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Miriam @miriamboosh.bsky.social · 7d

Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.

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Dameceles @dameceles.bsky.social · 13d

PSA about D*scord's TOS changes. You need to email arbitration-opt-out(at)discord(dot)com to NOT waive legal rights. A template: "I am opting out of the agreement to arbitrate for the account (username) as of (current date)",
OG post: www.tumblr.com/eggseventy/7...

discord's new terms of service DO have a mandatory arbitration clause for the United States and Canada, you have 30 days to opt out by emailing an opt out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com. this has been your standard "for the love of god do not waive your right to a jury trial under any circumstances" notice

I sent an email that was "I am opting out of the agreement to arbitrate for the account (username) as of (current date)", and i sent it from the email associated with that account.

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they made gooseworx @gooseworx.bsky.social · 9d

hap hal

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 11d

if the bluesky admins are going to make idiotic, hypocritical moderation decisions can they at least have the dignity to not have public meltdowns about how everyone is soooooo mean to them over it and go "well if you don't like it here you can just leave!"

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 10d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 10d

the mods of this place will strangle it to death trying to avoid it having the reputation it already has and unavoidably will always have

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12d

Five days ago, an ICE agent shoved a woman asking questions about the detention of her husband.

Today they attacked two journalists.

We cannot accept or normalize what has now become routine violence at 26 Federal Plaza. It has no place in our city.

ICE agents assault amNewYork reporter at Federal Plaza immigration court; another journalist seriously injured after shove | amNewYork

ICE agents assaulted amNewYork's own Dean Moses, and allegedly attacked another journalist, on Tuesday morning as they were documenting the ongoing arrests of

www.amny.com

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🧀🐭°{ᴵ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉʸ ᵃᵗᵉ ᵃ ᵐᶦᵍᵍˢ} @miggsboson.bsky.social · 13d

just in case seein the little goat guy makes you click more:
gofund.me/548ee6b5b

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Starlight Necromancer (Vae/Vaer) @starlightnecro.bsky.social · 14d

Gooseworx, the mind behind The Amazing Digital Circus, literally warns about the inherent danger about it because of people like this

Tumblr ask from user "Underartstuff": Tips for anyone interested in indie animation?

Gooseworx's response: Mentally prepare yourself to be doxxed if you find any sort of success. Unfortunately, people take these funny little internet cartoons VERY seriously.

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Pelo @srpelo.bsky.social · 21d

Seen this made me tear up and get a massive smile

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 21d

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

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Speedoshi @speedoshi.bsky.social · 22d

Guinevere Sweep!
#KnightsOfGuinevere ✨

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 22d

the myth of a free platform for artists

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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 22d

A massive THANK YOU & artboard from the Knights Of Guinevere team, We've poured our hearts into every frame, and your support means the world ❤️

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 23d

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 · 23d

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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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 23d

THANKS. FOR. WATCHING.
Again and again, thank you for watching and your continued hype for animation made outside of mainstream studios. So proud of our crew, so thankful to work with Glitch, so happy to write next to Zach and JBO.

🧡💚💙

Sketch of the three main characters from the web series, Knights of Guinevere, gesturing with hearts

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 24d

The level of the government’s response to a white supremacist influencer’s death becomes even more deplorable when you remember a sitting member of the House and her husband were assassinated months prior with none of the same level of “sympathy” received because they didn’t serve the agenda.