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oh i had this realization once
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
oh i had this realization once
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Bluesky admin has let a lot of people and groups down. Casey being dismissed after being such a proponent for the platform is an inexcusable as anything
When I tell people to get off Twitter, it is not with the intention of telling them come here instead
Find a platform that makes you feel secure.
When I tell people to get off Twitter, it is not with the intention of telling them come here instead
Find a platform that makes you feel secure.
Remember guys, just be caution and don't trust Bluesky optics going into 2026...
There are users in here are as devastated as you are from Twitter. While we have it with the great For You feed. Expect much more disappointment and infuriating posts, updates, and transparency from these guys here
There are users in here are as devastated as you are from Twitter. While we have it with the great For You feed. Expect much more disappointment and infuriating posts, updates, and transparency from these guys here
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Bluesky admin has let a lot of people and groups down. Casey being dismissed after being such a proponent for the platform is an inexcusable as anything
When I tell people to get off Twitter, it is not with the intention of telling them come here instead
Find a platform that makes you feel secure.
When I tell people to get off Twitter, it is not with the intention of telling them come here instead
Find a platform that makes you feel secure.
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Adult creators and sex workers are going to continue to be picked off, one by one, unless people stand up for them.
please call your representatives. demand they oppose censorship bills like the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and demand protections for Section 230
please call your representatives. demand they oppose censorship bills like the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and demand protections for Section 230
3D adult animator Vega has been banned from Patreon. Vega wrote that Patreon took aim at the adult Blender artist’s content by claiming certain works were “non consenting art”
x.com/V_E_G_A___/s...
x.com/V_E_G_A___/s...
January 11, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Adult creators and sex workers are going to continue to be picked off, one by one, unless people stand up for them.
please call your representatives. demand they oppose censorship bills like the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and demand protections for Section 230
please call your representatives. demand they oppose censorship bills like the SCREEN Act, KOSA, and demand protections for Section 230
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I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
January 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM
I personally believe if we want to try and dress up using AI gen to "speed up production" as if that is the real concern, we should instead be more okay with reusing already existing assets made by actual humans, rather than generating from a pool of stolen assets at a massive energy cost
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This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
Wikipedia unveils new AI licensing deals as it marks 25th birthday
Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia written by volunteers, is embracing artificial intelligence to mark its 25th anniversary.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.
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Gently, some of y’all have got to recover from being called “weird” in high school and start blocking people instead of trying to convince them you’re not. Be weird and distance yourself from the people who are too embarrassed to be weird themselves.
January 5, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Gently, some of y’all have got to recover from being called “weird” in high school and start blocking people instead of trying to convince them you’re not. Be weird and distance yourself from the people who are too embarrassed to be weird themselves.
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Fuck MyTipMe. Block on sight.
Their mascot is AI and they try to harvest banking information from users for scam purposes. It's blocked for me by a blocklist I subscribe to so this is the first I've seen of them.
They seem to be targeting Vtubers so please keep an eye out.
Here's the alt text for that image:
They seem to be targeting Vtubers so please keep an eye out.
Here's the alt text for that image:
January 2, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Fuck MyTipMe. Block on sight.
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I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I think a lot about this bit by Kazuya Niinou about how an RPG can be one thing on your screen and another thing in your brain
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Hey, I'm so sorry to have to post this, but i need help. My cats and I have been recently unhoused by my stepdad because he thinks Im moving his things around his spaces. Despite avoiding them like the plague, only using MY spaces in the house to shower and sleep.
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Hey, I'm so sorry to have to post this, but i need help. My cats and I have been recently unhoused by my stepdad because he thinks Im moving his things around his spaces. Despite avoiding them like the plague, only using MY spaces in the house to shower and sleep.
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Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.
December 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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December 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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CANCEL your Fortnite subscriptions and DELETE the game from all your computers.
Choosing—and yes, it is a CHOICE— to license Harry Potter in 2025 sends a message: "We do not care about trans people."
No amount of Miku or trans-colored cosmetic items can make up for this.
bsky.app/profile/jazz...
Choosing—and yes, it is a CHOICE— to license Harry Potter in 2025 sends a message: "We do not care about trans people."
No amount of Miku or trans-colored cosmetic items can make up for this.
bsky.app/profile/jazz...
Fuck Fortnite, Fuck Epic, Fuck The Game Awards.
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
Posting this to their X but NOT their Bluesky just SHOWS they know they're doing some bigoted shit & just don't wanna get called out for it.
Imagine hurting your Transgender playerbase like this? And your Transgender viewers {In the case of TGA}?
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM
CANCEL your Fortnite subscriptions and DELETE the game from all your computers.
Choosing—and yes, it is a CHOICE— to license Harry Potter in 2025 sends a message: "We do not care about trans people."
No amount of Miku or trans-colored cosmetic items can make up for this.
bsky.app/profile/jazz...
Choosing—and yes, it is a CHOICE— to license Harry Potter in 2025 sends a message: "We do not care about trans people."
No amount of Miku or trans-colored cosmetic items can make up for this.
bsky.app/profile/jazz...
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Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
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U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
U.S. pals:
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
Do. Not. Donate. To. Salvation. Army.
There are better charities out there. Much better.
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You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
It’s very simple. Genuinely very simple. Until Section 230, it was the case that any website that allowed a user to publish any content of any kind could be sued if they said *anything* libelous or bad. That includes web hosts, blogging platforms, social media etc.
December 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
You need to read this thread and you need to be calling every representative you have and threatening to literally never vote for them again and donate your time to getting them replaced if they do this.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
If you don't, it's basically the end of the internet.
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what is extra frustrating about the continued efforts to kill it is that none of them understand this
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
Bluntly, Section 230 is almost literally the law that the entire internet rests upon, it makes it possible for user generated content to exist on the internet, it’s incredibly important, and genuinely we must defend it at all costs. This place literally would not exist without it.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
what is extra frustrating about the continued efforts to kill it is that none of them understand this
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
everyone attacking it is convinced that killing section 230 will allow them to remove some part of the internet that they don't like, be it content moderation or sex predators, but it's much worse
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Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
love the implication here that this middle ground was taken away by spicy online anti-genAI hot takes, as opposed to the trillion dollar investment bubble, omnipresent industrial takeover, operating system undermining, mass layoffs, leveraged data center construction, + ensuing environmental impacts
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Our goal is to have employees! With benefits! Being fiscally sponsored by Open Source Collective means we can do things like health insurance for folks paid 30hr+ (full time).
Please boost and share. We'll continue operating with open books so you can see where the money's flowing.
Please boost and share. We'll continue operating with open books so you can see where the money's flowing.
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Our goal is to have employees! With benefits! Being fiscally sponsored by Open Source Collective means we can do things like health insurance for folks paid 30hr+ (full time).
Please boost and share. We'll continue operating with open books so you can see where the money's flowing.
Please boost and share. We'll continue operating with open books so you can see where the money's flowing.
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I enabled the new version of the budget section on OpenCollective for @conjured.ink and I really dig this. It's really nice to do our finances out in the open, and I'm really proud that even with our limited finances, our priority has been to fund creatives first.
opencollective.com/conjured-ink
opencollective.com/conjured-ink
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I enabled the new version of the budget section on OpenCollective for @conjured.ink and I really dig this. It's really nice to do our finances out in the open, and I'm really proud that even with our limited finances, our priority has been to fund creatives first.
opencollective.com/conjured-ink
opencollective.com/conjured-ink