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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹 @himboblacksmith.bsky.social · 9h

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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YD @inertyd.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss literally singled out a Palestinian poet, kept tagging in the IDf and ISraeli gov ministers till they dropped a bomb on him

absolute scum

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

NEW from me:

CBS News staffers literally rolled their eyes after new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss delivered a "cringey" rallying cry during today's editorial call, exclaiming: "Let's do the fucking news!"

"She's cosplaying as a broadcast journalist," one said.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

‘Let’s do the f***ing news’: Bari Weiss causes ‘eye rolls’ with CBS News rallying cry

EXCLUSIVE: Multiple CBS News staffers told The Independent that Bari Weiss’ ‘cringey’ comments on the editorial call literally caused eyes to roll.

www.independent.co.uk

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Frances "Are You Scared Yet" Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 11h

look you absolutely do not have to hand it to woody allen, but this still sticks in my brain

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Skree Ghoulsen 🔜 LBX 105✨ @breebird33.bsky.social · 16h

then perish 😀

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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UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃 @falconryfinance.bsky.social · 16h

This is the entire us economy, everything else is window dressing

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 1d

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IDF Hannibal Brigade @hannibalbrigade.biz · 1d

The aid boat Conscience is currently being raided by the IDF in international waters. A helicopter was audible before the audio cut out.

The boat is full of medical staff and journalists trying to bring aid into Gaza.

Live from Conscience Boat to Gaza, FFC & TMTG (Live 3)

YouTube video by Freedom Flotilla Coalition

www.youtube.com

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 23h

Why Underachievers Dominate Secret Police Organizations: Evidence from Autocratic Argentina
Adam Scharpf and Christian Gläßel

Autocrats depend on a capable secret police. Anecdotal evidence, however, often characterizes agents as surprisingly mediocre in skill and intellect. To explain this puzzle, this article focuses on the career incentives underachieving individuals face in the regular security apparatus. Low-performing officials in hierarchical organizations have little chance of being promoted or filling lucrative positions. To salvage their careers, these officials are willing to undertake burdensome secret police work. Using data on all 4,287 officers who served in autocratic Argentina (1975-83), we study biographic differences between secret police agents and the entire recruitment pool. We find that low-achieving officers were stuck within the regime hierarchy, threatened with discharge, and thus more likely to join the secret police for future benefits. The study demonstrates how state bureaucracies breed mundane career concerns that produce willing enforcers and cement violent regimes. This has implications for the understanding of autocratic consolidation and democratic breakdown.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

The First Amendment explicitly guarantees:

-the right of the people peaceably to assemble
-to petition the Government for a redress of grievances
-the free exercise of religion
-freedom of speech

If this priest had also been press, ICE would have violated all five 1A freedoms at once.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Romhack.ing @romhack.ing · 23h

News Added: Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release

Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release - News

Life Bottle Production's English translation of Tales of Rebirth has just reached version 1.0 status. Go check out their project on GitHub and report any bugs you find in their Discord server.

romhack.ing

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Jamacian Vegeta Gina💫Meko @ginameko.off.camera · 1d

Anyway, y'all should check out Jacob Geller's "You're Not Overthinking It", Jordan Minor's "Video Game of the Year, and Aidan Moher's "Fight, Magic, Items"

Bitmap Books @bitmapbooks.com · 2d

Monday 6th October 2025

Dear supporters of Bitmap Books,

Although I stand by the fact that Moses’ comments were ill-advised and insensitive, the whole thing blew up and was made much bigger than it needed to be. Moses has publicly apologised for any offence caused, as has the original poster of the comments who did not intend to cause this much trouble. I do not feel that this warrants an author losing his livelihood and ruining years of hard work to produce the book.

Despite multiple accusations to the contrary, Moses freely agreed to donate his royalties to charity. There was no coercion from me, however we both recognise that due to an increasingly stressful situation that decisions were rushed on both sides. I’m pleased to say that Moses and I have spoken again today, we stand together, and have agreed that he will receive 100% of his royalties.

Maybe I was hasty in my response, and I’m happy to admit to that. At the time I sincerely thought I was doing the right thing to diffuse an increasingly difficult situation. I will commit to donating all company profits from this first print run to the charity, Special Effect.

The bottom line is that is that Moses has apologised for his original comments, and will now be paid the royalties that are rightfully his.

Moses and myself have received a large amount of personal abuse and threats over the past few days. We hope that this statement will bring some closure to what has happened.

Sam Dyer, founder of Bitmap Books

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Kurt @ Hardcore Gaming 101 @hg101.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone lamenting how some goon was able to get a publishing deal - put together your own book! Create a solid concept, do some planning, create a design, and pitch it! Most publishers don't have open pitch seasons. They want to see someone that can see a full project to completion.

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ScholarlyCowboy @scholarlycowboy.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously though, I hope y’all take a lesson from this dude taking the second chance you gave him then immediately shitting in your hand.

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ScholarlyCowboy @scholarlycowboy.bsky.social · 1d

Y’all gonna do a third one of these?

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ScholarlyCowboy @scholarlycowboy.bsky.social · 1d

My happiness in canceling that order grows. I bet they feel dumb for their quick “well actually” turn.

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Emoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 1d

"There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it."

Image showing the destruction of gaza which has been going on for 2 years you fucking dumbass

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE LET NOCLIP DOCUMENT THIS ABSOLUTELY DOGSHIT IDEA

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 2d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

“…that Sora is being used for stalking and harassment will likely not be an edge case, because deepfaking yourself and others into videos is one of its core selling points.”

Far from an edge case, it’s the primary use case.

Stalker Already Using OpenAI's Sora 2 to Harass Victim

A journalist claims that her stalker used Sora 2, the latest video app from OpenAI, to churn out videos of her.

futurism.com

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about 7 billionaire freaks passing the same increasingly large wad of IOUs back and forth, is that only a pundit could possibly think this translates to increasing prosperity for everyone else.

🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 2d

"We'd have a recession if it wasn't for all the AI spending" actually means "We are in a recession which is partially obfuscated *from statistics* (and nobody else) by rich people playing silly buggers with large transactions between each other".

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 2d

street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night

the cat who got arrested for biting a cop in Bangkok

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC @crtpixel.bsky.social · 2d

POINT BLANK
NAMCO/TOSE 1998
PLAYSTATION

Dr. Dan and Dr. Don riding a big yellow bulletbill

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ScholarlyCowboy @scholarlycowboy.bsky.social · 2d

Damn, Anikan.

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 2d

TIL they still print this thing. I thought it had a single run like, 15 years ago lmao

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes [Box Set] hardcover is $87.29 on Amazon after listed coupon (1440 pages) buff.ly/YSOOdPb

Target $130.93 (B2G1 Circle eligible) buff.ly/Maem6Ur #ad

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