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Marco Almada
@marcoalmada.com
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I have always depended on the kindness of otters. Postdoc in cyber policy @ Uni of Luxembourg. Skeets about work (public & EU law, regulation & AI, academia), hobbies (Warhammer 40k, sci-fi more generally, football), life, and bad puns.
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eusoufael.bsky.social
Slightly diminish a game

Super Mario Iliad
euperdendotempo.bsky.social To aqui pra procrastinar @euperdendotempo.bsky.social · 4h
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Blue Duke
marcoalmada.com Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 5h
Slightly diminish a game

Penultimate Fantasy Tactics
January 12, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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charig.bsky.social
IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption
Homer Simpson hugging a rotten sandwich
January 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Penultimate Fantasy Tactics
detig.bsky.social Pedro Telles @detig.bsky.social · 5h
slightly diminish a game.

Europa Regionalis
partyinthefront.bsky.social Party In The Front - Comms Closed @partyinthefront.bsky.social · 5h
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Duke shoot'em
January 12, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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tdbem.bsky.social
Antes de embarcar num debate proposto numa coluna de opinião, verifique se o colunista não está parado no mesmo andar há anos.

De repente a profissão dele é ficar parado mesmo. Use a escada de emergência e caia fora.
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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a text post that says: I installed switches on my car's dash that don't do anything. When someone gets in my car I look them in the eye, say "buckle up," and start flipping switches in what appears to be a purposeful order. Then I'll drive like a grandma while refusing to answer any questions about the switches over a picture of a bank of 6 toggle switches with safety covers over a manual shifter in a car
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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amandawtwong.bsky.social
You can't even buy the self-heating instant ramen here! Boo!
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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resnikoff.bsky.social
The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Instead of retreating into facile cynicism about the safety net and regulatory state, people on the left should be trying to occupy the bureaucracy at the state, local, and, after the MAGA putschists are finally expelled from power, federal level—not simply because we need good people in those jobs, but because enough good people in any given department can change its internal culture for the better. A lot depends, for example, on whether state and local transportation departments are staffed by car-brained traffic engineers or planners who are genuinely invested in walkability and developing viable mass transit networks. Just as much hinges on whether state health agencies are staffed by people with a genuine commitment to the cause of universal healthcare, even in the face of brutal federal Medicaid cuts. There’s another reason for occupying the bureaucracy, too. For a movement that wants to transform the state, there is tremendous value in understanding how policy implementation and institutional change happens on a granular level. If you spend some time working inside the bureaucracy and you keep your eyes open, you can learn a lot about the points of leverage that leftist politicians and outside advocacy groups can press to their advantage. On the flipside, you can also learn a great deal about the tradeoffs associated with certain approaches and how well-intentioned but undercooked policy initiatives can produce unintended consequences. These are all important lessons for anyone trying to push any level of government in a more humane direction. But they’re especially important lessons for leftist officials who have ambitious agendas, a finite amount of time in which to implement them, and little room for error.
January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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boxelderdust.bsky.social
Hey so ya know the thing Sky Marchini said which for some reason made this entire site going completely fucking feral
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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cjciaramella.bsky.social
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
Tweet from Jack Posebiec, above a picture of the tanker bug from Starship Troopers (1997): "From this angle it is clear the Tanker Bug had just dropped her larva off at school and panicked when Rico threatened her"
January 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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andycruns.bsky.social
I am the very model of a bluesky poster general,
I'm writing jokes and making posts on topics nigh ephemeral,
I got here with an invite and I find Alf hog hysterical,
So keep it light I have no time to argue ecumenical
innes.bsky.social innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 15h
hope the UK follows through and blocks twitter but bsky is simply not prepared for becoming disproportionately British
January 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
You know I used to think the bit in the bad Batman movie where they lure all the cops into the sewers and seal them in was unrealistic but I’m coming round
russbengtson.bsky.social Russ Bengtson @russbengtson.bsky.social · 12h
so pretty soon ice will have deployed every officer they have to minneapolis and the thing to do then is cut a huge hole in the ice in a big lake and have bugs bunny dress up like a lady and stand behind talking all "help help rescue me from all the foreigners!"
January 12, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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naomuito.bsky.social
rindo demais disso pq com certeza é verdade
January 12, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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vuintrieri.bsky.social
Bom, pelo jeito esse ano é isso
Meme do Lula postando: "Quando eu fui eleito, Bush me chamou e disse: 'espero contar com vc nessa guerra contra o Iraque'. Eu respondi: 'não conheço o Saddam. Meu país fica a 14 mil km do Iraque. Minha guerra é contra o Timothée Chalamet"
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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renatavs.bsky.social
Todo dia vcs trazendo coisa horrível pra cá pra dizer AH QUE COISA HORRÍVEL. Nem minha cachorra tem este costume.
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
New dating strategy just dropped
January 12, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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andraswf.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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pftompkins.bsky.social
You can say Merry Protein again
Social media post from the White House with a dark, just flat-out sinister image of RFKj with meme font saying “WE ARE ENDING THE WAR ON PROTEIN” Seriously the picture is fucked up
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
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frufru.bsky.social
rindo que disseram que o namorado da elle fanning parece o labubu dela
elle fanning é o namorado no red carpet sendo que ela tem tipo uns 15cm a mais que ele
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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cerberusxt.bsky.social
The latest episode killed a lot of my enthousiasm by making me realise the season isn't actually setting up to play with all the cool NV factions, but about showing that all those cool factions and settings are dead or dying.

Feels like spite at that point. It's so strange.

Hope i'm wrong.
January 12, 2026 at 6:28 AM
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Countless opeds about Mamdani being a "socialist" and are literally any of those publications talking about Donald Trump not just claiming to take over a country but deciding what companies are allowed/not allowed to operate in that foreign country?
emptywheel.bsky.social emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 22h
Apparently Exxon won't have the privilege of having their stuff nationalized a third time in Venezuela bc Darren Woods told the truth at what was meant to be a performed loyalty session.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump ‘Inclined’ to Keep Exxon Out of Venezuela President says he didn’t like comments from company’s CEO during a meeting Friday at the White House By Annie Linskey Follow Updated Jan. 11, 2026 9:26 pm ET Gift unlocked article Listen (4 min) Darren Woods, CEO of ExxonMobil, at a meeting with US President Donald Trump and other oil and gas executives. Darren Woods, center, CEO of Exxon Mobil, during a meeting with President Trump and oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday. Jim Lo Scalzo/POOL/EPA/Shutterstock Quick Summary President Trump said he might prevent Exxon Mobil from drilling in Venezuela after the company’s top executive expressed concerns. View more WASHINGTON—President Trump said he might block Exxon Mobil from drilling in Venezuela after the company’s top executive publicly acknowledged the barriers involved in doing business in the country. “I’ll probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,” Trump said Sunday evening, speaking to reporters traveling with him aboard Air Force One. During a meeting with oil-company executives at the White House on Friday, Exxon Chief Executive Darren Woods said that Venezuela is currently “uninvestable” without significant changes to the country’s commercial frameworks, legal system and hydrocarbon laws. He expressed confidence those changes could be put in place with the Trump administration and Venezuelan government working together. “I didn’t like their response. They’re playing too cute,” Trump said Sunday of Woods’s comments, adding that other companies want to invest in Venezuela. Exxon didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Da última vez que o Shakespeare roubou o Brasil, a gente pelo menos ganhou O Destino de Miguel
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Wanda Sykes just accepted Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globe for stand up comedy and thanked the trans community lmfao
January 12, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Warhammer 39,983
852dude.bsky.social 852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 1d
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Ball-peenhammer
folktunes.bsky.social folk tune stan account 🎻 @folktunes.bsky.social · 1d
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Book of Minutes
January 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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mudron.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM