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onion person @junlper.beer · 5h

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

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6h

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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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 53m

Anything that gets Betty out of the picture. That chick's scary.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 3h

My new book, THE FLESH KING, is out now. Click the link and you can read a free excerpt. THE FLESH KING is available any damn place you get your books.
www.patreon.com/posts/flesh-...

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 4h

Coming around to the theory that they're Truman Showing him

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5h

Good lord.

@apnews.com

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 2h

So just tgat inflatable frog costume then?

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 2h

cruel to mint to associate her with the daughter of the women who literally stomped her into the dirt.

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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 6h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 6h

If we count LinkedIn, my current position.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 22h

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 6h

Hey not my circus not my monkeys. But from a professional standpoint, that's how a vendor NEVER gets hired again.

BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 6h

And spidey being Bant or a subset is right as well. But I don't think they had the reins of actual color pie over signature IP colors as well as they did in ATLA.

I do think you're right though.

BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 6h

I hope you're right and it's not "each turtle is green+approximation of mask color". ATLA indicates you're right, but Spidey gives me some concerns.

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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 7h

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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theodora30.bsky.social @theodora30.bsky.social · 7h

So now we are paying billions of dollars to Argentina to bail out their failed libertarian economic policies then millions more for (mostly wealthy) farmers whose soybean crop sales are being replaced by Argentina’s now that China is refusing to buy ours because of Trump’s tariffs. Stable genius!

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 7h

So @kathryntewson.bsky.social will probably have more later, but if they did their TOS with their product, wow.

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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 8h

Come and get me.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "This guy is unhinged. He's insecure. He's a wannabe dictator. And there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump. If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me."

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 6h

Cool, but leaking it like this is some real amateur hour shit. Noting company name for blacklist.

Amy the Amazonian @amytheamazonian.bsky.social · 7h

Wild that we're getting two New York City sets in a year's span.

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 7h

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · 7h

D1,014,905 - issued in 2024 for a design for a "a space werewolf killing inflatable costume." #DesignPatents

costume that looks a bit like an astronaut pickachu

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Pritzker: "I think it's important to recognize that the Trump administration does not seem to respect any laws in the United States. They just do what they want to do and they'll keep doing it unless someone stops them. Here in Illinois we're stopping them."

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Comic Book Club @comicbookclub.bsky.social · 8h

Jim Lee's impassioned words about why DC will never use AI have already won New York Comic Con.

Jim Lee On Why DC Will Never Use AI: “AI Doesn’t Dream, Feel, Or Make Art, It Aggregates It”

The President, Publisher, and Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics spoke out at today's Retailer Day at New York Comic Con.

comicbookclublive.com

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 9h

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 8h

The tank's role is to draw aggro

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h

This powerful JB Pritzker response to Trump's lawless threats is another reminder of what I tried to argue this morning: Pritzker understands Stephen Miller's theory of this moment, and he's responding accordingly:

newrepublic.com/article/2014...

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13h

i think it is cool that a government run by fanatical bigots is on track to plunge the economy into a mountain and cause a food crisis

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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BSD @davidhsiegel.bsky.social · 13h

Preindustrial silver bullet. "Breedable mules" is a potential alt-history divergence point you can use anytime from about 1K BCE to almost 1800.

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