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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 5h
The platonic ideal form of the Trumpist state is that of an incompetent executioner, blessed by the court to be horrific and violent to no successful end.
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
print ad (1985) archive.org/details/fami...
text:
conused about computer software mail order??
epyx
infocom
atari
datasoft
lotus
sierra
spinnaker
ashton tate
much, much, more!!
for big names, low prices
write:
compu-game
p.o.box 1752
corona. ca 91718
or call:(714)736-7897
(the centre piece of the ad is a simple computerized image of a bald head with a question mark on the forehead, sweating, rings under eyes and a mouth in a sideways s shape).
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 9h
There’s a new Mogwai single with Iggy Pop. Nothing bothers me today.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 30/09/2026
Stearns County is the Florida of Minnesota.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
 Millennial Funeral Director. A mustachioed man says "we will do the best we can to honour your son's life now that he's a heckin' corpserino" tp grieving parents. Behind him is an ad that reads "ask about our "homer in the bushes" coffin!"
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I see people putting AI in the same bucket as NFTs (speculative technology that will go away when the bubble pops), but I think the internet is the better comp. Sure there's some early bubble-y activity, but the underlying technology is real it's going to dramatically change things.
Hand-drawn Venn diagram titled "Bubbles," with four overlapping circles: Beanie Babies, AI, NFTs, and Dot-com.

Each alone: "Gamble on plushies!" / "Gamble on LLMs!" / "Gamble on JPEGs!" / "Gamble on HTML!"

Beanie Babies + AI: "The products tend to have cutesy first names."
Beanie Babies + NFTs: "Who will own the rarest fake monkey?"
AI + Dot-com: "Genuinely important underlying technology."
NFTs + Dot-com: "This URL could be worth millions!"

Every bubble but Dot-com: "Mostly in private markets."
Every bubble but NFTs: "Good people got hurt."
Every bubble but AI: "Never threatened life as we know it."
Every bubble but Beanie Babies: "Blame Silicon Valley."

All four: "Somebody got rich, but probably not you."
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/09/2026
Recent Events have me once again considering: the cube
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Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 28/09/2026
We found love in a hopeless place, but it was the steam forums.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
WORKERS OF THE WORLD... don't forget to use your PTO.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“No! They expect one of us in the wreckage, brother”
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 26/09/2026
King
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'People Were Kind of Annoyed' — Counter-Strike Co-Creator Says Gabe Newell Got So Obsessed With Mongolian Throat Singing That Valve Became a 'Closed Office'
In an interview with game consultant Indie Game Joe, Counter-Strike co-creator Minh Le revealed a hilarious anecdote about Valve boss Gabe Newell that’s going viral for just how absurd it is.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
WASHINGTON—Reflecting on the past fling and remarking how time had flown by, local golden retriever Daisy told reporters Thursday that she could not believe the guy she hooked up with 10 years ago was...
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 26/09/2026
It’s perfect
An orange, older VW bus
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 25/09/2026
Halt and Catch Fire mentioned
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Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric. Not similar. Not Nazi-like. It’s straight up lebensraum.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 25/09/2026
My only thought about Primetime is that Chris Hansen would have been an excellent student affairs professional.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 24/09/2026
With how my cats act when I open the feeder this feels like a trap.
Petlibro IOS Notification reading: 
Food levels are low
Granary Smart Feeder: Food levels are low.
Please refill soon.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Tired: Manmade child annihilating zipline beyond physics comprehension Wired: Grok maims a man on a halfpipe then gets him fired, patent advice sought
From r/legal advice:

I used AI to invent a new skateboard trick that coworker tried & he got hurt. Can he sue me?

My coworker & I were using Grok to generate new types of skateboard tricks that have never been done and I used Grok AI to discover a new trick called a “Pipe It,” which is kind of like skating down a halfpipe but using the AI to calculate the physics and angles, we can go a lot steeper when dropping in. We watch a lot of skate videos on our phone during breaks, so we decided to do a type of skate video with new tricks. 

Grok made up this skateboard trick & I told it to be very careful and use science/physics to make sure that it was as cool as possible but also realistic. Basically, a Pipe It is taking a long 2x4 and placing it up against a wall (like 7 ft tall) and sliding down the wood board using the skateboard with the wheels on either side of the 2x4, kind of like grinding Tony Hawk video game style, but straight down. Grok said it would be possible to pop off the board at the last minute to land & that this would have been a brand new trick. 

Anyways, my coworker tried it in the parking lot during our lunch break at work but immediately fell face first into the floor and busted his nose. He had already gotten written up before, so he couldn’t leave in the middle of the day to change, so when we tried to go back in with blood everywhere our boss got mad and told him to go home  maybe he could get called back in for another shift). He hasn’t gotten called back so I think he’s fired.

Now my coworker is saying that the Pipe-It is my fault & he’s going to sue me. Can he do that? even if he can, it’s not my fault because I told Grok to be as safe as possible and to make sure that the Pipe-It was realistic. Basically, he did the trick wrong and is mad that he couldn't do it and that he lost his job. Can I get in trouble? Also, sorry if I can't combine questions, but can I patent the Pipe It so Grok or he can't steal it now that we're fighting?
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Rude Law Dog @esghound.com · 23/09/2026
Requiring AM radio is actually good, it's the FEMA mandated public notification backstop. You all sound like anti regulation lunatics melting down about the 13 dollars in parts needed to install backup cameras. This isn't anti-EV agitprop, you have brainworms
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator. by Michele Tafoya
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tinybaby @tiny.baby · 22/09/2026
the guys who run into target at 6 am and steal pokemon cards from children are all mad because pokemon is just printing more now
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assbutt @nasboat.org · 23/09/2026
(extreme Chris Cornell voice) asshole son
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 23/09/2026
I don’t think I could ever bring myself to tell a mother her child deserved to die as a result of her untimely brainwashing.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 21/09/2026
The Decemberists are releasing a cover of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
At the "No Kings of Carrot Flowers" protest inisting one not be Neutral Milk Hotel in times like these
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, black & white charcoal pencil.

Another featured piece from the Spooky Pants book.

A man in a sweater stands with his hands on his hips looking out of a large window with the curtains open. Things aren’t looking good outside, reader. A massive winged demon is emerging from the clouds as dozens of little ghosts and bone demons rip through the sky. On the ground below we see townsfolk running through the grass. Our man in the window is in no mood for this. He lets us know, “Oh, I am in no mood for this.” His dog looks out the window as well, wagging its tail. 

Fantasia (1940) inspired drawing. I think I could’ve gone a little heavier with the chaos outside but we’ll try again with fresh drawings this October. I like how the clouds turned out. Trying to balance my sloppy lines with more detail can be tricky but I think we achieved a good result.
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Hank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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springfieldians @springfieldians.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 19/09/2026
rough first week for humans at the intergalactic council. everyone was really nice but we spent a lot of time at orientation trying to figure out what made us unique among all the galaxy's species. turns out we're the only ones who thought to deep fry cheese. that's it. we're the fried cheese planet
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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 19/09/2026
Radical centrists will talk all day long about (disputably!) high teacher pay bankrupting MPS but will never talk about giant MPD raises bankrupting Mpls …
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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 14/05/2026
saw this on an ACT UP poster from 1988 at the Poster House museum today. the more things change :)
THE REPUBLICANS WANT IS DEAD
THE DEMOCRATS DONT CARE
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 19/09/2026
If I bought a massive car that costs as much as a house in Nebraska, I would be okay with paying a percentage of the cost each year to drive it on public roads. You would not catch me with my tongue hanging out of my mouth talking about how expensive it is to own expensive things, that’s for sure.
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 19/09/2026
Dr.Robby is gonna hop off his motorcycle and walk into a measles outbreak isn’t he?
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videogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
bill & ted's excellent video game adventure, prompt, nes (1991) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFH4...
ted's goofy happy face with his goofy scruffy hair.
speech bubble to the right:
hey dude, there's
no reason to get
all weepy, no
matter how
non-triumphant
times may seem.
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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right. CHOTINER: And this is because PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
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John @jpschmidt.dev · 19/09/2026
Doing the penn jillette diet but with the mushrooms you can buy at Kwik Trip.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We really ought to sit with the fact that Verhoeven, three decades later, has to publicly say 'Guys, the one I made about the militarized society in nazi uniforms waging an expansionist total war against aliens they refuse to understand? It's about fascism' www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...
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Paul Verhoeven on U.S. Space Force’s ‘Starship Troopers’-Inspired Uniforms: “It’s Based on Leni Riefenstahl”
The director of the 1997 sci-fi film, which has often been misunderstood, says the gung-ho soldiers who are its heroes "are fascists without knowing that they’re fascists. That’s the point.”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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Metro Transit (Official) @metrotransitmn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This has been a big summer for our BRT lines, with record-setting monthly ridership on the Gold Line, Orange Line, and E Line. The B Line and D Line also had their second-busiest months ever this summer. Thank you for riding with us!
Passengers boarding a blue and white Metro bus at a city stop on a busy day.
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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagining future digital archaeologists poring over boomer Facebook posts and attempting to use them to understand our culture and values the way we do tablets from the Library of Ashurbanipal
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Donald Trump I voted for you and I love you but we are not oil and gas
independent.We are having a hard time getting diesel fuel for the shrimp boats in alabama
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old roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 18/09/2026
flying red horse mobil sign, route 60b, mountain grove, missouri, 1979
flying red horse mobil sign, route 60b, mountain grove, missouri, 1979
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Magnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Sonic: will my hamburger be long?
Waitress: burgers are fucking round
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Rural Indexing Project @ruralindexing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Computer Rage Marinette, WI
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really need journalists to learn that every time OpenAI or Anthropic or xAI says that their model has broken containment and could destroy humanity that it’s a marketing pitch by companies running out of cash with high overheads and no profitable business model wanting more investment.
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Folk music is drastically increasing in popularity. Prepare for an apocalyptic recession.
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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 16/09/2026
Beer isn't addictive. It makes you more sociable and is a great way to spend time with friends. That's why I have eight of them a day: because I love talking to my friends so much
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