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Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc

@seaguardxiv.bsky.social

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⬗ chronic fatigue haver ⬗ she/they | 🏳️‍🌈 very queer | >30yo ⬗ frieren-pilled ⬗ shitposter & software engineer ⬗ Dog: #atlas | WOL: #tala ⬗ pfp by @emibirdee.art

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Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc @seaguardxiv.bsky.social · Jun 13

As a reminder, conservativism cares about two things: (1) making "Outsiders" suffer, and (2) making their capitalist leaders richer.

That's the entirety of it. Anything else they have ever done, is just a means to an end to accomplish one or both of those goals.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 1h

Insurance rates up $2000.

Food benefits cut off.

Farmers unable to sell their crops.

Skyrocketing national debt.

$40 billion to Argentina.

America First!

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3h

Quite a day.

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Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc @seaguardxiv.bsky.social · 1h

Soooo my boss is quitting next month lmao

I'm so conflicted, I liked him a lot but also recently it has felt like such a struggle. But also he has always been super relaxed about things, and who knows what his replacement could bring

Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc @seaguardxiv.bsky.social · 16d

My boss feels like a completely different manager compared to a year ago, and I can't help but think that a LOT of it comes down to his brain being cooked by genAI.

It's so fucking depressing.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 7h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc @seaguardxiv.bsky.social · 3h

Hey! Your dog's ID tag should have more than just a phone number!

A neighbor and I found a senior dog wandering the street and his collar had a phone number that just kept going to voicemail.
No name, no address, no email, don't even know the dog's name.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 9h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Vero 🍏🍎 @piningappless.bsky.social · 5h

#PortfolioDay !
I'm Vero and I love dreamy, magical vibes 🌷✨️

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青空あずま @otyasitene.bsky.social · 8h

ぐぶ

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Kate Draws 🌈✨️ @tacticiankate.bsky.social · 1d

HOWDY AND HELLO #PortfolioDay I'm Kate, a freelance character artist who loves drawing fantasy, women, and especially fantasy women!!!!
I'll be open for work at the start of November!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with deep blue skin, closed eyes, tall curved horns with a glowing crescent moon between them, and long wavy hair going from indigo at the top to pale gold at the ends. She is dressed in an indigo gown with lots of gold trim and accessories and sheer blue accent cloth. She is holding a large golden greatsword with blue roses and purple thorns around the guard. The background is an art nouveau-style circular graphic of gold celestial motifs on a black to maroon gradient.

A color illustration of a dragonkin/tiefling woman with teal skin, darker turquoise hair in a braid, closed eyes, and a long tail. She is dressed in layers of red, gold, green, and turquoise, and she is holding a wooden staff with a golden lantern hanging from the top. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of stylized grass, lotuses, and clouds on a sunset gradient.

A color illustration of a gorgon woman with light and darker green skin/scales, long dark green cobra hair separated by narrow horns, and a long tapered tail. She is dressed in a dark green bustier with gold trim and lots of accessories, and she is holding two crossed swords behind her head. The background is an art nouveau-style panel of thorns and ivy on a black to yellow gradient.

A color illustration of my changing moon Lunar oc, Emerald, from an exalted game. She is a middle-aged woman with fair skin, emerald-green eyes with striking red eyeshadow, and long iridescent black hair partly held up by a golden comb with the rest pulled over one shoulder. She is dressed in an elegant green gown with puffy sleeves and a boob window, lots of gold and green jewelry, and a translucent green and gold floaty scarf thingy. The background is a simple green gradient with a crescent moon behind her head.

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 1d

inventing a new app called "chat" where it's like chatgpt but you get to talk to humans

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TABLE @crbrnww.bsky.social · 13h

hi #PortfolioDay !!

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

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Etro 🌸 comms @etroveria.bsky.social · Nov 25

yuweyata coat of fending ✨

#ffxiv #ffxivart #venat

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NESY @nesy-hide.bsky.social · 1d

Erilihn for @erilihn.bsky.social;🪻

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Spook-mi/erika @samitron.bsky.social · 22h

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Thought Slime @slimemildred.bsky.social · 15h

I give it about twenty minutes before thousands of creeps use this specifically and exclusively to create CSAM, and the feature is quietly rolled back.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Video Games Out of Context 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @indiegamesooc.bsky.social · 1d

Okami

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sarah margaret (scary) 🍂 @sarahmargs.bsky.social · Jun 2

every tv show is showrun by 2 guys named like doug and grug and they're famous for making a viral totinos superbowl commercial before they were given the reigns to Sopranos 2: Legacy

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Emi Birdee @ GATEway FATE @emibirdee.art · 22h

Haven't done #PortfolioDay in a while but here's some things I'm proud of!

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SPiNDLE @aidenr0.bsky.social · 1d

i bring more women kissing to your TL

an illustration by Spindle of the characters Asimov (on the right), a half-elf with white hair tied up in a bun, and wearing a blue dress (with yellow accents and a red stripe on the bottom), sitting and kissing Ottilie (on the left), a human with short brown hair tied up in a small bun, wearing a green cardigan (with orange circles print, and white trim), white underwear, and black thighhighs (appearing green due to the tones of the art). She's in front of Asi and leaning on her, kissing back. The kiss is tongue-style

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Sea 🌊 @ Traversal arc @seaguardxiv.bsky.social · 18h

Not enough time to get the solo clear because everybody wants to do group runs

a woman sitting at a table with plates of pancakes on it .

Alt: Sabrina (the teenage witch) is surrounded by people holding plates of breakfast for her, and she is overwhelmed

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

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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cerwyn @bajamut-blast.bsky.social · 5d

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Kris Werewolfheart @kriswolfhe.art · 3d

It was nice back when companies decided to do a spin off and made a game instead of a gambling app

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