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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Emma Partlow @ #CubeCon2025 🔜 Spotlight Series: Liverpool @emmapartlow.com · 20h

Not a fan of how this is worded, so I would be very careful and not mention any creators or influencers when responding.

It also would not shock me if this was a Marvel ask more than a Wizards one - either way, doesn't look good.

dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 20h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

"to what degree did negative influence commentary impact your perceptions of the spiderman set"

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Olivia Gobert-Hicks @goberthicks.bsky.social · 18h

Tbh I'm most upset about spider man negating the great set Edge of Eternities and didn't even engage with spider man because no thank you

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 18h

First, we lose the Magic.

Now the Gathering.

This is a direct shot at the Magic community itself, instead of WoTC, and more importantly Hasbro, owning up to the several flaws and mistakes in the Spider-Man set.

Sincerely, a Magic & Spider-Man enjoyer

dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 20h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

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𝕍∃, Cyber closed shell syndrome relief fund coordinator @vortexegg.com · 21h

The underlying quoted post is a perfect example of what I am trying to route around by saying that, no, we don't live in a post-truth reality. Stop helping the faciscts by participating in the make-believe idea that we live in a post-truth reality.

ktb ⧉ @kevinbaker.bsky.social · 1d

the media literally reported it though

Sam @samd.bsky.social · 1d

“many prominent young republicans are actual Nazis” is a self-censoring fact at this point

normie swing voters will literally refuse to believe it and the media refuses to report it because it would call everything else they’ve done into question

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dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 20h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

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Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 20h

"Did those parasitic YouTubers poison the well of our beloved Spider-Man set before you got a chance to form your own opinion?? Let us know who we can blame - over any internal factors - during our next shareholder meeting!"

dusty cupboards @dustycupboards.bsky.social · 20h

i don't feel like magic set surveys usually have this question and i don't appreciate the implication that content creators, who do so so much for the game, are possibly to blame for a bad set's poor performance. 👎

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 1d

there's jarring, and then there's having a skibidi toilet RC car toy ad interrupt Rhystic Studies video "Aesthetics of Annihilation", a meditation on the mechanics and artwork of magic cards that depict the apocalypse

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 2d

you cannot "abuse" your rights.

civil rights either are protected and real or they are not.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 2d

Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson's full statement, in which she says she will sign an EO permitting protest "only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street," is up on the village's website.

"There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest," Thompson says.

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Broadview Shrinks Protest Safety Zones

The following statement can be attributed to Village of Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson:

“The protests at the ICE facility on Saturday night degenerated into chaos. There were 15 arrests, and 10 of those were around the age of my own daughter. As a mother and a mayor, I am mad. Broadview didn’t choose to have the ICE facility in our community. But it’s here. And so are Broadview residents. There are too many protesters abusing their right to protest. Too many are raising their fists rather than their voices, creating chaos at the expense of the people who call Broadview home. Broadview residents lack the protestors’ privilege to return to calm, quiet neighborhoods for undisturbed rest.

Therefore, I have issued a new executive order, in consultation with the Illinois State Police and Cook County Sheriff, that permits protests only at the safety zone located at the ICE facility on Beach Street.

There will no longer be a designated protest safety zone at 2000 South 25th Avenue between Lexington and Fillmore.

Additionally, it has been only God’s grace alone that a protester has not been struck and killed by a motorist on 25th Avenue given how frequently protesters dash onto this busy, four-lane street. This new
measure will provide for both the serenity of residents and safety of protestors.

As I have repeatedly said, I respect, support, and defend the protesters’ free and – peaceful – speech against the outrageous injustices and deplorable unprovoked chemical arms attacks by ICE agents against American citizens, journalists, and ministers that put Broadview police and firefighters in harms’ way.

Nevertheless, my first priority is to defend public safety and the residents who live here and people who work here. They deserve stability, safety, and respect, a quality of life that is currently being denied to them. They deserve the love and kindness that they expect by being Broadview residents.”

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 2d

listen im so excited and happy for mori calliope to be able to do the second opening for gachiakuta, thats genuinely such an amazing recognition of the vtubing scene and our legitimacy as artists, but that shit was underwhelming as all fuck, especially in contrast to that first op

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

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 Open @acvalens.net · 2d

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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JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 2d

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 3d

ok i made the decision to sit down and watch the human centipede trilogy

first film is aight, second film is FUCKED, absolutely gnarly to a degree that legitimately stomach churning (coming from someone who watches Saw X as a comfort film)

third film is an irredeemable, shoddy, bigoted slopfest.

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 3d

lesbians

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 3d

women be drivin

its me, im women

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

ok i got put on Heilung and they kick ass

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 4d

Please remember that "that's illegal" is a *description*, not a *conclusion*.

The law PROHIBITS people from doing things. It does not PREVENT people from doing things. "Illegal" does not mean "impossible." "Illegal" means "on a list of actions the government can, but is not required, to punish."

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 4d

thinking about the liberal politicians willing to try to compromise with fascists by abandoning minority groups they don't really like - i wish they understood that fascists will come for everyone eventually. even themselves. fascism unopposed is a ruined state with everyone dead

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

Comes from a place of truth and genuine sentiment! Your essays have helped me become a wiser, and more considerate person!

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 4d

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

remember, ICE was formed in '03 because of the homeland security act

we have existed without it for the majority of american history

"border security" is fundamentally founded on the racist lie that immigrants are notably more dangerous than domestic americans, which is NOT reflected in data

onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

we need to abolish this shit

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4d

we need to abolish this shit

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

took way too fucking long (to a degree I personally find embarassing), but finally made the switch from Spotify to TIDAL

fuck Spotify

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

youtu.be/o7P8GV2mNpE?...

The Postmodern Horror of Magic: The Gathering | Duskmourn

YouTube video by Spice8Rack

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Ashlight Morningstar @lorekeeperash.bsky.social · 4d

Hey gamers, go show Spice your love and support, it's genuinely one of the best essayists on. Youtube in general??? Let alone members of the Magic community.

And if you want a reccomendation for which video of its to watch, I would suggest its Duskmourn video! Shits peak!

Spice8Rack (Marxist) @spice8rack.bsky.social · 4d

Hey all 👋 my living situation has dramatically changed. I should be fine for a few months, but if you'd like to help me make - significantly increased - rent, then any change would be greatly appreciated.

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