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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 1d

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 2h

The thing is, the makings of an infinitely better show are in there. If they had more time and budget.

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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 3h

2013: Evangelicals: "We're going to use feminist sounding language to separate the T from the LGB, to ultimately ban abortion."

2014: UK 'GC' groups spring up overnight, with anon donations.

10 years of anti-trans activism.

2025: The British Press: "OMG, evangelicals are trying to ban abortion!"

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 11h

They probably also operate as a sub-division of Starfleet's sciences division for long term planetary operations, exploring and surveying the oceans of alien worlds.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 11h

I mean, there's no real reason not to use boats anymore when you have starships. Probably do various forms of survey, rescue, patrol, etc. when needed.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 11h

You're too hard on yourself.

Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 12h

Ours had the Roman Polanski version of Romeo & Juliet.

That was an... interesting choice.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

Gays. The target audience of Digimon is gays.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 17h

History kinda glosses over that Hitler was a pedophile obsessed with his own niece Geli Raubal who he pretty much kept as a prisoner in his home until she took her own life, or for that matter how young Eva Braun was when they first met.

Nazis were always just like that it seems.

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

It’s funny how the old media depiction of Nazis was always that they’re evil but dignified gentleman and now they’re openly just like “Hello. I’m the Anime Pedophile”

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

Funnily enough, the background cels on the original He-Man and She-Ra were some spectacular environmental art and have their own ongoing fandom.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

Can't fault it for loyalty to the original.

A screenshot of He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

Based.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

I love She-Ra but dear fucking god its lack of shading was distracting.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 14h

The sad thing is that some western companies were clearly on their way to managing something decent, but capitalists didn't wanna fund it. Partly because it was cheaper to do 3D animation due to lower unionisation.

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Typewriter Skeleton @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 20h

Oh yeah? You think capitalism is bad? Here are some inventions you can thank capitalism for:

[Tech that was developed through publicly funded research and then packaged as a Product by people who didn't invent it, and gets worse each year to increase profit]

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Expensive Fjord (Neovagina Evangelion) @gammarae.design · 15h

"Do you think it was having it lead by a widely hated cardboard actor who's also a sexpest cult leader who's every project in the last decade being record breaking bombs, and sprinkle it with cameos from some nepotistic rich shitheads?"

"No, it was the Tron that was wrong."

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 20h

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

'Tron' Might Really Be Doomed After 'Tron: Ares'

A new report suggests that the disastrous opening weekend for the Jared-Leto-starring sequel may lead to Disney pulling the plug on the Grid once and for all.

gizmodo.com

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 15h

Remember, you can’t judge children based on what they say in group chats. The Congressman with the swastika is only 55 years old.

Politico @politico.com · 16h

EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Police are investigating a swastika found in GOP Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

“The content of that image does not reflect the values or standards of this office, my staff, or myself, and I condemn it in the strongest terms," Taylor said in a statement.

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 15h

I feel like Ben Gvir personally being in the room when Greta Thunberg was being tortured should be bigger news

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 16h

I cannot emphasize enough that TIkTok has an incredibly active white nationalist scene that it refuses to clamp down on (even before Ellison takes over) and I don't know how to get people to care because everyone thinks it's the dumbass dancing kids app

Tzar Green @mesopholese.bsky.social · 1d

Why does Tiktok keep showing me adds for Nazi merch?!?! Like, this is the fourth or fifth time now… I might just have to leave that stupid fucking app if this keeps happening.

A shirt with the words “Paper beats rock” with a stylized image of a Nazi salute over and pressing down on a clenched fist. The clenched fist is in the style of common black lives matter iconography.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 23h

a picture of a man with the words " is it possible to learn this power " below him

Alt: Anakin Skywalker asking, ‘Is it possible to learn this power?’

media.tenor.com

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 23h

It’s okay, Alchemised is also hot garbage

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 1d

He just came off that way in a society that's begun to lean increasingly rightward.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 1d

The right wing actually heavily relies on people betraying their interests. And it has been very successful in this.

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Emma MacFarlane (she/her) @scotsdragon.bsky.social · 1d

Features that an audience actually wants aren’t something you have to add surreptitiously

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Mando @mrmandolino.itch.io · 1d

Mozilla adding an AI search engine WITHOUT TELLING YOU to the list of search engines in the search bar is currently pissing me off immensely

can easily be removed once you notice it, but also fuck all the way off

techcrunch.com/2025/10/14/m...

Mozilla's Firefox adds Perplexity's AI answer engine as a new search option | TechCrunch

The integration offers conversational, cited answers instead of traditional links and follows positive feedback from earlier tests in select markets. Perplexity will expand to mobile soon.

techcrunch.com

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