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Ello (Muffin)

@thelocalmuffin.bsky.social

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Hobbyist writer and artist going through the horrors. Multifandom. System, but Ello usually handles this account. Sometimes political. Icon is by my buddy @oreocorios.bsky.social

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · 26d

"Thanks for 14k feedback! We didn't listen!"

I knew that feedback poll was horseshit but congrats, @bsky.app! You isolated the audience that made you! ❣️🙏

I'll be deactivating before the 15th.

I think I'm just done with social media in general. I'm so tired of having to do this every 2 years.

Bluesky @bsky.app · 26d

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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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 2d

an Indigenous Peoples Day reminder that borders are bullshit and every Indigenous person from across the Americas deserves to be in the US more than every person of European origin

fuck borders, fuck ICE, land back.

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Alex Degen (Magic Serple 2025) @adactivity.bsky.social · 1d

This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

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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Mulch Mouth 🔜 MFF @mulchmouth.bsky.social · 1d

Former CEO (stepped down two weeks ago) and co-founder of Spotify also invested over a billion dollars into AI military drone tech.
They just became profitable for the first time last year. Canceling your subscription here does matter

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 2d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · 1d

{ #ocsky }

Drew Sanyi for a warm up

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ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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minimatt.bsky.social @minimatt.bsky.social · 4d

PSA: Twitch partner support is just chat GPT now

Also do NOT use the /warn command EVER

As a moderator you can't remove a warning given on your chat through any means so if the user is on mobile and can't click the popup they are functionally shadowbanned.

This is absolutely fucking ridiculous

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 4d

ICE spent $800K on vans with stingray tech that collects data from all nearby phones, even yours. These devices mimic cell towers to track locations and intercept communications. Oversight and transparency are needed now.

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cavu4ever.bsky.social @cavu4ever.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. So: airplane mode and take lots of videos…

techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/i...

ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones | TechCrunch

The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.

techcrunch.com

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Twitchcon @mahoukarp.com · 4d

little greek monsters
#art

illustration of some greek monsters

featured are

orthrus
cerebrus
hydra
manticore
chimera
pegasus
minotaur
griffin
hippocampus

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 3d

This. This exactly.

A lack of interest in prioritizing goonerbait characters is (correctly) interpreted as an acknowledgement of the widening of the audience for video games, and "gamers" don't want anyone else's wants or desires to matter. Only their own.

Lucky_Bun @luckybun.bsky.social · 4d

This isn't about porn or gooner brain or whatever, it's not even about looks, this is about power. They don't want to see beautiful women, they want all women in media to be nothing but objects for the pleasure of (white) men.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 5d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · 4d

Oh I love this ❣️

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 4d

If you can't come out right now, please don't hate yourself.
One day, the meaning of labels will disappear.

Please love yourself as you are.
The one who can cherish yourself the most is yourself.
Because that is your strength and beauty.
Chiitan loves you

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SteadyPen @steadypen.bsky.social · 14d

I said I’d do something for 100 followers and here it is! Double Art Raffle!
Rules:
Raffle 1:
1. follow and share this post to enter, the winner of the raffle will get one full body character art like below!
2. No bot follows!
3. Entry period starts now, ends October 31 2025
raffle 2 rules below!

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 6d

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 6d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Narney @narney.bsky.social · May 21

Sign where you can read "I'm not interest in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Sep 8

May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.

May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.

This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.

Vaccinate your pets please.

Worries about vaccination rates in dogs
As rabies seems to be spreading more in wildlife, veterinarians are especially worried about vaccine hesitancy spreading among pet owners, a dangerous trend that could lead to more dogs - and their owners
- becoming infected. A 2023 study published in the journal Vaccine found in nationally representative sample of Americans that nearly 40% believed canine vaccines were unsafe and 37% believed that vaccines could lead their dogs to develop cognitive issues, such as autism.

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · Jun 17

{ #ocsky #oc }

Drew Chouko, my beloved chaotic #gnosia OC. Might have to play again soon.

A purple haired woman with some glowing neon blue marks on her arm. She is cusping her face and looking at the camera. There are neon butterflies behind her with a dark, starry background. The style is somewhat realistic, but cartoonish.

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · Aug 18

#kpopdemonhunters #kpdh

🎵 Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild 🎵
🎵 But now that's how I'm getting paid🎵

Made a faux merch trade card of Mira. I love her so much...

A portrait of Mira from Kpop demon hunters looking directly at the camera

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Ello (Muffin) @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · Aug 28

#supermariobros #pauline #rosalina

♥️A lovely duet 💙

Tumblr voted for some Rosalina x Pauline art. Always happy to draw them!

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Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 10d

Comic books are (and this isn’t hyperbole) the greatest story telling medium that has ever existed. The combination of text and images rendered with a human hand is the most direct path from one mind to another. All other medium pale in comparison.