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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jul 29

also stop using their cards and pay cash or with your local bankcard.

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Signing Mass Effect @ Essen! @ithayla.bsky.social · Jul 25

visa and mastercard deciding what games are allowed to be sold is an apocalyptic level threat to the games industry. phone calls are the highest impact way to help.

this is an all hands on deck situation. the enemy got results with 1000 phone calls.

we can beat them

phone numbers and a script:

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Matt McNeil Show @mattmcneilshow.bsky.social · Jul 15

There was no legal explanation, as this ruling had nothing to do with law, only with ideology.

A core belief of the people bankrolling the Right is that the idea of 'quality education for all' is an abomination. They feel education is something only for the wealthy. www.rawstory.com/shadow-docke...

Supreme Court's new 'seismic' ruling with 'zero explanation' stuns legal experts

The U.S. Supreme Court has released another shadow docket decision with major implications for Department of Education employees on Monday, all without a "single word of explanation," according to leg...

www.rawstory.com

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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Apr 5

know yourself

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Mar 20

up to 11 and beyond

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Mar 15

liar

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Mar 15

a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people

ALT: a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people

media.tenor.com

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Mar 14

Theo trump in china

vrtnws @vrtnws.be · Mar 14

Chinees restaurant betaalt 4.000 klanten terug nadat plasincident vrtnws.be/p.dLo9aoVY4?t=174... @vrtnws.be

Chinees restaurant betaalt 4.000 klanten terug nadat plasincident

vrtnws.be

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Mar 11

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

benion
Grieving a wasted life
At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to
re-elected in contrast to standing up for the
reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades
greater good?
were devoted to protecting America. Sacri
A compromised Supreme Court recently
fices were made both by myself and my fam-
trotted out a shallow token standards of
Ily in military service. The tip of the spear:
conduct for themselves. Apparently it's
Countless weeks over the years were spent
not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people?
living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since.
way?"
The purpose: if required, be airborne
Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un-
in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a
challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts
nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly:
of interest abound. The rule of law is situ-
ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet-
ational if adhered to at all. America can no
nam provided a brief interlude, but overall,
longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of
this long line of silent sentinels stood firm
power and wealth driven by unquenchable
to protect America by deterring external
greed has left service above self and Con-
threats to our freedoms and way of life
stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint
across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued
Recently the VA said exposure to Agent
with a sense of service.
Orange is the probable cause of the can-
I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered
cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause
on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than
military pilots to have significantly higher
founded on mere beli…

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Feb 26

This will be great!

LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Feb 24

What are the risks of extreme wealth?

Join us on 6 March, 6.30pm for a panel discussion with Fernanda Balata, @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social, @garyseconomics.bsky.social, @deschuttero.bsky.social and Tania Burchardt as they explore the viability of an extreme wealth line.

Register here:

Where do we draw the line? Exploring an extreme wealth line

Public event at LSE | Ingrid Robeyns, Olivier De Schutter, Fernanda Balata, Gary Stevenson, Tania Burchardt | Thurs 6 March, 6.30 to 8.00pm

buff.ly

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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Feb 25

it's very easy to not like someone yet like what they've created.
nothing special about it.

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Feb 24

Why capitalism and democracy don’t mix…

Me on @oxfamgb.bsky.social Equals Podcast

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Common Sense @cmmnsensedspnsr.bsky.social · Feb 24

More true every day

Passage from Carl Sagan’s 1995 book, the demon haunted world. The passage states “ not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you’re in love, you want to tell the world. This book is a personal statement, reflecting, my lifelong love affair with science. but there’s another reason: Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking. I have a four boating of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time - when the United States is a service or information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those and authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good, and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media. The 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially, a kind of celebration of ignorance.

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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Feb 18

the Gulf of Mexico is experiencing moderate weather conditions today. Water temperatures range from 59.9°F to 80.8°F, with the warmest temperatures in Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, and the coldest in Freeport, TX.

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Feb 15

what a joke

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Feb 15

your innie knows

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Dr. Tracy @tracyrenee70.bsky.social · Feb 15

"Some believe it
is only great power
that can hold evil in
check, but that is not
what I have found. It
is the small everyday
deeds of ordinary folk
that keep the darkness
at bay. Small acts of
kindness and love.'

-J.R.R. Tolkien

The Hobbit, pub. 1937

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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · Feb 12

www.propublica.org/article/elon...

One Agency Tried to Regulate SpaceX. Now Its Fate Could Be in Elon Musk’s Hands.

The Trump ally and DOGE chief is expected to turn his budget-slashing sights on the FAA’s little-known commercial spaceflight office, which has proposed fines and grounded SpaceX after explosions and ...

www.propublica.org

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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Feb 12

De ticketprijzen van @delijn
optrekken met 20 procent op het moment dat de dienstverlening er op achteruit gaat en je nooit echt zeker bent of een bus wel zal komen opdagen, dat is onbegrijpelijk.

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 23

games are not underperforming, those execs are

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 14

my ai cares to differ
Understanding Atheism and Demographics
Absolutely! There isn't just one atheist girl in the world - in fact, there are millions of women who identify as atheists globally

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 14

apparently he remains partially human even after transforming ;)

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 14

those are not men

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duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 14

duder @duderpiere.bsky.social · Jan 6

congrats