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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 5h

Is there anyway for a regular research to track old Twitter trends or is that still borked? I’m trying to look at any potential examples of traffic around certain alt right gamer ideologie, or games that were trending on Twitter.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 5h

How to combat misinformation, what platforms can do, how we can enact real change in the way extremism spreads online

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Thrash Panda 🔜 Album #5 @thrashpandamusic.bsky.social · 5h

translating their retorts "it wasn't SHOVED IN OUR FACE before"- there's now a media apparatus that profits from making me angry about it "troll's remorse"- you grew up "identity captured and colonized by the sjws"- learning a craft scares me because it leaves me open to criticism

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 6h

Ukraine blows up Russian data centres and immediately and mysteriously online talk about Germany’s Far Right AfD virtually disappears. Stop Putin you stop the Far Right.

Chart showing online talk about the AfD going off a cliff edge

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 6h

Sadly I think even Cliffy B saying Unreal Tournament and Gears has always been diverse will not break Gamergaters out of their AI-accelerated conspiratorial psychosis. Still unpacking ways we can deprogram people for a chapter book, feel free to send me any research/recs!

Cliffy b tweet: proprio: Say "woke" you get blocked. Simple as that.

Woke is a term co-opted and weaponized by fuckwads for the profit culture war. Simple as that.

Said it before, I'll say it again. UT and Gears had a diverse cast of characters, male and female.

If that's "wOkE" then fuck off.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 19h

Australopithecus 3 million years ago:

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Igor just popped a ligament in his knee fuck

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Oh YEAH it is, and over her it says “women inherits it’s the earth”

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It’s a whole ass vibe I’m sorry

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I couldn’t have written it better

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Last night my boyfriend jokingly yelled “Leeroy Jenkins” before accidentally Lancer charging straight into a Locust emergence hole and failing the mission for us

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

There's a persistent argument that GGers "don't care if this shit is in a game if the game is good." We know this is bullshit because: 1) E-Day is good; they still care 2) They rile people up about women or gay content BEFORE a game even releases, skewing the perception 3) They are bigots

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This ideology also falsely conflates narrative, storyline, and multiplayer cosmetics into one development pipeline, as if they are all dependent upon each other to thrive or fail. Stupid people spewing stupid shit!

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Started split-screen co-op with my boyfriend last night. It's Dom and Marcus-focused from the beginning. Nothing about Mags (the butchy Latina who has men's short hairs in a twist) is obnoxious or aggressively Girl Boss. Seems like most of these guys don't know veterans and are just rage-baiting..

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I can’t see shit in E Day multiplayer omg

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Fuck the GTA radio stations are fire my life is over

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If anyone wants to share this on the hellsite, feel free. I'm trying to deprogram these guys.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 08/10/2026

Our woke gay DEI space game is coming to Steam November 3rd, and you can check it out right now on XBOX! 🕹️ Play on XBOX: hi.youngsuns.com/XBOX 🧑🏼‍🚀 Wishlist on Steam: hi.youngsuns.com/Steam

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Gears of War: E-Day is the latest game to become an unwilling participant in a culture war keeping people distracted and putting revenue in the pockets of rage baiters! The voluntary insomnia that these rage beaters display is one of the main ways this war persists.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I read this online take it with a grain of salt lmao

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Jason full frontal in GTA6, they listened to the REAL gamers (women and gay men)

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Corporate Merc day 3, sensible shoe edition

Alyssa in a short sleeve, black high collar, dress, black tights, black boots, carrying a tan bag

Alyssa showing off her very tall, black leather boots

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ladies and gentlemen, Ryan Gosling

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