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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 19h

ayyo, kill switch just got another award. thank you everyone who listens to us every week!

www.signalaward.com/winners/deta...

Signal Award Winner - Signal Awards

The Signal Awards seeks to honor and celebrate the people and content that raise the bar for podcasting.Luminaries and leaders within the industry will judge Shows, Limited Series & Specials, Individu...

www.signalaward.com

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 2d

Big appreciation to @rossminor.bsky.social for being on the show! Even if you've already read the article, this is a whole different experience (because you hear his voice!)

RossMinor - Game Accessibility @rossminor.bsky.social · 5d

Incredibly honored to have been a guest on the Kill Switch podcast, hosted by my good friend Dexter Thomas. He wrote an article about me for @WIRED and now there's a podcast to go with it!

Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4lS2...

#Blind #Gamedev

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Technology Podcast · Updated Weekly · Were we sleeping when everything changed? Seems like the technologically driven future is already here. On kill switch, we explain the right NOW of our super char...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 2d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 2d

the 'disability tax' applies to videogames, of course. more good work from @supercrip1994.bsky.social

Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 2d

With the continuous rise of prices for games, systems, and tech, and as companies like Xbox announce further increases for services like Game Pass, some disabled individuals are choosing to forgo AAA gaming altogether. Read my latest Access Granted report here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...

As Prices Increase, Disabled Players Feel Left Behind

Rising costs of games, systems, and tech forces some disabled players to leave behind their favorite accessible hobby.

accessgranted.ghost.io

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Gabriel San Román @gsanroman2.bsky.social · 6d

My union—the LA Times Guild—has authorized a strike with the support of 85% of our membership.

This comes after years of brutal layoffs and no cost-of-living raises since 2021.

Next up: we bargain. But if we have to strike, we will 🪧
laist.com/news/la-time...

LA Times union votes to authorize strike for first time ever

The L.A. Times Guild has been negotiating over their contract with management for three years.

laist.com

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 7d

'...a Black bystander in the viral video of the feds placing a Black man in a chokehold in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood: “Y’all supposed to be out here choking Mexicans,” he said.'

thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...

South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE

Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 7d

Rod Johnson, a 67-year-old military vet, said he never thought the presence of federal agents in Chicago would impact him.

When asked why, he said, “Because I’m a Black man.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...

South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE

Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

thetriibe.com

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 11d

bless all of us

Two Phones Haver @ocbf.bsky.social · Oct 29

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Gucci Mane & Ryuichi Sakamoto - My Chain

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Unity Gucci Mane - My Chain#mashup

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 12d

'I'm drinking Minute Maid, watching Al Jazeera /
debit card choppin up the grams in the mirror'

hall of fame verse opener right here www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaKE...

LIL UGLY MANE & ANTWON - UNDERWATER TANK (OG VERSION)

YouTube video by karma archives

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Michael Pusateri @cruftbox.com · 17d

I've really been enjoying the kill switch podcast with @dexdigi.bsky.social

It's about tech, but not full of VC inside baseball, press release hype, or featurespeak.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

kill switch | iHeart

Were we sleeping when everything changed? Seems like the technologically driven future is already here. On kill switch, we explain the right NOW of our super charged technological lives. New host Dext...

www.iheart.com

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much! This means a lot.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19d

Hi, just a note—

The local ICE/ERO agent directing his team to fire at reporters' faces in Chicago this morning has been threatening press since we showed up at immigration court in June. His agents shot us both at close range last week, too. None of this started today!

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 21d

shout out non-substack newsletters.

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 21d

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

I wrote about why I left academia, why I left America, why I left Substack - and why I need your support as I am starting over as a full-time independent writer:

Some major personal news:

steady.page/en/democracy...

Onward. Forward. Steady.

Things have really changed. Now I need your help.

steady.page

Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 21d

an even bigger honor!!! bsky.app/profile/kati...

Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social · 21d

And @dexdigi.bsky.social! Whose quote led to the dang title

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 21d

truly an honor to be mentioned next to names like this!!

Katie Clark Gray @katiecgray.bsky.social · 21d

Got a new piece in @goodtape.com on some of the best journos & podcasters covering AI right now: like @bcmerchant.bsky.social @parismarx.com @404media.co @edzitron.com & more. Check it ouuuut....

Nobody Wants the Future Anymore

As AI comes for podcasting (and everything else), humans are equipping listeners with research, nuance, and ways to fight back.

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 22d

may it ever be so

a tumblr blog stats page: 149 posts, 2 followers, and Activity is completely flatlined

Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 22d

pull up

Paul Chin • 陈保罗 @paulch.in · 22d

I’m talking to the GOAT @dexdigi.bsky.social live on stream today about leaking my music directly to y’all in exchange for discourse!!

paul chin leaked his own music

YouTube video by dexdigi

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 25d

Charlie Kirk Sept 27 2024: "Just so we're clear, the Haitians that are in Huntsville that are raping your women and hunting you down at night - it's only gonna get worse - unless Donald Trump wins
There will be hundreds of thousands of Haitians brought into Alabama and they will become your masters"

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · 24d

dm sent

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Sep 6

this is absolutely worth following!

Sean Beckner-Carmitchel @acatwithnews.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hi everyone! Big news: I’ve begun and launched the LA Ten Four. The LA Ten Four is for news covering issues surrounding first responders in the Los Angeles area.

Rather than a police blotter, or “public safety” reporting this newsletter aims to take an eye and ask how can we improve?

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The LA Ten Four

A Newsletter About First Responders

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh, here's the article if you do have a sub and want to read though. puck.news/david-elliso...

The Bari Market

With Paramount securely in his pocket, David Ellison is on the verge of acquiring Bari Weiss’s The Free Press and tossing her the keys to CBS News. The deal is on the 1-yard line, I’m told.

puck.news

Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Sep 4

i genuinely have no other comment than that; i haven't read full thing bc it's paywalled (i don't have a subscription)

well, my other comment would be: language is fascinating! You can just slap on a prefix (eg 'centi-'), and even if you've never seen the word before, you know the meaning. So cool

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Sep 4

in case you are wondering how capitalism is going, i tried to write the word 'centibillionaire' and my autocorrect did not think it was a real word

i am teaching the computer how to talk about people with 100,000,000,000 or more dollars

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Sep 2

that Golgo 13 is better by basically every measure.
- he's a better shot
- has no state backing; gets his own gadgets
- no nationalistic allegiance to any Imperial forces
- instead, he fought colonizers in Mozambique (and won)
- fought the KKK (and won)
- saved Nelson Mandela once lol

MI6 - Home of James Bond @mi6hq.bsky.social · Aug 31

What is your most controversial James Bond opinion?

(These may be discussed in a future podcast)

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Dexter Thomas @dexdigi.bsky.social · Aug 31

actually thinking about it, maybe the Guy that helps you transfer your VHS tapes and the Guy that helps you buy computers is the same kind of Guy

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