Nostr notes by Ghost of Ratboy

I thought I was the only one that that Temple of Doom was bad.

2026-07-30T14:49:46Z

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I thought I was the only one that that Temple of Doom was bad.

Free tip: don’t try to fly fish with a rapala

2026-07-17T22:44:25Z

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Free tip: don’t try to fly fish with a rapala

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2026-07-17T21:15:03Z

Lesser of these 2 evils in 2026?

It is time to let the bots have the internet and we can assemble ...

2026-07-15T15:32:40Z

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It is time to let the bots have the internet and we can assemble once again as humans face to face, preferably with a coffee in hand.

Was just laughing at the latest reports of the reflecting pool ...

2026-06-20T20:44:05Z

Was just laughing at the latest reports of the reflecting pool paint peeling.

Then I stopped because it was never supposed to last. It was only supposed to provide an excuse to siphon taxpayer money to cronies.

It was wildly successful in its intended purpose.

#USPol

Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Whether real or fake, ...

2026-04-26T02:43:38Z

Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.

Whether real or fake, tyrants will utilize emergency events to consolidate power.

#WHCD #TimothySnyder #OnTyranny

Living my best catastrophe

2026-04-01T04:48:45Z

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Living my best catastrophe

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2026-03-29T20:16:02Z

Will trade impostor syndrome for opossum syndrome.

It is my understanding that there exists limited ways to track ...

2026-03-14T17:16:51Z

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It is my understanding that there exists limited ways to track even when a phone has been powered off.

This really leaves the option to not carry your phone at all.

If they are to receive any training it’d only be to enhance ...

2026-02-24T00:02:13Z

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If they are to receive any training it’d only be to enhance their level of terror induced upon the US people.

@npub1wzw…38nd One day, once we get past this era of “AI,” ...

2026-02-21T03:25:35Z

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Shannon Prickett (npub1wzw…38nd)
One day, once we get past this era of “AI,” we’ll look back upon it as some sort of contagion that spread throughout upper and then middle management. A mania that they believed was doing something while it barely moves the needle (if at all).

The Board of Peace is just going to carve up Gaza for their own ...

2026-02-19T16:52:20Z

The Board of Peace is just going to carve up Gaza for their own benefit.

Excellent TV show. Now is a good time for a successor that ...

2026-02-18T16:47:39Z

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Excellent TV show.

Now is a good time for a successor that tackles the “AI” lunacy.

example from earlier where something (service or client) made it ...

2026-02-18T02:22:40Z

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example from earlier where something (service or client) made it all lowercase.

That’s part of my reasoning but I also find it is helpful for ...

2026-02-18T02:18:14Z

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That’s part of my reasoning but I also find it is helpful for sighted people too. I dislike that some clients/services make it all lowercase.

I want you all to know that regardless of what Mastodon, the ...

2026-02-17T23:54:59Z

I want you all to know that regardless of what Mastodon, the Fediverse, or any client does, I proper case my hashtags, always.

American society is ill. It has been for a long time. Random acts ...

2026-02-17T00:52:16Z

American society is ill. It has been for a long time. Random acts of gun violence and MAGA are only symptoms not the root cause.

I can recall the halcyon days of only worrying about random acts of gun violence but now we have state-terror too.

My thought was just stripping away all the exceptions, ...

2026-02-16T05:45:13Z

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My thought was just stripping away all the exceptions, deductions, credits. So that when the billionaire tax marginal tax rate is 35% or whatever it actually is, that they pay that amount.

And then I don’t need to spend hours filing taxes each year. I just pay the marginal rate and I’m done.

What if we just had a tax system where everyone just paid the ...

2026-02-16T03:35:11Z

What if we just had a tax system where everyone just paid the marginal rate on income? It’d be like 5 mins to complete taxes and billionaires would have to pay too.

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2026-01-13T05:57:12Z

What is the purpose of sweating when nervous?

Do you people inside my phone have your own smaller phones with ...

2025-12-20T07:04:04Z

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Do you people inside my phone have your own smaller phones with yet smaller folks inside of them?

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2025-12-17T23:06:18Z

Has Mega Man had a Snow Man robot master yet?

I know. I already paid off my loans.

2025-11-17T05:32:50Z

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I know. I already paid off my loans.

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2025-11-17T03:02:51Z

College should be free

@npub1ej9…v76z The cats, they are evolving.

2025-11-12T20:21:32Z

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Pumpkin Spice Amy (npub1ej9…v76z)
The cats, they are evolving.

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2025-11-11T02:46:57Z

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computers are actually good?

2025-11-08T06:50:56Z

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computers are actually good?

Contemplating if computers were a mistake entirely or only ...

2025-11-08T05:24:07Z

Contemplating if computers were a mistake entirely or only computers after say 2005 (date flexible) when social media began to take hold and all the enshittification that occurred in recent years.

I learned today that an old friend passed away. She was only 43. ...

2025-10-31T01:50:06Z

I learned today that an old friend passed away. She was only 43. Distance had grown between us for many years but we briefly reconnected about 1 year ago when each of us experienced our fathers' passing.

This subtractive era of life is a real challenge.

A world where the USA adopted an owl as a national symbol instead ...

2025-10-26T02:12:37Z

A world where the USA adopted an owl as a national symbol instead of a bald eagle.

They use it as a point of friction to keep workers from leaving ...

2025-10-24T15:21:35Z

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They use it as a point of friction to keep workers from leaving too easily.

Do your best to financial punish these businesses and ...

2025-10-24T04:42:23Z

Do your best to financial punish these businesses and individuals. These are the donors to the Epstein Ballroom.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/23/politics/ballroom-donors-white-house-trump

Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad

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Among other reasons, one reason for the increasing retail theft ...

2025-10-19T22:51:27Z

Among other reasons, one reason for the increasing retail theft that business owners and law is enforcement doesn't seem keen to highlight is the reduction of staffing.

Just walked out of a Michael's where there is one cashier, 6+ self checkout machines (all in use), an online self-service pickup area, and just a few employees throughout the remainder of the store.

I'm not saying they need more staffing but it is a business decision to cut labor and accept an increase in shrink.

so disappointing that the company's HR (yes I know HR is ...

2025-10-16T14:24:00Z

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so disappointing that the company's HR (yes I know HR is ultimately designed to protect the company not help the employees) allowed a 3 month employee to layoff a 10 year employee that had demonstrated high performance and was well-liked by nearly everyone that I interacted with.

Any labor law attorneys out there that can give me a 5 min ...

2025-10-16T03:36:01Z

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Any labor law attorneys out there that can give me a 5 min assessment if there is any value in pursuing a wrongful termination case?

I got the below message today from a former colleague at my last ...

2025-10-16T03:34:34Z

I got the below message today from a former colleague at my last job.

I sent this along to an HR contact that I have there. I doubt anything will happen but I couldn't do nothing.

It pisses me off so much. It again adds to the fact that my layoff was not a neutral layoff based on skills. I was targeted because I was outspoken to a new and controlling manager. And HR let it happen. And don't fucking soil my name when I'm not around to defend it.

Did you know? BBQ flavored chips today are actually based on a ...

2025-10-13T02:22:21Z

Did you know?
BBQ flavored chips today are actually based on a nearly extinct type of BBQ sauce that suffered a major decline due to a disease outbreak decades ago. That sauce has since been replaced by a variety that is immune to that particular disease. This is why BBQ chips don't actually taste like the BBQ you can buy at your local grocery.

Length: 50KL

2025-10-12T03:59:39Z

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Length: 50KL

This is even better! Since words also vary in length.

2025-10-12T03:59:05Z

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This is even better! Since words also vary in length.

We should measure book length in number of words rather than ...

2025-10-12T03:57:08Z

We should measure book length in number of words rather than pages since the font size and physical page size varies so much.

If we get to the other side of this, I want these thugs held to ...

2025-10-12T02:03:53Z

If we get to the other side of this, I want these thugs held to account for their crimes against humanity. From the frontline agents all the way to the WH.

All of this but at the same time, corporations are made up of ...

2025-10-04T14:41:38Z

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All of this but at the same time, corporations are made up of humans. Why can't enough of those humans have a sense of solidarity with other humans?

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2025-10-02T03:19:15Z

Can I sue the US government for emotional distress?

How do you know the difference between wild and stocked? Is there ...

2025-09-21T03:26:42Z

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How do you know the difference between wild and stocked? Is there a color variation?

expected Rainbows? Or other?

2025-09-20T23:38:57Z

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expected Rainbows? Or other?

I'm trying out AntennaPod. I'm a sucker for FLOSS. No ...

2025-09-19T05:36:57Z

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I'm trying out AntennaPod. I'm a sucker for FLOSS.

No ads. No subscriptions. And the interface approximates Pocket Casts.

Pocket Casts is enshittifying for free users. Keeping an eye out ...

2025-09-18T22:14:48Z

Pocket Casts is enshittifying for free users.

Keeping an eye out for a podcast app. Note I paid for it before it went subscription. I'm not opposed to paying for apps, I am opposed to paying a subscription most (but not all) of the time.

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2025-09-18T04:13:01Z

Hello acid reflux, my old friend.

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2025-09-05T03:27:15Z

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Retirement is a general term for accounts for long-term savings. ...

2025-08-23T14:35:35Z

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Retirement is a general term for accounts for long-term savings. It is implied that the money will be used after retiring from the workforce.

Oh boy

2025-08-23T14:34:03Z

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Oh boy

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2025-08-23T14:28:09Z

Just moved all my retirement into Labubus

At least this finished on a positive note.

2025-08-21T04:34:55Z

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At least this finished on a positive note.

The article is light on details, so take it with a grain of salt. ...

2025-08-21T00:38:42Z

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The article is light on details, so take it with a grain of salt. They are comparing 2025 to 2020 prices. I'm sure inflation has some influence. We ought to be decreasing our energy usage (per capita) not increasing it rapidly.

I see no way that AI is returning anything near the value of what it's taking to power it. It's not sustainable. Big tech must be subsidizing it heavily in hopes that something useful comes from it and/or they beat competitors and lock in a monopoly.

I saw something earlier today about AI use having driven up ...

2025-08-21T00:31:43Z

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I saw something earlier today about AI use having driven up electricity prices by 30% in the US.

Mastodonians are tech-savvy and quite sensitive to privacy and ...

2025-08-14T21:15:39Z

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Mastodonians are tech-savvy and quite sensitive to privacy and security concerns. Even if you mean well with your freewall, it will stop some of us because we have become accustomed to abuses of our (contact) information.

In other words, it's not you, it's us.

Or

It's not you, it's everyone who came before and taught us to be more concerned with privacy and security.

but like really small, right? Cuz I just looked at my phone and ...

2025-08-09T05:00:36Z

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but like really small, right? Cuz I just looked at my phone and there isn't a lot of room for a reg size human to live in there.

are you a Snorlax? Or at least a Munchlax?

2025-08-09T04:58:09Z

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are you a Snorlax? Or at least a Munchlax?

it's ok. My job is to sleep

2025-08-09T04:55:25Z

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it's ok. My job is to sleep

Yeah.

2025-08-09T04:54:24Z

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Yeah.

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2025-08-09T04:49:13Z

I am absolutely a Snorlax.

Important to remember: no one earns a billion dollars

2025-07-17T18:53:56Z

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Important to remember: no one *earns* a billion dollars

We can have a healthy society or we can have billionaires. ...

2025-07-17T18:52:10Z

We can have a healthy society or we can have billionaires.

America: we'll have billionaires

weeks? Months?

2025-07-14T04:43:35Z

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weeks? Months?

How long until these concentration camps become death camps? 6 ...

2025-07-14T02:26:17Z

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How long until these concentration camps become death camps? 6 months? A year?

Without getting into whether property destruction is right or ...

2025-06-30T04:23:26Z

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Without getting into whether property destruction is right or wrong, I believe that violence is only perpetrated against living beings. Property destruction is just property destruction, it is not a violent act.

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2025-06-30T04:13:12Z

Is property destruction violence?

Virginians don't get to read Kentucky right side up from ...

2025-06-16T18:43:34Z

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Virginians don't get to read Kentucky right side up from their perspective

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2025-06-04T00:58:29Z

Bob Marley is punk rock.

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2025-05-25T02:25:10Z

That thing you need? You probably don't need it.

🤔 But there is no Simba coming to save us. We need to rally ...

2025-05-13T01:06:36Z

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🤔
But there is no Simba coming to save us. We need to rally all the animals to remove Scar from the Whitehouse.

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2025-05-09T04:44:30Z

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I've been referring to all the unjust arrests by ...

2025-04-26T01:13:10Z

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I've been referring to all the unjust arrests by plain-clothed, masked men as abductions because they are.

There is no bending the knee, only licking the boots.

2025-03-12T17:12:28Z

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There is no bending the knee, only licking the boots.

Get in, losers. We're going viral on Mastodon. 5 booste

2025-03-12T13:33:46Z

Get in, losers. We're going viral on Mastodon*.

* 5 booste

2 thoughts: 1. The market loves fascism 2. The market is not ...

2025-02-18T22:38:27Z

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2 thoughts:
1. The market loves fascism
2. The market is not acting rationally

this is going to have devastating impacts on the economy too. ...

2025-02-18T22:31:16Z

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this is going to have devastating impacts on the economy too. That isn't to overlook the individual suffering being inflicted but to add to it the social level economic impacts of government job cuts. Each one of those jobs contribute to more dollars cycling through the economy for all the things individuals need and want.

The reaction to Musk's Nazi salute is exactly what someone ...

2025-01-22T03:43:05Z

The reaction to Musk's Nazi salute is exactly what someone like him would want.

It's being celebrated by extremists and played down by mainstream media. It couldn't be any more ideal for him. He captures the enthusiasm he wants and gets to skirt true accountability for it.

#USPol

Data which is not collected cannot be leaked.

2024-12-28T03:59:53Z

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Data which is not collected cannot be leaked.

Is this a law yet? Data which is collected will eventually be ...

2024-12-28T03:57:15Z

Is this a law yet?

Data which is collected will eventually be leaked.

it doesn't matter. Fascists will not operate within norms, ...

2024-12-08T17:16:16Z

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it doesn't matter. Fascists will not operate within norms, rules, and laws. I wish people would stop expecting him to operate like a normal elected.

Me: Mom, can I get Super Mario Brothers? Mom: We have Super Mario ...

2024-12-04T06:10:58Z

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Me: Mom, can I get Super Mario Brothers?
Mom: We have Super Mario Brothers at home.
Cue this abomination.

Sometimes it's hard to read On Tyranny, The Road to ...

2024-12-02T03:27:48Z

Sometimes it's hard to read On Tyranny, The Road to Unfreedom, and On Freedom all by #TimothySnyder but knowledge (of what has happened, what is happening, and likely what will happen) is power even during dark current events.

My new brother-in-law. ...

2024-11-25T16:41:08Z

My new brother-in-law.

"No one (except perhaps a tyrant) has a private life that can ...

2024-11-12T20:23:14Z

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"No one (except perhaps a tyrant) has a private life that can survive public exposure by hostile directive."
#TimothySnyder
#OnTyranny

Be as courageous as you can. #OnTyranny #TimothySnyder

2024-11-07T15:52:36Z

Be as courageous as you can.

#OnTyranny
#TimothySnyder

Let your feelings be felt today. Feel that surprise, shock, ...

2024-11-07T04:21:00Z

Let your feelings be felt today. Feel that surprise, shock, disgust, despair, and anything else you feel in the aftermath of the 2024 election.

When you are ready to resist and rebel, I urge you to read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder. Mr. Snyder provides 20 simple lessons informed by 20th century fascism.

It will provide easy and powerful lessons to resist any increasing fascism in a 2025 Trumpist America.

#OnTyranny
#TimothySnyder

My idea of freedom allows people to express who they are without ...

2024-11-06T23:03:19Z

My idea of freedom allows people to express who they are without fearing harm.

Seeing what I see in the stock market reaction today, the word ...

2024-11-06T22:16:43Z

Seeing what I see in the stock market reaction today, the word griftocracy pops into my head.

lake or aquatic weed farm?

2024-09-22T18:30:25Z

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lake or aquatic weed farm?

if it makes you feel any better, developers have just put those ...

2024-09-18T14:58:38Z

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if it makes you feel any better, developers have just put those cookie notices on pages served to US users as well. So we get them now too.

oh, yeah, very possible. We get screwed in many additional ways ...

2024-09-18T14:53:17Z

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oh, yeah, very possible. We get screwed in many additional ways here in the states.

I clicked the link provided and it took me right there.

2024-09-18T14:52:06Z

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I clicked the link provided and it took me right there.

great time to review all other questionable settings they have ...

2024-09-18T00:37:17Z

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great time to review all other questionable settings they have enabled by default as well.

Thank you!

you won't have to go home but you can't stay in here.

2024-08-21T21:24:49Z

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you won't have to go home but you can't stay in here.

I'm sorry that you all are trapped inside of my phone. I ...

2024-08-21T14:56:43Z

I'm sorry that you all are trapped inside of my phone. I spend a little time everyday thinking of ways to get you out.

Guy who plays Tim Follin composed games because he likes the ...

2024-08-05T20:34:05Z

Guy who plays Tim Follin composed games because he likes the gameplay but not the music.

#MakeUpAGuy
#VGM
#TimFollin
#RetroGaming

A collection of badges/lanyards. #CaliforniaExtreme #CAX #MAGWest ...

2024-08-04T16:33:32Z

A collection of badges/lanyards.
#CaliforniaExtreme
#CAX
#MAGWest
#RetroGaming
#Pinball

her origin story is that of a primary target of gamer gate

2024-08-02T18:32:24Z

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her origin story is that of a primary target of gamer gate

not digging the heel turn

2024-08-02T18:13:47Z

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not digging the heel turn