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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 5d

aw man, hearing about New Eden going is such sad news. Loved their style a ton

DanDudeVR @dandudevr.bsky.social · 5d

New Eden founders shut down extravaganza and put avatars on sale in their public letter. You have only hours to take advantage of their sale.
#NewEden #VRChat
From X dot dom:

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Starbirb @starbirb.bsky.social · 7d

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 7d

The climate catastrophe won’t wake people up, but maybe the electricity bill will

doing the math
New Orleans pop is ~350k
So it’s like paying for 700,000 people that don’t exist

Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 8d

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana, as big as 70 football fields, requiring more than twice as much electricity as the City of New Orleans.

Louisiana has had to greenlight $3 billion in new energy infrastructure to service Meta's facility.

New Meta Data Center Needs Twice as Much Energy as New Orleans

Meta is constructing its largest data center yet: a $10 billion facility in Louisiana requiring more than twice as much electricity as New Orleans.

buff.ly

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BabyJack @babyjack.bsky.social · 8d

E-Manual v1.0.1 is now FREE
I will likely update it for the recent package updates and apply early feedback,

If you have any issues I currently have an 'emanual_support' channel in REYOV's Discord which you can join here <3
discord.gg/Bp9j4CT9

Have fun everybody <3
babyjack.booth.pm/items/7306248

E-Manual (Immortal Soulrig) v1.0.1 - babyjack - BOOTH

E-Manual IMMORTAL SOULRIG! For VRChat Purchase comes with E-Manual Companion Prefab Package and E-Manual Avatar Prefab Package. REQUIREMENTS: Package Name Version# ====================================...

babyjack.booth.pm

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Blackrobe @blackrobe.bsky.social · 12d

The newest @vrchat.com Open Beta has added a new Shop/Marketplace tab in the menu.

Its starting with an "B3-7A" open beta portal skin and a free sticker pack from last years Spookality.

You can also now gift avatars or anything else in the new marketplace.

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 13d

I just learned theres a camera in Dungeons of Eternity and it's gold

bobito smiling in a cursed way at his camera

bobito ellie and tresch posing for a selfie in the VR game Dungeons of Eternity

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WispyWoo @wispywoo.bsky.social · 14d

OMG NEW MAP!!!!!
go check out my new map across vrchat "Paradise XP"!
its like a weird Frutiger Areo vibe, mixed with liminal!
AND AS ALWAYS lots of comfy spots inbetween :3
Hope yalls love it!
FAV IT IF U LOVE IT PLZ!!!!

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 15d

Sweet ✨

@quartz.xtal.net @bobito64.bsky.social we don’t have to fight to favorite portals next time!

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 15d

Yep that’s what I’ve been doing! but also the late joiner opening a portal from a photo will overwrite the portals at the beginning of the queue so its important to favorite the ones you opened first

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 16d

Late joiners can’t see the portals, but this might be one of my new favorites for starting vrchat world hops

K-9 @k-9.codes · 22d

After a lot of backend work and a few new features, I'm now calling my Bluesky Portal Hub world complete.
This world loads photos from here! Each photo can take you to the world it's from. Now with mobile support/filtering & more!

vrchat.com/home/world/w...

#VRChat #VRChatPhotography #MadeWithUdon

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K-9 @k-9.codes · 22d

After a lot of backend work and a few new features, I'm now calling my Bluesky Portal Hub world complete.
This world loads photos from here! Each photo can take you to the world it's from. Now with mobile support/filtering & more!

vrchat.com/home/world/w...

#VRChat #VRChatPhotography #MadeWithUdon

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The Rogues @theroguesvrc.bsky.social · 16d

Join us this Saturday for the F3RNW4V3 Launch Party!

New map created by our very own Aeronwen & ErriusGloom

Featuring:
A Vaporwave Lazy River to float on
Hookah and chill spots to vibe
Games and Live DJs!

VRCTL: vrc.tl/event/17026
VRC Group: vrc.group/ROGUES.7385

#vrchat #theroguesvrc #F3RNW4V3

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VRChat @vrchat.com · 17d

We've updated our Community Guidelines and strengthened Trust & Safety in 2025.

Highlights:

- Clearer rules everyone can understand
- Stronger protections for minors
- Safer, more supportive reporting tools

Read more: hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-trust-and-minor-safety

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 17d

And then telegram has the better limits… but then they have the auto compression if you wanted a gallery view, which defeats the purpose of the full res images! 😡

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VRDancing @vrdancing.club · 18d

That dancefloor will now see the likes of sweat, tears and. . . .fur?

While you were busy dancing, Sohvi was chipping at marble creating Kytö [Key-ta] , our newest addition to the "VRD Avatar Locker™️.

Come check it out before you sweat!
#VRChat #VRDancing #VR #Dancing

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 18d

didn’t think I’d get into vket with only one lottery entry, but sweet!

Thank you very much for applying to exhibit at Virtual Market 2025 Winter. After a fair lottery, your circle has been selected

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Studio 45 Discotheque @studio45vr.bsky.social · 23d

Join us for our LAST Disco before we go on hiatus for a while.

- 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 -
- 𝐃𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 @ 𝟖:𝟒𝟓 𝐄𝐃𝐓 -

- Be there and groove all night as we roll into the 21st of September and celebrate disco day a lil early one more time.

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 24d

You ever see something so cringe that it physically pains you to watch it

Shacknews @shacknews.com · 24d

LiveAI demo fails on the first prompt at Meta Connect 2025. #Meta #AI #LiveAI

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 25d

who wants to join me and @bobito64.bsky.social on Dungeons of Eternity co-op?

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 26d

Need a real lemonchair

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 26d

I rage quit my cozy game because I spent an hour crafting all the ingredients for a dish in the cooking contest

I pressed the EAT button instead of the GIVE button in front of the judge 😭

#storyofseasons

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Arvy @arvy.bsky.social · 28d

I love this analytical take on video game categorization from Antoine Mayerowitz and Julie Belzanne:

hushcrasher.substack.com/p/taxonomy-o...

Instead of trying to vibe-intuit the definition of an "indie" game, the authors analyzed the data from the perspective of game size and credits length

A graph titled Scope of video games according to Hushcrasher Classification System. The Y axis shows Game Size (from 10 MB to 100GB), the X axis shows Credits count (sourced from Mobygames).

The clustered dots on the graph represent 4 distinct scale categories of games - Kei, Midi, AA, AAA. The larger correlation between the size and the credits means larger category of a game.

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𝒹𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑜𝓃 @dragonbuttvr.bsky.social · 27d

CONCRETE - Inside
DJ: @transversewithru.com
VJ: @sirrosevr.bsky.social
#vrchat

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Elliepop @elliepop.bsky.social · 27d

If you like Severance or shader effects, the Music Dance Experience is one of my favorite show replays from BREAK

#severance #vrchat
vrchat.com/home/launch?...

the macrodata refinement department on the severed floor recreated in VRChat

The Music Dance Experience makes things look a bit trippy

Shader effects all across the world and your vision

Some of the effects are really pleasant and spill into the hallways

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Virtual Market - Global @en.vket.com · 27d

Exhibition Application closes in...13 hours!!!

✅Have you applied for #Vket exhibition yet?
✅And did you apply for the Community Collab Booth?
✅Is your world choice already final?

Time to let luck decide ✨ #VRChat

Virtual Market - Global @en.vket.com · Sep 5

The #Vket 2025 Winter World List!🌐

Starting with:
～ Parareal Central Gates of Beginnings ～

The key you hold in your hand🔑opens the door to new possibilities!
Step into the unknown world beyond the door, into a new dimension!✨
vket.com/en/2025Winte...

Virtual Market

Welcome to one of the world's largest virtual events! Virtual Market (aka Vket) is a not just an event only for digital assets... but also an exhibition of IRL products, virtual shopping interactions,...

vket.com

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