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GreenPortal

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Green | Any pronouns | Aperture employee and protector of Soup. I'm just here to make sure nobody takes my username. Follow me on Pillowfort: https://www.pillowfort.social/GreenPortal

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GreenPortal @greenportal.bsky.social · May 13

Ooh, I can post it here! My fake game trailer commercial for the Raccademy Awards, hosted by @blairbears.bsky.social! Made in #Blender with Grease Pencil.

Soup may be just a little guy, but he's ready to tackle the daring adventures of master thief Sly Cooper!

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 4h

Friend: I'm just so confused.I don't know what I should do.

Me standing in underwear, dunking oreos in whiskey: Well , you came to the right place.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 4h

Okay, for all you quiz junkies, I made a just-for-fun version (results aren't recorded) that shows you 6 samples:

jlp-experiment.github.io/ai-detection...

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HyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 4h

This really articulated something that's been in the back of my mind:

Transgender folks remake themselves in their own image, and that scares the shit out of groups who say people should accept whatever hand God, nature, of the universe dealt us.

Null convention @nullconvention.bsky.social · 7h

One reason fascists hate trans people and - because of their blatant misogyny, often trans women specifically - is because transness is not exceptional to us but is a prototype for everyone.
Fascism demands to relegate you to the poverty of form and circumstance of birth. We show you make yourself.

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MeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 2h

Most people are good.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 4h

This small boi doesn’t have upper incisors anymore due to cancer treatment so he loves the little hay bits & dust at the bottom of the box bc it’s easier to eat. I asked the company I buy rabbit hay from if there was a way to buy just the hay dust & tiny scraps—they sent a whole box of it for free😭🩷

A small gray rabbit peeks around the side of a box filled with small bits of hay.

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mallard (art acc in bio!) (NEW STEVEN UNIVERSE SPINOFF!) @wishuponamallard.bsky.social · 13d

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🥖✨Baguette ✨🥖- French bread Vtuber 🇫🇷 @baguettebaby.bsky.social · 9h

It's time for our Alien Isolation ASMR CHALLENGE. Where I must attempt to play this game while keeping a whisper/low voice and YOU have the power to activate additional jumpscares.

Whatever you do...don't scream.... www.twitch.tv/baguette_baby

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laura @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 14h

hard at work

illustration of a white sheep sewing a quilt- the sheep uses an antique-looking black sewing machine with yellow and blue folk art flowers on it. the quilt is made of different fabrics, all with a floral theme. the sheep has her tongue sticking out to show the utmost concentration.

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Michael Pollard @kmichaelpollard.bsky.social · 18h

Fancy that! A little jab recalls memory. 🧪

Science Magazine @science.org · 18h

In humans, #SARSCoV2 booster vaccines recall memory B cells to germinal centers, where they undergo additional selection to recognize both ancestral and evolving Omicron variants of the virus.

Learn more in #ScienceImmunology: https://scim.ag/3J9cQvk

Germinal center–mediated broadening of B cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 booster immunization

SARS-CoV-2 variant booster vaccination broadens human B cell responses through the germinal center reaction.

scim.ag

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Leah Shaffer @leahshaffer.bsky.social · 17h

Biology is bigger than binaries:

Evolution throws everything against the wall to see what sticks and sometimes the 3-legged lizards might surprise you. 🧪
theconversation.com/3-legged-liz...

3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild

Most lizards probably don’t survive devastating injuries. But a new study documents 122 cases of limb loss across 58 species – these exceptions shine a new light on natural selection.

theconversation.com

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 21h

Spotify is running recruitment ads for ICE and their owner is helping to develop military AI. Maybe hit that "cancel my account" button?

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 1d

Spotify is now running recruitment ads for ICE.

It’s time to cancel your account.

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SimpsonsQOTD @simpsonsqotd.bsky.social · 15h

"In that case, I sentence you to
a lifetime of horror on Monster Island.
Don't worry. It's just a name."

"He said... It was just a name."

"What he meant is that Monster Island
is actually a peninsula."

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 2d

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

what in the hell just happened in Milwaukee

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adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 1d

This is *WILD*

We've been teaching "vibe reading" here?! Absolutely enables people to make up what they think the actual word on the page might be, which takes us somewhat farther than a reader-response, postmodernist, deconstructive perspective would even go for.

doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 1d

remember that article that explained why this was happening?

www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

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VGArtAndTidbits @vgartandtidbits.bsky.social · 18h

Sim City - PC ad (1989)

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8d

Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading, Rio de Janeiro

Very ornate library with beautiful glass ceiling

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The Phantom Mensch @suzwoehrle.bsky.social · Feb 2

Crisis lines that do not call police:

• Blackline: 800-604-5841 (BI&POC, LGBTQ)

• Trans Lifeline: 877-565-8860 (US)

• Wildflower Alliance Peer Support:
888-407-4515

• StrongHearts Native Helpline:
844-762-8483 (Indigenous People)

• Thrive: 313-662-8209 (Trans-led)

• LGBT Help: 888-843-4564

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 17h

I think the basic problem with all these low-effort horror movie adaptations of recently-public-domain cartoon characters is they always make the titular character the monster. Like, nobody gives a shit about a film where Mickey Mouse is a zombie; they want to see Mickey Mouse FIGHT the zombies!

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Julia Baritz @juliabaritz.bsky.social · 16h

Man ANYTHING ELSE???

It's Helga Again @helgaastrophysics.bsky.social · 2d

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BREAKING🚨: It's Official. There's a Black hole on the loose in the Milky way galaxy
Astronomers have officially confirmed the first-ever rogue black hole drifting through our Milky Way galaxy!

Using data from Hubble and Gaia, scientists spotted this cosmic ghost not by its light (it emits none)

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Adrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 1d

i am literally in tears from the sweetness

Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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TestZero @testzero.bsky.social · May 18

Made a version of this meme I wanted to see.

Meg Griffin ans AI says "You guys always act like you're better than me."
The rest of the family are dressed nicely, Peter is labeled "Digital artist", Lois is labeled "traditional artist", Chris is labeled "Pixel artist", Stewie is labeled "A literal child with crayons"

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

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lena @lenazun.bsky.social · 1d

i bought candles and i made a “my family is dying” joke and my extremely offline partner looked at me with an expression that is now too familiar

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

God I love Fall. The smell of someone’s fireplace. The spicy scents. The cool crisp air. The colors.

The harvest. Jfc that is really where it’s at. This is legit MY SEASON. Everything I love is in right now. Nuts, apples, pears, figs, cranberries, pomegranates. Meats and cheeses are being smoked.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 1d

Panel 1: Text says "My dad was an orc". It's a green orc wearing a dress shirt with a purple tie and glasses, holding a cup of coffee. The cup is made of stone and has an ragged axe blade on it. He also has a pencil in his pocket protector, and the pencil is also a tiny axe.

Panel 2: Text says "My mom was a witch". It's a woman with green skin and one yellow eye, glowing and emanating magic, gleaming from beneath her big purple witch had, which has small wood constructions hanging off of it and two pins on it: one of a mushroom and one of the Newgrounds angry face. He's wearing jeans and a Costco tank top, with a reddish purple vest over it, and is holding a broom and a tote bag with a bag of chips visible within it.

Panel 3: Text says "You'd think I'd be some kind of magical berserker". We are looking overhead at a muscular green man looking up at us, with his arms splayed out in a powerful stance, and his left arm holding an axe. He has a dark purple had and shoulder-cape, and smiles with malice. Text continues, saying "but actually I ended up with my MOM'S strength and my DAD'S magic attunement."

Panel 4: A normal looking with green skin, messy purple hair, big round glasses, and a pointy nose, wearing a t-shirt with the night sky in a square in the center, says "so, basically, I'm green."

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