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Count Breeedo🩸🔜 PAX U @breeedo.bsky.social · 12h

Still looking for some help for PAX U housing! My original Airbnb canceled on me, so I’m trying to secure a place before the end of the month. Thank you in advance! 🖤

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New Title Cards Every Day! The Official DBZEpisodes Account @dbzepisodes.bsky.social · 13h

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

The video store was inconvenient compared to streaming, yeah, but it made MEMORIES & MOMENTS we TALK about: We still remember going there, searching through the releases, finding the JUST RIGHT game for 2 days.

Now it's on demand, its easy it's one click away... and nothing sticks and it all sucks.

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

There was a certain camaraderie in going to the 6 player X-Men cabinet, teaming up with a handful of other kids & beating that shit; A certain joy in putting your quarter on the Tekken machine to say "I got next".

Gone. All thats left is the Pirate Wheel; Hit the 60 ticket prize for a Tootsie Roll.

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

And when you DO have these places? They're made for adults or gamified all to hell. Arcades are gone, instead you have barcades, for adults, or arcades like Dave & Busters and the like, and... damn near all the games are for tickets. No arcade fighters, no beat em ups, just skeeball & flappy bird.

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

I was gonna do my "Movies suck for kids nowadays because they only release blockbusters; We need more Dunston Checks In" essay, and that's a real thing I stand by, but thats just a microcosm of this: We are sucking all of the childhood away from kids and selling it back one subscription at a time.

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

You wonder how kids end up in the radicalization pipeline but at no point do you examine the fact that they're being robbed of every place where they could have just been a kid, a teen or whatever. Yes, parents need to be involved but it's made *infinitely* harder when everyone has to be an island.

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Josh "A-Horror-iand" Fagundes @anoriand.bsky.social · 9h

The decline of third spaces and hangouts, such as malls, video rental places, arcades & skate parks has been a direct result of the rise of convenience and has also been objectively bad for society as a whole. Its not that everyone HAS to socialize, but having no option to without bars is a failing.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 11h

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 8h

hello new Bluesky users!! here’s how Bluesky works:

5 panel comic

Panel 1: Purple Guy waves at the reader and says “Hi. I’ve just joined Bluesky! I think I’m a pretty good person”

Panel 2: A door in the background flies open and a Greenish Guy appears.

Panel 3: The Greenish Guy slides on knees towards the Purple Guy. He says “You’ll Never-“

Panel 4: Greenish Guy comes even closer and says “Be good-“

Panel 5: Close up. The Greenish Guy grips the Purple Guy’s face and hisses “Enoughhhh”

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Mama Raven @ravenemore.bsky.social · 17h

This is a tip how to get talented in drawing so you don't have to use AI :

draw.

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Hell-Raea-ser 🦋✨🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @raea.meangirls.online · 14h

remote work is like birth control or UBI atp where there’s overwhelming research consensus they improve quality of life for people they apply to, yet access is impeded or blocked by the ruling class because the thought of marginalized ppl having rich full lives makes steam come out their ears

Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.

My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.

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Miser @misernyc.bsky.social · 1d

Did everyone forget about this? I feel like this entire country has amnesia.

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 1d

It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 1d

Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.

ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you

'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'

metro.co.uk

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PeerTube @joinpeertube.org · 17h

Looking to see if a feature exists on #PeerTube? Or maybe you're wondering what specifications are needed to run a PeerTube platform?

You can find out answers to most of your questions in our FAQ!

👉 joinpeertube.org/faq

#PeerTubeTipOfTheWeek

FAQ | JoinPeerTube

A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by Framasoft

joinpeertube.org

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 1d

You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha.

go.bsky.app/VaypaqC

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Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

A Black Man who’s exhausted all his small savings after losing his job is asking for help. While currently looking for work he needs help with past due bills and making rent. If we each give $1 he’ll reach his goal. We’ve helped 159 people so far, let’s keep going.

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Ъ @tvjordyj-znak.bsky.social · 1d

Please help Devin get back of his feet. By donating, you will help him keep going until he can get a new job, so please donate, and share to someone who can if you can't. He is not asking for much, just what he needs to not be bogged down by the terrible surprise of him being fired.

Positive Black Content @miiriya.com · 1d

A Black Man who’s exhausted all his small savings after losing his job is asking for help. While currently looking for work he needs help with past due bills and making rent. If we each give $1 he’ll reach his goal. We’ve helped 159 people so far, let’s keep going.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 1d

This is pretty close to what we're asking for in terms of device-level parental controls and leaving the internet alone. It doesn't require ID or other sensitive info uploads, it's a parent inputting their child's birthdate in the phone upon setup

Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 1d

AB 1043 does not apply to websites, meaning the technology is not currently available to adult sites who wish to block minors. While there is inherent privacy risk in all AV solutions, device-based solutions are more privacy preserving than the platform-based verification mandated in other states.

Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 2d

California just became the latest state to require device-level age verification. Under AB 1043, users must verify their age when setting up a phone or downloading apps, forcing Apple & Google to build age-check systems into devices.
avn.com/news/legal/c...

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ArtisanCris [Commissions Open!] @artisancris.bsky.social · 25d

I want to add here & highlight that there is a post by our lovely DoktorHobo (on PF) all about what kind of art Pillowfort bans. If youre considering PF for your #NSFWart works and youre worried about its longevity, I hope this post helps you!

#nsfwartist #nsfw

www.pillowfort.social/posts/6120987

DoktorHobo: Let's talk about what kind of art PF bans, and what it doesn't.

Whenever Pillowfort gets mentioned on social media, comments surface where people are either unsure what kind of NSFW media is safe to post here, or say with great confidence that specific things are ...

www.pillowfort.social

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ArtisanCris [Commissions Open!] @artisancris.bsky.social · 2d

Getting started: www.pillowfort.social/posts/2959841
Tips and tricks: www.pillowfort.social/posts/3459763

tikli: Getting Started With Pillowfort

This tutorial is also available on my website.Edited on 20th of August 2023: Added information about the waitlist to part 1 of the tutorial. Added image descriptions for some of the screenshots in t...

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ArtisanCris [Commissions Open!] @artisancris.bsky.social · 2d

Did you guys hear that Tumblr staff are gonna start running ads on actual blog pages? Thats really icky of them!

If you agree and want a tumblr-like alternative, please consider Pillowfort. No ads, no algorithm, no tech bro CEOs. User funded, running on 9yrs now, lenient with NSFW art.

Info below⬇

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Perfect Garbage 🌾🪦🔪 wishlist Grave Seasons @perfectgarbage.bsky.social · 1d

If you find yourself unable to sleep at night in Ashenridge, you can always head to Lukas’ bar! Filled with live music and chatty townsfolk, it’s a surefire way to cure your boredom.

Just be quick on your way home. It’s dark at night, and people may not hear your cries for help.

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arnaerr 🦈๋࣭⭑｡ @arnaerr.bsky.social · 1d

"ai makes art accessible because artists gatekeep talent" crowd will never know this joy of progressing a skill

2012 vs 2025

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Jack Shoulder @jackshoulder.bsky.social · 1d

A bonus #TodayInQueerHistory
October 15 (1994)
Season 3, episode 15 of Batman the Animated series airs. It's "Harley's Holiday" and features this touching moment between Batman and Harley.

Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman was gay and comics Harley is a queer character. It's a very sweet moment.

A touching scene between Batman and Harley Quinn

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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 1d

new union alert!

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d

Battle.net workers unionize as Microsoft neutrality agreement expires
aftermath.site/battle-net-wor...

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