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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 7m

People will make that argument as if morality is on their side and it’s fucking insane.

“You’ll sacrifice everyone for trans people?” Nope! I’m not the one doing the sacrificing, bud! I’m explicitly refusing to!

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 35m

HARD AGREE

deeper in this thread you will see someone trying to pull the "I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights" nonsense. ok well fuck you, i WILL die on this hill. Eaton is saying it nicely. i will be mean about this

Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 2h

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 3h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 1h

We stopped using the school drop off and pickup line. We park away and walk in. School is lovely and the students are awesome but the parents are pieces of shit. One asshole was beeping at a kid who was in the crosswalk and then DROVE AROUND him and it was another parent dropping off their kid!

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2h

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 4h

Ugh fine I’ll New Game+ it.

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 4h

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will receive a free update featuring new dungeon, enemies, bosses, costumes, text/UI game localizations, and more surprises

Game has now sold over 5 million units

www.ign.com/articles/cla...

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 17h

I hope you can see this, because I am doing it as hard as I can.

adult swim retro graphics boxy pixel green alien flipping off earth from space, middle finger replaced with wordle result boxes resembling middle finger raised. character name is Ignignokt, in this scene he says what my post text says.

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 6h

I don't think that's how that works.

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 8h

In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.

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.

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bob barker 🍸 @insortediaboli.bsky.social · 8h

Leo is the hard man to Francis’ soft use of power. Just completely willing to rein in the US church in full view of the rest of the church

Reuters @reuters.com · 8h

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown reut.rs/4mQvdTF

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 19h

I truly don’t get the appeal of podcasts having to be video now. Podcasts are at their very best when you’re doing something else, working out or playing videogames etc, and no good podcaster has ever been someone who should be shown on screen that’s just not how that works. It’s a goblin job.

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 13h

Good God someone has to pacify this war zone

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 14h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 14h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Joshuawfully Neat @joshiswrite.bsky.social · 15h

Let me reiterate: I will never vote for Newsom. Never.

cair-sfba @cair-sfba.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: Gov. Newsom signed AB 715—classroom censorship shielding Israel and importing Trump-style gag rules into K-12.

From MDAC/MYDAC, to repeated Capitol hearings, 1,000s of emails, & 100s of calls, you showed up.

Facing retaliation? Report to CAIR-SFBA: bit.ly/cairsfbareport

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 15h

Tribunal. 15 years.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 17h

Here’s video of the incident

Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 15h

Fuckin' Yankees, man

Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 15h

If so, keep them.

Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 16h

I cannot begin to express my surprise that they have communicated somewhat effectively.

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 16h

You guys hire someone new, or...?

Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 18h

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 16h

A combined 85 years of age in this picture, somehow

Rob Lowe and Adam Scott as Ben and Chris on Parks and Rec. They do not look like they are a combined 85 years old.

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 18h

Go Jays!

Yankee Stadium tribute to Charlie Kirk on their Jumbotron

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Skeltons & Old Lace @corgiseveryhour.bsky.social · 16h

Dear God

I still image of a highway with a sign that says Don't on it there's also total don'ts posted on the image

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Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 16h

A gentleman with a "Dump Here 61" shirt caught the Raleigh home run (on a bounce.)

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 16h

Sounds like Ryukishi knocked it out of the park with Silent Hill F. Color me deeply unsurprised.

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race scientist jack skellington @jazzpomegranate.com · 17h

this is who bsky banned for life

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

thinkingautismguide.com

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Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 17h

Guy who responded to a skeet saying ”consumerism is good actually” has “there needs to be a social media platform where you can mute nationalities” and yeah, that tracks.

Just Ben @justanotherben.bsky.social · 18h

Concerns? You don’t say.

looks like that bubble is on the verge of popping. God help us all

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
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