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Josephus Brown @josephusbrown.myatproto.social · 6h

and the fuckin ceo had the unmitigated gall to go on in that interview about how he "wanted to recreate that tar-jey magic" motherfucker queer and black people called it fuckin tar-jey, that was your fucking demographic you racist piece of shit, you ain't getting any of this fucking magic back

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Morgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

If I’m interpreting this correctly, because we’d need less for cooling, specifically with regard to the superconductors used for medical imaging.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Unironically, this alleviates some of my anxiety about the approaching helium shortage!

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

There's a species of oak tree called the Gary Oak and it blew my mind a little when I connected those dots.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

New: I pulled the Character ai bankruptcy documents. They show: - They were spending $14 million/month on compute alone at a time their revenue was around ~$1 million/month - Currently losing $9 million a month - They admitted they enshittified & that it didnt work www.404media.co/character-ai...

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Character.ai's Bankruptcy Documents Show the Economics of AI Don't Work

Character.ai enshittified its product but was still burning tons of cash, its bankruptcy documents say.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I can't believe that every time he screams about how bad his product is, capitalism rewards him with even more money.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Sharing because I did repost the fake news originally and I am sorry. 🥲

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

HORSEBALL MANAGER?? Do they... do they not... did no one... (face in hands)

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A friend once noted that anxiety over (young, white) AFAB people’s fertility can be used as a wedge for almost every conservative talking point.

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

missed National Coming Out Day. but came across this screenshot of the mass email i sent 12 years ago!

mass email from me when i transitioned. the body of the email reads-
"about 15 years ago i sent out a mass email stating that i had used the Troy Aikman quarterback rating system to decide that the right choice was to switch email providers from Aol to Comcast. using the same system i'm pleased to announce that the Troy Aikman quarterback ratings system has given me the clarity to go ahead and switch genders.
i'm available to anyone by phone that would like to crunch the numbers. thanks eveyrbody and sorry for the mass email! and thanks Troy Aikman!"

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Wait, is that really where it comes from?? I've been hearing the term in fandom for decades but never knew.

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Benjammin' @benjamminweed.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We fucked up as a species by not hibernating for the winter. That sounds a-fucking-mazing right about now.

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"ADHD label risks lifelong harm to children." If you don't label the disorder, then what we will be labelled instead is "Lazy." "Underachiever." "Doesn't live up to their potential." "Bad student." Those labels come with pain, shame, and abuse. The ADHD label comes with a chance for support.

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🪨 Geop! 🪨 @mrgeop.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As is usual with Square titles, I question quality of this port

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

bigotry aside: imagine having to design an enforcement policy for this. what are we doing y'all?

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I've said it before, but snark is insecure and defensive. "I'm worried you're going to laugh at me, so I'm doing it first. Aren't I silly? Haha because I'm in on the joke it hurts less." fuck that, be earnest, be real, let yourself matter

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 11/10/2026

Star Trek (1966) "The MIT Museum unveiled an extraordinary piece of television and cultural history: the original 33-inch Starship Enterprise model that helped define sci-fi and sparked generations of scientific ambition." It will remain on public display at the Museum through March 28, 2027. 🔽

The rediscovered original 33” model of the Starship Enterprise prior to restoration. Courtesy of Heritage Auctions/HA.com.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Not to mention, avoiding bone density loss as you age! Strength training is arguably *more* important for women (of all kinds) than for cis men.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I feel like race control has happily still handed track limit penalties to drivers who were having problems with their cars, though.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Brave and lovely little man ❤️❤️

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It's World Homeless Day, and I'll just say: Homelessness isn't some great unsolvable mystery. People are homeless because they don't have homes. This suffering persists not for lack of solutions, but because enormous wealth and power are invested in maintaining the very structures that produce it.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Can you blame him? I'd want to haunt these motherfuckers, too.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026

If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.

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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read.

She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

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deptofmeteors @deptofmeteors.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Roguelike Celebration is just over a week away! Pay whatever you can to join and support a range of talks, including my own that looks at intentionality in procgen narrative through the lens of Terry Riley's minimalist masterpiece In C. ti.to/roguelike-ce...

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Roguelike Celebration: 2026

Celebrate the rich history and inspiring future of roguelikes with streamed talks and more in our own custom-built roguelike social space! Roguelike games have been part of gaming culture for over 30 ...

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

THE SITUATION It’s too bad they all look like they’ve been resized on tje vertical axis but not the horizontal.

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

❗Attention, union supporters ❗ We're asking Wizards and Hasbro to voluntarily recognize our union—and you can help! Sign our petition today and show our leadership that you want change in the gaming industry. actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
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Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Why do they even have a right to refuse this??

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Free Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

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Matt Bishop 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 @thebishf1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Since today is #InternationalLesbianDay, which celebrates the identity, history & resilience of the global lesbian community while raising awareness of ongoing discrimination & social challenges, let’s hear it for Lella Lombardi, a lesbian & the only woman to score #F1 world championship points. 🌈

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Eat absolute shit, you miserable fucking criminal, and I hope all your yachts get torn apart by orcas with you aboard.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beautiful way to spend my dinner time scrolling. Thank you.

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G.D. Annin @gdannin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yep!!!! It’s genuinely horrible.

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026

Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/10/2026

What is the IceCube neutrino observatory? Neutrinos are elusive particles that rarely interact, but can create flashes of light when they do. Most neutrino detectors are giant water tanks surrounded by light detectors. IceCube is kilometer-long strings of detectors embedded in the Antarctic ice.

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