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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1h

this guy is on death's fucking doorstep man, mark my words. they're doing way too much right now.

aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1h

the sheer pseudoscience of this headline alone is astonishing. what the fuck is a "cardiac age"? if Trump's heart is 65 it's because he had the heart of a younger man carved out of his body and transplanted into his own.

Reuters @reuters.com · 13h

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 11h

The way you'll bring this up and get a chorus of "Oh, I never thought of that" from cis people when it lives eternally in our heads....

moby spookgirl 🎃🏳️‍⚧️ @eigenvectrix.myatproto.social · 1d

Make no mistake, when the state imprisons a trans woman in a men's prison, it intentionally procures her for the purpose of having her raped. The statistics are extremely clear-cut and consistent in every jurisdiction where they have been collected. There is no way around them

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 21h

library uploaded two trimmed versions so far, I think he's probably gonna play it like one more time and be done with it, but it's reminding me so much of his quarry playthrough lmao www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvxU...
youtu.be/L54S3RsSMmE?...

The Northernlion Chinese Century has arrived

YouTube video by The Library of Letourneau

www.youtube.com

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 21h

I think this is the real economy killer. the other sanctions and tariffs and eliminating the under $800 exemption were bad, but our economies are so deeply entwined that this will genuinely do harm to the average American's wallet like you've never seen before.

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 23h

Trump just threatened to impose severe, unprecedented tariffs on Chinese imports. He won’t negotiate with Xi at the upcoming APEC summit, choosing to sink the global economy. The Dow is already down 300 points. This will devastate American small businesses and cause your expenses to skyrocket.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 22h

EXCLUSIVE — DHS Acting General Counsel sent out a memo Wednesday to all Federal Protective Service staff (the sub-agency that guards federal buildings) letting officers know they could take any action necessary "in the vicinity" federal property to protect themselves.

The Handbasket reports:

DHS top lawyer says 'no legal barrier' to actions officers can take to defend federal property

In a memo obtained exclusively by The Handbasket, Federal Protective Service (FPS) officers were given free rein.

www.thehandbasket.co

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 21h

you know I was literally thinking that when I wrote it

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

well thank goodness they intervened

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

and let us not forget Mafia fucking 3.

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

the most egregious part about this world class display of cowardice is that they're WRONG. RDR2 isn't a particularly "woke" game (by that demo's standards, they still ate it up) and people LOVED that you could find and slaughter klansmen in that game. they would have ate this shit up.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 1d

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

for the record I prefaced this with the qualification MAY BE only because I think Newsom's ability to harm trans people outside of CA is greatly limited by the fact that he has absolutely no juice and is very unlikely to become president.

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

Gavin Newsom continues to be a disappointment to trans Californians. TWIBS brought to you by @alyssaur.bsky.social

TWIBS: Governor Newsom May Be a Threat to Trans Americans — Assigned

Gavin Newsom has spent a lot of time declaring himself the greatest hero of the queer community to ever live, but his words and actions rarely seem to align these days.

www.assignedmedia.org

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

I could spend the rest of my life watching NL play Road to Empress

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

I am constantly stunned at how much more professional and better informed most indie trans journalists are than almost every highly paid staff writer at a prestigious news outlet these days

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Jeanine 💙 @madammaleficent.bsky.social · 2d

This October remember that wearing pink doesn't offer breast exams to at-risk populations, but Planned Parenthood does.

Support Planned Parenthood

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 2d

a thing to keep in mind, moving forward, is that if you're ditching this shithole, don't tell us about it on social media until you're safely on the other side

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 1d

We've had a ton of amazing entries for our Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day art contest, but there's still a little over 24 hours left for those who want to win cash or cool prizes and help us show up the farce that is honoring a far right extremist.

Get your entry in now, hurry before the deadline!

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 18d

ART CONTEST!!!

It's the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day ART CONTEST brought to you by Assigned Media!!

That's right, you heard us.

It's a Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day Art Contest from Assigned Media!

Rules:
1. No AI
2. Drawings calling for further violence or lionizing the shooter will be disqualified.
3. All entry art can be used by Assigned Media, other rights remain with the artist.
4. 1st Prize = $500
5. 2 special mention prizes courtesy of Nora Reed Designs
6. All entries must be submitted by October 10 to AssignedMedia@proton.me
7. Winners to be announced October 14

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 2d

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

thank you for your service 🙏

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aly gibbs [spooky] @alyssaur.bsky.social · 1d

I had to go see

I wish that I had not...

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 2d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3d

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

The newsletter is our primary perk for Assigned Members, free to them but not available otherwise. It's the single best way for readers to support our reporting.

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Support Assigned Media by becoming a member for $12 a month and get our weekly newsletter.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2d

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 3d

I'm writing the newsletter this week on a question I think a lot of us have been pondering: When is it really time to leave the country?

The newsletter is our primary perk for Assigned Members, free to them but not available otherwise. It's the single best way for readers to support our reporting.

Become a Member — Assigned

Support Assigned Media by becoming a member for $12 a month and get our weekly newsletter.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 2d

I feel a bit bad to see a worthy effort roasted, but by my reckoning the New York Times bears the second greatest responsibility for the decline of science in the U. S., after the Trump administration.

Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 2d

New piece from me asking "What are extreme overvalued beliefs and why does Genspect think all trans people have them?"

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 2d

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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d.ly @dly.bsky.social · 2d

EVERYONE: come to Mastodon, it's so easy and fun now!

ME:

a post it that berger used to break up w/ carrie in sex and the city that says "i'm sorry i can't don't hate me"

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