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Goddess Violet @goddessviolet.bsky.social · 1d

So are we, my friend. So are we.

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Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 AkiCon (East Peoria, IL) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 2d

Remember:

- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals

- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks

- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to

This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.

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Wild, from Vore :) @wildside.vore.rip · 2d

Wanna know a universal truth?

No one--Literally, definitively, absolutely no one--likes being ignored. Especially the people who make it their mission to hurt you. They crave attention from you like lungs craving air. Block them and smile, knowing they'll suffocate.

Sean Chiplock 🟡 🔜 AkiCon (East Peoria, IL) @sonicmega.bsky.social · 2d

Remember:

- they DO NOT CARE about your arguments/rebuttals

- they DO NOT CARE about your dunks

- the person running the accounts was specifically hired to drive engagement BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY; it’s the algorithm they’re catering to

This is a game, and to them you are data to be manipulated.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 2d

Panel 1: Shen is looking down at his hand from a somewhat bottom-up perspective, saying "y'know, I think it's time I learned to draw hands."

Panel 2: We focus on Shen's hand from his perspective. It is very simplistic, looking sort of like a water-inflated white rubber glove with 3 fingers and a thumb.

Panel 3: The text says "*horrible cracking noise*" as the hand transforms into a realistic 4-fingered hand (albeit still paper white, as that is Shen's skin color). The panel is decorated with a spiral of chaotic, shaky black and yellow lines.

Panel 4: Shen is looking down at his hands, which are now both realistic, large 4-fingered hands. He says "Oh HELL yes. Now time to get that YAOI MONEY."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 1d

obviously what was being said in that chat was vile but the most reputation-destroying fact about any member of any Republican organization should always be that they are Republicans, a white supremacist gang waging war against democracy and the U.S. citizenry

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Goddess Violet @goddessviolet.bsky.social · 1d

I read it more like Sapphy's staring at the ass and going "Itadakimasu~"

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Cythrin @ Climax of Night [F] @cythrin.bsky.social · 2d

You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, it does look like the government accounts joining Bluesky are real, including Homeland Security and the White House. They're tweeting about it on X.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 2d

Morning thought about last night’s debate: it’s astonishing how much Cuomo radiates that he doesn’t actually like NYC. Like he’s being forced to drag himself here and run for mayor.

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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 3d

Just a suggestion that folks refrain from ableism and ageism when discussing Mitch McConnell.

Being old and falling down doesn't make him a trash person, but all the actual trash things he has done and facilitated definitely do.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations

Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries

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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 2d

A printed set of World Book encyclopedias is $1200 and only captures info up to the window in time in which it was printed.

A few bucks a month can make sure a vital resource that's constantly updated and rigorously scoured for inaccuracies by benevolent pedants remains available to everyone.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 3d

Wikipedia is worth $10/month because if it dies so does reliable knowledge. Cough up if you can -- it's cheaper, more interesting and morally superior to Netflix.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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Jandri🔞 @jandri.bsky.social · 3d

Any age verification bill being pitched on “protecting kids” that aims to block VPNs is just admitting that this was never about protecting kids to begin with. As if they’re the ones installing/using VPNs, shut the fuck up

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 3d

If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."

Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 3d

John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry began on this day in 1859.

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Iridium Wolf @iridiumwolf.bsky.social · 2d

long form definition of "enshitification of the internet."

Teabree Shark @nurse.fish · 3d

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👻 OOOOoooOOO!-lo 🔞 @olo1987.bsky.social · 3d

Marketing opportunity for @sizecon.bsky.social.

#SizeSky #SizeCon

✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 4d

“Operation Inflation” is offering free inflatable costumes to Portland ICE protesters.

Bravo and Brava!👩🏻‍🍳💋

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Astra Dragon @astradrgn.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes @sapphy.mom keeps me around as her royal lap-warmer.

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Jamie Delaney L. 🏳️‍⚧️ @ljamied.bsky.social · 5d

#IAmANTIFAscist

Antifa isn’t an organization. It’s a movement of true American patriots standing up against fascism, which is characterized by authoritarianism, nationalism (including racial nationalism and religious nationalism), hierarchy, elitism, and militarism.

Poster art that reads, “Antifa means antifascist” across the top. There is an image of Wonder Woman towering over. She’s holding her shield on her left and pointing her sword down toward the viewer. She’s wearing her armor and her golden lasso hangs coiled on her right hip. Her left leg is forward. The bottom of the poster reads, “Proudly fighting fascism since 1941”. There is also a “#IAmANTIFAscist”

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Goddess Violet @goddessviolet.bsky.social · 4d

Which is fair, but like... a determined infiltrator is still gonna get in, and taking that kind of registration data is just screaming for the cops to come by, "acquire" that data, and start targeting everyone who was there.

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Goddess Violet @goddessviolet.bsky.social · 4d

I remember hearing about the first big No Kings protests in June. Was interested in going, but I couldn't figure out where the heck they were taking place. The (I think) official website wanted me to preregister to get that information... huuuuuge red flag, so I dipped.

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Halloween Is Brinch Night 🔞🦋 @bathynalia.bsky.social · 4d

fun fact one of the Only things that gets me hard anymore is putting the camera or a tiny figure around there. for whatever reason that psychological aspect really does it.

a-anyways the offer is open if you need a seat for movie night.

Miss Willow - Sizey Switch; Pathetic Elf Food @misswillow.meangirls.online · 5d

You are a few inches tall and go to a movie night at a friend's house - the couch is full, and she suggests her lap rather than the hard coffee table, you trust her and agree and are placed right against her jeans.

everything is normal until an... intimate scene... comes up. suddenly, (1/2)

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Nanoscopic @nanoscopic.bsky.social · Jul 16

"Now, where were we?"

#giantess #sizesky #巨大娘 #omnipotence

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 5d

Goddamn Kathy this video is 🔥get their asses.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Q: Politico reported on a group chat of young Republicans. Does this just reflect some bad apples?

HOCHUL: Some bad apples? These are the future of the GOP. This is so vile it's hard to find the words to put into context ... there's gotta be consequences ... this bullshit has to stop.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 5d

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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