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caffeinatedArtificer @caffeinatedarti.bsky.social · May 28

#NightReign is almost here and it's so strange to me how many aspects of it seem to line up with Padfoot's fanon/vibes that I remixed across the souls games and #EldenRing up until now.

So if the final boss looks like a confrontation with their dark reflection I'm gonna go absolutely feral.

Alloyed Padfoot, the Tarnished, stood in green and brown leather, and light metal armour.
In their right hand they hold a longsword wrapped in dull purple velvet. In their left, the hold a misericorde and have a crossbow mounted on their wrist.
A crown of short horns frames their head, and their eyes are stained with violet nectar.
Two sets of wings and a long tail protrude from their back. One set of wing are like an enormous dragonfly's, and the other are black owl's wings that protect them like elytra. The tail is serpentine, but covered in thick feathers making it look like a squirrels.
A black cloak hangs off one shoulder and slowly fades into invisibility, partially obscuring some of these animal features.
Nestled between the wings, Ranni sits side-sadle.
One pair of her arms rest over Padfoot's shoulders, the other holds the Darkmoon Greatsword tucked to one side.
Her long, tangled hair fans out behind her, and her spirit form is glowing pale blue.
They are both surrounded by motes of blue and coppery light that shine out against a dark, nighttime sky.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 5h

Israel bombed Gaza 100 times last night & has, once again, blocked essential aid. They want total death.

Trump's "plan" was always going to lead to this & it's an irrevocable stain on our "leaders" that they rushed to praise it. Only a full embargo on the zionist state will end the genocide.

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DOMROM @domrom.bsky.social · 1d

Nova I drew for Revenant's recent artist spotlight

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 1d

Always: mad love to everyone protesting against corrupt tyranny - but please do ensure, if you haven't already, that you join liberatory groups after the protest. Mobilisation without organisation is a parade.

The situation is too dire for us to not push beyond disagreeable placards. Solidarity ✊

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 3d

reminder that the people who made Hard Drive good were pushed out and some of us are doing our own thing here. give us a follow to support independent gaming satire and not whatever the fuck this is supposed to be

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Kristen Thomasen @kristenthomasen.bsky.social · 3d

Remember how the Death Star had that one hidden weakness?

Well, an important kill switch in this massive surveillance network is: individual control over a bunch of the nodes. People hold the power to tear the network down.

Love your neighbour, trash the Ring camera.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

Legion of Doom to partner with the Sinister Six.

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 4d

Council Tax is so regressive - urgent reform is needed.

Proud to be one of the MPs who signed this letter:
acorntheunion.org.uk/press-releas...

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 5d

Israel isn't complying with the ceasefire agreement (letting in aid, releasing Palestinian hostages, simply not killing people) because the state doesn't want a ceasefire: it wants full liquidation.

Don't allow a complicit media to paint Palestinians at fault for their own genocide.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 7d

People using Margaret Thatcher' 100th birthday to celebrate her death is so disappointing to me. You can celebrate her death EVERY day of the year, people!

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🎃Yagamimi🎃 @luigiyagami.bsky.social · 12d

posting the updated tristan just to see how this goes
#revenant #tristan

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 13d

Bourgeois "democracy" is already intrinsically undemocratic. But the UK's abysmal first-past-the-post system, where a party with a quarter of the vote share could hold a majority of a country's seats, is just mechanically fucked.

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 POLL | Reform lead by 7%

➡️ REF – 27% (-2)
🔴 LAB – 20% (-2)
🟠 LD – 17% (+2)
🔵 CON – 17% (+1)
🟢 GRN – 12% (+1)

Via @YouGov, 5-6 Oct (+/- vs 28-29 Sep)

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Boater Witch Poppy @boaterwitch.bsky.social · 14d

A line drawing of a British cop with the words popo on his helmet. Around him, in comic sans, it says:

stop, this protest is illegal!

you're only allowed to protest against the government if the government says it's okay!

yes I know the point of protests is to cause disruption to incite those in power to make a change

but you're causing too much disruption now and it's starting to annoy those in power so stop pls

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alyaza ΘΔ @alyazabirze.bsky.social · 14d

deleting *this* post is such incredible "put it in the paper that i'm not mad" energy—it doesn't even tag Jay. i'm so serious: deeply cooked website

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 15d

The fact that the pendulum *has* to swing the other way, what with the inherent instability of liberalism & fascism's fundamental inability to "fix" its issues, doesn't mean that we can wait until the tide turns to act.

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 16d

Imagine being the CEO of a company that solely exists, & attracts investment, because a critical mass of people abandoned your competitor over bigotry. Now imagine crashing out publicly & asserting your userbase has no value to you because you don't want to eject a specific & named bigot.

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 16d

Are you paying us? Where?

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 19d

KOSA is now in red alert priority.

Please contact your representatives, dem and gop alike, and demand they oppose KOSA

We need to turn out in numbers against this!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 26d

#SaveSpeech

Ive updated this infographic with additional bill info, issues, etc

Find your federal and state reps below and make your voices heard!

www.congress.gov/members/find...

www.usa.gov/elected-offi...

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🎃Yagamimi🎃 @luigiyagami.bsky.social · 19d

Today marks 3 years since I revealed Nova - and by extension Revenant - to the world, so to commemorate, my character artists and I made this!
Go give them some support as this project wouldn't exist without them. We and the rest of the team can't wait to show you what we've made
#nova #revenant

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 23d

Petitions don't tend to do a whole lot in UK politics, unfortunately.
However, one as recently set up as this now hurtling towards 2 million signatures, likely making it one the most popular petitions in UK government history, should at least scare some away from supporting this nonsense.

Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 23d

This petition gained a million signatures yesterday. If we can keep up that growth it will terrify people at the Labour conference.
#PapersPlease
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Sophie @sophiebaybey.bsky.social · 24d

This is just... unprecedented. I'm sorry if this sounds pessimistic in any way but I really am just in awe that this happened. Tech companies dont just pull out of military contracts like this. This decision is going to echo out loud. It won't wash the blood of Microsoft's hands, but... this is huge

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 24d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 25d

i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 25d

ive made my calls to paypros and representatives today! have you?

stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 25d

Spain announces it is joining Italy in sending a ship to assist the flotilla against Israeli attacks

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kaylee rowena (haunted) 🫀 @kayleerowena.com · 25d

a general strike shut down italy on monday in support of palestine & now this is happening. international worker solidarity still has power!!

elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 25d

Holy shit.

Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip

www.dw.com/en/italy-sen...

Italy sends naval vessel to help Gaza aid flotilla – DW – 09/24/2025

Italy has sent a naval frigate to a flotilla of boats attempting to bring aid to the Gaza Strip. Activists, lawmakers and journalists in the convoy said drones attacked some of their boats.

www.dw.com

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caffeinatedArtificer @caffeinatedarti.bsky.social · 26d

she got enough enhanced strength to cock a gun with her teeth

you know she didn't

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27d

Cooper "The humanitarian catastrophe worsens.. children dying of starvation while food rots at the border"

So you'll stop all arms exports to Israel? No
So you'll halt all trade? No
So you'll impose sanctions? No
So you'll end all military ties? No

So its just empty words

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 27d

Both forms of Fascism are immensely cruel, where humanity is to be subjugated before The State. But, original fascism mythologized the state into an almost religious organisation. This new fascism isn't even willing to pay its stormtroopers sick leave,- it's so much more fragile. It can be broken.

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