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John Brooks
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Veteran British game dev now lives in Indiana. Cat fanatic and very happily married.
October 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
October 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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ALERT: A bill empowering Congress to censor information about its members on the internet has unfortunately passed the Senate.

But it's not too late to stop it.

Use our new, easy action center tool to tell the House not to sacrifice transparency for a false sense of security.
Protect Journalism Online
Efforts to undermine First Amendment rights on the internet and to censor online content are a fundamental threat to the free press.
freedom.press
October 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
September 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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“I’ve never been a big fan of these hero stories when it comes to CEOs.”

The head of one of the biggest mobile-games companies runs things differently. Listen to Ilkka Paananen’s interview on “Boss Class” https://econ.trib.al/3KWUc7r
Meet the boss: Ilkka Paananen of Supercell
Why the “world’s least powerful CEO” prefers to delegate
econ.trib.al
June 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Hims Announces Erections Will Soon Feature Ads
Hims Announces Erections Will Soon Feature Ads
SAN FRANCISCO—Touting the move as a minimally intrusive and private way to keep its sexual health medications available to a wide customer base, Hims announced Tuesday that erections provided by the c...
theonion.com
March 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz to corral support for an Arab-led initiative to rebuild Gaza, in hopes of boxing out a Trump plan that is unpopular across the Arab world.
Arab States Wake Up to Fact That Trump Means What He Says on Gaza
Egypt is leading the race for an alternative to a Trump plan for the Gaza Strip that is unpopular across the Arab world.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
@benkentish.bsky.social
This government will go after absolutely anyone before they will tax the rich or close some of the loopholes being exploited by the huge multinationals
January 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
January 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, GOP operative Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in the state again.
Trump Inauguration Official’s “Phony Charity” Allegedly Pocketed East Palestine Train Disaster Funds
Under a settlement with Ohio’s attorney general, Trump inauguration committee official Pat Lee can never fundraise for charity in Ohio again.
interc.pt
January 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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"Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose two additional trips from a billionaire patron than have previously come to light" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/u...
Justice Clarence Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips From Billionaire Patron, Democrats Say (Gift Article)
The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court.
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 5:25 PM
December 20, 2024 at 12:16 AM
@benkentish.bsky.social I was from a poor family and so my family bought my clothes from the army and navy store. It was awful going to school dressed as a Japanese admiral
December 18, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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“Celebrating the death of that CEO is sick.”

I probably wouldn’t be so sick if I had better coverage.
December 11, 2024 at 7:52 PM
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Why break with tradition
85 years after naming Adolf Hitler as Time Person of the Year they are naming Donald Trump Time Person of the Year.
December 11, 2024 at 9:23 PM
December 6, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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Y'all notice this?
December 2, 2024 at 4:41 PM
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didn’t see quite the same level of outrage about these pardons
December 2, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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They actually replaced him with Liz Truss. But I get that it was such a short term that he could have been drunk at the time and missed it.
Boris Johnson says the Conservatives lost the 2024 election because they replaced him with Rishi Sunak 🤷‍♂️
December 2, 2024 at 8:25 PM
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Just announced:
“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” *

* except Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Charles & Jared Kushner, Joe Arpaio, Dinesh D’Souza, Michael Milken, George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone, Steve Bannon, Elliott Broidy, Rod Blagojevich, Elon Musk,, the #TrumpCrimeFamily, Donald Tяump & these 2 assholes
December 2, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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The Moscow puppet government in Georgia decided to attack pro-democracy protestors with water cannons, pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets, the protestors responded with the equivalent of a fireworks mini gun. #georgiaprotests
November 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
December 1, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 27, 2024 at 12:39 PM