Imaginary Stories
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I like SF, superhero comics, and indie comics. Somehow I mostly share political stuff. *shrug* My Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/imaginarystories
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I'm a small (miniscule) indie writer with too many migraines and not enough income. If you'd like to help, check out my Ko-fi and consider buying something or tipping. It helps keep the lights on and the cats fed!

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Identity can be redefined through textiles and tradition.

That's what APTN’s Stéphanie de Sève discovered when she met with the members of the Mode Autochtone Design Collective just before their fashion show during Montreal's Fashion Week.
Indigenous design collective shows identity can be redefined through textiles, tradition | APTN News
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rincewind.run
I know the headline everyone's running with is "erotica" but "we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues" and "we are putting personality back in ChatGPT so it will act like a friend" are diametrically opposed statements

that's the cause of most of the mental health issues
mattburgess1.bsky.social
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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cartoonist.coop
The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.
The Cartoonist Cooperative
Making comics better for everyone!
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rowan-sender.itch.io
If you've been thinking about making a ttrpg, come join the October Eternal Jam!

We are a beginner friendly tabletop game jam focused on small experimental games. Every month we have a new theme and challenge!

This month is HORROR!

#TTRPG #ETERNALTTRPGJAM #INDIETTRPG
Eternal TTRPG Jam - October 2025 - Horror Mascots
A game jam from 2025-10-01 to 2025-10-31 hosted by Rowan Sender. Welcome to the September Edition of the Eternal TTRPG Jam! This is a game jam for TTRPG designers to test ideas, experiment with…
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tamslick.bsky.social
Good thing the FBI doesn't have any important jobs like, I dunno, counterespionage...
emergingcrises.bsky.social
Former ICE Chief of Staff saying the obvious: this is crisis construction. 3,000 FBI agents and 14,000 others have been pulled from counterterror and public safety work to stage political raids for the cameras. Federal agents aren’t protecting Americans, they’re being used as props.

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Opinion | This Isn’t Crisis Response, It’s Crisis Construction
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lilaeleaf.bsky.social
This Saturday I'll be doing little tarot commissions with @secondlina.com at the Artist Alley Shop!! ✨
📍4357 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal
🕰️ Oct 18, 11am - 7pm
A goblin and a crow sit at a table and draw tarot cards
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heartpunk.bsky.social
rly hurting i'm so hungry rn
heartpunk.bsky.social
looks like family almost outta money for the month, still waiting on my SNAP card to arrive (we're past the expected arrival time now, need to call or go in)

dk what we're gonna do but that is *mostly* a tomorrow sophie problem i'm p sure

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Tomorrow is: two doctors, searching for a lost phone, if unsuccessful trying to get a new sim with my cool abbbbacdc number, and hopefully a sauna squeezed in between, will be out most of the day, will try to do Thread™ after!

645/1000 of yesterday's urgent goal, really need to get back to normal.
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mostlybree.kitrocha.com
Honestly did not realize this was paywalled because I subscribed to them and it has been a far better use of my money than WaPo or NYT, and also this was a really interesting article. (if occasionally enraging)
andreagrimes.com
For ex.: Today's excellent piece on intimacy coordinator backlash is paywalled, b/c we paid the writer a fair (if tbh lower than we'd like) rate of $.50/wd, b/c it's the right thing to do to walk the walk of supporting feminist journalism. We believe in paying freelancers in dollars, not "exposure."
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colleendoran.bsky.social
Someone called my detailing style on these works Colleen Crackle, and I approve this message.
colleendoran.bsky.social
DEATH of the ENDLESS commission. From SANDMAN. Pen and ink. Part of a suite of SANDMAN commissions for a private collector.
A picture of a winged Death from Sandman surrounded by swirling stars and galaxies, drawn in pen and ink.
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oregonian.com
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
imaginarystories.bsky.social
GoT starring a dead woman, brought to you by the creative geniuses who keep spewing out sequels to Tron, a movie that flopped forty years ago.
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leahmillis.bsky.social
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
50501movement.bsky.social
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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brandontsnider.bsky.social
Repost with your favorite Halloween costume

Nothing will ever come close to the Robin costume my mom made even though I begged her not to make me wear the out-of-continuity white tights and blue sneakers
a little boy (me) in a homemade robin the boy wonder costume
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natalieironside.bsky.social
I need y'all to stop using mental health terms as political and sociological terms. I really need y'all to stop.
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natalieironside.bsky.social
We aren't mean enough to people who throw around the words "psychosis" and "delusional" all willy-nilly. We should hurt their feelings I think.
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They want to kill people. Trump's lawyers argued he could kill his political opponents without criminal prosecution. He praised Duterte's mass murder of "drug dealers." He's ordering extrajudicial killings of fishermen at sea.
bcfinucane.bsky.social
The administration is reframing migrants and gang members as “terrorists”, so DHS wannabe operators can do GWOT-style night raids here in the U.S. of A.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Remember when Stephen Miller claimed the Chicago apartment raid was on a building “filled with Tren de Aragua terrorists”?

Well, DHS has now dropped the number of alleged TdA members arrested in the building from 2 to 1.
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johnluc1111.bsky.social
Ahem. #Georgia folks. Y’all my people. I’m here in #Atlanta, Fifth District. John Lewis’s turf. Hank makes good points. Listen to him.
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Hey Georgia! @hankgreen.bsky.social has a convincing pitch for why you should vote AGAINST THE REPUBLICANS in the upcoming Georgia Public Service Commission special election! Potentially save consumers money, kick out some Rs, feel good! YOUR VOTE WILL COUNT HUGELY! www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video
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natalieironside.bsky.social
I want us to start mocking and belittling "progressive" journalists who call republicans psychotic and delusional. Education and outreach don't seem to be working and honestly I think we should just try hectoring. Make sure they know what filth they are.