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Dancing Viru
@dancingviru.bsky.social
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he/him | South Asian Swiss | autistic | invested in autistic accessibility in games | <3 Destiny 2 & tv shows | streams on:
https://twitch.tv/dancingviru

here to do whats necessary, not to make you & me comfortable, since living is political now.
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dancingviru.bsky.social
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adriandaub.bsky.social Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 2d
It's fascinating to me: media discourses in Germany (elsewhere too, but I see it most clearly in Germany) have a tendency to retain a structure, but to slowly substitute the specific elements connected by that structure. It's like a discursive Ship of Theseus... (1/4)
cocoscorpse.bsky.social Coronel Cocos @cocoscorpse.bsky.social · 2d
lol
(Spoiler: es geht übrigens um die bösen Palästinasolidarischen)
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
It’s the racism . It’s always been the bigotry and they are taking the silences and refusal to define bigotry and rebuke to take away every single right
nancylevinestearns.bsky.social Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 1d
🚨 Ted Cruz (R-TX) has introduced legislation to effectively eliminate shareholder democracy, after shareholders of 30 out of 30 companies rejected anti-DEI proposals, most by 98-99%.

A Bill Framed as an ESG Crackdown but Written to Remove Voting Power Entirely

esgnews.com/sen-cruz-see...
Sen. Cruz Seeks to Block ESG, DEI Voting in $1 Trillion Federal Retirement Plan
The bill would bar BlackRock and State Street from casting any shareholder votes tied to the $1 trillion Thrift Savings Plan
esgnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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unofficialdaday.bsky.social
#DragonAgeDay will be live on 🟣Twitch on DECEMBER 1 at 4pm CST / 10 pm GMT!

Our GM @diceandautism.bsky.social will lead @cypheroftyr.bsky.social, @brodiebot.bsky.social, @valdrianth.bsky.social and @hummalou.bsky.social trough Orlais to meet its dangers!

🎲Tune in on: www.twitch.tv/unofficialdr...
Infotext: "Join our heroes in Orlais as they take on a dangerous mission in the DA TTRPG adventure by Reyn LeBeau! Look out for special TTRPG incentives. All funds raised will benefit the PCRF!" Accompanied by portraits of the gamemaster and players. A disclaimer at the bottom reads: "Unofficial Dragon Age Day is a holiday made by fans for fans and is not associated with BioWare."
December 1, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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chadloder.bsky.social
This was two days ago.
brandonfriedman.bsky.social Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8d
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.

In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
USCIS Refugee Memo – Summary of Key Provisions Effective immediately, USCIS is ordering: ● A total freeze on all pending Form I-485 applications filed by refugees admitted from Jan 20, 2021 – Feb 20, 2025 ● A mandatory re-interview of all principal refugees admitted during that period ● A review and potential re-interview of derivative refugees, including spouses, children, and follow-to-join beneficiaries ● A reassessment of whether each refugee met the definition at the time of admission Authority being invoked: ● INA § 101(a)(42) (refugee definition) ● INA § 207 and § 209 (termination and adjustment authority) ● USCIS asserts power to undo past refugee admissions Consequences: ● USCIS may terminate refugee status for principals and all derivatives ● USCIS may deny green cards, even for those who already have them ● There is no appeal of a denied refugee-based I-485; the only option is to contest removal in immigration court ● Refugees placed in removal proceedings may renew their I-485 claim before an immigration judge Additional conditions: ● USCIS has 90 days to create the priority list for who will be re-interviewed ● The freeze on I-485s remains until lifted in a future memo ● Only the USCIS Director or Deputy Director may authorize exceptions ● USCIS is explicitly framing this as correcting “expediency,” “quantity over quality,” and “vulnerabilities” in Biden-era adjudications ● The memo states USCIS will revisit all inadmissibility grounds, including those previously waived ● The memo highlights a review of the persecutor bar ● It asserts a need to ensure refugees “pose no threat to national security or public safety”
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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headfallsoff.com
bungie make the best looking, best playing console shooters on the market and none of the competition has really come close in over 2 decades. yet every decision management has ever made has been as if they were time travellers sent back from the future to somehow force them into failure
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
X's location "transparency" feature showing many MAGA accounts are based internationally reveals what we already knew: The world is using American social media and American politics as a slot machine and social media companies are directly incentivizing this:

www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
dancingviru.bsky.social
been over 2 months since I've streamed, but I'm co-streaming this dev stream & share some thoughts, live right now:

twitch.tv/dancingviru
destinythegame.bungie.net Destiny 2 @destinythegame.bungie.net · 7d
We are live! Join us for a first look at the Destiny 2: Renegades Launch Trailer, our next ViDoc, and a deep dive into the new Lawless Frontier activity with our dev team.

💜 twitch.tv/bungie
❤️ youtube.com/@destinytheg...
🖤 tiktok.com/@Destinytheg...
Destiny 2 Renegades - Developer Livestream. Live now.
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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davey.bsky.social
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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jvp.bsky.social
The Israeli military’s genocide isn’t over, it’s expanding.

The Israeli government has violated the truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killing over 342 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, including 28 Palestinians in the past three days.
November 25, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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ramiismail.com
"People are poor and that's not enriching the rich"
An article with the headline "[US people] are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy".
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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gamesdonequick.com
We're excited to announce that during our Disability and Neurodivergence Special, we'll be raising money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) as part of Twitch's #TogetherForGood charity campaign!!

Catch it Nov. 29-30!

Learn more about AWN at AWNnetwork.org
light blue background with Coop in the corner with hearts around head text reads: Disability and Neurodivergence Special Raising money for Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN) Nov. 29-30 #TogetherForGood
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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leftistwonk.bsky.social
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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leftistlawyer.com
1. Good riddance.

2. I am already seeing people on the left praising her and saying she should join the Democrats. HER ENTIRE RESIGNATION SPEECH WAS DUMPING ON TRANS PEOPLE AND IMMIGRANTS.

www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Marjorie Taylor Greene To Resign From Congress | HuffPost Latest News
The surprising news comes amid a public feud with President Donald Trump.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
dancingviru.bsky.social
glad Mamdani knew exactly how to play that orange slop of a fascist.
Dem leadership have no more excuses for their inaction & negligence now.
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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404media.co
DHS/ICE, which just got the largest budget increase in its history, claims it doesn't have enough money for hard drives to preserve video evidence in a detainee abuse case at Broadview. Suggests to a judge that maybe the detainees could provide them

www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Cops all over the country used Flock to surveil No Kings protesters, public records show: www.404media.co/cops-used-fl...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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inthesetimes.com
"Except for Palestine" exposes how “progressive except for Palestine” politics have shaped U.S. power for decades.

Get a copy when you donate $30+ to support our reporting on Palestine and U.S. politics.

Support the work. Get the book.

bit.ly/exceptforpal...
Book cover with black and red text reading "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics" by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plitnick. Diagonal red triangle and green line accents.
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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austinwalker.bsky.social
There's a lot to say about the Roblox CEO interview, and the right place to start is definitely his answers on children's safety, because that's kind of the fire that is hottest and closest.

However, I have to also say, the polymarket stuff is real 'summation of our neoliberal dumpster fire' shit.
Newton: Wait, where are you on Polymarket? Baszucki: So I assume you are both big fans. Newton: We’ve talked a lot about prediction markets on the show. Roose: Yup. Baszucki: So, I don’t know if you had the experience, independent of political party or anything, just a real-time science experiment. On election night, I had four screens, like journalists of all journalists, and like, how do I quickly go from journalist to journalist? And then with my family, we were watching Polymarket as well, and we were comparing Polymarket to the comments of all the journalists. And I do think Polymarket was coming through, like, 30 to 45 minutes ahead of them. And, like, it was an interesting thought experiment to see, like, OK, we’re at 86 percent here, whether you like or dislike the way it was going, and then see various journalists, like, say different things. Newton: Yeah, so you think this is becoming a really interesting signal to understanding what’s happening in the world right now? Baszucki: I think, mathematically, there’s the notion that prediction markets, if they’re liquid and transparent, capture, in a way, all of the world’s information and every signal. And if there is one election counter way out in the corner in some weird county that knows it’s going to go this way, if they could go bet $10,000, like, that’s gonna nudge the thing and make the information more perfect. So, I’m a huge fan of that.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
They aren’t professional .. and they are jobs most likely to be achieved by non white / non men as leaving poverty

And these are the professions that most aid people in changing their places in the social hierarchy
maryrosewood.bsky.social Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 12d
🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
Degrees no longer considered professional by the Department of Education, including teaching, nursing, social work, counseling, business, and engineering.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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shengokai.blacksky.app
I know not with what weapons the next war will be fought, but I do know that it will be fought to end the tyranny of *checks notes* redressing historical injustices against marginalized groups through social and economic policies.

This is a country devoid of honor. We live in the age of the peta'Q.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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hard-drive.net
You mean purging all data relating to a group of developers from marginalized and underrepresented communities doesn’t make your website load faster?
Screenshot of a quote tweet from Hard Drive responding to Geoff Keighley who posted about the game awards website being bogged down by traffic. Here’s the hard drive tweet: Does the web team know where the Future Class part of the site went? We can’t find it, and know how much you care about being an advocate for the people who make games. ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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diptripping.bsky.social
Zack Polanski and the Greens have done incredibly well, like look how quickly and fast we shot up, nearly crossing the Tories and Labour, and in some polls are literally polling 2nd after Reform.

Maybe replacing Labour doesn't seem so distant now!
A graph of opinion polls for the next UK General Election. The graph shows Labour on a downwards trend, Reform on an upwards one that has more recently stabilised, the Tories have stabilised after losing support, the Lib Dems have stayed around the same level of support, and the Greens shot up recently.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
thebookseller.com The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 25d
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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austinwalker.bsky.social
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!

ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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alyssamerc.bsky.social
A court has ordered the immediate sale of one of the last Black-owned cultural landmarks in Brooklyn. Sign the petition and spread this far and wide!

www.change.org/p/stop-the-s...
Sign the Petition
Stop the Sale of 375 Stuyvesant Ave
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM