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avicinda.bsky.social @avicinda.bsky.social · Nov 7

I'm golbez @ ao3 and mardababa @ tumblr :)

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TV-MA @tv-ma.bsky.social · 10d

Vampire is available to adopt in LA or Orange County!

2 weeks ago I found a small kitten trapped in the middle of a busy intersection. Now she's 6 weeks and ready to find her forever home.

Adoption application available on VIDA. Dm if you have questions about her! www.petfinder.com/cat/vampire-...

Pic of a 6-week tabby kitten against a pink bg

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avicinda.bsky.social @avicinda.bsky.social · 6d

I dont much like moving posting places. I did make a new dreamwidth with the avicinda name but idk

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Gabby | Multifandom Hyperfixating @rprfloortank.bsky.social · 6d

The bluesky ceo is talking a lot of shit for a social media platform that you can’t even send images in DMs or make private accounts on. Like there are basic functions bluesky simply does not have and people are here anyway and they’re heavily taking that for granted

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Kara Ling @metacrab.org · 6d

The game in which the premise is "the odds are real but gamers struggle to conceptualize or even believe them" has negative reviews from gamers who don't believe the odds are real (game: Unfair Flips)

A 'Not Recommended' Steam review with 4 hours played

Review text reads: It's a decent idea for a game where you flip a coin and depending on your percentage chances you get heads or tails. However the odds are a lie. You will flip tails 100 percent more than you will heads no matter what your percentage is. Even when you get it up to 60% you will still flip tails way more often then you will heads.

The Dev can try to defend it, but when I flip the coin 2500 times and only hit heads a third of the time even when at 60% then the odds are broken or a lie. I've also watched gameplay and seen fellow players have the same flips so I know it isn't just me having bad luck.

Still not bad for $2, but I'm saying no because the game is coded against you instead of it being fully on chance and luck.

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min / eiha @worldformula.bsky.social · 26d

#fe3h

felix and dimitri’s support level is now A!

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I'm Uni :3 @unicouniuni3.bsky.social · 7d

This is… probably a cat :3

A tuxedo cat with big round yellow eyes is sitting on a bed, with a curious expression.

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 7d

The CEO of Bluesky is craven and evil. The only people that build these platforms are infected with the self-reproducing moral rot of capitalism. They have no sense of duty or stewardship. They see their monetary reward as a cleansing justification for their actions.

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avicinda.bsky.social @avicinda.bsky.social · 7d

I bought a cute little house in the Shire housing area in LOTRO :D

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 7d

magic hour

Digital painting, another one for the Mileships book that didn’t make the cut. Flying ships at sunset

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Andrew Parker @andrewparker.bsky.social · 7d

This would imply that the choices you made to ban people for saying a bigot should “rest in piss” wasn’t the result of mass reporting and automated systems, or pressure from outside the site, but your sincere belief about what fully legal speech is prohibited.

You sure that’s what you want to say?

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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TieTuesday @tietuesday.bsky.social · 7d

Update, the thread is now being subsumed by people posting "ohhhh you're triggered" and referencing "DEI types" so like, yeah man that's just the full on alt-right throwin up salutes if RA doesn't back off on this that site is fucking cooked

TieTuesday @tietuesday.bsky.social · 7d

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Retroachievements using the "we're just neutral It's not political!" about allowing a romhack with pokemon named
"KuKlux" that's a ghost in a hood with the ability "Justified"

don't get me started on the "terrorist" pokemon

platforming hate isn't neutral

~Hack~ Pokemon Clover

Dear RetroAchievements community, We'd like to make a policy clarification regarding the User Code of Conduct's scope and our stance on content archival. Recent discussions in our community ha...

retroachievements.org

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 8d

Seeing as Nightshade from Transformers: Earthspark is catching attention again, here's some of the work I did on the character. There was an earlier version of them that had been finalised and approved, but the writers wanted a new alt mode; their earlier disguise was a 'Gargoyle'!

Preliminary Concepts of the character Nightshade for the animated show: Transformers Earthspark. Some are drawings of basic body shapes for their robot mode, others are explorations of their owl alt mode

Concepts for Nightshade's head and face, trying to retain owl elements on their robot mode.

Explorations on how to make the owl wings function in robot mode, and how it would affect the figure's shapes.

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Toppie @tophatting.bsky.social · 7d

This one still goes out to you, freephotomuscle.com

#hades #toppiesart

Old Hades fanart based on a pose of a muscled man in sunglasses holding a watermelon under a stream of water at the beach. Art of Zagreus in the same pose, holding Dusa's head like the watermelon. Both are wearing sunglasses.

A photo of the muscled man holding a watermelon beside his head, next to Zagreus holding Dusa the same way. She winks!

Another photo of the muscled man in sunglasses, laying on the beach with the watermelon in the crook of his arm. Zagreus holds Dusa the same way.

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Willoway @willowayart.bsky.social · 7d

I'm back with some #runescape art with @jaxyys.bsky.social y.social Jax and Charos 🌹💜🧡🌹

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Liz @lizc3d.bsky.social · 8d

bluesky devs wanting to make twitter-reddit linkedin but getting mad about getting e621 and deviantart instead will never stop being funny to me shoutout unmarketable queers and kink artists keep doing good work

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 8d

I don't give a shit so I _will_ name and shame here

Director, Gen AI for Games Director, Gen AI for Games with verification
Netflix · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.
Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit.
Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI
Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.
Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).
Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts. Chart clear, strategic paths for partnership, integration, or co-development.
Influence broader company thinking around Gen AI, creative collaboration, and impact in games.

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spookillumi @illumi.meme · 9d

I think we need to stop making movies about dystopian futures. We keep giving too many ideas to guys that thought the Eye of Sauron would be cool as long as it was theirs.

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Archillect @handle.invalid · 8d

A serene night sky with a full moon rising above a silhouette of hills, with a few stars scattered throughout the deep purple and pink hues of the twilight atmosphere. *) Alt text generated by AI

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avicinda.bsky.social @avicinda.bsky.social · 8d

I've been playing a fair amount of LOTRO and for once, I do not like playing elves in a MMO

I'm now a Hobbit main~

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 14d

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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avicinda.bsky.social @avicinda.bsky.social · 12d

Yay i got the refund from jagex

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Hangman Page Apologist Jen @swaggeroffools.bsky.social · 13d

I saw this and wheezed so now I'm blessed your timeline with it today.

A white cat eating a big ol piece of salami and the caption "cats can have a little slommy"

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　　　the　　　 ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 14d

having people in your life who respect you is weird im so unused to it. wdym you feel bad because you said something that made me feel bad. wdym saying no is okay

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A Couple of Drakes @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social · 16d

Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.

The Usual:

A wizard ponders five blue crystal orbs labeled WIP

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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 16d

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