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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 2h

Apparently there are more people subscribed to video game streams on YouTube and Twitch than the subscribers of Spotify, HBO, Netflix, ESPN and Hulu combined—and yet I don't know anyone who watches these streams, live or otherwise

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 2h

Same here. Even after asking my 20-something friends, I still don't understand what video game streaming actually involves or what makes this so compelling to an audience, not to mention how some streamers can attract a huge subscriber base and thus enough ad revenue for this to be a lucrative job

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 3d

Just straight-up fleecing

Screenshot of Taylor Swift's Instagram Stories, shilling yet another variant of her album The Life of a Showgirl. This one is billed as the "deluxe dressing room rehearsal version" for some voice memos and demo recordings, and is apparently only available on iTunes for 24 hours.

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 4d

Dwelling on the way fraudsters think a very funny thing for an televised snake oil salesman to say

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 5d

Calling it first: another announcement from Trump defensively insisting that the U.S. doesn't have a gun problem, instead claiming the perpetrators were left-wing Antifa terrorists.

Kash Patel will then show off some bullets the investigators found, conveniently engraved with a Mother Jones op-ed

CNN @cnn.com · 5d

Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.

Gunmen kill 2, injure 12 in a shootout in a crowd in Alabama capital city’s downtown | CNN

Rival gunmen started shooting at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others, police said.

www.cnn.com

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 6d

Normally I'd be against an authoritarian leader trying to write new laws in an attempt to distract the public with mawkish patriotism, but if the punishment for burning the American flag is to immediately arrest ICE, Border Patrol, Law Enforcement [sic] and all U.S. military, then challenge accepted

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 7d

Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 7d

Gen Z are too young to remember Gwen Stefani being a warning from history

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 7d

There's no way anyone was expecting a groundbreaking cunty pop extravaganza from an emotionally immature 30-something Republican trad wife with a victim complex

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 7d

Begging for Taylor Swift to realise that she doesn't have to release an album of corporate mean girl music every year, and that it's okay to take a couple of years between releases to write something that's actually good

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 10d

Just had a minicab commute with an incredibly cheery and effervescent driver. Really put a spring in my step🥰✨

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 10d

Narcissism? Nepotism? Negligence? Narcolepsy? Neanderthal?

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 10d

Epstein especially loved the pubes signature

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

It seems that an unsurprisingly large number of Americans are unaware that Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

Grok tells us the shoot was killed by police. Can we be sure that Grok doesn't believe that Sting and his former band were somehow involved too?

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ceej @ceej.online · 12d

ugh. I hate having to rearrange my wooden cutting board and chef’s knife to make room for my cast iron pan in the dishwasher

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

When it comes to voting on federal funding, Democrats are always expected to be bipartisan and "work across the aisle", while Republicans refuse to budge but exploit the possibility of a government shutdown by insisting to Democrats that this is all their fault, and the media just nods along

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

Nothing clean about taking healthcare from 11 million people in order to offer the largest upward transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history, as if we needed any further proof that this administration hates regular Americans

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

Republicans control all three branches of government and the Supreme Court. Avoiding a federal government shutdown is all on the Republicans

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

JD Vance: "We don't want to shut down the government, but if Democrats refuse to just pass this clean continuing resolution, that's exactly what's going to happen."

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 12d

Why would Lady G bring this up unprompted during a live TV interview? Reminding everyone about this is absolutely not a flex

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 13d

Unless Amelia Earhart crashed on Epstein Island, nobody cares

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 13d

There's a greater chance of finding Amelia Earhart than Trump's administration authorising the release of the Epstein files

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 13d

The most interesting thing about Amelia Earhart is that she's almost definitely *not* mentioned in the Epstein files. We can't be certain though, so #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14d

Trump says he’s ordering the release of all government records on Amelia Earhart.

Trump: I have been asked by many people about the life and times of Amelia Earhart, such an interesting story, and would I consider declassifying and releasing everything about her, in particular, her last, fatal flight! She was an Aviation Pioneer, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and achieved many other Aviation "firsts." She disappeared in the South Pacific while trying to become the first woman to fly around the World.
Amelia made it almost three quarters around the World before she suddenly, and without notice, vanished, never to be seen again. Her disappearance, almost 90 years ago, has captivated millions. I am ordering my Administration to declassify and release all Government Records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA
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9/26/25, 1:42 PM

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 17d

If paracetamol caused autism the British railway system would be so much better

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Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 20d

Just received an exceptionally brutal negative opinion on my physical appearance, right when I can't afford gym membership or therapy😭

Sam @skrysiak.bsky.social · 20d

It's funny how conservatives suddenly favour big government regulation when it allows pro-Trump propaganda

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