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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 7h

i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform:

- no more spam texts and calls
- smaller cars with weaker headlights
- imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 1d

In 2024, ALA tracked 821 attempts to censor library materials, targeting nearly 2,500 unique books. That’s 10× more than five years ago.
Join the fight for the freedom to read: UniteAgainstBookBans.org
Donate to ALA: ilovelibraries.org/1984
#BannedBooksWeek

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Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · 4d

Dunno man, seems a little misleading to write an article about Trump describing activity in Portland and Chicago as “insurrection” with a 33 year old photo of a burning donut shop taken in the 1992 LA Riots (sans caption explaining that) as the header on all your posts about it.

The picture from
The article with a picture of an armed men standing in front of a burning donut shop. You must click through to read the caption “
Two National guardsmen stand guard outside a burning donut shop in Los Angeles on April 30, 1992.
The National Guard was called in to aid police during the second day of rioting in the city.”

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love & barley 🐸🌶️🪏🎃 @loveandbarley.bsky.social · 5d

give greta thunberg a gundam

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 5d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 4d

Never believe what ICE says.

Never believe what this administration says.

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 4d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 6d

the words every girl wants to hear

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Leyla Aker @leylaa.bsky.social · 7d

Whenever I see lists like this I'm always a little curious whether folks know how many creators of these shonen and seinen blockbusters are women.

Rouk' @roukhein.bsky.social · 8d

Oricon 2025 Series Ranking

Estimates as of September 28th

01./ Jujutsu Kaisen - ~3,795,000
02./ One Piece - ~3,325,000
03./ Dandadan - ~3,220,000
04./ Blue Lock - 2,860,436
05./ The Apothecary Diaries - ~2,205,000
06./ Blue Box - ~2,155,000
07./ Sakamoto Days - ~2,065,000

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Aila @aila.bsky.social · 7d

Just reminiscing here but my god was x/1999 by clamp such a gorgeous series, and the sfx work was done so well to match.

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MangaAlerts @mangaalerts.com · 9d

Online manga platform Manga Planet announced today they are shutting down their website in Match 2026 due to recent restrictions from payment processors and the changing online landscape

They announced their focus will now shift to physical print releases

#Manga #MangaNews

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 11d

Presenting a special illustration to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles! 🎉

If you've enjoyed the story of Final Fantasy Tactics, be sure to check out the #FFXIV Return to Ivalice alliance raid series! 📖

🛍️ sqex.to/zDPXp

An illustration to commemorate the launch of Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles. Two characters stand back-to-back in a forest with a blue sky in the background. On the right, a young man with blonde hair and a ponytail is holding a bouquet of flowers in a blue tunic and high leather boots. On the left, a young woman with blonde hair pulled back into a low ponytail is wearing a flowing red dress with a maroon cloak.

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 12d

Wait was EA’s big GenAI push a bid to convince potential buyers that it could lower operating costs after a purchase to help pay for debts??

They have like four whole game studios making the Battlefield series, you can’t run a CoD-competing juggernaut with automation.
www.ft.com/content/be98...

Interesting section on EA's £55 billion takeover, I'm sure this is all gonna work out so well...
"The deal is a huge bet that artificial intelligence can significantly cut EA's operating costs, allowing the equity consortium to manage a large debt load on a company that historically carried limited net debt.
Al is already widely used across Silicon Valley to accelerate many kinds of computer programming. In games development, it can be used to replace voice actors and create backdrops and other assets, as well as automating play testing to avoid bugs before release."
"The investors are betting that Al-based cost cuts will significantly boost EA's profits in coming years, people involved in the transaction told the Financial Times."
Source: https://www.ft.com/content/
be980240-13ec-498c-ba79-71eada30d133

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Dec 16

It requires previously unseeen levels of suspension of disbelief but this anime is basically ‘What If A Boy Gamer Didn’t Gatekeep The Culture & Was Fundamentally Decent Instead Of Scaring The Hoes’.

Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Aug 3

Yes, I can name an anime/manga that feels as if it was made specifically with me in mind.

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The Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 12d

The purpose of these laws is to censor LGBTQ speech and make children less safe and easier for predators to abuse.

Extremely disappointed in Bluesky for this.

Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 13d

In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky

We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.

bsky.social

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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 12d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Aug 27

I have this great book of paintings and sketches Hayao Miyazaki did for “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind,” mostly as covers for the English-language reprints of the series VIZ did, and they’re all accompanied by what appear to be excerpts from an interview he did under extreme duress

A perfect painting of Nausicaä riding her glider, the Mehve

Hayao Miyazaki/Comments
“I don’t even remember this one.”

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CerberusXt @cerberusxt.bsky.social · 15d

In case AI art didn't made you mad already.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 16d

Someone wrote this week, maybe on here, that this administration is best explained through a framework of domestic abuse. Watching agents of the state lash out like this makes that insight seem spot the f–– on.

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 16d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 18d

CHOTINER: So your son is 14, is that right?

IKARI: It's complex, Isaac. If—

CHOTINER: And the “robot” he pilots, that’s actually the child of an alien you keep crucified in the basement, which is possessed by the spirit of his dead mother?

IKARI: Look, let me answer the question.

CHOTINER: Sure.

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Leyla Aker @leylaa.bsky.social · 19d

Just spent an hour trying to free book shipments from Asia being held for tariffs even though books are exempt from tariffs. No luck so far. This is all so incredibly stupid.

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Leyla Aker @leylaa.bsky.social · 23d

Menswear guy subtweeting a nation.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23d

reading a book about china. apparently the government there has sent federal forces into cities, taken shares of major private enterprises, slapped tariffs on industries, and pressured media outlets to fire people they politically disagreed with. didn’t know this.