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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 19m

gonna go write and hope the Ace Combat inspiration doesn't seep too deep into it

(I have already failed)

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 5h

no no no, YOUR goat is washed, mine's still a king

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 2d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 7h

you just gotta wear a nice suit, go up to a girl, and give her a firm handshake while you give her your resume

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 10h

USAID is gone until 2029, at least. That's multiple Holocausts' worth of deaths, right there.

The more quickly we recover our country from the vampires currently running it, the more quickly we can rebuild it, or build something better.

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 10h

I think what the "we must make sure nothing upsets or discomfits the smol bean middle American" side of this debate misses is that there are huge quantities of human misery and death down both of these paths and all we are doing now is deciding upon whom that misery settles, and when.

elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 10h

i don’t think we “have” to immiserate people. but the idea that voters must be protected from the consequences of their actions is not only incredibly, decadently precious but also fundamentally antidemocratic.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone who was paying attention during Gamergate recognizes these tactics.

“Oh *we’re* against doxxing, of course, but that person who got doxxed totally deserved it, and yeah, sure we’ve been calling for them to be fired and their lives ruined, but *we* didn’t personally do it.”

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 18h

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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D.SLOOGS💀 @dsloogs.com · 9h

HUNTR/X is reallllllll😭♥️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 10h

should've gotten in on the xiaohongshu thing last year and found myself a PLA gf for when this country implodes

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 10h

man, it's bleak out there in so many ways

can't blame people for doing the "rizz up a mutual to find a partner" thing but I don't got that dawg in me

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Beurre_Breton @beurrebreton.bsky.social · 12h

Life is a struggle, but we have ART !

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The Captain! @decacommand.bsky.social · 12h

An intimate vector of holy communion between man and sky.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12h

ICE is a rabid animal and must be put down. Its rogue agents must be unmasked, stripped of their badges, and prosecuted. Its leaders must be imprisoned.

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SexyAlexWattsEsq @alexwattsesq.bsky.social · 16h

Why are all the bad things "here to stay" and all the things I love up for constant debate until they're eroded out of life altogether?

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 1d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 12h

ogre supports idiot, sky blue, republican women orange, more at 11

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

FOX: Do you think Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize?

FETTERMAN: If this sticks. I think the whole point of having a Nobel Peace Prize is for ending wars and promoting peace. And if he brings the Ukrainian war to its end, I will be the Democrat leading the committee for his Nobel Prize Peace.

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 12h

now that I think about it a big part of why I like MGR’s writing is because the game basically goes out of its way to say “Raiden is not a good person, but he can still use what he’s good at (revenge) to be a hero anyway”

Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 13h

also love that Raiden’s arc in the game is basically “I’m a hero who fights for those who can’t protect themselves,” gets lectured about how he’s just really good at killing and enjoys it, at which point he goes “you’re right, also I’m gonna use that to fight for those who can’t protect themselves”

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 12h

and then everyone does shocked pikachu.jpg while he carves them up like a serial killer

it’s basically opposite TLOU2

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 13h

also love that Raiden’s arc in the game is basically “I’m a hero who fights for those who can’t protect themselves,” gets lectured about how he’s just really good at killing and enjoys it, at which point he goes “you’re right, also I’m gonna use that to fight for those who can’t protect themselves”

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foxglove @schellergheist.bsky.social · 13h

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 13h

Metal Gear Rising is just 5 hours of “vengeance is the coolest thing ever and you should want more of it” and then it ends with you ripping out proto-Trump’s heart and crushing it in your hand after being assisted by the coolest Brazilian to ever exist from beyond the grave

it fucking rules

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h

Writing a video game about how actually vengeance is awesome.

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 13h

this is why they’re afraid of transgender for everybody; you give out bottom surgery enough and the resulting super autist race will enslave all the Trve Americans who want to use AI to think for them

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 14h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 21h

even from a purely business perspective, painting non-BT models is going to be much more lucrative because WH and associated games are *far* more popular, less detail-intensive in many cases, and the players aren't conditioned by 40 years of "you can use whatever to proxy" to deprioritize paintwork

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 21h

I legitimately think my best work is not BT at all; it's the minis I painted for Cyberpunk CZ and BPRE 28mm

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Valk @einherjarvalk.bsky.social · 21h

more I think about it the more I really want to get out from under the BattleTech pile of gray

I'm a *decent* BT painter (I refuse to call myself "good" until it results in major awards or recognition), but 4+ years of settling into a 1:265 scale workflow means I'm not really growing as an artist

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