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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 7h

Bad news: computers are regulable; we crossed that threshold a long time ago. Don't think of computers as structurally defended against hostile governmental or corporate abuse: for some restrictions, workarounds may never exist.

A Hack is Not Enough / GioCities

Twisted Sister's "there ain't no way we'll lose it" political theory has not held up

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 9h

The man is a living litmus test.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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kali @kalibration.website · 1d

Advice for Texture Artists - Try branching Out. Instead Of "Normal maps," try Making "Weird maps".

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 1d

I am moving Garbanzo quest to the "games I'm jealous I did not make" list

Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

really enjoying Garbanzo Quest from @zachisagardner.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2105910/...

Garbanzo Quest on Steam

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

store.steampowered.com

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Since the Alien Registration Act of 1940, every noncitizen has been required to carry their documents with them at ALL times. That applies to every green card holder, every tourist, every foreign student, etc...

No admin in the modern era has EVER tried to enforce this law.

(e)Personal possession of registration or receipt card; penalties
Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, wow, wow. This has always been legally possible but the law has virtually never been enforced — and now this is the SECOND case I've heard of in the last month (first involving a person with a green card) of a noncitizen being charged for failure to carry their papers.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 4d

gnu cowutils

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

asset pack needs updating

🏰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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ceej @ceej.online · 2d

caught my vampire neighbor creeping through my front door. he claims my saying “for sure dude, we should definitely hang out sometime” the other night counts as an invitation, but I disagree. we’re on hold with the etiquette hotline

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

The last two times I gave an AI a question it prefaced its answer with this sycophantic “that’s such an insightful question” drivel that’s probably the most soul-destroying part of the entire AI bubble so far

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

it's also the most "I have an SMWCentral account" coded game I've ever played

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

It's really got the juice

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 2d

really enjoying Garbanzo Quest from @zachisagardner.bsky.social store.steampowered.com/app/2105910/...

Garbanzo Quest on Steam

GARBANZO QUEST! The crazy bullet-heck platformer where your main weapon is your own spit! Bring a friend! Hand-crafted challenges, secrets, and branching paths galore!

store.steampowered.com

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 3d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 3d

Whenever you hear a tech CEO spinning out *absolute fucking nonsense* using star trek language, some of what you're hearing is a screeching positive feedback loop between him and the crackpots he's spending all of his time listening to.

Some of whom he literally created.

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|Nick|Name|Nick|: Claymation Homunculus @p0ph3r3t1c.bsky.social · 3d

First of all, a great thread.

Secondly, this is exactly why I despise the Culture War: it's *anti*-Art. There's this hyper-fixation on content over context, where you get annoying trends of chuds wanting *every* female character to be a big tiddy waifu, even when it makes absolutely no sense.

Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3d

Fashy Cinemasins

That's what this is, the effect the proliferation of "anti-woke" youtube grifters have had on their audiences as a whole, stunting their ability to engage with media and training them to look for "DEI sins" to call out, atrophying their ability to enjoy the games they're playing.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 5d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3d

Fashy Cinemasins

That's what this is, the effect the proliferation of "anti-woke" youtube grifters have had on their audiences as a whole, stunting their ability to engage with media and training them to look for "DEI sins" to call out, atrophying their ability to enjoy the games they're playing.

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 5d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 3d

castlevania: vampire of blood

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 3d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 3d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Jonaya Riley @ Moment of Balance @jonayariley.bsky.social · 3d

Got one of the awesome cherub chess sets that @im.giovanh.com made! This is super cool and really well made!

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 3d

I think the fact that we allowed cops to lie openly with no real consequences is part of How We Got Here. If the people with the ability to shoot others in the street are allowed to lie about it, you can't expect other officials to abide by a higher standard.

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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 3d

I used to get mad when people misused "decimated" to refer to things that weren't 1/10th destroyed, but I've given it some thought and now I've done a complete 360 on it

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 4d

You can tell this is AI because she’s still standing

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Gio :⁾ @im.giovanh.com · 4d

Trying to think of an out-of-the-way place for long-term storage of something I’d probably never use and realized I was describing the garbage

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 20d

new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced

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