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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 15h

Frogs are doing more to fight fascism than most democrats.

Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

D223 @d223.bsky.social · 15h

Indeed, Scott Cawthon is basically the video game version of JK Rowling.

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🎃LoZza🎃 @cocoafox023.bsky.social · 20h

But they just used the theme with Ash's Championship battle just recently

They definitely have the rights to it, and Nintendo has a stake at the Pokemon Company too

Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 21h

The thing is that we don’t exactly know who owns copyright rights over the Pokémon theme.

It could be the Pokémon Company.
It could be Nintendo.
It could be 4Kids.
It could even be the singer, Jason Paige, who may have all rights to the song.

Copyright is a bitch.

🎃LoZza🎃 @cocoafox023.bsky.social · 23h

Other companies are DMCA striking Homeland Security for using their brands to push fascism yet Pokemon Company has yet to do the same

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 22h

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 23h

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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TheSpookySpaceman 🪐 @thehappyspaceman.bsky.social · 4d

I had no idea the creator of VeggieTales was a chill guy. Most people I know of who make explicitly Christian media tend to be crazies.

Also, this series of tweets really highlights just how wild the Book of Revelation is. There's a reason Aphrodite's Child's 666 turned out the way it did.

Crimson Mayhem @crimsonmayhem.bsky.social · 7d

A message from Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales.

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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 19h

The Pokemon Company and Nintendo need to do the same.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 1d

Homeland Security’s tweets are starting to get DMCA’d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 19h

He's a admitting that he's a klansmen.

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 1d

There is no ethical way to engage with Harry Potter.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 2d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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nobody @granddad.bsky.social · 2d

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad these slimy comedians are getting ripped to shreds, but can we hold ALL of the actors who have said "yes" to new harry potter trash to the same standards please

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

We banned a guy on the Steam forums for repeatedly saying there were “too many women” in our game

So he flipped his positive review to negative

Still totally worth it

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🎃LoZza🎃 @cocoafox023.bsky.social · 23h

Other companies are DMCA striking Homeland Security for using their brands to push fascism yet Pokemon Company has yet to do the same

🎃LoZza🎃 @cocoafox023.bsky.social · 18d

Hey Pokemon Company

You need to stop holding world tournaments in the US. They're using your brand for fascism

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking disgrace to its name.

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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 1d

Epstein's nazi buddy to more precise.

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🎃LoZza🎃 @cocoafox023.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no the boycott orchestrated by Epstein's buddy didn't work

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Donald Trump today, "I can't guarantee Netanyahu won't bоmb Gaza after ceasefire deal"

Donald Trump is literally now the person in charge of Gaza, in a deal which he forced.

An attack on Gaza should be treated as an attack on the USA.

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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 1d

He just wants the "Nobel Peace Prize" (which he doesn't deserve btw since he's bombing fishing boats). He was never anti-war to begin with.

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 4d

No mainstream leaders, pundits, media, will treat her life as important as Kirk's.

None will see this shooting as dangerous as Kirk's.

None will value a brown woman as much as that white man.

This isn't just about Republicans. It's the values at the heart of leadership & institutions in America.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This pretty much captures the contradictions of the politics of Kirk and Turning Point: Of course we oppose doxxing and violence, but we will absolutely use inflammatory language, false claims, and enemies list that fuels threats and intimidation.

Several days after publishing the petition calling for Dr. Bray’s dismissal from Rutgers, the Turning Point USA chapter added an update saying that it did not support harassment or the doxxing of him or anyone else.

“I think that all death threats and doxxing are unjustified and not how political disputes should be resolved in civilized society,” Ava Kwan, a Turning Point USA chapter member, said in an email on Wednesday.
But she defended the broader point of the petition, saying, “I think Dr. Antifa, who believes in violence as a political tool, should be fired, of course. Taxpayer money should not fund the salaries of terrorists.”

For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list.

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D223 @d223.bsky.social · 1d

The "source" in question...

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Transphobes Can't Read @lordaslan.bsky.social · 2d

Excited for the free speech crowd to get outraged about this.

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Prof Anna Watts @profannawatts.bsky.social · 2d

Lol the Nobels can't even acknowledge women's contribution to discovery. But sure let's acknowledge The Machines.

Headline from an article in Nature this week that states "Prizes must recognize machine contributions to discovery. The future of science will be written by humans and machines together. Awards should reflect that reality."

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

CBS was the home of Walter Cronkite, “the most trusted man in America.”

This week CBS announced it will be the home of new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, a right wing firebrand who made her name by getting professors fired for criticizing the Israeli government.
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Danger Lurks As CBS Capitulates To Right Wing Extremism

As corporate media and the White House blur into one unholy entity, we must be intellectually armed and ready to fight the increasing disinformation war

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 2d

I get it but I really dislike the "the political climate is tense" phrasing the same way I don't like the "Gaza war" phrasing - we're foregoing that one side is people who want to live and the other side is people who have more power and both the means and intent to destroy and harm.

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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