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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 3h

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 18m

American exceptionalism isn't just a way to feel superior to other countries; it's also a way to dismiss any attempt to improve something, because if it was possible to improve America would surely have done so already

gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 7h

For no particular reason, remembering late-arc Lord Yu, a Goa'uld suffering from dementia after being alive for several millennia, and whose empire was actually being run by his Jaffa

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)

Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 7h

Eve also has the excuse of being a literal android (gynoid?), so some "design flair" can be expected. Atsu is, at least in theory, a human being who has to contend with regular human physics.

gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah. The character on the right looks like a person, if somewhat stylized, and the character on the left looks like a character from a low-budget Steam game.

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 7h

They'll think that just because they can boss around some brown/Black folk, that means they must be free

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Blake Leyh @earlofedgecombe.bsky.social · 21h

If you think you know why US newspapers died, this feature documentary now streaming for free on PBS might surprise you. It wasn't the Internet. Newspapers were specifically targeted by vulture capitalists.

I composed the score for the film, which features electric cello & Crowfoot guitars.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 1d

My grandmother had three shows she watched religiously:

The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
WWF

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 1d

Well yeah, his name is Kid Rock, not Punk Rock

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 1d

My understanding is it's basically martial arts soap opera (which does kinda fit with how many grandmas seem unusually invested in it)

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Lol lmao

Herald Sun
Steve Price
Abbott return is what Libs need

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 1d

Finding out your deepest, darkest desires from an occasional 60 second video by your kids instead of the constant, unending chronicle of the life of you and everyone around you publicly accessible on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn...

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Ro 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Wee Con @ramsaybaggins.bsky.social · 2d

The online verification explicitly stated that no information would be held and that it would be deleted as soon as you age verified. Does this mean they can be sued under GDPR? 🤔

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 3d

Think it's fair to say that no organ of the state, be it for good or ill, should ever be segregated, on general principle

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 3d

In summer I like to mix it into a mango lassi

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gengarro @gengarro.bsky.social · 3d

Thunderbolt Fantasy but without the expressiveness

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Mx Maddison Stoff @thedescenters.bsky.social · 3d

The frustrating part about this lie is that mutual obligations and the low rate of payment have actually been proven several times to create material barriers to this, even if 100% employment was actually possible, and under capitalism it is simply not.

Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 3d

Payman: Why are you maintaining a system that "The Labor *party* platform notes can be punitive, cause stress and anxiety, and can be a barrier to employment?"

Senator Jess Walsh responds by explaining that the Labor *government* believes the best form of welfare is a job 👍

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