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Bonsai Wolf. Tiny and Mighty™️. Adorkable chihuahua. Tradecraft analyst focused on cloudsec. Dogged and rigorous. Bit of a weirdo. Feral historian focusing on extremism. he/they Email: [email protected]

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 20d

[extremism research & @jamellebouie.net book pitch]

tracing the idea of states’ rights from before the civil war and through reconstruction - something like 1815 to 1880 - or from dred to plessy a historical look at states’ rights

@jmberger.com @machete.gay

#HistorySky

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21d

oh looks like jill lepore wrote the book i thought i might write www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/b...

Jill Lepore Thinks the U.S. Constitution Might Break America

www.nytimes.com

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2h

!!!!!!!

ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 21h

just purely as a game, the Reconstruction period would be an incredible setting

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 21h

just purely as a game, the Reconstruction period would be an incredible setting

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · 17h

The frogs have landed in Chicago! (2025)

YOU ARE NOT

ALONE IN THIS

ABYSSAL DARKNESS.

I AM HERE, AND WE

SHALL FACE THE

CHASM AS

BROTHERS.

Here comes that fellow
"My goodness, how do you do?"

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 17h

rogue trader

just a business wizard doing wiz biz w their pals

@gigansprogress.bsky.social

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

disco elysium or rogue trader?

im leaning towards rogue trader

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize goes to some chick idk, here's the clowning on the president (2025)

James Comey wearing an elect more women t shirt

President Power being protected by her secret service while the american flag waves in the back ground

The classic musical scene from Alien Earth w Wendy and the xenomorph

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 1d

1/ New rare earth restrictions mark escalation in China’s weaponization of interdependence — adopting US extraterritorial permission structures. This is not just an export ban but regulated how global firms use Chinese equipment and material.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...

China expands rare earth restrictions, targets defence, semiconductor users

China tightened its rare earth export controls on Thursday, saying it planned to limit exports to overseas defence firms and semiconductor users and adding five rare earth elements to its list.

www.reuters.com

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

if you keep reading GAO reports eventually one will offer you a job.

That's the Fed Grindset™️

(2025)

Power from the chainsaw catharsis show being hustled away by denji, aki, and Kobe while an American flag waves proudly in the background

This could be us but you playing DoD edition

Guts and Sailor Moon enjoying a smoke break

Campaign 88: Dukakis for President - king size filters pack of cigarettes

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!!!!!

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

ruin a game setting by adding a word

sloppy shadow moses

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

can we assign a lexile score to skeets

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

random drive by moldings is how curtis yarvin got his start

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, I think some accounts on here are ops meant to sow division by random drive by scoldings.

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

!!!!!!!!

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 1d

1988 Jeep Comanche 5-Speed at No Reserve

No Reserve: 1988 Jeep Comanche 5-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: 1988 Jeep Comanche 5-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #215,084.

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 1d

disco elysium or rogue trader?

im leaning towards rogue trader

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 2d

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

shelby oaks too!

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

perfect blue
in the mouth of madness
chainsaw man: the reze arc

what a time to enjoy cinema!

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

owlbear or suckerpunch it’s your time to shine

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2d

Ubisoft could not have handled a Reconstruction Era Assassin's Creed:

aftermath.site/assassins-cree...

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 2d

They cancelled an Assassin's Creed game where you were a slave and killed KKK members because of the anti-DEI response to Shadows.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2d

Ubisoft could not have handled a Reconstruction Era Assassin's Creed:

aftermath.site/assassins-cree...

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2d

M52-Powered 1989 BMW 325i Sedan 5-Speed at No Reserve

No Reserve: M52-Powered 1989 BMW 325i Sedan 5-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a No Reserve: M52-Powered 1989 BMW 325i Sedan 5-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #214,984.

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

!!!!!!

Bring a Trailer @bringatrailer.bsky.social · 2d

1969 Ford F-250 Custom Highboy 4×4 4-Speed

1969 Ford F-250 Custom Highboy 4x4 4-Speed

Bid for the chance to own a 1969 Ford F-250 Custom Highboy 4×4 4-Speed at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #214,994.

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

i use the phrase cinematic universe as neither franchise nor series and not even serial captures the depth, berth, and virulence of modern content production and distribution

Claire 'Val Loughcrew' [Unknown] @goresorcerer.bsky.social · 2d

the fact that everyone says franchise instead of series nowadays is so insidious

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

perfect blue
in the mouth of madness
chainsaw man: the reze arc

what a time to enjoy cinema!

sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

<cracks open a malört coffee cold crew :: salutes :: one tear streaming down a weirdos cheek>

godspeed to you - you are our odysseus for tabs and content

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 2d

As the Supreme Court term begins, keep this framework in mind: Autocratic Legalism.

Instead of “rule of law” (law constrains the power), we get “rule by law” (law as a weapon for power).

Authoritarians usually have to install allies. Trump started his second term with that step already complete.

The only effective opposition is through the language of morality and documented harm—not legal technicalities that can be swept away with a 6–3 vote.” The text is centered on a neutral background, with “morality” and “documented harm” slightly emphasized to underscore the moral and empirical contrast with “legal technicalities.”

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sina @rejectionking.bsky.social · 2d

@richinseattle.bsky.social’s ai agents for cybersecurity course at RE//verse looks neat!

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