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and Alan Braden as Professor Upsidasium
@upsidasium.bsky.social
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Steampunk enthusiast, Rogue Tea-Dueler, Frequent gamer, Sometimes interviewer, Occasional reviewer, Part-time LGBTQIA+ activist. I am the gay uncle that your gay aunt warned you about.
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Videos analyzed by NYT appear to contradict accounts given by Homeland Security. They said the man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and the intent to "massacre" them. Footage of the encounter shows the man holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when agents take him to the ground.
Here’s the latest.
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
And he didn’t. He tried to help a woman who’d just been assaulted. There was nothing rash, stupid, or radical about what he did. He showed kindness. And they killed him for it.
taniel.bsky.social Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 2d
This is so difficult to read. apnews.com/article/immi...
“”We had this discussion with him two weeks ago or so, you know, that go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid, basically,” Michael Pretti said. “And he said he knows that. He knew that.””
January 24, 2026 at 10:36 PM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
surtlab.bsky.social Dave Baltrus 🦦 @surtlab.bsky.social · 2d
Important context, this is the victim’s behavior BEFORE being tackled

He’s not threatening, he’s not brandishing, he’s filming
dwsoc.bsky.social Democratic Women of South Orange County @dwsoc.bsky.social · 2d
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
upsidasium.bsky.social
Games and Whatnot (heavy on the whatnot). Starting in five....
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Thursday Game Night
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January 23, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.

" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."

www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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effies.bsky.social
I wrote about how bad RFK Jr is just on the axis of chronic illness, for the San Francisco Chronicle. We gotta get his quack ass impeached and removed and back in the bog he came from

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RFK Jr. has betrayed millions of Americans like me who suffer from chronic illness
OPINION: “According to research published by the CDC, 3 in 4 Americans have a chronic illness. That’s nearly 200 million people, and Kennedy is helping none of us,” Effie Seiberg writes.
www.sfchronicle.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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npr.org
Mission Artemis plans to send Americans to the moon for the first time since the Nixon administration. n.pr/4qrd2GK
NASA rolls out Artemis II craft ahead of crewed lunar orbit
Mission Artemis plans to send Americans to the moon for the first time since the Nixon administration.
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January 17, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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statuscoupnews.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: Minneapolis protesters shut down a hate march led by right-wing agitator Jake Lang. "How do you spell Nazi?!?" anti-ICE protesters chant. LIVE NOW⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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postmordor.bsky.social
Flaming Hydra has graciously given this out for free! For any Spider-Man fans and comic book historians, here’s a closer look at the story behind Mary Jane Watson’s iconic introduction, and who REALLY wrote it. Thanks to Josephine Riesman & Zach Rabiroff for this.

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A Swingin’ Surprise or Two
The best-kept secret in the history of Marvel Comics was in high dudgeon by the time he sat down at his typewriter. It was a July afternoon in 1971, and Ron Whyte, a playwright and activist, was about...
flaminghydra.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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elelegante101.bsky.social
CBS added that its ongoing segments “Bootlick Monday through Bootlick Friday” will continue as planned
January 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
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theonion.com
Man Gets Into Mess Usually Reserved For Stars Of Silent Film Era https://theonion.com/man-gets-into-mess-usually-reserved-for-stars-of-silent-1819570481/
Man Gets Into Mess Usually Reserved For Stars Of Silent Film Era
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM
upsidasium.bsky.social
Streaming tonight. @7:30 pm EST. Feel free to join and influence my choices of entertainment with your nigh-irresistible peer pressure (just don't make it weird).
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Steampunk Enthusiast. Rogue Tea-Dueler. Foul-mouthed opinion holder. Plays MMOS, RPGs, loves chatting. Usually streams on Thursday nights; other nights as inspired.
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January 16, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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npr.org
For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy across generations. n.pr/4sB2wy2
Bob Weir, guitarist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at 78
For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy across generations.
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January 11, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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pauljholden.com
Why I love Alan Moore...
Cover from Alan Moore's BBC Maestro comics story telling course notes 1.0 It's a large photo of his face, head tilted, dark grey/white long hair, frizzled dirty white beard and dark grey/white moustache, eyes staring through your soul, set deep into a gaunt face, twin bags below both eyes. Brow unforrowed but with the shadow of a thousand furrows scorched deep in to them. There is a large quote over the photo and it says: "This is what a human face looks like after 40 years of writing. I'd like you to think about that..."
January 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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homebrewandhacking.bsky.social
Not all the jokes you make can be LOTR, but if you try, you can make it a hobbit.
freesiajasmine.bsky.social Freesia @freesiajasmine.bsky.social · 15d
Perhaps I'll make a Terraforming Mars adventure about helping a company of 13 make their way to their dome city in Olympus Mons that got taken over by the rogue AI, Synergistic Model AUGment, so they can reclaim it and its rare arkenite deposits.
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
TRUMP: "I'm going to run Venezuela."

Oh, honey . . . you can't even run the Kennedy Center.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Some plain, honest talk. And quite right.
Screenshot of a post by Brian Stelter on X quoting Representative Seth Moulton during a CNN appearance. The quoted text shows Moulton criticizing U.S. involvement in Venezuela, saying the country has many domestic problems and that invading, occupying, or running Venezuela would not solve them. Below the post is a CNN broadcast still showing Seth Moulton speaking from a home or office setting during a live interview. He appears on screen wearing a suit jacket and tie, seated in front of a framed abstract artwork, a lamp, and a stack of books. On-screen graphics include a red “Breaking News” banner and a headline stating that Trump says the U.S. is going to run Venezuela until a safe transition can take place, along with CNN branding and time stamps.
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
upsidasium.bsky.social
I would be fucking ecstatic. Lets bring civility back to Congress even if we have to import it via interventional invasion
mrsbettybowers.bsky.social Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22d
Are you available today?
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Let's be honest: Nicolás Maduro could only *aspire* to lie about elections and commit crimes as often as Donald J. Trump.
January 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
upsidasium.bsky.social
He has risen and damn baby, you lookin’ good!
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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kierongillen.bsky.social
The really good one:
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Chris Brosnahan ‪@chrisbrosnahan.com‬ Follow back "And Tiny Tim, who did not die" = heartwarming, Christmassy. "And Tiny Tim, who would not die" = sinister, alarming.
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
I’m sure other people will post it but hey
Panel 1 Kermit with a top hat sings, “there’s only one more sleep til…” Panel 2 Kermit stands alone in a wintery Victorian street looking up at the moon as he finishes singing, “…Christmas.” Panel 3 Close up on Kermit as he screams internally
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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tytempleton.bsky.social
If the sky is filled with arrows, it's either Frank Miller or Dik Browne. Sunday Funnies!
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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jefftiedrich.bsky.social
here's today's post: "inside the Mad King’s court: traitors, war crimers and thieves" — which side are these fuckers on?
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inside the Mad King’s court: traitors, war crimers and thieves
which side are these fuckers on?
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November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM