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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 19h

On today's stream, we're joined by @ckunzelman.bsky.social, author of a book about Assassin's Creed coming out next month, to discuss all things AC, including Ubisoft's recently canceled Reconstruction-era game. Also, the Discord hack. We go live at 4 PM ET

www.twitch.tv/aftermathdot...

yasuke and naoe from assassin's creed shadows

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 22h

oh look another a.) banger from Rachel and b) more evidence that working smarter not harder is the way to go

Rachel Bachman, WSJ sports reporter @realbachscore.bsky.social · 22h

Cool thing about her is she trains *less* than most of her peers. I talked to a former NASA scientist about why it works:
www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...

The Secret Behind America’s Once-in-a-Generation Weightlifter: Not Lifting Weights

Olivia Reeves ended Team USA’s 24-year gold-medal drought in weightlifting. She became a champion by training half as much as her peers.

www.wsj.com

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · 23h

I hate gay Halloween, what do you mean you’re Ancient Greek particles used in conjunction to denote correlative clauses.

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Award-Winning Reporter Dave Colon @davecolon.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it's universal daylighting or restarting Mayor Adams' stalled bus lanes, Zohran Mamdani told Streetsblog he'll get his agenda done even if means fighting the DOT deep state or the big shot political bosses who just endorsed him nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/10/09/m...

Mamdani Vows To Defy DOT Insiders, Political Bosses To Pursue His Streets Agenda - Streetsblog New York City

Mamdani pledged stand up to bureaucrats and political power players who oppose his plans to make streets safer and buses faster.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 1d

“I saw the sun coming out,” said Frog. “I saw birds sitting and singing in a tree. I saw my mother and father working in their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 1d

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

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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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 3d

have been desperately looking for this old erotic Spanish comic I stumbled on almost 10 years ago called "El secreto de Frankenstein" and I'm so happy to report I finally found it

black & white comic panel depicting a sexy, thicc Frankenstein's monster disrobing in 3 different poses - pulling his shirt of his shoulder, seen at an angle; from the front, shirtless, beginning to take his pants off; then almost totally nude as seen from behind. the words at the top read "Strip-tease de Frankenstein..."

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Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social · 2d

AWWWW

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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 3d

Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime

Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

www.404media.co

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bijan @bijan.bsky.social · 3d

grocery stores where they play a thunder noise while spraying the produce with water >>>>>

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Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social · 3d

oh no

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JokerSince 2022 @fansince09.bsky.social · 3d

If Philadelphia did an Omelas situation for sports success there’d be people calling WIP like “Yo we’re going too easy on that kid. Gotta torture that kid more” whenever there’s a loss

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erin @equifax.bsky.social · 3d

i appreciate how much attention this review gives to my main gripe with the album: its overreliance on stock internet phrases. stuff like “girlbossed too close to the sun” and the eldest daughter meme are such lazy references, made for people to point and go “ooh i know that tiktok!”

Defector @defector.com · 3d

No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it…

defector.com

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aaron @aaron.mn · 3d

Everyone's focusing on copyright, but I wish there were more conversation about how vapid Sora is. It's the lifeless conclusion of tech companies pounding our brains to pudding. Evil, evil, evil software in the most literal sense.

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Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social · 3d

I have not enjoyed The Barefoot Contessa at all, an even dumber scenario of a guy whose junk doesn't work because of war than The Sun Also Rises

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Garfield and Friends Screens @garfieldscreens.bsky.social · 4d

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Scott Anderson @impossible.bsky.social · 6d

This quote...

What people want to replace you with is what they think you already are. If companies, bosses, and boyfriends want to replace you with a robot or an AI model, that’s because they already see you and what you do as simply the workings of a machine with far too many bugs.

Sara McH 🤧 covid mode @saramchenry.bsky.social · 6d

This essay is a banger. houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/you-dont-n... (obligatory "wish it weren't on substack")

You Don't Need to Log off, You Need to Become Sensual

The digital world the wealthy are creating is designed to detach us from our bodies

houseofmirrors.substack.com

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Simone de Rochefort @doomquasar.bsky.social · 6d

A Rachel Handler Instant Classic

Owen Lewis @owensports.bsky.social · 6d

"it commits the cardinal sin of heterosexuality: Don’t ever tell a man he’s stacked *and* his podcast is good. This line may singlehandedly fast-track the downfall of civilization."

www.vulture.com/article/tayl...

I Didn’t Need to Know All of That About Travis Kelce

On Taylor Swift’s “Wood.”

www.vulture.com

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck apps - build websites.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 6d

New from 404 Media: Google removed an ICE-spotting app too. Called Red Dot, an immigration support group on the ground in Chicago told me it was using it. Google now removed, just like Apple did with ICEBlock after DOJ pressure. Google calls ICE vulnerable group
www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 6d

If the people in charge here insist on being cringey memelords desperate for rightwing approval they should at least hire a Yaccarino who posts like "Thanks to the bountiful oxygen filling our global town square, the sky is bluer than ever! Now everyone can log in and breathe through their mouths 😎"

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Lauren Hallden @laurenhallden.com · 8d

Yet again, someone who stays up for multiple nights in a row, slipping into mania while the chatbot does nothing to disengage. The easiest safeguard to add, and it seems none of these companies have cared enough to try.

performative male @milesklee.bsky.social · 8d

This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks

Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

www.rollingstone.com

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 8d

alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social - 20h
theyre called the yankees because they like to yankeeach other's penises

Woderful wisart
@leonardcohenfan19.bsky.social
Inanpropriate post on my feed

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