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Zoomer Antimillenarian ♨️ @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 2h

The wake of the Dotcom Crash was a bad time for tech valuations but an *amazing* time for tech development.

Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 3h

Quite baffling that so many still won't face how this is a bubble whose post-burst shakeout would take down unsustainable firms and reward ones that focus on cost discipline and energy efficiency in ways that might be good for AI development

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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 1h

Lmao

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 1h

A fun legal fact is that the amount of time the statute of limitations gives you to file any claims against your parents from your childhood after you become a legal adult is about the same number of years as you likely needed your parents to pay for college

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

wouldn’t have predicted we were going to get all of non-evangelical christianity, along with all sports, movies, music and culture in the divorce, but we will find the space

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

This footage is from almost a month ago. What this clipped video doesn’t show is that these agitators were blocking an ICE vehicle from leaving the federal facility—impeding operations.

Over and over again, law enforcement ordered these agitators to move off of federal property so the vehicle could move. Law enforcement verbally warned these agitators that they would use force if they did not move and stop impeding operations. They did not comply.

Shortly after, rioters began throwing rocks, bottles and launching fireworks at the law enforcement officers on the roof.

At the time of this incident, this facility held criminal illegal aliens including gang members, drug traffickers, and other violent criminals. Obstructing law enforcement puts officers, detainees and the public at risk. If you are obstructing law enforcement you can expect to be met with force.

And, as an aside, this is the same “pastor” who flipped
@Sec_Noem
and our team the bird when we were there last week.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 1h

Welcome to the resistance.. *checks notes* The NFL?

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1h

wouldn’t have predicted we were going to get all of non-evangelical christianity, along with all sports, movies, music and culture in the divorce, but we will find the space

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1h

A lot going on here, but a religion note: DHS Assistant Sec. Tricia McLaughlin refers to Rev. Black as a "pastor" here — using quotation marks.

It's a notable slight against a faith leader's status, as Black is, in fact, an ordained minister of a church operating within the Presbytery of Chicago.

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Oh wow Blue Sky is on bluesky 🔜NFC2026 @rs-glide08.bsky.social · 2h

not even the 737NG?

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 2h

EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles.

EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate Confirmed

In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans Advancing...

www.eff.org

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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 3h

it's about to become legal literally everywhere in the United States for a parent to have their child tortured until they describe sexual desires that accord with what that parent wants. it will be illegal for any state to protect children from that

parental feelings are not something I care about

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 3h

Jar-Jar becomes Supreme Chancellor in a 2016 GOP primary like series of events where all the serious contenders for the power vacuum knock each other out while edgelords share semi-ironic "can't Jar the Jar-Jar" memes.

Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 4h

Star Wars alternate history question:

Let’s assume Palpatine dies of a heart attack in the opening scenes of Attack of the Clones

What do you think happens to the galaxy?

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Tito Erez @titoerez.bsky.social · 7h

Akhal-teke 3D unicorn 🦄✨

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Ehud Maimon @ehmaimon.bsky.social · 3h

החוויה הערב בשניט הייתה קיצונית, אבל במידה מסוימת ייצוגית. הרבה מסעדות ובתי קפה בארץ מנגנים מוזיקה בווליום גבוה, ואני תוהה אם זה משהו ייחודי לישראל. לא זכור לי שנתקלתי בזה במסעדות שהייתי בהן בחו"ל (לא בווליום כזה), אבל החוויה שלי כמובן מוגבלת.

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Oh wow Blue Sky is on bluesky 🔜NFC2026 @rs-glide08.bsky.social · 3h

i always though it's weird that everything *has* to come through the public app-store

(though, granted, my concerns were "what about software that handles sensitive/classified data or isn't generalist? wouldn't it make more sense for that to be sideloaded?)

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Hexadecimal @bobtheguardian.bsky.social · 3h

Allowing tech companies to control app distribution was a mistake in 2008 and it’s a mistake today.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5h

hey admiral, we stopped on planet X-14938-J7 in response to a federation emergency beacon broadcast and -- yeah, yeah, it was our ship we found crashed. yep. yeah. no the bodies of the crew were us. yeah Twilight Zone bullshit, that's what we figured. we'll take off and nuke it.

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Scurrow - GOH @ MFF @scurrow.bsky.social · 1d

SPORTS!!! with @timberpuppers.bsky.social

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 4h

i'm not sure how you can claim to cover things fairly and fully when you're using the bootleg name that is officially only a "secondary name" for the department

Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 4h

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Feather 🪶 @featherhors.bsky.social · 5h

I'm okay with the events that are unfolding currently

Feather taking the place of Question Hound in the "This is fine" meme. They are sitting politely on a chair by a table with a cup of bubble tea on it, while the room is on fire.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 7h

Just openly cheering the destruction of any representation of gay people in public space. They think their power is totally unrestricted, and the entire country will support them rolling back society to the 1950s, or maybe the 1850s

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EssonnianDragon @essonniandragon.bsky.social · 6h

Mafia leaders say asking people for robbery permission would ‘kill’ the organized crime industry

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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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 9h

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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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 6h

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 6h

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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sirocyl @sirocyl.bsky.social · 1d

"Hey, you texted me that you found Pyrex at the thrift shop, did you happen to catch if it was upper-case PYREX or lower-case pyrex?"

"Huh? Oh, that. No, It's Rugekh. Soviet import."

"'Rugekh'? I thought you said Pyrex, I was expecting Pyrex."

*pointing at glass* "See? 'р-у-г-е-х'. Clear as day."

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Oh wow Blue Sky is on bluesky 🔜NFC2026 @rs-glide08.bsky.social · 10h

me to all the other honses coming to NFC this year, all twelve of them:

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WIRED @wired.com · 1d

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal. www.wired.com/story/ted-cr...

Ted Cruz Targets Wikipedia Over ‘Ideological Bias’

In a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, Cruz accused the beloved online resource of being too liberal.

www.wired.com

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