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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 59m

Bunch of oligarchs saying shit that should bring about massive investigations on how they operate and noone with the power to act on it does anything

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 1h

What Thiel is saying about tax havens = what Altman is saying about copyright:

"I can't be rich unless you let me steal from you."

This is how Broligarchs differ from oligarchs of yore: the latter tried to hide their thievery; the Broligarchs trumpet their entitlement to steal as a natural right.

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 2h

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h

I have a theory that when designing a social simulation / generator, it can be useful to keep in mind a story you’d like your system to be able to organically generate. not every system should generate the same story but I have a short list of high-salience interesting stories I reach for. (1/2)

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, I was wondering why I no longer had the option to report TERFs to a moderation list I was subbed to.

Description of a moderation list --now titled as "Hidden list"-- made by brainnotonyet.bsky.social

The description reads "trans exclusionary radical feminists who are using rightwing language to attack minority groups."

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 10h

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 11h

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Steam reviews

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 4h

it already sold 1.6M btw

TheGamersician 🎮🎶 @thegamersician.com · 22h

🤦🏾‍♂️

Speak for yourself lol

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The Louvre of Bluesky @thelouvreof.bsky.social · 15h

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I'm like pretty pro Palestine for a lefty Zionist lib
Jew but man do l ever have ms Rachel derangement syndrome and I hate myself for it
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her advocacy for Palestinians doesn't bother me nearly as much as she is so desperately doing all this as an actual act of transparent virtue signaling, to fill the absence she has in depth of character
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also I get it the Palestinian side has seen the disproportionate majority of the bloodshed and suffering at this point but if you didn't shed the same tears for innocent Israeli civilians I think you at best have an agenda and at worst are an unrepentant antisemite but that's a whole can o worms
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Dude it's a fucking genocide

User 1
that's kind of a non sequitur

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

I can’t believe an inflatable frog is my hometown’s symbol of resistance, and yet of course since I am from here I absolutely can

this is old school homegrown “rioting over the airport changing its carpet” Portland freak shit. it transcends the Portlandia mythos. writers would not think of this

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

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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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 15h

Tron 1: Go Touch Grass
Tron 2: Go Touch Grass Again
Tron 3: Now the computer touches more grass than you.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · Sep 9

tron 1: what if someone was online all the time

tron 2: what if someone likes being online all the time but someone else tries to make them get off the computer

tron 3: what if people who are online all the time got off the computer and became everyone else's problem

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 1d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 16h

The Longing 2: This time it takes an actual century to play

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 16h

Oh my god absolutely. Actually it would be so fun for a game jam theme to be “games that could only be played by immortals”

October DEATHules @aprildaniels.bsky.social · 16h

Concocting elaborate time sinks has got to be half the appeal of immortality itself, right?

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Yugo Limbo @yugsly.bsky.social · 1d

New profile pic. I am the smiler

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 16h

ryukishi07: [reading WataTabe] oh my god, their relationship is so haunting and beautiful. i have now become inspired to learn to draw humans with closer to life body proportions. also, i am now ready to work on and release Ciconia When They Cry Phase 2

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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 16h

Not that living forever wouldn't have its good parts, of course.

Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 16h

I mean I understand the surprise but personally I already get often tired of the experience of living and I'm 25. I like the idea of dying as resting after living, and to some extent the fact that death is unavoidably the end is comfortable and pushes me to try to actually make something of my life

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17h

lying

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 18h

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals on.ft.com/4q0tjCV

How OpenAI put itself at the centre of a $1tn network of deals

The company behind ChatGPT has signed agreements with many of the largest tech groups, adding to a growing web of financial dependencies across the AI world

on.ft.com

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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 17h

Your most "let's fucking GO" moment in a videogame?

(Mine would probably be the first fight in Ace Combat 7 and almost entirely because of the soundtrack)

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Fantasmiko @ghostlyperson.bsky.social · 17h

Could be worse. Could be the beastfly. I genuinely think that I have never been as badly stuck as in that fight. This one was great in comparison (still took me way too many tries though, I feel your pain)

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Morgan Jerkins @mjerkins.bsky.social · 1d

Whew this piece is so scathing.

Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

With receipts!

www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/o...

‘Amoral, evil’: vitriolic backlash builds against comics who played Riyadh festival

Murder by bone-saw, lashings for rape victims, punishment amputation, jail for satirists … these are the Saudi human rights abuses fuelling the fury being directed at the likes of Louis CK, Dave Chapp...

www.theguardian.com

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.bsky.social · 22h

same guys who are "concerned!!!! about women's sports" when it means excluding and isolating trans girls from sport lol. misogyny all the way down. for so many men, women's sports is something inherently lesser and another stage for objectification and comedy with female athletes as the punchline

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 1d

This is what a legally distinct Knight model looks like.

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