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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 4h

My favorite way to make myself depressed is Soviet time capsule messages

www.russiabeyond.com/history/3266...

Soviet time capsules: messages from the past with lessons to teach us in 2017
"We're a little jealous of all you who are celebrating the centenary of our Soviet motherland"
Arkhangelsk
"You are talking with representatives of other galaxies about scientific and cultural collaborations"
Novosibirsk
"You have eliminated harmful bacteria and viruses, ageing and sickness"
Tiraspol
"We address you, those who don't know what war is"
Okulovka

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8h

The entire economy depends on this horseshit so it's your patriotic duty to ask the computer to honk your bingus several times a day

The Verge @theverge.com · 12h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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s-aharnasser3.bsky.social @s-aharnasser3.bsky.social · 9h

Does anyone still feel what Odai is going through? 💔
Have you all forgotten the boy injured by a quadcopter who’s been suffering for more than a year and a half?
Odai is still here, in pain, waiting for someone to remember him and reach out before he loses all hope.
tinyurl.com/HelpSaharsFa...

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 9h

One of the most messed up parts of the "nazis are sexy and funny now" GQ article about Nick Fuentes is that it doesn't cite a single source or data point. It's all just vibes. I have no idea how something like this made it past an editorial team unless it was clearly a story they wanted to tell

traced this rumor across TikTok and Tumblr. I watched fancam edits, mapped accounts, and interviewed a dozen people in their twenties and early thirties, both people who’d made posts about Fuentes and those whose fandom was more private.

TikTok is where most outsiders misread the signal. Fuentes is extremely shareable — he basically speaks in soundbites. Every other line is a joke, and many of those jokes land. When they don’t, that in itself can be funny. His thick Chicago accent, his cartoonish tone of voice—the man was made for broadcasting, for better or worse.

It’s true that he has inspired a viral “sound” several times, but on TikTok that doesn’t equate to fandom. A sound is just a short audio clip that users layer under their own videos. It might come from a movie, a podcast, or a livestream; it doesn’t matter who said it. What matters is how easily it can be reused to set a mood or deliver a punchline. Popularity here measures remixability, not admiration. Serial killers, pedophiles caught red-handed, and random bystanders could theoretically all go viral this way. Fuentes happens to clip well.

There is a dedicated and TikTok-native Fuentes fandom, but searching through the misspellings and alternate tags that users reference him with (to avoid the filter TikTok uses to suppress content about him), only a few prolific editors dominate the results. The rest is noise—ephemeral accounts spun up around attention spikes.

The interviews I conducted reflect what the feeds suggested. Several sources said their very online friends, regardless of politics, share Fuentes clips because he’s funny. The same people said no one they know actually watches his multi-hour streams. One woman described him as “weirdly unhateable,” and suggested he’s a bit of a meme—another way of saying the trend is more of a joke than a nascent political shift.

There is, however, a small female fandom orbiting Fuentes, many of whom identify as being on the left. On Tumblr, a community cal…

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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 9h

✅️ Ceasefire
⭕️ End Occupation
⭕️ End Apartheid
⭕️ Rebuild Gaza
⭕️ The Hague

It's should be a checklist, not a multiple choice...

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 9h

As you do.

Politico @politico.com · 13h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Viktor 🇵🇸🍉🦘🦘🪃 @viktx.bsky.social · 9h

#FreePalestine
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social

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Tom Williams, tech journo 👨‍💻 @its-tom-williams.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the ad the Australian government will be running from Sunday, 19 October ahead of the under-16s social media ban kicking off on 10 December.

The tagline of the spot and its information campaign are both "For The Good Of".

eSafety is also readying a "suite of resources" for the campaign.

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Polly Hemming @pollyjhemming.bsky.social · 1d

Timor-Leste just scrapped lifetime pensions for former parliamentarians after student-led protests.

But sure — protest doesn’t work.
#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

screenshot of ABC article. text captured says Timor-Leste scraps lifetime pensions after student-led protests
Topic:Activism and Lobbying

Fri 26 Sep
Friday 26 September
Police officers in the street usher crowds.
Police appeal to students to clear the road to await the result of the parliamentary vote. (AFP: Valentino Dariell de Sousa)

In short
Protests broke out last week in Timor-Leste, with thousands of demonstrators demanding parliament cancel a $4.2 million plan to purchase SUVs for lawmakers and lifetime pension for MPs and public officials.

Sixty-two members of parliament voted unanimously on Friday to pass a new law that scrapped the pensions for MPs, former presidents, prime ministers and cabinet ministers.

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💜 phonakins 🍉 @phonakins.com · 1d

JustSumBloke got their notice to leave in March 2026.
With household income only carers and dsp they're not even going to bother looking for a private rental.
So any help with this would be greatly appreciated 🙂

gofund.me/7e4945bcf

Donate to Help with bathroom for disabled young man, organized by Karl Tilcock

Updated 24-09-2025 Added pic of vanity unit we scored for $150. Thank you ❤️ … Karl Tilcock needs your support for Help with bathroom for disabled young man

gofund.me

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe one day their consultants will realise how off-putting that all is.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

You can just share my video from me instead of sharing a screen recording of my video from a content farm account that isn’t on the scene btw.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The inflatables have made it to Broadview.

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 1d

Evil Political IUD

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☭Josh Mosh☭ @joshmosh138.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/3L4YrGaR8E4?...

Rage Against The Machine - Bulls On Parade (Official HD Video)

YouTube video by RATMVEVO

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 2d

"Free Palestine / All Colonies Will Fall"
Seen in Sydney

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Props to Project Rockit for bringing an actual young person, Caitlin Blanch, to speak to the committee given the policies are about them but mostly excludes them.

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow, now I know what I’m watching on my days off 🤩

Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 3d

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 2d

It's really funny when I say something critical of the Labour government or the US Democrats or Mark Carney and someone pipes up with "well go on then, what's YOUR solution!?"

Bitch, I'm a fucking comedian. I reckon our elected leaders should be able to figure this shit out better than me.

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sure you mean well, but a public place would surely be less off-putting?

Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes that kind of hyperfascinstion is quite relaxing for me 😆
It’s not classic (though it apes it), but found this vid about The citadel/beyond citadel is pretty neat.

youtu.be/VnYRnzgi75Q?...

The Strange Lore of Citadel

YouTube video by Vuzz

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

"One consultant totalled $85,000...almost $3,000 a day".

"Last year, a NTEU report estimated universities across Australia spent $734 million a year on consultants, a practice across the sector which the union has strongly criticised."

Here's an idea, hire more staff instead of consultants on $$$!

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 2d

This nonsense must end, one would have hoped we'd learnt from the damage done to the Australian public service and government decision-making, but clearly not www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Uni staff outraged as high-paid consultants work on redundancies

As Western Sydney University prepares to shed hundreds of staff due to its dire finances, leaked documents reveal it is paying consultants as much as $2,850 a day.

www.abc.net.au

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 2d

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

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Liturgy of Vermilion @soundofazure.bsky.social · 2d

“The Lackey Country”
hits hard. Very true, sadly

Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 3d

Powerful speeches at the Sydney pro-Palestine rally in Hyde Park today before a large and engaged crowd. So many great signs but this was sadly my favourite. Thanks Palestine Action Group Sydney. #auspol #SaveGaza
#FreePalestine #SanctionIsrael

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Ben Canham @bencanham.bsky.social · 3d

Autism isn’t a flaw it’s a different way
of seeing the world. I don’t apologize for
how my brain works. I’m proud of my
perspective, my strengths, and yes,
even my struggles. Because every shade
of autism is important and beautiful.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 3d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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