant vigilance against scam. Absolutely corrosive to social trust and a core part of our current political problems.

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