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"by that bridge near the border there were many more to die" just some dude. tunes good. he/him

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · Oct 21

ongoing thread containing videos of great live performances. gonna try to maintain this through the end of 2025.

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · Jul 30

Drew Struzan, 1975

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 1d

sorry, left out some key info in the alt and couldn't live with it lol

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 1d

a photo of Italian guitarist and composer Luca Turilli, best known for his work in the band Rhapsody (of Fire). he is sporting a mullet haircut and a velvet-looking robe with gold trim. an Ibanez S-series electric guitar appears to be resting on his knee.

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

Pritzker should be held responsible for the police nominally under his control; that being said, this is going to be a problem for every politician you try to sell us on as a savior. Because everyone of them, and many of their supporters, refuses to actually confront what the police are doing.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

Troopers with batons aggressively shoving crowd back.

Just saw two demonstrators arrested.

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𝔻𝕖𝕖𝕡 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕥 @thatsgoodweb.bsky.social · 4d

Oscar Chichoni, art for Starship Titanic, 1998

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 5d

as much as it sucks this was canceled, I would not trust UbiSoft to *not* give this subject matter the Bioshock Infinite treatment.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6d

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Homestar Screens @grapenutsrobot.graphics · 5d

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 7d

VI LO AV SKJEBNEN SAMMEN

pretty cool I got to see Honningbarna live in Norway.

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 7d

I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.

Black and white photo showing people around a Darius cabinet at the October 1986 AM Show.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 8d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Stop Skeletons From Fighting | SSFF @stopskeletons.bsky.social · 8d

WE RIDE FOR BUGRER BECKY
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman

I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer

www.gofundme.com

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 8d

proud of you

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 9d

it's shaping up to be a typical Chargers season. ugh. if we have proven anything over the last decade it's that being a playoff-caliber team doesn't actually fucking mean anything anymore.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 10d

In all seriousness, the "LLMs are people and you're racist if you don't like them" shit is the natural endpoint of a consumerist society in which consuming and fandom are the only modes of identity-building many people understand. Finally, a product no one can tell you not to love.

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metal dot txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 10d

Yelling over the bar music to an apathetic friend: so there are actually two different subgenres that get labeled as “doom” metal but you can tell them apart because one will have album titles like Lachrymose Silhouettes in the Ossuary and the other will be like Danksgiving Is Here Again

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 11d

haha "synthesis" look at me, gettin all dialectic

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 11d

I think Amorphis is pretty much the only metal band ever to find the perfect synthesis between their older and newer sounds.

this song has a 90s trance intro!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB0V...

Light And Shadow

YouTube video by Amorphis - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Dave @kirkie.bsky.social · 11d

I’ve seen Allie bigging up other bands this bandcamp Friday so putting these two out there as recommended purchases. Both absolute fire…

aliciacordisco.bandcamp.com/album/the-bu...

transgressivethrash.bandcamp.com/album/never-...

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 12d

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 12d

this is exactly the kind of joke that gets cheers instead of laughs which means it is both mean *and* embarrassingly unfunny.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 12d

Amazing breakfast this morning. I love waffles

Waffle with berries & powdered sugar on floral plate

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 12d

it's my birthday. you're not obligated to celebrate in any way but if you'd like to do something nice just donate (if you're able) to a pro-Palestinian organization or gofundme and/or listen to one of these albums that are really important to me :)

a graphic showing five albums that are very important to me.

from top to bottom:

Devin Townsend - "Ocean Machine"

Strapping Young Lad - "City"

Angra - "Holy Land"

Akino Arai - "Furu Platinum"

Marillion - "Clutching at Straws"

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 15d

you don't even need to have the sound on to hear this but you should anyway

Detritus Books @detritusbooks.bsky.social · 15d

It hits every time.

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 16d

wow this actually sounds pretty neat. the couple times I actually tried to play BT on tabletop it was cool but took for-fucking-ever lol

soakrates @soakrates.bsky.social · 16d

kinda odd because "rich people and techno-religious freaks restore hereditary dynasties and wage war with giant robots" really does feel like a bunch of tech oligarchs' fantasy far future.