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Pearl L
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pop culture, videogames, democracy, cats! past: brand dev, digital @konami @BandaiNamcoUS. I was there 3000 years ago. Opinions mine. She/her.
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I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.

If not, why not?
Here’s Duke behavioral economist Dan Ariely asking Jeffrey Epstein for “the name and email of the redhead that was here with you.” This is four years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for procuring a child for prostitution.
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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"where are the protests" is a reflection of how many people's sense of reality is intermediated by billionaire owned social media and billionaire owned news media, both of which have strategically suppressed cover of the scale and frequency of 2025 protests
The “Where are the protests?” lament after Trump’s inauguration was always based on a (willful) misperception. Over the past year, protests have been far more numerous, more geographically widespread, and more sustained than what we saw in 2017, for instance.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Xbox LIVE was willing to do in 2013 what the entire US establishment was not.
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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❤️
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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We are OUTRAGED and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and by the government’s escalating effort to criminalize and threaten press freedom under the guise of law enforcement.

The First Amendment is not optional and journalism is not a crime.
NABJ OUTRAGED AT ARRESTS OF DON LEMON, GEORGIA FORT ‘THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS NOT OPTIONAL’
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is outraged and deeply alarmed by the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort by federal agents, and […]
nabjonline.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. Put it in your cell phone. Use it. If you're not calling at least once a week, you're not doing your part.
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Borders also keep you in
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Jesus Christ this stuff is vile even for Trump.
DOJ has since killed this link. This is what was there:
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Another set done! With this addition, we now have every physical issue from the main run of Official Xbox Magazine.

This was much harder to complete than we expected. We've got a story for you... 🧵
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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do y’all remember how NFTs were going to revolutionize games and print money for every studio forever

anyway no idea why I’m thinking about that today
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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Okami 20th anniversary teaser website opened

Capcom has opened a teaser website for Okami's 20th anniversary, which it will celebrate on April 20. The full website launch is planned for April.
Okami 20th anniversary teaser website opened
Capcom has opened a teaser website for Okami's 20th anniversary, which it will celebrate on April 20. The full website launch is planned for April.
www.gematsu.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:10 AM
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.

This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
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TikTok has been under new leadership for like a day and I made a slideshow with posts from the ICE rally today and it immediately got out under review and is not being published. Incredible.
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 AM
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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People Headline: ICE Agents Seize 5-Year-Old, Use Him as "Bait"

NYT Headline: Trump Administration Boldly Probes the Limits of Child Endangerment Laws
Seriously, @people.com has been meeting the moment better than 90% of publications with direct reporting and crystal clear headlines.

This is a good way for the low-information voters who are usually detached from the news cycle to get turned around.
What America will read this weekend while in line at the grocery checkout:

@peoplemag.bsky.social #ICE
people.com/ice-detains-...
January 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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The budget deal in Congress will give ICE another $10 BILLION.

Absolutely not.

ICE is out of control. We must stop this rogue agency’s dangerous abuses of power, not bankroll it.
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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The NYT reports that Air Force One has turned around due to a situation officials are describing as “creature on the wing”
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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"I’ve got to be the cleanest—I think I’m the most honest human being, perhaps, that God has ever created.”
Who Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.?
1. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.” 2. “Why would Kim Jong ...
buff.ly
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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This is Minneapolis:

I’m at a major healthcare clinic (just here for a friend) and overheard the front desk staff mention they’ve had 97 missed appointments today.

People aren’t getting medical care bc they’re afraid to leave home.
January 20, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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I think there is some information in there that isn't familiar to a lot of people. Including that the US is currently holding three times as many people in immigration detention as were detained in the entire Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939—six years into the Third Reich.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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I hate to burst everyone's bubble but if you think that CBS News losing ratings or prestige matters to David Ellison, you're mistaken. Murdoch ran the NY Post for 45 years without turning a profit. They want these media companies to pump propaganda, not to get ratings or make money.
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM