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saddragn @saddragn.bsky.social · 6d

synth dude from a tumblr ask, love these guys

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 9h

I believe I am recalling the consensus correctly:

Kermit-Liu Bei
Gonzo-Guan Yu
Fozzie-Zhang Fei
Swedish Chef-Zhuge Liang
Ms Piggy-Dong Zhuo
Sweetums-Lu Bu
Cao Cao - Human
Sam the Eagle - Sun Quan/Ce/Jian

Those are the major ones we all agree on

👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 21h

After the Usuals, clearly I am going to free the Muppets from their Horrible Oppressors at Disney in exchange for One Favor

Thats right.

THE MUPPETS' ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful

what would you buy to break the curse?

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Shawn's Socialist Slipstreaming（宇祥）- he/him/他/dia @shawnybantzy.bsky.social · 9h

one day, everyone who funded, abetted, participated in the infliction of these horrible acts will plug their ears, attempt to wash their hands in front of the crowd and pretend they were against this all along.

Do not let them reach for the faucet.

please look at pinned post 🔻⭕️ - ذئب @habibiwolf.bsky.social · 1d

FUCK THIS WORLD!!!!!!! FUCK THE WEST!!!!! I HOPE YOU EVIL FUCKS ALL DYE IMMEDIATELY!!!!!

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DismalChips DIED FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS VERY NIGHT @dismalchips.bsky.social · 8h

On the basis that towns in horror movies are always called something "Friendly" or "Pleasantvale", I reckon this will actually be really nice and a great place to raise kids.

Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

Normal Delaware place names

Google Map closeup showing the mouth of the Murderkill River by Bowers Beach in Bowers, Delaware. Running alongside the river is Murderkill Ave.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

A Bronx family lived without utilities for over 6 weeks after they were shut off without explanation.

The landlord, despite receiving severe violation notices, didn't fix the problem.

HPD couldn’t turn the utilities back on, so it issued the family a vacate order.

These Bronx Tenants Lived Six Weeks Without Water and Power. The City’s Fix? A Vacate Order

The plight of the Ramos family reveals the weaknesses in the City's system to protect tenants from unlivable conditions—and from being put out on the street.

hellgatenyc.com

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call me Serica 🥟🍉 @robotenjoyer5000.bsky.social · 8h

This! And also polls. I’d like to run my poll-itical simulator here on Bsky, and not on Twitter.

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thicc husband and father @lukeisamazing.bsky.social · 8h

if you did actually want people from Twitter to full migrate here, this is an extremely simple thing that would accomplish that but I guess it’s just too hard and they had to worry about placating Jesse Singal’s feelings instead

onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

bluesky needs group chats so bad

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Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · 8h

Bessent. Hey, buddy. You *do* know that "The king refuses to pay those beneath him" is up there with "the king loots the grain silos to underwrite his own feasts" in causes for peasant revolts, right?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 8h

"Marxists on full display" sounds like the name for the LA Stripper Co-op Halloween Event but actually it's "Seize the Screams of Seduction"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Johnson: "We call it the Hate America Rally that will happen Saturday. Let's see who shows up for that. I bet you you'll see Hamas supporters, I bet you'll see antifa types, I bet you'll see Marxists on full display, people who don't want to stand and defend the foundational truths of this republic"

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call me Serica 🥟🍉 @robotenjoyer5000.bsky.social · 8h

(Like: on a societal level, being open to foreign influence means you get to influence foreigners in return, which requires a lot of self confidence that whatever comes your way, you can make it your own. The Han and Tang dynasties had it. The PRC does not.)

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call me Serica 🥟🍉 @robotenjoyer5000.bsky.social · 1d

Waow… it’s almost like material prosperity comes from NOT being traditionalist stuck-ups and instead being queer/slutty af……. MUCH to consider!!!!

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🔩CarbonGM🎲 @carbongm.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the thread where I yap to myself about the Build-a-Bot beta test and the stuff I learned. #vtuber #robotvtuber

TL:DR, releasing in January-ish. Trying to balance noob-friendliness and capability for expert users. Money makes me sad. See rough outline in the pics and details below 🧵

NEW PARTS TO MODEL
- Moustache, as cheek addon or as mouth? Both?
- Glasses as brow addons
- Line/Closed eyes like anime trope
- 3 kitty mouth with no nose
- No mouth and no mouth when not speaking
- Rounded head shape, like a human head
- Proper bunny ears
- More horns (ibex, unicorn, ram)
- Antlers
- Bug antennae & pincers
- Cables for head decor
- Screen Overlays: Cracks, fade,
- Springy heart ahoge head decor
- TV Antenna head decor
- Astro bot like head, big and round!
- Eye lash eyes based off rounded socket eyes
- All of the 3D decor! 20 of them planned out.
- More animalistic things!!
- Cyclops eye
- Big and round arm & leg options!
- Clunky, heavy mech options!
- Feminine lips for mouth?
- Mole on the cheek?
- Flipper-style, flat arms?
- Another style of hip plates!
- More parts that hang off the hips, something like faulds & tassets

BIG ADDITIONS
- (?) Make toggle to enable individual part scaling via runtime handles. Leave for post launch?
- Add the following toggles: alt color palette, chibi, power down, more?
- Make GIFs and multi-panel controls explanation.
- Add the 3D decor using the decal controls
- Make basic usage video for BaB itself
- Make Blender usage video for post-export tweaking
- Make FAQ/readme document answering the following: blendshape sensitivity/inversion, object hierarchy weirdness, disappearing parts (jic), loading on export and clones, decal how-to, ARKit and VSF,
- Add individual bone resizing! In the extras?
- The ToU, "Against Public Morals" change to something less vague?
- Save system: Bump to 5 slots and make a panel for save/loading with a note line for each slot?
- Tinker with non-planar decals! Would a loop decal work?
- Back Slot & Parts: Bird wings, bat/dragon wings, butterfly wings, insectoid pincers (DMC4), a few guns, rocket launcher, sword, shield, backpack, radio kit, solar panel, big tank, radar dish, jetpack, spiky wings like V1 or mechas, bo staff.
- Tail Slot & Parts: Cat tail, lizard tail, energy tail, socket tail (US/Euro/Ethernet versions), chain tail, short tail, bunny tail, thick/fluffy tail, deer tail,

POST LAUNCH THINGS
- Furry head & digitigrade feet. Also high heel feet while I'm at it. Pointy, mech/cyberpunk legs too!
- Wave 4 of parts
- Parts with toggles specific to them
- Overhaul Decal system.
- Alt "Outfit" toggle

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Khloe the Fuche @khloeprower.bsky.social · 1d

Great… it’s fine if a computer makes the porn, but if another person makes the porn, we’re going to restrict any avenue of them getting compensated for their work. Fuck all the way off with this shit.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

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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call me Serica 🥟🍉 @robotenjoyer5000.bsky.social · 23h

(Well, also big asterisk. I think Discovery kinda exposes the Federation for what I think it is - the total dominance of American and Occidental civilization over all else via the Homo Sapiens-only club; everyone else is just there for token diversity points.)

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 22d

The meme says "come and take it"
And it shows Shadow holding a bottle of Tylenol

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call me Serica 🥟🍉 @robotenjoyer5000.bsky.social · 23h

I think Lower Decks is nice, but not my cup of tea - and to my surprise and mild terror, I like Discovery.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 9d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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DamnDirtyCat @damndirtycat.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not doomscrolling, I'm hopescrolling. I see so many people moved to action, so much cool art, persons lamenting their jobs and celebrating their successes. Despite the digital medium, I feel connected with these people. We may be mere strangers on this site, but we all have a shared humanity.

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DamnDirtyCat @damndirtycat.bsky.social · 3d

Sifting through some old files and found my very first Stellaris fan art. I don't remember drawing it or its context, but I think it explains a lot.

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DamnDirtyCat @damndirtycat.bsky.social · 2d

Xenophobes always strut around yelling about hating xenos, but without fail they always seem to be to be found in bed with them. In real life this isn't a healthy thing, but in Stellaris... well, let's just say that Stellaris could use more toxic yuri.

#stellaris

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DON FERRARI @donferrari.bsky.social · 1d

Semen retention has done irreparable harm to these guys

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

they're all like this and they've been stewing in their hate and sex driven ressentiment for the last decade. you cannot make it up. you cannot parody them in a way that exceeds their own farce.

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · Dec 14

P. 14 chapter one of "Indians on The Move"

"There is perhaps no better example of pure colonial Native American urbanization than the Mississippian city of Cahokia, which two scholars call "the great Native American metropolis." During its 20th century peak, Cahokia was home to over 20 thousand Indigenous people. In the resource-rich Mississippi River Valley, near it's confluence with the Missouri River, Cahokia functioned as an urban center made possible and shaped by its farming and timber hinterlands, not unlike Chicago in the 19th century..."

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Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 2d

A gentle reminder: If this goal is not met, we will be homeless.

I am an Indigenous person that's been through utter hell in the last two years. I am disabled and queer. Despite being marginalized, I'm the one having to carry the burden of finances. It has been extremely difficult.

Anything helps.

Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 2d

Happy Indigenous People’s Day, I’m a Borikén Taíno creative who is the only income and trying to keep a roof over mine and my partner’s heads.

The last almost two years have been extremely difficult, and many Indigenous people like me live below the poverty line.

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