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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 6h

pivoting to the Infinite Blackmail Machine business model

The Verge @theverge.com · 9h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

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A Drifter Adrift @adrifteradrift.bsky.social · 1d

My wife came downstairs:

“Are you watching a children’s show?”

“No. I’m watching Amy’s Dead End Dream House on Nebula. Home of extra episodes from creators such as @shadowtodd.bsky.social - he said it was good.”

(It’s good.)

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 6h

never forgive rian johnson for writing and directing Brick

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 7h

those wily ex-Nazis sure did get up to a lot of no good

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 9h

New Behind the Bastards 🚗

Robert sits down with @maggiemaefish.bsky.social to discuss how Volkswagen went from Hitler's favorite auto-company to the owner of a slave plantation in the Amazon during the Reagan Era.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Maggie Mae Fish 🐟 @maggiemaefish.bsky.social · 9h

Listen, I'm no stranger to Robert spelunking into mankind's worst moments, but even so this story left my jaw on the floor.

Hop in loser, we're witnessing some crimes against humanity!!!

🚘 beep beep

Cool Zone Media @coolzonemedia.bsky.social · 9h

New Behind the Bastards 🚗

Robert sits down with @maggiemaefish.bsky.social to discuss how Volkswagen went from Hitler's favorite auto-company to the owner of a slave plantation in the Amazon during the Reagan Era.

@iwriteok.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 8h

Charlie Kirk's actual legacy is all those racist Young Republican texts logs that just leaked

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

for years we were told that modern Nazis "are not actual Nazis, because they aren't card carrying members of the Nazi Party in 1930s Germany"

and now those same modern Nazis claim that every anti-fascist person is a card carrying member of Antifaschistische Aktion in 1930s Germany

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

FAUST: "So even Hell has laws? Good."

mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

the more things change the more they stay the same

And now, a word from the president
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Gettin' voted into the White House
Everything lookin' good to the people of the world
But the mafia family is my boss
So every now and then I owe a favor gettin' down
Like lettin' a big drug shipment through
And send 'em to the poor community
So we can bust you know who
So voters of the world keep supportin' me
And I promise to take you very far
Other leaders better not upset me
Or I'll send a million troops to die at war
To all you Republicans, that helped me win
I'd sincerely like to thank you
'Cause now I got the world swingin' from my nuts
And damn it feels good to be a gangsta

mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

no thoughts, just vibes

bitcoin mascot from the crypto island video

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

youre a disgusting human

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

wtf is wrong with you. seriously.

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Palle! @palleh.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get the determination to make Columbus relevant to US history. He never set foot on US soil. He "discovered" a place where millions of people lived and vikings and Irish fishermen knew about. He thought he visited India until his deathbed. His contemporaries considered him a violent weirdo.

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a chill, normal dude

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 2d

youre right. the thing he didnt do negates the thing he did do

mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 2d

your point just comes off as reactionary anti-intellectualism, and plays into thiel's agenda of destroying higher education

mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 2d

and hitler was a painter so painting is evil

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 3d

ubtil recently, Mike Johnson held the honor of "adult man who looks most like a little haunted doll boy," but Baron Trump has decisively snatched that title. look at this haunted plastic freak

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 3d

one thing Hitler understood was that if you want to lead a military dictatorship you kind of have to bribe the military to be on your side, but i guess paying them in Trump Steaks is another way to go

CNN @cnn.com · 3d

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

GOP leaders steadfast in shutdown stance despite rising pressure inside party | CNN Politics

Top Republicans in Congress will take a massive gamble on shutdown politics in the coming days: GOP leaders will not step in to prevent missed paychecks to the military.

www.cnn.com

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 4d

he cares enough about trans people JUST enough to keep them alive so they can vote for him in a waking nightmare

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 4d

"GIVE IT TO ME OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!!" is a bold pitch for why you should get the Nobel Peace Prize

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 5d

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 5d

"'Money will become our emperor'--that is a prophecy from the eleventh century. Do you deny that it has literally come true, making life itself a veritable hell?'"

- The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 5d

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 5d

lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 7d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 5d

shut your dick sucking lips and log off

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mega them @megathem.bsky.social · 6d

yes! i still need to organize it better, but i can share some stuff with you. dm me!

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