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Alan @casinogrande.bsky.social · 12h

If you're looking for a clip: bsky.app/profile/ab21...

American Bridge 21st Century @ab21.bsky.social · 13h

WATCH: Winsome Earle-Sears says her opposition to marriage equality or her support for LGTBQ+ Americans being fired for being gay is "not discrimination." #VAGov

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Ebil @ebil.bsky.social · 1d

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Alan @casinogrande.bsky.social · 22h

It's the beginning of the letters page for issue 12, at least within the U.S. edition.

Beginning of letters page to issue 12 of The Power fantasy, titled "The End of History"

Alan @casinogrande.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not sure if this is the part you're referring to but it sounds like the success of this arc determines whether they go past 16.

Page from issue 12 of "The Power Fantasy" which includes the description
It's also a crucial arc - it's basically where we decide if we want to go further or wrap at 16. It's a good ending at 16, but clearly there's much more we'd like to show, and it'd be a shame not to. Sales are fine, but there's a difference between "fine" and "able to go for 30+ issues."

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Saint Riot @saintriot.bsky.social · 2d

In Final Fantasy Tactics if a unit gains too much faith they leave your party to go find God. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you had Beast Tongue and got a monster unit to maximum faith? Of course you haven't. No one has.

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 1d

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 1d

Me, in 1522:

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

given how bad this admin are at optics they're going to get into a fight with the catholics at some point i fear

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 1d

that we, surely trusting in thy defense, may not fear the power of any adversaries;

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 3d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 6d

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 6d

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 6d

reddit occupied government

Ken Dilanian
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The challenge coins being handed out by @FBIDirectorKash. Seems someone put a lot of thought into this.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 7d

Still in awe of this statement that DHS gave me in response to a lawsuit by a U.S. citizen who was arrested twice by ICE officers, quite obviously because he was a Latino construction worker reason.com/2025/10/01/i...

Screenshot of article text: In a statement provided to Reason, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called Venegas' lawsuit "baseless" and said it was "race-baiting opportunism" that contributed to an alleged 1,000 percent increase in assaults on ICE officers.

"Allegations that DHS law enforcement officers engage in 'racial profiling' are disgusting, reckless, and categorically FALSE," McLaughlin said. "What makes someone a target for immigration enforcement is if they are illegally in the U.S.—NOT their skin color, race, or ethnicity. Under the fourth amendment of the U.S. Constitution, DHS law enforcement uses 'reasonable suspicion' to make arrests. There are no 'indiscriminate stops' being made. The Supreme Court recently vindicated us on this question. DHS enforces federal immigration law without fear, favor, or prejudice."

The DHS Office of Public Affairs did not respond to a follow-up questions of why, then, Venegas was targeted if he was a U.S. citizen and what reasonable suspicion officers had to detain him twice, including after he presented a valid ID.

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Alan @casinogrande.bsky.social · 7d

Just wrote to President Beilock's office!

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Momster for Gliberty 🧟 @fakegreekgrill.bsky.social · 8d

Such an accurate model is expected to increase revenues by as much as #REF!.

Johnnnnnnnn @johnnewhouse.bsky.social · 8d

lol, wrong almost half the time

Microsoft says its agent mode in excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an AI model’s ability to edit real world spreadsheets.

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Leonid Baezhnev @rev-avocado.bsky.social · 10d

As anyone who has had a landlord can tell you, the worst landlords are not huge, faceless property management entities with a professionalized staff, nor a homeowner renting their basement unit, but the small-capitalist landlords in between.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10d

i am reminded of when matt stoller lost his mind over this column, and saw it as evidence of my “pro-corporate” bias. he literally could not grasp the idea that the smallness of a business does not necessarily alter its relationship to production or to the workers it employs

Opinion | The Small-Business Tyrant Has a Favorite Political Party (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 11d

Nothing more embarrassing to be than an ICE agent.

"Oh, you've got a big day at work? Do you have to stand around an elementary school awkwardly waiting to separate a family? And that's your job? You get paid to do that? And I'm sure you show your face. Oh, you don't? Why not? Is this shameful?"

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 17d

Cover to Batman: The Black Mirror in which this is more or less the villain's actual plot

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Benjamin Birdie’s Bible Bonkers @benjaminbirdie.bsky.social · 17d

people don't know what a big star wars guy he is, they don't even know "JB" stands for "Jar-Jar Binks"

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 17d

"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."

Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.

Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday

Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday

variety.com

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Alan @casinogrande.bsky.social · 17d

As much as I enjoyed those sketches when they aired, they didn't actually cost the network close the advertised amount, did they? It felt like a funny bit you can do on the way out but not an actual representation of what he could force the network to provide.

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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · May 5

The US is imposing 1000% tariffs on ma, the concept of emptiness or negative space in Japanese cinema. From now on if a character quietly admires a river or sips a cup of tea, theaters will be taxed millions

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Jaysun Silver @jaysunsilver.bsky.social · 21d

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 21d

a post from Alex Blechman

God: In my book I invented the GOLDEN CALF as a cautionary tale

Evangelicals: At long last, we have created the GOLDEN CALF from the classic novel THE BIBLE

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Mouflon Cloud @mouflon.cloud · 21d

the elevator scene from ff7 and barret says the quoted tweet text "technology used to be cool, but now it’s owned by the worst, most moneysick humans on the planet. but there are transsexual furry hackers out there still fighting the good fight"

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 21d

Watching prominent commenters followed by dozens of people I know say "it's over" because Jimmy Kimmel got suspended...like, they actually killed Medgar Evers, in defense of a fascist system that had been in place for decades. Imagine social media that day! Read history and have some self-respect.

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dino! 🌈 @dinosaurgerms.bsky.social · Apr 6

random thought ive had for weeks: a version of “Virtua Cop” where Buffalo Springfield gently warns you when bad guys appear

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