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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21h

very funny that JD Vance has so little to do with his time that he goes on podcasts to defend 30-year-old men for saying how much they love Hitler

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 21h

Allocated without Congressional approval in order to prop up an autocrat. And just after we snatched back every dollar going to starving and sick children globally.

We are the shithole nation.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck are we doing?

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 21h

John Kelly: "Idiot"
Rex Tillerson: "Moron"
Mark Milley: "Fascist"
Gary Cohn: "Dumb as shit"
Rupert Murdoch: "Fucking idiot"
H.R. McMaster: "Dope"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump on Schumer: "I think he's losing IQ points with time. I think that happens. I hope it hasn't happened with me. I know if it did, you guys would let me know about it very quickly."

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 21h

What do I know and I'm not saying it's a magic bullet or anything like that but it sure seems to me that Dems should run hard on the Argentina bailout. Not anywhere near the worst thing Trump has done, but i suspect it's unusually clarifying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 22h

The subtext of this comment is that the Mayor of Boston is Asian-American, whereas the Mayor of Chicago (like almost everyone else that Trump refers to as “a low IQ person”) is Black.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Trump: "Boston had a bad mayor who at least is a reasonable IQ person. Most of them are low IQ. I mean, what's going on in Chicago ... "

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 21h

Look how clueless Patel looks behind him, what a bunch of jackasses.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 22h

Trump says he’ll make a determination whether Ukraine can launch a major offensive. Speaking ahead of a Friday call with Zelensky: “They want to go on the offensive, you know that. I'll make a determination about that.”

Self-proclaimed Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Trumpsky.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Englebert the Third @englebert3rd.bsky.social · 21h

We need to drink enough water to piss on AI data centers servers

Kenzie ✨ @notknz.is.tall.fyi · 22h

When I have a hard time drinking water I remember how much water AI data centers use and it really inspires me to start chugging water out of spite. That’s. My. Water.

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 23h

This is where the political violence comes from, the folks praising Hitler and saying they are "ready to watch people burn now".

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

These are some of the leaked messages Young Republicans were sending in group chats.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 23h

I cut the grass for three of my neighbors just because I have a lawn mower and they don't.

Funny thing about consumerism, I just spent a chunk of change on a trimmer/ edger and now I want to trim weeds in the yards, because I spent money on a new thing... 😅

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Breaking News: President Trump is considering an overhaul to the U.S. refugee program that would favor mostly white people, documents show.

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

The proposals would transform a program aimed at helping the most vulnerable people in the world into one that gives preference to mostly white people who say they are being persecuted.

nyti.ms

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Sean Hollister @seanhollister.bsky.social · 1d

My Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X review.

The top phrases running through my mind while testing it:

"Someone's getting fired for greenlighting this launch"

"This is not an Xbox"

"If this is the future of Xbox, Xbox is screwed."

Went with the middle.

www.theverge.com/games/799698...

This is not an Xbox

Microsoft’s first “Xbox” handhelds are shipping not fully baked.

www.theverge.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 1d

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 23h

The CIA can't plan a covert operation in South America without leaking it first these days. What a joke.

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

What the fuck are we doing?

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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 1d

who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 23h

I don't know, I have not used X. It looks like a great project though.

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zoviazzg @zoviazzg.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to being one of my favorite games, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1, 1997) is also one of the most cooperative photography subjects. Very easy to work with. Effortless. What a beauty. I wish every game were this photogenic.

#crt #retrogaming #castlevania

Richter Belmont, seemingly under the influence of some malicious magic spell, unleashes a kung fu werewolf and a shotokan minotaur to attack our hero Alucard. They go absolutely ape shit with special attacks, and Alucard leaps into the fray.

In a twisted nightmare prison depicting the lynching death of Alucard's mother, an evil succubus spreads her leathery bat wings and prepares to attack Alucard after he thoughtfully dispels her magical ruse. Her rude titties and clam are out, but Alucard is unfazed. Nothing he hasn't seen before.

After defeating the parasitic corpse demon Legion, Alucard takes a moment to gather his thoughts amidst thousands of human skulls. His faithful faerie companion rests on his shoulder, knee-highs kicked out playfully.

Finally Alucard confronts Richter Belmont in Dracula's throne room, having solved the mystery of Castlevania. Wearing special goggles, Alucard can see the mysterious green orb, actually the Dark Priest Shaft, that is controlling Richter.

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 1d

They are not children. These men are adults. If you care about children release the Epstein files.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1d

Didn't you shake down Columbia and NYU and for kids protesting and revoke their visas and deport them

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 1d

Nice

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I added a batch file menu to my PIII autoexec.bat that let me choose between pure DOS prompt boot or windows. I loved that machine, I had a killer flat screen CRT for it and so much customization.
I also had batch menus in DOS mode that you run by typing "menu.bat" that would launch DOS games

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 1d

DosBox Pure? I have no idea.
By Win 9x support he meant it can (experimental according to the video) emulate Win95/98 environments on a modern PC, which I've only done in Virtual Machine use PCem.

Phil's Computer Lab turned me on to PCem a couple years ago.

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spladam @spladam.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, stable being the word, which in my mind is a herculean effort in emulation.
PCem Win9X VM has been the best solution I've found for stable 9x on modern desktop.

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