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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 2d

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 2d

Well played, Robert. Well played.

a man in a blue striped shirt stands in a hallway

ALT: a man in a blue striped shirt stands in a hallway

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 4d

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 2d

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"I'm a Mac Person."

R. A. Meenan (Sammie) @zyearth.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"Every student used AI."

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

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ciil 🦭 @ciil.bsky.social · 9d

1am delirious motivational comic from moi #comic

comic of seal being self conscious abt sucking but evil ominous aggro positive seal screams at her that actually its cooler to try and flop than not try and not flop. seal screams AT LEAST I DID IT BROOOO

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 5d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 5d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 11d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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Lark 🍂🐺 Guided by the Wind in Ezo @larkoneironaut.bsky.social · 13d

HAPPY 1ST OF OCTOBER 🎃👻🕸️🦇🌕🌩️🖤🕯️🔮

A fluffy black cat lying on its back, sttetching on a cat tree, seemingly screaming while its eyes reflect the light eerily

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 13d

Well then.

It's right about now that I imagine @xbox.com realizes that they done fucked up.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 13d

the website to cancel Xbox Game Pass subscriptions is overloaded

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 13d

Ah yes, the meteorological phenomenon, the Fujiwhara Effect.

As opposed to the Fujiwara Zone, which causes a AE86 Toyota Corolla to gain unexpected bursts of speed during a race.

a white car with a license plate that says id954

Alt: A POV shot behind a white and black (or Panda) AE86 Toyota Corolla drifting at high speed in a scene from "Initial D." Partway though the drift, the car appears to magically warp further ahead in the corner, a visual representation of driver Takumi Fujiwara's ability to pull far more performance out of the car than he should be able to - which is referred to in the series as the "Fujiwara Zone."

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 13d

Agreed, nuance is key with this: You can agree philosophically and simultaneously disagree with actions proposed by a proponent of said philosophy.

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Rindel Zivas @rindelzivas.bsky.social · 13d

Every day I find myself agreeing with Johnny Silverhand just a little bit more.

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · Apr 4

The 2025 experience

Screenshot from Castlevania Season 3.

Alucard sits alone with a cup of white wine and a meal of fish and garlic.

The quote reads: "Oh, my God. I am losing my mind."

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𝔰𝔦𝔣 [OFFLINE] @meowpa.ws · 14d

❗ Quick reminder that age verification on Bluesky is fully client side!
Meaning you can easily get around it!

More on it here!
gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2...

#bluesky #age #verification #bypass

👇 Repost so people who need it will find this post! 👇

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R. A. Meenan (Sammie) @zyearth.com · 14d

Get a free book while you can!

R. A. Meenan (Sammie) @zyearth.com · Sep 1

We need art. We need joy. We need the reminder that evil CAN and WILL be defeated.

For the month of September, I'm offering all Zyearth #books FREE through my website. DRM Free Downloads! (cont.)

#ElementalMagic
#FoundFamily
#GayAsHeck
#CharacterDriven
#LoveIsReal
#Furry

www.zyearth.com/bookshop

A book promo. SALE, all Zyearth ebooks FREE direct from Zyearth.com for September!

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15d

I mean yes this is funny, but the fact that these unconstitutional stormtroopers are so directionless that they literally stand around waiting for random nonwhite delivery guys to bike past them is just pathetic. No mandate, no mission, no clue. Just racism.

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 15d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 16d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive, 26-YEAR-LONG study of MORE THAN 2.4 MILLION people in Sweden found found NO EVIDENCE to support a causal link between acetaminophen (the API in Tylenol) use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD, OR intellectual disability in children.

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punkitt ‼️💞 @punkitt.bsky.social · 16d

its tough out there but so am i

a perturbed looking wolf girl with an arrow pointing to her and a caption that reads: (more than a little frustrated at how people
see her kindness and optimism as a sign of
naivete rather than the result of consistently
having her anxiety spirals and doomsayer
thoughts proven wrong by many genuine
people over the last two and a half decades
of her life and that this is not the tactic of a
fool but one of someone who has seen the
effects that believing in the future and in
other people can have on those around you)

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 18d

So I just did the math it seems they're short a bit

Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 18d

*The AI boom = one of the costliest building sprees in world history

* Past 3 years' commitments are greater than the cost of building the U.S. interstate highway system

* Consumers must spend $800 billion on AI within a few years, to justify investment from 2023-24

www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-b...

This week, consultants at Bain & Co. estimated the wave of AI infrastructure spending will require $2 trillion in annual AI revenue by 2030. By comparison, that is more than the combined 2024 revenue of Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Nvidia, and more than five times the size of the entire global subscription software market.

Morgan Stanley estimates that last year there was around $45 billion of revenue for AI products. The sector makes money from a combination of subscription fees for chatbots such as ChatGPT and money paid to use these companies’ data centers.

How the tech sector will cover the gap is “the trillion dollar question,” said Mark Moerdler, an analyst at Bernstein.

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R. A. Meenan (Sammie) @zyearth.com · 20d

To me, Zyearth was an escape. It's a place I run to when the world feels bleak, despite it being bleak itself.

But there's hope. There's success. There's a reminder that even at its worst, life is still worth living.

Come. Stay a while. <3

#FreeBook

R. A. Meenan (Sammie) @zyearth.com · Sep 1

We need art. We need joy. We need the reminder that evil CAN and WILL be defeated.

For the month of September, I'm offering all Zyearth #books FREE through my website. DRM Free Downloads! (cont.)

#ElementalMagic
#FoundFamily
#GayAsHeck
#CharacterDriven
#LoveIsReal
#Furry

www.zyearth.com/bookshop

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 20d

If you were concerned about Kimmel, here's another for you…

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for 100+ days, ironically arrested as he reported on a "No Kings" protest.

The Trump-Vance admin just issued an order of final removal, to send him to El Salvador—where he fled from 21 years ago.

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