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Xaroc

@xaroc.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Anti-fascist. Anti-racist. Like hockey, video games, and Rush (the band). he/him My blog where I never post anything: xarocsmusings.blogspot.com

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VoteHub @votehub.com · 28/09/2026
NEWS — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear criticizes fellow Democrats who say transgender athletes should be barred from women’s sports. “That is not the party that we are. We start as a party of compassion and empathy.”
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bears win!
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🌭 #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
😂 #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Cristall! #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Sloppy in the third but Kyrou calls game. #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Two power play goals? In this economy? #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stromer! #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There is a lot of preseason passing going on here. #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hockeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! #ALLCAPS
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weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
go watch Used Cars and tell me this guy didn't deserve a bigger career in comedies.
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weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rest in peace, Gerrit Graham. I've always loved this guy.
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Gerrit Graham, Actor in ‘Phantom of the Paradise,’ Screenwriter and Grateful Dead Collaborator, Dies at 77
Gerrit Graham, actor in "Phantom of the Paradise" and many other films and TV shows who co-wrote a song for The Grateful Dead, died Tuesday.
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Tippy @tiptoe39.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hi everyone, Today we said goodbye to Melody, a member of our family for eight years. We are hurting and missing her terribly. I’ve attached a bunch of photos. I would love it if you could share these pics of her in her prime. She came to us from a storm drain and has been loved ever since.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I swear, I turn this team on and they just fall apart. #Commies
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The NYT is like Apple releasing a new feature on one of their phones that has been around forever on other phones and pretending like they discovered it.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
GOOD NEWS! A personalized mRNA vaccine has SUCCEEDED in keeping melanoma, a deadly skin cancer, from returning. Phase III trial results in MORE THAN 1,100 patients shows the vaccine SIGNIFICANTLY extended the time patients lived without their melanoma returning AND reduced the risk of metastasis.
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Moderna and Merck say mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in late-stage melanoma trial
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
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Turp @turpin4prez.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This story should have more attention. ASU's idiot coach brought in some military prick to run a grueling boot camp-style workout in the heat, which included restricting water intake. NHL prospect player suffers a heat stroke and is probably going to die from it. arizonasports.com/ncaa/arizona...
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ASU hockey player Matthew Mayich has no chance of recovery after heatstroke, attorney says - Arizona Sports
"His body ceased functioning in a fundamental way, and this condition is irreversible," Robert Carey said.
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Tuta @tuta.com · 31/08/2026
If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this. Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how. Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:
Image of Sundar Pichai and the Gmail logo
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
• a list of all of the supposed trade demands the US made to Canada goes viral with 900 shares • the list gets tracked back to the original source • turns out it's just an AI-hallucinated summary of a bunch of media rumours God damnit guys
Someone named fede shares a list on bsky earlier today: "The USA demanded Canada's capitulation as if it had lost a war"Someone named Nils Gilman says: "it's an AI synthesis of all publicly reported demands"
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Games and Zines to support a couple unhomed by transphobia. Pay what you like (but pay SOMETHING, PLEASE) for 44 fun items!
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Feed the Scorchpot @scorchpot.indieformer.com · 20/08/2026
Literally don't know the words to use to describe what this post is about. It's... monumental. We've launched our game, but not alone. We have the pleasure of announcing that we have a Day 1 bundle (that means right now) with the one and only @playbalatro.com. THE game that inspired the Scorchpot 😭
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Tom Gulitti @tomgulittinhl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"That's not something that I want to let play out ... because I do think what happened this past summer is definitely potentially a harbinger of things to come in the League." Capitals being proactive in talks with Ryan Leonard and Justin Sourdif: www.nhl.com/news/washing...
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Transphobes are uniformly trash and we don't need to pretend otherwise. It isn't complicated.
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s 31 years since Newsweek discovered that bisexuality exists
Newsweek front cover, 17 July 1995: three moodily list figures look at camera (a woman and two men). The headline reads: Bisexuality. Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
Alt: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/07/2026
What better way to celebrate the 4th of July than by getting a bunch of my novels, with a big chunk of your purchase price going to World Central Kitchen, my selected charity for this bundle. Pay what you like (the more you pay, the more you get), and help feed people in need all over the world.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/07/2026
The White House is openly saying they want to eliminate a minority group and people still want to say this is about sports.
 Supreme Court Bolsters President Trump’s Push to Eliminate Transgender Insanity
The White House
June 30, 2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
love to my trans friends. fuck SCOTUS.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
That image of a golden eagle on the exterior of the White House is AI-generated. There is no such decoration on the Truman Balcony—at least not at this time.
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Trump posts apparent AI-generated image of large, golden eagle affixed to Truman Balcony | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump Monday evening posted what appeared to be an AI-generated image of a large, golden eagle affixed to the Truman Balcony of the White House.
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 27/06/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jun BaptistNew Following its recent stand against women pastors, Southern Baptist Conference--largest Protestant denomination--tells gay and trans people they cannot be Christians...unless of course they are struggling against and repenting their urges. Good grief.
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SBC says it's not possible to be gay or transgender and Christian – Baptist News Global
It is not possible to be a “gay Christian” or a “transgender Christian,” the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission says.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
www.popehat.com/p/a-bit-of-t...
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A Bit of Tedious Drama At Bluesky
Bluesky Can Ban Whoever They Want! But They Won’t Stop Me From Saying What I Think. I Think The World Would Be A Better Place Without Elon Musk.
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Japers' Rink @japersrink.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Had some thoughts. Wrote 'em down. Published them to the Internet.
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Thoughts on Tuch and Kyrou
The Caps go big before the Draft...
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Steve "Dangle" Glynn @stevedangle20.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW VIDEO!!! Alex Tuch Traded To The Capitals! w/ Steve Dangle | Instant Analysis youtu.be/YrVZBtUyP_g?...
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Alex Tuch Traded To The Capitals! w/ Steve Dangle | Instant Analysis
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Going to leave my Leonard plus whatever else for Adam Fox prediction here. #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Here is my earlier post talking about us acquiring Alex Tuch #ALLCAPS ...
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
First mention of Kyrou by me 😂. #ALLCAPS
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Was asking for this all last season. Happy to see it happen.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23/06/2026
Israel deliberately targeting Gaza children to commit genocide, UN inquiry finds
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Israel deliberately targeting Gaza children to commit genocide, UN inquiry finds
Report says by aiming at children Israel is undermining capacity of Palestinian people to exist Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an ⁠independent UN inquiry has found. The report by the UN independent international commission of inquiry examined violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war in Gaza, and said about 30% of those killed by Israeli forces have been children. Continue reading...
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Me to the Caps. #ALLCAPS
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C'mon, Do Something Stickman Meme
Alt: C'mon, Do Something Stickman Meme
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Micah McCurdy @hockeyviz.com · 21/06/2026
Brady Tkachuk, apparently in the process of being traded to Florida for three firsts and a second, is a great creator of offence, especially at 5v5; does not score, is an enormous idiot.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Worked for Hecht's at the local mall. Also, worked for Woodward and Lothrop (Woodies). That wasn't in a mall but was retail.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Salmon or cottage cheese but feel like that isn't widely enjoyed.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Wrapped up my Path of Exile 2 0.5 league and wrote up my thoughts: xarocsmusings.blogspot.com/2026/06/path... #POE2 #PathOfExile2
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Path of Exile 2 0.5 Review
In Path of Exile 2 0.4 I never made it out of the campaign after a solid 0.3. I played a bear druid and died 50+ times in the campaign. Oddl...
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
It's halfway through Pride Month. I just wanted to say that if you are a good person and you are pan, omni, Ace, bi-, gay, lesbian, poly-, trans, or otherwise lgbtq, I love ya and am glad you are here. Also, Batgirl, the Birds of Prey, the Uncanny X-Men, Red Sonja, and Wonder Woman agree with me.
Wonder Woman and Lara Croft kissingCatman with a girlfriend and a boyfriendCalico and Jitter dancingAlysia Yeoh reveals she is trans to Barbara Gordon.
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Xaroc @xaroc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Mutes coming in clutch.
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Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Hey game designer friends, go work with Katie!
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
YOU CANNOT UNSEE BISEXUAL LIGHTING
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