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KBABZ (aka Kal)

@kbabz.bsky.social

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She/they, #KFBF, freelance wiki guide writer for @IGN. Big fan of Insomniac Games, Horizon, Ghost of Tsushima, Crash, Spyro, Star Wars, Burnout, Mass Effect, Uncharted and more!

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KBABZ (aka Kal) @kbabz.bsky.social · Jun 16

#MeltTheICE

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Mel the Honeybee

@melthehoneybee.bsky.social

I typically try to keep real world stuff out of my posts but tbh it’s too far past the tipping point now. If you support ICE and what’s happening in this country right now, I’m not the artist for you to follow.

January 28, 2026 at 3:33 AM

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Brian Altano

@brianaltano.bsky.social

Rolling Stone put up a piece about celebrities speaking out against ICE and one of the top comments said “since when do we care what celebrities have to say” so I clicked on her profile and a month ago she was telling everyone how excited she was to get Snoop Dogg’s cook book.

January 28, 2026 at 1:38 AM

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StevenM

@1988stevenm.bsky.social

For some reason, the recent screenshot of small Rosalina put me in mind of a scenario where kid Rosa investigates a noise in her house at 3 in the morning

A smaller Rosalina in a dressing gown is leaving a green warp pipe. There is a stuffed Luma toy dropped on the floor

January 27, 2026 at 10:56 PM

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Argonaut Games

@argonautgames.com

We are saddened by the passing of Graeme Baird, a visionary programmer who, alongside Ian Oliver and Andy Onions, co-founded Realtime Games Software. While the 16-bit era is often credited for the 3D revolution, it was Graeme, working with Ian, who brought Starglider to the 8-bit generation. (1/4)

January 27, 2026 at 11:22 PM

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Gary Whitta

@garywhitta.bsky.social

Memorial for the murder victims of ICE at our local hospital

January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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Andrew Goldfarb

@garfep.bsky.social

this astro bot plush set is excellent

January 27, 2026 at 9:57 PM

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Jacob Geller

@jacobgeller.com

The US Holocaust Museum currently has an exhibit called "Americans and the Holocaust" in which it repeatedly highlights how America failed to respond to the clear and obvious crisis that was happening to European Jews. And yet, to compare this to other historical events is "unacceptable"?

It was very difficult to immigrate to the United States. In 1924, the US Congress passed the Johnson-Reed Act in order to set limits on the maximum number of immigrant visas that could be issued per year to people born in each country.

These quotas were designed to limit the immigration of people considered “racially undesirable,” including southern and eastern European Jews. After 1938, only 27,370 people born in Germany could immigrate to the United States each year.

Potential immigrants to the United States had to collect many types of documents, including proof of identity, police certificates, medical clearances, tax documents, a ship ticket, and exit permits prior to obtaining a visa. Most also had to find an American financial sponsor who had the resources to guarantee they would never become a burden on the United States.

The US government made no exceptions for refugees escaping persecution, and did not adjust the immigration laws in the 1930s or 1940s. The waiting lists for US immigrant visas grew as hundreds of thousands of Jews attempted to flee Europe.

The St. Louis
On May 13, 1939, the German transatlantic liner MS St. Louis sailed from Hamburg, Germany, for Havana, Cuba, carrying 937 passengers, most of them German Jews. When the ship arrived in Havana, the passengers learned that the landing certificates they had purchased were invalid, and the Cuban government forced the St. Louis to leave its harbor. As the ship sailed toward Miami, passengers sent telegrams to loved ones and public officials in the United States pleading for assistance. But they did not have entry visas, and the US government did not allow the passengers to land.

What Happened to the St. Louis Passengers?
After the St. Louis passengers failed to find refuge in the Western Hemisphere, the ship sailed back to Europe. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee aid organization worked with the US State Department to persuade four countries—Great Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium—to admit the passengers. One year later, many of the refugees found themselves living under Nazi occupation again, after Germany invaded multiple western European countries. Of the 937 St. Louis passengers, 254 were murdered in the Holocaust.

In early 1943, US State Department officials blocked reports about the mass murder of Jews from reaching the United States. Some at the State Department wanted to avoid any increase in public pressure to aid Jews and thought that if the American people did not have information about the atrocities, they would not protest.

In April, US and British representatives met in Bermuda to discuss the possibility of assisting European Jews. Neither country, however, intended to loosen its restrictive immigration policies or to actually take any decisive rescue action.

Congressional Hearings
In November 1943, a group of congressmen, influenced by activist Peter Bergson, introduced bipartisan resolutions in the House of Representatives and Senate calling for President Roosevelt to create a government commission to rescue Europe’s Jews. In secret testimony before Congress, Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long declared that the State Department already had admitted 580,000 refugees, a claim soon publicly proven false.

Treasury Department Investigation
At the same time, US Treasury Department staff investigated the State Department’s delays and obstruction in sending relief into Europe to aid Jewish refugees. They discovered that State Department officials had deliberately suppressed reports about the murder of Jews. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. agreed to present their findings to President Roosevelt.

January 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM

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Shira

@shirahedgie.bsky.social

more oc work!
Tulip's balcony and pet plant!
#oc #art

January 26, 2026 at 9:40 PM

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Davis Bickford

@davis.social

a quick doodle about two frogs

Doodle of two frogs sitting in a pot of boiling water. One says, “is it getting hot in here?” And the other is yelling, “stop overreacting!”

January 27, 2026 at 4:47 AM

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Will Quinn

@willquinnart.bsky.social

Daily bunny no.3211 is forging his own path

A bunny drives a snowplow down a road covered in snow. Next to him, a second bunny is attempting to shovel the sidewalk, carving a path through the snow (which comes almost up to the bunny's eye level.) The bunny with the shovel has accidentally made a meandering path, cutting into the grass next to the sidewalk

January 27, 2026 at 3:19 AM

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Hello, it's Dan McDaid

@danmcdaid.bsky.social

This is from 2017, but it stands as tall as ever

January 26, 2026 at 12:57 AM

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Gary Whitta

@garywhitta.bsky.social

Oh I love this.

Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free

Neil Young has escalated his way against Amazon due to Jeff Bezos' support of Trump, and is giving his music to the people of Greenland.

www.rollingstone.com

January 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM

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Gary Whitta

@garywhitta.bsky.social

SOON

January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM

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Shira

@shirahedgie.bsky.social

quick post to say that I'm available to work for a project you waant! I do 2D animations, 3D animations and illustrations!
I might need to make a website with portfolio to showcase but hope my work here is good enough!

January 26, 2026 at 10:25 PM

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This Thing Rules

@thisthingrules.bsky.social

#ThisThingRulesTrivia 🚇

The longest road tunnel in the world is the Lærdal Tunnel in Norway, which stretches over 24,500 meters long. Completed in November of 2000, the tunnel was built to better facilitate travel between the cities of Oslo and Bergen, and features pretty funky interior lighting:

January 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM

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Li Chen

@exocomics.com

🥚

January 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM

KBABZ (aka Kal)

@kbabz.bsky.social

I hate how much Concord is a verb now

January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM

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Chris Murphy

@chrismurphyct.bsky.social

I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM

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Tim Gettys

@timgettys.bsky.social

Holding your daughter for the first time hits different. #LinkinParkAMV

January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM

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Snaccka

@snaccka.bsky.social

A lot of Minccinos

#pokemon
#minccino

January 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM

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Ash Parrish

@adashtra.bsky.social

"How could they lie like that so brazenly??""
Because you let them.
FOR DECADES
About people you didn't care about.

January 25, 2026 at 4:28 PM

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meganhertz ✨

@meganhertz.bsky.social

finally got my dream bulbasaur tattoo 💖

(by amy porter art @ alchemy tattoo)

a picture of a tattoo on megan's arm - the tattoo features bulbasaur and daisies. bulbasaur's vines curl into a heart shape

January 25, 2026 at 5:32 PM

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Simon S. Andersen

@snakepixel.art

People keep saying the codenames in Metal Gear Solid sound like Megaman X bosses, so I decided to give them actual designs. Matches the scale of my other X mockups.

Something I've been sitting on for several years that I finally decided to wrap up tonight.
#megaman #pixelart #ドット絵