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VEN @venjs.bsky.social · 1h

This is funnier because the Gen Z protests against corrupt governments
in Asia and Latin America used the luffy flag as a symbol

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 4h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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東屋十四郎🎨 @azumaya146.bsky.social · 4h

なかなか描けぬ。

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vainwin @vainwin.bsky.social · 1d

Day 11 Seagull 🪶 Not again Gullivar! #peachtober25seagull #pixelart #ドット絵 #animalcrossing

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錦糸月 @nisikiiiii.bsky.social · Nov 11

「秘密の中庭」

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cathwizard @cathwizard.bsky.social · 9d

need a ride? 💘

#pixelart #ドット絵

The full page of Teddy~ “Ah, car trouble? There’s a diner just a few miles west, I think they have a pay phone. I’d give you a ride if you want…”

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VEN @venjs.bsky.social · 19h

i am starting to be self conscious again of being misinterpreted because i don't word things well enough

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Normal Neighbor @pixelneighbor.bsky.social · 21h

Autumn🍁 #pixelart

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20h

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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Natalie Dombois @nataliedombois.bsky.social · Jan 13

Time to post one of my favorite old illustrations. :)
I created it for a group show resolving around botanical visuals. During this time I read a lot about the ISS and how they grew plants in there to test botanical behavior, which also sparked dreams about deep space travels.

Female Astronaut surrounded by plants. She's holding a space shuttle.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 1d

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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amartbee @amartbee.bsky.social · Aug 9

Vegeta and his waifu #dragonball

Vegeta is wearing his Saiyan Saga armor, but indulging in merch of his waifu Bulma.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

This workshop will initiate with people from Mexico, Latin America and Europe to strengthen the ties of stop motion and collaboration and, in exchange, education will be provided for free for one Mexican / Latinamerican student for the first ten years also.

Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 1d

Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...

Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Gobelins Team On Stop-Motion Studio

The new Paris studio shares a stop-motion spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and honors Mark Gustafson’s legacy.

www.cartoonbrew.com

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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 1d

#pixelart #artpost

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The Traveler | Galaxy Pixels @ekvitki.bsky.social · 1d

#pixelart #space #purple

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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 3d

sky veil 💫

Digital artwork of a brown skinned elf wearing a white dress with a veil made of stars, the moon, and clouds.

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Spice 💕 @spicedyde.bsky.social · 1d

🐶: “Very spooky! A corpse is a dead body.”

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alma 🌼 | VGEN COMMISSION OPEN @nimasain.bsky.social · 1d

butterfly desserts menu!!
which one is your favorite? #pixelart

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Bertoni @thebertoni.bsky.social · 1d

o #dememorioutubro dia 11
a lontra

Desenho de um cuidador de zoologico alimentando lontras com peixes de um balde.
A legenda diz em inglês " be kind to each otter".

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VEN @venjs.bsky.social · 1d

Okay now you’re misconstruing everything I’m saying and you dumped those texts to your dad and now saying this so I’ll leave you to work through stuff

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VEN @venjs.bsky.social · 1d

Political views? It was just about Woody Allen being a creep

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VEN @venjs.bsky.social · 1d

I was responding because it seemed like you were saying you saw no problem with the statement of Woody Allen loving her like a daughter when he had a history of grooming and marrying them.

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