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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 3h

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear that. 😔 Bad things always seem to come in waves. 🫂

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 4d

BY THE WAY

If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.

There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.

Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."

TURN IT OFF.

Screenshot from Windows Settings>Privacy and Security>Text and image Generation.

"Text and image generation uses on-device AI technologies to quickly respond to requests. Turning this settings off will not affect apps and features using cloud AI technologies.

Text and image generation
Windows and anyone using this device can use Text and image generation.

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 7d

TMI cold stuff
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me @ the phlegm at the back of my throat that I can FEEL that I KNOW is causing my coughing fits that just is not getting coughed out

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 8d

been sick a week, everythin hurts, can't draw, saved over a slot in a game losing at least 40 hours of 100%ing, can't go home for Thanksgiving, weather sucks, it's close to a time of year w/ bad associations for me personally-

hey can everything just chill for two seconds??? 8^)

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad @socksthewolf.com · 17d

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

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Mirel 🇨🇦 @miralelian.bsky.social · 13d

Oh dear, and every single question is a 1000 character textbox... Time to break out the thesaurus and english-french dictionary for maximum variations on the words "stop" "Don't" and "no"

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 13d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 12d

I miss the days of making random forums for just yourself and like 10 friends max 😔

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 12d

Oh yeah uhhh hey all! I've been pretty bad about posting here lately. Part of that was busy busy / forgetting

but another part of that was seeing things about how the site is being run/moderated and uhhhh man can we just have a normal social media site for five minutes <:')

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Imran Khan @imrankhan.bsky.social · 12d

A shower curtain that is a screenshot of Ocarina of Time where the text “Water Temple” is on the screen, hung up over a shower.

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 13d

Oh wow! Congrats!

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 14d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 16d

God I feel this; I sometimes laugh in a sense of pure disbelief at something. I think it's my body's way to just like...expel a heightened emotion to regulate it?

And yeah it includes when something is cool too. I've heard it on your OOT streams and 100% relate. Those are "oh that's SICK :D" laughs

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 16d

omg................i think I remember those and tried to find them a few years back but couldn't :'(

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Stephen Georg @stephenge.org · 17d

EXTRA LIFE 2025 IS LIVE!

Your donations to our children’s hospital forces us to play anything from the N64, GCN, Wii, or Wii U libraries.

Or put your donations toward the roulette to let chaos unfold!

(Spread the word!)

🔴 twitch.tv/stephengeorg

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Sockie (but spooky) 💀✨ @sockie.bsky.social · 27d

I watch this guy's newer stuff but he has some older videos on wrist mobility and strengthening. The first video is pretty short!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvPk...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AEJ... (this one is longer and more in-depth, but goes over additional flexion patterns)

Technique to Lengthen and Mobilize the Wrist Flexors

YouTube video by Precision Movement

www.youtube.com

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 28d

Stealing someone's star immediately after they get it gotta be one of the cruellest Mario Party moves :x

#MarioParty3

Mario Party 3 comic
Panel 1: Luigi holds up a star with tears in his eyes. He happily yells "Finally, I got a star! Peach-a got the last-a three!" To the side, there's a "ding! ding!"
Panel 2: A Boo shows up and snags the star right from Luigi's grasp. The Boo taunts "Make that four!"

Mario Party 3 comic continued
Panel 3: The Boo shrugs as he takes the star over to Peach who's holding a Boo Bell. Luigi looks over with bulging eyes beginning to shout "WH-"
Panel 4: Peach smiles gleefully holding Luigi's star as he yells from off screen "I-A DIDN'T EVEN HAVE IT FOR-A MINUTE!!"

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 28d

Landing on the bank on round 1 of turn 1 sure is a flex ( ovo);

#MarioParty3

Mario Party 3 comic
Panel 1: On Chilly Waters, Peach watches Luigi walk forward. Peach thinks to herself "First roll of the first turn! This'll set the tone of the game!"
Panel 2: Luigi lands on the BANK$, surprising the Koopa inside and two nearby penguin/snowman NPCs.

Mario Party 3 comic continued
Panel 3: Peach is disturbed and utters "uh oh"

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · 28d

September's comics continue with Mario Party 3! Here's the thread for this month for its comics starting wiiiith

I accidentally misread "Millennium" as "Millennial" once and it was too good a mental image to not bring to life
#MarioParty3

Mario Party 3 comic
Panel 1: The Millenium star hovers above Peach, Yoshi, and Mario and says "I am the Millenial Star."
Panel 2: Peach, confused, asks "Wait... "Millenial"? Not "Millenium"?"

Mario Party 3 comic continued
Panel 3: The Millenial Star is shown, has emo hair and in the background Nyan Cat, the og Anime Goth Girl, "ok boomer" and "Y2K". The star says "Yeah."

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Lady Anastasia White @anastasia.housewhite.art · 29d

Hilarious.

My bank can just do a stop payment at my request though. That's free. That takes 15 minutes on the phone. And it actively harms them because payment processors do NOT like when you get a stop payment order placed against you.

What you do with this information is between you and God.

JAUNTYMOOSE @jauntymoose.bsky.social · 29d

🚨UPDATE: In response to the boycott that erupted over the weekend, Disney decided to update the cancellation process on their website, making it MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEIR SUBSCRIBERS TO STOP GIVING THEM MONEY.

This underhanded strategy hasn’t retained customers as they hoped.

Disney Stock Takes a Devastating Nosedive as Major Stars Call For Boycott

Major Disney+ stars and iconic ABC creators have called for a boycott of Disney, pushing fans to cancel subscriptions, leading to a stock nosedive.

collider.com

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · Sep 19

MINOR
XENOBLADE 3
SPOILERS
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I actually think I did Zeon's ascension quest quite earlier but the idea that someone could forget about this quest for a long time was darkly humourous :'D

#Xenoblade3

Xenoblade 3 comic
Panel 1: Eunie and Lanz approach Colony 9. Eunie says "Good ol' Colony 9. Glad to be back." Lanz agrees, saying "Yeah, glad we decided to see old friends before Cloud Keep."
Panel 2: Eunie peeks around a corner and waves, saying "Hey Zeon! Guess who's back! Need any help?" Some soldiers look Eunie's way, along with Zeon who is in the foreground.

Xenoblade 3 comic continued
Panel 3: Zeon turns around, tears in his eyes, shaking, clearly very distressed, and croaks "we are STARVING please help" Behind him, many soldiers lay / stand around a table, so hungry they can barely move.
Panel 4: Eunie and Lanz look on awkwardly with blank stares, the latter mumbling "Maybe... Maybe we should have stopped by sooner..."

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Despoina She/They [Commissions Open] @desdarkdesigns.bsky.social · Sep 15

Make a ruckus people, they are trying to saturate people to exhaust us, but we can't relent. Now it's to "Fight against additive feeds" But we know damn well this is just the excuse for censorious movements.

Do not let this pass without political cost.

The Verge @theverge.com · Sep 15

NY could force TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram to roll out age verification

New York is clamping down on “addictive” feeds.

buff.ly

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Charlie @charlybird.bsky.social · Sep 15

A couple of people in the comments section on ProZD Plays have said Yutaro Namigaki is like a Yu Gi Oh character😆, so I sketched this.
SungWon also voices him perfectly.

#art #Paranormasight #ProZDPlaysGames

a Yu Gi Oh meme

Yutaro Namigaki holding a card of the "Foot Washing Mansion" curse stone. He says "You can't defeat THIS!"

Yakko Sakazaki holds her head up high smiling and submits a card that says "You're a loser"

Yutaro recoils in horror at his defeat screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

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🔞Keesh 🍁🏳️‍🌈 @rakeeshsorrel.bsky.social · Sep 11

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.

This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

e-6695 (Consumer protection)

Keywords
Censorship Credit cards Internet Pornography

E-petition
Initiated by Carmen Tam from Waterloo, Ontario

Original language of petition: English
Petition details
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:

Mastercard, Visa, and other payment platforms have been leveraging their power over consumer ability to purchase legal content;
In 2021, Mastercard changed its policies to regulate adult entertainment by preventing the use of its payment platform on numerous adult entertainment sites;
As of July 2025, video game distribution service Steam now cites rule 15, that “adult only” content is not permitted on the platform if it goes against payment processor’s policies. Steam does not describe what content is defined as “adult only”;
As of July 2025, video game distribution website Itch.io has “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from browse and search pages. Users that previously purchased legitimate video games cannot access games that have been removed; and
This has set an unsettling precedent of corporate censorship, causing concern in video game development teams, including developers, voice actors, and artists in other creative fields as their livelihoods are in limbo.

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to
1. Stop financial discrimination by payment platforms against legal goods and services;
2. Ensure transparency to consumers about content restrictions and the rationale behind them; and
3. Protect creators' rights to make legal adult content and ensure a fair appeals process for any penalized media.

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · Sep 13

One of my favorite things to do with the defender classes is to buff out their defense to the max and just

Run through High Level areas that I have No Business being in :x
#Xenoblade3

Xenoblade 3 comic
Panel 1: Lanz looks towards a high level area, saying to himself "Max Physical Defense, HP % maxxed, Blocking up..."
Panel 2: Lanz readies himself to run, eyes closed, and says "Hoo... Okay."

Xenoblade 3 comic continued
Panel 3: Lanz dashes through the high level enemies, yelling "RAAAAGHH!" while they hit him for high damage.
Panel 4: Lanz, injured but still alive, shakily raises his fists in the air and blusters "*huff* *huff* M-MADE IT!!" A small marker points to the ground and reads "LANDMARK REACHED!"

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sonoci @sonocomics.bsky.social · Sep 13

XENOBLADE
3
SPOILERS
(sorta?)
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Look the menu doesn’t tell me when I have guests ( ovo);; …or at least if it does it’s not very in your face ( ovo);;;;;
#Xenoblade3

Xenoblade 3 comic
Panel 1: Lanz looks quizzically at his map of Candensia, musing to himself "Hm. Even though we've pretty much explored everything... I feel like... I'm forgetting something..."
Panel 2: Lanz turns his head to the side as he hears coughing off screen.

Xenoblade 3 comic continued
Panel 3: Lanz sees "Old Citizen w/ breathing problems they picked up hours ago" coughing on a rock by a tree.
Panel 4: Sena, tears in her eyes, appears and yells at Lanz "LANZ We can't keep doing this it'll be Shania all over again!!" Lanz sweats with wide eyes, avoiding eye contact out of shame.

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