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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 12h

Enshittification at its finest

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

from AT&T to Discovery these companies fired 50,000 people! And destroyed countless popular programs! And created a much shittier product!

seems like maybe important context

Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 1d

Thank the lord I was able to get a reimbursement check for the $2.50 poster board, sharpie and free paint stirring stick handle for my sign

Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 1d

But get 300 idiots gathered with tricorn hats with teabags dangling from them who don’t want to pay taxes and it’s a years long story

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AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes @azagmayes.bsky.social · 5d

Time is up. I gave Speaker Mike Johnson two days to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Arizona's 7th congressional district 813,000 Arizonans are now being taxed without representation. I have lawyers downstairs right now drafting litigation.

youtu.be/9OBdjsGntQI?...

AG Mayes Demands Speaker Johnson Swear In Adelita Grijalva | The Lead with Jake Tapper CNN

YouTube video by Arizona Attorney General's Office

youtu.be

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5d

“Kids”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

An important message to the people of New York City.

More information at zohranfornyc.com/birthday

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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 6d

They represented your values until it was caught on camera

Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 6d

America First though, right?

Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 7d

No one wants to see that. What we'd prefer to see is living human actors, writers, directors and crew making art. But hey, let's spend billions making an inferior product that also has the side benefit of putting tons of people out of work.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7d

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 7d

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 8d

It’s deeply encouraging to see footage of hostages reuniting with their families and to see Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza.

There are obviously many more steps to achieving a lasting peace but today’s developments should give us all a profound sense of hope.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 11d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 11d

Nothing about this game so far is making that feeling go away

Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 11d

um... wut?

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Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations Ubisoft!
You've empowered the very people you seek to avoid to keep doing the shit that scared you in the first place.

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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 13d

🎯🎯🎯

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 13d

Life would have been better never knowing what I'd lost because of these racists. Because this might kill me.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 13d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

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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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 14d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 14d

No one ever tries to bribe me. I'd settle for a reuben in a Zingerman's bag

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 14d

We will rebuild

Frank A. Stengel @frankstengel.com · 14d

Horrible, horrible images from Portland:

Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 16d

It was a beautiful Sunday in Portland. Farmer’s markets, the Portland Marathon, peaceful protests, and some views of Mt. Hood. This city is vibrant, peaceful, and resilient. We do not need a federal occupation, and we sure as hell don’t want one.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 14d

It should be very very clear to everyone right now that the Attorney General was asked under oath if she possesses pics of the President with undressed teens and she refused to say “no.”

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 18d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Darren Schoen @darrenschoen.bsky.social · 19d

🎯 When a driverless car kills someone, an army of lawyers will make sure that no one pays a price.

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Mia Brett @queenmab.bsky.social · 19d

There is no amount of cozying up to fascism that saves Jews from it. The ADL gave cover for antisemitism and scorched their reputation only for the Trump admin to attack them at the first chance

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