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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 7h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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John @farawaytimes.bsky.social · 2h

really really loved this one

F SHID caster @tunditur-unda.itch.io · Jul 18

contributed to the lesbian sciences recently, along with @gharial.bsky.social

tunditur-unda.itch.io/frew-hort

#toxicyurivnjam

Visual novel text. A mustached girl with a huge rat's nest says: "You've really never heard of Rosemary's Baby? Mia Farrow's pregnant and she's got this horrible feeling about the baby, her husband sucks, her neighbors are creeps, turns out her husband pimped her out to the literal devil and now she's knocked up with the antichrist?" Her butch companion replies: "Oh, okay, it's a horror movie."

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Kathryn Salamander @transsalamander.bsky.social · 4h

Jenny Nicholson tweet continues to not miss

@JennyENicholson

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 2h

i thought he was doing a bit and now i'm locked in

Glittertooth 🍉 @glittertooth.bsky.social · 2h

please watch THE PISS SAGA | Short Documentary

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 2d

terrified. installing

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Demo is up on Steam buff.ly/DyYQGsN

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Kris 🎃 Lorischild @direkris.itch.io · 2d

Anyway, it's Spooky Month, so play my (free!) spooky game about a spooky cat direkris.itch.io/displacer

Displacer Beast by Kris Lorischild

There's something wrong with your new cat.

direkris.itch.io

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BRAN @pupn1k.bsky.social · 14d

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Expensive Fjord (Neovagina Evangelion) @gammarae.design · 2d

People like JK Rowling are child killers.

Corinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 2d

london coroner's report on the suicide of 17yo leia sampson-grimbly last year following uk labour's formal ban on trans healthcare

tw: www.judiciary.uk/prevention-o...

CORONER’S CONCERNS

During the course of the inquest the evidence revealed matters giving rise to concern. In my opinion there is a risk that future deaths could occur unless action is taken. In the circumstances it is my statutory duty to report to you.

The MATTERS OF CONCERN are as follows. – Waiting lists are far too long for first appointment at a Gender Dysphoria clinic.
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In my opinion action should be taken to prevent future deaths and I believe you [AND/OR your organisation] have the power to take such action

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Strange Adventures Comix & Curiosities @strangeadventures.bsky.social · 2d

ninety percent off!!

a $5 back-issue is 50¢!!

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 2d

honestly the ballsiest thing I’ve ever done was to turn in a 25 page Milton paper I had started & finished the night before it was due, along with my 2 friends who had done the same, AND submitted our equal-length group chat of running Milton shitposting we’d been doing while writing. we all got As

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 2d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖐𝖓𝖎𝖛𝖊𝖘 @clove.bsky.social · Jan 23

save me, official promo art where misato and ritsuko unambiguously fucked

nge promo art of misato and ritsuko sitting near the edge of a bed with beer cans on the floor

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 2d

RA is a HUGE amount of unpaid work by people who genuinely love the site and its cause and i have never met anyone above the level of developer who i didn't think deserved to be there. i look forward to the day i can get my shit back together and start helping them out again.

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 2d

only talked to Scott directly a couple times but he's a real one, and i'll also vouch for the admin and backend of RA unhesitatingly. this was a shitshow and even though i'm still too depressed to do RA right now i'm glad it worked out and changes have been made.

RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 2d

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

retroachievements.org

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 2d

glad they retroactively pulled 177 in light of this. that was made by a troll dev and suspected alt who was needling the community standards back circa 2022-2023

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 5d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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kat @spirk-trek.bsky.social · 4d

★ Linda Wan ★ Beyond Dreams #fanzine ★ 2003 ★ ~ #k/s #ZineAppreciation ~

Kirk and Spock kissing, Kirk's mouth slightly open and a space visible between their lips. Spock's hand is cradling the back of his head.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 4d

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M. Alasdair @malasdair.neocities.org · 4d

who's that guy? i know what he does.

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Bantership Potemkin @bonesdrawstuff.bsky.social · 4d

This Jeffrey Catherine Jones is a favourite of mine

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Femcel Succubus 🔞 @boobkiwi.bsky.social · 4d

A comic where a woman is forcing kiwi to sign a contract.

The woman says.
“YES DOLL! SIGN THAT CONTRACT AND BECOME WHAT YOU WHERE ALWAYS MEANT TO BE
MY PROPERTY!!!”

Legal Eagle appears and says

“Actually, here's why that probably wouldn't hold up in court.”

And the girls respond
“LEGAL EAGLE!!!”

@BRYNKIWI

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 5d

Let’s talk about ‘whoa.’

First of all, ‘woah’ is not yet considered an established spelling variant of ‘whoa.’

While ‘woah’ has grown in prevalence since the late 20th century, ‘whoa’ is still about 5 times as common as ‘woah.’