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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 7h

Prime example being my mom constantly playing mahjong on her phone.

Constantly.

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 9h

Just 11 years ago they made AC Freedom cry and this trailer and now they are fucking scared cos of terminally online gamers who have no life shouting online. Zero balls in leadership clearly.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

I was just about to say, I wonder what the dynamics are now compared to 20 years ago where people didn’t consider themselves “gamers” based on what games they played. Especially if what they played weren’t considered “real games”

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 8h

and with your help we can get it to 75%

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Complete Streets Bellevue @completestreetsbellevue.org · 10h

All 10 candidates for Bellevue's 5 open positions have RSVPed. This is a unique opportunity to hear from candidates, in their own words, why their vision for our transportation system is the best for Bellevue.

There's still time to RSVP! Saturday from 3-5 pm.

www.eventbrite.com/e/bellevue-c...

Bellevue City Council Candidate Transportation, Mobility, and Equity Panel

Come see Bellevue city council candidates answer questions focused around transportation, mobility, and equity on October 11th!

www.eventbrite.com

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

This has been true since before the 08 recession, at the very least.

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demon core vidal (halloween style. bc demons are SPOOKY) @regretagarbo.rip · 8h

“go jump in a lake” is not a threat, saying “damn, ____ is still alive??” is not a threat. these are not failures of scale. they are failures of leadership, training, and most of all, policy.

demon core vidal (halloween style. bc demons are SPOOKY) @regretagarbo.rip · 22h

having inconsistent interpretations of your own TOS and making rash decisions when you see something you don’t like, then suspending people and making a rule change later is not an issue of moderation at scale. myself and others have been saying this over and over again

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 8h

I dunno, shit man, that year was a blur of depression and horniness: a memoir.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

Nope nope this hits my brain in all the wrong places

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 8h

Pretty sure Eleanor Roosevelt is dead

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 9h

Bondi claiming they arrested [checks notes] "the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" has me in stitches

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bondi: "Bondi: "Just like we did with cartels, we are going to take the same approach, President Trump, with antifa -- destroy the entire organization from top to bottom. We are going to take them apart."

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

I reposted a quote post criticizing them for saying “people are misusing this info”, which I feel is a valid response. But the way people are piling onto someone who is already on their way out is unnecessary.

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 10h

The FDA has added more brands to its list of lead tainted cinnamon. 1/3

Safety Alert

The FDA is advising consumers to throw away and not to buy the ground cinnamon products because samples of products listed in the table were found to contain elevated levels of lead.

www.fda.gov

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 9h

I’ve seen the videos, they ARE coming through you.

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11h

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

Truly making sure the door hits them on the way out. It’s cruelty for the sake of it.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

this is an explicitely nazi administration and anyone who still supports them should be viewed as such

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 9h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

Not to imply this isn’t serious, and that we shouldn’t be worried.

But I am compelled to remind you that these losers are too afraid to enter Philly.

We are not cooked unless you step into the pot.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 9h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

Yes. We know.

GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 20h

Just under half of gamers worldwide are women, according to a new report published by the Entertainment Software Association

www.gamesindustry.biz/esa-48-of-vi...

ESA: 48% of video game players are women

2025 Global Power of Play report also found that mobile is the preferred device for women and players overall

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10h

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

I’m gonna crochet the largest blanket I can, at the highest density I can manage, with the most heavenly yarn I can find.

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Claude AI’s logo is unironically Kurt Vonnegut’s butthole drawing

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

I am once again pinned down by dogs.

Wide angle shot of all three dogs on my lap. Luna is golden and fluffy. Libby’s head is sticking out from under the blanket. Tucked under Libby’s head is Löaf.

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 8h

Listifications has been immensely entertaining

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awkword @awkword.bsky.social · 14h

Cops used 83,000 cameras to track a single abortion patient — on her abuser’s tip.

Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip

Turns out the cop was also an abuser

jessica.substack.com

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 6d

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out

As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

open.substack.com

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 9h

The current paradigm of "AI"— all of its, e.g., embedded values, design, cultural deployment, & structural affordances— has been repeatedly demonstrated to harm both critical skills development & the structure & maintenance of the relational social fabric.

That sounds pretty anti-pedagogical, to me

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 14h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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