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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 4d

Hi this is my kitty, id appreciate if you can help us out

(Also praying i get the job i applied for, but i won't get that money until at least November)

♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 4d

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

My gray tabby Harley lounging on some folded blankets against a window under the sun

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 4d

Hi this is my kitty, id appreciate if you can help us out

(Also praying i get the job i applied for, but i won't get that money until at least November)

♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 4d

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 4d

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · Aug 20

New version of this post for reasons (?)
New account that I'm gonna use from now on -> @rottenromantic.bsky.social

Thread about it if you wanna know
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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ive been thinking a lot about how despite i no longer play ffxiv i still like seeing things about it, specially other people's ocs, art and mods, but at the same time.... i feel a constant feeling of uneasiness by interacting with ffxiv accounts

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 24d

And literally four days later from this story Open AI admits what we all know to he true.

That when a model generates bullshit, that’s no flaw, that’s just how it works.

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

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Ultima @ultimashadow.bsky.social · 23d

Genuinely powerful words to live by.

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RappCatsAdopt @rappcats.bsky.social · 24d

It's #Savior & his "get out the vote!" alert & a look back to when he 1st arrived (straight from the vet who didn't want to euthanize & called us instead -bless him!!). This big boy was special (& mellow) from day 1. 💖Pls help us win $ for #cats like him:
theanimalrescuesite.com/pages/shelte...

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 24d

Do NOT believe the misinfo going around

There absolutely have been MASSIVE TOS updates

Most notably:

1) Specifying no FICTIONAL noncon
2) No "dangerous" kink
3) No DISCUSSING self harm, suicide, or substance abuse unless its "educational"

So what can we DO about it?

#SaveSpeech

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Multiple cropped screenshots showing portions of the bsky TOS before and now. Before: "iv. Encouraging self-harm or suicide
v. Depictions of excessive violence, gore, torture, dismemberment, or non-consensual sexual activity". Now: "ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non-consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions. iv. Do not create, share, or promote sexual content involving realistic risk of death or serious injury. i. Do not share content, methods, instructions, or promotion of self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, and extreme dieting practices.
ii. Do not share methods, instructions, depictions, or promotion of dangerous stunts or abuse of dangerous or controlled substances. 5. Protected Expression
B. Support, Recovery, and Mental Health:
i. Personal recovery experiences or survivor stories shared to promote healing and community support rather than encouraging harmful behavior.
ii. Sharing verified mental health resources, crisis prevention".

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 24d

Do NOT do this. Shout louder. Me and all the other nsfw artists need you to shout louder

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Dastardly_Devil🔞 @dastardlydevil.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm so tired of this puritanical bullshit.
Sex is healthy, sex fantasies are healthy, fiction is healthy.

I wish people would stop conflating BDSM and fiction with assault.
People have fantasies about power. That's normal!

Exploring feeling via stories is what humans do!

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 27d

Being cringe again because I'd love to stop stressing about money for a bit but life keeps saying "nah"

♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 27d

Sorry to do this again but i keep losing work hours and can't do anything about it 😔 i have a lot of expenses coming up but I'd appreciate help just paying my credit card for now

USD and EURO are worth essentially double in my currency.

Thank you 🫶
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

Support Ro

ko-fi.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 24d

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025

I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves!

Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship

Silence is compliance!

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Dani Carr @itsdanicarr.bsky.social · 24d

No silence, only screams. #bskycendorship

Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 24d

bsky is silencing free expression and doesn't understand its own audience. #bskycensorship

Post the image, change your pfp, use the tag to flood the Discover feed!

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 25d

They have this button on the right hand column that in addition to public shaming, lets you shame them in other useful ways

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quistal @quistal.bsky.social · Jun 13

i drew aesthetic harlivy shibari

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wobblerocket 🎲🎮 @wobblerocket.com · 26d

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

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Adda ⸝⸝ @roxyofheart.bsky.social · 26d

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Oricalcon @oricalcon.bsky.social · 28d

Unicorn tail now available on xma! #CalconCreates

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 27d

People love to whine about not enough free mods as if those who spend thousands of hours making those didn't exist or ended up leaving because of entitlement

You are so valid. I'm sorry people are like this. Thank you for all you've made, it's always so high quality and amazing 💕

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 27d

The closer we get to december the worse it's gonna get too cuz no one wants to study during winter. New job hunting has only been detrimental to my health + my hope for humanity so- I'm trying to figure out other options rn

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · 27d

Being cringe again because I'd love to stop stressing about money for a bit but life keeps saying "nah"

♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 27d

Sorry to do this again but i keep losing work hours and can't do anything about it 😔 i have a lot of expenses coming up but I'd appreciate help just paying my credit card for now

USD and EURO are worth essentially double in my currency.

Thank you 🫶
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

Support Ro

ko-fi.com

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Why are u so funny hshshshs

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Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 22

Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.

Two genders - male, and political.

Two religions - Christian, and political.

Two races - white, and political.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · Aug 21

Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...

Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight

“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.&#82…

www.orlandosentinel.com

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Sharing an announcement from Minmoose from the Aetherworks discord about MCDFs and future Mare replacements.

It's a great time to show appreciation to the devs in the community for the free labor they bring to the table out of passion and kindness, so here's their kofi

ko-fi.com/minmoosexiv

An Update on Brio 0.6.0, and offline MCDF Support

First, I would like to officially and clearly confirm that I am working to add offline MCDF support to Brio. This work is superseding all other Brio work at the moment. For clearly Mare, the plugin has been added to the banned list for Dalamud as a plugin, this means as of now you will be unable to use MCDFs in Brio as the Mare plugin will no longer load in Dalamud. So, until Brio adds offline MCDF support, MCDF loading will not work.

I have also seen a lot of teams wish to start their own version of Mare,
And however those may end up, my intent and purpose here is to provide a common interface for other devs/tools to be empowered to utilize the MCDF system if they so wish in order to give the player base one unified system.

The original plan for 0.6.0 was to release next week. However, I have had a very difficult week this week; with one of my wonderful cats passing away on Monday and the events surrounding Mare, I don't know when 0.6.0 will come out.

So it's going to be a "it's done when it's done", It will still be soon, and it will have offline MCDF support.

I ask for your patience and understanding in waiting for the update, that you please be kind and supportive of one another as well as us on the development end in this trying time. Thank you. 💜 <@&748606457590579300>

Thank you so so much for the support from everyone so far, it means the world.

I have gotten a lot of people ask me now, so I'll just post it here, this is a link to my kofi. Please no one feel obligated to donate at all, but any donations are extremely appreciated. And please only if you are able! 🙏 https://ko-fi.com/minmoosexiv

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Romantic @quiteromantic.bsky.social · Aug 22

Oh it's all good. I just have had way too many instances of wanting to be friendly and feeling like ppl dont rlly want me to be so I choose not to interact in the first place. But that's why i made the new account, so i feel less worried about it

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