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takeuchiryosuke.bsky.social
セーラームーン🌙
January 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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today-maybe.bsky.social
A digital illustration in a graphite style in dark blue on toned paper. Children’s television host Fred Rogers wearing a bow tie and cardigan is depicted holding up two middle fingers and looking to the right of the frame. This is surrounded by loopy cursive lettering reading, ‘Maybe it will happen today’
April 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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wowlock.bsky.social
@kellythompson.bsky.social Guilty. Of excessive cuteness. And maybe tax fraud.
Jeff the inmate. Jeff at court
January 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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taradeenihan.bsky.social
BRO WHAT

Just fucking retire already, Jesus.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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murshedz.bsky.social
Forgetting Minnesota/ICE ... Schumer appears to be making a choice.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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roira.bsky.social
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.

Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
phantomroxas.bsky.social
Nintendo has a two-pronged strategy for the Switch 3 already set up for them when they inevitably get there. They can make a big deal about certain ports no longer needing the stupid Game-Key Cards, while they double down with it on others.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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drdind.bsky.social
🧵Trump got the idea to annex Greenland from cosmetics billionaire Ron Lauder who has interests there.

"As Trump has ratcheted up his threats to seize Greenland, Lauder has acquired commercial holdings there.Lauder is also part of the consortium whose desire to access Ukrainian minerals ...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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jamesotron.bsky.social
The Right is a hate cult.

We're told wokeness, the awareness of your own privilege and the prejudice others deal with, is bad.

We're told empathy is toxic.

It's psychopath shit.
sheg7.bsky.social She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 16h
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
Telegraph Newspaper, UK 'Angry young women are the vanguard of the Left's toxic empathy' By Caroline Downey
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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voicesbyzane.bsky.social
Republicans when a fictional character is black: "they hate you and they want to kill you. Even now they wait outside your window in the night with sharpened daggers"

Democrats when a family gets flashbanged in their car: "please don't put your hands up when a cop is punching you in the head :[[["
January 15, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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kibblesmith.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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parkermolloy.com
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Original audi GAVIN NEWSOM FEATURING BEN SHAPIRO PREMIERING THURSDAY 1/15 4PM PST
January 15, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
typical ai use case
4 panel comic Panel 1: Blue Guy is at a restaurant. Pink Guy is the waiter serving him. Blue Guy is holding his phone up to his face and shouting obnoxiously, “Gemini, what food does this place have?” Waiter: “Sir, we have a menu” Panel 2: Blue Guy continues into phone: “Gemini, what burgers do they do?” Waiter: “You can check the menu” Panel 3: Blue Guy: “Gemini, pizza options?” Waiter, looking at the menu on the table in front of the Blue Guy: “It’s literally right there” Panel 4: Blue Guy: “Gemini, spaghetti, yes or no?” Waiter: Rotate your eyeballs 45 degrees downward
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
This good-natured, 34-year-old, Muslim, immigrant man—who the Times bemoaned was too young and radical to “get anything done”—has accomplished more good governance in a *week* on the job than most liberal politicians accomplish in their whole careers. With a smile & a joyful heart. A blessing.
mayor.nyc.gov Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 1d
Last week, we announced a plan to make child care universal. Today, applications are open for pre-K & 3-K. If your child is turning 3 or 4, apply now for the fall at: myschools.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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samueldeats.bsky.social
I've been wanting to do a tribute piece for FINAL FANTASY TACTICS: The Ivalice Chronicles for a while now, featuring my main team at the end of the game. 😁

Here's to one of the best games of all time! 🥂❤️
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
phantomroxas.bsky.social
New York Post being pissed off about this tells me they're afraid it will actually happen.
criminalerin.bsky.social Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d
🙏🏻 🕯️ 🍀 please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
A New York Post headline from 10 hours ago: Iran issues sickening assassination threat against Trump: "This time it will not miss the target"
January 14, 2026 at 11:25 PM
phantomroxas.bsky.social
Billy Essayli (Who, if you don't know, is essentially Lindsey Halligan but for California) is going to be so fucking mad about this, and I love that for him.

Prop 50 being upheld is good on its own. I would also like to see Essayli face consequences. bsky.app/profile/chri...
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
BREAKING: Three-judge panel, on a 2-1 vote, refuses to block California from using its mid-decade redistricting map. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Proposition 50 was the single issue on the ballot for the November 4 special election: the Official Voter Information Guide provided maps to the voters showing both the existing district lines and the proposed new district lines. And the pros and cons of Proposition 50 were outlined in purely political, partisan terms, with each side claiming the other was engaging in a "power grab." No one told the voters that the Proposition 50 Map involved racial gerrymandering. Over 7 million Californians voted "yes" on Proposition 50, it passed by nearly a 2 to 1 margin, and the next day Plaintiffs filed their complaint in this Court. But the Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that "partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts." So, Challengers have abandoned the argument they made to the voters. Proposition 50, apparently, is no longer a partisan power grab. Now, it is a "racial gerrymander." And Challengers also tell us that, even if the voters intended to adopt the Proposition 50 Map as a partisan counterweight to Texas's redistricting, their intent does not matter, as they were simply dupes of a racially-motivated legislature. However, we reject the notion that voters' intent does not matter. Instead, we employ well-understood tools to determine the voters' intent in adopting the Proposition 50 Map, and after reviewing the evidence, we conclude that it was exactly as one would think: it was partisan. Indeed, the record contains a mountain of statements reflecting the partisan goals of Proposition 50, from which Challengers have culled a molehill of statements showing race consciousness on the part of the mapmaker and certain legislators. But that is not enough to make the necessary showing that the relevant decisionmakers-here, the electorate enacted the new map for racial reasons. Nor have Challengers offered alternative maps that would prove otherwise. Significantly, they provide no alternative map for any congressional district except one: District 13.3 And as to that district, the alternative maps they do offer are either materially indistinguishable from the Proposition 50 Map or do not meet other redistricting goals.
January 14, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
F[ucking] A[sshole] Bill Essayli: As proof that Ryan Ribner didn't single SEIU CA President David Huerta out, we note that after Casey Crook pushed Huerta out of the way of the van, RATHER THAN join in efforts to move others away as well, Ryan Ribner instead assaulted Huerta.
Nor was defendant singled out as he claims in his motion. While defendant claims these officers made a “beeline” to move defendant out of the way of the law enforcement vehicle, he ignores the fact that (1) he was blocking the vehicle, so moving him out of the way was a reasonable step; and (2) reasonable force was also used to move other individuals who were similarly blocking the path of the law enforcement vehicle. The officers on the scene were outnumbered by those blocking the driveway; it makes sense that they would prioritize the individuals in the van’s path. In fact, once defendant was no longer blocking the path of the van, the officer that pushed defendant immediately turned around and focused his attention on the other individuals blocking the path of the van. This shows that the officers were not retaliating against defendant, they were just trying to clear the path of the van.
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Bill Essayli Has an Identity Crisis

www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/14/b...
Bill Essayli Has an Identity Crisis - emptywheel
In his attempt to rebut motions to dismiss a conspiracy to dox case, F.A. [Fucking Asshole] Bill Essayli tried to rewrite the statute to criminalize shaming someone for doing a shameful job.
www.emptywheel.net
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: Three-judge panel, on a 2-1 vote, refuses to block California from using its mid-decade redistricting map. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Proposition 50 was the single issue on the ballot for the November 4 special election: the Official Voter Information Guide provided maps to the voters showing both the existing district lines and the proposed new district lines. And the pros and cons of Proposition 50 were outlined in purely political, partisan terms, with each side claiming the other was engaging in a "power grab." No one told the voters that the Proposition 50 Map involved racial gerrymandering. Over 7 million Californians voted "yes" on Proposition 50, it passed by nearly a 2 to 1 margin, and the next day Plaintiffs filed their complaint in this Court. But the Supreme Court ruled in Rucho v. Common Cause that "partisan gerrymandering claims present political questions beyond the reach of the federal courts." So, Challengers have abandoned the argument they made to the voters. Proposition 50, apparently, is no longer a partisan power grab. Now, it is a "racial gerrymander." And Challengers also tell us that, even if the voters intended to adopt the Proposition 50 Map as a partisan counterweight to Texas's redistricting, their intent does not matter, as they were simply dupes of a racially-motivated legislature. However, we reject the notion that voters' intent does not matter. Instead, we employ well-understood tools to determine the voters' intent in adopting the Proposition 50 Map, and after reviewing the evidence, we conclude that it was exactly as one would think: it was partisan. Indeed, the record contains a mountain of statements reflecting the partisan goals of Proposition 50, from which Challengers have culled a molehill of statements showing race consciousness on the part of the mapmaker and certain legislators. But that is not enough to make the necessary showing that the relevant decisionmakers-here, the electorate enacted the new map for racial reasons. Nor have Challengers offered alternative maps that would prove otherwise. Significantly, they provide no alternative map for any congressional district except one: District 13.3 And as to that district, the alternative maps they do offer are either materially indistinguishable from the Proposition 50 Map or do not meet other redistricting goals.
January 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
phantomroxas.bsky.social
Something about the pattern on Torment's chest makes me think it looks like a scarf. With his whip, I think he's actually like some kind of evil cowboy.

...Wait. What if Torment is *Montana*?

I think that would be *too* weird of a pull, so "cowboy" is my main focus for Torment right now.
Variant cover of an upcoming issue of Amazing Spider-Man, drawn by Iban Coello as one of nine connection covers. The cover features an action shot of Torment, while part of a larger himself of himself is in the background. Torment wields two gauntlets, and holds a spiked lariat in his right hand. The Spider-Man villain Montana. He wears a green suit and a white cowboy hat, and holds a lasso.
January 14, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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newrepublic.com
A 21-year old anti-ICE protester has been left permanently blinded in California after a Department of Homeland Security agent shot him in the face with a nonlethal round at point-blank range on Friday. trib.al/V6hRQpr
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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internethippo.bsky.social
The gofundme for that factory worker who called Trump a pedophile protector is at like $300k. Funniest possible outcome of this is everyone rushing to do the same thing in the hopes of getting paid
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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🕷️🦸 First details revealed for Marvel & DC’s #SpiderMan/ #Superman crossover!
@bradmeltzer.com makes his 1st full-length Marvel debut with @pepelarraz.bsky.social, and bonus stories from Geoff Johns, @jason-aaron.bsky.social & @rdauterman.bsky.social, @danslott.bsky.social & more.
🔥 Details:
First details revealed for Marvel and DC’s ‘Spider-Man/Superman’ crossover out April 2026
SPIDER-MAN/SUPERMAN, an all-new Marvel/DC crossover one-shot featuring stories by Brad Meltzer, Pepe Larraz, Brian Michael Bendis, Geoff Johns, Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and more superstar talen...
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January 14, 2026 at 3:43 PM