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J3zz @j3zz-g.bsky.social · 21d

How to build a social-media site:
-Build app
-Let trans, sw & leftists make the platform popular
-Rightwingers & centrist contrarians get attracted by the harrassment potential
-Start restricitvely moderating so that original users have to flee
-Now you know have yet another shit social media site!

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Aelith Loves Art 𖣂 @aelith4ever.bsky.social · 29d

The Irritating Gentleman, by Berthold Woltze (1874)

#Art #painting #illustration

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Sep 20

They have this button on the right hand column that in addition to public shaming, lets you shame them in other useful ways

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• Teo • @inkantlers.bsky.social · Sep 19

Charcoal Portrait for @palita.bsky.social ✨

#VgenComm

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · Sep 20

Restricting the expression of sexuality through fiction and art made by adults, for adults – including those you find personally disturbing or offputting – is conservative censorship, full stop. When that censorship disproportionately affects subgroups, that's also discrimination. For shame.

Muepin 🍂👻 @muepin.art · Sep 19

The bad news keep coming

These go into effect Oct 15th

D. Adult Content: We provide a safe space for consensual adult expression by requiring clear consent and stopping abuse.

i. We allow consensual adult sexual content, including fictional depictions, when appropriately labeled and subject to appropriate age restrictions.

ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non- consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions.

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Trev🏳️‍🌈 @trevlightkeeper.bsky.social · Sep 19

The fact that the New York Post and WSJ can post dangerous misinformation and not even get so much as a slap on the wrist, while a rude trans person can get banned in less than a day after making a post, calls into question how seriously Bluesky really IS listening to those marginalized voices.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 20

so non-con in fiction (including cnc and bdsm, bc the wording is very broad) is banned but transphobia will still be rampant.

so great! so healthy! so transparent! so amazing! /s

Bluesky @bsky.app · Sep 19

Thank you to the 14,000+ people who shared feedback on our community guidelines! We’re updating our rules for clarity, strengthening enforcement, and introducing product changes for healthier conversations. New guidelines kick in Oct 15. bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky

Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

anyway. sick of ableism from people who claim to be allies. if you do this kind of thing or share it, please just block me. i'm exhausted of having to pretend it is funny.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

of their disability, and accommodations do not and will not exist for it." but that is very different than openly mocking them SOLEY based on being disabled. they don't care. those of us with that same issue do. similar to the whole trump baby hands thing, imo.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

also, making fun of politicians being disabled and insulting them for it is constant. that person does not care and will not see your comments. you know who will? disabled people with the same struggles (such as biden's stutter). i understand going "idk if this person can do that job fully because+

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

i don't expect everyone to speak perfectly all the time and never be ableist ever. but it is CONSTANT. i am exhausted. i feel myself becoming a bitter, angry crip again in real time, because ppl who seem to have space and respect for all other marginalized groups do not have it for didabled ppl.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

this happens daily. these are not comments from disabled people. recent ones include "everyone's a little autistic" as a punchline (not making fun of the phrase, but making fun of someone being awkward), and "hot wheels" (in reference to an old wheelchair user). and those are the nice, tame ones.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

the number of times i'll read an opinion or laugh along with a comedian only for that person to make an ableist comment/joke that actively punches down at disabled ppl in general and not just whatever person it is they're critiquing is absurd. it's been at least twice today alone.

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Count Avi Henriques 🩸 @legalizegoblins.bsky.social · Sep 18

I think a lot about how my great-grandparents must have felt in the 30s. How they must have lived with constant fear. I've talked about this before, but my great-grandpa wrote newspaper op-eds about boycotting Germany. No one listened to him. They both, along with their son, died in Auschwitz.

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Spirit Halloween Dani 🎃 (REINSTATE LINK) @djamiempls.meatjacker.social · Sep 18

Requesting $20 to get me out of the red and put some more gas in so I can continue doordashing and ubereats tomorrow.
My bank is negative and doordash funds takes 3-5 days to transfer.

$danirockasota
V: djamiempls

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · Sep 17

ko-fi.com/systemerror/...

Hello friends. I am having some trouble swallowing atm and was hoping to get some help with this plus $100 for food and some funds for gardening supplies (im slowly making a community garden in my complex so that we have food growing for everyone to eat as we are all below the poverty line) help is very much appreciated

Total of 550 will cover the thickening agent for drinks as well as the food for me and some gardening supplies for the community garden (fees that stripe takes from me included)

If you cant contribute, your shares are greatly appreciated

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

i think this is about having family who can and do actually support you. not having family to supoort you can also just be them refusing to do so.

mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 18

it's a real issue but it often turns into either blaming the disabled person or abandoning them, when they need support too. i know my patents genuinely are okay with taking care of me and WANT to help me but i also know it can get exhausting for them at times. i wish there was more support for them

mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 16

yeah. without my parent's support i would probably die. people think i'm exaggerating. meanwhile i'm trying to figure out how the fuck to get money so i can afford to live and hire a caregiver in the future so i don't die when my parents get old.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 16

genuinely asking btw i cannot keep up w everything scotus is doing, they're a hot mess

mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 16

a woman just won a case against him for sexual assault + defamation, so this is why i'm confused.

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 16

i thought the ruling was that the president couldn't be sued for executive orders specifically? did smth change?

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · Sep 14

I know it's not like intentional or anything like that but it is exhausting that disability (particularly disability while young) is always, always left out of rhetoric about who has been fighting and sounding the alarm about fascism for years (decades, etc)

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 12

that's so cute :(((
one of my cats purrs fairly quiet so you can't always tell. the other one purrs like she's a motorboat and it can be a bit shocking when you don't know she's there! but it's nice too

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mak <3 @sootblossoms.bsky.social · Sep 10

i have not seen the video, a family member has. i will not be commenting on this outside of echoing this warning that the video of Charlie Kirk being shot is very graphic. some have suggested turning off autoplay.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · Sep 10

I’m being very literal. You might not want to see the guy lose a fuck ton of blood from his neck in a matter of seconds. Some people may throw up.

Dexter 🇨🇦🇵🇸 @dexterrsx.blackskycomra.de · Sep 10

He was a Nazi, you shouldn't be feeling sorry for someone who only had one emotion: hate.

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