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dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 9h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

"to what degree did negative influence commentary impact your perceptions of the spiderman set"

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 4h

god this is so funny because back when I had my life blown up due to white people tweets I lost exactly zero (0) friends defector.com/free-press-r...

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 1d

Every YouTube thumbnail is this now

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Gunnar @itsgunnars.bsky.social · 1d

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 2h

something something superstructure affects the base affects the yes i agree well posted

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 2h

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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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 4h

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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Kuha @kuhachoco.bsky.social · 3h

I find the "whole video games!" even dumber. They genihnely seem to think video games is when someone walks around.

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 3h

of all the AI bullshit 'you will soon be able to generate entire movies on demand!' is perhaps the most tooth-rattlingly insane. Even if we pretend AI can actually make something anyone would ever want to watch (it can't), the compute required to do that 'on-demand' would be galactic

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Dr. Toto Hex 🧪🐢Teacher Turtle Vtuber! @drtotohex.bsky.social · 3h

Blob Super Creek gives me life.

I need more Super Creek x Nase yuri

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illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 3h

I’m enjoying the thought exercise of trying to point to what a “normal,” non-fascist republican even is. Like okay so these old blue bloods hated Hitler? But they also hated Jews about as much as Hitler did. Stuff like that lol

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Alchemist @alchemist64.bsky.social · 4h

I drank way too much coffee this morning

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Alchemist @alchemist64.bsky.social · 4h

Another L for Phil Spencer

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 4h

bro what

The Bad
Cannot trust it to sleep, wake, or charge unattended
Worse performance than cheaper Steam Deck
Unintuitive, half-baked new Windows UI
Lots of launch bugs

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Dragon Cobolt @dragoncobolt.bsky.social · 4h

Because random murder is a masquerade threat, the number one killer of evil vampires are other, less evil vampires

Or at least less stupid

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

i am just saying, maybe don’t attribute any kind of supervillain strategic insight to these people, they’re scared fucking morons, and they *should* be scared

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 9h

if you have been to any of the big NO KINGS rallies, you understand what a hilarious mistake it is to tell people to tune in for coverage of scary black clad anarchists tearing everything apart

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

like, people are trying to speculate about what all these comments mean, but i think they mostly mean republican leadership are scared shitless and don’t know what to do, and i don’t think it’s much more complicated than that

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

i have to be honest, gang, i have some questions about this republican strategy of telling everyone to tune in and pay attention to what’s likely to be one of the largest days of political protest in american history directed at the republican party

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.social · 5h

I am going to solve the "have young Republicans always been like this" discourse in one sentence: While it has long been possible to correctly identify their racism, either because you were politically educated or racially minoritized, they are now racist in a way that even white liberals can tell.

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julia 🦄 @hypv.bsky.social · 6d

it is beautiful that burger and bourgeois come from the same root word

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Tuxedo Catfish @tuxedocatfish.bsky.social · 1d

not in the sense of "just deserts" exactly but, like, proof of concept

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Tuxedo Catfish @tuxedocatfish.bsky.social · 1d

COVID is the price society paid for collectively shrugging about AIDS for decades

potatum @pot8um.bsky.social · 1d

"Both [the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the current covid] pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access."

American Journal of Preventative Medicine,
October 13, 2025

Infographic with three windows, horizontally aligned.

Top text reads
COVID-19 is "Airborne AIDS": provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?

Left blue window reads
Two viruses, two pandemics
HIV: Sexually & blood transmitted; decades-long progression to AIDS
SARS-CoV-2: An airborne virus & highly contagious; result in Long COVID weeks to months after acute disease recovery

Center light pink window reads
Shared outcomes
Immune dysfunction & exhaustion
Viral persistence & vulnerability to (opportunistic) infections
Systemic inflammation & damage
Associated with neurological disorders

Right magenta window reads
Public Health & Call to Action
Both pandemics marked by stigma, inequities, delayed response
Lessons from HIV could inform Long COVID strategies; prevention, recognition, causal treatments

Bottom left window reads
Conclusion: Both pandemics exhibit failures in global solidarity and reveal inequities in healthcare access

ALT TEXT CONTD IN THREAD

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Spook-mi/erika @samitron.bsky.social · 1d

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Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 9h

Bouie was so right "The Pope is from Chicago" is an entire joke, like, that's just funny on its own

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 10h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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