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Darrin Loeliger @darrin.bsky.team · 14h

We're considering a feature that would let you specify topics you're not interested in, in addition to your existing interests. This would influence the content shown on your Discover feed and the accounts recommended in Explore. What do we think?

Screenshot of the settings page where you can choose topics you are and are not interested in.

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Mavis 👑🌊🌙 [FINAL BOSS] @mavisdeluna.art · 20d

My starter pack for Black and Indigenous artists is now FULL!

Thank you to everyone who contributed, tagged their friends, and submitted!

Please share this starter pack and support Black and Indigenous artists 💖

(NOTE: There are NSFW artists in this pack, myself included.)

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 14h

he thinks irony is good for your blood, that's a big yes

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 14h

The illustration is so good, look at the dude’s hat flying off

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 14h

Doc is in a jam but working hard to write thoughtful pieces. Help him out if you can.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think we could get to 50 quotes? They help the most with reach. Please, I don't know what I'm going to do to fight the state on this tax plan breaking

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d

“Win every election” is not a viable strategy for preventing authoritarianism

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · Nov 25

Hey, if you're a sci-fi, fantasy, horror writer and you have a gay book for gay dudes coming out, I wanna know about it. I always want to know about it.

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 15h

making Chihuahua juice again, eh

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MythologyBot @mythologybot.boodoo.co · 15h

D683.5
Transformation
by god (goddess).

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Bill Amend @billamend.bsky.social · 15h

Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

Aide: Sir the protesters have started dressing up as kid rock. ICE doesn’t know what to do.
Boss: I was afraid of this.

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 15h

Autism $peaks raised ~$34m in 2024 and spent 1% on family services and grants to help Autistic individuals. They spend approximately 25% of their budget on lobbying and another 25% on research (primarily on genetic testing and causation, i.e. eugenics). They aren’t trying to make our lives better.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

Autism $peaks is the largest and most popular Autism organization (among allistics), who continues to be 100% in support of ABA. They have lobbyists who push ABA as the “gold standard Autism treatment.” It utilizes same practices as “conversion therapy,” which is currently banned in 28 countries.

Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 1d

ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis) is the “gold standard” of “treatment” for Autism, and was created by the person as “Conversion therapy” (see Lovaas) with similar techniques and goals. It’s torture that continues to have widespread support and acceptance.

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 15h

it's been consistently helpful.

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 15h

no worries, thanks!

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 17h

hooked to a TENS unit. Just trying to make it so I can breathe without flinching. pain crept up on me during the day

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 17h

Civolution, please?

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Queen of Swords Press @qospress.bsky.social · 21h

#Booksky Big congratulations to author/legend Samuel Delany, who was just inducted into the Academy of Arts & Sciences! (Fun fact: our publisher, Catherine Lundoff, was one of his students.)🎉🎉🎉
www.amacad.org/person/samue...

Samuel Ray Delany

A novelist and critic who taught literature and creative writing at the University of Massachusetts and Temple University, Samuel R. Delany had won four Nebula Awards and a Hugo Award by the time he w...

www.amacad.org

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T. Derscheid @derscheid.bsky.social · 17h

this wasn't in the Arbus exhibit I saw on my trip to NYC this summer. very neat.

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GameConcept @gameconcept.bsky.social · 2d

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 18h

If 130 people did $20 tips each, I would not have this massive stressor hanging over my head

If you think my article is worth $20 of your time, please consider PayPal.me/stompsite

Pay Garrick Burford using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/stompsite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

PayPal.me

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 18h

The scenes of this disaster break my heart. Are there local organizations that are best suited to receive donations and turn them into aid?

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Ax, Yer Pal, Yer Satan, Yer Sun @axamoretl.bsky.social · 20h

Doc is one of the best damn essayists I know. Get your eyes on this, and also give them money. Legit.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 2d

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

docseuss.medium.com

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 18h

DC used to have a character named “Space Cabbie” who does what it says on the label. I think he’d be a great focal point for all sorts of interesting science fiction stories!
#lieberAMA

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 18h

In recent years practically every minor character from the Marvel universe has been unearthed, and many from DC. Are there any unretrieved characters who you think about who might have more life in them?

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mcc @dryad.technology · 18h

Hey so

Do you have a "Windows 10" machine you didn't upgrade to Windows 11

You should open this page and follow the instructions BEFORE WEDNESDAY. There are no downsides I know of & it means you get security updates for one more year. It may cost $30, or may not.

www.microsoft.com/en-ca/window...

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates | Microsoft Windows

Use Windows 10 securely with the Extended Security Updates program See how it helps protect your PC and find out how to get it.

www.microsoft.com

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 18h

Render a world in which billionaires become obsolete this Indigenous Peoples Day 🪶

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 22h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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