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St1ka @st1ka.bsky.social · 19h

I am covering EVERY First Person Shooter EVER made in Japan.

From 1985 to 2025, that's over 40 years and 70 games of gaming history.

Link: youtu.be/F80Cl6WzBNo?...

This was without a doubt the most ambitious video I've ever made.

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 15h

Full endorse. Also: The evidence is that it *does* matter. Trump is unpopular! Which is part of why he loses so often!

Most people don't like bigots and Nazi-lovers, but they also don't pay much attention to politics and are not inclined to believe stuff like this. So seeing hard evidence matters.

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 15h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 19h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 1d

The people behind the inflated protests are performing a monumental service to democracy & peace in the US. The Regime wants riots, but these animal characters are not only an effective protest, grabbing attention & mocking ICE, they seem to reduce the risk of violent protests. It's perfect.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

I was particularly amused by the Italian Americans claiming they NEED Columbus for their little ethnic pride feefees.

1. No.

2. You have Ronnie Dio, why are you complaining? What the hell is wrong with you?

a man with long hair is singing into a microphone while making a horns sign

ALT: a man with long hair is singing into a microphone while making a horns sign

media.tenor.com

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 1d

Been saying this for years. Bruno day! Please!

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 1d

Bring Sammartino is a real Italian and a real American and a real Italian-American. His family escaped the Nazis and he wwnt from sickly frail refugee to strong man world champion and a hero to millions.

Here's to Bruno Sammaetino day if Italian-Americans like me want a day. Bruno rules.

Charles R. Mousseau @alphalackey.bsky.social · 1d

For pro wrestling fans, there's one obvious answer.

Picture of professional wrestler Bruno Sammartino, wearing his championship belt.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 1d

I followed him for a few months until I realized he was just an engagement farm, and he cycles through the same material pretty regularly. Real base level ragebait.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah. Tuesday is good, probably.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 2d

Watching younger people get way more mad than old heads simply for being disagreed with on the internet should have been a warning sign. Like you try to tell them "it's not that deep. It's just strangers online" but at some point that simple fact got lost.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 2d

The rank and file ICE agents on the ground are relatively young men and lots of the culture that lead to them being like that and being deployed like that is gamergate. Nerd shit. The nerds took over in 2008 and the worst of them took the government.

This is the other side of nerdery fighting back.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 2d

They are not respectable. You don't have to treat them with respect.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 2d

Call in the ring.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

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

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine already being in prison and getting arrested. I would laugh.

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iiiiiiiiit's gem! 💎 @gemcitygem.bsky.social · 3d

HE'S DOING IT, HE'S CALLING MAMDANI "BOY" bsky.app/profile/coli...

Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 4d

[Me, a poor, on the subway, glowering jealously at all those fat cat, fancy pants rich people on the public bus]

Andrew Cuomo tweet:

@ZohranKMamdani's "plan" provides no relief for working families who take the subway, and unnecessary benefits to wealthy New Yorkers who take the bus and can afford the fare.

I focus on working families, while @ZohranKMamdani the mansion boy focuses on helping the rich.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think I've seen any high profile politician give such a full throated declaration of trans rights.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4d

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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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 4d

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 4d

The main roster active rosters have been shrinking. They don't need a lot of underneath talent for house shows because they don't run them. Their PLEs have 4-6 matches so they don't need a ton of wrestlers there. Their developmental system though is gigantic. I bet we'll see lots of cuts imminently.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah they're struggling to do it and she isn't resisting at all. They are low rent rent-a-cops with minimal training. Shameful.

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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 4d

The sort of telling thing about this, I think, is that this disparity would be pretty obvious to anyone—the candidate, his staffers, anyone—that even just rides the bus occasionally. The bus way over-indexes on elderly or disabled passengers because it requires less walking and stair-climbing.

Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 4d

You can tell Cuomo's campaign has cooked its brain on Twitter because it's repeating nonsense talking points from people like Andrew Fine and Reza who claim only rich people use transit.

As of 2017, bus riders in NYC earn an average salary of $28K, well under subway riders ($40K).

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Tom. @notthattomgreen.is.tired.fyi · 4d

Why ORANGE CASSIDY rules!

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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 5d

Make shorter games with worse graphics and fewer shareholders

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 4d

He may very well have said that. I will say his character has been questionable in general to say the least. I wouldn't put it past him to conversationally exaggerate that a little. Also it's easier to say "I'm paralyzed" than "I usually can't move my legs except in certain circumstances because..."

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 4d

Me too, but most sources on that have been anecdotal. Lots of people who need wheelchairs most of the time can stand and walk and even climb stairs. Just only on a limited basis, often only in their own homes for safety reasons.

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Doc Diamondfire @docdiamondfire.bsky.social · 4d

I know I'm dating myself here but it was so much easier to play Quake 3 Arena online literally 25 years ago when servers were user-side.

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