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18+ account i am 23 years old (01/20/2002) Free Palestine! #twitchstreamer #twitch #gamer #actrametalsonic #oc #metroid #doom #sonicfan #murderdrone #NotAllTyphlosions

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Zalgie/Zalgo @zalgie.bsky.social · 8d

Happy spooky month and reminder to people to call your democratic senators and republicans and house democratics and republicans to oppose kosa and make sure the bill doesn't pass

www.stopkosa.com

sign this petiton as well!

#savespeech

Stop KOSA

KOSA is a censorship bill that won’t make kids safe. Instead, it'll put all internet users at risk, especially youth. If you believe in a free and open internet, tell your lawmakers to reject #KOSA!

www.stopkosa.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11m

Just want to remind everyone that little moments of joy are so important right now.

For instance, my cat does not understand the human concept of kisses beyond Incoming Nose = Love. So every time she’s happy, she’ll smush her face or shove her nose into ours.

Please share your joys with us.

Heater, an orange cat with BIG eyes, nestles herself in a sea of grey blankies.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 18h

Disabled people are not the enemy

Immigrants are not the enemy

LGBTQ+ people are not the enemy

Minorities & people of colour are not the enemy

These division tactics only work because there’s one group who needs to feel superior to the rest of us

They will “other” anyone to advance their agenda

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h

I think Dems can and should do better than people who are abusive to their staff members

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 15h

It was only a matter of time before these stories started to come out
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

The former member of Congress, who is now running for California governor, also vented that she was snubbed by the Biden White House, complaining she raised the president “a shit ton of money.”

www.politico.com

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 25m

I might end up talking about this graph all day.

I think one thing Dems need to realize is that "Americans" are not buying into the "cities on fire" lies of this admin.

It's JUST Republicans. So if you're a governor of a solidly blue state, or a blue-city mayor, the national story is NOT YOURS.

Gallup poll showing a wild divergence in "is crime rising" over the past two years, w GOP at 90, independents at 68, Dems at 29.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14m

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 38m

For some reason it's easier for people to assume the guy slamming his dick in a car door is failing at entering the car, and not *wildly* succeeding at his goal of slamming his dick in a car door.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 48m

It's interesting how easy it is for people to look at someone *wildly* succeeding at a horrific goal, and continue acting as if they are failing at a very different goal which they have repeatedly and loudly declared they do not have.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

For my newsletter, I interviewed Chastity Bowick, the new executive director of the Marsha P. Johnson Interview about what white trans folks (and cis people) can learn from the Black trans community who have always been under this type of overwhelming oppression. www.burnsnotice.com/black-trans-...

Black Trans Folks Have Been Here Before

A timely interview with Chastity Bowick, the new Executive Director of the Marsha P. Johnson Institute. This interview has been edited for clarity and may differ slightly from the audio version. I've...

www.burnsnotice.com

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Clare Fieseler, PhD @fieseler.bsky.social · 1h

SCOOP: The only offshore wind farm backed by Republican lawmakers narrows in on a new, definitive state date: March 2026.

Trump promised “no new windmills” on his watch.

But, in just 6 months, America’s largest offshore wind farm will plug into the grid. 🔌

#energysky #greensky

America’s biggest offshore wind farm will be online in six months

Dominion Energy’s 2.6 GW project off Virginia’s coast is progressing fast. The utility has a new, more definitive target to plug into the grid: March 2026.

www.canarymedia.com

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Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 58m

Doing politics the right way is when the far-right regime in power memorializes a fallen influencer by terrorizing an academic that the influencer's McCarthyist organization once baselessly singled out for abuse.

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Wilde Butch @wildebutch.bsky.social · 38m

(read full 🧵)

We usually talk about parasocial relationships from the perspective of a fan obsessing over a creator

But perhaps equally bad is a creator who uses their platform as a best friend, therapist, and diary

If you want endless uncritical validation for your feelings go talk to your BFF

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 19h

Again, focusing on individuals staying or going misses the point.

What does become a real problem is when the issue gets framed (usually by more gentry expats or those who follow them) as "everyone who stays is doomed."

That is false and it is genuinely, unacceptably damaging.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 55m

It is pretty galling that the Supreme Court spent four years telling Biden "you can't do that without Congress" then allowed Trump to seize a once-unthinkable amount of power from Congress within nine months and concentrate law-making authority almost entirely in the executive branch.

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Sonic the Hedgehog news and updates! @tailschannel.com · 52m

New: SEGA reminded #SonicRacingCrossworlds players of its Terms of Use after detecting cheating and unauthorized mods.

The company warned that violations of its EULA may result in account bans or legal action; but creative mods (like custom skins) are still allowed and encouraged.

#SonicNews

[SONIC RACING CROSSWORLDS - SEGA reminds players about Terms of Use after detecting cheating, unauthorized tools]

SEGA detected “cheating, use of unauthorized external tools, modification of game content, and unauthorized access of the game program” - all violations of the game’s End User License Agreement. Consequences may include warnings, suspensions, account bans, or even legal action. Creative mods are still allowed and encouraged, per the game’s modding policy.

(Tails' Channel)

[SONIC RACING CROSSWORLDS - Excerpts of SEGA’s announcement versus the Terms of Use for in-game mods]

OFFICIAL STATEMENT, 9 Oct 2025:
“In Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, we have detected misconduct including cheating, use of unauthorized external tools, modification of game content, and unauthorized access of the game program.
These actions violate the terms outlined in SEGA’s End User License Agreement and may additionally constitute intellectual property infringement or other legal violations.” (SEGA, via social media)

MODDING TERMS, 1 Oct 2025:
“Where possible, SEGA encourages its users to express their creativity and enhance the experience of certain games through the creation of modifications (including but not limited to new items, weapons, characters, models, textures, levels, story lines, music and game modes) for use with the Product.” (SEGA, via designated EULA)

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Lukapix ΘΔ |🦊❄️🏳️‍⚧️ @altothewolf.bsky.social · 37m

people be like "wtf" and i agree, tf content is kinda a w

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Nui17/ Comms Open 💫/ @nuinu17.bsky.social · 53m

#sonicthehedgehog
#creamtherabbit
#vanillatherabbit

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 22m

The most pressing problem with the games industry currently is that nobody has any fucking money, which means even minor miscalculations are killing businesses

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Lucius Fox In The Box @carnegro.bsky.social · 2h

Pope Leo is spitting.

www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...

Leo questioned a world where the wealth of the elite grows
"exponentially" while many "millions of people die of hunger or survive in conditions unfit for human beings." He also criticized "ideologies that defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation,"
with false promises "that a free-market economy will automatically solve the problem of poverty."

Leo described a "new tyranny," which shuns any kind of oversight and where the economy is structured "in such a way that sacrifices are demanded of the masses in order to serve the needs of the powerful." The poor, he wrote, are only allowed "drops that trickle down."

The pope openly challenged "prosperity theology" and called Christians to the practice of giving charity. "It will not solve the problem of world poverty, yet it must still be carried out, with intelligence, diligence and social responsibility," he wrote.

Popular movements that challenge "the empire of money," invite people to take on the cause to combat poverty alongside the poor, instead of on their behalf, and "make history," the pope said. It our duty, Leo said, to "make their voices heard, albeit in different ways, in order to point out and denounce such structural issues, even at the cost of appearing foolish or naïve."

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 13h

I joked about it but it may actually be worthwhile for every Dem who gets on tv to start saying Stephen Miller is the real president

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 14h

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
@USNorthernCmd
X.com
Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · 37m

Google did just come out in support of the bill, which may explain some of the commotion

spectrumnews1.com/oh/toledo/ne...

Google executive testifies on Ohio’s bill of parental consent

A bill aims to put parental consent on apps, but lawmakers push back with concerns about who the bill is holding accountable.

spectrumnews1.com

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · 41m

The oddest part: This bill was introduced in May. Why now?

Status
5-28-2025
House
Referred to committee
Judiciary
5-27-2025
House
Introduced

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Burgess Everett @burgessev.bsky.social · 36m

Wicker says the Senate is ready to go on the NDAA but is waiting on Schumer to agree to move forward

Note: It's pretty unusual for the Senate to continue doing major non-shutdown things during a shutdown, but here we are

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 46m

As well as this, I feel quite strongly that the increased prominence in recent years of social media influencers who engage in nothing but ragebait content and harassment has proverbially sucked all the air out of the room, content mills producing bullshit at speed who dominate gaming conversations.

Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 1h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 30m

Now, I want to caveat that however strange it is for this professor's tickets to have been cancelled, coincidences happen all the time and we're in a government shutdown that is disrupting our airports.

I wouldn't overinterpret this single data point - but it's very concerning.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 32m

So, my newsletter just went out, and I wrote about how to know it's time to leave (for an audience of mainly trans people and family members).

I had four red flags that hadn't happened yet, and the government pulling shenanigans on people attempting to travel was the second most urgent.

Berny Belvedere @bernybelvedere.bsky.social · 58m

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Slava Greenberg 🩼🏳️‍⚧️✡️🇺🇦 in 🇳🇱 for 🍉 @slavagreenberg.bsky.social · 34m

“Genspect is a group whose primary policy goal is to end access to medical transition, though they have also advocated against the acceptance & inclusion of trans ppl in society, particularly in school settings. In 2024 the Southern Poverty Law Center officially designated it as a hate group”

Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 3h

A fringe group wants the field of psychiatry to regress back to the days when stereotypes and prejudices resulted in mental illness diagnoses for marginalized populations.

In a new reported piece, @evanurquhart.bsky.social examines Genspect's call for the re-psychopathologization of trans identity.

Hate Group Calls for Re-Labeling Transness as Mental Illness — Assigned

A fringe group with no expertise pushes the field of psychiatry to regress to a pre-scientific, prejudice-soaked view of trans people. It coincides with the far-right political agenda.

www.assignedmedia.org

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