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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

Are you around here now? They’re still doing well - more boardgame focused in terms of sales, but their heart is still in RPGs - now at their 4th location (in the old Tower Records on Durant near Telegraph).

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

Pretty good storm coming down the coast.

Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

I discovered GoB around 1984 when they were apparently in their second location - on Shattuck south of University. I only recently discovered there was one before that - maybe that’s the phone booth sized place you’re referring to?

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 2h

Integration had already happened in all my schools before I went to them - but that having happened was a huge impact on the structure and nature of my education. Eg Berkeley High in the late 80s was technically integrated but highly segregated socially & by “academic ability”.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

We’re a long way away from Rabin & Oslo, sadly.

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[email protected] @estupi.do · 3h

this was always better messaging+policy than "police abolition" and I will never not be annoyed at the edgy cosplaying anarchist "cultural left" (to borrow a term from Rorty) who wasted years of time with toxic and meaningless memes like that

talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 4h

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3h

“The Israeli govt has committed several war crimes over the past two years and also at the same a non-trivial portion of criticism of “Israel” is also just antisemitism” is just an extremely bad discursive problem to have, and I don’t see any way that it doesn’t get worse. Pretty bad!

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3h

I sit down in my BlueSky captain's chair and furrow my brow authoritatively.

"Damage report, Mister Scott."

"Ma'am, the Nazi gumbo meme has breached containment and..."

"I've heard enough. Load the torpedoes, set phasers to kill, and burn the planet. No survivors."

"Aye, captain."

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

Of the 3 political organizations with power in Palestine & Israel, only the Palestinian Authority has acted with ethics and prudence.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

Fact check: true.

City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 3h

“A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/w...

A Test Now for Israel: Can It Repair Its Ties to Americans?

www.nytimes.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3h

Keaton in “Godfather” “helped us see the Corleones as both fascinating and repellent” — right down to the final shot, where “the door swings shut in front of her, obscuring her like a closing tomb.”

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@manohladargis.bsky.social

#RIP 💔
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/m...

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 3h

I don't think people are "betting against Bari Weiss" the concern is that she will succeed in transforming CBS News into regime-aligned propaganda.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 7h

This is really smart. Amazed at the hysteria over the ascendance of a woman entrepreneur who clearly knows how to cover and sell news and who's not afraid to take on a mob. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 4h

Nobody wants it as a story but I have multiple NYPD sources who voted for Mamdani, are eager for his win in November, and who say their colleagues quietly feel the same.

They like that he wants NYPD to focus on crime, not quality of life enforcement.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 1d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
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Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

also the article uses “joyrides” not as “stolen and then abandoned” but “rented and returned to the same station”.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

eBikes will save the world.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

“America First.”

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3h

The amount of money we are giving to Argentina amounts to $450 per resident of that country. But we're not even giving it to people there who need it, we're giving it to prop up Elon's pal, the corrupt President of that country, who'll then shovel some of it into the pockets of Trump's friends here.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4h

“America First.”

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 4h

I don’t think it’s good that we have an entire class of media elites who believe that people getting mad at them means they’re doing a good job, but identifying that makes me wonder if it’s actually better to not get mad at them and deprive them of what they want.

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🦫 Libby Lee-Egan 🦫 @libbington.bsky.social · 4h

There’s a special guest this month! My puppy Roz is making her debut

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

i’ve never used one… I was hoping that you couldn’t do options trading as an example.

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

I choose to believe in #mormexit at least as a possibility.

Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · Nov 4

Mormons are aware they are a religious minority. I think they’re one gay grandson of the Living Prophet away from basically joining Conservative Jews in the centrist location.

Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 3h

His public acts around the Kirk shooting definitely left me thinking he’s an ethical person.

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 10h

I was reminded recently of the fun fact that the Cadbury's Caramel bunny (voted 3rd sexiest cartoon character of all time) was voiced by Miriam Margolyes (drawing on her experience making adult audio tapes for sex shops)

thebritishcandyconnoisseur.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/f...

The Cadbury Caramel cartoon Bunny, seductively offering candy, wearing a big pink bow round her neck. Alongside middle-aged grey-haired Miriam Margolyes

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 4h

My childhood was pretty unusual nationally but actually pretty normal for Berkeley/Oakland at the time

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Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social · 4h

What 5 events defined your childhood?

1. My parents’ divorce
2. School integration
3. D&D Moldvay Basic published
4. Star Wars
5. Apple IIc released when marijuana prices were high

Travels With Brindle Takes Manhattan 11/9 @travelswithbrindle.bsky.social · 22h

What 5 events defined your childhood?

1. My parents’ divorce
2. Stranger Danger (I had nightmares about Adam Walsh)
3. Satanic Panic
4. Michael Jackson’s popularity (and not in a good way)
5. The Gardner robbery

Ghoul-jin Rondo @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 22h

What 5 events defined your childhood?

1. Constant nuclear war anxiety
2. Star Wars mania
3. The MOVE bombing in Philly
4. Reagan
5. The debut of Scrappy Doo--This is when it dawned on me that adults sometimes despise kids and are not to be trusted

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