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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

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Trevor Henderson 🍉(commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · May 19

The piece-meal men

three shadowy figures with simplistic faces and saggy pale flesh, wearing coats and hats under a streetlight. the front-most figure is brandishing a rusty saw

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AaronTZW.art @aarontzw.bsky.social · 5d

#weretober 15. Sockeye

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 6d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 6d

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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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 6d

Sonic saying, "Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER"

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ionomycin @ionomycin.bsky.social · 6d

there's something wrong with the rabbits

a character sitting in a room with a moose skull on the wall. black rabbits surround them in the shadow

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🍊 @sablecitrus.bsky.social · 8d

The Sound is Irresistible

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 13d

if I'm not mistaken, this is the first UBI scheme where they aren't in some stupid endless "study" and finally have enough data to just simply DO it, and of course like all the studies showed, the result is a huge boost for the economy

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 14d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 13d

MONDAY.
SPITE AS FUEL.

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Rob 🟡 @fawnrelic.bsky.social · 14d

Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 15d

IF YOU ARE GERMAN, YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR MEPs AND DEMAND THEY OPPOSE CHAT CONTROL

-RIGHT-
-NOW-

the link below contains individual emails and everything, PLEASE do not sleep on this!

Tuta @tuta.com · 17d

We are alarmed as well. If you are in Germany, write to your representatives. You'll find the email addresses here: 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Signalapp on X: We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a
catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled
opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could
spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 17d

as a neurodivergent & also weird kid school was hell for me, though these days I struggle to remember the names of all the teachers who bullied me. But the three that treated me like a person have never left me. Now more than ever, I hope you all try your best to stay unsquishable!

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✨André moraph✨ @andre.moraph.art · 20d

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21d

1. A day after the Michigan church shooting, Republicans are silent after learning the shooter was a MAGA extremist.

No investigations of Trump supporters as terrorists. No national conversations about the rights of cisgender men.

The silence is deafening.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Deafening Silence After Mormon Church Shooter Not A "Transgender Leftist" But A Trump Supporter

The event is a case study in how shootings are covered in America.

www.erininthemorning.com

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HearthFox ΘΔ @hearthfox.bsky.social · 21d

Dissolve and prosecute ICE.

Dale Ryder @kryton3298.bsky.social · 22d

rfkhumanrights.org/press/new-co...

lailluminator.com/2025/09/19/i...

lailluminator.com/2025/09/19/i...
They’re torturing trans people in Louisiana inside an ICE detention center that we pay for.

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Rappenem @rappenem.bsky.social · 25d

I love painting shiny stuff

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ChatsVoid @chatsvoid.bsky.social · Jun 20

Many ways to pass a torch.

I GUESS THE FAMILY LEGACY WILL END WITH ME...

HOW SAD AND SHORT SIGHTED TO REDUCE YOURSELF AND ANY LEGACY TO GENETICS.

THERE ARE FAR GREATER THINGS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR KIN'S FUTURE. YOU CAN HELP BUILD A FOUNDATION...

...WITH CREATIONS AND TEACHINGS THAT WILL RIPPLE ACROSS TIME.

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Jimmy Makepeace @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 25d

I love knights.

a knight sits on the back of a caparisoned horse (the horse's head has been replaced with a shrine with some sort of creature in it.)

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onion person @junlper.beer · 27d

the fact that so many people frame autism as “a problem that needs to be solved” is a constant reminder that being “not normal” isn’t acceptable to a large amount of the world. it’s the same reason there’s a trans panic right now too. they think people are defective

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✨André moraph✨ @andre.moraph.art · 29d

😵‍💫~

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pochy @pochowek.bsky.social · 29d

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · Sep 20

I am mad.

Even if they didn't listen to the feedback, please keep posting your stuff here.

You art is powerful and inspires many. It might never please everybody, even so, don't be stopped, don't be censored.

Post and post and post, I want to see all creativity here.

All of it.

SFW.
NSFW.

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.

bsky.social

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PajamaMcHam @pajamamcham.bsky.social · Sep 13

They got that on!
...
and off

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Zeek The Freak(hound) @stripyzeke.bsky.social · Sep 17

For those of you in Germany this is especially important as Germany's voice carries a LOT of weight and other countries can oftentimes be swayed by their decision so please, PLEASE do what you can!

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 16

#SaveSpeech

Germany has, unfortunately, reversed its position back to undecided.

folks in the EU, but GERMANS ESPECIALLY, need to call your MEPs about Chat Control and urge them to oppose this proposal!

find your MEP below and yell at them!

www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · Sep 16

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