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onion person @junlper.beer · 1h

the more i think about it, bari weiss running CBS is direct proof there’s not really a meritocracy in any real way under capitalism. the opposite is true in this system, failing upwards is the default the more a country becomes an oligarchy

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 14h

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Brandon Santiago @4brandonjs4.bsky.social · 19h

WHAT DO YOU MEAN KINGER'S VA IS VOICING BUBSY IN THE NEW GAME???

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onion person @junlper.beer · 59m

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 6d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 13h

Little dude wants his uppies

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Jimmy 🔜MFF @mrjimmydafloof.bsky.social · 15h

chat did I ruin it

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 4d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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BOO-trous BOO-trous-Ghoulie @dlbowman76.com · 7h

Good morning all. Today's a good day to remember that Christopher Columbus was a monumental asshole.

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 5h

May all trans people reading this have gender euphoria and be happy. 🙏🤞

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t understand why we need a “Columbus Day” when this country celebrates incompetent white men failing up and taking what isn’t theirs all year round.

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Saki 🦄🪶✦Fae NTVtuber✦【NTVN】【V-Chunky】 @nightmaresakito.bsky.social · 3d

A beautiful native woman flipping the bird in response to Monday, Oct. 13th, Columbus Day. “Fuck Christopher Columbus.” Happy Indigenous People’s Day!

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 4h

I say "men" here since that's the focus in Book 1 of the Noss Saga, but there are ✨ lovable large lesbians 💖 in later books. Same happens with that: some gay men absolutely despise reading non m/m romance or sex, and they'll complain about it. So I'll keep adding larger lesbians out of spite.

Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 1d

For every review of Wolf of Withervale that says, “Disgusting. The love interest is a fat man. I was repulsed and couldn’t finish it,” I also get messages saying, “As a large man (or lover of big men) I felt seen for the first time.” Fuck the haters—make the art that is for you and yours.

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shit whistle @guntoucher.bsky.social · 4h

KABC 7 presents an interview with christopher columbus brought to you by ChatGPT. mr columbus what can you tell us about the legacy of your voyages

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS: aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! AAAAAAAHHHHH! IM IN HELLLLLL! IM BURNING! IN HELLLLLLL!!!!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3h

The war on rainbow crosswalks has come to Texas.

After DeSantis cracked down and tore up rainbow crosswalks across Florida, the community has resisted in protest.

Now, Abbott is doing the same in Texas, seemingly at the direction of Libs of Tiktok.

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The War on Rainbow Crosswalks Comes to Texas

A Republican state lawmaker called Texas “the biggest funder of transgenderism in America”...wishful thinking.

www.erininthemorning.com

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 5h

an Indigenous Peoples Day reminder that borders are bullshit and every Indigenous person from across the Americas deserves to be in the US more than every person of European origin

fuck borders, fuck ICE, land back.

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🌿Oaks 🌿🇳🇴 @oakfury.bsky.social · Jun 28

Wolf pack painted in acrylics on upcycled skateboard, with jasper stone and bone bead 🐺

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Fairy @merrimonster.bsky.social · 10h

Late night cursed posting because Im burdened with this knowledge from Pokemon Legends ZA.

WARNING THESE ARE SPOILERS!

#pokemonlegendsza #pokemonlegendszaspoilers
#pokemonspoilers
#pokemonlegends

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Joaquín Baldwin @joabaldwin.com · 1d

For every review of Wolf of Withervale that says, “Disgusting. The love interest is a fat man. I was repulsed and couldn’t finish it,” I also get messages saying, “As a large man (or lover of big men) I felt seen for the first time.” Fuck the haters—make the art that is for you and yours.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 14h

just found out that about a week ago, while george santos has been in solitary confinement, that he wrote that due to the inhuman conditions he is facing he is now pro prison reform. just unreal stuff honestly

Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, I paced in circles like a restless ghost.
The windows were frosted, allowing only a faint suggestion of daylight and nightfall, enough to remind me that time was passing, though I had little sense of how.
The shower water was always cold, and my only amenities were the steel toilet and sink fused together in the corner. It was a miserable existence. Yet, as I soon learned, misery can always be deepened
On September 7th, the warden's office saw fit to move me into something far worse, an even smaller cell, no more than seven by nine feet, coated in filth, reeking of neglect, and utterly devoid of natural light or ventilation.
In that suffocating shoebox, there is no room to walk, no hint of the sun, no trace of humanity. The silence is crushing.
The air feels stale. The walls themselves seem to close in. I keep asking myself: will this barbaric confinement ever end? Is this legal under our Constitution, or have I simply been erased from the protections of due process?
Most haunting of all, will I survive it? With no access to my family, no calls, no emails, and with letters that may never leave this building, I live in total darkness, cut off from the world I once fought to serve.
Let me be blunt: I find Warden Kelly's so-called "protection" not only unpalatable, but cruel and unjustifiable. My time here has opened my eyes to a truth far too many ignore: America desperately needs prison reform.

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⋆｡°✩ BellaVRC ⍣ °｡⋆ 🏳️‍⚧️ @bellax.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t stand the liberals that comment pics of Kamala saying “I told you so” as if “the very slightly less right-leaning option would’ve been better” was their only takeaway from an auth*ritarian takeover taking place.

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The Reel Jon 🦌🎬🍉 @thereeljon.mov · 19h

There's a reason generative AI became so readily adopted by fascists: neither the companies who created it nor the fascists who use it care about art beyond the end product. Tech oligarchs just want easy profit, fascists just want easily generated propaganda. Everything else is meaningless.

Futurism @futurism.com · 19h

"Lmfao, that was beautiful and before you ask I voted for this!"

Trump Supporters Are Using OpenAI's Sora to Generate AI Videos of Soldiers Assaulting Protesters

It's a fascinating look into the effort to drum up consent for an unprecedented crackdown on American cities.

trib.al

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 1d

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

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olyester 🌼 @cco00oo.bsky.social · Nov 1

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A digital painting of a jolteon walking along the beach under blue sky.

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Crow Weeb >> MFF ‘25 @chibibuizel.bsky.social · 1d

If this guy comes to you about getting a commission, block them on sight. They recently fed commissioned art into AI against the artist's ToS and are being a gigantic piece of shit about it

SelinarSnowcat is an AI-loving piece of shit and should be blacklisted everywhere

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