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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 4h

"I still have a fondness for Transformers because I loved that show as a kid." Sure, whatever, that's fine. We all have our nostalgia.

"Magic the Gathering has a new Transformers set. I *have* to get the rare Optimus Prime!" Your brain is a perfectly shaped hole for deepthroating capital.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 5h

There are no words that suffice to fully articulate the degree of contempt I feel about the whole IP licensing industry and toward the people with such slavering devotion to their brands that as soon as a licensing agreement is signed between corporations, they are filled with yearning for Product.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 5h

I think they're really positioned well to make their next game a Gacha where you can pull all your favorite characters from their previous games. Maybe even with some licensed crossovers! 😉 Imagine Geralt of Rivia getting to interact with Kid Bastion!

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 6h

I think it's my experience working with technology that makes me squeamish about this choice for myself. Hard not to dwell on things like the scarcity of rare earth magnets, the challenges of managing constructed complexity, etc.

Personally, I'm more of a biological mutant girlie.

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Else @else.social · 15d

The best comforting lies don't feel like blankets. They're all teeth and dripping viscera, vulnerability and intimacy, being let in on a secret that wasn't meant to be told. They hurt, and leave no reason to pry for a deeper truth.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 2d

Sometimes I think you're the only artist who truly understands her.

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Vee 🍺 @dmsr.bsky.social · 2d

my favorite tall hot glass of skank #thelockedtomb

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 3d

a lot of people need to learn the lesson "advice given to a general audience and not you specifically does not necessarily have to account for you, a stranger's, specific circumstances and isn't a personal insult against you if it doesn't." its clearly not learned naturally, please take the time.

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chimchiri (🔞Art @ Patreon) @chimchiri.bsky.social · Sep 12

The voted on prompt for the monthly art on Patreon! Also where the uncensored art is :)

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 6d

I'm glad *someone* out there agrees with me that it's a downgrade!

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Else @else.social · 7d

Do any of y'all want to go out into the hills and erect a ring of megalithic standing stones for ritual purposes, using rocks which don't match local geology from a quarry at least a hundred miles away? idk I think it might be a good time

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 8d

Their talk wasn't backed up with actions that matched their stated values. Honestly, this isn't even meant as a value judgment on them as people, they just...ran it in the Standard SV Tech Startup Way, believing a values document and good intentions would be enough, but the issues were foundational.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 8d

They pitched themselves as leftists acting for communal good, but... They organized themselves as a for-profit company. No community stake/contributions. Kept the source closed and privately owned. And their "benevolent" VC funder proved to be a contemptuous, ableist asshole at the end.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 8d

Yeah, everything about how they organized the company, locked down their IP, handled moderation disputes, and chose a tech stack so complex that I once told a company that a team of 3 *dedicated* engineers was understaffing its ongoing maintenance, while Cohost was trying the same with even less...

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 8d

You can't tech your way out of this problem because tech people fundamentally lack the ability, inclination, and curiosity to learn about community building.

This is the core of why every social media platform run by leftists fails. Knowing how to run a server precludes an understanding of people.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 8d

I mean, even if they *had* made all the right decisions, it would still have gone wrong because they weren't being technofascist enough, but absolutely everything I saw there told me that top to bottom they were making absolutely terrible, wrong, and white-silicon-valley-techy decisions.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 10d

I know everyone is sick of her antics, and you just want to throw her to the wolves. Allow me to assure you: I can be those wolves.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 10d

I could fix her. Just give me conservatorship over her. A year in my basement, tops, and she'll never get up to this sort of shit again, I promise.

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Michaela Joffe @joffeorama.bsky.social · 11d

Spider-Man says “you can build and moderate your own decentralized network with atproto” and the pterodactyl man replies “but I don’t want to moderate my own network, I want to see freaky investor-scaring lesbian porn and watch you crash out”

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 13d

Heartbreaking seeing someone I know dealing with distressingly intense schizophrenic paranoia when there's absolutely nothing I can do to help, and they reject attempts to connect.

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The Arachnixe Entity @fungalhalo.com · 13d

The feeling is entirely mutual.

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 14d

She has a little crush on you 💕✨️

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 14d

princess of the underworld

fanart of Melinoe from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit (dark jeans, orange top), she has a big tattoo on her right arm, and is about to tie her hair with a hair band (is this how it's called in english ?)
her eyes are closed, she has nice arm muscles and looks extremely lesbian

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Ash @creaturecandy.bsky.social · 22d

Shadowheart selfcare time 💖

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alice (scary) @yuriartillery.bsky.social · 18d

umm im not an evil heretical witch im just the princess. these knights arent brainwashed they just swore vows of loyalty to me. watch your tongue. in fact. knights, hold her down i have something i need to whisper into her ears

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