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Comet⚡️ @crazycomet107.bsky.social · 10h

Yknow I don’t think I posted my trigun art here so I’ll just gradually send em ;D

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 6h

But that’s not what’s happening here. “RIFs” are being twisted to reorganize the government as the president wants. That’s a violation of the law, and a violation of the constitution.

And yes, private equity mass firings are bad too. We should fix that as well.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 6h

consulted for any reorganization of the government.

The govt is accountable directly to the people. No single king-like president can just remake the govt as they like. If they think there is a problem, fine: make the case to the people and to Congress and do reform.

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 6h

Several people have asked variants of “mass layoffs happen in the private sector all the time, why shouldn’t this be ok for govt employees too?”

A central principle of civil service law is the president doesn’t get to remove civil servants because he disagrees with them. And Congress must be…

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Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 5h

especially since they pronounce it "anTEEfa"

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 7h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 5h

it actually offends me how sloppy and careless they are. anyone who’s ever been laid off knows the panic you feel when it happens. and while obviously it’s good that they backtracked, these are people’s fucking LIVELIHOODS they’re messing with.

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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Gary Gehman @glgehman.bsky.social · 9h

All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.

But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 5h

GOD-FUCKING-DAMMIT!

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 5h

Guess I’m not watching WonderMan.

nerd_talks_show 6h
Marvel employees were asked whether the 'WONDER MAN' poster for the in-universe movie was created using Al.
"Its artwork made by artists but touched up by Al," which was clarified with "so, really Al-assisted Photoshop work," and the response was "yes."
(via: searcher_gold | X)

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

it’s said all the time but I think we should continue to hammer home how insane it is that we got dead-eyed bros trying to sell us robots that will free us from the supposedly cruel burden of “creative careers” instead of the actual cruel burden of “doing menial household chores”

Assistant HR Director of Antifa @sethdmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AI HUCKSTER: "i built you a machine that reads books for you."

ME: "can you build me a machine that unloads the dishwasher for me so *i* can read a book?"

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Ghostowl @gostowl.bsky.social · 3h

I appreciate that Melphie is following in her mother's steps in researching using monsters as an ignored resource for her pretty barren home.

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Ghostowl @gostowl.bsky.social · 3h

Please Pass the Monster Meat ep. 2: The man arrives at her house on a dragon.

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 10h

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 1d

Wooww
Hi, for those who don't know, it doesn't matter one single iota if your project is "free". You do not have the rights to use art you find and distribute it. That's literally what licensing is for.
Your circumstance and goal has nothing to do with whether you are allowed to use anyone's art.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 1d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 17h

Trump should just put a 100% tariff on the AI bubble. Tariffs fix everything

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar gave Trump the luxury 747 that he wanted and now we are LETTING THEM BUILD A MILITARY BASE ON US SOIL

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

California firefighters using one of their trucks to run ICE out. This is why nobody ever wrote a song called "Fuck The Fire Department"
www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...

From the CringeTikToks community on Reddit: California firefighters sending ICE in reverse and out of their community

Explore this post and more from the CringeTikToks community

www.reddit.com

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 1d

Turning a battleship is such a great metaphor but one I feel people don't really understand viscerally so let's do a little mental exercise. We've all seen a semi turning right, yes? We can remember that?

Angus Johnston @angus.bsky.social · 1d

There was never going to be a moment when everyone—everyone in government, everyone in media, everyone in the population—was roused to action at the same time. We're turning a battleship. And Pritzker understands that.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

By contrast, JB Pritzker told me that people should flood the No Kings protests precisely in order to let the American people know that something is deeply amiss.

More Dems should be doing this, to send the message widely that we are in real trouble right now.

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 1d

(The only leftist content it actually allowed was stuff that would undermine the broader left on behalf of the right)

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I Nied to drink your blood! 🧛 @nied.bsky.social · 1d

Keep in mind the sale hasn't gone through yet so this is the "only site that allows leftist content" people said it was wrong to shut down.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Oscar Zeta Gundam @lmfsilva.bsky.social · 20h

Also love how some people who just wanted to talk about their hobbies had to take a course in tariffs, manufacturing chains, etc because some assholes were "tired of everything being political". Yeah buddy, now your big titty figurine nobody real was bothered by is $120 instead of $70, well played.

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 21h

You know, it's super amazing to be a small business launching a physical prduct in an environment where one orange asswipe can suddenly tweet out "I'm jerkin off on main, 100% tariffs so I can climax" and you have to scramble to see if your costs are going to increase as a result of that.

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Elfie @elfgrove.bsky.social · 1d

Awww!

A screen cap of the English language take card for Kero's Corner from Cardcaptor Sakura

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way.

HIDIVE @hidive.com · 2d

We don’t use AI for subtitles. Every line is carefully timed and translated by real people (who cry during finales and debate Best Girls, just like you).

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Elfie @elfgrove.bsky.social · 1d

Gold. I think it will look lovely

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