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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 17h

Mind in 2016 the online fash claimed Pepe as their mascot, against his creator's wishes? How times change.

Vive la revolucion!
Vive les grenouilles!

Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 1d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you.

Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

I've never heard about this. Is there a good place to read about it?

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Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 1d

This combined with Bloomberg posting this terrifying graph convinced me to withdraw all the money in my stocks and shares ISA. I'm giving it a few months

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

Fair play to the BoE, but "sudden correction" is probably a more diplomatic term than "digital beanie babies 4.0" deserves.

Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

The rest of the world are already running their own aid projects. I support a UK-based charity feeding 3 million children every day in the world's poorest countries. Often in active war zones.

The US is the richest country in the world. They can afford to help more than anyone. Now, they don't.

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...

"You can't beat the mentality that leads to abuse by taking on the abuser's mentality. You can't defeat bad ideas by adopting them. You can't grow a coalition by selling out its members."

Believe it or not, this essay is about the USA, not the UK.

Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something

On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.

www.the-reframe.com

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SubmergedCRT @submergedcrt.bsky.social · 5d

need more pictures of trans girls pointing at funny business names

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

For anyone in the Birmingham area curious about why we suddenly have flags hanging from every other street light in the city, it's not because of the English rugby team's recent victory in the Women's World Cup.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks

'It's 100% legitimate'

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 And here's Zdenek Vrozina's take on the same research:

"SARS-CoV-2 can create an oncogenic-like cellular environment - switching off tumor suppressors, activating growth pathways, reshaping epigenetic control, and fueling inflammatory metabolism..."

🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19756...

SARS-CoV-2 can create an oncogenic-like cellular environment - switching off tumor suppressors, activating growth pathways, reshaping epigenetic control, and fueling inflammatory metabolism.
If these effects persist, the virus could act as a cofactor in carcinogenesis🧵

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

This does explain how he got Skeletor. MOTU was in development hell for literal decades, mostly because no-one had enough faith in it to fully fund production.

I'm looking forward to the parts he isn't in.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 2d

war, war never changes.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 2d

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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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 1d

Are we sure they're an actual human? Is there a way to check?

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Ded Pirrie @edpirrie.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the day! Please do let us know if you pick a copy up and what you think of it!
downthetubes.net/new-tales-of...

New Tales of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title launches in the UK this week

The Turtles are back, and your local TG Jones should have them!

downthetubes.net

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The Uncanny Solartron 🏳️‍🌈 @solartron.bsky.social · 2d

Decided that one day this month or November, I'm gonna rewatch Captain Scarlet.

Also the end credits art is simply wonderful showing the indestructible Captain Scarlet in dangerous scenarios

Captain Scarlet end credit art

In a pool of ooze in a swamp

Captain Scarlet end credit art

Tied up as a cobra approaches

Captain Scarlet end credit art

Trapped in a room with spikes on the wall that are closing in

Captain Scarlet end credit art

In a warehouse with barrels full of ignitable fuel

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Natphoenix (available for commission)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @natphoenix25.bsky.social · 2d

Never fails to make me smile.

Grem, of 𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏 🔜 MCAtlanta! @gremlin.world · 4d

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 2d

"If you know about Admiral Ackbar, you are never getting laid!"
-Jon Stewart in the same segment, apparently forgetting how much of TDS' viewer base are huge nerds.

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shing yin khor @shing.bsky.social · May 2

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.

(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

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Gavin Spence @gavtrdq.bsky.social · 2d

An absolute bargain from one of the best.

Thim! @jimstafford.bsky.social · 2d

Optimus sketchcardtober all done! DM to purchase etc, £15 delivered.

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 2d

With every misfire, Starscream winds up covered in soot with his wings rearranged like Daffy Duck's bill.

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not going anywhere, yet. I'm holding out hope that the owners of this big ball of nonsense get their houses in order.

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing.

Chris Miller @iamcurious.bsky.social · 3d

WOW....👀👀👀

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Marushka-T @marushka-t.bsky.social · 3d

"If thousands of studies are telling you to look for a certain kind of harm and then millions of people start wondering why they are experiencing exactly that type of harm, is it so hard to connect those two dots?"

Or has #COVID has destroyed people's ability to reason...?

#disability #pandemic

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 4d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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Nick from Toy-Fu @toyfu332.bsky.social · 3d

LLM slop generators pump out lots of low quality videos for "very small audiences". OpenAI are looking to add a direct profit incentive to produce better video content using their tools.

Except if you're someone with any kind of artistic vision, you probably use conventional artistic tools instead.

bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 3d

i think we are going to find out at some point these guys invented cocaine 2 and have been on it all along

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