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Eerookah

@eerookah.bsky.social

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Internet muskox, queer person, economist & a bunch of other stuff. 40/any pronouns. Don't expect a cohesive brand from me. Please no begging/solicitation. I'm tired and poor as fuck.

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Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · Nov 7

Just to Start, since this is a member of my discipline either obfuscating the truth or forgetting it: The cost of shelter has risen much faster than the cost of the items used to measure inflation (usually a 'basket of goods')

Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Nov 7

Love the charts. I wish people were more curious about why people's lived reality doesn't match up with the charts, because nothing is more frustrating to poor people than feeling like they're being gaslit by exasperated Democrats

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Nov 7

Everyone has utterly lost the plot about the actual material state of the economy. It's as if the last 4 years did not happen. Denial of the shape of the earth. There's really no other conclusion other than that nothing actually matters anymore. We're through the looking glass into pure vibes.

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Uallys, probably! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @uallysdrgn.bsky.social · 9h

They should give it to Greta, not only because she fucking deserves it, but because it'll piss off all the maga chuds and liberals lmao

James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 12h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Anthony Oliveira @meakoopa.bsky.social · 2d

protest for Palestine in Shibuya Tokyo !

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SrBilyon @srbilyon.stormynights.games · 7h

It's funny how the climate and temperament of this has changed in a year's time

I didn't even really think people used the forums like that (especially for an unreleased title), until we went from having 2 threads to around 40, all with nearly the same anti-dei/dev is a racist/no-buy-nary copypasta

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 16h

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 15h

Oyakodon remix!

Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 15h

A corner where you need some serious cognitive dissonance or you start defending and building up stuff bc you like it.

I like the food metaphor though - sometimes you want a three-course meal, sometimes you want the greasy spoon joint or a good burger. Neither is 'better' to like

Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 15h

I think this ties in with peoples' recent desires to have their consumption of media be both a mark of status & a measure of their morality.

Like, if you're way more invested in the image of what you enjoy but you don't want to change what you're consuming, you're kind of backing yourself into...

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 15h

How many kids died for no other reason than Biden and his people not giving a shit?

QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 17h

what do you even say. what do you even say.

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Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 15h

On the grind so 'noodle arms' means strong instead of weak.

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Justin McElroy 🇨🇦 @jmcelroy.bsky.social · 15h

My breaking file on the province requiring a referendum to kill Vancouver's Park Board.

Sim is avoiding criticism of the province on this decision — but he was originally hopeful to get rid of the park board in six months.

But he lost political capital, and the province wasn't inclined to help.

B.C. government says Vancouver requires a referendum to eliminate its park board | CBC News

The B.C. government has put forward legislation that would only allow the City of Vancouver to eliminate its independently elected parks board if it is approved by local voters in a referendum.

www.cbc.ca

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 15h

What I find so strange about middle aged people now is that many are completely unable to process that things they liked as kids were made for kids. They don’t have to magical think them into being “good” by adult standards. They did their job admirably, let them rest.

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Megan Abbott @meganabbott.bsky.social · 17h

From the great novelist Sherwood Anderson, a letter to his son.

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phylan @phylan.website · 21h

I don't think they should be allowed to do that

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 21h

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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📺~CRT~📺 @crtvheadvt.bsky.social · 18h

A "small" datacenter was going to go up near me in Charlotte and the local community (including my conservative in-laws) fought it and won.

It's not inevitable.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 16h

Damn, it was cloudy over my house most of the night.

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LizdelaGarzaG @lizdelagarzag.bsky.social · 17h

341,000 children in Mexico received no vaccines, not-a-single-dose, despite the country having had historically strong childhood immunization programs. This isn’t about politics; the anti-science movement has real, tangible consequences for public health.

¡Lean su libro!

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 18h

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splendidland🌱 @splendid.land · 20h

i love that they've never remade gundam '79. i remember people hoping for it after space battleship yamato 2199 and the origin OVAs but it's still never happened. it feels like they're saying "trust us, it's good"

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 19h

As well as this, I feel quite strongly that the increased prominence in recent years of social media influencers who engage in nothing but ragebait content and harassment has proverbially sucked all the air out of the room, content mills producing bullshit at speed who dominate gaming conversations.

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 20h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Ripley Matthews (Transfem Vampire Art Thing) @queerwizard.co.uk · 21h

Stumbled upon an absolutely incredible subreddit

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Ya boy Bran @brandrawsthings.bsky.social · 1d

kratt you FREAK. leave silksong alone

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 21h

Good morning turkeys

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merritt @merrittk.com · 4d

it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted

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Baba Is You @babaisyou.bsky.social · 1d

Fox has been added into the game, and with this we're about ready to upload the new build for betatesting!
#babaisyou

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Eerookah @eerookah.bsky.social · 1d

I remember people posting pictures of this guy as it was happening saying he was a provocateur. Surprise, surprise - he was.

Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

The very first riot after a George Floyd protest was started by a white supremacist nicknamed "Umbrella Man."

He spraypainted "free shit" on an AutoZone, broke the windows, and encouraged others to come in. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/man-h...

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 1d

Man who helped ignite George Floyd riots identified as white supremacist: Police

A masked umbrella-wielding man helped incite riots and looting in the immediate aftermath of George Floyd's death, police said.

abcnews.go.com

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