Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperLibby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 16hA REMINDER: Join community boards & commissions. They're a great way to make positive change where you live. If you don't, the opposition will. 0104
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMultiple Rovert Theory @mongoebooks.bsky.social · 16hToo many people are afraid to look stupid online. People thinking you are stupid is the most fun thing that can happen online because you can reply with something that makes them even less of you and they will proceed to get angry at how stupid they think you are. 071
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperH.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF @devilrei.bsky.social · 16hOf COURSE you’re going to feel bad if someone you admired online turned out to do something horrible. It’s not parasocial, it’s just human nature. And processing those feelings can be rough. I’ve had people get mad at me for processing my traumas in ways they found annoying, and it suuuuuucks 0143
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperH.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF @devilrei.bsky.social · 16hThere’s an essay going around, and a response to that essay online, and I gotta say: I’ve noticed more people these days wanting to pile on others for feeling betrayal/trauma “wrong.” Feelings are messy as hell, and people’s brains/experiences are all different 1135
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperIn conclusion, Sue Donym is a land of contrasts. @suedonym.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I feel like there is a tendency to burn the crops of the people we can meaningfully affect because we know we are ruled by criminals we are powerless to ever touch. 1706
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperwoke stifler @yelix.bsky.social · 18hi think this is really great at honing in on everything that makes this situation so uncomfortable and articulating just about every angle that can be articulated right now 142978
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 21hThe problem isn’t that they’re moving past it—it’s that they’re trying to rehabilitate it. Would be better for everyone if people who don’t want to engage with the facts just talked about the play on the field and left it at that. 963295526
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 20hAnd here's the short-form vertical video version youtube.com/shorts/e3WUx...youtube.comNeed a win? I got one for you!YouTube video by Farm to Taber 1275
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 20hOk remember that local Board of Elections lady who the GOP here is trying to fire? Because she's good at her job? I made a video. For sharing with people in your life who do video youtu.be/CyCacqkeTE4youtu.beFundraiser: Keep Irene On Our Board Of Elections!YouTube video by Farm to Taber 28028
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 20hThere’s this video that I really enjoy and a quote from it, “hoarding kindness doesn’t preserve it, it just lessens its presence in the world.” So don’t stifle your empathy, don’t be picky with your kindness. Let it be in the world because we need it more than ever youtu.be/P0Fj-hgbliw?...youtu.beGen Z is Normalizing Loser BehaviorYouTube video by Lani's Lens 0324
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 20hCalling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants. 279155204622
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 19h“Human beings are called to be co-workers in the work of creation, not merely passive consumers of content generated by artificial technology.” — Pope Leo XIV 6519134
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperKate Sloan (she/her) @katesloan.com · 19hNEW for premium subscribers: On being a foot fetish top katesloan.email/archive/on-b... some thoughts on my history of dating multiple foot fetishists + the various ways I have played with & enjoyed that kink over the yearskatesloan.emailOn being a foot fetish topI remember the first time someone ever touched my feet in a sexual way. My first-ever sexual partner, back in the day, had explored practically every nook... 063
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There's something about dudes cooking in a dadly manner that tells the algo to cut that shit out 🤷🏻♀️ 41092
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are a couple channels that I go watch if YT's starting to send me conspiracy & woo content. For whatever reason, they clean the timeline right up. Tasting History With Max Miller & Adam Ragusea @aragusea.bsky.social 814114
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you want to talk to somebody about it, you should absolutely chase that feeling, and talk to other dudes. But the women in your lives already know this is fucked up. I promise you. We know. Don’t make us nod politely while you process this out at your big age. We’ve got enough to worry about. 121027
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperHolly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I don’t care who you are, I promise, the women in your life don’t need to hear “wow rape culture is awful” from you. I am very comfortable making this a blanket statement. You can either show up for them via your *actions* or you can keep on doing what you’ve been doing, which is nothing at all. 330644
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/10/2026doing some more scanning tonight, here are a few more photos that i thought were pretty neat 882498121
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperpunishedtotesnot.bsky.social @punishedtotesnot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Permanent ostracization does not seem compatible with rehabilitation and justice unless your main goal for justice is revenge. If anything it sounds like a way to encourage recidivism if there's no way to reenter society as an equal. 232
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperpunishedtotesnot.bsky.social @punishedtotesnot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've seen multiple people say that someone who commits SA doesn't have a "right" to any kind of work that is public facing and I don't want to live in a world where we have categories for how much society you're allowed to participate in for life. 272
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMarissa Louise NYCC @marissadraws.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I've been sort of thinking that this kind of "social death" is a way for society to deny that people who rape people live with us always. One of the problems with drawing their punishment out for ever, is you drag the survivors past out forever too. A double punishment so we never face discomfort. 2324
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperH.K // デビル零 #PlayMoreVF @devilrei.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Some people pick up bad vibes from folks from the get-go and want to feel good that they "figured it out" before everyone else, but the sentiment can feel very victim-blaming. "Why didn't YOU see it?" I've had people I considered friends turn out to be complete creeps. It happens (too much) 14512
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wow, lotta people real angry at the concept of farm workers being people in the replies on this one! This is why it's so wild when people complain that "farmers are racist." Wait till you hear what some "leftists" have to say about farm workers 💀 920127
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperFalling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints @moralconstraints.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Too many people are convinced they've been Pervert Nostradamus the whole time and need to brag about it 330564
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperChan @ LBX 411 @aluhnim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wrote a bit about how I price my products and why. It’s been kind of this ongoing problem I have at shows and finally wrote my thoughts on it! chanchauart.com/blog/2026/9/...chanchauart.comMerchandise Pricing and Philosophies — Chan ChauHi Folks, When I'm at conventions, I find myself often confronted (quite literally) about my pricing. Not necessarily because I charge too much, but more so because I charge too little for my product... 913637
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperLittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The fact someone can commit sexual assault and be punished in a discrete manner so as not to “ruin their life” and then years later become a popular entity in media, causing even more trauma when the assault is revealed? If the initial punishment didn’t favor the assaulter, this’d be less common. 191989357
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperCris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I leave my replies open for the same reason hashem put that tree in the center of the garden: to see if you idiots can exercise some self control, and impose consequences if you can’t 1236
Special Ace-gent Dale Cooper @bluearmyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is the way, imo. Assuming one’s aim is for justice and not satisfying their own need or desire for Punishment. 150
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pope Leo XIV: “Someone who says, ‘I’m against abortion,’ but says, ‘I’m in favor of the death penalty,’ is not really pro-life.” 420549
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperBrian Clark (bclarkomp) @onemillionpower.com · 01/10/2026This new video that brings together players from fighting games, arcades, Souls, speedrunning, MMOs and more to explore what difficult games teach us—and why finally overcoming them can feel so rewarding! Thanks to @tedbob84.bsky.social for the amazing thumbnail! youtu.be/XLr4vxSFSIcyoutu.beThe Reward of the Impossible: Why We Play Difficult GamesYouTube video by One Million Power 35522
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMeat @installationwizard.art · 01/10/2026The situation wrt Jacob Geller is exactly why you should give victims time to speak out, especially if you are in no position to air out information that carelessly. 2171
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperRoobz @rooblez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the jacob geller shit is frustrating because how do you say "i don't think this should've been resurfaced" without seeming like you endorse rape when rly you feel it's unfair to the victim to not have a say in her trauma being brought up just to #own a guy and gain Epic Social Justice points 2486
Special Ace-gent Dale Cooper @bluearmyman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is something being often overlooked re: Jacob Geller. Yes, his name was on a list from UNC. Yes, that list was on the Internet archive. But the first person who brought up the fact of the SA on Twitter was, in effect, Just Some Person, and that is also bullshit. 1201
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I mean, here's you answer. People aren't "voting to end this stuff" as much as we think we are. That's... why I'm beating the drum as loud as I can with this whole "Hi, urban blue voters! Farm workers need you to commit to ending slavery thing." bsky.app/profile/meem... 213124
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And these angry "But mutual aid!" comments always come from people who... clearly don't even know the first thing about what farm workers are up against. Which they would... if they'd ever actually done any of that mutual aid that they're talking about for farm workers... interesting 315912
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Also, and I cannot stress this enough, you can do both. The sheer ability of people to hear "Voting matters" & interpret that as "I just personally ordered you to never volunteer or donate to a cause ever again. And the only way to break the spell is complain" It's a monument to human ingenuity. 321328
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperLibby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 01/10/2026In a world of JCOs, be a Vince D'Onofrio. 2122
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperJen Donohue @authorizedmusings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026so I never say in the TEXT that Amusement Park Arcana takes place in 1994, but all of the songs on this playlist were released by then, and specifically the Mazzy Star tape discussed came out in fall 1993, right before Tara went missing. 31811
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperJeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/20263rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.comBREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI trainingOpinion under seal for now. 131309378
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Coopermuch like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New video out nowyoutu.beA (Brief) History of NeopetsYouTube video by MLYP 39135
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperbrent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I am doing my best to ignore people dunking on this with “we’ve been telling you the whole time about DSA/the left!!” The antisemitic far-left on Twitter is a bunch of communists and red triangles who consider DSA to be Zionist sellouts. Antizionism is still not antisemitism, sorry. 1834112
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperbrent 🌹🗽 @therealbrent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I’ve never been in denial about it but I do think today was the first day I truly realized how much antisemitism is spreading and being normalized in online far-left circles. It’s scary and frightening and is only going to get worse if the left insists it’s not a problem. 571156127
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale Cooperthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Israel's horrific, in your face conduct, combined with the suppression of antizionist criticism by pro-Israel political and social elites, has created a kind of cognitive permission structure to deny that Jews face any oppression whatsoever. 10688111
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperGillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I love living in a country where a politician can sign a law banning the health care I need to live and be greeted as a hero of comity and good sense 311408255
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperChristopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Asked about Germany’s far right and the rise of the AfD, Pope Leo XIV says mixing far-right politics with religion is “not an authentic expression of Christianity.” The Gospel calls us to understanding and compassion. 16126
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperPunkyPsychy @punkypsychy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Artists! Show how you draw black women! #art #drawing 151
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMagpie @magpieofthesea.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A week from today, I won't have breasts,uterus, ovaries,fallopian,cervix and bunch of you dumbfucks are gonna wear pink ribbons to "honor" people like me while simultaneously making ours and all women's lives harder because you only define women by babymaking & body parts. Fuck terfs & fuck cancer🖕static.klipy.comDr Hen Says Dhs: Breast Cancer AwarenessAlt: Dr Hen Says Dhs: Breast Cancer Awareness 252
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperLaurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Would anyone who still has their game be willing to give me/my kid oranges, hyacinths, roses, tulips, or pansies later this evening? I’ll open up my airport after I do their bedtimes. 4345
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperMultiple Rovert Theory @mongoebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Because Trump isn’t going to live in the arch his heart belongs to a pair of them. 162
Reposted by Special Ace-gent Dale CooperErin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone’s gonna memory hole this like they do her racism and antisemitism but this is your regular reminder that Joyce Carol Oates fucking sucks and just because she sometimes makes a funny tweet doesn’t erase how much she fucking sucks. 331479338