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He/Him — Born Nov. 14, 199X Writer, podcast host, gacha addict. #Paragons #Locacacast #Nikke Bots and bigots get blocked. Minors DNI with my labeled posts. I don’t do obligatory follow-backs. https://linktr.ee/ChrisMerkelStudios

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Merk @merk94.bsky.social · May 1

www.scribblehub.com/series/13063...

It’s been a while since I first announced it (and a few days since I bumped the most recent chapter), so here’s your reminder to check out #Paragons. It’s my serialized webnovel about superheroes.

Paragons

In 1963, a Flying Man prevents the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is the first known sighting of a superhuman. 41 years later, aging vigilante Moonlighter assembles a team of people with extraor...

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 18h

This is very helpful when calling your reps. Make sure to call them daily to make sure neither bill pass! Make noise and spread the word! Protect our free speech and privacy! #SaveSpeech

5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

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dBCoatl @ Screw Censorship! @decibelcoatl.bsky.social · 1d

Call your reps and tell them to OPPOSE this nightmarish bill NOW!

NOT tomorrow! NOT next week!

RIGHT. NOW!

There’s still a chance to beat this to the ground, so get going!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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_TianYao_ @tianyao0.bsky.social · 19h

Think you can resist Vaporeon's charm? 🌊
600 likes + 200 reposts to see the naked version and the futa version~
#fanart #furry #sfw #PokemonWife #Pokemon #AnthroPokemon #Undress #Underwear #Vaporeon #AnthroVaporeon

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 15h

> 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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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 18h

every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”

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Merk @merk94.bsky.social · 8h

I think it’s giving their base way too much credit to assume most of them know what “fascist” means.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 9h

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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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

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MYTH: ICE agents lack proper training.

FACT: Most have been racists their entire lives.

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Dark and Wondrous - it's in the trees! it's coming! @darkandwondrous.bsky.social · 11d

As October begins, we contemplate how the sea wind had its way with this now-fungal saint.

scary sea-weathered saint on the church near Hartlepool headland (body of saint is heavily eroded down to a veined or boxwork-like underlying structure of the stone, which looks like weird branching fungus).

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Merk @merk94.bsky.social · 8h

Fairy Godmother from Shrek 2’s got some plumpness on her.

Merk @merk94.bsky.social · 9h

Please tell me there are plans to further explore Screaming Spider Skull Hell Dimension at some point in the DCU. It’s just way too visually compelling to be a five-second throwaway gag.

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 16h

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Adam Mallinger @bitterscriptreader.bsky.social · 1d

Every A.I. CEO is like “We invented a robot that can fuck your wife so you have more free time to mow the lawn!”

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 21h

"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades

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Merk @merk94.bsky.social · 9h

Not that I’m manifesting or anything, but shit like this is exactly how you end up getting a military coup.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Sith_art aka A’ine! 🏳️‍⚧️ @sith-art.bsky.social · 1d

Its almost like anti-porn laws are never actually about porn. 🤔

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

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Kenza @kenzamaka.sheath.church · 28d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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nda @ndasfw.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t pay much attention to goings on with the Pope, but apparently he’s recently ordered bishops to protect migrants- kudos to the Catholic Church for having a moral backbone there

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Merk @merk94.bsky.social · 1d

Too hard to pick just one.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#SaveSpeech

I want to remind people that when there is a call to action to "contact your reps", it needs to be more than once

Going forward, contacting your reps needs to become part of your routine, at the very least during the work week.

Sustained pressure over time is what matters!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 1d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 2d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

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ΛTLΛS @atlasbun.bsky.social · 1d

Call your senator if you see them on this list and tell them no to KOSA.

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

#SaveSpeech
Democrats that need to be reprimanded for cosponsoring KOSA:

J. Hickenlooper- CO
A. Klobuchar- MN
B. Lujan- NM
B. Schatz- HI
M. Hirono- HI
G. Peters- MI
J. Fetterman- PA
R. Blumenthal- CT
C. Schumer- NY
M. Hassan- NH
M. Kelly- AZ
P. Welch- VT

[more names + links continued below]

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