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culture journo, reluctant gamer, reclaimed italian alyssamercantewrites.com bylines at aftermath, the guardian, rolling stone, gamespot, kotaku, jezebel, jalopnik, digital trends, gamesradar, sfx

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Alyssa with an espresso martini and sunglasses on at the bar

Alyssa with an espresso martini and sunglasses on at the bar

How is she affording all this

17.10.2025 02:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s poetry

16.10.2025 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have dreamt about this look every night since I saw it

16.10.2025 23:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to get a dupe of a pair Gaga has been wearing!!!

16.10.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Alyssa in a black alpha industries bomber, black sweater, vintage red tartan wrap skirt, and platform black leather boots standing on the subway platform

Alyssa in a black alpha industries bomber, black sweater, vintage red tartan wrap skirt, and platform black leather boots standing on the subway platform

Alyssa in a black alpha industries bomber, black sweater, vintage red tartan wrap skirt, and platform black leather boots standing on the subway platform

Alyssa in a black alpha industries bomber, black sweater, vintage red tartan wrap skirt, and platform black leather boots standing on the subway platform

๐Ÿš‡

16.10.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 53    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got to listen to this one on the original Dub

16.10.2025 20:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh my god

16.10.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

omg no

16.10.2025 21:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

atsu's bare ass i'm--

16.10.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

16.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2399    ๐Ÿ” 296    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 96    ๐Ÿ“Œ 151
Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by FallOutBoyVEVO Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance (Official Music Video)

No @alyssamerc.bsky.social stream today for totally understandable reasons, so I feel like it's my job to share this horrific sentence:

"Fall Out Boy released Dance, Dance on this day 20 years ago."

youtu.be/C6MOKXm8x50?...

16.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

JESUS CHRIST

16.10.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

16.10.2025 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35521    ๐Ÿ” 9602    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 764    ๐Ÿ“Œ 546
16.10.2025 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป

16.10.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mocking SpongeBob meme

Mocking SpongeBob meme

16.10.2025 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
16.10.2025 14:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There was some finicky UI and launch stuff (UI could use another pass tbh) but once it sorted out, this thing FLIES. Wild how good games look on it and how fast they load.

Superbly comfortable, looks clean, sounds great.

A remarkable device, just a huge financial ask!

16.10.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My Xbox Ally X review for @theguardian.com is live now!

If youโ€™ve got plenty of cash to throw around and want access to a huge library of games, this may be your holiday splurge.

If not, itโ€™s tough to justify atm.

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...

16.10.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
16.10.2025 13:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I contain multitudes: locked myself out of the job site in a real goofball moment but remembered the combination I saw someone input hours ago without telling me to get back in

16.10.2025 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 62    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Incredibly infuriating

15.10.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we live in a post-truth society where anyone who wants to ruin you can start a salacious smear campaign that others will repeat ad nauseam, and that nothing can ever debunk because it's just taken as evidence for a deeper conspiracy.

15.10.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz Hasan Piker and the Future No One Is Ready For

If those very same people could read theyโ€™d be super pissed off by Nathan (and in a recent video, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social) outlining how even the โ€œleadersโ€ in this psychosis sleuth blame game movement are victims of a distraction cycle that is breaking their brains.

youtu.be/TVaAlBfNnJY?...

15.10.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wild how, once I left Twitter, they stopped trying to do this about my every move.

15.10.2025 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 148    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Alyssaโ€™s cat on her lap watching her play Hades

Alyssaโ€™s cat on her lap watching her play Hades

Alyssaโ€™s sister playing Backyard Baseball

Alyssaโ€™s sister playing Backyard Baseball

Whole fam in on the Xbox Ally X

15.10.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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15.10.2025 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Natalie Portman drinking an iced coffee with a smirk on her face

Natalie Portman drinking an iced coffee with a smirk on her face

Italy beat Israel 3-0 and now Israel has officially failed to qualify for the 2026 World Cup

15.10.2025 12:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 521    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

why doesn't ๐ŸคŒ come up when I type "italian" in the emoji search bar

14.10.2025 18:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 170    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This is the first generation of โ€˜Trump Youth.โ€™

Theyโ€™ve spent their whole lives in the Upside Down world that is Fox News & MAGA influencers making money driving other people crazy.

This is also part of Charlie Kirkโ€™s legacy.

No firewall๐Ÿ‘‡

open.substack.com/pub/thecycle...

15.10.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 349    ๐Ÿ” 130    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

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