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qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 12h

I miss when I could search etsy and not have the search results be cluttered with obvious AI generated garbage.

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Deerposts (Spooky Edition) @deerposts.bsky.social · 14h

#deer 🦌

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 22h

Whenever indie devs use AI, it hurts their sales potential and retention because it’s a 🚩red flag for generalized unprofessionalism and cut corners.

Getting real art from a pro will make you look like a pro.

Teeg @teeketch.art · 22h

If you're a solo dev/small indie team looking for art or logos please don't turn to genAI. I would honestly rather folks reach out to a designer and offer like rev share alongside a smaller up front cost to get something made by a person.

Hell email me and we'll chat. Don't turn to the slop machine

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 18h

In this clip of a 1995 Computer Chronicles, we not only get some lovely showcases of the PS1 and Saturn, but also brutal honesty from Stewart as he considers console vs PC gaming.

"It's nice to know when you come home from the store having just spent $50 on a new game, it'll work."

#VideoBytes

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Bagel 🥨 @bagelcollie.bsky.social · 20h

Support

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Sunday's Playzone @sundaysplayzone.bsky.social · 14h

If anyone has a hot topic local to them, mind keeping an eye out for this shirt in a 2xl for me ;o; my husband grabbed the last one at ours and it's out of print!

I can pay for it + shipping or I'll do a full body flat color for it! (so like $75 off!)

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t know, Alaska has been hit by a massive storm, causing severe flooding. Many Indigenous villages have been completely wiped out, with some houses floating away with PEOPLE INSIDE THEM. Please keep posting to spread the info. They need help.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Mr. Cato @thestoopidcato.bsky.social · Aug 19

KEEP DRAWING!

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Jess 🌺🥚🐞ΘΔ& @cyansorcery.com · 2d

🦝companies wonder why people dont want AI when the answer is obvious: it's designed inherently to cause distrust. people are constantly using it to pass off as their own art, a real picture or video they took, etc. companies have AIs pretend to be people. and it's all forced on us without consent

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 3d

It's Brian with a word bubble that says

I want more seven out of 10 games with whatever graphics and weird ideas made by cool people that don't use ai and I'm not kidding

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Wren//Bleatnik @bleat.ink · 3d

Bleatnik has a smoke

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NameOfTheDJ @nameofthedj.bsky.social · Aug 23

#cavestory disapproving

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raxdflipnote @raxdflipnote.bsky.social · 3d

news anchor

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Ollie @keldel.bsky.social · 5d

🦉 🌟

(Painting night with my family!)

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qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 4d

"Allegedly" Josh Schriver had accounts on an adult site.
Fun fact, he previously voted against banned child marriage. Now suddenly he wants to play "think of the children."
michiganadvance.com/2025/10/08/a...

Anti-porn Michigan Republican denies connection to data breach info leaked from hookup, webcam site • Michigan Advance

Information allegedly leaked on two different cybersecurity websites has been linked to accounts apparently owned by Michigan Republican state Rep. Josh Schriver of Oxford, including accounts on adult...

michiganadvance.com

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raxdflipnote @raxdflipnote.bsky.social · 6d

anime protagonist vs grocery store

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Deerposts (Spooky Edition) @deerposts.bsky.social · 6d

#deer 🦌

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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5uki5en5or @5uki5en5or.bsky.social · Apr 29

evergreen

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Deerposts (Spooky Edition) @deerposts.bsky.social · 6d

#deer 🦌

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 7d

When @aceottorney.bsky.social first told me about this I said "this could change people's lives and stop developers from getting exploited" and having seen the final resource, I think I was not wrong. I'd call it a must-bookmark for indie devs.

René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 7d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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walking mirage @wolf.observer · 8d

if you are an artist and you don't use the paypal invoice system, you are basically asking for a malicious or clueless client to terminate your career

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 12d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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KISSman @kissman.bsky.social · 9d

I didn't know about this Signal For Help hand gesture until today. I'm quite sure that a lot of other people don't know it either (as demonstrated in this video). If you just learned it now too then it was worth posting.

Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_...

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actual heathcliff comics @realheathcliffs.bsky.social · 7d

07 Oct 2025

Spike the bulldog rounds a corner wearing a pink helmet that says NO. Unbeknownst to him, Heathcliff is on the other side of the corner, wearing a pink helmet that says YES. Two birds watch the impending confrontation from a nearby tree, and one of them says "Hold on to your butt."

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