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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I see my frustration building up by the minute.

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Snootacamund @snootacamund.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I was in the pool of a luxury hotel in Sri Lanka with my then GF and we had to listen to three DC aspirational briefcase carriers talk about their prospects, GF (Aussie) didn’t understand just how rotten the whole thing was because Oz is functional.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

This is a night for sleeping early. I’m merely grateful for getting through today, and despite the engaging time I had at lunch with friends, I still feel the loss of energy.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

So I’m back and…just to update you, I’ve been in Manila for some time now and I’m here for the long haul. Soon I will be more regular, but for now, take care.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Back on here; I’m pretty excited for this year.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Just a note that I have a new project coming up next week, and that you can support my work by buying me a coffee. Also, I have a small goal to meet, so yes. ko-fi.com/renaguila

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Briefly coming online to note that i badly need reassurance.

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Any pathway to peace in Palestine & Israel should be determined by Palestinians & Israelis themselves. This is what drew me to A Land for All – a framework created by Palestinians & Israelis – based on principles of shared interests, lived experience & context: www.alandforall.org/english/?d=l...

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GOOD ANSWERS TO TOUGH QUESTIONS “Five Miles and a World Apart, Younger Activists Dream of a New Peace Process”, The New York Times, 2023 “Thirty

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Unvirtuous Abbey @unvirtuousabbey.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The ancient Christians predicted social media.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This morning: hearing Japanese learners discuss how Manila and Bangkok’s traffic issues affect their tourism. Hehe.

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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

This would be an unlawful seizure of territory in violation of the United Nations Charter, and the forcible transfer of the population of Gaza would constitute crimes against humanity. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

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Trump Proposes the U.S. Take Over Gaza: Live Updates

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET. Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 05/02/2025

"As long as you are a Ben Shapiro knockoff who can string together the words 'the intolerant left' and occasionally criticize Trump, you have a home here on our opinion pages. Because this is what conservatism is now, and we have to respect that. "

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In Order to Keep Our Editorial Page Completely Balanced, We Are Hiring More Dipshits

Here at the New York Times, we believe that all sides of the story should be tolerated and explored, from white supremacists being actually kinda c...

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 25/01/2025

I’ve seen a lot of live TTRPG shows. It’s a peculiar kind of form, especially blockbuster ones that lean heavily into callbacks. I’m *exceptionally* biased, but I believe this was the best live show I’ve yet seen, somehow both maximalist & minimal, & full of joy that felt audience-aware but human.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 24/01/2025

A #BlueskyLullaby for tonight: Warning—you might have a physical reaction to this recording. The harmonies take me from goosebumps to gasping. Vienna Teng's 2013 "The Hymn of Acxiom" is about your life being tracked as data then remade by companies. (I'll link to the lyrics below.) See you around.

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Vienna Teng - The Hymn Of Acxiom

YouTube video by Nadezhda Balakireva

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Just reminding myself of something for future reference. Don’t mind me. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17p...

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TRUMP v. HAWAII
Opinion of the Court
Finally, the dissent invokes Korematsu v. United States,
323 U. S. 214 (1944). Whatever rhetorical advantage the dissent may sen doing so, Korematsu has nothing to do with this case. T'he forcible relocation of U. S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority But it is wholly inapt to liken that morally repugna order to a facially neutral policy denying certain foreign nationals the privilege of admission.
See post, at 26-28. The entry suspension is an act that is well within executive authority and could have been taken by any other President—the only question is evaluating the actions of this particular President in promulgating an otherwise valid Proclamation.
The dissent's reference to Korematsu, however, affords this Court the opportunity to make express what is already obvious: Korematsu was gravely wrong the day it was decided, has been overruled in the court of history, and-to be clear-"has no place in law under the Constitu-tion." 323 U.S., at 248 (Jackson, J., dissenting).
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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Listening to a conversation between Philip Clayton and @trippfuller.bsky.social on the recently departed John Cobb and this is probably the most compelling listen I’ve had this week on a commute.

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Joel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I had to explain Zeno's paradox and play "livin' on a prayer" to my kids for them to understand this joke. Worth it.

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 13/01/2025

Hello! I need a job badly! I am a longtime game writer and narrative designer. I wrote the mobile smash hit Lily’s Garden, board/card games, casual mobile, PC/console sims…I’m a character- and dialogue-focused writer who loves jokes and feelings. If you have a remote opportunity please get in touch

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Stella Sacco - Saber Interactive | LinkedIn

Veteran in narrative, content, and creative direction for hit games like Lily’s Garden… · Experience: Saber Interactive · Education: Sage College · Location: New York · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. V...

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 10/01/2025

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social my heart broke watching Pasadena, Octavia Butler's hometown, where her middle school is named for her, burn. 5 schools have been damaged. "Octavia knew"—so did Mike Davis—from studying history. denialism and targeting libraries got us here. what will we do?

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Black Sci-Fi Writer Octavia Butler Predicted The Dystopia of the LA Fires By Studying History

This week, her hometown of Pasadena has seen at least 5 killed, and 5 schools burned to ash.

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Taylor Poindexter @engineeringbae.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

“Why haven’t Black people ever built a prosperous town or their own?!” We did…several times. They just killed us, looted our homes and burned it down. Tulsa is likely the most well known of these incidents but there are many more. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review

DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 07/01/2025

i have seen the theory that Trump is so obsessed with Greenland because he doesn't understand the Mercator projection and i cannot stop laughing. one hundred percent that's what's going on

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

A few facts and thoughts on fact-checking 🧵 • Fact-checking is NOT in opposition to free speech and debates. It is a significant contribution to public discourse. • Fact-checking works. Research shows how fact-checking can affect public perceptions and contribute to corrective mechanisms. [1/4]

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If you live in LA make sure your devices are charged and do whatever else you need to do to be prepared in an emergency. The power is starting to go on and off.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The tip jar is still open; every little bit helps me get to do the work I do (especially at this time when I am between work and projects). ko-fi.com/renaguila

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The Guy From Yesterday @akma.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

News from Duke Divinity School that Richard Hays has died. Richard was a tremendous influence on my early emergence into New Testament studies — a friend and mentor (we coached Little League and Pony League baseball together, including future Prof. Christopher Hays of Fuller Seminary)…

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Will Yale @wayale.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

I am not a fan of the fact that a prayer from the 1928 BCP was repurposed by white supremacists.

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

What’s the deal with supposed progressives posting Gen AI imagery? You’re using several gallons of water and god knows how much power each time, to make stuff that looks like dead dog ass. And insulting actual artists in the process.

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

NEW: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover in right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was a ProPublica reporter. This is his story, by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

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A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

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jae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

gamergate mattered more to our sociopolitical discourse than like probably the last eight years of presidential debates

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/01/2025

"KETO DIET. Pros: Finally put all those leftover mayonnaise packets to use; weekly grocery shopping can eventually be replaced by a single Arby’s party platter and a bag of almonds. Cons: Excruciating bowel movements once every six days; scurvy."

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The Pros and Cons of Diets I Have Tried

Noom Instructions: Pay seventy dollars a month to count calories in an app and receive daily reminders that celery is less calorie dense than cake ...

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Josh Kaplan @josh-kaplan.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

well played, sir. well played.

tweet from @nick_field90: “One last gift from Jimmy Carter, all flags will be at half-staff on Inauguration Day”

plus a screenshot from wikipedia reading “The flag should fly at half-staff for 30 days at all federal buildings, grounds, and naval vessels throughout the United States and its territories and possessions after the death of the president or a former president.”

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 17/12/2024

I’m a copy editor and inveterate pedant, but as I keep correcting people who say of Trump’s second term “most voters wanted this,” know that I have good reason for insisting otherwise.

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Casey Johnston @caseyjohnston.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

can't stress enough, as someone who has a lot of experience in media, they know what they are doing when they run provocative and/or genuinely dumb takes. they do not deserve your well-intentioned "marketplace of ideas" counterarguments even a little bit! bsky.app/profile/aoc....

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Thinking about 2025 and things are pretty interesting on my end.

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Ren Aguila @renaguila.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Night falls on Manila as I begin to worry anew about things closer to home.

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Jordan Haynie Ware @godwelcomesall.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Jesus did not die for the sake of traditional gender roles

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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

There's something I need people to understand. The studio that made this released some numbers. They had to produce 85 minutes of footage to find 15 usable seconds for this ad. The machine that creates moving images out of nothing has a failure rate of 340:1 and the best 15 seconds... is this.

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BCP Minus Context @bcpminuscontext.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Will you persevere in resisting evil, and, whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?

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