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Gwyan Rhabyt

@rhabyt.bsky.social
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Immigrant, Prof of Interaction Design at Cal State East Bay. 3-time Fulbright Scholar. Games. Politics. Science. No One Lets Go of Anyone's Hand

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 13h
Life In Trumplandia.......
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026
huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This could just be Latinos deciding that it's better to vote early than be harassed by ICE on election day. That would mean the early vote is just cannibalizing the election day vote
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Jamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
this, by the way, should be table stakes for any Democrat seeking office from now until the Republican Party has been completely destroyed and our political, government, and media ecosystems rebuilt and reformed so they no longer advantage far-right fascists
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, literally used himself as a human shield to protect students from police violence
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I'm guessing that roughly translates as "I preferred the time when it was the tooth fairy that took our teeth, not the riot police", is that right?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The utter shamelessness of Kemi Badenoch boasting at Conservative party conference about 'defending press freedom' and berating Reform for banning critical journalists from their conference, just days after banning Byline Times journalists from her own
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spooky rachel @introspectre.online · 06/10/2026
this is one of the best headlines i have ever seen www.washingtonpost.com/gender-ident...
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‘Katy Perry, please stop,’ begged a nun. Then she collapsed and died.
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@JFriedhoff

me at 13: wow i can't wait til we have immersive computers everywhere like star trek
me at 30: wow i can't wait until we destroy all computers like in dune
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
There are a *lot* of top priorities for Dems in the next Congress but forcing the administration to follow the law on spending is probably the top of the top priorities.
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Samperson @samperson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the IP rush was driven by faith that a culture is just a pile of Stuff, and if you own that stuff, you own culture. the AI rush is driven by faith that if you can automate the creation of stuff, you can automate culture.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
I for one think it’s bad that the president can just say crazy stuff all day every day and 99% of it doesn’t make the news because we’ve normalized having an insane president
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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Magical creatures don’t exist, eh? Roughly 400 million years ago, before the birth of trees, there were giant mystery cones called “Prototaxites,” which grew nearly 30 feet tall. We literally have no idea what they were. Plant: no Mushroom: no Animal: no Tell me this isn’t a little bit magic
Sunset with giant mystery cones Prototaxites https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/prototaxites-fossil-explained-why-this-prehistoric-colossus-still-baffles-scientists-1773173
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026
This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
appleinsider.com
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Why only part of Oxford St? Why not the full length from Tottenham Ct Rd to Marble Arch?
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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.
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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE
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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls
UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.
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Depravity Pike @gravity-pike.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The tragedy of late capitalism is that it's not enough to be a profitable investment. You need to be more profitable than literally any other use of capital, including speculation on magic beans.
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This 👇. It is very funny. You will smile.
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bullshit headline. It should read "Cybersecurity firm employees use Gemini to hack three firms". Gemini has no more personhood than a runaway truck.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 21/09/2026
This is the 28th time I’ve posted this Doonesbury since 2015.
Doonesbury
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Count Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
What the actual hell are you talking about?!
A WSJ headline reading “George Lucas’s museum confuses illustration with art”
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He wants to expand the private sector wherever it can be done rationally. Ultimately, good governance supports stable capitalism. The problem is that none of this actually supports increasing fairness or the general welfare
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I agree, he's not a right-wing, libertarian neoliberal. He's got the qualities of an Eisenhower Republican - his policies work to promote the long term success of capitalism. Because he sees that climate science is real, he supports NetZero as economically sensible for the rich in the long term.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026
I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/09/2026
I hate doing the "a rollback of trans rights is the gateway for a rollback of women's rights" thing because trans rights are human rights in and of themselves, whatever the impact on cis women. But goddamn I wish more cis women had a sense of history and self preservation.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 20/09/2026
Hugo Steiner-Prag (1880–1945), “The City in the Sea” www.tumblr.com/charnel-grou...
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This won't last. He's a banker. In Europe, his politics would be called centre-right. He is looking out for capitalism. It's just in this weird present moment, that standing up to Trump, not being a kleptocrat, and looking to the rational long term, can make a politician like him look great.
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Talespinner @talespinner.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
it just says so much that they think making literal Jesus a woman takes away from his essence more than making him ... y'know ... a fucking lion.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
THIS 👇 HERE.......
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Carter wasn't to blame for the Iranian Revolution causing the 1979 oil crisis. Biden wasn't to blame for the invasion of Ukraine. Only some people blame the president for everything; many look at actual causes. Trump is personally responsible for current inflation, so he gets a worse approval rating
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 17/09/2026
He’s not looking at a placard about lowering grocery prices. He’s not looking at a placard about end the Iran War. He’s not looking at a placard about reining in AI or ending the Canadian Trade War or expanding healthcare. He’s focused on what he thinks matters most: His grievances.
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TommasinaResist⚜️🦋🐈‍⬛ @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Skipping the 2026 vote because of cynicism is a luxury belief. It is the view of those who do not face ICE vans, dying lakes, or surveillance cameras tracking family to clinics. Your apathy is a comfort they cannot afford. #GetReadyToVote #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Capn Borscht @capnborscht.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
The best thing about this planet is that every few days I'll learn about an animal I've literally never seen or heard of before, like the Nilgai which is just a stupidly massive antelope
A nilgai standing loud and proud
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane. Although the one experience precedes the other, it in no way prepares you for it."
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shades of the Battle of Hampton Roads
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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
The Republican Party is chock full of open race scientists and Hitler apologists, so naturally our political press is laser focused on reckoning with “wokeness” and trans kids playing sports.
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eb99 @eb99.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I think it's more comforting for some people to think of OBL as some evil genius or tragic victim of imperialism rather than a bog standard delusional ideologically extremist billionaire failson who thought he could accellerationism his way to a theocratic utopia
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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Why do all these Nazis keep showing up on Republican campaigns, it's a real mystery washingtonsun.com/senate/huste...
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Husted Fires Political Director Over Past Nazi Posts
The former staffer had posted profile photos featuring Nazi officers and wore the attire in a group photo in 2018.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sarah McBride: Being a Democratic politician who decides to speak at Trump’s midterm convention is like boarding the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 07/09/2026
Centuries ahead of its time, Giovanni Battista Bracelli's "Bizzarie di Varie Figure" (1624) depicts figures made from a range of objects, mostly abstract — cubes, rings, squares — but also such things as rackets, screws, and braided hair. www.tumblr.com/publicdomain...
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This feels connected to first-past-the-post voting. The Brits (and the rest of the anglophone world) rarely have coalition governments, so they get in the habit of blaming people rather than blaming the value of policies
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
guns are what turn small horrors into big horrors
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Gwyan Rhabyt @rhabyt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As a department chair at a four year state uni in California this happened a couple of times in the last 20 years, mostly when the legislature passed the budget late. Everyone got paid. That said, we have a strong faculty union.
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