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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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K'eeg @armormodekeeg.blacksky.app · 12h

may you attain enlightenment

top half of image is text that reads:
I'm addicted to this Buddhism game. Think Duolingo, but instead of learning a language, you're becoming a Buddhism expert. It's fun, fast, and literally built by game designers and teachers. I finally feel like I'm finding some peace in my everyday life.

bottom half is two screenshots of indie shoot-em-up ZeroRanger, showcasing various spaceships and robots shooting in a two-tone green and orange color scheme

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Deborah Lynn @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 6h

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

In Minnesota, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

Hundreds of U.S. students quarantined amid measles outbreaks

At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

www.nbcnews.com

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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 7h

The focus on pornography and blaming it for every social problem has led to actual predators flying under the radar until it's too late.

Stop blaming porn and start finding actual solutions.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 9h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

churchleaders.com

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SPACEMOUSE 🇨🇦 @spacemouse.ca · 7h

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🎀 SLUMPNEKO 🎀 🐾 @slumpneko.bsky.social · 7h

First play through? first time streaming a new game? all that tonight on the burple site! going in completely blind! what can go wrong (─‿─)

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Video Game Art Archive @gameartarchive.bsky.social · 8h

Bosses
'Final Fantasy'
Game Boy Advance

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Basil 🌿 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 16h

Keep furry freaky

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Sera @serageranium.bsky.social · 1d

There's nothing wrong with Hooters per se, but only a deeply sexually repressed society would be capable of producing Hooters. It's wild that it existed alongside Applebee's and Chilli's. Yeah man let's go to the psychosexual chicken wing place.

"I want to watch sports and eat chicken wings but I also want to constantly be aware that every waitress in this restaurant was hired for her fat tits. No I want them to be clothed the whole time. I just wanna know that like, in the background."

Any upstanding pervert could come up with a strip club. That's good honest fun. But even a normal pervert couldn't come up Hooters. You gotta be a pervert who doesn't even know you're a pervert.

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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 7d

illustration, login, magazine (1986) archive.org/details/logi...

a boy or young man with black hair using a computer with a hand device above attached to a circle that has hanging floppy disk covers with floppy disks in them. it can be spun around, as demonstrated by the illustration.

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gundampixel @gundampixel.bsky.social · 1d

An international ‘what’s your favorite Gundam’ voting page has gone live. Results will include regional favorites, alongside the 'one to beat them all’ globally. 🥇 Which one will you pick?!

Site: gundam-official.com/feature/vote...

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

groceries and consumer goods way higher, higher deductibles/employee contributions for health and other benefits, weaker dollar, frozen labor market. this is an incredible squeeze!

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

also waiting for the "employers stop 401k matching" trend to really kick in

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

oh and more good news. i understand current estimates to be that consumers are bearing around 40% of the tariff costs on average right now. should rise to around 60% in a few months! congrats to all of us

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jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 1d

here's the problem: they're going up like crazy EVERYWHERE. on a private, non-union payroll? be prepared for material changes in your employer-procured plans as well this next open enrollment cycle

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

“I don’t think, in health policy history, we’ve [ever] seen as big a projected increase in health insurance premiums.”

As the federal government enters the ninth day of its shutdown, soaring health care costs, the crux of the shutdown fight, are looking increasingly likely.

Brace for the largest-ever spike in health insurance premiums

The GOP's backdoor plan to gut Obamacare: Kill the tax credits.

www.motherjones.com

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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Tzfardea Tzedek 🐸 @jsx.bsky.social · 1d

They've done it. They've reinvented "autism is a Jewish plot to weaken the West" from a brand new set of crazy ass starting assumptions.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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ButtercupBandito @buttercupbandito.bsky.social · 1d

Little Rocket Lab is a game worth checking out.

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Steam forums

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ButtercupBandito @buttercupbandito.bsky.social · 1d

I love seeing so many new people learning to hate and despise Argus/Argath.

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Todd Ciolek @kidfenris.bsky.social · 1d

So this guy was pretty much wrong about everything.

Argath aka Algus yells "Animals have no God!!" like a jerk. The original translation of Final Fantasy Tactics is notoriously rough, but I always liked how blunt this line was.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Cagle Cats @caglecats.bsky.social · 2d

That's a snoozy sleepy boy right there

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 3d

Fuck Gavin Newsom. No I'm not voting for him.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 3d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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