As someone who's vocally distrusted Platner since the start, this saga does point to a major weakness in Bluesky politics culture: there's way too much focus on ideology and not nearly enough on *strategy* Nobody here is talking about how much his town halls have gotten him this far!

my latest for @theverge.com is about something i’ve been hearing constantly: Gen Z hates ”AI”, and many young people are deeply resentful of the jobs, schools, and institutions that are now pressuring or forcing them to use it.

once again armchairing it but I don't think yall are getting those 9-10 evos a year

‘It’s important to continue to evolve,’ said the 86-year-old icon, who will perform at the International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert at Lyric Opera House on Thursday.

Ehrgeiz — God Bless The Ring joins the PRIDEfgc 2026 lineup! Please help us support The Trevor Project and donate below to join this + many more games! tiltify.com/+odins-eye-g... The Community Lab - myself, @ratttz.bsky.social, @strictfilter.bsky.social and more are bringing it to you!

This might be a lack of sleep talking but I feel like I really connected a lot of dots & really clarified why I dislike fast freeform movement in beat em ups while loving limitations & tank controls in my latest post : www.patreon.com/posts/155643...

The most historically forgotten really good baseball player from the 90s has to be Juan Gonzalez, right? You never hear about him anymore. My ideas as to why: 1. His peak came before the McGwire-Sosa boom, and lasted during the post-strike bad vibes period 2. Steroid guy (Canseco named him!)

social media was a wonderful brain toilet for every random half thought you didn't want to bother real people with before they decided to move all of society and infrastructure and government inside of the toilet

Another member of the FGC has been directly impacted by ICE. YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO. BLOW THIS UP!! 📢 gofund.me/5141da1dd

For those who don't know, Scott Carney on Youtube has been doing an expose series on this "regenerative stem cell" doctor in Mexico named Adeel Khan. Peterson & ~wellness influencer~ Mark Hyman both got sepsis after receiving treatment from this guy Mikhaila threatened to sue Carney, natch

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.

The backlash has arrived

bluesky admins, have you tried jiggling the handle?

Lately i've been hearing from folks working at universities that it's Gen Z who hates AI the most of anyone - this party is really trying even harder to do the Principal Skinner meme but unironically

in the wake of Moon Child Mania, I think people ought to be reminded of the PC-Engine classic(?), Final Zone II, a game laced in every moment with delightfully dorky 80s-anime-OVA-wannabe songs... that were all translated & re-performed in English... with bazookas www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXiT...

aew has existed longer than ecw post nwa split

Big Black (1981-1987)

BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won.

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MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

tried buzzballz, everyone says the chocolate flavor is the best one so i got that this is just chocolate milk with rly noticeable cheap vodka flavor lol, i get why this line would appeal to someone but that someone ain't me back to my smith & cross...

BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.

Everyone here is overly familiar with the Nazi bar analogy. If 8 people at the bar are "doing fine" and 2 people are destitute and suffering then you live in a society of destitution and suffering.

fell down a rabbit hole, apparently the most thorough guides for Baldur's Gate 1&2 are written by a woman who has been thoroughly blogging all her video game opinions since the 1980s. she gave Baldur's Gate 3 a 2.1/10 rating and scathingly calls it a reddit RPG lilura1.blogspot.com/2024/01/Redd...

if bill watterson said he didn't want to make calvin and hobbes merch and shows now 16-24 year olds on social media would call him greedy and selfish

re: the recent Palestinian fundraiser drama, all i'll say is the people repeating "you'd be better off donating to charities that work in Gaza instead" should probably do a little research and realize like all the decent ones have been forced out of there

Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it.

One for Wrestlesky: i can think of 4 promotions that used the "UWF" acronym but there's gotta be more right? i have the following - Mid-South, the OG Japanese shoot-style UWF, UWFi, and Herb Abrams Imagine there's some indie mudshow i'm missing here

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

Will give credit to the liberals on finally pushing back en masse against the Al Franken Did Nothing Wrong crowd, long time coming but progress is progress Wonder if the Cesar Chavez revelations made more of them seriously think about this

oh man the new OSW Review arc is PERFECT for me The WCW mini-movie PPVs (including the one with Robocop) + the Cactus Jack "Lost in Cleveland" angle - how did they not get to this sooner?

Funny little bit from my life: a few days ago my computer's audio started having really bad static/scratchy noise, no matter what i tried. Starting freaking out and looking into expensive speaker cables etc. Turned out i just needed to restart my computer L O L

The recent "where are the campus protests???" discourse really shows how social media addiction cooks everyone's brains, not just conservatives Seeing so many people think the entire Gaza protest movement was a GOP/Russian psyop is just sad - maybe a decent chunk of those are bots, at least?

Guy who voted for Geogre Bush twice writing in a place called The Liberal Gazette: As we approach 2028, Democrats should be doing unpopular things that make them look stupid

This may be a bit spicy for main, but i'm not a fan of the recent increase in "caring about Platner's Nazi tattoos is liberal baby BS" i've been seeing from leftists on here Sure, materially his Blackwater history is the bigger reason to distrust him, but the two are related

America being convinced that solar power is woke and cucked, and the ways this is hamstringing them now and in the foreseeable future, is going to be looked back on like medieval China not figuring out glass. An error that will define the world for centuries to come.

The City of Pittsburgh just passed legislation banning cooperation with ICE. The vote was unanimous. 🎉🎉🎉

RIP Kunio-kun and Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto

i think nothing sums up the state of the modern SNK scene better than the big special guest at their most recent major being the goddamn POWER SLAP champion like that is too on brand, on multiple levels

Since i brought up Alice in Chains in my favorite album thread recently, i forgot how much the beginning of No Excuses sounds like a Faith No More song That sorta tribal drumming, y'know?

Random thought: "The Gen Z religious revival" is the exact same narrative as "puriteens" i.e. It's not real if you look at overall statistics, but it is a thing w/ folks in the tech industry & adjacent spaces so it SEEMS real if you work there or are chronically online

Every time attempt at "Bluesky is dying" discourse is just some centrist/right-wing pundit posting on here as an excuse to run back to their home planet and go "Bluesky is full of crazy commies aaaaaaaa" Never seen one of those go into the many actual problems w/ this place

what a wonderful thread about a floundering esports megateam

Wait was i high when i left Nova Feedback off the highlights on this one wtf Seriously go listen to Nova Feedback it's like god-tier video game music but from the 70s

1. An incredible bill is moving fast in Maryland protecting transgender students. It would apply to ANY "program or activity," and would even include private schools. This would include sports, bathrooms, and more. It even has a private right of action. Subscribe to support our journalism.

As a queer author myself I applaud her standing up to censorship and hate. I don't have a lot to donate, but even a little from a lot can help make a difference in these wretched times

shoutout to all the videos on youtube like "here's a breakdown of my favorite fighting game, 12 people play it and half of us are trans"

“Wildly successful and with a lot of mass appeal” and “actually good and worthwhile” aren’t nearly as mutually exclusive as people make it out to be

i guess this is going against the current meta on this site, but i say bring on all the hate for the Mario movie. imo the main purpose of critics should be to take down disposable mainstream art a peg and promote more challenging & long-lasting art in its place