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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 16h

Foraging haul from today 🥰

A bowl of boletes (Xerocomellus atropurpureus), a collection of Admirable Boletes (Aureoboletus mirabilis) on paper towel, beside a small handful of Pacific golden chanterelles.

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Maki @makiokuta.bsky.social · 22h

The holidays are coming up, if you're thinking about shopping small businesses for gifts, it's a great time to start that ^^ Especially for us in Canada, with Canada Post returning to rotating strikes, there may be delays.
Here's a pack of Canadian Small Businesses!
go.bsky.app/L7b8pdr

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 2d

Why is a class action lawsuit against Amazon alleging Prime Day is a scam getting zero coverage by mainstream media?

Could it be because media outlets get a cut when a customer purchases a Prime Day product when clicking through their featured deals?

h/t @juddlegum.bsky.social

UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud

The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.

popular.info

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 1d

Read the alt text 😭

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 1d

"I'm going to review the new health insurance packages for our american employees to make sure there's nothing that will fundamentally screw them over before we sign them up"

lol. lmao. How is this legal.

A screenshot of an extracted zip file. The first file reads "Benefits Overview," followed by 8 files named "plan updates" and then over 50 files named "state specific benefits".
You can't see it in the screenshot, but the zip file contains 168 PDFs titled "State Specific Benefits"

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Mars (perpetually in retrograde) @idesofmars.bsky.social · 2d

Grace period ends today. We're a little closer as of this morning, but everything helps 💖

(Last day I post about this, promise). #mutualaid #moving

Mars (perpetually in retrograde) @idesofmars.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some day, things will be stable enough that I will not have one of these a year, I STG I don't love doing this.

TL;DR: our apartment is an nightmare, and if we CAN get out, we'd love to (but this is not dire; do not feel you need to help if you can't! WE GET IT 💗).

www.gofundme.com/f/eefxzy-sup...

Donate to Support Our Move to a Safer Home, organized by Kaitlyn M

Over the last several years, I've lived in the same 1br apartment. When I moved in, the pla… Kaitlyn M needs your support for Support Our Move to a Safer Home

www.gofundme.com

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 1d

I just wanna be stabbed for 6+ hours

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caitlin rose boyle (COMMS OPEN!) @caitlinroseboyle.com · 1d

a corner of my brain 24/7 no matter what i'm up to

a tiny little bunny on the ground by someone's feet - the meme originally said I WANT GRILLCHEESE I WANT GRILLCHEESE but now it says I WANT TATTOO I WANT TATTOO

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 2d

Please be patient with me I’m from the 1900s

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 2d

I'd really encourage folks in Canada to write out their thoughts in this survey.

Most of mine were "Don't", but I really got to dial in on some.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 3d

Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.

If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 2d

Every game I've shipped on ps5 has done the absolute bare minimum required for this trc. 😂

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 2d

love to commiserate with other devs about how completely crazed the requirement for your game to have "activities" on PS5 is if you are making anything that is, like, linear, or generally not open world

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 2d

I completely understand; I think you'd eat real good once you got to Shadowbringers but I can't in good conscience say "play through the base game and 2 expansions" for it.

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Mars (perpetually in retrograde) @idesofmars.bsky.social · 3d

Grace period ends tomorrow, so this is as urgent as it gets. Any shares, help, etc., is appreciated. #mutualaid #moving

Mars (perpetually in retrograde) @idesofmars.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some day, things will be stable enough that I will not have one of these a year, I STG I don't love doing this.

TL;DR: our apartment is an nightmare, and if we CAN get out, we'd love to (but this is not dire; do not feel you need to help if you can't! WE GET IT 💗).

www.gofundme.com/f/eefxzy-sup...

Donate to Support Our Move to a Safer Home, organized by Kaitlyn M

Over the last several years, I've lived in the same 1br apartment. When I moved in, the pla… Kaitlyn M needs your support for Support Our Move to a Safer Home

www.gofundme.com

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Malcolm @themalcolmtent.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think I can trust anyone who only has 2-3 tabs open at once. 30+ is a normal number, 2-3 is sus

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 3d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Emma Bell @emmabellish.bsky.social · 3d

🤔🤔🤔 (I get flak from co-workers all the time for my tabs when I screenshare 😭)

A screenshot showing 49 tabs, with another 238 inactive tabs

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 4d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Derek Lieu - Game Trailer Editor @derek-lieu.com · 4d

Timeline cleanse, EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami performing Golden live for the first time ever 🖤💜💖

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

www.youtube.com

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