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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 5h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Francesca Hong 홍윤정 @francescahongwi.bsky.social · 1d

Honored to be included in a round-up with so many amazing women I so admire.
rollcall.com/2025/10/08/w...

Screenshot of article titled: 2026 could be breakout year for blue-collar democratic women

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Simon Parkin @simonparkin.bsky.social · 1d

In 2014 I wrote for @newyorker.com about @kurtjmac.bsky.social, a YouTuber who began walking in Minecraft and never stopped. His quest was to reach the Far Lands, a place at the limits of the algorithmic world, where the landscape breaks apart. On Saturday, after fourteen years, he arrived:

A Journey to the End of the World (of Minecraft)

www.newyorker.com

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 3d

Every time. More reliable than the Start Menu.

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 4d

Citadel and storm

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 4d

The Matrix sequels were good, ai can't understand why people felt otherwise in the moment.

Jón Kristinsson @jonkk.bsky.social · 4d

I think everyone should listen to The Matrix Sequel episodes of @blankcheck.bsky.social. Made me reappraise and appreciate them a lot more so many years later. ❤️

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wall of television screens

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a wall of television screens

media.tenor.com

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · 5d

Our entire catalogue for like $10, I don't know what to tell you! store.steampowered.com/bundle/6109/...

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Dr Victoria Taylor @spitfirefilly.bsky.social · 5d

Last few hours of #Afterburners currently being at half price - £15 instead of £30*! Make sure to unlock all 10 full aviation history lectures that have been curated into a unique dedicated audio series...

*Offers ends 00:01 BST/ on Monday 6th October

spitfirefillyaviation.com/afterburners

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B A L D E R @balderdragonslayer.bsky.social · 5d

ABYSS is done and available for download, if you have a PS Vita!
balderdragonslayer.itch.io/abyss
About 2 months of work and it turned out pretty cool if I may say so myself! 🦾
#abyss #indiegame #gamedev #vitaisland #reihen

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 5d

One natural strength of vehicle-based games: The user interface of a gamepad maps very cleanly to the user interfaces of real world vehicles.

Why485 @why485.bsky.social · 5d

I love games based around vehicles.

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 5d

i wrote about consume me for @theverge.com ✨

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 6d

One of the earliest examples of bar jokes is
Sumerian (c. 4500-1900 BC), and it features a dog:
"A dog walked into a tavern and said, 'I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!" [1] The humor of it is probably related to the Sumer way of life and has been lost, but the words remain.

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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Rabbit Engineering @rabbitengineering.com · 6d

September all work stalled due to other priorities, but I am back in the saddle. What does every WWII game need? Halftracks of course! Added the SDKfz 215 in two versions, and a new MG42 turret to add some spicy targets and adversaries. #gamedev #solodev #indiegame #indiedev #retrogaming #flightsim

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 6d

Please sell me Sim Copter

Patrick K Mills @pkernaghan.bsky.social · 6d

Since the new owners of ea will probably be butchering it for parts, might I suggest selling the Ultima ip to me? I can't pay much but I'm a cool dude 😎

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JuhrJuhr @juhrjuhr.itch.io · 6d

Today I'm starting a beta test of the full game. My plan is to have this running while I finish up a few final things and start on the final marketing push.

If you'd like to test and give feedback on the full game, come join the discord server: discord.gg/cQCET4NrgG

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

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M. Nolan Gray 🥑 @mnolangray.bsky.social · 7d

Lmaooooo

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 7d

Zuck went full dark maga with chains and baggy t-shirts over it

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Remember when it was a national scandal on the right that the White House pushed to take down a few tweets?

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7d

Remember when it was a national scandal on the right that the White House pushed to take down a few tweets?

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 8d

Apple agreed with the Trump admin’s demands that they remove apps that helped people track ICE agents from the Apple Store: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Apple Takes Down ICE Tracking Apps Amid Trump Pressure Campaign

www.nytimes.com

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 8d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 7d

Show me this aerial photo of that property and I could have told you myself there was abuse going on.

Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 7d

An FBI raid revealed 57 victims of forced labor living in cramped quarters at a lavish #Florida mansion connected to the leaders of a church, federal officials say.
www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-... via @miamiherald.com

Raid of church leader’s Florida mansion reveals 57 forced laborers, feds say

The victims, called “armor bearers” by the church, are threatened with damnation if they fail to meet their quotas, federal officials say.

www.miamiherald.com

Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 7d

lol get him

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 7d

Going to grab it and hopefully check it out. It looks *inspired* for being a 1991 game.

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Jon Coughlin @clicktozoom.bsky.social · 7d

I never heard of this game and it looks incredible.
Also, the B-52 was already 36 years old when this game first released!!!! (It's 61 years old now and scheduled to continue flying until it's 85)

Space Game Junkie @spacegamejunkie.bsky.social · 7d

Friends, today in Megafortress, we'll learn the fine arts of radar evasion and refueling | Game Link: http://dlvr.it/TNS19G | Stream Links: http://dlvr.it/TNS19L | Discord: http://dlvr.it/TNS19Q

Save 55% on Megafortress Collection on Steam

Take to the skies for gripping air-assault missions with the Megafortress Collection. This complete package includes the original 1991 DOS classic Megafortress, the Operation Sledgehammer and Operation Skymaster expansions, and the Mission Editor for Operation Skymaster.

dlvr.it

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