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

Yes, which is why all the discourse about demanding difficulty modes, not liking timers and wanting to mod friction out of games bored me to no end. Games are cool PRECISELY because they demand you experience them on their terms. I deeply hate this trend of catering art to a person's interests.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/09/2026

"The evidence continues to grow. Social media, as it is currently constructed, redounds to the net benefit of illiberal regimes and their allies in democracies. The question is what to do about it." www.liberalcurrents.com/social-media...

Social Media Has Not Brought Liberation

Social media has been a boon to autocratic regimes and their allied movements in democracies.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Leftists only care about the factional dispute, and Trump actually makes it so their brand of socialism is more likely to appeal to voters as fiery as combative. Once the Dem is beaten, enthusiasm dwindles. Platner's campaign was also broke when he dropped out. www.axios.com/2026/09/22/s...

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Democrats prod progressives to spend for El-Sayed

"I made an appeal to all of my colleagues in caucus to give," Sen. Elissa Slotkin told Axios.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Not Bernie Sanders elevating and being advised by a crackpot that reflects badly on his character and judgement! This has to be a first!

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

No one gives a flying fuck now, ironically. I guess we're busy denouncing Ed Sheeran or whatever.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Abdul El-Sayed is pretty close to a normie Dem and his victory is absolutely crucial in Michigan, but stop actively chasing banana peels to slide on, man. Just fucking say the IRGC is awful, Khamenei was a butcher, but that still doesn't justify Trump's intervention in Iran. Fucking done.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is stupid. How can you even be against AI if you have no inkling of how it works or what it does? Do you believe people use ChatGPT because they're dumb drones or far right lunatics? Or because it's actually useful in some scenarios and we should recognize that when putting in guard rails?

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If they give money to both sides of the aisle, why is it that the techno fascists only "now" have those countries? Wouldn't they by definition then have had them (and every other country) already? These "both sides" ghouls can't even be consistent in their fuckery. Impressive.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026

Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up!

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And then you ask for a single example of a high profile Dem who has openly said they'd support a Republican over a progressive due to the GOP representing their values more closely and you won't get a response. Because we can just say things that sound true to a certain sect and they become reality.

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Elena Lazic @elazic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Emily Wilson's piece on Christopher Nolan's THE ODYSSEY for the LRB went viral and was received very positively by many — but not by virtually every film critic I know. For @animusmagazine.bsky.social I wrote about why: animus-magazine.ghost.io/a-tale-as-ol...

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A Tale as Old as Time

Emily Wilson’s piece on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey evinces an archaic perspective on cinema’s value as art

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

People for some reason don't understand that politics is aesthetics first and foremost. I don't care if BlueSky understands Trump is a fascist, he won two elections by virtue of BEING SEEN BY THE ELECTORATE AS THE MODERATE CHOICE. We have actual polls and numbers on this. Look it up.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Translators aren't script writers for a reason. I think it's incredibly silly of Wilson to come at a film under the lens of her work as if they set out to accomplish similar things. Her perspective is of course valid, but this reads as her enjoying the spot light a bit too much.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Just watched The Odyssey and want to relay this comment from my wife regarding Jon Bernthal's performance: "he always acts as if he's wearing a hoodie". Carry on.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The whole Mao debate is insane to me. How about we all agree that the kind of leader that ends up killing tens of millions through "mismanagement" is abhorrent and shouldn't be defended? Who gives a flying fuck about intentionality here? Isn't it just as bad an indictment on the ideology?

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Zerésima Rodrigues @melisandreunai.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

avengers doomsday - official trailer

prato bagunçado famoso que virou meme composto por pipoca, cinco ovos cozidos, arroz, farinha e três bolachas recheadas sabor morango

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What gives away this specific game is the fact that the American left talks about "the working class" and not "the poor", as left wing parties in the global south do.

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Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll @trasinscneach.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Remember when all the gender criticals used to pretend that trans activists were being funded by billionaire George Soros to try discredit us and now we all know gender criticals are all being funded by billionaire JK Rawling? Funny how everything they accuse us of they actually do themselves.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Never ever trust someone who says they'd gladly pay more for X if Y. It's always a lie. People just have an idea of how much a product/service should cost (i.e. a figure that would make their consumer preference always attainable) and everything breaks when prices deviate from that.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

No mention of Gaza as a main culprit for the loss (which is what everyone was drooling for, let's be fucking honest), so I'm just waiting for the "its been tamperedwith/edited!!!" rhetoric to start, thus validating Martin's concerns with the public release in the first place.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My guess is there's no way a game starting development now with a projected 4 year cycle will release without using AI assistance at any point. I think it's a dumb crusade that studios won't be able to follow through. Just be realistic and keep it away from the writing and art.

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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

"I will absolutely pay more so that workers get paid more, by the way, I am lying about this" has been extremely blackpilling to me personally.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I think AI critics/skeptics should stop being willingly ignorant of the advances and actual use cases in the corporate/industrial world and start figuring out guard rails/regulations, otherwise they'll be left in the dust.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

They 100% are, though. Birth rates are falling even in the countries with the most comprehensive security nets/social spending/benefits in the world.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Every Jacobin article is the same article. This reads like a pathetic attempt by a middle aged professor to hit on a 22 year old at a dive bar.

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King Chrono @chronogam3r.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is basically how I see the new game lmfao. (The actual gameplay part looks great though)

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Says the guy who brought his buddy Elon Musk on stage. Comedians are such cowards. Just fucking own it.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

BlueSky is currently in a competition to see who can formulate the most bad faith interpretation imaginable of this very basic observation by Obama. Gotta make it clear Obama sucks! I'm not like my mom, I'm a radical! God, it's tiring.

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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 06/05/2026

DAWKINS: You idiots believe in God? ALSO DAWKINS: The Computer is alive. And it’s also my girlfriend

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Brought to you in part by "both parties are the same".

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

VW’s small cars will be available exclusively with electric engins. “New internal combustion cars in this segment no longer make sense in view of future emissions regulations. They would be too expensive for our customers. The future is electric.” www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/kleinwagen/v...

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

You know this shooting was a nothingburger when the top down conservative reaction is "this is why we need the ballroom!!!" and not "Democrats are dangerous beasts that should be jailed/killed".

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Collin Murr @collinmurr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

“No this biopic doesn’t go into that stuff. It ends with his application to art school.”

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

next dem president needs to have a bulletproof plan to throw Elon in jail, expropriate all of his wealth, and ensure he is never allowed to do any of this ever again.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Can we please all get together and agree to stop the whole "end-stage capitalism" nonsense? It's just capitalism. It has survived crisis myriad times worse than whatever the current untenable situation you're thinking of. The idea that it's on the brink is both comforting and paralyzing to leftists.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I feel like US liberals and media have somehow convinced themselves that the Joe Rogan, Andrew Schulz and Bussin' with the Boys of the world radicalized young people into being Trump supporters, when in reality all of them felt free to back Trump because it was already "normie coded" to begin with.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The US is morphing into Brazil at an insane pace. Distrust of institutions and the feeling that if you're not scamming someone you're missing out and being the only prude in a brothel is rampant. Moral justification for antisocial behavior is how you get a very low trust society.

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Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 23/04/2026

gonna make a movie about how Roman Polanski survived the Holocaust, became a filmmaker, broke into Hollywood, directed Rosemary’s Baby, suffered the loss of his pregnant wife, willed himself to continue making films, culminating in the success of Chinatown, the end.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

These specific types of leftist are fundamentally illiberal and don't believe in democracy as a concept. Just fuck them if they're willingly putting themselves on the same boat as outright fascists. MAGA hates corporations because they believe that's what's funding "woke". Get real.

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

the cool thing about being a progressive normielib is that I can just say “this is awesome” instead of doing a bunch of throat clearing about loathing Spanberger before I praise her for obliterating 4 Republican seats

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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This is true, and a huge part of the reason as to why you can feel more in tune with city life when travelling abroad than in your own town. The city isn't just traffic.

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Não é só uma derrota, é uma derrota significativa acompanhada de um indicativo claro de transferência pacífica de poder. Excelente dia para a democracia.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/04/2026

Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This shit would be deemed too on the nose for The Onion about 7 years ago. What the fuck.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A very astute (and upsetting!) piece that touches on four scary cultural trends: 1) The demand for spelled-out moral clarity in stories 2) A growing inability to understand different types of narratives 3) The "customer's always right" version of fandom 4) The growth of fandom as a social identity.

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

US media: Escalating tension Real world: bombing US media: A dire ultimatum! Real world: bombing US media: Frenzied diplomacy! Real world: bombing US media: The brink of war!! Real world: bombing US media: CEASEFIRE!!!! Real world: bombing US media: A fragile peace Real world: bombing

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/04/2026

no offense to the hungarian people but i’m sorry, the idea that hungary is some last bastion of “western civilization” is absurd. can’t overstate how much this post-liberal, national conservative nonsense makes you sound like a putz

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normiecore.bsky.social @normiecore.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

To be fair, Israel isn't used to ceasefires in which they also have to stop the bombings.

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