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Mold @nobooks.bsky.social · 3h

This is a very spot on review for the film. I watched it while thinking of culture and imperialism the entire time!

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 6h

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Tiffany @webinista.com · 3h

At some point people started conflating “contrarian” with “smart.”

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 3h

We are all Leo's daughter in that movie, now

onion person @junlper.beer · 14h

we need to abolish this shit

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3h

If I got to interview the president I'd only ask him things like "Can you talk about the last time you grilled a burger" and just see what kind of 15-minute "Oh this guy is an alien" monologue his brain can conjure

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3h

Sorry 1 day lmao

A tweet from Donald Trump that reads “Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine! Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment. He doesn’t want Depression for his country, and neither do I. The U.S.A. wants to help China, not hurt it!!! President DJT”

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The Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 4h

This has become a load bearing tweet to me.

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Bad Boy 🔻 of Mandalore 🇵🇸🇱🇧🇾🇪🇮🇷 @dindjarinsway.bsky.social · 6h

BDS has moved from the margins to the mainstream, with cultural, sporting, & business sectors increasingly taking a stand.

Shouk, a US-based restaurant chain offering Izrahelli-inspired cuisine, has closed following BDS.

Gaza a political issue that matters.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

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Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 5h

have you considered: who cares

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 10h

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

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Pinko @pinkoscare.bsky.social · 5h

Needing AI to come up with "it was lovely to meet you" is fuckin sad

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 13h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 8h

The deportation order derives from the crime of which he has now been exonerated.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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TheRightIsWrong (TRIW) @therightiswrong100.bsky.social · 8h

The first Swiss journalist to reach Gaza under the army of genocide lost his temper at the horror he witnessed, saying: “Humanity was destroyed here.”

Humanity Failed the People of Gaza. The international media and investigators must pressure the genocidal state to allow immediate access to Gaza.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 7h

Get ready for "one day"

meme: ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS
Omar El Akkad

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 7h

The US Constitution has no innate defense against lying by public officials and complete shamelessness.

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 9h

No institutional design can overcome a lawbreaking president, a Congress defending lawbreaking and forfeiting its own power, a Supreme Court that pretends legal text doesn’t count to facilitate lawbreaking, and a citizenry that votes for all that.
Need at least one that wants rule of law. Maybe two.

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Ⓐ 𝖑𝖔𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖎𝖆 @tranarchist161.bsky.social · 16h

it’s transphobic how impractical long hair is

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Ace Pedr-AHHH!!-za 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇷 @candacepedraza.bsky.social · 16h

just went to my first rave, 10/10, learning also that my Elaine dancing style is very acceptable in that setting!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 20h

don't forget! fuck the salvation army

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 17h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Greg @booksnotwooks.bsky.social · 18h

Rest in piss

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 21h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 22h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

People are still arguing this isn’t genocide.

Israeli Soldier:

“For all those asking why there is no education in Gaza. We bombed them. That sucks. That’s how you will never become engineers anymore.”

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Bill "Spooky" Stinkwater @klausbromi.bsky.social · 18h

Finally, some commercials for pills to make my dick hard

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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