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A beautiful dog! What eyes

when my dog ate a paper towel and needs my help getting it out during a morning walk

I cannot believe how conservatives are the biggest cowards in all of humanity

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement: “Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer. “Today, we demand accountability. “In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota. “Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Star Wars Celebration: Divest from ICE Star Wars is a story about the fight against systemic oppression, surveillance, and the overreach of a fascist regime. However, the company that produces our largest fan gathering is profiting from th...

For those that are wondering about ReedPop the company who produces Star Wars Celebration, New York Comic Con, C2E2, & many more and ReedPop’s affiliation with ICE here’s a link to gives all the details actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

sounds like when I learned about dress shirts that didn't require ironing

not as a reflection of the gameplay itself - but i think the public reception isn't going to soften or decay. nuanced reviewers will see it for what it is, but my current read is they've completely lost control of perception and the story around the title.

game deserves better, that's for sure

i didn't have an issue with match finishing, but that was mostly due to it being pretty easy for me to spike ala Counterstrike after the opposing teams feed themselves

its weird how so many map & movement decisions seem to encourage movement verbs, but most of the key gunplay is stationary corners

i don't hate the hour that I played with it, but I could not tell you any element of the core loop being something that players would be really excited to share with other people.

also ditto the kernel anticheat, especially at launch

many things about this game's rollout were bewildering choices

All of this happened with basically no help from elected officials of the opposition party. This was entirely the people.

this is why it's important to sit back and observe

YouTube video by BMRC OLDIES POWDER 2: POWDER 2 THE PEOPLE

do videos count because

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5l...

otherwise it's @jonhendren.com 's "you'll read all about it in Heartburn Magazine"

and again: if your job is to decide which people are paid to be your ambassador, your job requires you to vet every name that could be getting your dollars for their platform

i sympathize because these do look like big budget blanket deals (which i have Strong Thoughts On), but it's part of the job

LA people: ICE IS IN KTOWN

oh my god. is the car OK

also: thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiisssssssssssssssssss

charitably (and looking at the size and who is at this reveal with a #spon next to it)- this might have been a case where the marketer/influencer person picked up blanket deals with various streamer orgs & were not aware exactly who they were partnered with

still unacceptable but smells like that

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it's certainly not an invisible disability

email from bluesky Hi, We've reviewed a Post on your account @leyawn.bsky.social and found it violates Bluesky's Community Guidelines on Anti-Discrimination. We protect people's fundamental rights by prohibiting identity-based harm and hatred. For example: Do not attack, harass, or incite hatred or discrimination against individuals or groups based on protected characteristics such as age, asylum-seeker/refugee status, caste, disability, disease, ethnicity, gender identity, immigrant status, race, religious affiliation, sex, or sexual orientation. This includes hate speech, slurs, dehumanizing comparisons, supremacist content, conspiracy theories targeting protected groups, and coordinated harassment campaigns. The following Post was removed: imagine showing up to your office job and there's a crowd of people in the lobby heckling you every morning. "no one likes your emails" "your tie is ugly" lol. anyways i think everyone who works for ice should kill themselves Your post was classified as a Moderate Violation, adding 2 strikes to your account. You now have 2 total strikes. If you believe this action was taken in error, you can appeal within 14 days by emailing moderation@blueskyweb.xyz. Please include context about why you believe this decision was incorrect. Bluesky Moderation Team

according to bluesky, working for ice is a protected class against discrimination lol

lol but like their heart is in the right place

like yeah, dumb opsec, but this really feels like an imperfect ally sort of thing

remember this banger?

As you scroll through thousands of images of brutality, make sure you’re also seeing these moments of real community and solidarity unfolding against the backdrop of horror. Even in the most unlikely places, there are more of us than there are of them.

You never need to give awful people credit for occasionally doing the right thing, however you can take heart when a deeply cynical person sticks their finger in the wind and pivots rapidly in the correct direction

well some of us prefer “got that STANK on it” or varying levels of “woooooooWEEEEE that’s a business” but essentially yes

i've been dumping trash around the park every day for 20 years. many times people told me "hey stop dumping trash in the park" but i scoffed because trash dumper was a very prestigious job. now that we know dumping trash is bad, some have asked why i should be chairperson for the recycling committee

correct

the razor between the two scenarios (and imo, the main issue with the games industry at large) is many investors/publishers/studios do not truly understand how to evaluate and predict market value, because we collectively (with sharp exceptions) don’t understand what makes games marketable

Unvarnished truth. This is the one area where I give a crap about games being taken seriously ‘as an artform’.. because as it stands, funds are limited, and frankly select for charlatans.

If you’re unwilling to lie about a 10x return, you’re fucked. So liars get funded

The UK videogames sector seems to be facing a duality:

On one hand, it is trying to convince investors that it's a high-growth, low-risk sector so that it raises financing.

On the other hand, it is trying to convince government that it's suffering from market failure, so it receives funding. 1/9