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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Jordan @slclunk.com · 10h

When you finally understand what the trade deficit is

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🎃 Scary!!!!! 👻 @kobayashimaruu.bsky.social · 10h

ai is like radium. both are viable beneficial products under the right circumstances, both were discovered shortly after by conmen, both were sold as snake oil cure-alls, both have killed people.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 15h

I think its genuinely a virtue to accept that you could be wrong about anything and kill the part of yourself that needs to always be seen as correct and smarter than others on any given topic

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 8h

Hey. Want to see light move in ultra-slow time lapse?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Td...

A laser pointer at 2 billion fps makes the speed of light look... kinda weird

YouTube video by AlphaPhoenix

www.youtube.com

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 17h

I want these motherfuckers taken straight to the Hague. What, you say, come out the international criminal court has not been convened yet? Let them wait under house arrest in a fucking conference room with cots and a single electric kettle idgaf

Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 19h

With alt text.

Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters

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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 17h

This account is a textbook example of positive ways to share other artists' work if they aren't present on this platform.

Brigit Strawbridge @brigitstrawbridge.bsky.social · 20h

What a wonderful way to use pressed leaves... 🍁 🍃 🍂

Leafwork Landscape - by Galloway artist, Jennie Ashmore

More of this artist's fabulous work, here: www.leafworks.co.uk

#art #landscapes #Pressedleaves #collage

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Bjørn Larssen (he/him) @bjornlarssen.com · 19h

“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”

Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”

Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...

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Jay Rigdon @jayrigdon.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 1d

Wiz hates Joel.

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Jak and Daxter Zine REPRINT! @jndzine.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 20th anniversary, Jak X! Our reprint shop is NOW OPEN!

jndzine.bigcartel.com

#jakanddaxter #naughtydogstudios #playstation2 #retrogaming

Cartoon parchment with an image of the zine's front cover, featuring TPL Jak, Dark Jak, and Light Jak on a deck over the sea. Text says "Limited Run Reprint! Now Open!"

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Jack who wrote Aether Torrent @jackscarab.bsky.social · 1d

"But he was elected."

By voter suppression, antiquated systems, and the active involvement of hostile powers both foreign and domestic, yes.

Doesn't change the more important fact that we the people of the United States do not like him here and would be very happy to have him disappear.

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Neato Tito @neatotito.bsky.social · 1d

We're going to the 🟩 dimension!
#monkeywrench

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · Feb 1

#ACAB

nerd: hey fellas, i hear alot of calls for abolishing police. but how will we stay safe?

buff shirtless bald guy on laptop:
King, police abolition is not about defunding every department instantly. It's about a gradual process o strategically reallocating resources, funding and responsibility away from police and toward community based models of safety, support and prevention. The people who respond to crises in our community should be people who are best equipped to deal with those crisis.
insanely buff guy on couch with laptop:
Friend I want to echo that last statement and dig down a little further. Crime isn't random. Most off the time, it happens when someone has been unable to meet their basic needs through other means. By shifting money away from police and toward services that actually meet those needs, we'll be able to get to a place where we won't need to rob banks.

jacked dude in gray tee shirt at a desktop pc:
Couldn't have said it better myself, King! This is bigger than just police brutality; it's about how the prison industrial complex, the drug war, immigration law and the web of policy, law and culture that forms our criminal justice system has destroyed millions o lives, and torn apart families. Cops don't prevent crime, they cause it, through ongoing violent disruption of our communities.

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Another crunch month with my sad captains @bigbigtruck.com · 2d

today’s breakfast brrrrrps #LittleBigFat

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Tabby @digitallyfanged.bsky.social · 1d

Ride the Shinkansen with me :3

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 1d

Do not engage with or even screenshot gov accounts. No dunks, no burns. Any interaction with them only benefits THEM. Block them and deny their existence on this platform.

RaidPanda @raidpanda.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the whole block list

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 1d

Monkey Wrench Ep 6 - Storyboard Update 10/17/2025 www.patreon.com/posts/monkey... #monkeywrench #indieanimation

Monkey Wrench Ep 6 - Storyboard update 10/17/2025 | Monkey Wrench Series

www.patreon.com

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Down Here For Your Soul @bombsfall.bsky.social · 1d

don't feed the trolls (official US government information outlets)

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Michelle Keep @jmkeep.bsky.social · 2d

“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”

Euronews @euronews.com · 3d

Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'

"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.

l.euronews.com

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Bigg @bpbigg.bsky.social · 4d

MICROSOFT: We'll keep providing Windows 10 security & service updates but you gotta fork over 70USD for the first year, 140USD for the second year, and 210USD for the third year. You bitch. You fucking piece of shit

MUSCLEFUR VTUBER: Open Powershell and hit three keys to do it completely free

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 16d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Krunkidile @krunkidile.bsky.social · 1d

Old white people's favorite sport is coughing without covering their mouth in public.

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 1d

THE GOAT

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

“Fuck AI”

— Guillermo del Toro

🎥 Vanity Fair

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