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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 22m

Here in Chicago they have to put up billboards that basically say "Contrary to what you've heard, CPD does live in Chicago*"

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 52m

The cop ultimatums about Mamdani are so funny, oh no, are New York cops going to move to New Jersey? That would be crazy

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 2h

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1h

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 6h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 6h

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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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6h

this sucks lol

Follow Tracker @for.shame.wtf · 7h

This labeler will be shutting down. We will first be unlabeling everyone who is labeled and then will cease to operate. As the unlabeling operation will take an unknown amount of time, we are not setting a specific timeline other than as soon as possible.

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404 Media @404media.co · 6h

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

🔗 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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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 11h

It's a little too spot on when the NYT The Daily podcast episode about rising fascism in the streets of Chicago is sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 7h

new Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Criterion Channel 👀

Japan’s Master of Suspense Strikes Again
Now playing on the Criterion Channel, Cloud is a hypnotic, darkly funny action-thriller about a young black-market reseller whose online price gouging earns him dangerous enemies. See why critics are calling the latest from Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse) “a hyper-lucid, fantastically kinetic, brilliant action movie” (IndieWire) that “shows the master filmmaker at his meanest and leanest” (The Film Stage).

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 12h

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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Lair Of The Gurt Sherm (Stoker 1911) @gurtsherm.bsky.social · 14h

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 8h

sex

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 21h

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

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catboy microplastics @catfoodsmin.moe · 1d

“No media is above criticism”

Incorrect. Monster Hunter lets you dress up your little meow meow cat. He loves you. He flies a tiny airship to help you. Monster Hunter is above reproach.

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 8h

replying "but you don't act straight" when a man has a girlfriend

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 8h

Least environmentally destructive AI fan

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8h

The suspect accused of igniting the fire that destroyed LA's Pacific Palisades neighborhood allegedly used a ChatGPT prompt to show "a burning forest and a crowd fleeing from it," months prior, officials say

Man arrested, faces federal charge in connection with Palisades Fire: DOJ

The fire caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year.

abcnews.go.com

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 9h

That guy behind the gimmick account you like turned out to be Aranthulax, Harrower of the Wretched

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Nathan and 99 spooky display names @scientistnathan.bsky.social · 1d

The "Epic Handshake" meme. The man on the left is labeled "Doomsday Preppers" and the man on the right is labeled "Pokémon Scalpers". Between them the center text reads "hoarding canned food"

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 9h

In February, as a guest on the far-right podcast Real America’s Voice News, Chicago Ald. Ray Lopez said he met with “Border Czar” Tom Homan and offered to give him Mayor Johnson’s home address “so that if he wanted to arrest him immediately and do us all that favor.”

thetriibe.com/2025/10/trum...

Trump isn’t the first elected official to suggest jail for Mayor Brandon Johnson • The TRiiBE

Months before President Trump, Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez suggested his administration arrests Johnson.

thetriibe.com

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christina @formeresq.bsky.social · 10h

??? takaichi is essentially japanese erika kirk this is not a girlboss moment

Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 4d

Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan’s first female prime minister. As of July 2025, 65 countries have had a woman serve as either president or prime minister. She makes it 66. Why is America so far behind with zero?? Let’s pass #ERA and elect a woman. Tell me who you’d support.

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Jennifer 🎃 @jenyetagain.bsky.social · 10h

the entire us economy is now entirely oriented around tech who's only use case is making images of mickey mouse doing 9/11 with no other practical application. this industry is valued at trillions of dollars. they are wiping out neighborhoods to make more of this tech.

Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 11h

the only thing people want to do on Sora, it seems, is generate images of copyrighted characters. now that they can't, they're crashing the fuck out www.404media.co/sora-2-conte...

People Are Crashing Out Over Sora 2’s New Guardrails

OpenAI’s Sora 2 platform started just one week ago as an AI-generated copyright infringement free-for-all. Now, people say they’re struggling to generate anything without being hit with a violation er...

www.404media.co

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Kai @kaisten.bsky.social · 10h

It's simple, once we've completely alienated trans people, immigrants, poor people, and black people, we can finally win back this country with a long long long term strategy in the face of an imminent crisis

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 11h

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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Clayton Ashley @claytonashley.bsky.social · 12h

tumblr post by barackinaroundthechristmastree which reads:
please. stop praying for my grandpa!!!! you are making him too strong. he broke out of the hosptial and the cops cant get him. he's too powerful

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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 12h

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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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 12h

A federal judge in Chicago says ICE violated a consent decree with warrantless arrests. blockclubchi.co/4nGUOQ8

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isla @demomolos.bsky.social · 13h

please do not fall for this, there is no shock collar nor is there a fob. tectone (the guy who's father is in the congressional record for being the army's rape monster), kiwifarms, ethan klein, etc are trying to spread this because they are trying to find another venue to get hasan kicked off.

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