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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 7h

There are only so many websites left and rich Nazis are trying to buy all of them. That's just the fact of the matter. You can't blame people just trying to keep their community, but you can help them at least temporarily find haven (hopefully here for a while)

Seth Jaycat @sethjaycat.bsky.social · 7h

I get why people are hesitant to leave the communities they built over years when there aren’t many alternatives and all of them seem to have similar problems and are heading in the same direction. You can’t outrun the problem when fascism is spreading and spaces are consolidating.

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What A Time To Be Alive @whatatimepod.bsky.social · 7h

An ancient tex

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8-ʙɪᴛ™ @the8bitidiot.bsky.social · 7h

You know, when Thanos snapped, there had to be some kids playing hide and seek, and I think that makes up for all of it.

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Godspeed You! Woke Moralists @dashwallkick.bsky.social · 11h

Hey remember when Marcotte accused Bernie supporters of being rich kids despite that the average donation was *lower* than everyone else's in the primary? And now she's like "young republicans are NOT like this until the goddang CHEETO"?

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Victor @vicmrodriguez.bsky.social · 10h

i vividly remember that joke he made where he asked "why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? because her father is Janet Reno!"

she wasn't even 15 at the time.

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Giorgio Murderer 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈 @lonestartallboi.bsky.social · 10h

I know you know this but:

Rush Limbaugh had a regular segment where he would just read off the names of AIDS deaths and laugh

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 11h

They have 100% always been this way, though notably the transition from helicopter rides and referencing crushing minorities abroad humorlessly transitioned to nazi shit, but like that's basically a new layer of paint instead of a new perspective.

Amanda Marcotte
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For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That's why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed -because Young Republicans weren't radical enough.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 11h

It's destroying my brain that other than Gwen Snyder and Jude Doyle, every single person who went nuts and attacked Chapo for being 'crypto fascists' in 2016 is now doing republican apologia nonstop lol

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Brent Jans (he/they)💜🖤🤍 @dorklordcanada.bsky.social · 8h

After prolonged exposure to Jordan Peterson, the black mold is deep in alt-right Reddit groups, and negging women in TikTok comments because it's a "High Quality Mold"

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 8h

"Jordan Peterson Seriously Ill After Prolonged Exposure to Black Mold"

OMG, is the black mold okay?

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 8h

dotty-literati on tumblr posted a photo of Trinity in the Matrix pointing her gun at Agent Smith's off screen head, but Garfield is holding the gun. "Dodge this."

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 8h

Vance reacts to the Young Republicans chat leak

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 8h

just tremendous.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Someone in the crowd: “Go Cubs!”

Pope Leo XIV: “Han perdido! They lost!”

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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 7h

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop.

You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 10h

mr. burns from the simpsons in grayscale. he has his arms crossed over his chest and is smiling. he says "hello smithers. you're quite good... at turning... me on"

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 9h

talk about someone who I'd love to have their group chat leak!

ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 9h

“One day very soon Reingold is going to wake up and have to confront the fact that one of the few friends she has left in the world is an elderly colleague who is really excited about AI actresses because they will allow him to finally "see a virgin on-screen." That's tough.”

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends | Defector

It can be hard to maintain friendships as an adult. People move to new cities, start families, and experience all sorts of other life events that make it difficult to keep in touch. Sometimes, you end...

defector.com

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 13h

A defining feature of this admin is attacking as antisemitic everything they don’t like while constantly engaging in rank antisemitism.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

people who have absolutely no idea, not the first clue, about how debilitating the brain fog is. And saying “oh, it’s okay, you can get SSDI” was *insulting* before, now during Trump II it’s straight up sadistic

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d

It’s really disheartening to see people who admit this regime is doing eugenics fail to understand the ways in which chronically ill, disabled, and immunocompromised people are just absolutely fucked by Long Covid

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Malachi Ward @malachiward.bsky.social · 20h

Facts About Cartoonists

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Smo Naturalborn of the Void @smomotion.tv · 14h

They are power.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 11h

I mean there's literally footage of him giving Rabbi Shmuly a piggyback ride from 30 years ago, him pretending he's always been on this issue and he's not a wild af zionist is adorable lol.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23h

"Look, I'm one of a handful of people that don't take corporate PAC money."

"What about AIPAC money? You take AIPAC money, don't you?"

"A minuscule percentage of my resources come from..."

"I read it's like $800,000...."

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Found Star Trek Episodes @foundepisodes.bsky.social · 1d

#StarTrekTNG "The Deep End"

The Enterprise escorts a combat vessel that has returned to the Federation after violating multiple interstellar laws. In her leotard, Troi waits for her new stretching partner, The Salt Vampire. Transporter chief: Thomas Dolby.

A partial clipping from an old TV Guide reads as follows:

dark awakens when Jamie convinces Paul to film a haunted house documentary. Nobody notices when Murray and Lisa swap bodies.

7 PM channel 13 STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION(CC)—Science Fiction; 60 min.
The Enterprise escorts a combat vessel that has returned to the Federation after violating multiple interstellar laws. In her leotard, Troi waits for her new stretching partner, The Salt Vampire. Transporter chief: Thomas Dolby.

[SCI] MOVIE(CC)—Fantasy/Musical; 2 hrs.
“Highlander vs. Beastmaster.” Danny DeVito.

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𝔸𝕝𝕖𝕒 𝕃𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕪 @alea.bsky.social · 11h

Wow!

If I wasn't autistic and hadn't spent years practicing literally every "subconscious" gesture and expression so that I can blend in with neurotypical people, I would worry that they would simply use the machine to deny me needed medication.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12h

Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃

PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.

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Well actually it's the real world that's scary these days :smug: @axleblaze.bsky.social · 11h

Huh...knew he was absurdly transphobic but did not know he was also the type of shitty person that bitches about "woke" casting

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 15h

a skull full of soup.

cinesthetic. @TheCinesth.... 13h
Teaser trailer for 'AMADEUS' starring Will Sharpe and Paul Bettany has been released.

Graham Linehan @Glinner 7h
How would you like to see Amadeus again, except this time Mozart is black?
Me neither! Yet here it is!

Clara @Americana Mama79 6h
That guy is black?

Graham Linehan @Glinner 6h
Apparently not but the point rrrremains!

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