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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 3h

An absolute banger

FantasyAnime @fantasyanime.bsky.social · 3h

Ever played Brave Fencer Musashi for the PlayStation 1?

It's a very cute action RPG by Square Enix (Squaresoft back then). The storytelling, art style, and humor gives it a vibe like a Saturday morning cartoon. This is a memorable classic that many fans recommend!

sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 11h

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 16h

We need bullet control

Inside Facebook And Discord’s 3D Printed Ghost Gun Groups

The world’s biggest social media sites are home to thousands of 2nd Amendment devotees who believe anyone should be able to use a 3D printer to build their own gun. Meta, Discord and the DOJ are tryin...

www.forbes.com

sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 18h

Burial at Sea?

sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

Why is he soldering the pigs?

A mobile game ad for a game about finding hidden pigs in a picture, but the hand that is finding them is holding a soldering iron

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

An image of Rick and Morty character Kronbopulous Michael saying "Oh boy, here I go loving Hitler again"

sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

So much for the tolerant left

Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · 1d

Deep in the article, there are quotes from young liberal staffers too. There is a problem with inflammatory rhetoric on both sides.

sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

And this is our picture window with a stunning view of the void. You can almost *feel* it staring back at you. Anyway, let's begin the podcast

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

Is that blood orgy scene in the beginning of Blade just the vampire equivalent of someone ordering a shit load of pizza for the party?

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 1d

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

*Writing down another bullet point in the list of things they are not legally allowed to do but are doing anyway*

Take that, fascists

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

This was my favorite part of Quest 64 tbh

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 1d

I drink it because it tastes like coffee, which I like, not because I can't find a functional substitute

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 1d

Tariffs have rapidly increased the price of coffee—a drink with almost no nutritional value and lots of functional substitutes. Yet coffee may also be the one thing Americans can’t live without, @elcush.bsky.social writes:

The Drink That Americans Won’t Give Up Without a Fight

Coffee has almost no nutritional value and lots of substitutes. It’s also, apparently, too important to lose.

bit.ly

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for reminding me to go back and replay this game again

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 2d

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 2d

leftist meme with too much text

anthony bourdain meme with the text "once youve looked at the emissions of the meat industry & how much agricultural output is wasted for that and how this poisons poor communities and destroys ecosystems you'll never stop wanting to beat a delicious onion and lentil mash for piyaji with your bare hands"

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 2d

I often find that my takeaways from media are pretty binary, either I like something or I'm not into it. I'd like to get a bit more nuance in there and maybe get more comfortable with analyzing things through a more critical lens

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · 2d

Recently finished The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher, it was a nice little mix of Gravity Falls and Lovecraft overall very enjoyable

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 29

I liked game pass back when it was called Sega Channel

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 28

I've always been a windows user but I'm spending more time in WSL and Linux VMs, tmux is wildly useful holy shit what else have I been missing

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 28

Nice build! The best part about that Lego bansai is the blossoms are little frogs!

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 16

B without a doubt

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 16

Fuck ICE, Free Palestine, Summon Cthulhu

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sparrow @sparrowbytes.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm so fucking tired of people thinking that anything branded as AI has actual reasoning capabilities. Damn near every non technical C suite bro is weak to that bs

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