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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 5h

But what?

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The Happie Spoon @scoopaspoonful.bsky.social · 15h

“The Hamlet”

A special dedication post to my lovely Discord circle!
I joined them one year ago, and we grew a family with our Tavs. What better way to show some love than to render some portraits? 👀🤭

Without further ado, meet the HamFam!
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#bg3 #bg3tav #bg3art #bg3render #3drender

A set of colorful portraits of Tavs/Durges. Two rows of six with a black bar on the right that reads “The Hamlet 2025”.
From top left: Naerym, Boram, Diadon, Augustine, Icarus, Dolly, Finn, Ben, Vulgaris, Darius, Syvne, Eden.

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YfirheimArt @yfirheimart.bsky.social · 11h

#TavQOTD

#Verdigris "friend!" 🥺

#Molvayas 😰

Tbh I've treated Molvayas fine. Ironically, I don't fear him rejecting me as much as I do #Haraldur. He might appreciate my efforts to return Gortash to him.
I actually think Larian have more to fear from him than I do...

bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

#tavqotd If your Tav/Durge suddenly appeared at your location in the real world, how do you think you’d react to seeing them? How would *they* react to seeing you?

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 6h

Ah spaghetti, the answer to most of life’s problems.

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The Happie Spoon @scoopaspoonful.bsky.social · 15h

Eden belongs to @bladezero.bsky.social!

A portrait of a humanoid Tav, Eden (or Evie). He has a short blue hairstyle that sweeps to his right, and has green skin with bright blue eyes and dark blue sclera. He wears a simple black turtleneck, and leans to the right with his right hand on the left shoulder. He stands with a black background.

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 17h

Oh true, I didn’t think of that.

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 17h

It’s certainly a make or break moment, isn’t it? The created meeting their creator(s). Yours is probably the most optimistic outcome I’ve seen yet. I like it!

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 20h

Fair, but do you think you'd be able to convince him to spare you long enough to get him back? Because I doubt he'd want to be stuck there. Unless he's thinking with his Greed again...

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Amai | Durge Darius @ishi-amai.bsky.social · 1d

#TavQOTD
Meeting IRL

I'd be pretty ecstatic to meet my fantasy gay bestie.

Darius? Probably disappointed. I'm just a mere human with what he'd consider no life. Few friends, introverted, though social job, who isolates with internet friends and mutuals.
#Durge

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Olivia @couragebonnemort.bsky.social · 1d

#tavqotd

I’d like to think Courage would meet me like an old friend. She’s someone who has healed. I’m someone healing. I’d thank her for being a role model for me. I hope one day I can be the kind of person she is. Someone who’s scared but does the damn thing anyways.

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Kairi @puraidoeustass.bsky.social · 1d

#tavqotd #ocqotd

I mean, I would be happy to see Kairi, but I doubt she'd be happy to see me. I imagine she would scold me for giving her a tragic backstory and killing parts of her family. But she'd also be at an impasse. I'm clearly the villain in her story, but killing me would erase her
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cheesewar.bsky.social @cheesewar.bsky.social · 1d

I just feel like we'd be so annoying together lolllll

We'd both be so hyped!

I love my Tav so so much 😢

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

Poor lad needs therapy!

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Xan | Dirge's Janitor @spawnresponse.bsky.social · 2d

#DurgeQOTD #TavQOTD "Death will not claim thee while I endure."
Dirge is immortal through Jergal although he wasn't conscious to hear it. A century post-game he has a "incoming mortality" talk w Astarion and they go on a few different escapades seeking immortality which circles him back to Jergal.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

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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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · Jan 23

Book cover for the classic alien abduction book Communion that features a ‘grey’ alien face with a slight smirk. Title and copy read:

THE ALIEN THAT
SUCKED ME DRY

A MALE ALIEN BLEW ME AND IT WAS SO GOOD I'M GAY NOW

BY DEVIN HERTING

LADIES, YOU'LL JUST NEVER UNDERSTAND

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

#tavqotd #nsfw Masturbate?

Yes, but rarely. It used to happen more frequently before Evie found an illithid lover. Brain sex is simply difficult to match in terms of satisfaction. So, if and when Evie does masturbate, it’s because it has been a LONG while since one of those kinds of melds.

CardiganCarm @cardigancarm.bsky.social · 1d

#nsfw #tavqotd Does your tav/durge still masturbate even though they have a partner(s)? If they do, when do they do it?

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll likely quote this post twice, one of those times for when I can take screenshots again.

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

🫂

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe I’ve never tried curry with chicken nuggies. I have to rectify that error as soon as possible!

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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 1d

Given the historic role its top leaders have played in one-sidedly bolstering Israel, the US labor movement has a special responsibility to stand with Palestinians in their struggle for liberation.

American Labor’s Shameful History of Support for Zionism

Some American trade unionists have argued that labor should remain “neutral” on the question of Palestine. In fact, the US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-...

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

#tavqotd If your Tav/Durge suddenly appeared at your location in the real world, how do you think you’d react to seeing them? How would *they* react to seeing you?

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a start. Keep making phone calls to keep partisan politics out of airport safety PSAs.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 2d

It infuriates me that as human-made porn is being increasingly censored across the board, AI porn is not only allowed, but celebrated. And AI porn exists because of stolen content from non-consenting, unpaid human pornographers. It's maddening.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 6d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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bladezero.bsky.social @bladezero.bsky.social · 1d

Because you’re a masochist?

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