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Dix

@dixonij.bsky.social

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Philly sports fan and nerd stationed in the Deep South | He/him | Gritty Appreciation Account | Award-winning cosplayer (MagicCon Vegas '23 Novice) | Dad of two https://linktr.ee/dixonij

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · Oct 30

Bringing this over from the other place for my pinned post that really says it all about me:

Kid Cat from Animal Crossing: New Horizons saying "Sorry. I'm just like this."

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 7h

Data and who 🤨

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Aaron Catano-Saez🎃 @aaroncatanosaez.bsky.social · 7h

Thank god for Youtube, now I can show my mom how fast I can talk! <3
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNpD...

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 - Ranger Ron’s ENTIRE Story!

YouTube video by Mars-Park3

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 7h

Human trafficking.

Period.

Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 13h

ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 21h

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 8h

a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek

Alt: a man is holding a plate of pizza and wearing a shirt that says schitts creek

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radley #1 jace fan @robotrad.bsky.social · 8h

lol remember nae nae loot

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Lady Samhain (she/her) @maggiesox.bsky.social · 8h

Ban the fucking guns.

OPB @opb.org · 12h

Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.

Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds

The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.

www.opb.org

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Emmara, Mother of Appa, Sky Bison 🔜 #MCAtlanta! #CmdrSealed26 @goddessofblunder.bsky.social · 9h

I played the Star Trek CCG in the 90s so I have no idea how all the Treks can be in just one Magic set. Like I could make one set from just one series. I imagine things from those games will appear in some form. Planet missions were basically Battles.

I just want a Q Archenemy Precon.

a man in a purple jacket says " oh heavy is the burden of being me "

ALT: a man in a purple jacket says " oh heavy is the burden of being me "

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 8h

If your current political opinion is "the democrats should lock the president in a dungeon or something, how much worse could things get" the answer is "quite a lot, actually" and you do not have a very good imagination or understanding of history.

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Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 15h

So that makes at least 4 J6ers creeping on PDX ICE protests.

Fulfer, David Medina, Katie Daviscourt & Quincey Franklin.

It's been surreal watching them all code switch to calling anti-ICE protestors "insurrectionists" as soon as they realized it was the magic police state button.

Uzza @uzzamodea.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right asshole Josh Fulfer, who called for vehicular assaults on Portland protestors, has come up from California & is filming on the ground tonight.

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 10h

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 10h

a woman is smiling and saying they think he is a righteous dude .

Alt: a woman is smiling and saying they think he is a righteous dude .

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 10h

In case y'all didn't know, basically the baseline T-Formation hasn't been used regularly since WORLD WAR II era football.

Yes, it is the predecessor of current offense setups but yeah.. it's fuckin ancient.

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 10h

the rule on quarterbacks under center not being able to go in motion is so obscure and ancient that it literally uses the phrase "t-formation quarterback"

T-Formation Quarterback. It is legal for a T-Formation Quarterback to go in motion, whether he has placed his hands under center, on his knees, or on the body of the center. However, it is a false start if the action is quick and abrupt. If the player fails to come to a complete stop for at least one full second prior to the ball being snapped, it is illegal motion.

Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible

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Comrat / Comms Closed @boonekeller1.bsky.social · 9d

the shittiest art you DO make is always better than the perfect art you never make

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 11h

This guy needs more milkshakes dumped on his head.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 12h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

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WhiteRoseAFA @whiteroseafa.bsky.social · 12h

These costumes are driving the propagandists mad. They're struggling to demonize the protesters and their messaging garbage. They'll keep trying different angles though, because they need the propaganda content.

Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 12h

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 13h

Daaaamn... Sally asking to get ratioed a second time trying to give Bari Weiss flowers.

You really don't know the audience of this social network very well do ya?

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 17h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 13h

Noooope. Different tire but that's two in one week on Lindsay's van

Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 13h

Motherfucker really rolled out the "blood and soil" line huh

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 14h

She'll be back

Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 14h

Duuuuuuude

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 14h

Portland is showing the way. Hail Portland

FOX 12 Oregon facebook post screenshot. Headline reads "Latest Updates: 2 more arrested near Portland ICE facility Saturday." Picture shows people outsid the ICE facility in blow-up costumes, L-R: Squidward, Mr. Potato Head, not sure but it's a diapered person in a trucker hat, Garfield, again not sure, banana, lobster

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 18h

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 18h

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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