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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 15h

I'm starting a digi-celibate cult and the only rule is you don't use AI to make you go "Awooga! hot mama!" when the computer says sexy words or pictures at you.

The Verge @theverge.com · 19h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 15h

a very complete set of settings that included accessibility and a repeat of the content warning which I was grateful for, excellent voice acting, and a totally creepy vibe.
I have the heart of a scared rabbit so I can't play this, but I will definitely recommend the game I haven't played any of!

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 15h

Hi!! I played Ire on stream today because the concept sounded cool but I Do Not Play Scary Games so I did not go past the first room because I couldn't find the batteries and it was too dark. That said, I thought the overall aesthetic was so cool. I loved the ghost on the map on the wall,

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 19h

Day 2!

On-Together
Kingdom of Night ⭐
The Legend of Khiimori
Scholar Adventure: Mystery of Silence ⭐
Ire:A Prologue
Little Corners
Gumball in Trick or TreatLand
A Webbing Journey ⭐

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 1d

We're live with Steam Next Fest Day 2!! a variety of demos downloaded, wheel populated, let's see where this day takes us.....

www.twitch.tv/erikamightbebees

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 1d

As always, stars indicate demos I recommend checking out!

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 1d

✨ 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 ᵍᵃᵐᵉˢ ᵖˡᵃʸᵉᵈ ✨

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Touch Type Tale
Carefully Stamped
A Storied Life: Tabitha ⭐
My Little Puppy
Skate Story ⭐
Pieced Together
Spilled!
Tingus Goose
Haste

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

Steam Next Fest starts this week! Which means I'll be playing demos sporacidally throughout the week!
If you've got recs drop em below! I'll be going live at 11 today to go through the demos available now and adding to the wheel before seeing what it serves up!

www.twitch.tv/erikamightbe...

ErikaMightBeBees - Twitch

I'm Erika. I am, quite possibly, just a bunch of bees in a trench coat.

www.twitch.tv

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 4d

happy birthdaaaaaay!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 4d

As someone who wrote part of their dissertation on this movie in the scope of expanding absurdism and its role in resisting fascism, I will say watch this, but also watch the whole movie, please!!!

Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 4d

TCM posted this a few days ago on YouTube.

The Dictator’s Speech (Clip) | The Great Dictator (1940) | TCM

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies

www.youtube.com

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 5d

Below Deck Down Unda! What will those crazy kids get up to this week?
twitch.tv/erikamightbe...

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

Stoked to be teaching this with an incredible group of collaborators. ✨

www.krmoorhead.com/event-detail...

Art for Activism | KR Moorhead

Over six weekly sessions, we will introduce a variety of creative arts techniques that can be applied to our activist practices.

www.krmoorhead.com

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

man, you’re so cool and doing cool work ❤️ science rocks

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

We’ve known for years that many viruses are oncogenic in nature… there’s ample evidence to suggest Covid is as well.

Yet another reason to wear a good quality mask like an N95, get boosted, clean the air and keep fighting for paid time off & better mitigations!

Megaholt 𓅃 @megaholt.medsky.social · 7d

That’s…not good.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40813533/

SARS-CoV-2 infection heightens the risk of developing HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer - PubMed

SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with elevated risks of HPV-related carcinoma in situ and cancer, irrespective of age or race. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay b...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 6d

is this asbestos?? what are we looking at here, rebecca? i feel like the only thing i know about your work is asbestos?

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 7d

“We don’t have to approach and criticize this album as art, because it isn’t art. The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content.”

WHEW.

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 7d

“but, IT guy, i am the clown”

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 7d

government shill tilly norwood

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 8d

As Prime Days kicks off on Amazon, please remember the power of voting with your dollar.

Bezos is a billionaire oligarch who has repeatedly bent a knee to Trump.

Amazon is known for abusing their employees and having appalling business practices.

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The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 8d

short thread on the Homeland Security Twitter’s use of literal fascist, accelerationist, and Neo-Nazi Telegram propaganda, aesthetics, and memes — incoming

The Provost / سيدة الفتنة @msentropy.bsky.social · 8d

Please amplify, those with a bigger platform than me.

It’s horrifying that the person running the US Homeland Security Twitter uses — and clearly knows — the exact same aesthetics, memes, and propaganda from fashwave, accelerationist, and Nazi Telegram.

It says everything about where we are.

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 9d

this felt too informative not to share

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Erika Phoenix @erikaphoenix.bsky.social · 9d

Tearing things down!! Maybe we'll get things that go boom today...
twitch.tv/erikamightbe...

ErikaMightBeBees - Twitch

Teardown? More like Destruction City, amiright? | cc | !clip | 18+

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11d

Rodney Taylor still needs our help!

He’s still locked in an ICE camp.

He’s still going without his new prosthetic legs.

He’s still facing deportation to Liberia.

He’s still having necessary disability accommodations ignored.

Please keep sharing his story. Public pressure works!

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE

Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

www.disabledginger.com

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