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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Yeah, except that particular story isn't about Guilfloyle, but rather the larger story of WH self enrichment. WSJ has reworded the headline somewhat, so slightly better, but doesn't seem to want to point fingers at the White House. They're using Democrats as an intermediary.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Watching The Post (2017, Stephen Spielberg). Thinking it hits harder than it did on initial release. #Filmsky

Poster for the movie The Post (2017, Stephen Spielberg). Endless concrete steps of the sort one sees in Washington D.C. form a grey background. Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks (as Katherine Graham and Ben Bradlee) ascend the steps from the bottom right corner. The Post, in san serif, is knocked out on the bottom left corner.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

America doesn't make the call about Hatch Act violations. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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The Trump White House put out a political advertisement on September 27, 2026 that says Paid for by the U.S. government. Isn't this a violation of the Hatch act?

I cannot say whether a specific advertisement violates the Hatch Act. That determination is made by the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC), not by America.

Hatch Act (what it covers)

The Hatch Act limits partisan political activity by most executive-branch federal employees. Covered employees generally may not:

Use official authority or influence to affect an election

Engage in political activity while on duty, in a federal workplace, in uniform, or in a government vehicle

Solicit, accept, or receive political contributions

OSC is the agency that investigates and enforces the Hatch Act. See OSC's Hatch Act pages:

Federal employee Hatch Act information and Hatch Act FAQs . A CRS overview is here: The Hatch Act: A Primer.

The President and Vice President are treated differently from most federal employees under Hatch Act coverage. I did not find an OSC ruling on the September 2026 advertisement you describe.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

David Ellison letter to Paramount staff with alt text. It's long, so continues in second image.

Just a few moments ago, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, on behalf of himself and 11 other State AGs, announced a settlement that clears the path forward on the lawsuit blocking our merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. We have also reached a settlement with the Writers Guild of America.

With both groups' concerns now addressed, we have complete clearance for this merger and can move toward closing. There's still work ahead to get this deal across the finish line, but we're excited to bring these two iconic companies together, as it means more opportunity for our creatives, production crews and employees across the business, and more great entertainment for audiences everywhere.

We're grateful to Attorney General Bonta and his fellow AGs, and to the WGA, for engaging in good faith to reach this resolution. The agreement includes a number of commitments, including 30+ films annually and expanded U.S. film production - meant to help revitalize our industry and support the people behind it, here at home. Since we launched this bid, our goal has been to build a stronger Hollywood: more stories told, greater choice for consumers, stronger competition. Combining these companies gives us the opportunity to do just that.

This is an exciting moment for our company and our industry. If you're like me, you're in this business because you love the art of visual storytelling - the chance to entertain, unite and inspire the world through extraordinary stories. Together, Paramount and WBD can do more of that, for audiences everywhere. And we can't wait to get started.

I know you have questions about what happens next - your role, your team and how we will work day to day. We don't have all the answers yet, and I won't pretend otherwise. We are tentatively planning to close in approximately two weeks. That said, closing is really just the starting line. Bringing two companies this size together takes time, and we'll share information as it becomes available. In the meantime, if you have questions or concerns, please visit the Integration Hub, reach out to your manager or HR representative, or email internalcomms@paramount.com.

Thank you for your patience, commitment and hard work throughout this process. I know it's created real uncertainty, and for some of you, real anxiety - that's not lost on me. Our people are what make this company one of the best in the world, and I'm truly grateful for your dedication and support. I'm confident we're going to build something special together in the years ahead.

Let's go!

David

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I haven't lived there in decades and only did the quick test, but it nailed my state. 😂

mydialect.us map
States are colored to show which state you sound most and least like. My state is Nevada.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A few of you, who I consider good ppl, follow this troll @publicpolicyman.bsky.social. Y'all good with him harassing black & brown women? Pls fix this racist, abusive shit Bluesky! In-app reporting not effective. His behavior is against ur safety guidelines. @safety.bsky.app #racism #abuse #Bluesky

@publicpolicyma... mike fedele, cpa

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It's very funny this white person has "NO SNITCH TAGGING" in bio.

Blocked

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mike fedele, cpa @publicpolicyma...

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All khivers are middle aged white shit libs. I stand by this

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mike fedele, cpa @publicpolicyma...

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Replied to a blocked post

Ok white boy

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mike fedele, cpa @publicpolicyma...

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This is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen posted on here lol

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mike fedele, cpa @publicpolicym... → Replied to mike fedele, сра

the amount of digital blackface on this app is absurd

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hey @safety.bsky.app , used the in-app reporting, but this antisemitic post for this spam account has been up for a month.

The Liber... @thelibbojack.bsky...

▲ Intolerance

Name one jewish invention. I will start:

Pedophilia

Holocaust

3:25 AM

Jun 14, 2026

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

from Muskism by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, with alt text

Treating life like a game had its own ethos and its own philosophers. In a theory often cited by Musk, Nick Bostrom speculates that we may be living in a simulation running on a mainframe in the future. 49 Further, many of the people around us may not be human beings but computer programs: what Bostrom calls "shadow-people," convincing imitations that lack interiority. The ethical consequences are significant. If we are surrounded by shadow people, then appeals to empathy are not moral imperatives but manipulative code. The rational response is to steel yourself against humanitarian sentiment. The economist Robin Hanson came to this conclusion in a famous article called "How to Live in a Simulation" in 2001. "If you might be living in a simulation," he wrote, "then all else equal it seems that you should care less about others."51

Shadow people have been a bright line through Musk's career. At PayPal, they were fraudsters with false identities; at Twitter, first bots, then the far-fetched notion of "ghost employees"-the belief that many of the people on the payroll were not actually real humans. 52 Musk also expressed this idea through the concept of the NPC. Biden was "an NPC with a limited dialogue tree"; 53 the press a "hivemind"54 or "drone collective"5" of "NPC media puppets."56 He shared the meme of a head being opened to swap out a chip reading "Tesla good" for one reading "Tesla bad." The caption: "New program for the NPCs."5" "Individuals should always wonder who wrote the software running in their head," he commented. 58 "Most humans have very limited firewalls," he elaborated elsewhere, "so are easily programmed."59

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Honestly, that remains an debate. Suffice to say that their explorations overlapped. The Treaty of Tordesillas shows how they saw the world. Spain and Portugal literally divided the world between themselves.

Map of the Treaty of Tordesilla
Spain gets most of the Americas except Bazil & Greenland. Portugal gets Brazil, Greenland, all of Europe, excluding Spain, but including Russia. They split Australia.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is him. You have to scroll for a while to find the end of the editorial.

Photo of Charles Robinson, author of guest editorial in The Columbus Dispatch. White man, early-mid 70s, short silver hair combed forward to hide receding hairline, short clipped silver mustache, silver wire rimmed glasses, smile on a slightly chubby face. Dark jacket over a blue and white checkered shirt, dark bow tie.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

And because it is heavily moderated... Lol

r/AskHistorians
u/JosephFlanstanleman 2h

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Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/AskHistorians

CommodoreCoCo MOD 1h
Moderator | Andean Archaeology
You're looking for r/Showerthoughts

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

You're right in general, but that could have easily been human made using Photoshop or similar.

1971 album cover for Who's Next by The Who.

Photo of the group members standing separately from one another each staring at the ground. They are standing next to a stone ruin in the middle of nowhere.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ugh, I bet. You're in the vicinity. 🤬 This me today when I think of all the individual and corporate shitheads who can't stop fucking other people over. Put best by the late David Lynch.

The Angriest Dog in the World
Comic strip by David Lynch

Ink drawing of an angry dog in a yard straining at its tether.

The dog who is so angry he cannot move. He cannot eat. He cannot sleep. He can barely growl.

...Bound so tightly with tension and anger, he approaches the state of rigor mortis.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

That's so good I added in the alt text.

Norm Clark
@Norms...

James Robison
What Joyce Carol Oates wrote to Elon Musk on Twitter. I am told it rattled him.
I love it.

"So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates – scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the 'most wealthy person in the world."

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Oh FFS Why don't you just quote the Protocols? You're already digging under the sewer for third-rate conspiratorial antisemitism. Absolute trash. 🙄

True
@tbvamp.bsky.social

Hmmm is there any similarity between Stahl, Weiss and Ellison...?

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

With alt text (Letter to Scott Pelley from Nick Bilton)

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

From the Tech Crunch article 🤦🏽‍♀️

I have been a professional tech journalist for nearly 15 years, and before today, I cannot think of a single time when a Bing search result was more valuable than the Google equivalent. There really is a first time for everything!

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I'm reposting your letter with alt text. Please let me know if you'd like me to take it down.

Hi, We've reviewed a Post on your account @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social and found it violates Bluesky's Community Guidelines on Respectful Discourse. We create a safe space for discussion by prohibiting threats and content meant to scare or intimidate people.

For example:

Do not threaten others with death, serious harm, or express that others should be hurt or killed.

Do not promote, glorify, or incite violence against individuals or groups.

Do not share graphic violent content designed to shock, disturb, or intimidate others.

The following Post was removed:

I'm trying to locate these industrious elephants. I would so like to gift them to the 2028 Republican National Convention. What fun to have these symbols of the Republican party roaming freely through the attendees. Glory!

Your post was classified as a Serious Violation, adding 4 strikes to your account. You now have 4 total strikes.

Because you reached 4 strikes, your account has been suspended for 3 days. You will be able to access your account again on 28th Apr, 2026.

If you believe this action was taken in error, you can appeal within 14 days by emailing moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Please include context about why you believe this decision was incorrect.

Bluesky Moderation Team

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you see this, I implore you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation.

Portion of a medieval illustration of a cat with its tongue sticking out and wearing a crown

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I concur with Lewis Parker. This is incredibly fucked up. #AI

Also, hey, Esquire: maybe you shouldn’t have published the bit where AI Mackenyu talks about the pressures of living up to his deceased father, the legendary action star Sonny Chiba, and how it wants “to make him proud,” because that’s incredibly fucked up.

By Lewis Parker for Kotaku

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm sure that sounded logical in your head. I get this. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Tully Undead

Really shouldn't be making bot accusations when your posts pop up with this.

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Thank you Senator! Here's a copy of your piece with #AltText.

SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN

Voting rights under attack!

MY VIEW BEN RAY LUJÁN

Trump wants to rig the election: I'm fighting back

I'll never forget one of my first days in the U.S. Senate. On Jan. 6, 2021, rioters stormed the Capitol after President Donald Trump refused to accept the truth that he lost the 2020 election. Today, that same refusal to accept the will of the people is driving his latest attempt to rig our elections through the Republicans' so-called SAVE Act.

This is part of his broader strategy to hold onto power.

Trump told Republicans to "find" more House seats, claiming they are "entitled" to them. After pushing redistricting across the country and threatening lawmakers who stand in his way, he is now trying to rewrite the rules of our elections to lock in power.

The SAVE Act is designed to save Republicans from facing American voters. They know their agenda isn't working. Costs are up. Health care is more expensive. Trump launched a war with Iran.

They think that if fewer people can vote, they can hang on to their power in Congress.

This bill would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register to vote.

It would eliminate online and mail registration. It would force people to register in person, no matter how far they live or how hard it is to get there. And, it would reject IDs Americans use every day, including tribal IDs and even military IDs.

Trump wants control of our elections. He said, "We should take over the voting," and that passing the SAVE Act means that Republicans will "never lose a race in 50 years."

We know who he is targeting.

Tribal communities would be among the hardest hit. Many tribal IDs do not include a place of birth, which this bill would require. That means Native voters could be blocked from registering, even when they are fully eligible.

Hispanic communities would face new barriers as well. Naturalized citizens could be forced to track down documents that many people don't have easy access to. Young…

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

🤦🏽‍♀️ I don't normally hand it to the Daily Mail, but I think they got this one right. 🤭

Daily Mail
World's pettiest tourist files THREE lawsuits while on vacation in NYC - including one against Times Square restaurant for 'too spicy' tacos

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AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

My response to your question was that it didn't matter. I assumed you'd realized that since he won, the point was moot. Prior to that the only comment I made was to someone else about the Late Show. Only you know why you responded with this.

AV Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger....

It doesn't really matter does it?

tracycouch.bsky.social @tracyc...

Why doesn't it matter? Are you taking your red wagon and going after leaving shit sentiments behind to poison the well?

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