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Ville Kankainen

@vkankainen.bsky.social
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PhD. Game scholar and designer out for new opportunities. Game studies, game design, games and learning, board games, TTG, 4x, pc, ps4, crpg, ttrpg, history, politics, geeking, music, djing, goth, post-punk

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Mikael A. Manninen @mamanninen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ihan kuin olisi tutkimusryhmämme tapaamiset neljään ruutuun piirrettynä. 😏
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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 17/07/2026
By now it should be obvious that Trump intends to repeat his playbook from 2020, and attempt to deny any result he does not like. And tonight was just another attempt by him to avoid accountability and defeat in November.
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Panu Raatikainen @panuraatikainen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#PetteriOrpo jatkaa omalla #Valehtelu & #Vääristely -linjallaan: - antaa ymmärtää, että Helsingin kaupunki (myös oppositiopuolueet) tukisi #GardenHelsinki -hanketta. Tämä on vähintään räikeää harhaanjohtamista. #Kokoomus #Korruptio #Politiikka
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Timo Rossi @timorossi.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Kautta Teutateksen pieni gallialainen kylä ei taivu edes ilmastonmuutokselle.
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Jussi Ahokas @ahokasjaj.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Jaan uudestaan @heikkiturunen.eurosky.social kuvan, kun Heikki itse petteröi jakonsa. Kohta voi etumerkkiä vaihtaa laskennallisen (kaiketi myös hallituskaudelle luvatun nettotyöllisyysparannuksen?) ja toteutuneen työllisten määrän muutoksen välillä! #talous #politiikka
Heikin kuva toteutuneesta ja luvatusta (VM:n laskennalliset työpaikat) työllisyyskehityksestä.
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
a segment of George Orwell's final interview, describing how 1984 could become a reality "Don't let it happen. It depends on you" #GeorgeOrwell #1984 #fightfascism
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Mervi Uusitalo-Heikkinen @merviuushei.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Huomio. Kaksi asiaa voi olla totta yhtä aikaa. Vasemmistolaiset vastustavat hirmuhallintoja, myös Iranin. Vasemmistolaiset puolustavat kansainvälisten sopimuksien, lakien ja sääntömääräisyyden noudattamista. Ei ole vaikea ymmärtää, jos on edes vähän ajattelukykyä.
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Normipäivä @normimeininki.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Lisää huonoja uutisia: "Hallituksen asettama työryhmä on nyt puoli vuotta tutkinut sosiaalihuollon uudistusta ja tullut ulos esityksellä, joka käytännössä romuttaisi sosiaalipalvelut, lastensuojelun ja sosiaalityön."
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Hagman: Hallituksen sosiaalihuollon uudistus romuttaa palvelut – lastensuojelu ja sosiaalityö vaarassa
Hallituksen asettama työryhmä on nyt puoli vuotta tutkinut sosiaalihuollon uudistusta ja tullut ulos esityksellä, joka käytännössä romuttaisi sosiaalipalvelut, lastensuojelun ja sosiaalityön.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Sadly the current right-wing coalition government in Finland has foolishly cut the funding for the nation’s “Housing First” success story, and homelessness is predictably now on the rise again. That just reinforces the fact that such programs work, if lazy political ideology doesn’t get in the way.
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Homelessness on the Rise in Finland - Y-Säätiö
Asunnottomien ihmisten määrä on kääntynyt kasvuun. Nyt asunnottomien määrä kasvoi Helsingissä, vaikka asunnottomia asutettiin vuoden aikana vaikuttava määrä.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 06/02/2026
Yes. And the solution to poverty is sharing the wealth more equitably. These really aren’t that complicated problems once you get around all the obfuscation, smoke screens, and complex schemes that are supposed to achieve the impossible: reducing relative poverty without reducing relative wealth.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you gave someone $1 million every day since the birth of Jesus Christ, they'd have about $741 billion. But that's still less than Elon Musk, who's currently worth $841 billion, according to Forbes.
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Tanja Suni @tanjasuni.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Niin miksi veronmaksajan pitäisi maksaa yrityksille mitään yritystukia? Joku nämä etuudet maksaa, eivät ne tipu taivaalta. Ja kyllä, yritystuki on täysin epäkannustava. Juuri siksi sitä pitää uudistaa. Yrityksen pitäisi pyrkiä sen varasta pois eikä jäädä loukkuun, jossa markkinaehtoisuus ei riitä.
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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 02/02/2026
Olen kohta 20 vuotta sanonut, että Suomessa yrittämisen ongelma on siinä, että meillä ei tueta tarpeeksi yrittäjiä, kun lähes kaikki tuet ja helpotukset valuvat onnistujille. Jotka eivät enää tukia tarvitsisi.
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 31/01/2026
When we talk about DOGE stealing data, a lot of people picture a guy sneaking hard drives out under the cover of darkness. But that's not how you build a repression tool like ELITE. A hard drive is only a data snapshot; it will go out of date. Fascism needs a *continuous data connection*.
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
📌At his core, Donald Trump is nothing but a weak, fragile baby who was never loved, and has spent his entire life making that everybody else's problem. Taking a secondhand Nobel Peace Prize and calling it his own, has to be the single-most pathetic thing I have ever seen.
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Jussi Ahokas @ahokasjaj.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Uskokaa tai älkää, toimittaja soitti ja kysyi, miten ihmeessä tiesit näin hyvin etukäteen Suomen taloudellisen tulevaisuuden Orpon hallituksen aloittaessa toimikautensa kesällä 2023. ☎️ 📳 Se perustui tietenkin siihen, että ymmärrän jotain modernista kapitalistisesta rahataloudesta. #talous #media
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Ekonomistin tuomio tuli: Suomessa on saatu aikaan erillistaantuma ja erillistyöttömyyskriisi – ”Pommi laukesi käsiin
Hallitus on luonut laskennallisia työpaikkoja, mutta samaan aikaan oikeiden työpaikkojen määrä on vähentynyt. BIOSin ekonomisti Jussi Ahokas totesi 2023 keväällä,
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Timo Rossi @timorossi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
X:n käyttäjä! Huomioi että alusta on käytännössä maailman suurin pedofiilirinki.
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Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
If you want your TTRPG randomizers to deliver interesting answers, it's preferable that you ask them interesting questions first!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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Oras Tynkkynen @orastynkkynen.vihreat.fi · 29/11/2025
Tiesitkö, että tuoreen EU-raportin mukaan Suomessa useampi sosiaalisen kehityksen mittari on mennyt huonompaan suuntaan kuin yhdessäkään toisessa EU-maassa? Talouden tarkkailuluokan ohella olisi hyvä puhua siitä, että tällä menolla olemme päätymässä myös sosiaaliselle tarkkailuluokalle.
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Club Slice of Life @clubsliceoflife.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Our next Club Slice of Life - X will be held on 15th of november 2025. Dj’s Godfatherofgore Pogo Mara Uhwo Zombiebat Join us at the tiny dance floor at Vastavirta-Klubi's Pub Yläkerta 🎃🧡 FREE ENTRY! #clubsliceoflife #tampere #alternative #alternativemusic #goth #gothgoth #synth #minimalwave #80s
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Patrizio Lainà @patriziolaina.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Suomen työttömyysturvaa pidetään avokätisenä. No, sitä se ei ole vaan OECD-maiden keskiarvoa alhaisempi. Tässäkään suhteessa Suomi ei ole enää pohjoismainen hyvinvointivaltio. Virossakin työttömyysturva on Suomea parempi.
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Dr Henna Karhapää @hennakarhapaa.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Hallituksen ajaman uuden kansalaisjärjestöstrategian mukaan kolmannen sektorin on muututtava yritysmäisemmäksi palveluntuottajaksi ja -myyjäksi sekä hyväntekeväisyys-pohjalta toimivaksi valtionavusteisuuden sijaan.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
In the audience tonight is Charlotte Bennett, one of the 13 women that Andrew Cuomo is credibly alleged to have sexually harassed while they worked in his government. She can't speak for herself because Cuomo's lawyers have hounded her. So I confronted him.
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Aikku 🪼🫧 @roheiini.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Oletko tehnyt seksityötä? Kirjoita kokemuksia, tarinoita ja muistoja ja lähetä ne Työväen Arkistoon! 🫦✍️ Seksityöntekijöiden oma ääni puuttuu suomalaisista arkistoista joten tämä keruu on tärkeä. Lisäksi Työväen Arkisto on mitä mainioin muistiorganisaatio.
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Timo Rossi @timorossi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Li Andersson avaa muille eurooppalaisille mitä tapahtuu kun työväenpuoluetta teeskentelevä äärioikeisto päästetään valtaan.
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Jussi Herranen @herranenaika.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
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Olivia Messer @oliviamesser.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The majority of banned books are by Black authors — a University of Colorado Boulder study found that authors of color were 4.5 times more likely to be banned than white authors.
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Chris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
"A genocide in our time with this level of mass killing, destruction, pain and suffering shows how fragile the rule of law is. The facts are there, the law is there. No one can claim they didn’t know. As a society, we cannot allow international law to die in Gaza by allowing Israel’s impunity."
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The consensus is clear: it’s genocide. Now will international law die in Gaza too? | Raji Sourani
The clue is in the name: the convention on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will we act?, asks Raji Sourani, the coordinator of the Palestinian legal team at the internatio...
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Sami Eerola @eerolasami.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This is why libertarians are so predispose to fascism is because they have this fantasy that only centralize state can oppress, so they end up defending local power brokers, like huge land owners and religious leaders that usually have their private militias and want to preserve local status quo
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19/09/2025
Heritage Foundation has released an absolutely insane policy proposal to label all trans people as domestic terrorists. It uses completely made up instances of terrorism and made up statistics but facts don't matter to them. They want us all eradicated.
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Flyer from The Heritage Foundation Oversight Project titled “Transgender Ideology-Inspired Violent Extremism (TIVE): Background and FAQs on Need for an FBI Domestic Terrorism Designation.” The page defines “Transgender Ideology” and “TIVE,” outlining beliefs allegedly associated with them. It claims such ideology justifies violence against opponents or frames opposition as violence. The text references the alleged assassination of Charlie Kirk, urging the FBI to classify TIVE as domestic terrorism.Page 2:
Continuation of flyer with a section titled “Recent Instances of TIVE-Motivated Acts of Domestic Terrorism.” Lists multiple violent events from 2018 to 2025, attributing them to transgender ideology. Includes mugshots of two alleged attackers. Followed by a “Frequently Asked Questions and Key Terms” section, addressing whether transgender people are terrorists, comparing TIVE with “Nihilistic Violent Extremism,” and discussing FBI designations.
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Flyer continues with questions about Antifa and FBI terrorism classifications. States that Antifa and TIVE are separate categories. Lists ways the FBI classifies domestic terrorism and identifies typical characteristics of “TIVEs,” such as targeting Christians, mental illness, and online radicalization. Includes images: a “Trans Antifa” logo, a pink-blue-white-striped slogan image reading “Protect Their Right to Exist,” a photo of Audrey Hale with a firearm, and a close-up of a magazine with the words “Where is your God?”Page 4:
Section titled “Terminology Used by TIVE.” Defines terms including cisgender, deadnaming, Gillick competence, misgendering, “Right to Exist,” “Trans genocide,” and a phrase “You either have a live boy or dead girl, you choose.” Each is presented as terminology used in or associated with TIVE. Page layout is text-heavy, no additional graphics.
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Frans Mäyrä @fransmayra.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Remember that our Oasis Talks are also usually streamed (via YouTube) and archived as video - today Prof Nick Webber talked about TTRPGs/Remnants of Play: www.youtube.com/@oasis_tuni
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OASIS is a social learning space and living lab at the Tampere University. OASIS is the home for Game Research Lab game and book collection and a meeting point for students, staff and visitors of the ...
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Ville Kankainen @vkankainen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Presented today in an interesting symposium about UK TRPG Scene. So many inspiring presentations!
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Rikhard Leijonaliémi II 🇫🇮🇺🇦🇬🇱 @leijonaliemi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Rasismi on normalisoitunut jo niin perustavaksi osaksi Suomea että keskustelu rasismista on enää keskustelua minkälaisin sanankääntein rasismia on soveliasta sanoittaa.
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Kehitysvammaliitto @kehitysvammaliitto.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Nyt olisikin hyvä tilaisuus muuttaa tämä avotyötoiminta oikeaksi palkkatyösuhteeksi. 19 vuoden kokemuksella työtehtävät lienevät Mikalla jo hyvin hallussa! #PalkkaaTyöstä #työhönvalmennus www.hs.fi/suomi/art-20... @pohde.bsky.social
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Oulu | Kauppiaspari haluaa kehitysvammaisen Mika Ruonalan takaisin töihin – Ruonala: Asia on kesken
Kauppiaspari kertoo päätöksestään Facebookissa. Ruonala kommentoi HS:lle, että ei voi vielä kommentoida, ottaako vanhaa työtään takaisin.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The mental health benefits of not knowing any history right now must be massive. Moving through your day with total equanimity. What happens next? Who knows? Maybe something good
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 19/08/2025
I’m dying.
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Jussi Ahokas @ahokasjaj.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Pitää muistaa, että näiden tarjottujen palveluiden tuottavuus on nyt selvästi korkeampi, kun yksityiset lääkärifirmat ovat voineet kasvattaa voittojaan Kela-korvausten nousua seuraten. Eli kasvuvaikutus on ilmeinen! Ja kasvuahan täällä haetaan. #talous
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Yksityislääkärien Kela-korvaukset: hallituksen uudistus lähes kolmin­kertaisti kulut, mutta käynnit eivät juuri kasva
Hallitus korotti yksityis­lääkärikäyntien tukia kannustaakseen ihmisiä julkiselta yksityiseen hoitoon. Verorahat valuvat muutoinkin yksityis­lääkärissä käyville ja terveysjäteille.
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Artist Dedi Hariyono pays tribute to the mountain of Gaza, Anas Al-Sharif. Free Palestine.
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Arbella Bet-Shlimon @abshlimon.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The final statement by Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, written months ago in anticipation of his likely death, posted on Twitter/X by a friend. Israel assassinated him tonight along with his reporting team in an airstrike in Gaza.
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This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
First, peace be upon you and Allah's mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp.
My hope was that Allah would extend my life so l could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah's will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.
I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where l am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend-patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.
I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.
Do not forget Gaza... And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
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This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.
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13Felix @13felix.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
I always think about this excerpt. Matches 100% what you say. "But the one great shocking occasion, when tens or hundreds or thousands will join with you, never comes....Step C is not so much worse than Step B, and, if you did not make a stand at Step B..." press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago...
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They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 by Milton Mayer, an excerpt, 2017 edition
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Pedro🦋 @petsi.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
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Aasa T 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @rosgakori.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Oh FUCK me that's racist, even by the standards of card games/board games concerned with that time period
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ylekov @ylekov.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Pienen kodin sisustus voi aiheuttaa monenlaisia silmäoireita
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
For the 255th day in a row, the main avenue in Georgia's capital is blocked. ✅🇬🇪 The illegitimate, pro-Russian, corrupt regime needs to collapse. 60+ political prisoners, including many opposition leaders, need to be freed.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 08/08/2025
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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Veli-Pekka Kutinlahti @kutinlahtivp.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Seuraavien eduskuntavaalien vaalikonekysymys:”Pitäisikö Suomen kuulua USAn vai Venäjän etupiiriin?”
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