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acabylon 👻 BOO! 👻 @acabylonbee.bsky.social · 34m

protesting genocide: we need to purge antisemitism from college campuses

praising hitler and gas chambers: boys will be boys, cancel culture is out of control

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 2h

Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.

‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones

Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.

www.mediaite.com

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 54m

cross-referencing this with the recent paypro actions against steam and itch

The Verge @theverge.com · 23h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 37m

Any print on demand is going to take a substantial cut, and Redbubble especially is awash with stolen art. I recall a while back you could go comment on a piece of art on twitter with "I'd love this on a t-shirt" and a bot would scrape the art and reply with the Redbubble store page it generated

Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 1h

In retrospect, it was not a good print! All of the characters are facing away, the background is nothing, the composition is boring. It makes sense that it didn't sell well. I keep this one around as a reminder of the first time I tried to sell my art.

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 1h

Some people are misunderstanding, thinking I mean there was an XP Boost *book* that they missed. I meant "print" as in art print. I had a few people in the comments of strip 400 and on social media say they would love a print of it, so I made one:

a framed print of the large panel from Experience Boost 400, One Crit Wonder running toward the Dragon King

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Mae Dean @maegodhavemercy.com · 9h

Hey folks - we’re still trying to get our rent paid up, and our landlord is threatening to give us a 3-day notice if we don’t make a payment immediately.

If there’s anything you can do to help, we could really use it.

PayPal.me/MaeGodHaveMercy
Cash.app/$MaeGodHaveMercy
Venmo.com/u/MaeGodHaveMercy

Pay Real Life Comics using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/maegodhavemercy and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

PayPal.me

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · Jan 13

No! I, too, have proved my worth, Odyn. I am God-King Skovald! These mortals dare not challenge my claim to the aegis!

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 20h

It wasn't very good tbh! And sorry, I got rid of the dusty stack of them while packing for the move a couple years back.

It kind of deserved as many sales as it got lol

Autumn + Stella @autumnkitty9.bsky.social · 21h

WAIT THERE WAS A PRINT FOR EXP BOOST??? i would have nabbed one 🤕

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, I've officially sold out of Basically How It Happened!

Thanks to everyone who's grabbed a copy! I've placed a new print order and will update when I've restocked

This has been a wonderful contrast to when I made a print for XP Boost and sold a grand total of two (2), one of them to my sister

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michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

The amount of talent in this thing is genuinely absurd and Michele has been busting ass making sure it is all as creepy and witchy as you could possibly want, BACK IT

michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Absolutely gutted by this. She was at Stonewall and represented the best of that generation. The only solace I have is that she lived such a long life and got to see herself become a living legend when so many of our trans sisters don't. Rest in power.

Alt text:
Screenshot of a social media post featuring a long written tribute. The post shares the passing of a beloved community leader and activist, honoring their lifelong work in advocacy, justice, and support for marginalized communities. The text reflects on their legacy, activism, compassion, and impact on many lives, especially within Black and transgender communities. Engagement icons and timestamps are visible at the top and bottom of the post.

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 1d

Over here weighing whether I should try and get surgery overseas because there's literally techniques for designer vaginas that we don't have in the US

And despite not being part of those countries' government healthcare programs, it STILL might be cheaper

What the FUCK is she talking about?

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 2d

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 2d

what did she call us | patreon.com/lubchansky

PANEL 1: MATTIE and one other person are handcuffed on a platform over a big cylindrical vat full of glowing liquid. Behind them, TWO ARMED TROOPERS stand. One is shouting, next to a big lever.
TROOPER: You have all been charged with sexual deviance under the new statutes!
TROOPER: You are hereby sentenced…

PANEL 2: Closer in on MATTIE and the person next to her.
TROOPER (VO): …To being dropped into a big vat of acid, thus dissolving your perverted bodies!
MATTIE: I sure did prefer life before we were overrun by fascist stormtroopers.

PANEL 3: The TROOPERS look at each other.
TROOPER 2: Sorry…What did she-he call us?
TROOPER 1: NOT Cool…

PANEL 4: The other TROOPER from panel 3. He's crying, and pulls the lever. Some acid splashes into the frame.
TROOPER: STOP BULLYING ME!
SFX: CLUNK
SFX: SPLASH

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 2d

Oh sure, actual sex pest Jared Leto gets to roll up to work and force everyone to call him by a different name, but the second someone gives their pronouns...

Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 2d

Finding out that Jared Leto kept doing his method acting shit and insisted on staying in character on the set of Tron Ares and would only answer to the name of Ares is so funny, like making a big ass douche of yourself for the third Tron movie where you play “computer program that gains feelings”

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Robin Brooks @assumptionprime.bsky.social · 2d

I remember people complaining about 11.0.5, and I just didn't get it? We got Stellagosa and Valtrois? It was a perfect patch???

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Genie Lauren @moreandagain.social · 2d

OpenAI is fucking disgusting and so are the people who use it

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d

ai is a fascist tool. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Ilyasah Shabazz didn’t want to look at the AI-generated videos of her father, Malcolm X. The seemingly realistic clips — made by OpenAI’s new video-maker Sora 2 — show the legendary civil rights activist making crude jokes, wrestling with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and talking about defecating on himself.

“It is deeply disrespectful and hurtful to see my father’s image used in such a cavalier and insensitive manner when he dedicated his life to truth,” Shabazz, whose father was assassinated in front of her in 1965 when she was 2, told The Washington Post. She questioned why the developers were not acting “with the same morality, conscience, and care … that they’d want for their own families.”

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing, these dudes can't even function properly if a game doesn't give them an instant boner

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 5d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

Designed With
Gamers In Mind Designed With
Activists In Mind

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 3d

This. This exactly.

A lack of interest in prioritizing goonerbait characters is (correctly) interpreted as an acknowledgement of the widening of the audience for video games, and "gamers" don't want anyone else's wants or desires to matter. Only their own.

Lucky_Bun @luckybun.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't about porn or gooner brain or whatever, it's not even about looks, this is about power. They don't want to see beautiful women, they want all women in media to be nothing but objects for the pleasure of (white) men.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 5d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 3d

Because it needs to be said:

The Salvation Army does not exist to save you

The Salvation Army exists to convert you

And if they cannot convert you, they will not lift a finger to save you

Do not support those whose “charity“ comes with conditions

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 3d

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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