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Michael Fitz-Gibbon

@penguintruth.bsky.social

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Charmless anime dork. Depression case. Still working on writing that book I'll probably never finish. Proudly anti-fascist. He/Him/His/They/Them/Theirs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-fZO-yQWVVCkYS7eb_snA

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 20d

#Otaku Evolution (New) Episode 275 - Gunbuster youtu.be/LgSSsiH8aMg?... #anime #review #video

Otaku Evolution Episode 275 - Gunbuster

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 1h

The voices of Johnny Joestar, Gyro Zeppeli, Diego Brando, Lucy Steel, and Steven Steel shared their excitement for the next installment of JoJo's!

Preparing for Anime's Greatest Race: The Steel Ball Run Cast Take the Stage

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 2h

#Otaku Evolution (Classic) Episode 114 - Giant Robo (OVA) youtu.be/IjHYupGGN6Q?... #anime #review #video

Otaku Evolution Episode 114 - Giant Robo (OVA)

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 21h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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onion person @junlper.beer · 13h

free speech is dead

Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 13h

I thought they said it was wrong for an administration to ask a social media platform to take stuff down.

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Steph @tokenweirdgirl.bsky.social · 12h

This is so many flavors of fucked up.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 12h

A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 11h

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Sloan Ashton @ashton7sloan.bsky.social · 18h

Good News: Israel has officially failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after being defeated by Italy, 3-0.

Bravo, Italia. The world thanks you.

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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 14h

Evangelion's back in the box office top 10 — 28 years later!

Evangelion: Death & Rebirth Film Returns to Box Office Top 10, 28 Years Later

Film sold 72,653 tickets for 118․8 million yen over holiday weekend

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 14h

#Otaku Evolution (Classic) Episode 113 - #Tenchi Muyo! OVA 3 youtu.be/7N-5vTdL6os?... #anime #review #video

Otaku Evolution Episode 113 - Tenchi Muyo! OVA 3

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 14h

All finished watching #CrestoftheStars. Lots of potential, but not really lived up to. I guess we get that in Banner. #anime

a blue haired anime character with a s on her chest

ALT: a blue haired anime character with a s on her chest

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 15h

That's what this sci-fi political space opera needed, Inspector Zenigata. #CrestoftheStars #anime

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Leon Thomas @renegadecut.bsky.social · 22h

we doing "are nazis sexy?" again like it's 2017? it's 2025. we know the answer is "no" and that the question is (at best) irresponsible and (at worst) deliberately helpful to the cause of nazis.

nobody bangs a nazi knowing they are a nazi unless that person is also a nazi.

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GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 22h

Getting a troubling amount of use out of this screen shot.

Peacemaker holding a nazi American flag screenshot from season 2

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 1d

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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

It's taken a couple of days to really gather my thoughts on this, but MAPPA destroying Sayo Yamamoto as they have is something I'll never be able to reconcile. She was a brilliant creator who deserved the world, but was ground into paste by The Anime Factory.

I pray for Manabu Otsuka's downfall.

Vrai Kaiser @writervrai.bsky.social · 5d

We're probably never going to see another Sayo Yamamoto anime, and that honestly breaks my heart more than I have words to convey. I feel so much anger on her behalf. Fuck MAPPA.

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Animehunch Team: You’ve worked as a producer on many popular titles, including Black Clover and Fullmetal Alchemist. However, you were also involved with Yuri!!! on ICE. This is something fans are desperate to ask about. The planned movie, ICE ADOLESCENCE, was officially cancelled by MAPPA, which left many fans heartbroken as they loved the series dearly. We know this is a sensitive topic, and you may not be able to discuss it, but fans would be incredibly grateful for any insight you could offer as to what went wrong or why the movie was ultimately cancelled.

Hideo Katsumata: I can’t talk about the details, as that includes some very private matters. But if you ask whether it’s a creative or business issue, the reasons stem from the creative side. The main reason is that it couldn’t be made due to creative reasons. Since it was an original animation, the people involved—including the creators and the animation studio, MAPPA… among the creators, on the creative side, a situation arose where it just became impossible to proceed with production.

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 1d

#Otaku Evolution (Classic) Episode 112 - Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison youtu.be/FBXHepfRhIM?... #anime #review #video

Otaku Evolution Episode 112 - Crusher Joe: The Ice Prison

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 1d

#Otaku Evolution (Classic) Episode 111 - Coyote Ragtime Show youtu.be/aqxBnU5YAnA?... #anime #review #video

Otaku Evolution Episode 111 - Coyote Ragtime Show

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Michael Fitz-Gibbon @penguintruth.bsky.social · 1d

The dub is pretty bad, but this scene is great. #CrestoftheStars #anime

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visoredavenger @visoredavenger.bsky.social · 1d

One of the few highlights of the Animanics was the song that laid why why Indigenous People's Say is the only day. Made me wonder how he even got into American History in the first place.
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