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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 12h

AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.

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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 18h

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.

Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of the password manager.

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Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks to Ben for sharing this contract..a lot in it has made me shake my head so far but this made me scream absolutely not.

NO. Romie, who is great to work with by the way, is correct.

What the fuck. Get out.

🌈 Romie glows in the dark 📽 @romiesays.bsky.social · 2d

4. This is the one that makes my head spin. Clause 2e. "The first right to develop or license the development of special projects, including, but not limited to, games, toys, T
shirts, calendars, and other items based upon characters, ideas, or plots from the Work"

What. The fuck.

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One Sassy Liberal @onesassyliberal.bsky.social · 13h

✊💙👊

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 16h

Minnesota nice

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'No Kings' protests to be held in 69 Minnesota cities this weekend

An estimated 2,500 rallies will take place nationwide on Saturday.

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BooBiscuit 🎃👻 @harpomarxism.bsky.social · 17h

I love when we build each other up. When we encourage and bring out the best in our friends. When we challenge each other to be better. To be bolder.

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BooBiscuit 🎃👻 @harpomarxism.bsky.social · 17h

Creating art and music right now matters more than ever.

Hope and joy fuels resistance.

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 2d

Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].

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Mr. Buick @mrbuick.bsky.social · 29d

The unifying theory of all American conservatives is that they all demand that you be their friends at gunpoint, and tell them how handsome and special they are

grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 29d

The conservative project always makes much more sense when you realize it's just run by upper middle class American christian nationalist who are basically completely fine in material position but furious the entire country doesn't bow to their weird cultural preferences.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · Sep 16

oh no, on CBS no less

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 17h

i forgot i made this

a screenshot of Cortana from Halo Infinite (i think) in which i have photoshopped the dialogue text box at the bottom of the screen to have her say "Can I just be a bitch for a second?"

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 18h

I did this myself a while back. I always play women in games (if I can) and I've written many more woman characters than men. So I was like, is there something I'm not telling myself?

Nope. Turns out I'm fine with my assigned gender but so very tired of men being the default leads in fiction. 🙃

We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know who needs to hear this but it is 100% okay to explore your gender and then find out you're cis.

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We Have Always Existed: Transgender History @transgenderhistory.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know who needs to hear this but it is 100% okay to explore your gender and then find out you're cis.

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Susannah R @susannahredelfs.bsky.social · 19h

“Life is beautiful, and life is stupid.”

—Decibel Jones, Space Opera
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Manuscript Academy @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve spent years writing something beautiful.

Maybe even important.

And now you have to turn it into ____ meets ____?!

Yes, we think this is unfair too.

Mostly because no one teaches you how.

We’re here to help! Class + workshop + panel October 21-23:

incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

InCOMParable - Master Your Comp Titles

A new way to use comps to control the conversation around your book. Interactive workshopping, focused classes, and nostalgic 2000s quiz.

incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 1d

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

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Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

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Goodman Games @goodmangames.bsky.social · 1d

Jennell Jaquays was a pioneering creator in both tabletop and video gaming.

She created two immense and now legendary adventures, Dark Tower and The Caverns of Thracia. Nearly 50 years later, both are now beloved by a new generation of players.

Read more: goodman-games.com/remembering-...

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Jesse "Pecke in the Crowne" Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 23h

Julien Adolphe Duvocelle, Skull with Bulging Eyes and Hands Gripping a Wall, c. 1904, pencil and charcoal, 36 x 25 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)

A charcoal drawing of a skull with bulging eyes with a scythe gripping a wall (?) in a black frame decorated with bones

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 1d

5/5 stars to Six Times We Almost Kissed (and One Time We Did) by Tess Sharpe
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Mason Matchak's review of Six Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

5/5: I know a romance novel is good if I speed through it, and I finished this book in four days, so yeah, it hooked me real damn hard and never let go. This is easily one of the most emotionally powe...

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Mason T. Matchak @masontmatchak.bsky.social · 1d

4/5 stars to Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang
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Mason Matchak's review of Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

4/5: I was surprised at this book's length, or lack thereof - it seems like a book about a lady knight who slays dragons going to a place that sees dragons very differently should be a longer story, p...

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June White 🫀 @cuntmoney.bsky.social · 1d

Fiction is an experience you co-create and that makes it very special.

You don’t direct the movies you watch. You can’t change video game graphics or sound. You’re not a part of the band playing the music you listen to. But fiction is nothing without your imagination bringing it to life.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 1d

I just want you all to know that when we told you that they wanted to destroy everything and you thought Black women were exaggerating? This was the "ironic" racism you said we were overreacting to 10 years ago. Racism has never had generational limits

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Laura Blegen @laurablegen.bsky.social · 1d

Finding the little joys in life doesn't mean ignoring the big terrors.

Flowers grow between the cracks of broken sidewalks all the time.

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Michael G. Williams 🏳️‍🌈 @mcmanlypants.bsky.social · 1d

A very sincere happy 48th birthday to the day activist Thom Higgins threw a cream pie at anti-queer hatemonger Anita Bryant. :)

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 1d

The best thing you can do for your writing is to take good care of yourself. The work comes easier, faster, and better when you've got full bars.

Corollary: The best thing we can do to get more amazing art from our faves is to take good care of the artists.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

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Matthew Claxton @matthewclaxton.bsky.social · 1d

We don't tell young writers "You gotta be a huge freakin' weirdo!" often enough.

It's an asset!

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