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Auntie Lotus 🌼💜 @lotusenta.gay · 19h

Racists, ableists, transphobes, misogynists, classists, and queerphobes cannot be anti fascist by nature. If you are any one of these things, fix your fucking heart if you want to join the movement.

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 6h

Regardless, congrats!

Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 6h

They said what now?

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 7h

My computer is not the “digitizing matter beam” from TRON.

I don’t have Jeff Bridges, Donald Duck, Goofy or a SQUARESOFT JRPG hero to try it on either…

Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 7h

This applies to Jack Kirby and Superman while the former served in World War II.

I’m not kidding, Kirby spoke about this, there are interviews.

wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 1d

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 11h

I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"

The full quote: "I think the sublime confusion is from nineteen to twenty-nine. You think you are late for everything, you're a has been, nothing is happening, there's no opportunity for you, the world is closed, everything is a disaster, you wanna die. And then you're thirty. "
"You young people are in the exact age of desperation. I never felt more done and old than in my twenties. I'd say 'life has passed me and I did nothing.' But I'm here to tell you that's not true: you have a lot of fucking time."

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 7h

“Hate” in that video title is interesting to me.

Not only is it inappropriate, it’s also inaccurate.

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PiggyNukka @piggynukka.bsky.social · 14h

Hope it doesn't come to this, but if it does please don't hesitate to hit me up buds.

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 17h

Fonts matter:

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 17h

It’s not so much a matter of “wouldn’t,” but rather “cannot.”

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 17h

Granted, ALUCARD is right there. It isn’t absent of ALL types of eye candy.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 17h

If you were at TwitchCon and experienced or witnessed harassment, especially from IRL streamers, I'd like to speak with you for a story.

Please signal boost.

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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 17h

PSA: you should turn this off btw, not just for signal. it will be annoying for a day but then you will get used to it and feel better about your life that nobody can snoop your messages if they have your phone (ie, police or if you lose it or it gets stolen)

Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · 18h

Don’t know if this is a hot take, but I do prefer it when people don’t have notifications display the message on the lock screen

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 17h

A video from Allison Pregler on a HOME IMPROVEMENT Halloween episode?

a man in a white shirt and tie is holding a drill

ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is holding a drill

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 18h

the kids are alright

NPR @npr.org · 18h

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them

Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 18h

Me, Then: “I feel bad because when Skydance came to the school for recruitment I missed the window for it meaning my students missed the window for it…”

Me, Now: “I don’t feel bad anymore.”

Reuters @reuters.com · 2d

Paramount Skydance to cut 2,000 US jobs starting week of October 27, Variety reports reut.rs/4qijAb2

Paramount Skydance to cut 2,000 US jobs starting week of October 27, Variety reports

Paramount Skydance will begin mass layoffs the week of October 27, eliminating around 2,000 U.S. jobs as part of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan under new CEO David Ellison, Variety reported on Saturday, citing company sources.

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Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 20h

The virgin Jordan Peterson: “Something something lobster…”

The Chad Kani Bucho:

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 8d

Kani Bucho, an office boss with an entire crab for a head, is the mascot for Yokobiki, a company that makes metal roller shutters for store windows.

A mascot in a blue suit with a red crab for a head enters a building.

Austin @maximumaustin.bsky.social · 20h

I love Mironyan. Look at ‘em go!

Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 20h

Mironyan is a blue cat-shaped hero robot whose ears light up when senses someone is in trouble. The mascot of Miroku Information Services has a strong sense of justice and can keep secrets.