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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 4h

Randomly checked a local estate sale auction listing and someone's selling a bunch of 1960ish Gil Elvgren pre-production glass plates and the prices are still single digits and :O

Photo of a 9x11"glass pane with four Gil Elvgren pinup illustrations

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Elliot 🥕 @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 6h

LOSING MY MIND AT THE PHONE NUMBER ON THIS BUS IN FRONT OF ME

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 6h

Suddenly a trip north to do some weekend computer troubleshooting for mom, wheeeee.

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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 7h

How did we get here? Billionaires

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7h

Jay Capsian Kang writes about how the internet has deepened the cracks in our fracturing sense of shared reality—and how many Americans have come to embrace a conspiratorial world view. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/XEjaFK

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 15h

When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 10h

INTERESTING.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 10h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 10h

Did someone sign me up for some Canadian wellness SMS spam?

Screenshot of an SMS notification that reads "How's your mood today? Want to go out for a bite?"

Screenshot of an SMS notification that reads "Are you having a calm day or a busy one?"

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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 12h

so, uh, I guess the studio responded to this by replacing their website art!

(not gonna lie, I'm torn between "lol, lmao" and "hm, that's a bit of an immature response from a professional game studio")

A screenshot of the Sackbird website that shows their social media icons replaced with intentionally bad MS Paint-style art

A screenshot of the Sackbird website which used to have an AI-generated skyline of Baltimore, and now has an intentionally shitty bunch of brown boxes labelled as "Fort McHenry" and "Sackbird Studios" in Comic Sans. It has clearly been drawn in MS Paint in about 5 minutes

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IllCaesar @illcaesar.bsky.social · 6d

One of the victims reported him to the police for stalking and they didn't file it because the stalker is the nephew of one of the cops!

Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 7d

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

www.nytimes.com

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 11h

you's drunk

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 12h

Oh sweet, hopefully they can catch up on the series Kraken didn't get to as well.

Nick, Nick, 🪿! @nicknickgoose.bsky.social · 13h

@media-blasters.com confirms (via Instagram) that its licensed GARO and will release the movies and specials.
www.instagram.com/p/DPoxTk4EeWi/

mediablastersinc:
Sorry for any confusion but let’s make it clear, we are releasing GARO in the future and we are actually starting with Kiba, Taiga, Red Requiem, Wailing Dragon and Under the Moon.
Actually just starting to figure out the configuration, extras and the like so no clue yet.

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Ian @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social · 12h

It took me 5000 words, and Grok just... tweeted it out.
racketmn.com/whats-the-de...

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 13h

Come on, you're supposed to use the World of Tanks forums, everyone knows this.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 13h

A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform.

Retired US Army officer sentenced to nearly 6 years for sharing classified info on dating site

A retired Army officer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for conspiring to transmit classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign dating platform.

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Simpley Thom. 🏳️‍🌈 @mongreldog.bsky.social · 18h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

"Saying you're 'buying a house in New Zealand' is kind of a wink, wink, say no more," Reid Hoffman previously said. The same presumably goes for bunkers.

But there's a distinctly human flaw.

I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking.

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 13h

Circle K and Wal-mart

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 14h

It's that time of year again, jumping on the new #hardcover artbook kickstarter fast enough to get the early bonuses

#hardcover2025 | art for adults 18+ | Retro

The fifth book of the series. This time with the topic: Retro!

www.kickstarter.com

Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 14h

No regrets importing the new Shirow artbook, but we're getting it in hardcover domestically?

(and tangentially, wish I could be at NYCC snagging some of the Shirow merch Kinokuniya brought ;_;)

Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 15h

Kodansha USA has revealed its fall 2026 releases, including a Masamune Shirow artbook, When a Dragon Calls manga, Cells at Work! picture books, and a lot more!

Kodansha USA Licenses Masamune Shirow Artbook, When a Dragon Calls, Cells at Work! Cat, More for Fall 2026

Also: Cells at Work! Picture Books, YuM Cat, You Might as Well Be the One, more

www.animenewsnetwork.com

Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 1d

Sigh.....

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Peru’s Congress has voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

Peru’s Congress votes to remove President Boluarte as a crime wave grips the country

Peru’s Congress voted to remove deeply unpopular President Dina Boluarte from office as a crime wave grips the South American nation.

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 1d

Man, the possibilities spinning out of the end of Peacemaker. And as a fan on the comics side, I'm also really happy to see where Sasha ends up.

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Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 1d

Everybody who has ever spent time in downtown Minneapolis has needed skyway.run. Dang

Minneapolis Skyway

Navigate the Minneapolis Skyway System, find lunch spots and get directions.

skyway.run

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 1d

Having never really listened to Cash before, this did get me to spin up an album at random, whereupon I got a really funny counterargument from way back in 1981.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, here it is: maybe the funniest thing we've ever done, in its entirety.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

www.youtube.com

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 1d

Like.

Clearer wide shot of all the clouds looking towards downtown Minneapolis

Photo looking towards the west side of the clouds which are thicker on the horizon but lighter clumps closer in

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Phil @pi8you.bsky.social · 1d

Clouds are looking nice off to the west tonight

Photo looking across a broad street at an open sky with a mix of clouds of different types/weights in the late afternoon, some clouds are in front of the sun while others are lit by it from below, and there's a contrail running off the left side

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