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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 6h

Except maybe Nancy Pelosi who's been insider trading for years.
But even that seems quaint in comparison

Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 6h

Comparatively, they're saints though. Like it's not a comparison anymore you can make with a straight face

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 7h

The lesson to US businesses even if dems retake power will be: When republicans are in power, do whatever they say... Bribe them, capitulate to them, glaze them etc... But hold fast against dems, they won't do shit.

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 8h

*on

Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 8h

These losers in instagram.

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 17h

Just got a damn black ops 6 ad in my notifications

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 21h

Also was one of my favorite Atari games

Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 21h

I watched it so many times as a kid. I haven't watched it as an adult actually. Worried a bit it wouldn't hold up haha

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 21h

Hearing the new Tron movie is bad which is a bummer... Hard to tell though since everyone said that about Legacy which I thought was actually pretty good

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 23h

lol the Google bribe took longer to be paid than the Meta/Twitter ones because executives wanted to be sure they paid less than their competitor Meta.

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Even retaking power is questionable. But if they do eventually, nothing will happen to any of these people. I'm like 95% sure

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

If dems ever retake power, I hope they don't forget about this. I hope retribution for these companies and their executives is somewhere on the agenda.
This is beyond wishful thinking and these companies know it though

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

Businesses doing this legal bribery/tribute shit is so damaging. tl;dr: Google becomes the latest US company to pay Trump off in a "legal settlement" for a nonsense case they had no chance of losing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5l...

YouTube Capitulates to Trump

YouTube video by LegalEagle

www.youtube.com

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

This is the silliest shit... Congress has become such a useless joke, that this is where they choose to spend their effort and political capital (if that term even has meaning anymore)

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

really makes u think

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

We're cooked!

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

Hah woke up with this stuck in my head... My mom LOVED this entire album back in the day so it was playing at home for at least a solid year back when it came out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-g...

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al (Official Video)

YouTube video by PaulSimonVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

I'm surprised he even knows they're a member of NATO tbh

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

So what's the incentive for the DOJ to NOT bring frivolous cases against the President's enemies? Those attorneys are supposed to be bound to certain standards + ethics as officers of the court, but it's not like they're going to be sanctioned right?

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

LOL

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

I mean I'm half joking, but only half

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

If I lived in the US, I'd be a "military hardware guy" right now, I can assure you of that

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 1d

On one hand, I wholeheartedly agree. It's stupid...
But there's this small voice in the back of my head that wonders how many off-by-one errors would never have happened if 0th indexing wasn't a thing

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Modus Pwnens @pwnyslaystation.bsky.social · 2d

Am I on mute?
You sound pretty muffled
I'm right by the microphone
lol this is my life too

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