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EL BARTO ANTI-WORK @elbarto.bsky.social · 28m

One of the recurrent themes in Greta's testimony is soldiers stripping and photographing her, sexual humiliation being an out in the open policy of the IDF for years, particularly since Oct 7th. Israel torturing and sexially assaulting a bunch of foreigners should be the biggest story in the world.

Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 10h

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 36m

one time i said i didn't like the wendys twitter and got called classist for hating retail employees
this shit works. it makes people like Brands. gets under their skin and in to their minds. when i said i didnt like the wendys twitter i personally offended people that viewed wendys as a friend, that viewed the wendys social media manager as a friendly individual that they respected.
the wendys social media manager is not your friend. they don't even really exist. there's no one person that writes the tweets for wendys. there's a team of 20 something year olds that casually observe the latest meme trends and crank out mspaint memes because they know they'll get retweeted if the memes are relevant.
they trick you in to thinking that Wendys is a hip friendly young person, and they manipulate you in to thinking that disliking marketing is somehow a "problematic" "un-woke" thing to do.
and it works.
install ublock origin. on mobile, block every promoted tweet you see. don't let them convince you that this shit is normal.

*garfield_youarenotimmunetopropaganda.jpeg*

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 34m

"A majority of Americans say they have confidence in scientists to act in the public’s best interests. Confidence ratings have moved slightly higher in the last year, marking a shift away from the decline in trust seen during the COVID-19 pandemic." #ICYMI www.pewresearch.org/science/2024...

Public Trust in Scientists and Views on Their Role in Policymaking

Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.

www.pewresearch.org

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Fangamer @fangamer.com · 3h

Our new DELTARUNE launch features everything you might need to cook for yourself and your friends: A cute bento box, a high-definition Kiss the My Ass apron, and a pair of lounge shorts decorated with little angelic Spamtons.

Available now: www.fangamer.com/collections/...

A photo of a DELTARUNE bento box with a cute illustration of Ralsei dressed up as a chef on the lid. The lid is a light orange checkerboard pattern; the box itself is a very light turquoise that's reflected on Ralsei's glasses and frying pan.

A photo of a white apron with the phrase "Kiss the My Ass" on the front in basically the same typeface used in DELTARUNE.

A closeup photo of a pair of black lounge shorts. There's a heart pattern separated by clouds; an illustration of a cherubic Spamton with wings and a halo is lying or sitting on the clouds in various poses.

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Gumby Screens @gumbyscreens.bsky.social · 4h

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2h

Bouie was so right "The Pope is from Chicago" is an entire joke, like, that's just funny on its own

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Superhappymeaty @superhappymeaty.bsky.social · 2h

Im ready

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sawyer 🌲🎃 @kagoutis.bsky.social · 1h

they want all my money

screenshot of new Fangamer ‘Angelic Spamton Lounge Shorts’ product listed for $32

close up product shot of the print on the shorts, which has several cherub Spamtons with halos and wings sitting & lounging on puffy clouds on a black background. there are also some pipises sitting on clouds like eggs in a nest, and red & pink hearts floating all around

another closeup of one of the cherub Spamtons. this one is holding a bow and heart-tipped arrow, posed like Cupid. hes drawn with a more distinct butt

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IGN @ign.com · 1d

The Japanese government has made a formal request asking OpenAI to refrain from copyright infringement. This comes as a response to Sora 2’s ability to generate videos featuring the likenesses of copyrighted characters from anime and video games.

Japanese Government Calls on Sora 2 Maker OpenAI to Refrain From Copyright Infringement, Says Characters From Manga and Anime Are 'Irreplaceable Treasures' That Japan Boasts to the World

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acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 3h

protesting genocide: we need to purge antisemitism from college campuses

praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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sawyer 🌲🎃 @kagoutis.bsky.social · 17h

self discipline
#deltarune

fanart of Spamton from Deltarune, grabbing his soul by its chain and angrily reprimanding it with a pointed finger. his soul is smiling and emanating little red hearts, while he’s emitting cartoonish jets of steam

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Kivan @kivanbay.bsky.social · 3h

Overdrafted by $12.32 if anyone can help me avoid a fee. Thank you, sorry

Kivan @kivanbay.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hi, I have spent literally the very last of my money on rent. If you can help me survive to the end of the month with a share or donation, I would be very grateful. Thank you so much.

paypal.me/kivabay
cashapp $kivabay
ko-fi.com/kivabay

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 4h

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Spamton Quotes @spamtonquotes.bsky.social · 5h

OTHERWISE, I MAY [bill] [my] [foot] [in] [your] [can], [if you] [$!*@] [My Drift...]

/10th Anniversary

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Tuuwa 🏳️‍🌈θ∆ @tuuwa.bsky.social · 1d

So I picked up 1000xRESIST on the Steam sale and oh my god, whoever implemented this setting, you are my savior. I have enough of that shit with my tinnitus, thank you.

A screenshot from the audio options in 1000xRESIST showing the setting for disabling high-pitched ringing sounds.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 18h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 22h

NEW: A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Indiana’s student ID voting ban — a major procedural win for young voters and pro-voting advocates who say the GOP-backed law was designed to suppress student voting. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Federal Court Deals Major Blow to Indiana GOP’s Student ID Ban

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

by this time next year, we want ICE agent to be one of the most miserable, soul destroying, hated jobs in america, we want parking enforcement to look like a dream job by comparison

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 19h

the thing is, all that knock off amazon operator gear you bought to look tough and scary just looks fucking silly when you are being gyrated at by someone wearing an inflatable frog costume and being mooned by a naked bagpiper on a unicycle, it just doesn’t work, the self image cannot hold

Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 20h

It should not be understated how much clever shit like this actually annihilates morale at places like ICE/CBP.

Getting made fun of like this on national television while people laugh at you is.. well, you may call it victory wine, but it ain't.

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Hazie @hazie.bsky.social · 18h

www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

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Highlights

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HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 are preventable infectious diseases with chronic systemic impacts including immune system dysfunction.
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Chronic inflammation, immune exhaustion, and accelerated biological aging are shared hallmarks of HIVI/AIDS and Long COVID/PASC.
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Tissue reservoir persistence drives long-term damage in both HIV and SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 mirrors HIV-1 in its ability to evade immune defenses and cause chronic infection.
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SARS-CoV-2 -associated neurological disorders (SAND) parallel HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND).
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Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

the most unsurprising thing in the world is now every rightwinger, all yhe way up to JD vance, have explicitely defended this and the statements made by those in this group. and that’s by design, every single rightwinger is now an extremist nazi

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

these people know how extreme they are

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onion person @junlper.beer · 18h

jd vance is currently defending this

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 18h

Young Democrats: hey maybe don’t kidnap my international friends

Young Republicans:

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trainiumm @trainiumm.bsky.social · 1d

so the concern wasn’t about temperance and modesty, but rather about having monopolized control over sexual gratification? i can’t live as i want because the wealthy weren’t profiting on it? sweet! awesome! really cool!!!

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Spamton Quotes @spamtonquotes.bsky.social · 15h

EVERY [Big], EVERY [Shot], EVERY [Hyperlink Blocked], ALL YOURS, KRIS.

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sawyer 🌲🎃 @kagoutis.bsky.social · 15h

and like the millisecond he realizes youre trying to help him suddenly its the opposite hes totally friendpilled again. then he tries to reconnect w tenna and then tenna is an asshole and then hes like ‘im never doing that again.’ the whole love/trust thing is an ongoing struggle for you isnt it man

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sawyer 🌲🎃 @kagoutis.bsky.social · 15h

spamton is funny bc hes totally fine with being queer + frankly kind of a slut and hes fine w people knowing this, but his actual problem is he doesnt want people to know he has Feelings, hes fine w looking gay he just doesnt wanna look like he Cares?which is such a weird fucking issue to have lmao

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