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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026

Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story. For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards. Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵

Selfie taken by ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson, a man wearing a backwards baseball cap and an orange T-shirt.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the two-stage message of every GOP politician going back to Goldwater: "None of those things or people matter!" And, then, when something directly affects them or their family: "Oh, wait..." Same story, every goddamn time, from health care to immigration to civil rights to the economy.

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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

As a GW enthusiast for many years (albeit many years in the past, at this point) I cannot possibly detail how repellent this is: jamesdwyer2.substack.com/p/the-warham... Especially the "loot box" approach, where you may not even get the expensive model you hope you're paying for. Nauseating.

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The Warhammer Trap: How Games Workshop Learned to Monetize Obsession

When Games Workshop unveiled the latest edition of Codex: Space Marines, the basic proposition was familiar.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Totally created by Cody. Flo might get the assist because he was the last one to touch the ball before Alex scored, but that goal was all down to the work of Cody.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Going from watching Brighton's precision passing game which they used to eviscerate Arsenal to two clubs basically playing dump-and+chase is kinda demoralizing.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This Spurs-Villa match is like watching two guys being handed a protractor and a pencil and being told: "Design a building." and getting about the results you'd expect.

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

*There aren't a lot of old-school leaky-hacktivists any more, but the ones that exist really want to go for the jugular. #GrayWar #cyberwar #Ukraine #Russia

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Saw the Oats Studio stuff on Netflix today. Eh? There were some good things, especially Rakka w/ Sigourney Weaver but the majority were relatively forgettable, including all the Bass-O-Matic type presentations.

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EssinemLFC @essinem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Football porn... #LFC

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Big thanks to @redemmas.org in Baltimore for giving us the perfect tote bag for the End Times Fascism book tour. Out today! @astra.bsky.social naomiklein.org/end-times-fa...

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

*New edition of NEUROMANCER in the Austin airport is being described as "a classic of the twentieth century" *Because it's, you know, a classic of the 20th century

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Nate O. @sanildefanso.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A lot of the biggest AI boosters are very quick to confer humanity on whatever agent they use, while deny the humanity of certain actual humans, be they immigrants, trans people, etc. The Venn diagram there isn't a circle, but there's definitely some overlap.

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Dimension 20 @dimension20.dropout.tv · 07/09/2026

every job deserves comfort, dignity and safety! 🫡

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

www.greenlit.com/project/love... Not something I do often, but I know there are at least a couple more HPL enthusiasts out there. This is a doc that they're trying to complete via crowdfunding that's been in stasis for 36 years. Seems worth a shot.

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Lovecraft: When the Stars are Right

This is the first film ever made about H. P. Lovecraft — and almost no one has seen it. Shot in 1989–90, it features unique interviews with Lovecraft's friends and colleagues. It has sat unfinished fo...

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This game is killing my interest in football. One side is so very Moyesian and the other looks like they'd be cutting edge in 1995.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Without saying your age, what is your favorite movie from when you turned 20?

Gabriel Byrne walking through the woods in Miller's Crossing.

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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Chris Rodrigues & Abby the Spoon Lady 🎶'Angels In Heaven' #bluesmusic

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Please help my daughter get fit AND give money to a charity that helped to save my wife's life! Two good deeds for the price of one www.justgiving.com/page/jasmine...

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Jasmine's fundraiser for Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland

Help Jasmine Thrower raise money to support Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Counting three big chances for Palace so far and zero conversion.

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

When Amadeus first transferred from London to Broadway in 1980 the Broadway production starred Tim Curry as Mozart and Ian McKellen as Salieri and I would like to go back in time and watch that.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The 5 Simpsons lines I've uttered the most: 5. Grandpa Simpson: "I wore an onion on my belt, as was the style at the time." 4. Marge and Lionel Hutz: "That house is on fire!" "Motivated seller!" 3. Homer: "Aw! $20! I wanted a peanut!"

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Nope. Enough of this horseshit game. It is possible for a significant number of people with money, people whose circumstance benefits from current economic models to commit to the reform and transformation of those models -- even against their personal interest. This is hollow, empty shit.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 22/08/2026

“Bookstores are like trees. They grow by themselves.” Amid raids and arrests, Hong Kong’s independent bookshops are still making room for ideas and expression.

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Hong Kong’s Bookshops Are Refusing to Go Quietly

A wave of raids and arrests is raising the pressure on independent bookstores that have become important spaces for connection and exchange.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

You'd better believe it.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 18/08/2026

It's genuinely depressing looking up any information on writing and being inundated with ai websites selling their bullshit and pushing down the many writing blogs that use to help me at the beginning of my writing journey. Especially since the sites are being marketed as tools for students.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The gap between corporate profits and worker wages is the largest it's ever been. Wondering why people are fed up with the system? [Source: KPMG]

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/08/2026

Reminder: 1. You don't need to have an opinion on everything, especially stuff you don't know enough about 2. You don't need to have a PUBLIC opinion on everything 3. It's okay to focus on one or two things and let others take up the slack elsewhere 4. It's okay to take a break when overwhelmed.

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Matt Thrower @mattthr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Presented without comment

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Mark Thomas @hotseatgames.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Applied to take part in my first book festival. Hopefully I get accepted. You can buy my fantasy novella, or even read it for free if you have Kindle Unlimited! #booksky www.amazon.com/dp/B0H885XR44

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Do Not Seek This Treasure: Thomas, Mark: 9798996514809: Amazon.com: Books

Do Not Seek This Treasure [Thomas, Mark] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Do Not Seek This Treasure

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ALFA @blackeyeart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

There is a rescue protocol. There is also a shoot-on-sight directive. Guess which one matters in the Spill. This weeks #cyberpunk #webcomic is live at dystopia.ink

A Dystopia comic page shows Bradson and Frazier trapped beneath the Spill in a collapsed underground space lit by a green glow. In the first panel, Frazier is shown from the chest up in his green military uniform and cap. He looks worried and asks whether there is a recovery protocol under the Spill and whether anyone will try to dig them out.

The second panel is a close view of Bradson adjusting his vision gear. He explains that even if rescue is possible, anyone lost out here is considered lost. He says no one who has been as close to “those things” as they have has ever made it back, and he doubts anyone would change the “shoot on sight” directive just because Frazier is a full bird.

In the third panel, Frazier reacts with disbelief as Bradson gets the night vision overlay working, casting a bright green glow across the space. Frazier repeats, “Shoot on sight?!” and asks what Bradson is talking about.

The fourth panel pulls back to show Bradson and Frazier kneeling among rubble, broken concrete, and twisted debris. Bradson explains that they will be assumed infected and shot like anything else moving on the Spill. In the fifth panel, Frazier coughs and angrily insists that the idea is insane, saying they are part of the Force and that there has to be a rescue procedure.

The final panel shows Bradson turning sharply toward Frazier and pushing back. He says there does not have to be anything, reminding Frazier that the Force is voluntary, that they took the risk and will pay the price, and that the virus carried by the creatures spreads easily, especially through the Net. He ends by saying that everyone is plugged in.

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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 09/08/2026

This is crazy. Guy down my block died in his apartment and he didn’t have any family or roommates it took a week for anyone to notice he was missing. And when cops and EMS finally got in there they discovered his Funko Pops had been eating his corpse

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 07/08/2026

I saw someone refer to homeschooling as “trickle down stupidity.” Immediate addition to my lexicon.

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Bill Nye breaks down the Science of Skin Color and shows why Racism is Ridiculous.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have nothing but contempt for this Congress.

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Jackwraith @jackwraith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. 2. I submit this question is impossible: Meditations Voltaire's Bastards The collected Conan stories Compleat Works of Shakespeare V for Vendetta 3. Probably history, but maybe SF or philosophy. 4. Usually SF 5. Mostly the Kindle these days or used bookstores.

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bleary (feat. Akon) @bleary.off-the-records.com · 04/08/2026

Small town terrorized by shark. Media starts giving a lot of airtime to the shark, allowing the shark to explain the logic behind its attacks. Shark becomes popular, and successfully runs for mayor on a platform of "sticking it to the woke anti-shark elite".

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Paul van der Meer @paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

These people are mad at Dr. Fauci because he told them to wear a mask during a deadly pandemic.

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