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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 1h

The boys hanging out on top of the airstream is a great movie hang.

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BoringKate @boringkate.com · 10h

Seeing game devs take a "the customer is always right" approach to feedback is so sad because like I get it from a PR perspective, but...

1) The customer is always wrong

2) Your customers are gamers, so they're twice as wrong

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · Jan 24

this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord

screenshot of a post i made on twitter

Corey Brickley Illustration. Ju:
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i struggle with a brain that wants to stiffly copy whatever reference i'm using and one thing i've found helpful:
1. draw big blocky shapes over the reference
2. turn off ref and redraw big blocky shapes
3. draw in figure with big blocky shapes overlaid
Traducir post

photo of model posing as an elegant elf woman that ive blocked out with a chunky red brush

in a separate window ive redrawn the red blocks, then have drawn details over the red blocks, using the photo+red transparency as reference

final doodle of the figure drawing without the red blocking

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 2h

Are you saying…..jim’ll fix it?

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Sarah Manvel with a🪝for a 🖐️ @cairdiul.bsky.social · 12h

"my sense of humour is like Woody Allen's" have you been living in a box. What is the matter with you

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Ashley Hankinstein Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com · 15h

Art friends: Here's a tip for getting rid of *a lot* of the AI slop in your Pinterest feed.

⭐Go into your account settings.
⭐Click the "Refine your recommendations" tab.
⭐Click the GenAI Interests subtab.
⭐TURN OFF EVERYTHING.

So far, my feed is *significantly* cleaner.

Screenshot of the Pinterest settings menu. The option "Refine your recommendations" is circled.

Screengrab of the Refine Your Recommendations tab in Pinterest's settings. The subtab GenAI Interests is circled.
Below, all options have been turned off.

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Mary Hauntman @maryhartmanx2.bsky.social · 6h

a man followed me into the place where I’m getting takeout just to tell me how funny the sticker on my car is

Mary Hauntman @maryhartmanx2.bsky.social · Sep 1

words to live by

a white oval sticker that says “what happens in Rancho Cordova stays in Rancho Cordova”

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 6h

It’s less than the bare minimum for Democrats to say that anyone everyone still employed in IRS enforcement when this starts should expect to go to prison if they take power.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 7h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 7h

My parents still have that Rocketeer cup at home. It’s the good shit.

Matinee Mode @matineemode.bsky.social · 8h

The days when fast food was one of the pillars of cinema.

Print ad for a Pizza Hut promo kids meal showcasing THE ROCKETEER (1991)

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 7h

Welcome twitter refugees. We do things, erm, a liiiittle differently around here, hahaha.

1) only extremely positive posts!

2) about waterfowl!

3) obey this!

Thanks and welcome and fucking OBEY.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 7h

Hey! FYI we use alt text on our images here. There's a switch you can flip in settings that'll keep you from posting until your media has alt text. It's super important! Welcome to bluesky, the user base is inclusive and good. You won't get much engagement if you don't use it! Further explanation 👇

Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Nov 22

Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Nov 22

Hi! You're seeing this because someone noticed you posting an image that doesn't contain alt text. This is not a scolding! You are loved! But everyone needs to be convinced using alt text is socially mandatory. (I sure had to be shown the way as well!) Would you mind reading this🧵 about it and why?

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Josh Crews @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social · 10h

Same energy.

Manatee being coy behind a pole under water.

That yellow suit guy peeking out from behind tree and rubbing his hands. You know the one.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 3d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

docseuss.medium.com

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 9h

HOW COULD PEOPLE FORGET THE MAIN WITH TWO BRAINS!!!???
How could people forget Dr Hfuhruhurr and Anne Uumellmahaye!!?? youtu.be/YT0CScFzp1o?...

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 10h

I love how he sounds like he’s full of shit

Just making up all this stuff on the spot

The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 1d

"WE ARE CALLED CYBERMEN..."

"Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet" episode 2 (1966). #DoctorWho

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 9h

I bid him farewell and continued my run (I had to get out and back before heading to work, even after being let go, I can’t help myself)
On the run back, he was gone. That’s my good deed for the day done. Let’s see if karma helps with the job search.

McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 9h

He was a tiny Chinese Malaysian. As a hulking big Irish man , there was only one thing I could do….I jumped up on the tire iron and bounced until the bolt loosened… he was too small to put enough weight on the Tyre iron. We had all four off in a jiffy.

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 9h

Taking out my headphones he Hawas asking if I knew how to change a tire. Still suspicious i turned to go, but then turned back to take a look. I have changed exactly 1 tyre in my life, years after my dad showed me how. This guy couldn’t get the bolts on the flat tyre loose. Then I looked at him.

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McNastyPrime @mcnastyprime.bsky.social · 9h

As it was a bit of a shock getting laid off on Tuesday I forgot to start the #NoticePeriodDiaries yesterday with this tale: went fir a run to burn stress (I’m running a lot these days) and a man tried to stop me in the slip road outside the condo. This is rarely good in Malaysia.

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 10h

Reading the excerpts you kind of get the desperation from the powerful to make this story go away.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12h

1/ The first excerpt of Virginia Giuffre's posthumus memoir is out and it is gutting: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 10h

Jake & Elwood Blues, The Blues Brothers, are sitting in their car, stuck in traffic, looking annoyed. A speech balloon is coming out of Jake's mouth as though he is saying the text in the quoted post.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 9h

I do find it weird that there's all these "life was better in the 80s/90s" and I'm like, I grew up in the 80s/90s, it was super racist/misogynist, both in person to me and in culture. People were SO MAD at a black or female leads in Star Trek.

The Lilith Fair documentary covers this really well.

Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 10h

Like this is me personally but I think you're fooling yourselves if you think there was ever a moment in American history when white people were subtle about their racism.

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

that they left em masse, at least, seems like a good sign

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 11h

NEW for @washingtonpost.com:

Pentagon reporters exited the building in unison Wednesday after turning in their badges, having refused to sign the Defense Department's press policy.

@nancyayoussef.bsky.social called it a “sad day for those who support a free press.”

Reporters leave Pentagon en masse after refusing to sign on to new rules

After turning in their press credentials, journalists covering the Defense Department walked out rather than comply with its restrictive new policies.

www.washingtonpost.com

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 13h

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Dominic Michael Tripi &
@DMichaelTripi
X.com
NEW: X executive says creator monetization program may potentially be ended, saying that the system does
"more harm than good."
10:27 AM • 10/15/25

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