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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 7h

A reminder that I have "Arkham" embedded in my name.

(not that there's anything wrong with that...)

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HerRoyalBOO👻bies @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 11h

I read Peter Thiel’s essay on Alan Moore’s Watchmen and it unquestionably proves that piss poor media literacy is foundational to this recent rise of fascism.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 7h

True bravery!

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 2h

That is very kind!

I felt a lot of people were writing him as a brute, which no. He’s a genius.

dondasch.bsky.social @dondasch.bsky.social · 3h

I will tell all who will listen. You took the greatest Batman villain ever, and added so many layers and depth. It is amazing. YOU are amazing, Gail.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 8h

He’s normal!

Jameson Parker Steed @lastnoblesteed.bsky.social · 9h

Deadshot for his constant pissing off of skinheads and that terrible yellow/black checkered jacket he wanted to wear on his date (I would wear the hell out of that jacket).

But Ragdoll had the best lines. Every line you wrote for him was wonderfully perverted.

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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 7h

Trouble in paradise 🍿

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 6h

John Oliver sounded the alarm this week on how secret donations to presidential libraries provide cover for bribery. We couldn’t agree more.

It’s time to close the library loophole — and you can help.

Read this story and much more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.

John Oliver rips presidential library loophole

Plus: There shouldn’t be secret law. Pam Bondi didn’t get the memo

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 5d

"What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long? We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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God @thegodpodcast.com · 37m

Adelita Grijalva won her election 19 days ago and she still hasn’t been sworn in.

The government has been shut down for 12 days with no end in sight.

They can stall as long as they want but the Epstein files ain’t going away.

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 7h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Comicfoil @comicfoil.bsky.social · 2h

Heck, I didn’t even remember I owned a couple issues of Kull.

Wasn’t Thulsa Doom the villain James Earl Jones played in Conan the Barbarian?

Kull the Destroyer #29 (1978) cover art by Ernie Chan

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lydelle buster @babyshoes4cash.com · 1h

the entirety of The Simpsons takes place over perhaps 16 months, in a society experiencing rapid social and technological changes due to Springfield being a lost society of 1988 people rediscovered in the 2300s, where social scientists attempt to bring them up to speed without major culture shock

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 9h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Hancock @1stamericanhoodlum.bsky.social · 45m

“Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king”

a young man is saying i am the king in a dark room

ALT: a young man is saying i am the king in a dark room

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h

Our volunteers are so creative :')

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DC Updates @updates4dc.bsky.social · 2h

Warner Bros. Discovery has rejected Paramount’s initial bid to acquire the company.

#WarnerBros #Paramount #DCStudios

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

Crazy week.

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Eli Purcell @epurcell.bsky.social · 59m

Fuck Larry Ellison

a cartoon character says good in front of a stone wall

ALT: a cartoon character says good in front of a stone wall

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 9h

Warner Bros has rejected Paramount’s first bid to buy the company

(via Bloomberg)

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7h

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 2h

Finding out that Jared Leto kept doing his method acting shit and insisted on staying in character on the set of Tron Ares and would only answer to the name of Ares is so funny, like making a big ass douche of yourself for the third Tron movie where you play “computer program that gains feelings”

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1h

Done for the day.
More tomorrow.
Goodnight.😴

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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