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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 5h

We’re making fun of her, but it really is beyond the pale at the White House press secretary would say this in public and it would not be a scandal.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Brother @brotherjeffery.bsky.social · 20h

I really really want a wave of all new writers on the X-Men comics. I just don't like most of what's coming out. I keep giving them chances and regretting it. Good character moments sneak in here and there, but the Krakoan era was rolling in them. It felt like the writers were passionate back then.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 2d

Transness is not bourgeois. This is a wedge idea dreamed up by some gleefully amoral think tank lobotomite to split trans people and make us fight each other. That we relay on modern medicine doesn't make us any more bourgeois than someone who needs antidepressants or cleft palate repair.

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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 2d

RIP to Drew Struzen, the greatest to ever do it. 🙌

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Brother @brotherjeffery.bsky.social · 3d

a man in a red coat is standing in front of a crowd and says love & peace

ALT: a man in a red coat is standing in front of a crowd and says love & peace

media.tenor.com

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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 5d

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 4d

God Bless America is just a song by Irving Berlin. It’s not the national anthem. America is so far down the moron hole it will never get out

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Raven Paine @ravenpaine.bsky.social · 5d

my friend just shared this with me

Dr Eggman Robotnic drawn in two images, Designed with Gamers in mind: Caked up Robotnic, Designed with activists in mind: no ass Robotnic looks sad

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"spooky simchas" daniel s. @self.agency · 5d

israel held 1,700 people alleged of no wrongdoing hostage, killed at least 65,000 people, and turned the entirety of gaza into rubble and these fuckers still want to assert that palestinians, not they, are barbarians

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Jared Kushner in Tel Aviv: "Instead of replicating the barbarism of the enemy, you chose to be exceptional, you chose to stand for the values that you stand for, and I couldn't be prouder to be a friend of Israel."

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 5d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

9:09am - 9/9/2025 180K Views

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 6d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

Lord give us the Democrats that Republicans warn us about.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Brother @brotherjeffery.bsky.social · 8d

I would have actually bought that Ubisof game. Shame the folks at Ubisoft who can make those decisions are spineless turds.

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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 8d

If you think a game about going after the KKK would be controversial due to the current political climate, it's a good sign you should make a game about going after the KKK.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8d

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 8d

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Zach Halper @zanath.bsky.social · 8d

"We took freedom of speech away" should be in every campaign ad moving forward.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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🎮KeyLock🕹️ @keyxlock.bsky.social · 8d

ALREADY NEW CONTENT! SO FUCKING STOKED!

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is getting a whole new location, extra late-game bosses, and more to celebrate the French JRPG hitting 5 million copies sold: "We hope the update we're working on will act ...

"We're so grateful to our fans for their love of the world we created"

www.gamesradar.com

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Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 9d

trans rights are non negotiable, this man is trash

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 9d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 9d

honestly kind of amazing how hard they're working to completely invent a world in which Charlie Kirk was shot by anyone other than one random guy. They didn't even really do this with *Trump*

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 9d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Brother @brotherjeffery.bsky.social · 10d

As he should! It's very nice.

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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 10d

Again respectfully, I’d say no. If you really like it, argue that it’s good. Make the case for your experience. Critics, stop saying “some of my favorite games are 7/10s” and give THOSE games 9s or 10s. Stop deferring to notions of faux-objectivity and champion the things you actually really like.

Rick or Treat | The D-Pad @ricdesi.dpad.fm · 10d

Tagteaming off of this, one of the most valuable brain nuggets you can use to help sort out the difference between the two is to learn when you have instances of "This isn't good BUT I actually really like it". Try thinking about why both of those halves can be true at the same time.

〽️ax krieger does the damn thing @maxkriegervg.bsky.social · 10d

as a lifelong critic, my best advice on this topic:

practice thinking from the perspective of other ppl. consider where they're coming from, why a piece might resonate w them.

this will help you differentiate between "not for me" and "it isn't good". be kind with the former, don't fear the latter!

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Jamie 🇨🇦 @thebrinkl3r.bsky.social · 11d

Progress

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dylan's sin (優) @koybz.bsky.social · 12d

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

The Verge @theverge.com · 12d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13d

they’re intenionally advertising to and recruiting far right loyalists. they post and reply to explicit groyper memes. they’re not super subtle about what this government is

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Brother @brotherjeffery.bsky.social · 13d

I feel bad for whatever future generation gets an even more foolish version of our current government of evil buffoons bullshit.

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 13d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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