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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 5h

Typed out an ultra pedantic post about UK Copens having 1300cc engines and hence them not being kei cars but I didn't want to fart on your post. Top spot.

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 11h

No gods
No kings
Only frogs

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 1d

Little bit of trivia about twin sticks in FPS on PS1: Medal of Honor in 1999 pips Alien Resurrection to the post on having modern FPS controls. BUT, the only reason why it's a lesser-known example is because they're buried away as the *fourth* option after a couple of really odd ones.

A snapshot of Medal of Honors control config screen with a render of a dual shock. The fourth option is left stick move, right stick look, and having fire buttons on triggers.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Gonna tell my kids this started the Isekai genre

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Team Radar Love @midnightdorifto.bsky.social · 1d

good morning and once again: here’s a reason why I love the Replica Industrial Complex

cars.bonhams.com/auction/3102...

1975 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 'Rote Sau'

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

Road trip going well

Steering Wheel and dash with phone holder. The phone is on Spotify and playing “Over 1000 Farts 1 Hour”

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 21h

when nobody ordered you anything from the ramen place

orange cat staring balefully at the camera

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 21h

Now ask ShitGPT what it thinks 'burned their last slug' means.

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Dr. Canuck, MD @drcanuckmd.medsky.social · 1d

The AntiFrogs are multiplying

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Riyadh Comedy Massacre @ruleo.bsky.social · 1d

putting on the official Halloween soundtrack

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 21h

Appalling

Didymus Holmes (They/Them) @luparicommand.center · 1d

The most famous shopping mall in history, one which attracts thousands of visitors a year just to walk its halls, is to be demolished by 2028 if Walmart gets its wicked way.

Walmart Hopes to Demolish the ‘Dawn of the Dead’ Mall Within the Next Two Years

Imagine this. The mall from the original horror classic Dawn of the Dead, George A. Romero’s masterful takedown of ravenous American consumerism, is being destroyed decades later by Walmart. It’s a st...

bloody-disgusting.com

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Phone mount decided to test me. It fell off the screen, and I then tried to gently clean and adjust it.

The fucking thing chose to respond by firing its guts all over the car.

I replied by bouncing it five times off a concrete bollard, then stamping on it.

In short, it chose...poorly.

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

do they need any slugs m9

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

sake

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 1d

All my comics have happy endings!

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

change the internet by ignoring it

NPR @npr.org · 1d

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos? n.pr/3KLJLqk

Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Holly Woman

Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.bsky.social · 2d

I could write a thesis on this ad.

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING🚨Trump did four pints of rage-diarrhoea directly in to his bad suit when he found out he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Leadpaw @leadpaw.bsky.social · 1d

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JD Burgess @blacktopmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Also I didn't think Shadow of The Beast was that good.
Staggering artwork but the game itself was dull. I see it as a tech demo to show off what the Amiga could do graphically.