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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 13m

While I still refrain from using the "Cool Pope" moniker for him, I do think it's pretty badass to see Leo force a whole lot of American Evangelicals to confront the fact that they actually worship Mammon over Jesus Christ...

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 4h

“Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown.” chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Pope meets with Chicago union leaders, urges migrant welcome as crackdown underway in hometown

Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago to advocate for immigrants as the national immigration crackdown continues.

chicago.suntimes.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2h

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 2h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Pat Stares At Clown World @patstaresat.bsky.social · 31m

Here we go fuck yeah hike up that price for gamepass

Shinobi602 @shinobi602.bsky.social · 4h

Target and Walmart seemingly pulling Xbox stock from store shelves

➡️ www.thegamer.com/target-walma...

#Xbox

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AEW On TV @aewontv.bsky.social · 1h

"We're sitting like a divorced couple right now"

RJ City sits down with Orange Cassidy exclusively from the Studio at New York Comic Con when we're LIVE... to tape at 6:05 pm et on the AEW on TV YouTube Channel

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Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🍁 @thatretro.bsky.social · 39m

The curse of the Beast strikes again

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Alexis Sara @alexissara.bsky.social · 40m

You see Athetists saying what they believe is mean and bad but religious people saying what they beleive is normal and must be respected.

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 41m

Oh, Bob Iger be flip sweatin'...
#FizzVsGaming

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 45m

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Pat Stares At Clown World @patstaresat.bsky.social · 2h

I offered my 2 year old a banana and he went "Wait! Have to put book away!" and then put his book away in the right place before stumbling over mumbling banana over and over. This kids a genius I'm so cooked he'll usurp me in weeks at this point. I don't even always put my stuff away right.

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 5h

This has been *confirmed*: so not only did this make it through dozens of levels of decisions where no one spoke up to say "this is unethical and looks like shit", it's also so bad it was instantly spotted by thousands of people like me who in a split second said "hey that looks like shit".

Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 16h

Someone tell me Disney didn't just use a bunch of fucking AI slop for the new Wonder Man show

Wonder Man screenshot featuring merchandise which appears to be decorated with AI slop.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 58m

Nothing about that trailer indicated he becomes a super hero. If that's the plot then they're selling something else, which looks like a bunch of bullshit from an episode of Extras.

And yeah they just can't not slop, huh? This is coming out of the gate like that poor toxic waste guy in Robocop.

drunkenlemur.bsky.social @drunkenlemur.bsky.social · 1h

I mean, I get the general idea: Wonder Man is famously the Super Hero who got into acting, so do a show about an actor who becomes a superhero. And I'm certainly curious about how the MCU handles Superhero media in Universe. Oh man, if you look at Kovak's concept art board its more AI slop

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 49m

I would be intrigued in the MCU broaching the "Forced Diversity" discourse, especially to set the stage for X-Men...

IF DISNEY WEREN'T SUCH FUCKING COWARDS ON THE RECORD

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur episode pulled by Disney, seemingly because of anti-trans bigotry storyline

The episode, 'The Gatekeeper,' leaked online in its entirety after reports of the episode's cancellation by Disney emerged.

www.thepopverse.com

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1h

There's obviously an audience for Hollywood navel gazing, but it's not the same audience that showed up for Endgame.

I've given Marvel leeway with stuff like Agatha and She Hulk because that was still based on the comics.

Wonder Man isn't. I didn't know what this is or how it got money.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1h

Let me see what they did with this trailer ...

Wait.

This is Marvel making a satire about making Marvel movies?

They are literally up their own ass now. Thank God they used "AI" because it means I won't even be tempted to watch it ironically.

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 56m

We literally JUST had Yoshida-San @ NYCC saying that Marvel Comics doesn't condone AI (mainly because Jim Lee's preceeding "No AI for DC" speech at the same con and Brevoort's industry-enraging Substack backed him into a corner BUT STILL)

FFS we all still joke about Secret Invasion...
#FizzVsComics

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

I would ask why Peter Thiel is offering opinions about One Piece but considering how popular the Straw Hat Pirates flag has become with youthful uprisings as of late (e.g. Nepal), I'm guessing fellow fascists are shook and begging his dork-ass to explain it to them/calm their nerves...
#FizzVsComics

a black flag with a skull and crossbones and a straw hat

ALT: a black flag with a skull and crossbones and a straw hat

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

I often say "NerdBro Media Illiteracy is a serious problem" in a joking manner... but this is 100% the case considering how much political power that dipshit wields...

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

Sounds like some Manosphere bullshit and it certainly looks the part...

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

DAYWALKER V SLAYER

With a little help from the mad lads of @ismahawk.bsky.social, the equally mad lads of @deathbattle.gg pit Marvel's Blade against Buffy Summers...
#FizzVsGaming #FizzVsComics

Blade VS Buffy (Marvel VS Buffy the Vampire Slayer) | DEATH BATTLE!

YouTube video by DEATH BATTLE!

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

Well, this certainly would explain a lot of recent moves against Colbert and Kimmel...

Christian Conservatives will always opt to burn an entertainment genre to the ground if they can't do it themselves...

Friendly Atheist | Hemant Mehta | Substack @friendlyatheist.com.web.brid.gy · 3d

The Christian Right tried to make a late-night talk show—and it bombed spectacularly

Eric Metaxas and his backers spent hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to copy Fallon and Kimmel. They forgot to hire talent.

www.friendlyatheist.com

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

STOP.
CASTING.
THAT FUCKBOY MUSICIAN.
IN YOUR TENTPOLES, HOLLYWOOD.

He's not the box office draw his obnoxious sex cult has gassed him up to be...
#FizzVsGaming #FizzVsComics

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ALT: a close up of the joker 's face with the words " careful " below him

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

Let's face it... In a world with Reboot, Digimon, The Matrix, Wreck-It Ralph and so many other franchises that have better extrapolated on the original TRON's core concepts, Ares is a legacy sequel out of time...
#FizzVsGaming

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 1h

NerdBro Media Illiteracy is a SERIOUS problem, especially when it's TechBros who have enough money to push their Torment Nexus misreads on the rest of us...
#FizzVsComics

Jake Flores @feraljokes.bsky.social · 12h

I can't believe this is real

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Dan Simpson, Eyebrow Cinema @danpgsimpson.bsky.social · 1h

Man, Ibushi is so easy to love. Speedy recovery good sir.

Kristi @booksandbodyslams.bsky.social · 2h

I’m not crying

OKAY I am 😭😭😭

Wishing all the speedy recovery vibes and healing to the purest human on the planet, Kota Ibushi

#aewsky

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