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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 8h

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 1d

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 2d

Are they ever going to re-release this with the DLC?

Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 3d

Great movie, and a phenomenal 4K disc, highly recommended

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d

1917 (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital) is $10.99 on Amazon buff.ly/QdyLLrQ

$8.79 at GRUV w/ code SIGNUP20 buff.ly/75AkQ1e #ad

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The Onion @theonion.com · 3d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 3d

CHRIST 2:
THE AXE OF THE APOSTLES

Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 4d

Jack Black, a child actor best known as the pith helmet kid in commercials for Pitfall on Atari 2600.

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Activision - Pitfall! with Jack Black (Commercial, 1983)

YouTube video by The Museum of Classic Chicago Television (www.FuzzyMemories.TV)

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 5d

"We prompted Grok for a photorealistic woman, and instead it gave us one with downy hair on its upper lip and surplus melanin.

Clearly this is T-coded, and we're currently investigating how antifa infiltrated xAI."

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 6d

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 10d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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dylan's sin (優) @koybz.bsky.social · 9d

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

The Verge @theverge.com · 9d

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.

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Chicken Puppet @chickenpuppet.online · 10d

I know these guys are all dumber than a sack of hammers, but it is fascinating to see the military decide “logistics are gay” in real time

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 11d

ER doc here! This is a lie. Wait times are up because the American healthcare system is an unsustainable business model and a for-profit national healthcare system just doesn’t work. These problems will continue to get worse until we change that system. It literally has nothing to do with immigrants

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 11d

Nobody ever wants to hear it, but we know what happened to Earhart

She and her navigator Fred Noonan missed Howland Island, messed up radio communications, ran out of gas, ditched in the Pacific, then perished

That's it, sorry

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 16d

Trump says he’s ordering the release of all government records on Amelia Earhart.

Trump: I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart, such an interesting story, and would I consider declassifying and releasing everything about her, in particular, her last, fatal flight! She was an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation "firsts." She disappeared in the South Pacific while trying to become the first woman to fly around the World.
Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again. Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
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9/26/25, 1:42 PM

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12d

The moment where Hegseth ends his speech and not a single officer claps is the most hopeful thing I have seen in a long time.

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 12d

Art

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 12d

Diedrich Bader as Rex in Napoleon Dynamite in a black t-shirt, stars and stripes American flag pants, and a white and red star bandana.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12d

President Trump was met by silence as he began his Quantico address, a contrast from the rousing applause he expects at his speeches.

“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” Trump said. “If you want to applaud, you applaud.” wapo.st/4gSqzmS

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 12d

The endgame for all of this is constructing a military that will obey orders when ordered to fire on citizens. That's the throughline to half of what Trump is doing.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12d

yeah, this is hegseth straightforwardly announcing that it is free play time for bigots in the ranks. and together with his comments on standards, he clearly wants to purge as many women, black and brown people as he can from the armed services. a white man's military.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 12d

Beard? 🙅‍♂️❌

War crime? 👌🆗

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 13d

With today being the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation's launch (in Europe), I have FINALLY managed to get a promo spot for my PS1 retrospective photo essay book up on YouTube. Available for preorder through Nov. 2, $39.99: youtu.be/w2Aa_EnyHdU

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Celebrate 30 years of PlayStation (in print form)

YouTube video by Jeremy Parish | Video Works

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Chairman Goa Tse-tung @jctenton.bsky.social · 13d

due to tariffs one piece is now 2.7 piece

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Erik Reimers @erikreimers.bsky.social · 15d

The Electoral College is giving THAC0