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2 Mello @2mello.net · 16h

Only slightly kidding when I say you should reduce the brightness by like 60 percent to experience it like the no-backlight GBA. It kinda goes raw and is way scarier

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 17h

A lot of people call the guitar in "I Wanna Kno" a ukelele, and I even almost tricked myself into thinking it was the precious little Brazilian guitar called the cavaquinho, but it is actually just a normal acoustic +6 semitones. You do things in the heat of the moment.

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 18h

WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THE JAGUAR RIGHT AWAY

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 2d

If you have a bookmarks folder full of all your faves, you can periodically "open all in tabs" and scan through for all updates you'd want, in a far more direct way than scrolling these sites until you fucking feel something :)

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 2d

yeah that's me! thanks so much!

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 2d

I've been loving seeing people look up non-social media sites of artists they love and learn stuff they didn't know, or that they can support the artists soon on tours/events! Copy me and pitch the same idea to your people. It's never been more "fuck platforms", let's find and bookmark REAL websites

2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

Let's do a web search exercise. Think of your favorite artists and creators and find their NON SOCIAL MEDIA links--websites, stores, blogs--then share them in the replies. Also your own if applicable. Then bookmark their website/subscribe to them directly if you haven't. Let's get really connected.

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

Let's do a web search exercise. Think of your favorite artists and creators and find their NON SOCIAL MEDIA links--websites, stores, blogs--then share them in the replies. Also your own if applicable. Then bookmark their website/subscribe to them directly if you haven't. Let's get really connected.

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

Yeah, thanks!

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

look at us!!

2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

Hey, get in here. I'm forcing you to look at your faves' websites and see how much information you can glean when not relying on it to come to you via social media. Check up on them!

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

the joke is on all of us cuz we're here and he's not

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

This is what the fuck I'm here for let's goooo! I love that the first reply we're already learning new shit about our faves

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 3d

Let's do a web search exercise. Think of your favorite artists and creators and find their NON SOCIAL MEDIA links--websites, stores, blogs--then share them in the replies. Also your own if applicable. Then bookmark their website/subscribe to them directly if you haven't. Let's get really connected.

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 4d

No need, we've got them on the Internet Archive, thanks! archive.org/search?query...

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

archive.org

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 4d

Have been quietly peeking at it getting worse so quickly between lots of blissful irl time! Weird and unnecessary!

2 Mello @2mello.net · 8d

I can't believe this perfectly good website is going to slowly die now because of the adults who own and monitor it making the world "waffles" a passive-aggressive way of saying they hate and don't want to think about their own most at-risk users.

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Late Night Anti-Fascists @latenightafa.bsky.social · 7d

TGI(stfu)F. Learn the script.

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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 7d

it's @bandcamp Friday. it's a great day to support independent musicians and a great day to pick up one of the remaining copies of Neighborhood Gods Unlimited on vinyl or cassette because streaming services don't care if we LIVE OR DIE

openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com/music

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 7d

It's Bandcamp Friday and owning files forever is sexy, go get em and support artists with 100% of the profits today!

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 8d

NVM it was the CEO, even

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 8d

The owners of the site were joking about the "I like pancakes/oh so you hate waffles?" social media behavior and when users brought up real issues like the presence of Jesse Singal, one of the security people replied "waffles" and now they're all saying "waffles" in response to any concerns jokingly

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 8d

Putting it in the "for promo only" cage where it can meet all the other websites and join the enshittification ritual like the wolf dogs from The Thing

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 8d

I can't believe this perfectly good website is going to slowly die now because of the adults who own and monitor it making the world "waffles" a passive-aggressive way of saying they hate and don't want to think about their own most at-risk users.

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 22d

NEW MUSIC AND GAME! I was able to work with Hasbro and Alliance Games bringing Bop-It! back to life as an audiovisual rhythm game-like experience with five original songs and remastered audio by me! Game art by @brysonmcbee.bsky.social and album art by @saredd99.bsky.social <3
bopitthevideogame.com

dazzling, colorful bop-it album cover with headphones, 90s stylistic objects and the device

a stage from bop-it game with the device in center being played

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2 Mello @2mello.net · 9d

Oh my gosh we've entered the super serious, definitely for a reason FOMO period where you can submit your clip thanking people for listening to you on Spotify and earning you 50 cents a year in the company town that you can then trade in for playlist placement. I am waiting for the day I can leave.

Spotify Wrapped funny email:

Uploader is live: Share your Clip in 2025 Wrapped

Starting now, you can upload a short thank you Clip that will show up right inside your top fans’ Wrapped.

The Clips uploader is live — but closes Friday, November 14.

Here’s how to upload your Clip:

Record: A vertical, under 30 second video. Keep it clean—no music, explicit content, logos, text, or filters.

Upload: Head to Spotify for Artists (web), find the Wrapped banner under Video & Visuals and add your Clip, a short caption, and tag a song.

Done: Your Clip will be scheduled to go live with Wrapped. No need to take it down afterward, we’ll handle that for you.

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 11d

Available on cassette, each copy comes with a flower from one of the street vendors that presale/release show $$ used to buy out.

We've made $210 so far. With that money, we've been able to buy out one street vendor for the day and 1/3 of another's stock.

Imagine how much more we can give!

Bouquets hanging from my ceiling, waiting to be dried

All the cash we handed out to the vendors. $210

Screenshot of Bandcamp presale payouts. $81.16 total paid out to me on Bandcamp.

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