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Nichole @pezdispensing.bsky.social · 8h

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The Castlerunners: Turbo Floyd, Truth Magnum, and Dalton Castle on AEW Collision

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

deeply sick of all the goddamn nazis

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 13h

Remember when Alex Pareene predicted this after Charlottesville in 2017 www.splinter.com/charlottesvi...

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ʙᴜη ₊˚⊹⋆ @bun.is.a.cutie.fyi · 1d

!!!

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 11h

he said "threatening" not "frightening" and it's hard to overstate how committed to lying to everyone's faces these people are to justify state violence against us

OsoPeligroso @oso-peligroso.bsky.social · 11h

Actual quote from Johnson:

"I think the most frightening thing I've seen yet are the naked bicyclists."

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I cannot believe we have to take these disingenuous bags of dicks seriously

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monty @montyburns77893.bsky.social · 11h

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 10h

to be clear, this is the democrats leveraging their national fundraising apparatus in a way that helps them defeat insurgent candidates in primaries, but also helps boost the national profile of their handpicked candidates by introducing them to everyone who hasn't blocked their number

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 12h

It’s like a “select the chud” CAPTCHA.

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 13h

Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.

Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Peter Giunta, chair of the New York State Young Republicans

Bobby Walker, vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans

William Hendrix, communications assistant for Kansas’ Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach

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The National @thenationalnews.com · 12h

ICEBlock developer describes Apple's explanation as 'disingenuous'

ICEBlock developer 'on the case' after Apple removes app from store | The National

www.thenationalnews.com

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Alt U.S. Department of Labor @alt-dol.altgov.info · 13h

Our hearts are absolutely broken for this community.

And to the members of this administration who would loosen OSHA regs and reduce staff, we hope you never sleep soundly again under the weight of what you've buried.

MondoAB @mondoab.bsky.social · 1d

Capitalism. Workers are expendable. 😭

"Sixteen workers were incinerated in a US weapons plant—the largest mass death in an industrial disaster since the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion—and the networks and other corporate media simply moved on."

www.wsws.org/en/articles/...

16 workers killed in Tennessee explosion: Industrial carnage followed by media cover-up

Sixteen workers were incinerated in a US weapons plant—the largest mass death in an industrial disaster since the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion—and the news networks and other corporate media s...

www.wsws.org

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

This isn't jargon but it's a major thing of mine in case any media read this:

Stop asking workers how we feel. You never ask politicians how they feel. You never ask bosses how they feel. You ask them what they think. It's a much different question and will spur a unique response.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13h

1. Last night, John Oliver destroyed Bari Weiss and specifically called out her inaccurate and targeted coverage of transgender people.

It's the latest of several shows Oliver has done in defense of trans people.

Weiss at CBS is a disaster for trans people.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

John Oliver Destroys Bari Weiss In Defense Of Transgender People

The right-wing commentator is now the head of CBS.

www.erininthemorning.com

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The Flytrap @theflytrapmedia.com · 13h

Writer Erika Smith speaks to intimacy coordinator jo Valdés, actor and director Fae Hartt, intimacy coordinator Shelby Terrell, and compiles a necessary brief history of how the job has been talked about in Hollywood.

Essentially: some criticism is valid, but not the way you think.

Eight Years After #MeToo, the Intimacy Coordinator Backlash Has Arrived

Intimacy coordinators were supposed to make sets safer. Instead, they've become a flashpoint.

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Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social · 13h

"[Neo-soul] was never just about melody or groove, but it was about community, collaboration, and communion. These were artists who... turned vulnerability into power ... intellectual and sensual, political and personal, sacred and messy all at once."

Black Girl Nerds @blackgirlnerds.bsky.social · 14h

It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of soul that he embodied.

Remembering D’Angelo and the Eternal Rhythm of Neo-Soul | Black Girl Nerds

It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of the man

blackgirlnerds.com

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13h

Some representatives of the billionaire-funded young fascist league TPUSA are on my daughter’s college campus, and they mildly harassed her (maybe more like pestered / annoyed her?) the other day as she was minding her own business en route to a class.

Anyway headed up there now with a katana.

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 13h

protesting in costumes just plain makes it more fun too... some of the most fun I've ever had was just running through cars stuck on Burnside Bridge during the first No Kings protest, getting them to honk their horns

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 13h

many organizations were using that money to help senior citizens (including Trump supporting veterans) avoid online scams and fraud:

Without federal dollars, ISPs may have to foot bill for digital literacy programs

New Mexico was awarded $8.7 million, or less than 1%, of the total Digital Equity Act fundingThe state received 37 applications for funding, totaling more tha | Some service providers have funded digi...

www.fierce-network.com

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BagelBeagle25 @bagelbeagle25.bsky.social · 15h

“Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s move to indefinitely postpone the federal enforcement of a rule limiting exposure to carcinogenic silica dust particles.”

'It seems like they don’t care about us': Rural America ruptured as coal miners protest lax rule enforcement linked to black lung | Fortune

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black lung.

fortune.com

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 13h

Just heard Drew Struzan passed away 😞 His incredible work has given me and countless others so much awe, joy and inspiration!

I had posters of his work as a teen, I began using color pencils because I thought he used them too. Always inspired by him. Just utterly heart broken.

RIP Drew Struzan.

Drew Struzan’s poster of Big Trouble in Little China

Drew Struzan’s poster of Pan’s Labyrinth

Drew Struzan’s poster of Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom

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M. Cooper @mattwritesbooks.bsky.social · 13h

RE1 is probably the easiest to point to, but listen to the original VO and tell me that the GC ver replaces it…

And no one is taking my terrible live action RE1 cutscenes away from me!

M. Cooper @mattwritesbooks.bsky.social · 13h

Which is why everyone thought Mario All-Stars would replace the NES games, and it never happened. It never does, because the remake, by definition, never has the weight of the original.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14h

Clammy Sammy is out of ideas! The Era of Smiles begins soon!

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 14h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Leon Thomas @renegadecut.bsky.social · 14h

we doing "are nazis sexy?" again like it's 2017? it's 2025. we know the answer is "no" and that the question is (at best) irresponsible and (at worst) deliberately helpful to the cause of nazis.

nobody bangs a nazi knowing they are a nazi unless that person is also a nazi.

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GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

"A frog [..] standing up to ICE covered in weapons and armor is absurd, and that’s part of why it’s hitting so hard. But the frog is also a practical piece [..] in an age of mass surveillance, police brutality, and masked federal agents disappearing people"
www.404media.co/the-surreal-...

The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

www.404media.co

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TJ Archer @tjarcher.bsky.social · 14h

Great advice we got from Ken Anderson when I started training back in the day:

"Don't call each other marks. Every one of us is here because we love this silly shit." 🤼

Amy Nemmity @amy.wrestlejoy.com · 15h

Just a heads up from people coming over here from toxic Twitter.

You don't need to hedge your enjoyment of AEW by saying "people may call me an AEW mark but..."

No one does that here.

It's okay to like and enjoy things. ❤️

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