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Not throwing shade at Italians for surviving and eventually being recognized as fully human in America. If you think about the actual settler colonial history of the US with a side of chattel slavery for good measure, Columbus fits right in.

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a famous Italian-American political activist, lobbied Congress to make Columbus Day a permanent holiday. FDR signed it into law in 1934. That's how we landed at the holiday. Italians got lynched by racists in the South. To prove their American-ness they pointed to Columbus/4

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He was of Genoese descent and the "discoverer" of America. So of course they were also American. The Catholic community also stood in solidarity with the Italian community. After intense lobbying, the President relented to appease them. 40 years later, the Knights of Columbus and Generoso Pope/3

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The year before in 1891, 11 Italian-Americans were lynched en mass in New Orleans. At the time, Italians weren't considered "white". They faced racist discrimination. To prove their stake in the foundational American mythology, Italian Americans pointed to Christopher Columbus/2

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Christopher Columbus was a POS, but the far more interesting story is how did Columbus day become a federal holiday in the US? Southern racist terrorism against Italians: 1892 was the first national Columbus celebration declared by President Harrison for the 400th anniversary of the voyage/1

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Korra catching strays in this new show.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Hooked from the very first episode. Off to a good start.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Between Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, and Financial Times I think I'm covered without the need to revisit Elno's Dumpster Fire(TM).

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This was such an underrated game.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

We're live streaming executions??? Secretary Kegsbreath is a sick human.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Correction: I played the first for like 2 hours. I bought the second one on sale for almost 80% off.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm about 16 or so hours in on Walking Simulator 2: UPS for the Apocalypse (I didn't play the first one). This is the most Kojima-est game I've ever played and I don't know if I can handle it.

Poster for Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Watch all of this. AI has some good use-cases, but the math doesn't math and no amount of optimism and wishing will change that. youtu.be/es4FfRU8saQ?...

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Ed Zitron: Microsoft Has $80 Billion Of AI Chips It Can't Plug In

YouTube video by Market Talk with George Noble

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I snuck downstairs after my bedtime when my parents were watching Nightmare on Elm Street on VHS. I couldn't sleep for a week.

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Woman Shocked by Freddy Krueger

ALT: Woman Shocked by Freddy Krueger

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rewatching this classic. It is still THE best Batman movie ever made, live action, animated or otherwise. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamil killed it in this.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How internet old are you? I'm 13. Never used MySpace, I thought ZipDrives weren't worth it bc I had a CD burner, and I used mIRC, not ICQ.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

According to Bain & Co., AI needs to generate $6T in annual revenue with a T by 2031 to justify current spending, and requires 1% of global annual GDP growth to be sustainable. And it could supposedly kill us all. We live in the dumbest timeline. finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...

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AI Faces $6 Trillion Test to Justify Data Centers, Bain Says

The global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, Bain & Co. said.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just because Elno doesn't want you to see it, you should definitely go see it. youtu.be/eY_8SyndC10?...

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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street

YouTube video by Musk

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I first saw Principal Belding on Good Morning Miss Bliss, the show that would become the classic Saved By the Bell. RIP, Dennis Haskins. 2026 has been a ringer for my childhood.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

27 years ago today, OutKast dropped one of their greatest albums ever.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I saw a video of Captain EO randomly on YT today. They broke the mold with Michael. I remember seeing this at Epcot in the mid-late 1980s.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I went to Elno's Dumpster Fire(TM) to see it for myself. Gaming executive (CEO for WarDogs developer Bulkhead) says games are too cheap, and that's why studios are shutting down. He also claimed GTA VI wasn't priced high enough. Uh... WTF

Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Right in the feels. I miss the booklets that came with games.

Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This is the real AI threat. Humans uncritically rolling with an AI that almost gets people killed. And hallucinations in LLMs are mathematically guaranteed, despite efforts to reduce them, just by the nature of how LLMs work. www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...

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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I heard someone describe Lanterns as "the Batman Begins of Green Lantern" and now I can't unthink it. Makes complete sense.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I started playing Black Myth Wukong (it was on sale). I beat the Wundering Wight early in the game, before the wolf boss fight (took me 20 attempts). I couldn't collect his spirit when I beat him bc I didn't have "guidance". Am I screwed until NG+?

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I watched this with my friends the week before HS graduation. We all went our separate ways (college in different states), so the movie reminds me of one of the last times we were all together.

Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm not sure why folks don't get that the most dangerous person in any room is an elderly Black person. Out of the population of eligible people who DGAF, elderly Black people given what they survived have the least amount of fucks to give.

Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The fact that America chose him twice has me reconsidering everything about the country long term. NGL, I’m actually starting to get China-pilled when comparing the impacts of both countries on the rest of the world.

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Wow I can hear the modem from this picture 🤣

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Skepticon @skepticonprime.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

But is it enough animus to get him out of office though? Texans elected him twice.

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Retro Blast 👻 @retroblastpod.com · 11/09/2026

I get a great deal of satisfaction wiping Windows from a new machine and installing Linux. Boots so much faster, and is much more responsive without the bloat and spyware/telemetry.

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Hey. Play more 90s FMV games. You're welcome.

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Why did I think Giulani had passed from cancer a couple years back? He’s actually still alive?

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I just like not being in Elno's Dumpster Fire(TM) and how much more chill it is on BlackSky and BlueSky (I double dip).

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Avatar: Seven Havens | Official Trailer | Paramount+

Don't care what the haters say; I'm watching this as a set of Avatar twins (potentially) would be an interesting in-universe story concept. Poor Korra can't catch a break as they seem to say everything wrong with the world is her fault. youtu.be/nhdh962_ee0?...

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YouTube video by Avatar Legends

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My PS1 was a bundle that came with Gran Turismo and the MGS demo disc.