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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13h

Perfect posting from Tim Heidecker, 24 hours apart.

What an incredible experience, getting to perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival. I left feeling grateful and humbled by his majesty's generosity. I'll never forget this memorial experience and all the fun we had. Hope to do it again soon.

upon further reflection, there is a small part of me that feels I sent the wrong message, regarding the Riyahd Comedy Festival last night. While, I do think it's important for comedy to have the opportunity to thrive in all parts of the globe, there are some aspects of The Royal Highness, King Salmon and his leadership in the region that i don't agree with entirely, but it's a different culture when it comes to freedom and rights and I gotta respect that we are all different and have different values. My manager is now investigating the possibility of donating some of my fee to a charity for Vetrans of War.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 1d

In my opinion it’s time to retire the Nobel prizes for fields where most of the important discoveries have already been made, like physics, and add prizes for newer fields where substantial innovations occur every year, like speedrunning

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Maarten Hopman @maartenhopman.bsky.social · 2d

En weer gaat de Nobelprijs voor de Geneeskunde naar een wetenschapper. Jammer, ik had het eerlijker gevonden als Gerda van Facebook dit jaar zou winnen. Zij ontwikkelde namelijk een bijzondere methode hoe ze met haar eigen onderbuik heel precies aan kan voelen hoe medicijnen werken.

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 2d

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 2d

Hehe

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs with an edition that explains all the jokes, says 'this holiday season… don’t give Donald Trump a f***ing cent' | PC Gamer

For US customers only.

www.pcgamer.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 3d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to it!

Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

Het is allemaal technisch mogelijk, maar niet voor niet-techneuten. Discoverability is in dat soort netwerken ook vaak een probleem.

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

Who can forget these timeless characters?

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

"geen verbinding met internet" - wel een datasim kaart.

Euhm dakani

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 4d

but ubisoft is releasing assassin's creed dlc that's reportedly been funded by saudi arabia. tells you pretty much everything you need to know

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

YOU MET TECH JESUS

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 3d

Goh ik hoor toch dat niet álles daar hangt

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heathcliff, but frog @hopcliff.heathcliff.cat · 4d

hands up if you are a true bug and suck sap from plants

Shivaphis celti, the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, also known as Shivaphis (Shivaphis) celti, is an aphid in the superfamily Aphidoidea in the order Hemiptera. It is a true bug and sucks sap from plants.

Pictured is schivapis celti, a small white bug that looks like a speck of lint, sitting on a leaf

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 4d

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Stephen Dame @stephendame.bsky.social · 4d

The best.

McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 4d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

buff.ly

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4d

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."