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Dix
@dixonij.bsky.social
Philly sports fan and nerd stationed in the Deep South | He/him | Gritty Appreciation Account | Award-winning cosplayer (MC Vegas '23 Novice) | Dad of two
https://linktr.ee/dixonij
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Bringing this over from the other place for my pinned post that really says it all about me:
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Not sure how bad the deepfake problem is? Read Stella's farewell thread.

This is an extreme form of remote sexual harassment that can now be used to target anyone, regardless of platform, in seconds. Despite news stories focusing mostly on CSAM it's still unchecked and rampant on Twitter.
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.

I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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A really sad follow-up to this story — Alexis Erlinmeyer, one of the trans federal intelligence workers who was fired, has died of a pulmonary embolism. She was 31. Her family is burying her under her deadname, so friends are fundraising for an accurate memorial: www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-...
NEW—In late Feb, Chris Rufo published leaked chats between queer/trans employees at US intel agencies. Then Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she’d fire all involved.

I spoke to chat members who were fired, are on admin leave, and who kept their jobs about the new lavender scare:
Queer intel officers targeted by top secret chat leak get their chance to speak
Chris Rufo published the chats. Staffers say a new "lavender scare" is upon us.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Want to reduce risk for dementia? Get vaccinated! 🩺
I will explain how this works...
Oh, just get vaccinated (part 5,000)

"Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found." (gift article)
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Big guy tuddy as time expires!
Tommy Togiai gets a thicc six when the Colts pitchy pitchy woo woo goes horribly wrong
January 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Lmao Cowboys.
Hilarious to see the Giants in the middle of messing up their draft spot all to possibly put the Cowboys to 7-9-1 on the season.
January 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Hilarious to see the Giants in the middle of messing up their draft spot all to possibly put the Cowboys to 7-9-1 on the season.
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It's been a wild first few days of the year, but I'm gonna try kicking in a resolution I've been bad at to this point: "like but don't repost" primarily when it comes to political or world on fire content.

Like, the world is crap enough and without a drafts folder, I need to self-regulate better.
January 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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Kindness =\= naivety or weakness. Huge pet peeve. Restraint requires so much more strength
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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You don't have to listen to these professional liars who are barely trying. 9 months ago they were saying they were powerless to return a man they illegally sent to an El Salvador gulag because it would violate that country's national sovereignty
Vance pushes back and says this was not illegal, arguing "Maduro has multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism. You don't get to avoid justice for drug trafficking in the United States because you live in a palace in Caracas."
January 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Finally back home again after the big ol holiday road trip.

Moose insisted on like 20+ minutes of pets from me after I got Loaf transferred from the van to her bed.

Spoiled lil jerk (affectionate)
January 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Go Birds ya dickheads
Fully convinced the Eagles can win a 13-6 game against any NFC playoff game
January 4, 2026 at 4:51 AM
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The ultimate root problem here is that the American public chose to vote in a dementia-addled narcissist, all the more serious people in the room who were there to keep him at least partially in check the first time around resigned, so now there are only racist enablers in the room.
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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The thing about this is when enough people resign, eventually the people in charge find someone who's willing to follow those orders.

Notably, the SOUTHCOM commander resigned last month.
January 4, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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This is my friend's LGS! Sucks so much, man. Please chip in if you can
In an extremely sad start to the year, yesterday Dandar’s, a beloved local LGS here in Humboldt County burned to the ground yesterday along with several other businesses. Arcata is a small town and this is hitting the community hard. giveahand.com/fundraiser/d... if you are able to help.
Dandar's Games and Books
I made this fundraiser to help one of our little towns local treasures. Dandar's Games and Books just recently moved to this location from their original shop location on Giuntoli. They have lost ever...
giveahand.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Lmao holy shiiiiiiit
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
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If you’re not from Philly you can’t understand. The city is fortified for the entire year with that punishing drone of saxophones that sound like kindergarten toys and the pubescent cicada buzz of the banjos. Without it Philadelphia is vulnerable to her enemies
The Mummers Parade was quintessentially Philadelphia — not perfect but scrappy. High winds caused an unprecedented postponement of the string band competition for the first time in 125 years.
2026 Mummers Parade drew thousands to a Philly tradition despite disruptive high winds
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:07 AM
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My Czech grandmother, a year ago: I am very tired of all these comparisons of Trump to Adolf.

My Czech grandmother, a day ago: Okay if they just give him Venezuela he's literally doing a Hitler.
January 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
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omg ive also drawn a jace kermie
January 3, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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thinking a lot about what we can learn from Pokémon
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
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You should be embarrassed to be a member of congress and issuing anything other than impeachment resolutions. You're in the model UN. They should give you legos and a propeller hat
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image
January 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM