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James Vincent

@jjvincent.bsky.social

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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Patton Oswalt

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social

I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?

December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.

They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!

An interview with Twitter's Chief Product Officer title "X Wants Its Haters Back"

December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM

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borderlandscft.bsky.social

@borderlandscft.bsky.social

As 2025 comes to a close we want to extend our sincerest thanks to everyone in the #Borderlands community for helping us reach a staggering ✨$631,559.45✨ total raised for @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social 💛

We will be back in 2026 with #TheHunt and more! Hope to see you all there! #ForTheKids

December 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM

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mimi 🗡️

@heirakka.bsky.social

I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.

Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.

A quoted tweet from a user named Sam that reads: "How Twitter is rigged
Type in all caps because you're excited? Lowers your reputation. Include links? Your score goes down. It's like the Credit Score system from Hell.
And given Cisgender is treated as a slur & MAGA boosted, you can guess what's categorized as 'offensive'"

The tweet they quoted is from user SADIQ and reads:
"Tweepcred is X's reputation system
Based on your behavior, you get a tweepcred score
It determines your reach
Break the algo rules, you score goes down and your reach disappears
What are the rules of the X algo tho? Glad you asked."

SADIQ includes a photo of Twitter's algorithm code that calculates a user's reputation.

SADIQ continues:
"Post 'offensive text'? 80% reach reduction
Offensive username? 80% reach reduction
All caps tweet? That's seen as 'shouting. Major penalization.
Include links? Yup, penalized"

December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM

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Americans for Tax Fairness

@4taxfairness.bsky.social

Tax breaks for billion-dollar corporations don’t turn into better deals for us or better conditions for workers. Pass it on.

December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM

RyeKey

@ryekey719.bsky.social

Unmedicated sleep sucks

October 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM

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The Tennessee Holler

@thetnholler.bsky.social

GOV. PRITZKER: “This is a convicted felon threatening to jail me? He’s an unhinged, insecure wannabe dictator. Come and get me.”

October 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM

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Puff the Magic Hater

@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

I am deeply worried about who this will be weaponized against and how they will be harmed.

September 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM

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borderlandscft.bsky.social

@borderlandscft.bsky.social

Heyo Vault Hunters! 🧠

We have teamed up with the wonderful @gcxevent.bsky.social to showcase some of our Hunters during #TheHuntP4M starting this Friday!

Catch these streamers on the official GCX channel all week, raising money for @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social #ForTheKids ❤️

PREPARE FOR MAYH3M!

August 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM

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Jen

@ladyjenpool.bsky.social

That tiny pocket in your jeans is for your disposable income

July 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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Jen

@ladyjenpool.bsky.social

Moreover, the elite class must be destroyed

Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached.

They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others.

Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further.

#UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

July 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM

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borderlandscft.bsky.social

@borderlandscft.bsky.social

🧠 PREPARE FOR MAYH3M 🧠

The Hunt returns to #Borderlands3 August 15-24th raising money for @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social

We're exactly one month away! Come join the community over on our official Discord and get prepare yourselves! #TheHuntP4M

Logo & Theme design by @pilotplaysgames.bsky.social 🤖

July 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM

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Christmas Jaz(z)

@jazcayz.bsky.social

Help

Road sign, two directions: "doing what you need to do", and "doing what you want to do", car underneath between the two directions upside down and on fire, "ADHDers somehow doing neither"

July 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM

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Camp

@campfireharve.st

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM

RyeKey

@ryekey719.bsky.social

Hey, I know some of these people @ki11ersix.bsky.social @paskaroni.bsky.social @dammit2hell.com

GCX Event @gcxevent.bsky.social · Jul 11

The GCX Charity Marathon kicks off Monday, and we’ve got a week packed with unforgettable moments, incredible creators, and a shared mission: to support the kids and families of @stjudeplaylive.bsky.social.

From wild incentives to heartfelt stories, every block helps make a difference. 💜

July 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM

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dammit2hell

@dammit2hell.com

Excited to announce that courtesy of our friends at @borderlands.2k.com and 2K, I will be streaming #Borderlands4 live from LA on Saturday June 21st! If you're there and you see me, don't hesitate to say hi!

twitch.tv/dammit2hell