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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW VIDEO: why does no one ever ask the most obvious question in the world about the Animorphs story? and why does that lead to 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 defending genocide in my comments??? let's find out together! s/o to @infinitesnow.bsky.social for reading KA's letter www.youtube.com/watch?v=foNw...
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No One Ever Guessed Animorphs' Best Plot Twist
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MacBeth @chiefmacbeth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We are 💀LIVE💀 playing some #GraveyardKeeper2! Come hang out! #Vtuber www.twitch.tv/chief_macbeth
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Xavier Becerra @xavierbecerra.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day! Your voice matters, and one of the simplest ways to make it heard is to make sure you’re registered to vote. Check your registration, register for the first time, or update your information at vote.gov.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Jimmy Kimmel announces his interview with James Talarico has been censored and will not air on television today after Trump’s FCC threatened ABC. It will go on YouTube instead.
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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
You can also pick up an audiobook / digital version of Mario's Butt, and an audiobook version of Uncomfortable Labels too. Mario's Butt Audiobook: laurakbuzzstore.com/collections/... Uncomfortable Labels Audiobook: laurakbuzzstore.com/collections/...
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Things I Learned From Mario's Butt - Audiobook, Ebook, and Art Files
Emailed out manually every weekday at 9am UK (or sooner if I am at my PC and not too busy). Have you ever wondered why some video game characters wear trousers and others don't? Or pondered the connec...
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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Following the collapse of Unbound, I'm selling the last remaining physical copies of "Things I Learned From Mario's Butt" and "Who Hunts The Whale". Signed Copies of both available now! Mario's Butt: laurakbuzzstore.com/collections/... Who Hunts the Whale: laurakbuzzstore.com/collections/...
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Who Hunts The Whale - Signed Paperback
A signed paperback copy of Who Hunts The Whale, with your name in the front. Shipped Fridays. Supremacy Software is the world’s largest video-game developer and publisher. If you’ve played games, you’...
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
jesus christ, man
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457, bringing the donation to $4,267.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
These fascists will turn around and in the next breath tell everyone their policy of excluding and harming trans people is because they want to “protect women”.
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
amazing stuff
"This government hates us and wants us dead," Kathleen Hanna remarked during Bikini
Kill's set. "They don't give a shit about anybody's healthcare. They don't care if we're dying in parking lots of curable illnesses.
They don't give a shit. They don't care if our rights are taken away. They're ripping people off the streets. I'm not gonna tell you all the bad things! But I am gonna say it makes it hard for me in my body sometimes to have a good time. 'Cause it's hard to turn it off. And I was thinking that on the way here. I was like,
'What a gift.' What a gift we have to be able to play for you. What a gift Olivia has given all of us to do this festival.
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Balthus @balthushomewood.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Charlotte is genuinely in this for the love of the game
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026
watching some serious dudes rock activity in the park a bunch of grown men appear to be having a skateboarding competition--everyone gets a minute and a half to attempt tricks while one guy with a microphone does commentary in a fake British accent
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/08/2026
So a special government employee working for the Pentagon is putting out a large database tracking private citizens and their political affiliations. This should be a massive scandal.
Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the user DataRepublican. The post reads: "I began working as a Special Government Employee for the Department of War in July, to serve the country in a more hands-on way. My press credentials at the Pentagon expired in June and I did not seek a renewal of those credentials. I currently am not a member of the Pentagon [Show more]". It quote-tweets a post by Konstantin Toropin (@KToropin) stating: "The Pentagon confirms — 'Ms. Pounds serves at the Department of War as a Special Government Employee.'" Below the quoted post, DataRepublican replies in a thread: "I defer to @JoelValdezDOW on all further questions."Screenshot of a post on X by DataRepublican announcing the launch of the "DSA Explorer" tool on datarepublican.com. The text describes it as an interactive map tracking the Democratic Socialists of America and foreign support networks based on over a year of research, and previews an upcoming site redesign alongside an announcement for a book titled UNELECTED with Joshua Lisec. Below the text is an embedded video preview showing an interactive node-and-link network diagram interface.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The Dollywood Foundation, which reported $141 million in assets last year, also offers local high school graduates $15,000 scholarships. ‘She gave cash gifts to people in need long before it was popular,’ Ms. Palmer said. ‘She trusted the people that she wanted to help.’”
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 26/08/2026
Well, this was inevitable. Forstater is now using her own case to argue that racism should/is protected as a philosophical belief 🤮
"Even comments which are “serious, severely hurtful and 
prejudicial”are covered by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human rights (freedom of expression) which doesn't mean absolute freedom of expression in a situations, but employers should treat beliefs equally.

As the judge said in my case even beliefs that are profoundly distressing and offensive to many others are beliefs that must be tolerated in a pluralist society.""Cofnas's hereditarian belief has already been found to be "worthy of respect in a democratic society" by a court in the UK. 

Though not binding in Belgium, but its anti-discrimination law is based on the same principle.

Still it's better to have a good job than a good legal case. 

Ghent uni could string out the suspension - the process is the punishment.

If there are calls for a staff member to be discriminated against because of their beliefs the answer should be No (unless the belief falls below the v low threshold for belief discrimination), not "oh well if 2000 people object..."
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Calls to abolish our carceral state are dangerous and unrealistic? OK, let’s talk about our carceral state. ICE has a quota of 2,000 arrests a day. Over a year, that maths out to 0.2% of the entire U.S. population. www.the-reframe.com/soon-you-too...
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Soon You Too Will Be A Commie
Accepting a bully's framing won't save you a beating. Why solidarity is the best way out.
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Lindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Yes, Dolly was Actually That Great
YouTube video by Lindsay Ellis
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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Is that...is that supposed to be an argument against healthcare
Darline Graham, new Republican candidate for Senate in South Carolina, told a crowd last night that government-run health care is a terrible idea and then told everyone her parents had to work at their liquor store even if they were sick, and her mother and father died when she was 11 and 12, respectively. Apparently as an argument against healthcare.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Jesus, I didn't watch the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies, but it sounds like I dodged quite a lot of slop. What a miserable state of affairs. How about I do a thread of trailers for upcoming games that, to the best of my knowledge are slop free, for you all to watch instead?
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Dreadline Express - Official Trailer | The Horror Game Awards Showcase 2026
YouTube video by IGN
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
in Springfield Ohio right now. I’m told by multiple activists and religious leaders here that ICE took a second Haitian pastor
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/08/2026
Despite intense White House pressure to find noncitizen voting cases, our reporting showed that Trump's crackdown has produced little: Just 41 people have been charged with voting illegally or other election-related crimes.
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Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters
To prove the president’s claims of illegal voting, the government has harnessed the power of Homeland Security Investigations, a branch of DHS established to combat the worst cross-border crime. So fa...
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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Balthus @balthushomewood.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It's an attitude that's giving "Oh, he was such a polite neighbor, I never would have guessed he had 10 people buried in his back yard."
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One of the things us an industry need to stop doing is perpetuating the 'they say this on social media, but they're a sweetheart in real life' about awful people I've had other journos say this to me about some of the most pernicious grifters over the years, some of who crossed many lines this week
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Forbes @forbes.com · 18/08/2026
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
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DeSantis Ally In Florida Arrested On Child Sex-Abuse Charges
Michael Allen Caruso is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child younger than 5.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
A violinist keeps playing in a Ukrainian bomb shelter while sirens wail and shelling hits the city above, music as quiet resistance since 2022.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 13/08/2026
Saber Interactive's CEO Matt Karch can get in the bin: aftermath.site/saber-interact...
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.
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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 11 - Voyager - Drive Audio: rss.com/podcasts/whe... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqW2...
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Where Everybody Has Gone Before - Episode 11 - Voyager - Drive
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
⚓ Rear Admiral Amy Bauernschmidt came up through the ranks the hard way, graduating from Annapolis, earning her wings, commanding a helo squadron, then a carrier, and now a carrier group. And because Low-T Peter just pulled her promotion, she'll never get her second star. Proud of you, Shipmate 🫡
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Report: Hegseth torpedoed trailblazing San Diego admiral's promotion
Rear Adm. Amy Bauernschmidt was one of seven one-star admirals to have their promotions nixed — five of them women or people of color, the New York Times said.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
A favourite but underrated Sam Neill role for me was the villain in Daybreakers, he portrayed such a cold "vampire as metaphor for capitalist" type character. Very fun movie.
Sam Neill in Daybreakers
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
9. I made a cool supercut of the ridiculous promotion on CNN but Bluesky won't let me post it because it's a bit too long but you can check it out at the link:
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How Kalshi infects the news
After inking financial deals with CNBC and CNN, Kalshi's prediction markets have become ubiquitous on cable news.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 06/07/2026
“The CEO of Mondelez has acknowledged that the taxes the company pays in Russia help Russia’s war against Ukraine. Just three days after, Russian drones struck a Mondelez factory in Ukraine,” writes Bennett Freeman, Co-founder and Steering Committee member of B4Ukraine, in his op-ed.
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"We pay taxes in Russia that helps war" — Oreo-maker's confession demands action on Russia remainers
The CEO of the U.S. snacking giant Mondelez has openly acknowledged that the taxes the company pays in Russia help Russia’s war against Ukraine, but that it was the "right decision" to remain in the a...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Two ICE agents tracked down a woman *inside a polling place* yesterday. Why? They demanded that she take down an Instagram post in which she named Jonathan Ross as the man who shot & killed Renee Good (after the Star Tribune identified Ross). www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...
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Federal agents track down Syracuse woman, demand she remove Instagram post about ICE
She believes the warning was related to a post about the ICE agent who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis.
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The Answer-Man (Thaddeus Howze) @ebonstorm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
NEW LAW IN OKLAHOMA Data Centers Can't Pass Their Energy Costs to Consumers The law requires large-load customers adding 75 megawatts or more of demand to sign long-term agreements covering infrastructure costs tied to their projects, rather than spreading those costs across the general rate base.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/06/2026
This is a pogrom, incited and instigated by Elon Musk. This is now the second set of pogroms incited by Elon in the UK in 2 years.

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Elon Musk (@elonmusk) quoting a post by a user named Tommy Robins... (@TRobinsonN...).
Elon Musk's post reads:
> "Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change!!"
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The quoted post by Tommy Robinson reads:
> "The whole of the United Kingdom is hitting the streets tonight at 7pm following yet another invader attack on our people.
> It's time 🇬🇧"
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Attached to the quoted post is a graphic split into two columns detailing protest locations for "7:00 PM TONIGHT":
 * **The left side** features a long, numbered list of cities and specific meeting points across the UK, such as "LONDON - PARLIAMENT SQUARE" and "MANCHESTER - ST. PETER'S SQUARE".
 * **The right side** is titled "MASS PROTEST TONIGHT" and lists specific roads and roundabouts, mostly in Northern Ireland, marked as "CLOSED 7PM" (e.g., "CLOUGHFERN ROUNDABOUT CLOSED 7PM").
 * At the bottom right, there is a prominent yellow box with a storefront icon that reads, "ALL BUNNESSES TO CLOSE AT 5.30 PM TONIGHT NO EXCUSES", with the word "businesses" misspelled as "bunnesses".
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Epstein survivor Maria Farmer: “Pam Bondi’s continued evasion of questions about her grave mishandling of the release of the Epstein files was not surprising — it’s a pattern of behavior. At every turn, Bondi has ignored and disregarded the will of Epstein survivors”
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/05/2026
oh wow it's that thing that was only happening in everybody's heads
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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Absolute Units returns! Listen to our latest episode with artist and disability rights activist Anahita Harding, exploring disability in museum spaces and collections. Plus, how we can shape a future that better includes and represents people with disabilities. merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...
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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life
Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Apropos of nothing, if the creator of something you cherished turns out to be a horrible person, the answer isn't to close your hearts for fear of disappointment, it's to love more. Love with abandon, because there's always new art to find, love so much as to always outweigh the disappointments. ❤️
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
If somebody tells you they don't believe in pronouns just call God "she" and I think they'll figure it out in a hurry.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The reason certain people are still on Twitter or complain how this place isn’t Twitter is because for a brief amount of time Twitter allowed specialty journalists, opinion writers, pundits, etc a chance to feel somewhat famous, or that they actually had influence, and they miss that like heroin.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution.
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/05/2026
#OtD 13 May 1985 Philadelphia police attacked the home of Black liberation and environmental group MOVE, then dropped a bomb on it, killing 5 adults and 6 children, destroying 61 homes in the predominantly Black neighbourhood, and making 250 people homeless.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/05/2026
NEW: Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages New accounts from 17 men, women and children who have filed formal claims after being detained in a late-night raid paint a violent and terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ actions.
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Immigrants Detained in Chicago Military-Style Raid Seek Millions in Damages
New accounts from 17 men, women and children taken in a midnight raid paint a violent, terrifying portrait of the federal agents’ alleged actions. These descriptions form the basis of claims filed thi...
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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