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Rowan Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social · 2h

You're telling me one episode is about someone complicit in a concentration camp attempting to make and example of himself to try and redeem the soul of his people and the very next episode is about religious fundamentalist terrorism???

this is what speculative fiction can DO

Rowan Zeoli @rowanzeoli.bsky.social · 2h

I'm watching Deep Space 9 for the first time and oh my GOD it's so fucking good

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1h

“you can’t make fun of this” - famously an edict that the military obeys unquestioningly and would never disobey out of earshot of an officer

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 2h

so cool how republicans will be lockstep in defense of their pack of baby hitlers while democrats will oust any millennial or zoomer from their ranks for saying that maybe insulin should be free or that we shouldn't send 45 trillion dollars a month to israel's ethnic cleansing budget

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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 3h

Probably best to chase it indefinitely

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 3h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Jasper Rolls ⚖️ 逆転検事2 オリジナル・サウンドトラック @jasperrolls.bsky.social · 5h

tbh the thing that surprised me the most out of all the criticism of joe biden during 2020-2024 is that no-one brought up his previous association with team snagem? really should've been more widely discussed

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Holt @holtarna.bsky.social · 6h

Rollins at Survivor Series while still recovering from surgery

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Tirk @tirkarokujo.itch.io · 6h

to this day I'm still trying to decipher the cryptobro mind when it comes to game design. Under the decentralized utopia, you can't nerf my character's class because ???? I own a stake in it???? Do you just make a different fork of the game or something??? what does it all mean.

Kawashima Ami @bitchyami.bsky.social · 6h

From the creator of Ethereum

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 9h

It’s funny how black people are expected to reach across the aisle to voters like these, while no one ever expects them to reach across the aisle to black people. Amazing who gets to be human, and who doesn’t.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Les @highflylo.bsky.social · 11h

Never work the boys

Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Meltzer reporting Triple H has lost the WWE locker room (re Seth Rollins' injury) should be a much, much bigger story: "But after being told his other injury was legit, many are not fully believing anything... the lack of trust right now is pretty high."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 10h

yesterday on twitter, some of the biggest far right doxxing users were suspended and then elon musk caught wind, and reinstated them. get everyone you can off twitter. it is firmly a pro-doxxing-if-you’re-far-right platform

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mikie 🇨🇦 @mikie.zip · 1d

This makes it sound like they had a match and Darby won.

Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 1d

Darby Allin: I Was Able To Retire My Dad With The Money That I've Made From AEW

Darby Allin Was Able To Retire His Dad With AEW Money - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

Darby Allin is putting his money to good use.

www.fightful.com

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 11h

it really is just the "Scary Movie"-fication of all art, huh

"THIS thing from THIS movie is now in THAT movie, which is INHERENTLY ENTERTAINMENT"

that's all the AI people want. some thoughtless mash-up gruel content to have on in the background and not pay attention to

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Favorite movie lines @titlesinmedia.bsky.social · 1d

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. Included AI-generated robot porn.

www.404media.co/man-stores-a...

Man Stores AI-Generated Robot Porn on His Government Computer, Loses Access to Nuclear Secrets

A man who works for the people overseeing America’s nuclear stockpile has lost his security clearance after he uploaded 187,000 pornographic images to a Department of Energy (DOE) network. As part of ...

www.404media.co

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All Elite Central @allelitecentral.com · 13h

El Clon and Hechicero have both been added to the Don Callis Family on AEW's website.

The family continues to grow.

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Sean @stholeary.bsky.social · 1d

Dave Meltzer reporting Triple H has lost the WWE locker room (re Seth Rollins' injury) should be a much, much bigger story: "But after being told his other injury was legit, many are not fully believing anything... the lack of trust right now is pretty high."

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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · Aug 18

Sad news everyone, I’m officially pulling the plug on Brightsiders, my super fan podcast for the 2017 movie Bright. I still feel like there were many interesting topics left to discuss but after 7 years of weekly episodes I’ve learned that no one has ever listened to the show.

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Some ghoul, hollering MIZ @craftylefty2126.bsky.social · 14h

Lol down so bad that he can't even get the most corrupt SCOTUS in generations to rule in his favor

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14h

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 12d

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 12d

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 12d

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madeline @mads.haus · 6d

AEW professional wrestling personality Don Callis of the Don Callis Family

#wrestlesky

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 21h

if newsmax can refuse to sign a loyalty pledge to pete hegseth then the nations colleges and universities can refuse to sign a binding settlement requiring them to do DEI for nazis and hasbarists

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin @miseryvulture.bsky.social · 1d

You should care about trans rights just generally, because trans people are people, they have always been here and they always will be.

BUT if you MUST put a cis spin on it, this is where transphobia gets you. It's either bodily autonomy for all of us or none of us.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 15h

You gotta fucking tax these people man. You can't let people get this rich.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 15h

The world's richest man, and owner of one of the largest social media platforms, is funding white supremacists seeking to undermine democracy everywhere he can. www.huffpost.com/entry/tommy-...

Far-Right UK Activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ Says Elon Musk Is Funding His Latest Legal Fight

Musk recently appeared by videolink at a massive London rally hosted by the anti-Islam activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon.

www.huffpost.com

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