Alphonse

Huh?

He/him

✨Normalize punching nazis in the face✨

[Alphonse @I_alph0nse]

@dieworkwear Swedes mostly say "at least its better than *insert country*", the country changes depending on what kind of chaos is going on in the world, and what the conversation was about.

[megn cosmic @ufozb4hoez]

@RepNancyMace Best proposed community note i’ve ever seen

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

The video game industry is lobbying against Stop Killing Games

California is considering a new law called AB 1921, also known as the Protect Our Games Act.
If passed, the bill would apply to paid digital games sold after January 1, 2027.

It requires that if a company shuts down the online services needed to play the game normally, it must give players 60 days' notice and either release a patch so the game can still be played or offer buyers a full refund.

The bill does not require companies to keep servers running forever. It simply prevents them from making a game unplayable without warning or a solution for those who already paid for it.

The Entertainment Software Association, the main group representing video game companies in the United States, is lobbying against the bill.

Their arguments are basically the usual ones:
>games are licensed, not owned
>online services are complicated
>third-party licenses expire
>security risks exist
>this could be hard or expensive to enforce

Supporters of the bill, including the Stop Killing Games campaign, say this is basic customer protection because when you buy a game, it should not suddenly stop working with no remedy.

The bill gives companies clear options and applies only to future games. A hearing is scheduled for this Thursday in the California Assembly Appropriations Committee.

If you are part of an organization in the United States, especially in California, you can submit a letter of support to the committee. This is an important step for better rights for players who buy digital games.

[Alphonse @I_alph0nse]

@PlayStation Looks amazing, but I wont be buying it because of your DRM bullshit. Seriously considering switching to @Xbox after 20yrs of loyalty just because of that. Disgraceful @sony, fucking disgraceful

[BonkDaCarnivore @BonkDaCarnivore]

EPSTEIN! Now you see it, now you don't: doj releases some more Epstein files, but accidentally releases some that describe trump sexually assaulting young girls at mar a lago. Don't worry guys, they've taken those pages offline again.

Not all maga are pedos, but all maga decided being a pedo isn't a deal breaker

[Anonymous @YourAnonCentral]

Full circle

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

So wait... there is blatant Nazi rhetoric and racism happening in the Oval Office every day? You don't say @JDVance ....

[Alphonse @I_alph0nse]

@Granbarr6 Git gud? Skill issue?

[Dave Peasant, Aspiring Lorax @aspiringpeasant]

Actually this is a video of armed, masked goons assaulting US Citizens for exercising their First Amendment rights.

This is, very fucking clearly, fascism in America.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Trump would hate for you to re-post this.

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

new picture of trump with devil horns just dropped

[Democrats @TheDemocrats]

His own words.

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Damn

[Jackie Singh 🇺🇸 🗳️ IWillVote.com @HackingButLegal]

The Washington Post paywalled this so you wouldn't get to read it

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: The Late Show With Stephen Colbert portrays JD Vance.

“We heard that JD Vance loves a good-natured, funny meme, so we made one just for him!”

I'm choosing to believe this is actual footage and not 'AI'

[Star Wars Holocron @sw_holocron]

ANDOR writer Dan Gilroy has released a statement critiquing the Trump administration and commenting on the parallels between the show and Disney’s suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.

“As one of the writers on the Disney+ drama Andor, we spent six years thinking about a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about ordinary beings as an authoritarian regime comes in for the kill. Many people saw parallels between Andor and the real world. I see them as well, particularly in the events of the last week.

Donald Trump’s tools of governance, coercion and intimidation, have found focus on Hollywood. Faced with a social media firestorm, fear, and an FCC head threatening “they can do this the easy way or hard way,” Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel for speaking his mind. I deeply disagree but acknowledge it was a difficult decision. If you believe otherwise, wait until fate knocks on your door and demands you choose between conscience and hardship — because if you work in this industry that day is coming.

The suspension bought time, but not much. Disney now stands at a crossroads: terminate Kimmel’s contract and become pavement for the road to a brave new Trumpian world; or stand for the First Amendment and take the onslaught. There’s not much at stake, just free speech, the oxygen that sustains life in this town.

Trump’s aim is to control what we make and say. The concept seems far off and abstract. Neither is true. Is it hard to conjure a new oversight office or cabinet seat? Is it difficult to picture Trump toadies deplaning at LAX with binders of banned topics and mandated alternatives? You’ll meet them when you have to pitch for approval or get grilled about subversive co-workers.
Regardless of how the jack-booted attack on Jimmy Kimmel is resolved, this isn’t a skirmish. It’s a siege. The first thing Putin did after taking power was silence shows that criticized him. Artists are censored first because they fear us most. The fact this isn’t new doesn’t diminish the shock of the last few days. The majority in Hollywood believed their job was entertainment — the bolder souls attempted to inject theme and commentary — but for everyone this has suddenly become Westworld real.

Whether you’re reading this on line at Blue Bottle or killing time before your 3 o’clock Zoom or staring at a glowing screen unable to sleep, we have all become characters in a story where our actions carry actual weight and consequence. Our industry faces the most sophisticated, venomous, creeping evil in America’s history. There’s no standing above this conflict. No impartial observers. If you’re on the sidelines you’ve made a choice and must live with it.

Their goal is to instill fear, to make you feel helpless, hopeless, to break you down. Don’t let them. Educate yourself. Organize. Speak truth to authority. Because the story’s not written — the pen is in your hand.”

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

Everything’s fine

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

Everyone is getting this Jimmy Kimmel thing wrong.

A) It's not cancel culture when it comes from the government. It is censorship and state repression, just like in traditional authoritarian regimes.

B) Kimmel wasn't taken off the air for crotizing Kirk. He was taken off for criticizing Trump's lack of concern for Kirk. It was a criticism of the government. This has nothing to do with "cancel culture" and everything to do with freedom of speech.

Don't let them gaslight you into thinking this is a minor chapter in the culture wars. This is so much more.

[Tom Morello @tmorello]

I’d like to thank all the 2nd Amendment loving patriots who are caravanning towards Chicago right now to defend the people against a Tyrannical Federal Government that has declared war on a U.S. city!! Thank you for putting aside the racism & white supremacy that has kept you from stepping up until now! Big Government Thugs wanna “tread on” the people! Now’s your time to stop them. Like you talk about.

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Where are the Epstein files, the president’s medical records and full tax returns?