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@ohgodnotthisagain.bsky.social
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writer, game master, hermit, corpo, deserter, stoner, anarcho-commie. proudly AI-free. all pronouns.
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one must imagine sisyphus jorkin it
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i've been thinking a lot lately about how one of the biggest things we lost with physical media was the spaces necessary to store and exchange the media and the communities that formed around them. i can't flirt with a clerk, pick up flyers, or just hang around on spotify like i could in a store.
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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“Over the past ten years New Zealand has averaged 55.9 days annually under a State of Emergency each year, and 66.6 days over the last five. In the 10 years prior to this, New Zealand averaged only 13.4 days per year.”

Quick Q - how does recovery work with a rates cap in place and no govt. support🤔
More frequent states of emergencies a concern for councils
More frequent states of emergencies a concern for councils
www.lgnz.co.nz
January 24, 2026 at 5:53 AM
let's freaking go, dude
maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy

HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!

(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
January 24, 2026 at 12:26 AM
i had never heard of @leadhead.bsky.social before today, but this video was raw and real and inspiring and really lays bare how gen AI is meant to take art away from the working class (and how easy it could be to tell them to fuck off!)
You Are An Artist
YouTube video by Leadhead
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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shoving someone's face directly in unfairness and telling them the rules they have built their lives around don't matter because you're in charge and they aren't triggers fury on the lizard brain level and it's a huge contributor to how autocracies fail
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
pack it up gang, satire is dead, what is @bencollins.bsky.social gonna do now
the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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OP is not joking which is sad because this is a really fucking funny joke.
the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
January 22, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.

This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.
Just the Browser - Just the Browser
Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.
justthebrowser.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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This is all good advice:
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
fuck it, i’m making a fursuit. i’ve wanted one for ages and maybe if i know why people are staring at me i can go outside sometimes again
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 AM
ok but this second part - does this mean that if I use a VPN through an NYC-based server, I can also avoid junk fees, even if I don't live in the city?
Today Zohran announced a new rule banning hidden junk fees at hotels.

The rule applies to NYC hotels, but also to hotel stays in other destinations that New Yorkers book in the city.
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
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the song of the lioness will be reproduced by memory and transmitted as samizdat in the gulag
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 AM
knock em dead, bud
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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yeah, this is real nuremberg hours
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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This picture broke me, but the description of this kidnapping by a witness who says ICE referred to this precious child as “it” as they took him away fills me with an unspeakable, murderous rage.
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.

The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 21, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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RNZ going next level putting the lie in the headline. What a disgrace.

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.

Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.” - Gil Duran

#nzpol
Government's finances in better than expected shape
The government's finances are in better than expected shape as spending has fallen more than the tax take.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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I shitpost so I do not doom post
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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January 21, 2026 at 6:04 AM
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i thought the president would do something that would distract people from the virality of Bus Thread but somehow he managed to do the exact opposite
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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I know this godless cold universe won't let this be the end of it... but if we got us a widowmaker over greenland of all things the world owes greenland an incalculable debt. put them on the security council. they can host the nobel prize from now on, you name it
January 21, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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wow just woke up from a nap, i guess everyone else on Air Force One realized we aren't going to the right place
January 21, 2026 at 5:11 AM
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This place is not prepared when Trump kicks it. They’re gonna have to launch a script that’ll ban all of us simultaneously. Real nuke from orbit shit.
September 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM