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A.L. Goldfuss @ghoulpus.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, Dick Cheney died? Well-- *sees Bluesky mod around corner* What's really important is championing the open protocol.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16h

this is such a great encapsulation of why this race feels existential even to people outside NYC. Cuomo as the final boss of everything wrong with the current Democratic Party, Mamdani happily grabbing the third rails everyone’s told are too dangerous to touch (trans people, Muslims, socialism)

The Space Pope @popecrocodylus.bsky.social · 17h

It's uncanny how Cuomo has been laser-focused at appealing to the absolute worst qualities in people - their insularity, their tribalism, and now their fear. A campaign monumental in its cynicism, a colossal bet by this man and his billionaire backers that people are basically bad.

Jeet Heer @jeetheer.bsky.social · 19h

This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 10h

It's an honor.

Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 10h

get in loser, we're speaking ill of the dead

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 11h

personally, I work from third principles at the *earliest* because I figure they probably needed a few iterations to get good at principles.

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 1d

gigan, she is a cat

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 1d

got a new phone case

Picture of my hand holding a Pixel 7 phone with the back of the phone facing the camera. The phone case is pink with little colorful patterns along the edges and a cutout picture of my cat, Jonesy, squinting at the camera with the caption "Murder is okay!" in a comic book font above her head

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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 1d

ok what's next? let's just say after 10+ years in journalism this is the most excited and responsible i feel to contribute to something because i believe in it so much. beating out everyone else's coverage of ICE/tech/your privacy in this dystopia, @404media.co, its an honor to join your badass team

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

www.404media.co

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 1d

For posterity, since they now appear to have been deleted.

Screenshots of the posts quoted in the post above and the reply.
Post one, by Ephraim Stone (at testone.bsky.social)
Okay so it seems like I need to restate this, Meggie.

I pray to the Most High that your partner dies before they are old and that the Most High kills everyone you love before they are grown, and that you live to be 120.

Post 2, also by Ephraim, quoted in the reply to the post above:
I pray that the sea rises against you. I pray that the land poisons itself against you. I pray that you, your loved ones, and every one you care about faces food insecurity and housing insecurity without relief.

I pray that therapy, higher education, and medical relief is forever out of reach.

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 1d

got a new phone case

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 3d

B. Kliban drew one of the funniest comics I have ever seen before

A cartoon of a cat staring at a corner. The cat has a thought bubble. The thought bubble just shows the corner the cat is staring at

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 1d

now that's a dang tooltip

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 2d

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 2d

"Person who, upon finding out a guest is allergic to sesame dressing, sprints to the FamilyMart to buy a replacement, and then pauses to catch their breath at the traffic light on the way back"

x.com/dailyportalz...

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · Nov 2

happy poisonman day [comic from 2018]

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 2d

👀

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 2d

They are synonymous in terms of their meaning. They both literally mean "in place of" and they both imply that a choice has been made that is different from the expected choice.
The only difference is the tone, "instead of" feels more casual than "in lieu of".

Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 3d

like, apart from real pretty and kinda creepy looking

Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 3d

how'd they come out?

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No true bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a beautiful country and I refuse to surrender it to these traitors

james 🐎🔫 @buffalocia.bsky.social · 3d

At a Lebanese halal place in West Springfield, Massachusetts waiting for shawarma shoulder to shoulder with a bunch of white people with horrible western Mass accents and Iraqis. I love America

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 3d

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

OFFER LETTER WITH THE VAMPIRE

ONBOARDING WITH THE VAMPIRE

PROBATION REVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

EMPLOYEE EVALUATION WITH THE VAMPIRE

CONCERNED CHECK-IN WITH THE VAMPIRE

SERIOUS TALK WITH THE VAMPIRE

FINAL WARNING WITH THE VAMPIRE

EXIT INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

daniel @dnl.ink · 3d

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 3d

Belgium you have got to fucking work with me here a little bit, I am losing my damn mind

A can of sweet corn, peas, and cubed carrots, audaciously titled "Mexicana Mix"

A grocery shelf with an absolutely pitiful selection of "hot" sauces. The four choices are:
Tabasco Sriracha sauce (2/5 spiciness flames)
Tabasco sweet & spicy sauce (1/5 spiciness flames)
Tabasco sauce
Mild Tabasco sauce

Scottish comedian Limmy squints in confused disbelief

Blurry picture of a sad looking monkey staring into the middle distance with the caption "monkey thats goin thru alot rn"

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worm adderall (feral) @wormmo.de · 3d

it's me, unnamed critter from bosch's triptych of the temptation of anthony!

me with a blue funnel like hat, with a stick out the top holding a red ball on a string. I have on a red capelet and am carrying a letter with calligraphy and a seal in my crooked beak. I've got a badge with a symbol on it

the guy from the original painting that's got on my outfit except it's wearing tan turnshoes

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 3d

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

OFFER LETTER WITH THE VAMPIRE

ONBOARDING WITH THE VAMPIRE

PROBATION REVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

EMPLOYEE EVALUATION WITH THE VAMPIRE

CONCERNED CHECK-IN WITH THE VAMPIRE

SERIOUS TALK WITH THE VAMPIRE

FINAL WARNING WITH THE VAMPIRE

EXIT INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

daniel @dnl.ink · 3d

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE

SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE

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Christian Petersen @raevpet.com · 4d

I set out to do gobs in a tiny sketchbook with handmade paper that's uneven and bleeds easy so as to force myself to do imperfect stuff and keep the scope of doing dailies in a deeply chaotic and tumultuous period of my life somewhat manageable. I think I did that okay.

Messy ink drawing of goblins dancing in the dark, wielding torches
Gobtober '25
31. Night
@raevpet

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