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Dez Brown

@dezbrown.bsky.social
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Journalist • Storyteller • Gamer • Owner of Ironlight Citadel & INTL + 1 | All opinions are my own. You can't silence us. Read the lastest from me here: ironlightcitadel.substack.com thegamejournalist.substack.com

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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Are we winning yet?
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I swear the last two weeks have been nothing but manufactured hype for AI from any news outlet that'll peddle it. I'm highly annoyed about it.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The one that got me into this medium was Jak & Daxter. If Sony could do one thing right, it would be to remake or reimagine the series starting with Precursor Legacy. There is so much with the universe that you could do.
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Daxter Jak
Alt: A blonde elf looking boy named Jak and a weasel otter hybrid named Daxter dance in celebration after acquiring a Powercell.
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Reuters Legal @legal.reuters.com · 17/09/2026
OpenAI and Microsoft executives privately described their AI products as substitutes for journalism, according to court filings made public on Thursday that the New York Times and other news outlets say gut the tech companies' fair-use defense in a closely watched copyright case.
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OpenAI, Microsoft executives' quotes on AI training threaten copyright defense, news outlets argue
OpenAI and Microsoft executives privately described their AI products as substitutes for journalism, according to court filings made public on ​Thursday that the New York Times and other news outlets say gut the tech companies' fair-use defense in a closely ‌watched copyright case.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's his favorite.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Outspent 10 to 1 and with the full backing of the Democratic Establishment behind Hayley Stevens, this is more than just a victory. A statement has been made.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
HEY FDA. THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE YOU GOOD FOR!?
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Performative from Tillis and Coryn. Shameful from all Republicans. Abhorrent for the survivors.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
At least they gave her a suitcase instead of a cardboard box to take her stuff home?
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The mainstream media's failure to understand that Blanche's memo doesn't end the IRS immunity for Trump, let alone guarantee that the slush fund is dead, is one of the biggest travesties to modern journalism. Support independent journalism.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Todd Blanche committed perjury.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This entire line of questioning is disingenuous. Framing Anti-Zionism as Antisemitism is insane.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/07/2026
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van. Gift link in reply.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
PASTOR LORAN LIVINGSTON (@CentralChurchNC): “There has never been a Christian nation, and never will be. You don’t live in one now. A Christian nation wouldn’t have killed and displaced 20 million Native Americans, or thought owning slaves was pleasing to God.”
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auntyr.bsky.social @auntyr.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A world-class education is now completely free — MIT has opened its entire vault of more than 2,500 courses to the public online. source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2026). About Us: MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT Open Learning. 😊
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
But isn't that just Blender?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 16/04/2026
That's not what unc means: aftermath.site/unc-aave-afric...
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This man is absolutely unhinged. He just posted a video on Truth Social of a woman getting murdered, uncensored. All while blaming Biden for this incident. If this incident isn't AI generated.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Iran didn't agree to shit. Stop accepting that a ceasefire is happening when they are still firing missiles.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Iran ain't opening shit except a chair to sit and watch the countdown to his deadline.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
There are some bad takes, and then there's incomprehensible poor reasoning. Then there's this.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Spoken like a man who could possibly be in the Epstein Files 🤔
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📎Hope🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪬🟦 @crickettehkm.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Why aren’t we hearing more about this?
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Evacuation of U.S. troops from Mideast base sends community groups scrambling to help
Troops and their families have been pushed back to the United States after their bases in the Middle East were threatened by Iranian counterattacks. Community groups are scrambling to react.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
But what if I want the Huawei? Hmm?
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Send her ass TO JAIL
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 31/03/2026
The U.S. just lifted sanctions on Russian cargo ships and multiple high-profile narcotics figures. Dozens of names were removed from the Specially Designated Nationals list—including vessels tied to major Russian leasing operations and individuals linked to Mexican and Colombian drug networks.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @cofactorstrudel.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Bro what the fuck
The official White House Android app:

Injects JavaScript into every website you open through its in-app browser to hide cookie consent dialogs, GDPR banners, login walls, signup walls, upsell prompts, and paywalls.

Has a full GPS tracking pipeline compiled in that polls every 4.5 minutes in the foreground and 9.5 minutes in the background, syncing lat/Ing/accuracy/timestamp to OneSignal's servers.

Loads JavaScript from a random person's GitHub Pages site (lonelycpp.github.io) for YouTube embeds. If that account is compromised, arbitrary code runs in the app's WebView.

Loads third-party JavaScript from Elfsight (elfsightcdn.com/ platform.js) for social media widgets, with no sandboxing.

Sends email addresses to Mailchimp, images are served from Uploadcare, and a Truth Social embed is hardcoded with static CDN URLs. None of this is government infrastructure.

Has no certificate pinning. Standard Android trust management.Ships with dev artifacts in production. A localhost URL, a developer IP (10.4.4.109), the Expo dev client, and an exported Compose PreviewActivity.

Profiles users extensively through OneSignal - tags, SMS numbers, cross-device aliases, outcome tracking, notification interaction logging, in-app message click tracking, and full user state observation.
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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026
A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...
LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
With ICE's public approval in the toilet, the agency is quietly paying off local police to act as bounty hunters carrying out its immigration mission www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
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Exclusive: ICE's Bounty Hunters
Leaked database shows how ICE pays off local cops to do their bidding
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Impeach him.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 21/03/2026
THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
The United States is contemplating threatening to kill people with HIV in another country as leverage to get that country's minerals. We have become a sick nation, just as depraved and disgusting as its leader.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Welp, I'm never using DLSS 5.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/03/2026
NEW: A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority. By @hannahallam.bsky.social
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The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.
The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We have a military run by a drunk neo-Nazi edgelord. I guarantee you he monologues in the mirror before every speech about how great he is.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
If I'm a Texas Democrat, I shouldn't be mad that Jasmine Crockett lost the primary (even with shenanigans from the Texas gov.). Instead, I'd focus on taking Paxton's seat this cycle, and make Crockett vs Cruz your main focus for 2028. You can have both.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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some of you may die written on a poster with shrek and knights
ALT: some of you may die written on a poster with shrek and knights
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Put a clown on a throne, and he doesn't become king. The kingdom becomes his circus.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Democrats, I have your campaign message for the midterms: Trump stole our money. It's time to make him give it back. You're welcome to craft it any way you want, but that's the message.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/02/2026
Breaking News: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was arrested in Britain on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, the BBC said.
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UK Police Arrest Former Prince Andrew Over Epstein Ties: Live Updates
The British police on Thursday arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of criminal activity linked to the Epstein files.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan AP: Zero NYT: Zero WashPost: Zero Reuters: Zero Politico: Zero Axios: Zero
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Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I have to look into it more. But Ashley Massaro being named in the Epstein Files makes me think Vince is in there, too.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
From @wired.com: “Federal records reveal ICE is secretly expanding into 150+ facilities across nearly every state — many near schools, medical offices, and places of worship… DHS asked the General Services Administration to hide lease listings and bypass normal procedures…”🤔
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 11/02/2026
Relooted Is A Big Black Middle Finger To History Controlled By White People:
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Relooted Review: A Thrilling Heist Game Turns Crime Into Justice
Hear me out, what if it doesn’t belong in a museum?
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I and millions of Americans believe exactly the same thing Kasparov does. Too many troops, too many new prisons, too much money not under Congressional supervision. We're not just witnessing a mass deportation scheme anymore. This is something significantly bigger and scarier.
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Dez Brown @dezbrown.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Spoke with two people familiar with EMS. The white sheet more than likely means they're dead. That's three deaths by ICE in Minnesota.
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