Ultrasquid 🦑🥔
@ultrasquid.bsky.social
Cis/het male, 50+
Font designer, miniature painter, Jack of all trades, master of few, shlub
🔞 Minors DNI 🔞
🇺🇸🆘 NoOneIsComingToSaveUs
https://beacons.ai/ultrasquid
Font designer, miniature painter, Jack of all trades, master of few, shlub
🔞 Minors DNI 🔞
🇺🇸🆘 NoOneIsComingToSaveUs
https://beacons.ai/ultrasquid
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Ultrasquid 🦑🥔
@ultrasquid.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hello friends, old and new! It's great to see you here. My latest fixation is vtubers, and I'm working on becoming one myself soon. I'm also into art, D&D, smut, animation, sea life, and social justice. I have dysthymia and ADHD. I try not to talk about that much, but I'm often random and brooding
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Id you havent been calling your representatives about KOSA and other bills, NOW is the time to start doing so
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Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Important update: I have received word from insiders that Crunchyroll executives have deemed the user backlash to be small enough that their subtitle enshittification & OOONA plans will NOT be cancelled, only delayed.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
I have added an update to the article. There's a summary at the top now too.
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Ponyville Ciderfest day one!!
Catch my stuff over in the Vendor Hall!
By popular request, I have also brought some of the leftover Sonic stuff as well as the Chao Garden machine!
A lot of my pony stuff is being discontinued since i'm working on a lot of BRAND NEW MLP merch for 2026!
#MLPFiM #PVCF25
Catch my stuff over in the Vendor Hall!
By popular request, I have also brought some of the leftover Sonic stuff as well as the Chao Garden machine!
A lot of my pony stuff is being discontinued since i'm working on a lot of BRAND NEW MLP merch for 2026!
#MLPFiM #PVCF25
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Time to call and email your reps about this federal ban on states being allowed to regulate AI!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress to Oppose an AI Regulation Ban
This summer, congress attempted to bury a dangerous provision in what some lawmakers called the "Big Beautiful Bill." The provision would ban most states and localities from regulating AI. Thankfully,...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Time to call and email your reps about this federal ban on states being allowed to regulate AI!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
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Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
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This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This feature can be disabled by going to Invoicing -> Feedback and toggling 'Collect feedback' off there (on a business account, at least)
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I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I made this clip to illustrate my 10 year love-hate experience on Twitter and what made me finally walk away. 🤣😂
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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If you like indie games, show blender some love. Free and open source software like Blender makes it possible for people who don't have massive budgets to make cool stuff. Help them keep making cool stuff.
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you like indie games, show blender some love. Free and open source software like Blender makes it possible for people who don't have massive budgets to make cool stuff. Help them keep making cool stuff.
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I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
Following the recent election, leadership will be changing in many districts where conservative values previously dominated school board meetings and community actions.
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
epgn.com/2025/11/18/v...
Voters shift school boards toward LGBTQ+ inclusion across PA and N.J. - Philadelphia Gay News
School boards in PA and NJ are shifting fast—LGBTQ+ leaders are winning, conservatives are losing, and policy battles are heating up.
epgn.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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#fightchatcontrol #savespeech #DONOTCOMPLY
EUROPEANS!
So while the mandatory message scanning was axed, EU's Chat Control 2.0 is still up for a vote, with the council certifying its stance on Chat Control TODAY before moving onto the Trilogue.
Consider calling your MEPs NOW
fightchatcontrol.eu
EUROPEANS!
So while the mandatory message scanning was axed, EU's Chat Control 2.0 is still up for a vote, with the council certifying its stance on Chat Control TODAY before moving onto the Trilogue.
Consider calling your MEPs NOW
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
#fightchatcontrol #savespeech #DONOTCOMPLY
EUROPEANS!
So while the mandatory message scanning was axed, EU's Chat Control 2.0 is still up for a vote, with the council certifying its stance on Chat Control TODAY before moving onto the Trilogue.
Consider calling your MEPs NOW
fightchatcontrol.eu
EUROPEANS!
So while the mandatory message scanning was axed, EU's Chat Control 2.0 is still up for a vote, with the council certifying its stance on Chat Control TODAY before moving onto the Trilogue.
Consider calling your MEPs NOW
fightchatcontrol.eu
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"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing that they won’t be part of the president’s extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up and quit paying the vig."
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Paying the blackmailer makes you look like a cowardly mark — both to your audience and to the guy grabbing you by the wallet. And with courts announcing that they won’t be part of the president’s extortion racket, media outlets need to toughen up and quit paying the vig."
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Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Wow! Senators Kelly and Slotkin and Reps DeLuzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow encouraging members of the military to defy illegal orders!
I'm deeply distressed. My siblings are both having terrible family difficulties and I'm in no position to help them, no matter how i want to.
November 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm deeply distressed. My siblings are both having terrible family difficulties and I'm in no position to help them, no matter how i want to.
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If you don't stand up for the right to make, buy, and sell (legal, adult) porn, you stand to lose free speech rights far above and beyond the pornographic.
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
The truth is, way too many journalists & content creators sat there and said nothing when SESTA-FOSTA passed, when OSA passed, when OF nearly lost porn due to paypros, even during this summer’s Collective Shout situation. A slow apocalypse for the free and open internet has been unfolding for years
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
If you don't stand up for the right to make, buy, and sell (legal, adult) porn, you stand to lose free speech rights far above and beyond the pornographic.
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
(But even if this was not true, it's still worth fighting for the right to porn.)
bsky.app/profile/acva...
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Nobody asked for a revival of Vine, but don’t use the revival, since it’s going to be scraped for AI training.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
Finding out the it'll likely be used to train AI required a little deeper digging.
The articles on this app mention Nostr, but when you look up Nostr...
The articles on this app mention Nostr, but when you look up Nostr...
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nobody asked for a revival of Vine, but don’t use the revival, since it’s going to be scraped for AI training.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
The “No AI on diVine” rule is just there to ensure it’s fed real content and not more AI slop.
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Think the universe's writers room is going to loop in the Epstein files into being a potential cause of the AI bubble crash before they sunset the season finale.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/e...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/e...
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board amid Epstein revelations
Summers said this week he would step back from public commitments amid the latest Epstein news.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Think the universe's writers room is going to loop in the Epstein files into being a potential cause of the AI bubble crash before they sunset the season finale.
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/e...
www.axios.com/2025/11/19/e...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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I guess they know what the rule is for now
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I guess they know what the rule is for now