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⚢ Wheypenwifestre 🔆 @nizzy.cc · 5h

I don't think I've come across a poem that taps into my ethos when it comes to navigating queer community within the context of a hostile world as much as "We Have Enough Dead Friends" by Lena Oleanderson.

I strive to make my home a sanctuary where other faggots feel safe and cared for.

We Have Enough Dead Friends
By Lena Oleanderson

Come over. The doors are open,
my flat's a mess and
so is my heart
but the doors are always open.
Come over. I will make soup,
probably from frozen but
the important thing is
we will both eat.

You don't have to be dying,
but if you are,
or you feel like you are,
or if living's been hard,
call me, and I will show up.
It doesn't have to be that bad,
it doesn't have to be bad at all,
but if it is, please call.

Do you want me to do the groceries?
Do you want me to mop the floors?
Do you need to be held;
you don't have to be dying to be held.
If you want me to be there, I want to.

I'm on the bathroom floor again,
and breathing is hard,
and eating's been hard, and sleeping,
the world is a laden thing
rolling around on my chest lately.
Just being alive is heavy tonight,
but we have enough dead friends.
Come over.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1h

They just gutted Teen Vogue which had top notch political journalism. The media is continuing to purge any sort of political dissent to Trump and the oligarchs.

www.vogue.com/article/teen...

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Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 59m

This is really sad news, Big Bad Con is super awesome.

Christopher Hutton --> PAX Unplugged @newsnerd.bsky.social · 1h

The California-based TTRPG convention Big Bad Con, which focuses on indie and marginalized creators, confirmed today that it has decided not to host a physical convention in 2026 due to the current political climate but is still determining its plans going forward.
@bigbadcon.bsky.social

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 58m

He did it again.

Delete your Twitter.

Get off of the Nazi site for Nazis.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

musk did another unspeakable, inexcusable racism that i'm not gonna spread around

but delete your twitter

no money for musk

no money for nazis

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Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · Mar 21

𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖔𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖓 𝕰𝖒𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖔𝖗

by Katherine Addison

This book was exactly the sort of thing I needed when I was going through a hard time, so I had to do a little fan-cover for it. I like to imagine it's illustrated like French serials novels!

Title: The Goblin Emperor

Image: A vintage book cover of cloth and paper, the cover illustration depicting Maia Drazhar from the book 'The Goblin Emperor' by Katherine Addison. He is dressed in imperial white robes that cascade down and over a plinth on which the words 'Drazhar Edrehasivar 7th' are engraved. His skin is the color of storm clouds and his dark hair is braided and held back by strings of pearl beads. He is wearing the crown of the Ethuviraz- the Ethuverazhid Mura. Beside his illustration is a small Sigil depicting a cat rampant with the tail of a sea serpent. The book resembles illustrated French serial novels from the turn of the 20th century.

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1h

in ordinary human discourse, there's absolutely nothing wrong with turning around and walking away from someone you don't want to talk to

on social media, you do this with muting, blocking, and block lists, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, either

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1h

no, I think it’s incredibly good actually that Bluesky gives people opt-in tools that allow them to use social media *without* constantly getting into stupid fights with strangers.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 3h

Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.

Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.

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Cai K 𓄿 𝖈𝖔𝖜𝖇𝖔𝖞 𝖈𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖎𝖉.𝖞𝖊𝖊𝖈𝖆𝖜. @estelofimladris.bsky.social · 2h

🧵 SEAMS RIGHT 🧷

Join me TONIGHT for Seams Right, my series on costuming and storytelling. Today's topic: Character Work for TTRPGs!

Wrap your head around characters for character generation, design, and performance!

See you there at 3PM PT/6PM ET!

twitch.tv/estelofimladris

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 1d

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 15h

i need to get around to the final fantasy tactics remake to see if they kept this scene in

Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · Jun 21

can you believe when this happened in final fantasy tactics

a series of dialog edited screenshots of Final Fantasy Tactics

Agrias: Hey man check it out, you can make Final Fantasy Tactics characters say anything. Thanks to computers.

Agrias: Yeah, watch this: Silver the Hedgehog could get it. Moany little bottom bitch. Squeal, blush, all desperate and shit.

Goltana Knight: It's fucked up that Final Fantasy Tactics actually said that.

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$700 for Nov Rent Needed! @wylder.bsky.social · 1d

Terry Pratchett's "boots theory" is now inaccurate in most cases as even the most expensive 'boots' are designed to fall apart so rich folk buy more.

An astoundingly clear sign that Bad Things allowed to happen to Any of us eventually affect All of us.

$700 for Nov Rent Needed! @wylder.bsky.social · 16d

We're at the point where literally the only things that dont completely fucking suck are made by individuals or small teams. Like, across the board, in every industry. Physical or digital.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 2h

It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.

A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 5h

I know it's tedious to say at this point, but this is why we need to listen when porn artists and sex workers raise the alarm about this shit. Art and people that can be dismissed as "immoral" are ALWAYS the thin end of the wedge when the powers that be try and assert control over entire systems.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (4/5) @acvalens.net · 16h

MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”

fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...

How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?

Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future

fintechmagazine.com

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DanSkinnerArt @danskinnerart.bsky.social · 1h

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Joshua Earle, Ph.D. @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 1h

Active shooter warnings at UVA right now. Keep safe everyone.

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Lyanna 🌙 comms open @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 12h

Palarid 🌕 Art Nouveau inspired commission for @ammywolff.bsky.social

#art #dnd #ttrpg

In the center of the composition, Palarid is holding her scythe, a weapon made of shadows where eyes have opened. At the top of the frame, a figure with long white hair and a red crystal in the middle of the chest is extending a hand to her. Their white hair rolls down the drame, eyes emerging from them and merging with the bottom of the frame, where two wolves and a sheep are covered in red and several eyes.

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Yuna | Commissions open @tiniqwq.bsky.social · 16h

Day 2
Flourish

#huevember #huevember25 #KettArt

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Benjanun Sriduangkaew @benjanun.bsky.social · 1h

Some titles new to this toxic yuri bundle:

Blade of Shattered Bone by @dragonprose.bsky.social, a romance between a sentient sword and her wielder
Exsanguinated Bliss by @b-saxon.femfactory.tech, about a lesbian vampire princess

Support trans WOC! itch.io/b/3364/poiso...

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social · 1h

In addition to supporting venues like @conjured.ink, I called my bank and told them how deeply concerned I am about credit card companies and payment providers pressuring sites into delisting things “that if applied evenly and fairly would mean I couldn’t purchase Game of Thrones or the Bible.”

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (4/5) @acvalens.net · 16h

MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”

fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...

How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?

Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future

fintechmagazine.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1h

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

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Rune Hrafnagaldur @lunegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Panther & Hound

Two of the jewerly desings currently available for pre-order!
The panther is one of my personal favorites🌟

🔗 can be found in my bio!

Jewelry piece in the shape of a panther head

Jewelry piece in the shape of a sighthound head

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Saralegal @saralegal.bsky.social · 4h

Rabbi Joshua ben Hanania to Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus:

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 19d

OH MY GOD JEWS

CITE YOUR SOURCES WHEN YOU WRITE

is it so hard

really come on

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social · 2h

“Valor” obviously, the phenomenal anime action tabletop rpg by @valorliana.bsky.social

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social · 2h

Got my first signup for Balor this weekend! We need 2 more to play!

Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social · 6h

And a link to charity hunger relief Valor in four distinct flavors:

startplaying.games/adventure/cm...

Join The Valor to Defeat Hunger! Learn to Play Valor Charity Games! - Roll20 / Discord - Valor: the Heroic Roleplay System | StartPlaying Games

Your team of five - your friends - stand together as one. The Big Guy stands in the vanguard, keeping the rest of you safe. The Smart One is almost as invaluable for their magic and technology as fo...

startplaying.games

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Tulchip @ Moving 📦 + Waitlist Open on VGen 🍵 @tulchip.bsky.social · 6d

Wait-list has been set up for my standard commission type! There's 6 slots but do note that start time at earliest will be start of December because I'm moving 🙏 #VGencommissionOpen

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~Classic Anime Girl of the Day!~ @retroanimegirls.bsky.social · 4h

Today's Classic Anime Girl is Urd, from "Oh! My Goddess!" (1993)!

(Submitted by @ralkaras.bsky.social!)

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