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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
imagine: your $,$$$ console freezes your game to play ads at you. really putting the x in xbox www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...
tomshardware.com
Microsoft patents system to freeze games and inject ads during downtimes — watching commercials earns ad-free playtime credits
Is this patent a sign of things to come?
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
"... Public disclosure of such information could compromise law enforcement operations...” *we're not telling you how we're monitoring the financial data of every American, but let me assure you it's very legal and very cool* www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We're #1! brilliant turn of phrase, @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Image of highlighted text that reads "The average American uses 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, making them No 1 for No 2s globally"
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Martin Kuz @martinkuz.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Any journalist will tell you that some stories stay with you. I’d like to share one that shadows me.
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A life in the balance
The long struggle of an innocent man on death row to once more breathe free
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
hands down the wildest community meeting I've seen this year. Room cleared multiple times. One man arrested and dragged out during it. Another man arrested A WEEK LATER for calling the council "bullshit"
404media.co
Man Arrested in Texas For Cussing at a County Meeting
Police arrested EJ Carrion in Fort Worth for 'tumultuous behavior' a week after he called local officials 'bullshit' at a county meeting.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
ah, so this is how we get Q64 on NSO. just gotta wait for the right PARGON PARGON CHIRGA alignment
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
huge kudos to Stars and Stripes for the continued reporting on important issues despite Hegseth's threats www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026
While making this collage (and snipping little medieval dudes out of Agostino Ramelli’s 16th C "Theatre of Machines") I was amused by how many had 6 or 7 fingers. Weird hands predate AI - plenty of overworked engravers seem to have lost count.
A medieval siege engine, tended by gnome-sized purple figures. Around it are several human-like figures with robot heads, clad in medieval garb. Their legs are missing, tapering off into nothingness. The giant floating head of Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse avatar overlooks the scene. Each of the robot people is being closely observed by a distorted, grotesque version of Zuckerberg's avatar head.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
every time a scene starts in Crooked Beats it's in a new location. And in the background of every episode a new pizza place is opening up 😅
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 18/07/2026
It was a really bad air day for DC. A pollution double whammy. Not only did smoke pollution reach code purple (very unhealthy) levels this AM and hover at code red this PM, but ground-level ozone, another pollutant, spiked to code red this afternoon. This is not something we can remember seeing.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I will never visit these food trucks that keep coming to my office with this nonsense 😭😭😭
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DaydreamerX @daydreamerxc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is becoming our reality now...
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Console Wars: Nintendo, Sony, MS, EA Game
ALT: Console Wars: Nintendo, Sony, MS, EA Game
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
ah, thanks for sharing! I've ordered one. New N64 games in 2026 let's goooo
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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026
Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Mother of Light off E. Glebe is another good option! motheroflightcenter.org
motheroflightcenter.org
Mother of Light Center
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Tricky Ricky Sterns! That game had so many great voice clips... and it anticipated Rocket League like 20 years ahead of time with really creative bikes-play-soccer multiplayer mode!
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fortune's ain @ainzeta.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
many people do not know this but life is better when you play games you want to play instead of complaining about games you will never play
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 28/05/2026
Applying for a government job shouldn't trigger a nationwide location tracking search. Yet EFF identified multiple law enforcement agencies in Missouri, Texas, Mississippi, and Illinois using Flock ALPR networks to run background checks. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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More License Plate Reader Mission Creep: School Residency
An EFF analysis of millions of searches of Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) data by police has uncovered a troubling pattern: in the absence of a warrant requirement to search ALPR
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Baby elephants, called calfs, weigh an average of 264 pounds at birth. This makes them the biggest babies on earth other than motorists who imagine that bike riders are destroying their way of life.
second biggest baby on earth.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
absolutely shocking. stuff like this should be the topline agenda items in school board meetings
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Elena in Alexandria @elenah.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
In 2015 Alexandria had perfectly average reading performance scores. Here’s what has happened since, for ACPS and nearby districts. Our drop is basically double anyone else’s. Demographics explain the relative starting points… But the change?
A chart showing reading level changes from 2015 until 2025 for several local school districts. Alexandria starts at the US average and drops dramatically - 1.9 grade levels. DCPS starts lower and climbs toward parity. Falls church stays high the whole time. Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William all have very similar drops of about 1 grade level.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
props to this Virginian for getting away with a creative "fuck the police" vanity plate for years, then taking the DMV to court when they wouldn't approve it a 4th time 🫡😅 www.courthousenews.com/virginia-dri...
courthousenews.com
Virginia driver defends anti-cop license plate at Fourth Circuit
Curtis Whateley argues the First Amendment protects his “FTP&ATF” license plate.
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Duaa Eldeib @deldeib.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...
propublica.org
Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
this is a really interesting way to get better numbers on pedestrian and bike safety! #visionzero #alxskeets #alexandriava
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Truly incredible work!
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Why did we even need a Voting Rights Act anyway? Well, maybe because a sitting U.S. senator in 1948 called on white Mississippians to use "whatever means are necessary" to deny the vote to Black people. To today's Republicans, those were the good old days. 1/2🧵
Bilbo Appeals: Don't Let Negroes Votee!
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If Virginia is gonna keep up this one-election-per-month stuff I'm gonna need to see some real democracy reform like they have in Australia apnews.com/article/aust...
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Addison Del Mastro @ad-mastro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This is one of my favorite pieces I've written for my daily, urbanism-focused newsletter (which turns five this week!). It combines writing, research, photography, storytelling, and exploring. *As far as I could tell*, this is an untold story. Give it a read! www.thedeletedscenes.com/p/wiener-me-...
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Wiener Me This
What Do You Think You're Looking At? #261
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I dreamt of the beach (1/4)
Page one: text on black background, “WAKE UP!”. Eyes open, a baby sea turtle with an eggshell helmet says, “you need to wake up!”Page 2: helmet turtle says to a green baby sea turtle, who is waking up out off his egg, “we need to get moving.” CRASH! A cormorant breaks through the ceiling of their nest hole. Helmet turtle says MOVE!Page 3: “when you’re out there, beeline to the water. Don’t stop. Don’t be a hero. Godspeed.” The helmet turtle kicks baby green turtle out the hole off a cliff onto the beach below.Page 4: baby green turtle lands on the sand. The distance between him and the water is quite large. Another baby sea turtle is being devoured by a seagull and is screaming for help.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
incredible reporting from @wired.com youtu.be/1d736ojx-ZY?...
youtu.be
Now We Know Their Names | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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404 Media @404media.co · 31/03/2026
NEW: Thomson Reuters, the media company which is also a data broker, has long provided personal data for ICE tools, according to documents obtained by 404 Media and sources. There are also indications its data is now part of the Palantir system ICE uses to find which neighborhoods to target.
404media.co
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir
Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used ICE.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
@bencollins.bsky.social there's gotta be a world where The Onion can do some cross-over with the legendary Obvious Plant. Maybe an ad in the print edition?
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
very encouraged on the ACPS funding change. thank you for posting updates here!
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404 Media @404media.co · 05/03/2026
This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
seriously one of the finest multiplayer experiences on the N64 - on a console full of them!
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
liberal walking into the car dealership: i want the second shittiest car you have. i will buy it for literally any price
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/02/2026
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
If you want to know what American mainstream media should be reporting, read the Guardian. @theguardian.com
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Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
dude should have been more concerned about the dump truck being so difficult people would break their controllers 😭
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/01/2026
This seems to strongly suggest that the incoming president of UVA doctored his CV to the edge of outright dishonesty, and that the most recent changes came months before Jim Ryan was forced, as if they were made in anticipation in Ryan’s removal. augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
augustafreepress.com
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Act of Killing has haunted my psyche for years. Make sure you check out the follow-up: The Look of Silence... 😶
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Nick Fish @nickfish.me · 04/01/2026
The @nytimes.com is laundering regime propaganda and hand-waving away the deaths of civilians in order to preserve their access to Pentagon sources. An illegal act of war that killed "at least 40 people," including civilians, was not "virtually flawless" you ghouls.
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
omg @dashbusva.bsky.social goes all the extra miles!!!
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Erica Toler @egilbart.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Thank you @dashbusva.bsky.social for this amazing birthday adventure! We had a blast!
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
local ABC store really leaning into recent raccoon shenanigans 🦝
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Sam ICE.is.scary.enough🎃 Machkovech @samred.com · 30/12/2025
three people regularly pictured in The Onion's "American Voices" segments with a quote bubble beneath them
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
thank you!
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Would love to read more about your bill - can you link to where one could do that?
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samtallic.bsky.social @samtallic.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
USAT is pretty trash. Gannet has been in a tailspin for longer than WaPo. If you have to do print, maybe Weekly Guardian? support.theguardian.com/us/subscribe...
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