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Ryan North? But - he died... 30 years ago this very night!! @ryannorth.ca · 9h

In video games, you will often find a fully roasted chicken abandoned on the ground, and eating it extremely quickly makes you feel better. What's less known is that this is also true in real life

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 6h

The thing about this that's worth recalling is that it *wouldn't* even offend most Americans: just the group of reactionary grifters who make money by being professionally offended online.

Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 10h

Assassin's Creed pulls planned game about the Civil War, apparently because having a black protagonist fighting the KKK would offend too many Americans

www.polygon.com/assassins-cr...

The canceled Assassin's Creed Civil War game was a powder keg waiting to explode

Ubisoft was reportedly working on a game set after the Civil War era, but canceled it due to politics and Assassins Creed Shadows backlash.

www.polygon.com

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · 6h

🌙 Sorcha the Starry Night Octopus (Callistoctopus luteus) 💫🐙 Hand sculpted from clay 🎨

#ArtYear #Art #ArtGallery #Sculpture #Octopus #MarineLife #ArtSale #BlueSkyNightMarket #BSNM #Invertebrates #InsertAnInvert 🦑🐡

A vibrant red octopus sculpture with many white spots, depicting the species Callistoctopus luteus, also known as the Starry Night Octopus.

The octopus is holding several tiny Swarovski crystals, sitting inside a shell. It is hand sculpted from clay and lovingly painted with acrylics. It is coated in epoxy resin for protection and shine.

It's being held up by the artist's left hand over a black background.

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bombona de 20L @djosef.bsky.social · 6h

*contra o flamengvs

Pedro @pglopes.bsky.social · 22h

falei com o companheiro Georgius, ele queria fazer a guerra contra a Gália, e eu disse: minha guerra é contra a fome

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Brian Galle @bdgesq.bsky.social · 10h

I have a book-length exploration of the economic and tax policy implications of this fact coming next month with @rooseveltinstitute.org : "How to Tax the Rich." You're going to like the retail price (it starts with 0 and ends with 0). Have your download fingers ready.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 14h

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Jack-o'-Lantus @oxnardmantalvo.bsky.social · 8h

Instant classics, all.

A green road sign that reads,
⬆️ DUBOIS 10
⬅️PARADISE 3
⬅️DESIRE 5
⬅️PANIC 7

A green rectangular road sign that reads, "VIRGINVILLE, NEXT RIGHT"

A blue road sign with gold trim and lettering in the keystone/rectangle shape of many PA road signs that reads,
"EAST EARL TWP
BLUE BALL
NAMED FOR
"THE BLUE BALL" HOTEL
FOUNDED
1766"

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 7h

Caitlin Flanagan
@CaitlinPacific
I’ve missed hearing Woody Allen’s voice - I’d been so rattled this week and there he was, his full self.

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@bariweiss
⁩ is the perfect interviewer. She seemed almost like a daughter to him - in a way she is. We all are.

Order Life with Baum!

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Glauber Macario @glaubermacario.bsky.social · 8h

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magdiel @137magdiel.bsky.social · 11h

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Quedesenholegal @quedesenholegal.bsky.social · 1d

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 7h

WuT Da fUcK!??!

Why in god’s name would the Qatari need a base in MFing Idaho (also, thanks autocorrect for capitalizing the mf) other than as an outright bribe!?!?!?!? Where da fuck are congressional republicans!?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 7h

supermassively happy for two of the most attractive things in the universe

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 7h

In space news, astronomers have not just confirmed but photographed the existence of a black hole pair finding two in a locked 12 year orbit of each other www.utu.fi/en/news/pres...

Scientists capture an image of two black holes circling each other for the first time

For the first time, astronomers have managed to capture a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other. The observation confirmed the existence of black hole pairs.

www.utu.fi

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Ju Ronconi @exausta.bsky.social · 8h

Esse quadro me lembra uma piada que o padre que me crismou contava (é, galera). Tava o missionário na selva, um homem de muita fé, deu de cara com a onça e orou: senhor, dai sentimentos cristãos a essa onça! No que a onça junta as patas da frente e ora: senhor, obrigado pelo alimento que me destes 🙏🏻

Manfredovski @manfredovski.bsky.social · 20h

Misionario Comido pela onça, pintura do artista colombiano Noé León (1907-1978)

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Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 7h

(Not me, though, I think I attended a handful of lectures before deciding to take the mandatory course later in my degree)

Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 7h

My favourite bit of random US news, as he taught corporate law to my class in Brazil #smallworld

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 10h

Man is shooting rats in his yard. He happens to live next door to a synagogue and it happens to be Yom Kippur and he's a visiting professor at Harvard. Harmeet Dhillon of DOJ concludes this is antisemitism in the Ivy League:

A Harvard Professor Is Placed on Leave After Firing a Pellet Gun

www.nytimes.com

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Cris @crisvector.com · 22h

Companheiro, já te conteis a parábola do frango no cofre?

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Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 7h

Tired: The Nobel in Economics is fake

Wired: The Peace Nobel is fake

Inspired: The Literature Nobel is fake

Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 7h

I can't think of a more overhyped prize that is actually trash than the Nobel peace prize. How are Abiy and Aung San Suu Kyi doing anyway these days

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Lord Businessman II @lordbusinessman.bsky.social · 7h

I can't think of a more overhyped prize that is actually trash than the Nobel peace prize. How are Abiy and Aung San Suu Kyi doing anyway these days

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B. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 7h

Animal Crossing: The Committee of Public Safety

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 20h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

Don't threaten us with a good time

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 8h

So ... Catholic *traditionalists* want a pope who doesn't involve himself in global politics?

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8h

More than convincing anyone, this makes opposition *fun*

There's a big chunk of our civilization that thinks we should do things that are important just because they're important; we shouldn't need them to be enjoyable. But there are also some who think, hey, let's make it fun to do the right thing

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 12h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 8h

Fascists need to be feared. This creates the exact opposite of fear.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 12h

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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André Brett @drdrehistorian.bsky.social · 20h

"the difference in the quality of course discussion where 70 percent of the students have done 50 percent of the readings and one in which 20 percent have done 10 percent of the readings is obvious in the same way that a cold Coke tastes different than lukewarm spit"

dear GOD this is so true

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I think Paul, of blessed posting memory, is entirely right here, and I say this *even though* the young people I know remain highly literate and engaged, because I think his sample is way more representative than mine.

musgrave.substack.com/p/a-post-lit...

A Post-Literate Society is a Too-Literal Society

Directness is a virtue and subtlety is lost

musgrave.substack.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 12h

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/

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