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Car @garn47.bsky.social · 1d

More FL yuh

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Yea

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14h

I can't stress enough how young staffers working for Republicans are basically all groyper Nazis now. The leaked texts yesterday saying "I love Hitler" and now swastikas on congressional offices.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19h

You’ll notice that new developments in generative AI are always accompanied by new ways of depicting women without their consent—undermining their autonomy and harassing them—almost like it’s a pillar of the technology and its evolution

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 1d

i've always looked up to you ever since i started doing vfx and shader stuff in vrchat. you've been such an inspiration for me, and you still are. you deserve all the good things this world has to offer <3

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 1d

oh hey i did the editing for that trailer no way

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 1d

and PKU did the videography they also cooked

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 1d

hey look i made the trailer for this y'all should totally watch it or something

Luxe Nova @luxe-nova.com · 1d

It is time...

luxe-nova.com

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 1d

My group @luxe-nova.com is now an affiliate with the VRCA!!! Incredibly honored to have this recognition as part of the VRC community.

If you want, maybe you could help nominate us for an award this year? ;3

The VR Community Awards @thevrcawards.bsky.social · 1d

The VR Community Awards Return for 2025.

- 14 New Curator Awards
- Live Performances and Special Guests
- New Categories and Hosted Awards

Submissions open Decemeber 1st. Join our Discord or visit our website for more information.

Let's make 2025 one to remember.

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Beige @beigevr.bsky.social · 2d

!!

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季葉chowchow @chowchow0704.bsky.social · 2d

Hiiii! 'The 3rd Answer' is out!📺
A horror world that made by Maki Maki, Kadeko and me within 3 weeks for 2025 VRC Spookality.
Special thanks for Beige who made the Logo, thumbnail and also a promote video!
Link below:

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

Fenway health in Boston has stopped providing gender affirming care to trans youth.

I was previously on the board of this organization and I've never been so disgusted with their leadership cowardly capitulating like this.

Alt text:
Statement from Fenway Health explaining that due to new federal requirements effective October 1, 2025, they can no longer provide medical gender-affirming care such as hormones and puberty blockers to patients under 19, but all other services for patients of all ages will continue unchanged.

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Vee @vesturo.eu · 3d

had a productive night :) setup the new policy center, moved our newsletter stuff over to virtualabs.cloud/verify-mail, reworked the overall designs to be more unified.

now we can go back to rotting in bed <3

VirtuaLabs @virtualabs.cloud · 3d

We’ve just published unified versions of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy! 🌐

Nothing has changed — they’re simply now shared across all our affiliated sites and services.
🔗 virtualabs.cloud/policies

VirtuaLabs

From custom shaders to immersive VR worlds, we transform concepts into experiences that captivate users across VRChat, Unity, and beyond.

virtualabs.cloud

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Brikaro @brikaro.bsky.social · 3d

Had this knocking around in my head for about 6 months and finally got around to writing it out and filming it. This is my first time making a video essay and I haven't written VO since college but I'm happy with how it came out. Let me know what you think!

Filmed in #vrchat
Edited with #blender3d

Optimization and Culture in VRChat

YouTube video by Brikaro

youtu.be

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this guy STINKS @sparkledogcore.bsky.social · 3d

I haven't received any donations since making this update,

I'm having a pretty rough time balancing all my responsibilities in my day to day, and even a small amount of progression on my GFM would offer me an incredible amount of stress relief. Thank you for helping me ease a difficult transition.

this guy STINKS @sparkledogcore.bsky.social · 5d

I am a full-time artist & currently working a seasonal part time job,

I'm doing everything I can to keep us from becoming unhoused again

Donations, shares, and comments all make a big difference and offer me relief during a stressful time ❤️‍🩹

www.gofundme.com/f/support-se...

Thank you so much!

Donate to Support Sella and Rollie in Finding a Safe Home, organized by Sella Ortiz

My name is Sella, I escaped the oppressive environment of Texas that I gre… Sella Ortiz needs your support for Support Sella and Rollie in Finding a Safe Home

www.gofundme.com

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Svitanna ❄️ @svitanna.bsky.social · 4d

Some early morning/late night ASMR to end the week, and start my second week of charity streams, this time in aid of Selective Mutism Information & Research Association

twitch.tv/svitanna

Svitanna - Twitch

💙💙 Tingles and comfort to end the week 💙💙

twitch.tv

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WispyWoo @wispywoo.bsky.social · 4d

NEW MAPǃǃǃǃ Overlook is out in labs right nowǃǃǃǃǃ Go check it outǃǃǃǃ ˸3
This one is call back to my much comfier maps since its been a whileǃ
hope yalls like it :3

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 4d

oh hey i'm going to be participating in this maybe :3

VR Charity Event @vrcharityevent.bsky.social · 4d

🐝VRCharity Event, 1st edition

40 streamers united to raise funds for the Trans Community!
🤍🩷💙

Live performances, VRC communities workshops, lots of giveaways, talk shows, and much-much more!

In benefit of @transacademy.bsky.social and
@translifeline.org

📅Live on Twitch | Nov 15–16

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Ferryman Collective @ferrymanvr.bsky.social · 6d

We’re a little late sharing this, but last year our co-founder Deirdre V. Lyons spoke at Infinity Festival Hollywood 2024—an amazing celebration of tech and storytelling. The festival’s back this week, and there’s still time to grab a ticket for the final day Friday. Go check it out!

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Vee @vesturo.eu · 6d

I never share anything about my health cause i don't want people to treat me differently, but it's an open secret that i was not doing so well health wise for some time.
While not improved, my condition has stabilized for now means one thing:
Big things coming soon, no more regrets or holding back!

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Phosphorshy @phosphorshy.horse · 6d

this PSA applies to ANYTHING with a battery

PLEASE check ANY and ALL battery powered device you may have laying around

phones, handheld consoles, controllers, laptops, etc

This is just a known thing for any and all Li-ion batteries

(non Li-ion are susceptible to corrosion so check them as well)

Viva Slithereverie 🐍🌸 @vivareverie.bsky.social · 6d

A PSA: If you own a PSP, check on its battery! Mine was dangerously swollen and I wouldn't've noticed if it weren't for the fact that it was SO swollen it forced the battery cover off on its own. Crisis Averted!

Swollen PSP battery from the side, the bottom is notably not flat against the table

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Skye Jude Shaw🏳️‍⚧️天空知者 @skyejudeshaw.bsky.social · 6d

hey guys you should go upvote my friend @ayumikoivr.com's canny post about contacts being bugged
feedback.vrchat.com/avatar-30/p/...

VRC Contact Sender Bug and Limits | Avatar Bugs & Feature Requests | VRChat

When adding a VRC Contact Sender and changing the size of it, it limits at 20 which is not documented in https://creators.vrchat.

feedback.vrchat.com

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Voxandra @voxandra.gay · 7d

oh yeah it was lesbian day or something

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 7d

what legal recourse do artists and museums have against international militaries stealing and using our work to commit warcrimes, since apparently that's a conversation we need to have now.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 7d

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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