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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: During an interview at the Xbox booth on the Gamescom show floor, I attempted to ask a veteran Obsidian developer for their thoughts on making video games at Microsoft amid layoffs and widespread criticism over the company's links to Israel.

I was immediately shut down.

Microsoft shuts down questions about layoffs and Israel ties at Gamescom 2025

Microsoft won't comment. Xbox staff aren't allowed.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Aditya K @adityakhanna.bsky.social · Aug 20

You need to hear this: conformity made the Nazis happen. If you support putting people away for what they are, you're a Nazi.

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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 19

I'm worried that Hank's app being a phenomenon will lead to him believing his 1,000 other business ideas are also good.

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Aditya K @adityakhanna.bsky.social · Aug 19

Why don't you prove they are illegal? Also, what kind of rational human allows for disease to spread and people to fall sick just based on where they are from. You are a monster, and I'm surprised you can live with yourself.

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Aditya K @adityakhanna.bsky.social · Aug 18

Honestly what the hell

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Aug 17

This is fucking appalling. It’s collective punishment, it’s incitement to genocide, and the US needs to stop funding it. I stand with the millions of Gazans under siege and the hundreds of thousands of Israelis protesting against the manmade horrors plaguing Gaza.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 17

*chef’s kiss*

Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · Aug 17

Outside Dupont north metro

Sandwich man posters next to Dupont circle metro stop

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 17

A shooting in Crown Heights early this morning has stolen the lives of three New Yorkers and injured eight more.

I’m grateful for the first responders who rushed towards the danger and worked to save lives.

We cannot accept gun violence in our city.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Aug 16

So deeply embarrassing for the United States. Trump legitimized Putin and his illegal war on the world stage and got absolutely nothing in return. Not even a single step toward peace. Everyone involved in this charade should be ashamed.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 15

REPORTER: President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?

PUTIN: *taps ear*

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Horsing Around Historian 🐎🧶🍞🥖📚 @ridingwriter.bsky.social · Aug 15

This hurts and why we need to get horses away from police work

Fuck up the rider save the horse

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Aug 15

all of us, at the same time

Joe Wrote @joewrote.bsky.social · Aug 15

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 12

In goose meme form.

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Colette Delawalla @cdelawalla.bsky.social · Aug 14

IMPEACH THE QUACK! 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. is a danger to this nation. Don’t give in to Trump & his cronies: we are NOT trading innovation for ideology. We demand the immediate IMPEACHMENT and REMOVAL of RFK. Stop the quack. Protect Science. Protect Democracy
Sign & share here: zurl.co/PEPyD
#StandUpForScience

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Aditya K @adityakhanna.bsky.social · Aug 14

That's really weird because I Loved the hell out of that video. YouTube is fickle and not a measure of how good you are.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Aug 12

Governor Pritzker is right. No more blank checks for Netanyahu’s right-wing government and its military. No more blank checks for war crimes against Palestinians.

forward.com/fast-forward...

JB Pritzker: Blocking arms sales sends Israel ‘the right kind of message’

The Illinois Democrat said he backed the Senate bid to halt Israel arms sales to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu over Gaza crisis.

forward.com

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · Aug 12

So good to see Arkane's workers push for this!

Also a great example of one of the core benefits of unionization, which is just "creating a structure for discussion and systems to make collective decisions." Always much harder to get action at scale like this if there isn't already organization.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · Aug 12

'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel

Arkane Studios' STJV section in France has published an open letter in support of the Palestinian-led BDS movement.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 12

A devastating crash in Astoria has left three people dead. I'm heartbroken for the victims and their loved ones.

We can't normalize this. It's time to commit to streets that are safe for everyone.

3 dead after car crashes into coffee truck, pedestrians in Astoria

Eyewitnesses said the vehicle was speeding before slamming into the parked coffee truck.

abc7ny.com

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Aug 11

JFC

Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Aug 11

A large-scale, government-funded study tracking 1.2M children over two decades found something Kennedy doesn't like, so he wants it retracted.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Exclusive: Medical journal rejects Kennedy's call for retraction of vaccine study

An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal's editor told Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · Aug 11

Also she took a bribe to drop a case against Trump when she was Florida AG.

BTW crime in DC and Baltimore have both dropped to record lows recently. This is quite simply an authoritarian takeover. It will not stop here.

Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · Aug 11

Genuinely incredible that she's saying this with 2 accused rapists on either side of her

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 11

Bondi: "Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Aug 11

CALL TO ACTION: If you are in the DC area, drop everything you are doing and go join others at 5pm EST in Dupont Circle to protest Trump’s illegal military occupation and efforts to federalize DC police. #3E #freeDC

call to protest in DC to resist Trump's military occupation

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Aditya K @adityakhanna.bsky.social · Aug 11

I recently made a crossword which has at least two Hades 2 references xD

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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · Aug 10

I'm old enough to remember a year or two ago when both "we're not killing journalists that's illegal!" and "We're not bombing *hospitals* for god's sake" were major talking points. Violations of these things now no longer seem to even register.

Christ.

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 10

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

Anas al-Sharif among five Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza

Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · Aug 10

A reminder that the mRNA vaccine technology saved millions of lives during the Covid pandemic and received the 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine

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