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Whit☀️Wei @mochiwei.com · 8h

Linktober 2025 Day 13: Village 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

#linktober #artposting

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 6h

Trump dropping a "...but I'm built different" is wild.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Trump at the Charlie Kirk memorial event: "They fired sniper rifles at ICE agents, and me. But I made a turn at a good time. I made a turn at a good time. Charlie couldn't believe it, actually."

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Ghostin this Hell @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 6h

@GrayAthene
darkly funny that the media insists that only democrats have a problem with overly online staffers/ activists while ignoring the fact that ur average young republican is some groyper with a copy of bronze age pervert and porn on their hard drive that'd get you 20 to life

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 15h

MANY ARE UPSET THAT I THINK MY REELECTION IS LOCKED UP

lonevoice.bsky.social @lonevoice.bsky.social · 16h

Why @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, @chucktingle.bsky.social et al won't is clear: they THINK their reelection is locked up. They know the Americans who care don't have another option. And the second level leadership in the party is doing what they did with Biden: pretending nothing is wrong!

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

We didn't do anything extraordinary here. Sure, I wrote a nice script, and my friend @barubin.bsky.social did a fantastic job overlaying visuals. But what we're saying is pretty obvious.

What I wonder is why *we* have to say these things as opposed to, I don't know, @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social?

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

"Show them you're not afraid. Do it for the country. For the Constitution. For your family. For yourself. Do it for your freedom. While you still can."

This is excellent. Every Dem strategist who thinks there's risk in engaging these debates should watch it for guidance.

Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 1d

On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump.

No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. @gtconway.bsky.social

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 6h

Yup!

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 6h

He loves going to the gym with his Nazi friends

It's hard to criticize Nazis you were just having a nice sweat with, bro

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 6h

They're all Nazis you dumb fuck

Resign already so someone who gets that can do something useful

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

while 'young republicans are literal nazis' is well known to folks here, the extent of it is surprisingly not that commonly known even in media and analyst circles, let alone normal people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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Marcus Hutchins @malwaretech.com · 6h

Software engineer salaries are going to be crazy high after the LLM companies spend years enabling everyone to create mountains of technical debt then go bankrupt.

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 6h

Jesus christ. AI coding platform Augment code had to jack up prices because 22.5% of their users were spending 20x of what they paid, and even after raising the prices, they're still running at a loss.
reddit.com/r/AugmentCod...

A handful of users abused the system so all are getting punished.

This isn't about a few high-usage users. The reality is that approximately 22.5% of our users are consuming 20x what they're currently paying us. This isn't sustainable for us to continue delivering the quality service you expect. We have built some very powerful tools and we don’t want to impose artificial limits on what’s possible, but we do need to be able to charge in proportion to the use customers are getting from our platform. Developers are always going to push their tools to their limits, and we encourage that — and we need to be able to charge for it appropriately, too.

You only care about professional developers.

Our core focus is on building the best AI coding agent for professional software engineers and their teams. If people outside of that group are finding value with Augment, they are very welcome to use the product, but we’re not prioritizing features or solutions that non-developers might need, and frankly, there are plenty of vibe coding/low code/no code solutions available on the market that will better serve those customers.

You are just squeezing money out of us at 20x margin.

20x margin sounds great, but isn’t the reality for AI tools: the vast majority are running at a loss, including us, while we work to build sustainable, long-term businesses.

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

I know right? I wish hell was real all the time

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

This is true and correct

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

The Sims Online existed but from what I recall it quickly turned into a weird crime organizing and grooming hotspot and got shut down

autogynephagia @cas.bsky.social · 2d

does anybody remember when they were going to make an MMO out of The Sims? i was really hyped for that as a kid but it would have been so bad lol

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite aspect of the Columbus legend is him getting rejected by the Portuguese gets spun as them not recognizing the genius of his idea. No - he went into a roomful of expert navigators and made basic math mistakes, they thought he was a moron, and they wouldn't fund his idea on that basis.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I think working for me too now, probably only people mid-post noticed it

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I haven't tried again but what a weird issue, really curious to know what happened

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

So I'm seeing reports (including my own) that BlueSky stopped working on WiFi but does work on mobile... wtf 🙃

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

lol hey, I am seeing that Bluesky doesn't work on home WiFi at the moment 🙃

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Test

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Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely, this is some pathetic weasel shit to say in the actual middle of a fascist coup

Like if he said this 8 months ago, sure whatever, but now? Pathetic

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely!

good hyuck, babe! @markpopham.bsky.social · 2d

I truly believe a big reason why Democrats are failing to appropriately respond to the moment is a pathological refusal to admit that there were aspects of the American status quo pre trump that were extremely fucked up and unjust

Answermancer @answermancer.bsky.social · 1d

Holy shit I am so tired of this respectability politics fucking bullshit

Page me when Obama says "this motherfucker is clearly doing a fascist coup and we must do anything we possibly can to stop him"

Until then he can fuck off

"Weaken how we have understood democracy" -> fuck off! Fuck! Off!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

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...

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