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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 22m

Waxed poetic about that Lanterns show and how its lowest-rated episode had the most to say about a bullshit aspirational platitude.

Black excellence is a term coined, lamentably, during the Barack Obama presidency. It’s meant to celebrate the Herculean efforts Black people make to succeed despite systemic and social barriers like racism, bigotry, and all manner of invisible tripwires that make success harder. Become a billionaire like Beyoncé and Jay-Z? Black excellence. Become president? Black excellence. Become a Lantern? Honey, you just might be a Black Hal Jordan in the making. But every time I hear the phrase, my teeth itch. To me, “Black excellence” lives in the same area code as white people calling a Black man “King” as a compliment—well-intentioned, maybe, but pandering as hell.

My issue isn’t the term itself but the mindset behind it. The idea that Black people must be excellent to be worthy of celebration, status, or privilege. That mediocrity is unacceptable. That you must be exceptional on whatever sliding scale the moment demands, doing twice the work for half the validation. Black excellence is almost never self‑defined—it’s projected onto you, shaped by other people’s expectations rather than your own. It's a prison where your only solace is toxic gratitude for platitudes over self-affirmation. Having John reject that fool’s errand plight as the main hero of a primetime DC Studios series means more to me than any roadmap superhero timeline.

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 1h

Same energy;

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Michael Ramstead @michaelramstead.bsky.social · 2h

Fall Forever : Outside of Town, Side of the Road

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👁️Leovincible🩻 @leovincible.bsky.social · 5h

Inktober 05 - Smack

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Michael Ramstead @michaelramstead.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I am the Titan, devouring my sons

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Michael Ramstead @michaelramstead.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Fall Forever : Bad News

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is unrelated, but I think a lot about how Mamdani needs to show reverence to the NYPD otherwise they’ll mutiny or whatever

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.

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Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator @owendennis.com · 02/10/2026

Am... am I a lifelong atheist who is going to try and work for the Catholic church?

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great sign of how little power people have is that no one but a handful of the wealthy were screaming that they did not want this.

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👁️Leovincible🩻 @leovincible.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Unnatural Habitat - Overseer Owl

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think I’ve realized that this is less about legacy saving and more of a stealth campaign promise that maybe Dems will reign in Netanyahu

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Are they ever gonna finish that movie?

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Cartoon Network launched 34 years ago today. A 5-part documentary celebrating its history and legacy will premiere on Adult Swim in 2027.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Insomnia" by concept and visual artist Vincenzo Lamolinara

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Half of Sonic’s games since Frontiers have been remasters and remakes.

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Kevin Fox @michigrim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

People forget that being smart is a superpower in warfare and plenty of drugged up roided up meatheads got dog walked by someone with half their body weight who was using their head.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 30/09/2026

If we're calling what all these companies are doing "super intelligence" now, then that means we can get back to using "AI" to describe all the useful shit we were doing before the techbros happened.

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Trump renaming AI to Super Intelligence might be his best idea. Now we have a way to distinguish mundane processors that’ve existed for decades from slop machines.

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great and powerful vincent @getmoneyghoul.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

i like this post so much ive thought about it everyday since seeing it so i wanted to draw it #fireemblem

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There were some Naruto AMVs and a Kingdom Hearts 2 trailer that I watched every day before school

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There’s still time for Talarico to take back what he said

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Are they finally releasing that OVA?

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Macklemore already has the Mandate of Heaven, but this comment left under the "Thrift Shop" video last week is still nice to see. His decency isn't a recent development.

"I am of the background club dancers and the ones in the stores. I'm also the one in the green sweater riding a bike at the start of the video. I just thought it was silly fun project and forgot I did this until I got a royalty check for $2057 two days after the news broke out! We had so much fun filming this. We drank so many slurpees! The goodwill gave us all $100 vouchers and Mac like we called him was freaking hilarious! But he was a nice dude and he footed the bill for our lunches. On the last day of filming, he gave us all fur coats and took us to Taneda restaurant. Booked it all out and had a bang of a party!! Never thought this song would be the massive impact that it is today. Love him even more now!! ❤❤✌️✌️"

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wishful thinking, but the one and only upside to AI is the possibility that’ll send uber wealthy to the poor house

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Jezebel @jezebeldotcom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Instagram decided to block my post from getting in front of the right people. Tut tut tut. Oh dear. That doesn’t look great does it?" Pugh wrote www.jezebel.com/florence-pug...

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Hatok @hatok.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dragon Quest is a lot like Mario in that it showcases how much you can do with the basic essentials of the genre

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Late birthday present of three Castlevania collections plus Neir Automata

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Late birthday present of three Castlevania collections plus Neir Automata

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Well when you put it that way

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Substance: For Boys! is a good take on this material. A horror movie for all the eating disorders we don't call eating disorders because men have them that they're picking up from various influencers.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026

I think it is very important that Big Balls, personally, goes to jail there are a lot of young goons who think they are invincible and it is important to make it clear that they are not

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ToonHive @toonhive.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Four legendary Goku voice actors came together for dinner: • Masako Nozawa (Japanese) • Mario Castañeda (Latin American Spanish) • Sean Schemmel (English) • Ankur Javeri (Hindi)

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Scott Snyder @ssnyder1835.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Pre-order ABSOLUTE BATMAN #25 before FOC MONDAY! This is the end of our latest story arc and the biggest issue yet from me and @nickdragotta.bsky.social! Cover by brother Greg Capullo

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Michael @lordmetallix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My mental health feels like it’s in tatters

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Animated trailer for the final volume of "YON", a French comic book by Camille Broutin. www.instagram.com/camillebrout...

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