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@rickycilantro.bsky.social

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est. 1983. photography, TTRPGs, sci-fi, baseball, recovering conflict scholar https://youtu.be/IRsPheErBj8?si=WVynsuSWUGhykt8S

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · Nov 20

if I’m arguing with you instead of just blocking you: know that I am taking a shit

I only argue on this website when I’m on the toilet having a push

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1h

They always do the paid protester bit but I think part of the reason is this particular gang of corrupt nihilists literally can't understand why someone would give a shit about anything without getting money for it

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Sean Duffy: "The No Kings protest, Maria, really frustrating. This is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question who's funding it."

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1h

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 4h

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 1h

I hope they never do it’s like a fun game

spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 2h

I wonder how long it’ll take for ad revenue to crater

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 3h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 7h

New study finds Democrats represent public opinion better than Republicans: "the quality of statehouse democracy, here meaning the dynamic relationship between opinion and policy, is substantially weakened by Republican Party control of state government."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 2h

read the entire article. my take? he hits the nail on the head: it’s not a replacement for real experiences, and the novelty wears off pretty quickly. it’s the new fidget spinner.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 23h

Solipsism as a service. www.wsj.com/tech/persona...

With Sora, you can do exactly that, in 10-second increments. Soon, your phone might be filled with hundreds of fond memories of things that never happened and places you never went, moments you can sit back and “relive” when there’s nobody else around except your AI pals.

Generative AI already has the power to put us in little boxes, isolated from one another. Why wait for a friend to answer your text when ChatGPT will cheerfully answer right away? Why go through the trouble of making a new friend when you can turn to digital companions embedded in apps like Instagram or X?
These new forms of entertainment are becoming the lake to our Narcissus: You can gaze into your phone and see yourself staring back, having all kinds of thrills, spills and chills.

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QuadCityPat @quadcitypat.bsky.social · 2h

Fat Tony

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 2h

All jokes aside, this is an incredible piece of analysis & the way it concludes by motioning to the growing phenomenon of RW billionaires buying & destroying anything that challenges their regime of unchecked profit & power should serve as a wake-up call to those of us still missing the thread.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 4h

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 2h

hey @komododad.bsky.social you work with active duty more than me. this engenders the kind of personal loyalty an autocrat needs, right?

Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 @sdinpraxis.bsky.social · 8h

Say $115-135k at O-5 to be a bag carrier is a bit above minimum wage.

Her expression suggests she'd rather be aide to a flag officer.

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hot dogs are charcuterie sandwiches @riothobbit.bsky.social · 5h

christopher columbus was following 3000 years of bloody momentum: italians weren't even european until they killed the europeans who already lived there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ28...

The Spread of the Indo-Europeans

YouTube video by Ollie Bye

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NurseBrianRN @nursebrianrn.bsky.social · 6h

the moment i realize i’m an 86 year old woman:

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 5h

that’s been my read.

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

The Frog is the best thing to happen to American politics all year, but the fact that politics has devolved into Posting is ultimately a bad thing.

www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 1d

"no no you don't understand. we deploy OUR shitposters against THEIR aura farmers. WE farm aura with normies. but secretly our aura farmers all have normie alter egos--yes, like batman--who can actually govern after we reconquer the cathedral. no, the other batman"

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 5h

When my phone rings and I HAVE to answer it

Drew Barrymore crying on a landline in SCREAM

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 10h

Reshare: Rascal donned its mirrorshades, jumped on a very fuel-inefficient bike, and rode into the orientalist arcology of the retrofuture to understand why Shadowrun has its complicated reputation.

www.rascal.news/why-do-peopl...

Why do people love to hate Shadowrun?

A long-form exploration of corporations, cyberpunk, and elves.

www.rascal.news

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 9h

Ending slavery increased GDP by 9.1% as slavery reduced the welfare of the enslaved substantially, while only generating minuscule welfare gains to slave owners. Fascinating topic that once again highlights how coercive instructions are economically detrimental!

www.nber.org/papers/w3435...

The Economic Geography of American Slavery

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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courtesy appreciation account @lacroixshotgun.bsky.social · 9h

hell yeah

GoshJoshGames @goshjoshgames.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first Sat in I dunno how long that I didn’t get pizza.

Behold. The Bachelor Fish Stick Sandwich.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 15h

wow guys I am starting to think tariffs are not useful tools to force down China's trade surplus

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 15h

🇨🇳CHINA’S SEPTEMBER EXPORT GROWTH HITS 6-MONTH HIGH Y/Y IMPORT GROWTH HIT A 17-MONTH HIGH. CHINA SOYBEAN IMPORTS HIT RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AT 12.87 MILLION METRIC TONS. SEPTEMBER COAL IMPORTS AT NINE-MONTH HIGH OF 46 MLN METRIC TONS. #CHINA #SOYBEAN #COAL

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 9h

We're tiny posting 🥺🫴 Have a smol red eared slider turtle.

Hand sculpted from clay and carefully painted 🙂‍↕️

#Tiny #Turtle #Miniature #Pond #Art #ArtYear 🐡

A tiny hand sculpted and painted red eared slider turtle.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 15h

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18h

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 20h

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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onion person @junlper.beer · 15h

everything rightwingers eat somehow looks like poop

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Illiterate Autodidact 🇵🇸🙂👍🇮🇱☹👎 @cigaretteliker.bsky.social · 1d

The virgin AGI existential risk vs the chad global warming

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spooky boolantro @rickycilantro.bsky.social · 17h

also, if this actually worked, no one would need stinger missiles. the Syrian Civil War could’ve been resolved within months