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just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, do you wanna play some TTRPGs about horror and sensuality and monstrosity this spooky season? Well, boy do I have a deal for you! Snag my horror anthology zine Creature Feature for half off until the end of the season! harpydora.itch.io/creature-fea...

Creature Feature Anthology by S. Gates/August

A three-game bundle in zine format celebrating horror, monsters, and the creation thereof.

harpydora.itch.io

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just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · 4d

I still get a little misty-eyed thinking about how so many of our friends and family came to our wedding and made it one of the best days of our lives. Any time I worry my friends don't like me, I think about how many people cared enough about us to come and hang out with us and I feel better.

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Follow the Leader (but autumnal!) @ftlcast.bsky.social · 4d

Not to toot my own horn but I'm gonna repost this over here because we've played one of the games in here on the main feed a couple of times and both arcs (39 and 88) were really fucking good. Go listen to them if you haven't, then pick up CF for half off to play it yourself!

just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, do you wanna play some TTRPGs about horror and sensuality and monstrosity this spooky season? Well, boy do I have a deal for you! Snag my horror anthology zine Creature Feature for half off until the end of the season! harpydora.itch.io/creature-fea...

Creature Feature Anthology by S. Gates/August

A three-game bundle in zine format celebrating horror, monsters, and the creation thereof.

harpydora.itch.io

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just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · 4d

Hey, do you wanna play some TTRPGs about horror and sensuality and monstrosity this spooky season? Well, boy do I have a deal for you! Snag my horror anthology zine Creature Feature for half off until the end of the season! harpydora.itch.io/creature-fea...

Creature Feature Anthology by S. Gates/August

A three-game bundle in zine format celebrating horror, monsters, and the creation thereof.

harpydora.itch.io

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 5d

Hi hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨✨

I'm Requinoesis, someone who loves the ocean! I'm dedicated to creating a new insight into the imagery of sharks under pastel colors! 🌊🦈✨

You can see more of my art stuff here, if you want: linktr.ee/requinoesis

Roberto, the great hammerhead shark, explores the ruins of an ancient museum destroyed by Typhon's storm. He holds a flashlight and carries a mysterious human spirit in his backpack, who accompanies him in silence.

The place, shrouded by the phenomenon called “cursed salt mist”, is covered in a permanent fog. Salt crystals sprout everywhere and a supernatural presence seem to lurk among the rubble.

The spirit that accompanies Roberto is liquid and translucent. Sometimes little tropical fish of extinct species float around him, as if attracted by his presence.

The museum's architecture is full of organic curves and ornate tiles. Decorated columns show a crab with a human face holding the moon between its pincers, an ancient symbol of a historical figure revered by the sharkfolk.

A cozy little shark bistro nestled among lots of plants.

A little harbor village of Gourdlets among a cozy grove of trees, carrying out various cooperative activities related to fishing and recreation, there are little colorful fish and a shark swimming peacefully in the sea.

An allegory of the "Jaws" movie poster that caused damage and negative stereotypes to the image of sharks that persist to this day (I'm glad it's slowly changing, but it's still too slow to be considered forgivable). Now with a reversal of roles, with the human victim replaced by a simple wild shark and the terrible stereotyped shark replaced by a monstrous human skull seeming to want to devour the shark (this is the reality, we kill thousands of sharks every year, many of them killed for irrational reasons, who is the real cruel killer?)

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 4d

Can we make a list of the erotica and sex books they stole for this and tell people to buy and read those instead?

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 6d

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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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 4d

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Big Demon Energy @mayawest.online · 4d

If you're on SNAP and you need help, add your links below so I can boost them.

If you're not on SNAP, please share the replies and donate if you're able.

Link's not around so we do what we can, right?

☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 4d

SNAP runs out in a couple of weeks

Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 4d

Everyone’s talking about Milpay, but reminder that USDA is currently using excess 25 funds to pay for WIC and School Lunch. They say they have like maybe a month of that left.

Red States are going to lose their fucking minds if they can’t draw those soon.

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On the Shoulders of Giants @osgpod.bsky.social · 5d

Happy Tuwednesday, Pilots! Here's the drop of our Martian Successor Nadesico episode featuring @thaliarchus.bsky.social! Listen in on a discussion of trope deployment, narrative reflection, and the game that Alice made in this episode, which is a Doozy! osgpod.com/posts/2025-1...

Ep 0058 - Martian Successor Nadesico (2000)

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beansprout🌿🐑 @tacodemuerte.bsky.social · 4d

renee in the yuri fudanshi chaiR

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · Aug 21

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

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: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 7d

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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Nic 🍉 @nml-dc.bsky.social · 6d

My postviral condition is from a flu in 2011. I don't get into it when people try to deny the reality of long covid by asserting that flu "doesn't do that" because what is the point. But yeah.

Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 6d

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Screenshot from the Science for ME weekly update

#MEcfs #LongCovid

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formyths @formyths.bsky.social · Apr 8

i'm A, would love to draw some more collections of symbols & glimpses in any form (covers, posters, etc) #portfolioday

formyths.com
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2 risograph prints. one is a collection of images: a molted cicada shell and a bundle of plant stalks trailing off into tendrils & tied by a yellow ribbon over panels of train tracks surrounded by grass & trees under a reddish sky; the dark entrance to a tunnel; a shadowy crowd. the other shows foliage hangs around a looming cave mouth—total darkness hides whatever may be inside. in a small panel above, slashes of red spill out into swirls of teal & ochre.

risograph printed cover art for Side Story: an assemblage of panels showing glimpses into different scenes and symbols: ruins in an arch, a doorway over the sea, a ladder against a tree, a kite in the sky; dice, knucklebone, hourglass, clover chain.

a comet sweeps over scattered flames, suspended between a starry night sky & a nervous system. symbols (an eye, a sickle, a drop of blood, texts on a phone, a mushroom, lightning, a mirror, a bird) are arranged in small panels around the scene.

a biological tree of life poster: small panels show examples of animals from different phyla, including spiralia (octopus, giant clam), chordata (birds, mammals, fish), amblacraria (urchins, sea stars), and porifera (sponges). behind them are curving branches of a symbolic tree, in shades of blue. other panel sequences show different cellular processes, and the sun & moon in endless procession.

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Dr. Suzanne Scott @iheartfatapollo.bsky.social · 7d

Are you 18 or older with a fandom-related tattoo (or know someone who has one)? Please take 10 min to fill out this survey for my new book project on embodied fan identities and practices. Share widely! utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Contact info: [email protected].

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just your friendly neighborhood harpy @harpydora.bsky.social · 6d

Weaver Walker's Random Access Histories is easily my favorite TTRPG hands-down. I've played it many times and had an amazing experience every time. It's very simple, but it evokes a lot of emotion in my experience. roswellian.itch.io/random-acces...

Random Access Histories by Weaver Walker

A two player game of interleaved memories.

roswellian.itch.io

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 8d

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 8d

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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june 🧛‍♀️ @juneever.green · 7d

Marisa Tomei as Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny (1992).

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 7d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

AJ West • 1h
Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Follow the Leader (but autumnal!) @ftlcast.bsky.social · 7d

Join August, @roomwherepod.bsky.social and @cado.bsky.social as we play Mobile Frame 0: Firebrands by @lumpley.bsky.social On Bantral, 3 factions vie for control of the colony. Will our heroes find a way towards peace & unity, or will the conflict tear them apart?
ftlcast.podbean.com/e/bonus-fire...

Bonus - Firebrands 1 - The Waiter's Come to the Table | Follow the Leader

Join August, Bryan, and special guest Chia Contreras as we play Mobile Frame 0: Firebrands by Vincent Baker. On the planet of Bantral, three disparate factions vie for control of the colony. Will our ...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 11d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 12d

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 12d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Denice (Dee), the Red Witch @deetheredwitch.bsky.social · 12d

Okay, I couldn't NOT do a second round of fox masks after the first one was received so well. This time, branching out from Silent Hill f's canon desion with some that are a bit bloodier in keeping with Fox Mask's final confrontation. Both are available for sale, just dm to inquire.

A pair of leather fox masks, one white with a heavily dirty patina and red detailing, the other black with white and bloody accents.

Closeup of the forhead detail on the white mask.

Closeup of the detailing on the black mask.

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John Harper @johnharper.bsky.social · 12d

Forged in the Dark, you say?

DriveThruRPG @drivethrurpg.com · 12d

The Ghost In The Shell TTRPG - Quickstart is available now from Mana Project Studio!

Get it here: tinyurl.com/ycyfk8kd

Built on a customized Forged in the Dark system, this game lets you create elite Public Security Section agents and dive into high-stakes missions. #TTRPGs

The Ghost In The Shell TTRPG - Quickstart is available now at DriveThruRPG.com

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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 12d

✷ The Star Keeper ✷

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