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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 20m

I don't know what's shaking with the WWE ID program, but I do know that not keeping Kylie Rae under contract while she's pregnant is an absolute bullshit move by WWE.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 1h

This one is a few years old, I pre-ordered it and it's been great: eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thu...

If you just want more USB-Cs and less other stuff, this one is smaller/cheaper, but I can't personally vouch for it. eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-thu...

OWC 11-Port Thunderbolt Dock for Mac

Expand your workstation with the OWC 11-Port Thunderbolt 4 Dock. Connect all your peripherals, displays, & devices with ease. Simplify your setup now!

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 1h

Venting or would you like a recommendation?

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 2h

I still believe that Dropbox is the best way to sync and share files, although I don't think they've made many improvements to it in recent years.

Here's one improvement that would be a slam dunk for me: from the web interface, let me toggle a folder's Selective Sync to any/all of my devices.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 2h

Really pleased that Apple updated the Vision Pro today. It's still not something I need or can afford, but I think wearables are going to be a huge part of the future and I want them to keep plugging away at both the Vision Pro and the rumored glasses version.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 17h

Hey folks — if you donate to either/both of these GoFundMes, I'll do an hour's worth of consulting work (ttrpg biz, graphic design, crowdfunding) for you.

Rob Wieland: gofund.me/edab5e905

Steven 'Bull' Ratkovich: gofund.me/6474dcaeb

Donate, show me proof, we'll work out the details.

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

gofund.me

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 21h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 17h

Hey folks — if you donate to either/both of these GoFundMes, I'll do an hour's worth of consulting work (ttrpg biz, graphic design, crowdfunding) for you.

Rob Wieland: gofund.me/edab5e905

Steven 'Bull' Ratkovich: gofund.me/6474dcaeb

Donate, show me proof, we'll work out the details.

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

gofund.me

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Matt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 18h

Hey, folks, this is the GoFundMe that Rob Wieland's family set up to help cover his final expenses. Please give if you can.

gofund.me/de4a5b81e

Donate to Family of Robert Wieland, organized by Vickie ONeill

Friends of Robert Wieland have requested that we set up goFundMe page for the benefit of his f… Vickie ONeill needs your support for Family of Robert Wieland

gofund.me

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 20h

oh heck have FUN it looks so cool

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Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · 2d

Final Day! Campaign ends this evening. Thanks so much for keeping World Wide Wrestling... world wide!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

World Wide Wrestling 2E: Repackaged

Reprinting the Premier Pro Wrestling ttrpg of Narrative Action - In Hardcover For the First Time!

www.kickstarter.com

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 1d

'Some'? :D

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 1d

A tiny love-letter to companies you love:

"Hey, I can pay by check if that saves you on fees."

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 2d

InDesign has three main types of objects: Text Frames, Object Frames, and Fuckers.

A Fucker may be either a Text Frame or Object Frame, and you probably accidentally locked it.

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Tancread @gleefulgecko.com · 2d

I died during exercise routine planning.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 2d

Another InDesign replacement enters the arena.

Body Pillow Drakonovna @artificialangel13.bsky.social · 2d

Have fun

LBB Front-Cover Rendering Machine

Create LBB Front-Covers! – Select Your Options, and Click “Render”! Hints Don’t use more than 25 characters for each text entry, or the font will shrink, and the LBB will lo…

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 2d

I too thought this said "I'm Not Your Personal Trainer" AND I thought it was a Traveller supplement.

Daniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 2d

Design tip: The font Futura is drawn with geometric shapes and minimalist features, which makes it especially prone to confusing lowercase a and o.

I thought this said "I'm Not Your Personal Trainer"
#typography #graphicdesign

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Ray Vallese @rayvallese.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a four-word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

He did a dawizard.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 3d

"The chancellor approved it"

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 3d

Maybe Ryan Murphy is actually from an alternate future and he's been sent back to our present day to destroy "true crime" fiction.

Holy damn was the Ed Gein season of Monster terrible, top-to-bottom.

Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 4d

I think a short overtime in most sports is pretty reasonable — and generally exciting.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 4d

I firmly believe that overtime in every sport should just be The Sport. No shootouts, no changed rules.

Regular season ties are fine. "We battled for 65 minutes and it came out equal" is far better than "We battled for 65 minutes, it was equal, and then we played a subset of the game for a point."

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 4d

dogshit font anger society

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 4d

One of the true crime podcasts I listen to — I like the stories as they aren't common ones — but the host emphasizes just how terrible and violent everything is so much it becomes almost parody.

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 4d

Me: "Oh, this graphic is obviously 1/8th of an inch too wide, it must be fixed or this entire book will be ruined."

Microwave instructions: "Microwave this silly little burrito for 1 minute 25 seconds."

Me: "Absolutely the fuck not." *jams the 30-second button 3 times*

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Adam Jury @adamjury.com · 5d

full art pizza lands

Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 5d

It’s official! I can talk about it!

I’ve spent the last 2+ years leading the narrative for the Magic: the Gathering Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set!

I’m excited to see all of this release! TMNT is such a weird, wild franchise that meshes weirdly well with Magic

magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...

Collecting Magic: The Gathering® | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: A First Look

Cowabunga! It's time to explore the new cards and treatments in Magic: The Gathering | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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