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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1h

i firmly believe that an ethical justice department would have arrested and successfully prosecuted mr beast for his many financial crimes years ago

Cai @annenotation.bsky.social · 1d

Watch out, in the darkest of all possible worlds, people get what they ask for www.businessinsider.com/youtube-star...

YouTube star MrBeast lays groundwork to get into financial services, including crypto

Top YouTuber MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is eyeing an expansion into financial services, per a trademark filing and investor deck.

www.businessinsider.com

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 16h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12h

the part about that “i love hitler” groupchat is that it’s not surprising that all young republicans are nazis, this is just the average rightwinger these days. they’re all extremists who love every extreme position possible and everyone needs to realize that

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · 12h

Release Ghosts of Yotei on PC you bastards. I want to play it but I'd rather use my balls as pincushions that touch the dreaded PS5 (The Bastard's Console).

The Xbox is the Fool's Console.

The PC is the Pervert's Aspect

There is no way to game that leaves your soul unstained.

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 12h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 11h

There is an actual life-changing conflict between WFH being cheaper and more efficient, an entire layer of middle managers who need to have meetings to feel alive, and the commercial real estate cabal that runs all cities. It’s going to get so fucking weird.

Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 12h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 12h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 10h

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josh boerman @bosh.worstpossible.world · 10h

this is correct and precisely how fascism works. the cops still enjoy the knowledge that while they might get gassed, they still won't be subjected to the beatings that protestors get. fascism creates a hierarchy of violence and the goal is to be the one who beats the most and gets beaten the least

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 10h

my totally theoretical but fervent belief is that when ice gas the cops or whatever, they're fine with it, because they all understand that they are enthusiastic members of a fraternity with a clear hierarchy with trump at the top

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The Onion @theonion.com · May 14

Disgusting Restaurant Celebrates 30 Years As Small Town’s Only Option
theonion.com/disgust...

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 26

Kevin Mullet @KevMagnet

'Mickey' is a nickname, and nicknames are for friends, and Michael Mouse is no friend of mine.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Smeefus Smonkus @shydemk.bsky.social · 10h

The huble American prole craves his nourishing fridge cigarette after a long day in the spreadsheet mines

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to keep sharing my article for a week. If you would like me to stop doing that, please hit my tip jar.

I have a VERY big bill I have to pay through no fault of my own, and if you could help me with it, I would be grateful.

I've just wrapped up a huge trilogy of articles (like 40k words)

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 4d

if you like my writing, this month is REALLY urgent, as I need to raise a TON of money to pay my tax bill, which the state is making me pay early because, I shit you not, I did my taxes. Apparently a change to the balance, like filing taxes/extensions is bad

paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT

Pay Garrick Burford using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/stompsite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 1d

overwhelmingly, the thing that motivates a young person to become a movement conservative is racism, specifically anti black racism. the conservative movement does care about other things, but racial animus has been the primary motivating factor for entry into the movement for decades.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

a big aspect of rightwing politics is being an adult who intentionally bullys children

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 1d

A group of far right assholes have showed up to protest at David Douglas high school after students allegedly pushed back at a formation of a turning point chapter. School is out & they are outnumbered by predominantly Black & Brown students roasting the fuck out of them.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

If we are being honest the shift in culture has to do with the fact that all the people that are richer than god are massively anti social nerds

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Smeefus Smonkus @shydemk.bsky.social · 1d

Prison, probably

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 1d

Reading the excerpts you kind of get the desperation from the powerful to make this story go away.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d

One 24-hr period

'I love Hitler': Leaked messages expose Young Republicans' racist chat₽
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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.

Border Patrol posts reel featuring Michael Jackson lyrics with antisemitic slur
Avery Lotz

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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 1d

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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 1d

the president using the office to punish americans that didnt vote for him should really be one of the biggest scandals in americas history

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is upfront in saying he will use the shutdown to punish Democrats, and here are the receipts. About $27.2 billion cut from Dem districts compared to about $0.7 billion in GOP districts.
We all complain about the media, but need this type of in-depth journalism.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown (Gift Article)

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com

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josh boerman @bosh.worstpossible.world · 1d

i think the appearances of the freaks currently in the white house should be mocked relentlessly. i shudder with revulsion every time i have to see vance’s pudgy child face and heinous guyliner, or trump’s abominable jowls and bizarre posture. and they claim to be the finest specimens of humanity!

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blights u @bitesu.kawaii.social · 1d

i think it's kind of really gross that healthcare is tied not just to your employment but that there's a whole cottage industry of petit bourgeois who are exempt from supplying their employees with adequate wages and health care

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

the days when these guys worried about hiding their "power level" are far behind us

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

I don't think I've seen a network TV news report more transparently full of shit since maybe 2003, right before we invaded Iraq

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