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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 13h

Un-presidented brass band at city hall in Portland tonight celebrating the release of their clarinet player from federal custody

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 15h

video games can do or contain anything but we are still limited by technology, which allows player characters to move at only three speeds: glacial lurch, gay little saunter, and naruto run

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Failbetter Games - Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 1d

does your presentation make people think, gosh, that's an individual of mysterious and indistinct gender?

we have a shirt for that

A Mysterious Individual - Failbetter Games T - Shirt

Unisex Cotton T-Shirt

gametee.co.uk

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21h

"They're my comfort character", you say, while cringing internally so hard you just might sprain something at everything they say and everything they do.

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 1d

I see artists trade their patreon and ko-fi links all the time and it seems sometimes like it's only other artists and a handful of regular followers that pass those round.

It really does help. Previous clients saying on comm ads they had a good experience also helps a lot too.

Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 1d

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Alexis Royce @alexisroyce.ink · 1d

I purchased gay monsterfucker pornography and it came in this bag

A brown paper bag with elegant bird and ivy pattern, with the words “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.
René Descartes”

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

No it isn’t stop complying in advance

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

RUN

足の回転がアニメみたいになるのが夢ですっ☆どうでしょうかっ？☆

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 2d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Chicago 🏳️‍⚧️🌱 @chicagotrans-plant.bsky.social · 2d

Evanston votes on banning ICE officers from using city property as staging areas and strengthening it's welcoming cities ordinance.

Unanimously passes.

Biss says staff will begin implementing it immediately.

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Great A. B. @gr8ab.bsky.social · 2d

There was a whole lot of ‘shrooming going on in the woods! #fungifriends

Log covered with moss and brown fungi. Large white shroom in the rear of the photo.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 2d

The biggest challenge is convincing people that things could be different and that their actions matter.

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Unni Eikeseth @unnieikeseth.bsky.social · 2d

Never too late to stomp that 🚬and make your 🧠 happy! 🧪

Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 2d

Quitting smoking in middle age or later is associated with a slower rate of cognitive decline over time, with notable benefits for memory and verbal fluency compared to continued smoking.

Quitting smoking, even late in life, linked to slower cognitive decline

Quitting smoking in middle age or later is linked to slower age-related cognitive decline over the long term, according to a new study by UCL (University College London) researchers.

medicalxpress.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

This is "debanking", and its a problem that has plagued sex workers for decades. It isnt right when its targetting sex workers and its not right when its targetting game devs and creators either.

Give paypros and your givt reps your grievances and demand that debanking of adult content stop

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 2d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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Taliax "Kazoo Noises" Latia @taliaxlatia.bsky.social · 2d

Bottom right did they not get enough plaid in kh3

Taliax "Kazoo Noises" Latia @taliaxlatia.bsky.social · 2d

I just hear missing link and start crying again

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D @vampireartistd.bsky.social · 3d

The Crime of Human Virtue by A. R. Moxon

"Why do this? I'd argue it's because human progress exposes the truth, which is that when you open up the ledger and start the historical audit, that supremacists, fascists, Nazis, Republicans—whatever you want to call them—actually have contributed nothing of value. The best they can claim is that they enslaved those who built it for them as they watched, and now possess the booty that they stole from somebody else's safe. Certainly it's true of these modern fascists. Contra Miller, they build nothing except concentration camps of enslavement and other engines of punishment and oppression and false narratives of self-justification and premeditated violence. What has been built of value has been built from human virtue, and human virtue, like human progress, exposes the Republican project like it exposes any supremacist project, as a project void of virtue, opposed to human progress, and even to humanity, and even to humans."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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Yuna.EXE 🏳️‍⚧️ @yunanoire.bsky.social · Mar 10

Real opening paragraph in an Official Nintendo Magazine feature

"I once punched my younger brother so hard in the chest that he vomited up that morning's breakfast - cornflakes mainly. It wasn't technically the Heimlich manoevre, as he wasn't choking and I wasn't trying to save him-"

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Taliax "Kazoo Noises" Latia @taliaxlatia.bsky.social · 3d

Your enthusiastic posting alone has driven me to download this demo (was going to fund the kickstarter but they wont take my credit card ;;)

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 3d

DONT FIX ME - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKALATON RIDIG THE ROAD'S AND THERE SAYIN " DONT TRY TO FIX ME , IM NOT BROKEN, IM STUPID" BUT THERE STILL OUT THERE EVERY DAY KICKEN ASSSSS - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Tsushi Tanuki @tsushi.bsky.social · 4d

I like being alive nowadays and I hope I can bring that energy to those who are struggling to see the point in it. If no one else tells you this, your life is valuable. No matter how flawed you are. Love and peace to you.

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Tsushi Tanuki @tsushi.bsky.social · 4d

So now Wicked is so culturally Yuri that it's playing on the TV at the Yuri manga bar we visited in Shinjuku and this made me realize, we have gay being "Friend of Dorthy" and now with Wicked I guess the lesbians are "Enemies of Dorthy" considering Elphaba's stance on her lol

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