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Kynan @kynovember.bsky.social · 14h

Happy birthday!!!

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💀edgemis💀 @edgemis.bsky.social · 8d

i knew he was a bassist #ff14 ##ffxiv #estinien #finalfantasy

Digital drawing of Estinien from Final Fantasy 14 playing bass guitar.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 3d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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voiceofobrien.bsky.social @voiceofobrien.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Birthday to my bestest, truest pal, @samriegel.bsky.social !!

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 2d

Daily bunny no.3103 wants to show off their collection

A bunny with thick glasses shows another bunny their room, which is full of colorful mushrooms being cultivated both around the room and in a drawer. The other bunny looks mildly grossed out. There is also a poster showing different mushroom species on the wall

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xeeoh @xeeoh.bsky.social · 7d

Amano inspired Fuuka
#persona3

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Epi @epiaaru.bsky.social · Jul 12

a chat between the goobers ever :3

#Persona3 #FuukaYamagishi #MakotoYuki #fuukoto #FuukaSaturday

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Kynan @kynovember.bsky.social · 11d

For clear viewing without Bluesky's black background

Kynan @kynovember.bsky.social · 12d

Zagreus from Hades

#art
#fanart
#digitalart
#hades
#hadesgame
#zagreus

Zagreus from the video game Hades. He is standing up holding a sword (Stygian Blade from the game) in his hands.

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Kynan @kynovember.bsky.social · 16d

Finished Thief Gold last night. Had fun knocking guards out and leaving them in a small room while I robbed places

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Ran 🧪 @ranrunslari.bsky.social · Oct 17

Fontaine themed #alberose standee i made a while ago 🫰
#albedo #sucrose

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Alberose Minibang 2025 | SIGN-UPS CLOSED! @alberose-mini.bsky.social · 19d

This is one of our NSFW teams! Let's introduce the collaboration between writer @saust9rs
and artists @serial02721.bsky.social
, @kynovember.bsky.social ! 💛💚

I'm reading suspense, it's giving thriller, i'm seeing our favorite alchemists in a tense situation and we can't wait to see more!

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Kynan @kynovember.bsky.social · 19d

That's me

Alberose Minibang 2025 | SIGN-UPS CLOSED! @alberose-mini.bsky.social · 19d

This is one of our NSFW teams! Let's introduce the collaboration between writer @saust9rs
and artists @serial02721.bsky.social
, @kynovember.bsky.social ! 💛💚

I'm reading suspense, it's giving thriller, i'm seeing our favorite alchemists in a tense situation and we can't wait to see more!

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drew @imodrew.bsky.social · Sep 11

If standing up against fascism is what cost me my dream job I held for 10 years, I would do it again 100x stronger

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24d

Welp, the First Amendment was nice while it lasted

George Pearkes @peark.es · 24d

The federal government is dictating what speech is permitted.

*DISNEY SAYS 'JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE' TO BE PREEMPTED INDEFINITELY

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24d

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "There's actions we can take on licensed broadcasters. It's long past the time that...Comcast and Disney say 'We're not gonna run Kimmel anymore...because we licensed broadcasters are running the possibly of fines or licensed revocation from the FCC.'"

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Rap Bastardz® @rapbastardz.bsky.social · Sep 10

Without comment:

Oct 12, 2022 - Screen grab of a tweet from Jason Campbell:

Still from the Charlie Kirk show Charlie speaking. Underneath the quote from Charlie reads a quote from Charlie’s broadcast that day:

“I can’t stand the word empathy, actually. I think empathy is a made up New Age term that does a lot of damage.”

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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · Sep 11

If I were editing a column about Charlie Kirk’s political genius, I would tell the writer he needed to quote Kirk’s actual political beliefs. If the writer responded that doing so would weaken or distract from his argument, it’d be a pretty good sign that the column was not ready for prime time.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 11

From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)

Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 11

There has been a rush among centrists like Gavin Newsom and Ezra Klein to brush over the hateful life of Charlie Kirk and valorize the man.

Let me be clear, killing Charlie Kirk was wrong and abhorrent.

We must condemn murder without sanitizing a man who built his empire on hate.

My latest piece.

We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life

Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Tom Schaller @schaller67.bsky.social · Sep 11

You know who was also a young husband and father—not to mention ex-Marine—who died, not attacking others to make himself rich and powerful, but to save the lives of others?

David Rose, the officer killed by the anti-vax domestic terrorist who attacked the CDC.

apnews.com/article/deka...