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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 6d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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The Red-Headed Strangler @emmaberquist.bsky.social · 2d

my god there has never been a more accurate use of this

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Triple-Q @triple-q.bsky.social · 2d

people choosing to play Pokemon Z-A over Digimon Story Time Stranger is like watching hordes of people willingly pore into a McDonalds over the local joint

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Joni 🍓 @saanaito.bsky.social · 2d

God the first time I beat Hell was in my senior year of high school and it took me like, 19 attempts. At least. Fuck Ballos and fuck playing this game on the computer lab keyboards when I already suck at gaming on a keyboard

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iby @burgeroise.bsky.social · 17d

hewwo i am getting married this month (yippee) and the legals are hundreds of dollars and my tablet i draw on is dying (not yippee) so now would be a great time to meet and pet bell and my other little weirdos for fifteen usd burgeroise.itch.io/coquette-dra...

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Joni 🍓 @saanaito.bsky.social · 2d

I *think* my current favorite is Tidus and Yuna (Final Fantasy X), but it’s been a long time since I’ve played any of the games.

Also I ship Cloud and Tifa even if their relationship was less interesting to see develop IMO/IIRC

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Joni 🍓 @saanaito.bsky.social · 2d

Best/favorite romance subplot in Final Fantasy games’ canon?

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning

a building with a sign that's only partially lit so that is reads "Rage"

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VeePride🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 (Comms Open) @veesheep.bsky.social · 4d

my drawing tablet broke for good, pls donate qwq
ko-fi.com/veesheep
#mutualaid #artist #supportme

Buy Vee Sheep a Coffee

Become a supporter of Vee Sheep today!

ko-fi.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 5d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 5d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 5d

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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Christine Love @christinelove.bsky.social · 5d

For one more day, my new book Star Sword Nemesis is 10% off its normal price of $5! On the edge of the solar system, a group of dreamers and believers in human transcendence fight against the tyranny of the Earth Sphere, to protect the Voyager 1 probe that NASA sent into the stars so many years ago.

Star Sword Nemesis by Love Conquers All Games

mecha betrayal girls love in distant space

loveconquersallgames.itch.io

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 5d

This is such a great piece and highly recommend watching & sharing the entire thing -- but the most cathartic bit for me is when he calls out that monster blaming starvation and malnutrition on Gazan childrens' pre-existing conditions with a very emphatic, "when I see you in hell"

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 5d

well that's dumb as hell

VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 5d

Both PS6 and the next Xbox are planned for a 2027 release, according to separate reports.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ps6-and...

PS6 and next Xbox console are both aiming for 2027 release, separate reports claim | VGC

Both companies are reportedly planning to release their next-gen consoles within two years…

www.videogameschronicle.com

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EquinoxDoodles @equinoxdoodles.bsky.social · 7d

Casual #Bridget
#ggst #guiltygear

bridget's so cool, I wish she was real...

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Rin @rinkara.bsky.social · 9d

Leaf muncher... 🍂

🎨: @sootswirls.bsky.social

A brown coffee themed kitsune wearing a purple mantle and witch hat, with a silver crescent moon on it. They have an orange autumn leaf in their mouth

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Aug 5

Reminder: just using touchscreens in cars impairs drivers *more than drinking does*

These guys are operating at levels of productivity and critical thinking they would formerly have had to hit the sauce hard to achieve.

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 15d

This is America.

It’s happening now. Right now. Not in the future. They’re just disappearing us in the streets.

Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 15d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 15d

If you're in Illinois and facing criminal charges from protesting ICE, or if you were attacked by ICE or law enforcement supporting them, I might be able to represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected]. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 15d

It’s funny because it’s true

Jay D@@jay.bsky.team
You could try a poster's strike. I hear that works

crystal @cim.bsky.social
your user base consists entirely of people who are willing to migrate from social media websites that turn on them

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 13d

I have mental illness. Fascism is not mental illness. It’s a conscious choice made by people that want to hurt other people.

ҡყℓεɳҡเ 🇨🇦 @kylenki.bsky.social · 14d

Fascism is mental illness dressed up like politics.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13d

Sometimes it’s hard to tell if the bad guys know they’re losing, so it’s important to read it when they say it out loud.

jeff com-BOO-ters @helldude.bsky.social · 13d

mencius moldbug is thinking of fleeing the country because he thinks the trump administration's chaotic half-assing of dismantling liberal democracy is going to bite them all in the ass

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 12d

The 2008 Great Recession was a wealth transfer of tens of thousands of dollars from every Black and queer family in the United States to the largest banks.

No, seriously. A study afterward found the average Black family lost *50%* of their wealth. The average queer family lost 12% of their wealth.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 12d

if you needed another reason to stop using spotify:

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 12d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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