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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3h

A tweet by Jenny Nicholson posted n September 8, 2025 at 7:09 p.m. which 1M views which reads: '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'

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 18h

I mean, I feel like he cares if it's an icy female telepath, but broadly, yes, I see your point 😄

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 18h

She's gone right now and presumed dead, but I assumed she'd be back before too long. Even then, though, they're struggling with Mirage - her power set feels like it's simultaneously ballooning (she can link with animals! she can show desires now!) and also rarely gets much use somehow.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 19h

but they often treat him as invulnerable. And Karma is such a We Win button that they just kind of have to go "oh, darn, I tried to use my powers but they didn't work for....reasons!" way too often, or just shuffle her offscreen a lot.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 19h

I'm grappling with New Mutants a bit because other than Wolfsbane and Cannonball, the team has this odd agglomeration of nifty but indirect powers that the comic just isn't doing a good job of capitalizing on. I love powers with weird quirks, like Sunspot being super strong but not invulnerable,

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 19h

I'm up to the mid-1980s in my complete X-Men read-through, currently juggling Uncanny and New Mutants. I just finished the first Magik mini-series!

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 20h

In my experience, when people say 'virtue signalling' they are often referring simply to the presence of virtue

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3d

Not to mention Cole admits she still suffers from gender dysphoria. Choosing not to treat your own headaches doesn't mean you get to ban Tylenol.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

Chloe Cole: The existence of even one detransitioner dismantles the central lie of transgenderism, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

I want to punch him. I won't (and can't), but the lust is there.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

That would certainly be the dream, yep

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently, insanely, somehow, no.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

Wow! Every sentence was worse than the preceding one! Just when I thought I hated this as much as I possibly could, I discovered I had a new capacity for hatred which I'd never been forced to tap before!

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

What will the new Adam O'Neal–hosted WaPo opinions podcast sound like for the next few decades? Maybe a little something like this x.com/WashPostComm...

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

oh but also my religion needs all sorts of special protections

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

“The existence of even one ex gay dismantles the central lie of homosexuality, that it is an innate characteristic from birth and therefore should have human rights awarded to it.”

Same shit different era.

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Chris Vogel @chrisvogel.bsky.social · 3d

Also, can I just say about VG, Winner of Softest Video Game Hair Award 2024 *and* 2025?