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Tapling: Queer Zines 🏳️‍🌈 @taplingzines.bsky.social · 5d

We're tired of LGBTQ+ content being censored.

Tired of people pretending that being queer or trans is a new "fad", and not something that’s existed, perfectly naturally, for as long as people have been around.

Check out our mission, and join us in fighting censorship. 🏳️‍🌈
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Rainbow stripes with a white text box over it, and an image below of a person holding the intersectional pride flag over their back. The text box reads: "As a team of two trans (Sapling is nonbinary and Felix is two-spirit!) husbands, we’ve felt exhausted online lately, with censorship closing in on us all. Queer content is being banned, restricted, under fire, and we’re sick of it. So we’re creating something offline, a physical art book, a collaborative community project. Something to give us all hope. Something to connect us through our many cultures, all across the world. With our first zine, “We’ve Always Been Here,” we aim to show just this: that we’ve always been a part of history, and we’ll always be a part of the future too."

Rainbow stripes with a white text box, and an image below of two Black men getting close, with one kissing the other on the cheek. The text box reads: "'We’ve Always Been Here' focuses on the 'unseen' queer history of the world. There’s plenty of names we all know of real people who have made their mark: Marsha P. Johnson, Alan Turing, Audre Lorde, Oscar Wilde, Frida Kahlo, and many, many more. But what about those that didn’t ‘go down in history’? What about the woman down the street from your great grandmother, who lived with her ‘best friend’ for decades until she passed? What about the medieval king who kept his lover secret his whole life? What about the cowboys who used the wide, open ranges with no one else around to keep their relationships a secret?"

Rainbow stripes with a white textbox, and below are three circular images of two Korean women walking together, two African men laughing as they talk, and two Indian women chatting and laughing. The text box reads: "Our zine focuses on this, on the everyday people that no one knew about, that no one wrote about. The people that modern society wants to pretend never existed. LGBTQ+ people just living their lives, throughout all of history and all of the world. We want to show one simple thing to the world with this collaborative zine: We’ve always been here. And we always will be."

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 10h

We're pleased to announce the winners of the FFXIV Furnishing Design Contest 2025! A huge thank you to all the dedicated Warriors of Light who participated. 🫶

Check out all the winning designs here! ➡️ sqex.to/bUH0P

A banner for the Final Fantasy 14 Online Furnishing Design Contest 2025.

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Raquel @keldraws.bsky.social · 8d

Linktober Day 9 - Blupee
#Linktober

Digital Illustration of a Blupee from Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

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Lesly ✨️ @leslyoh.bsky.social · 10h

a little caitvi

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 12h

There was a 'womp' sound from the yard. I looked out the window.

Where the large pile of leaves had been, a dragon sat.

"Oi!" I called.

"The hoard was unguarded," the dragon said. "I claim it."

Every damn year. It'll leave once the leaves lose their golden hue. Meanwhile, I can't order takeaway.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 13h

** This account is neither a magazine nor a bot.

All stories I post are artisanally conceived and composed by myself, from carefully selected particles, verbs, nouns, and other ethically sourced words.

No AI systems have been involved in the writing, though they might appear as characters. **

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Meek | Narfi @meekhayl.bsky.social · 14h

#trigun #wolfwood

It looked so good but when I added pupils suddenly it went strange xD

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Samson Grzybek @samsongrzybek.de · 1d

Übrigens sind trans* und nichtbinäre Menschen ebenso valide, auch wenn sie keine Hormone nehmen oder geschlechtsangleichende Operationen durchführen lassen. Just saying.

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Cecilia Tan @ceciliatan.com · 2d

oooh. Bookmarking this! "How to turn off AI tools in Apple, Google, Microsoft, and more." Step-by-step instructions from Consumer Reports.

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More via @ConsumerReports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Kristin 🌙 comms open! @dominolucky.bsky.social · Sep 15

Vash

#art #fanart #trigun #trigunstampede

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Kristin 🌙 comms open! @dominolucky.bsky.social · Sep 15

Wolfwood

#art #fanart #trigun #trigunstampede

A bust of Wolfwood from Trigun Stampede, looking right and down out of frame. A bent cigarette sits between his lips. The color palette is cool, with a grey background and a blue circle layered with white squares.

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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 10d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 11d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 15h

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are walking. Blue listens intently as Green goes on talking as he talks, leading the way.
Green: Once we get home, I'll read a book, weave two baskets, re-arrange the pantry, learn esperanto-

Blue interrupts Green, who turns to listen.
Blue: That's quite a list. Are you sure you're being completely realistic?

Green takes a momentary pause from being cartoonish, being now depicted as a painstakingly detailed and shaded painting of a fox, with fur texture, whiskers and all.
Extremely realistic Green: Of course.

Returning back to normal, Green keeps walking. Blue follows, looking at Green with suspicion.
Blue: How long did it take you to draw that gag?
Green: A lot longer than I am willing to admit.

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Cami @camisleeps.bsky.social · 1d

Ghost!

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🔞 Pμzhilang CMS OPEN @nokiazuzhilang.bsky.social · 1d

This

riley (COMM’s OPEN!!) ✨ @ritwells.bsky.social · 1d

majority of the time if an artist is trying to sell more work even though they have a backlog of incomplete work, it’s not because they don’t want to do the backlog of work. it’s probably more likely they’re trying to keep food on the table so they can actually work on the backlog without starving

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💫 sorin @ comms closed @milkywaybnuuy.bsky.social · 1d

The Punisher (2023)

#bnuuyart | #trigun | #wolfwood

Tiny Wolfwood, smiling wildly, on front of a sky-colored cross, grown up Wolfwood holding it from behind, growling. He’s munching on a vial, and there’s vials surrounding the cross like half a sun, getting depleted from left to right. There are chains over the cross, being tied/pulled from the ground, where ghost tiny children hands are reaching for the cross. They are all standing on a ground of blood colored skulls. Deep black textured background, where it all blends in.

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Philipp "Soma" Urlich @somartist.bsky.social · 1d

Are you human? Our AI detector says you're AI.
Welcome to the future. A friend @antilink.bsky.social on my discord shared his experience posting his hand-made art online.

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Ramona @alderdoodle.bsky.social · 1d

I don't spend money on marketing ads for my work as an artist.
The freebie library does that for me. Good job, freebie library!
Apparently, visual presentation works best in odd numbers so I'll mention it again - ✨freebie library✨
ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

Black and white illustration of a page decor set with a nature theme featuring leafy designs.

Colourful spot art illustrations of items found in a wizard's study such as a gold key, scroll, potion bottle, hat, orb, staff, candlestick, tome and coins.

Colourful illustrations of 30 different swords.

Colour illustration of a progress clock tracker for Blades in the Dark game. It shows gears of various sizes split into segments.

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PomPoison @pompoison.bsky.social · 2d

Now when you call stripe you can ask them if this is okay and why

The Verge @theverge.com · 3d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Meek | Narfi @meekhayl.bsky.social · 1d

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Meek | Narfi @meekhayl.bsky.social · 1d

Feel this!!
Draw manga knives when he came back for the First time!

Meek | Narfi @meekhayl.bsky.social · 1d

Danke dass du das teilst. Ich drücke die Daumen dass deine Beziehung zu essen wieder gesünder wird. Es ist aber schonmal sehr wichtiger schritt dass du es bemerkst und bereit bist dir hilfe zu holen wenn du sie brauchst.
Wir schicken liebe!! 💖

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HC•° @hollycircling.bsky.social · 1d

tomorrow at 10am EST 💕

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Laserbrille 💚 @laserbrille.bsky.social · 2d

Ich fühle mich in einer Stadt mit 50% Migranten wohler als in einer Stadt mit 50% AfD-Wähler.
#Stadtbild #Merz

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