while I agree with this intellectually, as someone who helped maintain a once popular forum up until recently ( forum.biohack.me )... most users don't actually want to use forums, and maintaining something no one wants to use anymore is a real bummer.

Aftermath

@aftermath.site

One last time, Discord is not a suitable replacement for forums:

aftermath.site/discord-forums...

Fallout’s second season premieres in December and will be followed by a third

Fallout’s second season premieres in December and will be followed by a third

Onto New Vegas.

https://buff.ly/IyY72UU

No one should be detained at the airport for their political speech.

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics

"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detai...

https://www.usermag.co/p/hasan-piker-detained-at-the-border-and-questioned-for-hours-over-politics-trump-immigration

the same people who were pissed video game journalists accepted a free bagel at a press event ten years ago are now totally chill with the President accepting a 747 from Qatar

makes you think!

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a woman with red hair is holding her head with both hands

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Will Johnson

@longklaw.bsky.social

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Oh, 100%. Slide from my Political Behavior class, with graph from Iyengar's textbook

"Enough of that orange bastard!"

gains

@gains-skeets.bsky.social

“Yank pope malort deep dish”

The Pope could do the funniest excommunication.

Matt

@tiredgenerally.bsky.social

im not a Christian but re: Vance’s statement, a tiered ethnic hierarchy of moral worth is basically least christian thing for a person to believe. it is 100% incompatible with the most basic parts of the religion

1/ The US government has ordered the Swedish city of Stockholm to end its diversity, inclusivity and equality (DEI) programmes within 10 days. The city authorities say the demand is "bizarre" and they won't be complying. ⬇️

I never ran into it before! Might have done dark brotherhood quests before thieves guild before, but it was 20 years ago so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Usually Bethesda bugs don't break the fourth wall 😂

“hey baby,” i say, approaching you at the bar. “watch this”

i put a cherry stem in my mouth seductively. you look away, but eventually you can’t help but notice that i’ve managed to get it wrapped tightly around my neck. in seconds, i am dead.

starting a thread of NPC names I invented that made my D&D party so mad they yelled at me

At the 503 Day (a totally real holiday in Portland) block party and people are doing live band karaoke to Foo Fighters while other people on the side do hacky sack tricks and man, what they used to say is true- the dream of the 90s really is alive, here

Why do my guts always either turn it up to 11 or down to -11 whenever my schedule for a day changes in the slightest

It's striking how vapid and boring this all is. The meme president. His flunkies snickering about how Epic it would be to post this, certain that they're Trolling but not quite sure whom or why anymore

Joyce White Vance

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social

This is the official White House account.

"MSNBC's Tom Costello claimed Friday that an air traffic controller who works at Newark airport said, ‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’”

Gridlock, massive flight delays at one of the busiest U.S. airports

Travelers at Newark Airport this week faced hours-long delays and disruptions. Tom Costello reports.

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/gridlock-massive-flight-delays-at-one-of-the-busiest-u-s-airports-238765125646

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop fu...

https://www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-5384790/trump-orders-end-to-federal-funding-for-npr-and-pbs

“Your family will have less, but it’ll be more expensive” is definitely a solid economic pitch

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Trump on China: "They made a trillion dollars with Biden selling us stuff. Much of it we don't need. Somebody said, 'oh, the shelves are gonna be open.' Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more."

I love adding this one data point to economic charts. It works every time.

Inequality Media

@inequalitymedia.bsky.social

The 19 richest U.S. households saw a $1 trillion wealth increase in 2024, a rise that exceeds the size of Switzerland’s economy.

These 19 households now control $2.6 trillion in wealth — almost as much wealth as the bottom 50% of American households.

If this isn't an oligarchy, what is?

A page from the 1993 Cowboy Town Strategy Guide

I Am A Vapid Mercurial Twat And It Is Essential You Understand My Thought Process To The Extent I Can Express It, Today In The New York Times

this is bad when it happens to citizens and it's also bad when it happens to noncitizens

Ian Carrillo

@iansociologo.bsky.social

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects

A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigrati...

https://kfor.com/news/local/were-citizens-oklahoma-city-family-traumatized-after-ice-raids-home-but-they-werent-suspects/

complete batshit insanity

Rich Evans once called Star Trek: "Competence Porn" and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.

"what is a woman?" (and companion questions "what is sex?" etc) really is the trans rights version of "is a fetus alive" -- the answer doesn't matter and has the effect of reorienting discussion away from the wellbeing of the trans person, or woman, at hand

I think my least favorite thing about the newest season of Dr Who is that since Ncuti Gatwa is apparently very good at shedding tears on demand, they have the Dr quietly tear up at least once per episode.

Each time is less effective! It's the doc who cried bad wolf.

I am really enjoying the Oblivion remaster, especially the part where all the NPCs look like someone gave Starfield NPCs 1000X more punchable faces

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

A non-Jewish comedian is telling a Jewish comedian that he is being insulting to Jews, which is pretty much the logical endpoint of the way we talk about antisemitism in the US.

You don’t need big tech know-how to take some small, simple steps to better protect your privacy, and to build an online space that feels as free and safe as speaking with those closest to you IRL, EFF’s Paige Collings writes for @teenvogue.com.

Are You Revealing Too Much Personal Info on Social Media? Here's How to Stay Safe

We can work to reclaim technology for us.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/how-to-protect-your-online-privacy

They’re trying to make being autistic and/or trans a crime, that should be like chumming the water for people who know how to do a phishing attack.

Small comforts among the schadenfreude, dread, disillusionment, and sadness for people like me who have no idea whether they've had one or two MMR doses- one dose is lifelong 93% effective, two doses 97%, and breakthrough cases tend to be milder.

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Controversial doc gets measles while treating unvaccinated kids—keeps working

Ben Edwards has grown popular in Texas for providing unproven measles treatments.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/controversial-doc-gets-measles-while-treating-unvaccinated-kids-keeps-working/

is this real

Someone just needed to tale the keys away from Jorge, and the prequels would be all time classics instead of "the most prophetic story ever written buried under the worst slop imaginable"

looking forward to some of that good 'ol bethesda jank in HD

How I arrived on Bluesky

a man in a pirate hat is screaming and saying hey you guys .

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Tom Coates

@tomcoates.bsky.social

How I arrived on Bluesky