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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 4d

I will go down swinging against Windows 11
aftermath.site/windows-11-nope

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 5d

like a book, because i love you

L. D. Lewis, Peach Jolly Rancher 🍬 @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 6d

What would *your* book smell like if you engaged in a mega weirdo scented pages promotional campaign?

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🌸🐦 DoodleDox 🐦🌸 (COMMS CLOSED) @doodledox.bsky.social · Sep 19

Please Please Please do what you can to help stop this

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 18

#SaveSpeech

US legislators are pushing harder to pass KOSA and repeal section 230.

Call your representatives ASAP and make your voice heard! Advocate for protecting section 230, and demand your reps oppose KOSA!

Bipartisan Push in Congress to Weaken Section 230, Expand Online Surveillance, and Increase Platform Liability

Calls for platform accountability came with few answers about who decides what speech is acceptable.

reclaimthenet.org

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · Aug 21

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 20

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

bit.ly

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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Aug 19

Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts. The protest encampment started today, and it’s the biggest escalation of the protests at Microsoft so far www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Microsoft employees occupy headquarters in protest of Israel contracts

It’s the biggest escalation yet of the protests at Microsoft.

www.theverge.com

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Quiet 🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @quietgal.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wuthering Heights has been a fucking experience so far

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Phobia @phobia.bsky.social · Dec 25

old comic I keep thinking about lately

woman folding clothes is thinking about folding clothes but her thought bubble is interrupted with thoughts of a girl she is gay for

she then goes to get something out of the fridge but her thoughts are interrupted with just GIRL thoughts and she cant remember what she was doing

she goes to make tea thoughts constantly broken up thinking of her until she is just no thoughts head full of hearts and gayness omg she gay though y'all

She sits there blushing and sweating, her head no longer able to contain constructive thoughts she is surrounded by a horde of queer feelings. She is so overwhelmed with gayness and its just awoooooooof overwhelming and sigh duck I just want to be smooching her right now

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vicky 🌻 @crowwkui.bsky.social · Aug 12

wondercheetah⭑.ᐟ

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Aug 11

#SaveSpeech

Updated list of major US bills ya'll need to yell at your congressmen about, w/ talking points.

Tell em to say NO to:

SCREEN ACT
KOSA
IODA

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

CALL EM. MAIL EM. EMAIL EM. MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Aug 10

Anas Al Sharif had these words to publish if he was martyred which he was tonight as Israel starts the invasion of Gaza City

Martyrs of Gaza @GazaMartyrs
This is my will and my final message.
If my words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
First, peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.
God knows that I have given all my effort and strength to be a support and a voice for my people since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that God would grant me life to return with my family and loved ones to our original town of Ashkelon (Al-Majdal), occupied land. But God's will was swifter, and His decree is binding.
I lived pain in all its details, tasted grief and loss repeatedly, yet I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is—-without distortion or falsification— hoping God would bear witness against those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, those who besieged our breaths, and whose hearts were not moved by the shattered bodies of our children and women, nor did they stop the massacre our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine, the jewel of the Muslim world and the pulse of every free heart in this world.
I entrust you with its people, with its innocent children who were not granted the time to dream or live in safety and peace.
Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart, their remains scattered on the walls.
l urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward liberating the land and the people until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland.
I entrust you with my family.
I entrust you with the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter, Sham, whom fate did not allow me to see grow as I dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son, Salah, whom I wished to support and accompany until he grew strong, carrying my burden and continuing the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose prayers were the reason I reached where I did.
Her supplications were my fortress, and her light my path.
I pray God to ease her heart and reward her abundantly on my behalf.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah Bayan, from whom war separated us for long days and months, but who remained faithful, steadfast like an olive tree trunk that never bends, patient and devout, carrying the trust in my absence with strength and faith.
I urge you to gather around them and be their support after God Almighty.
If I die, I die steadfast on my principles, bearing witness to God that I am satisfied with His decree, believing in meeting Him, and certain that what is with God is better and everlasting.
O God, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path to freedom for my people and family.

Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for me mercy, for I have remained true to the covenant, never changing or betraying it.
Do not forget Gaza...
And do not forget me in your good prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
This is what Anas ordered to be published upon his martyrdom.

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♡ kleo ♡ (COMMS CLOSED) ♡ @kleocchi.bsky.social · Aug 9

Still open! 2 slots left! Tell a friend

♡ kleo ♡ (COMMS CLOSED) ♡ @kleocchi.bsky.social · Aug 4

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗦 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 !!!
︀︀✨[3 𝙎𝙇𝙊𝙏𝙎 !]✨

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · Aug 6

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

According to three Unit 8200 sources, the cloud-based storage platform has facilitated the preparation of deadly airstrikes and has shaped military operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

Thanks to the control it exerts over Palestinian telecommunications infrastructure, Israel has long intercepted phone calls in the occupied territories. But the indiscriminate new system allows intelligence officers to play back the content of cellular calls made by Palestinians, capturing the conversations of a much larger pool of ordinary civilians.

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Quiet 🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @quietgal.bsky.social · Aug 6

The strangling fruit that came from the hand of the sinner is on its way to your fucking house

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vicky 🌻 @crowwkui.bsky.social · Aug 6

yuri dickkory ft. discowing 🕺

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Yaz 🍉🇱🇧 @lluminousllama.bsky.social · Aug 5

DSBRs (Division-Scharfschütze Bioresonanztechnik-Replika), aka Sniper Unit Bioresonance Technology Replika, are replikas made to aim high-priority targets from far distances, and can use their bioresonance to conceal themselves!
#signalis #ocs

A reference sheet for my Signalis replika oc unit, DSBRs! Included is a full-body character, with an up-close shot of the details of their eyes and hands to the right.

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firepaw119 @firepaw119.bsky.social · Jul 29

Be aware that another shitty bill has been introduced: The SCREEN Act.

If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification.

Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is.

Spread this pls.

Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

#screenact #badinternetbills
#stopkosa

www.congress.gov

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spookie @handle.invalid · Aug 2

I found her gofundme! She's already raised 41.5k of her 45k goal for gas, vehicle maintenance, phone/internet costs (for posting the videos), food and supply drives for the community, and emergency funds in case she gets into legal trouble:

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · Jul 26

"A cruel love - strange love, that would have taken my life. Love will have its sacrifices. No sacrifice without blood."

A rough sketch based on the novel "Carmilla" featuring two young women in bed. One woman climbs over the other, lips brushing her neck. The scene is in shadow.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Jul 30

Aseel has lost her account her but she wanted to share this picture of her with her cat a Lisa few weeks ago and this week. She is just looking to have enough money to be able to eat. Her family has a PayPal which is quicker ( tiny.cc/hbcuzz ) and a GoFundMe (gofund.me/54db81e4 )

Aseel smiling with a fluffy cat and looking healthy

Both Aseel and the cat looking much much thinner

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dani ☘️ @sappysprout.bsky.social · Jul 30

red to blue #1000xresist #sappysart

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Miranda Mundt - BUY MUTED VOLUME 2 @mirandamundt.bsky.social · Jul 30

Book one is out please buy it 🙏
Your heart needs and wants gay witches

Miranda Mundt - BUY MUTED VOLUME 2 @mirandamundt.bsky.social · Jan 2

Muted Volume 1 is up for preorder!
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/767736

A sapphic witchy story about identity and self acceptance (and demons!) - 320 pages with a brand new bonus chapter 💕🌿

#graphicnovel #ogn #mutedwebtoon #gl

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🍊 tsu @tsurudraws.art · Jul 30

Fictional kinks can't hurt me but a fascist regime very much can and will.

If you genuinely think fictional content (yes, even the "too gross" ones) is WORSE than fascism, reprioritize your life.

I can curate what fictional content I engage with.
I can't content warning my way out of fascism lmfao

Lamb 🔞 @lustylamb.com · Jul 27

As expected seeing ppl backpedaling on the itch thing now that there's a list of the unacceptable content and it includes stuff that's "too gross"

It's all of us or none of us. Our enemies have made that clear.

I would rather work side by side with a freak than with a fascist.

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Tea’s so happy being Teddy Roosevelt @teaberryblue.net · Jul 29

There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”

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White Magick Emporium COMMS OPEN @whmemporium.bsky.social · Jul 28

Keep up the pressure on MasterCard and Visa! Do NOT give up the fight until they stop thinking they can be our moral authority! Keep calling! Push buttons until you speak to a live person. Be polite. Do not discuss politics. Follow this script!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Itch/Steam thing dropped off the trending tab.

Therefore it's time to remind you again to swamp the payment processors with more calls.

If the call volume dies down in under a week they aren't going to learn their lesson. Make them regret it.

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