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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 7h

Ubisoft: "Okay, so in this game you fight the Klan"
Marketers: "You can't sell that in America"
Ubisoft: "Why?"
Marketers: "Umm [gestures broadly]. The Klan fucking won?"
Ubisoft: "Merde."
Marketers: "Yeah, we've asked for the Statue back but they're being dicks about that too."

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 8h

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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Australian Society for Fish Biology @austsocfishbiol.bsky.social · 1d

📢 SARDI have #marine #jobs available:

🐟 Research Officer
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Data Lead
🐟 Estuarine & Coastal Moorings National Coordinator
🐟 Senior Research Scientist (x2)
🐟 Field Operations Manager
🐟 Senior Research Services Officer

🚨 16 Oct
👀 iworkfor.sa.gov.au

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 1d

Chromodoris magnifica, Anilao. Many nudibranchs can absorb toxins or stinging cells from the things they eat, and repurpose them for their own defences. The bright colours are... fair warning :)

#MarineLife #Invertebrate #Nudibranch 🌿

A brightly-coloured sea slug. It has orange rhinopores and gills. The body is covered in black and blue stripes; there is a white marginal band with a yellow stripe in the middle. Its head is raised slightly off the coral its moving over

#Macro #UnderwaterPhotography #Wildlife #WildlfePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 1d

What did they *do*? It must have been something pretty awful...

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 1d

That's cool! Not sure if I have the energy to go back through my porcelain crab pics and see if they're the new species though :)

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 2d

Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Anilao. Its common name might be a lyretail anthias, or a scalefin anthias, or a sea goldie, depending on who you ask. But whatever they're called, they're always good to hang out with on the reef tops at the end of a dive.

#MarineLife 🐟🌿

A small colourful fish. Its body is orange, becoming purple-tinged towards the head and pale towards the tail. It has a prominent purple blotch at the base of its light purple pelvic fin and a purple tale with a dark margin. The erect dorsal fin has a yellow stripe at the base of the front part, a red stripe running into a black spot at the top of the rear half, and a long yellow spine rising from the front. There are plate corals in the background.

#UnderwaterPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife

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Stephanie Carvin @stephaniecarvin.bsky.social · 2d

These new outfits are a mistake.

BRING BACK THE SANTA OUTFITS!

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 2d

So they day before we're supposed to meet to discuss tariffs, the semolina-brained fuckwit invents some more.

Why are we bothering to talk to these people? It's obviously a waste of time and the best we can hope for any agreement is that it be printed on very soft paper.

www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

Medium-, heavy-duty trucks to face 25% tariff as of Nov. 1, Trump says | CBC News

All medium- and heavy-duty trucks imported into the United States will face a 25 per cent tariff rate staring Nov. 1, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday.

www.cbc.ca

Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 2d

So sorry to hear of your loss. I don't know if virtual hugs from a complete stranger on the internet will help at all, but sending them anyway just in case.

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 5d

I can certainly believe she's having more sex than her daughter is telling her about.

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 5d

It's already #CtenophoreDay in most of the world, so putting in a slightly early post :) Pic from Balayan Bay, Anilao. My best guess is it's Leucothea sp., but I could be entirely wrong about that

#MarineLife #Invertebrates 🌿

A ctenophore in open water. the bottom of it is rather more solid than the top half. Iridescent lines descend from the top to the bottom of it

#UnderwaterPhotography #Macro #Nature #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 6d

It’s time to vote for the Australian Insect of the Year 2025 🪲🐞🪳🪰🦋

Cast your vote during October.

My vote definitely goes to the amazing Exastra albopilosa, a stunning longhorn beetle that was only described in 2024!
#ausinverts #wildoz #bugsky #inverts

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Vote for your favourite Australian Insect of the Year

Whether you love beetles or the giant mantis it's time to cast your vote for Australia's top insect.

www.abc.net.au

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 6d

I can see the headlines now: "Shocking new research reveals that the fisherman's wife was actually dreaming about squid!"

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 6d

Remember to introduce some differences between how often people of various genders, nationalities, etc think about squid. And then draw some utterly batshit conclusions from them for added entertainment.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 8d

Nudibranchs as pictured by a Japanese illustrator named Kumataro Ito, artist for the USS Albatross’ Philippine Expedition, 1907–10. More of his stunning images here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/k...

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Bugz n Slugz @moistmacro.bsky.social · 6d

So no #Nudibranch today - but something almost as cool - a little snail from the genus Diminovula.
#🦑 #🦐 #Mollusc

A photo of a small sea snail that has a white base colour but is covered in shocking pink splodges

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 6d

Yup. It's amazing how many fish change sex at some point during their lives.

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 7d

I'm not sure what happened to her mouth... but she's still the boss of her anemone.
Anemonefish (Amphiprion sp.), Anilao

#MarineLife 🐟🌿

An orange-red fish looking out from between the brown tentacles of an anemone. It has a white bar from the top of its head to below the gills, just behind the eyes. Its mouth has been damaged and its lips are twisted to leave one side of its mouth permanently open.

#UnderwaterPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Macro

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 7d

A huge loss for us all

www.cbc.ca/news/world/j...

Jane Goodall, conservationist and chimpanzee researcher, dead at 91 | CBC News

Jane Goodall, the world-famous primatologist, activist and environmentalist whose discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed what it means to be human, has died at 91.

www.cbc.ca

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 7d

It reminds me of Jeb's infamous "Please clap" moment. Same low-energy vibes and desperation for approval.

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 7d

I headed down to the massive US Embassy fortress in Ottawa to find out how MAGA Pete Hoekstra got the job as ambassador.
The guy's resume is dismal.
He's Trump's top agitator, gaslighter in Canada.
Check out my latest.
@meidascanada.ca @meidastouch.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u71c...

HOW THE HELL DID MAGA PETE GET THE JOB?!!

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

www.youtube.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 8d

US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."

Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.

Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.

We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.

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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 7d

Yeesh. I've never been brave enough to get over the top of one like that!

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Chris Mah @echinoblog.bsky.social · 7d

WHOA! FIERY Chloeia fireworm! #wormwednesday www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Darklined Fire Worm (Chloeia fusca)

Darklined Fire Worm from Karang Asem, Bali, Indonesia on October 1, 2018 at 06:47 AM by Carla van Westing

www.inaturalist.org

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