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Talia B.

@taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social

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Professional GM, author, and game designer. I also reblog art of various spice levels. Ask me about The Wonders of Mundus, on sale at taliaellib.itch.io; Email [email protected] regarding commissions and paperback orders. AI delenda est.

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Talia B. @taliadoesrpgs.smallbird.social · 21d

This is still by far my favorite Wonders of Mundus image and hats off to @pasteldaemon.bsky.social for her perfect interpretation of what I wanted.

(Wonders of Mundus is of course my cyberpunk isekai transgender coming of age story, check it out at taliaellib.itch.io)

An image titled "Look at what woke VRMMOs have done to our men." To the left, labeled "2039," is an image of a pasty, depressed man with unkempt black hair who looks like an overweight sad wet Markiplier, the "Saddest Man Alive." To the right, labeled 2047, is a foxgirl with tan skin, bright blue eyes and red hair in a Shaolin-like outfit who's smiling, the "Most Beautiful Woman You've Ever Met."

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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 32m

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven)

projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

Tracking PPP: Search Every Company Approved for Federal Loans - ProPublica

As part of the Paycheck Protection Program, the federal government has provided hundreds of billions in financial support to banks to make low-interest loans to companies and nonprofit organizations i...

projects.propublica.org

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Hedrick @hedrickart.bsky.social · 2h

Wip of the artwork on the "Heroic Fantasy" Theme !

5h40 so far, need to shade now haha XD

#art #fanart #heroicfantasy

WIP of an illustration, featuring various characters of popular licences :
Frieren, Frodo from the Lord of the Ring, Deedlit from Lodoss War are on the bac in action poses, Conan the Barbarian and Archer from Gates are posing in the center, and The black Knight from Fire Emblem Path of Radiance is above with a snake and a dragon

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 1h

did everyone remember to change their clock's gender last night

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Jacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · 29m

🚨 BIG 🚨Satmar Ahronim sect is endorsing Mamdani for mayor, two sources familiar confirmed.

Mamdani is expected to meet with Satmar leaders in Williamsburg this afternoon.

Here is more background ⬇️ forward.com/fast-forward...

Why Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters

The Satmar Hasidic community’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor shows the broad coalition built by the democratic socialist and Muslim.

forward.com

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Fortnite News & Updates @newsfortnite.bsky.social · 20h

Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7

(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)

#Fortnite #FortniteNews

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Malliumpkin 🐈‍⬛🌿🪶 @malliumpkin.bsky.social · 1d

It's Native American Heritage Month and this is your daily reminder to support Native/Indigenous creators, artists, beaders, authors/storytellers/writers, etc... all year around and not just during Native American Heritage Month!

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 3h

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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R.B. Lemberg @rblemberg.bsky.social · 44m

WHAT

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 1h

Best Novella: #WorldFantasyAwards2025
Winner: Yoke of Stars, R.B. Lemberg (Tachyon)

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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 1h

Let's move on to our full #PoliticalLessonPost today. This is where I take lessons my mom gave me and provide them to you as the political education I've found lots of people didn't get.

Got reminded talking to a co-worker I know about information tools that may not be common knowledge.

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Aaron Radney Commissions Closed (For Now) @aaronradney.bsky.social · 1h

Ground News is a news aggregator that shows different stories around the world, who's covering them and the ideological bias of the reporting to help you kind of gauge the framing and spin and help you deal with the hopelessness and cynicism this post is rightly pointing out as a problem.

Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 6h

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.

I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

Many of the propagandists of Autocracy, Inc., have learned from the mistakes of the twentieth century. They don’t offer their fellow citizens a vision of utopia, and they don’t inspire them to build a better world. Instead, they teach people to be cynical and passive, because there is no better world to build. Their goal is to persuade people to mind their own business, stay out of politics, and never hope for a democratic alternative: Our state may be corrupt, but everyone else is corrupt too. You may not like our leader, but the others are worse. You may not like our society, but at least we are strong and the democratic world is weak, degenerate, divided, dying.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 23h

This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence

I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥

Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

#SaveSpeech

starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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temmie @tuyoki.bsky.social · 1h

tem strong

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 1h

In realistic trauma recovery we need to remember that neither our comfort zone nor our desire for comfort is our "enemy."

Growth happens when we push ourselves, then give ourselves time & fuel to recover-- & that recovery & rebuilding happens where we feel safe & comfortable.

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Patsy 💚 @animperfectpatsy.bsky.social · 1d

PSA for all trans girls, and I do mean all

Screencap of Tumblr post. Text reads:
"trans girls will be like “yeah i mean my voice isnt that good” and then make noises that activate the prey drive humans haven’t had for thousands of years

see also: trans girls being like “oh you know i dont really like my face but it’s ok it’s whatever” and then you hop on a video call and you’re staring at aphrodite

How do I reblog this so my trans girl friends can feel validated and see what I think of them while also being the exception?

simple. acknowledge that you aren’t actually the exception and the fact that your body and face and voice might not look exactly how you want right now doesn’t mean they’re not beautiful and they’ll only get better from here"

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Figment💐 @figmentation.bsky.social · May 24

⊹₊ ˚‧︵‿₊୨ ᰔ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ᰔ ୧₊‿︵‧ ˚ ₊⊹

How-dee-doo, dearest!

It's your local Figment here fluttering by to say hello!

Ancient sentient fae-rytale decidedly turned #vtuber, albeit a lazy one.
Maker of things, godmother to many.

Overall, a giant silly.

Charmed! 💗 *:･ﾟ✧

🎨: @velyhua.bsky.social

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台羽正 @tadashidaiba.bsky.social · 17h

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Nekobungi Sumire (猫分儀スミレ)🏳️‍⚧️通販中 @amaitorte.jp · 2h

Wow. They have mods for everything.

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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 8h

Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween

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Sygnin @sygnin.com · 3h

Periodic reminder for this!

If you’re thinking of getting gift 🎁 art for holidays, now’s a good time to start looking & booking!

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 18h

Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.

“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”

Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.

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Absolutely Petrify Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 4h

What a great resource. Spread the word.

🪾whetstone 🍂 @whetstone.bsky.social · 4h

This is a great resource in precarious times.

Tried it for my city and it pulled up all the things I know about + more I didn’t. It finds food pantries, but also stuff like legal help and housing assistance.

For those of us more fortunate, great way to find volunteer and donation opportunities.

findhelp.org by findhelp - Search and Connect to Social Care

Search and connect to support. Find financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help in your area, anywhere in the US.

findhelp.org

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Lys @lysanderish.bsky.social · 2h

Vale spends the 1st chapter w/shoulder-length black hair w/ blue streaks.

Then she chops everything off & dyes her bangs red. Later she goes pink because the drug store didn't have her red in stock.

And she'll probably change it again in due time.

(Arts by @ketirz.bsky.social) #ocsky