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Popular Information @popular.info · 12d

In July, Popular Information published an exposé about Amazon’s Prime Day, demonstrating how the retailer deploys deceptive tactics to exaggerate its markdowns.

In September, two customers filed a federal class-action lawsuit in Washington against Amazon, citing the same practices.

UPDATE: Lawsuit alleges Prime Day is a fraud

The federal class action lawsuit has been ignored by major media outlets, which continue to promote Prime Day deals.

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 12d

pumpkin patch #art (wallpapers below!)

A drawing of black cats playing in a pile of pumpkins

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 13d

poopin with the wacom

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · 13d

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 15d

The state of online media is such a bummer, I sometimes think: who cares? Then, I read something so smart and so funny and so uniquely the product of this compromised but generative space, that I remember: I care!
This, by @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social, is a tour de force. defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

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Alexis Flower @alexisflower.bsky.social · Sep 2

the I Roved Out print edition campaign is live!! Publishing Tome 3 for the first time, reprinting Tome 1 & 2 with new covers! Tell your friends, check it out!! 🍃🍑🔪🔥🌙❄️☠️🧝‍♀️💦 zoop.gg/c/irovedoutinsearchoftruthandlove

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Num @numerion.bsky.social · 20d

Shameful double post. Spider not yet attached but this is how it will be. Added some more webs and its now truly disgusting

#nerdlings #miniatures

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electriceve (ICantThinkEm) @electriceve.bsky.social · 21d

It’s pretty much autumn but Oyasu is here to bring in the last of the summer heat 🔥 her seal ball Yuki is deffo living her best life ☺️

I had a wonderful time painting this boxart for Axismundi Games! Oyasu, Minamikaze (38mm) is available now. 💕

Oyasu by axismundi games - painted by me. She is a white haired woman in a blue bikini holding a seal shaped beach ball and wearing a big hat. Front view.

Oyasu by axismundi games - painted by me. She is a white haired woman in a blue bikini holding a seal shaped beach ball and wearing a big hat. Side view.

Oyasu by axismundi games - painted by me. She is a white haired woman in a blue bikini holding a seal shaped beach ball and wearing a big hat. Back view

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 21d

american spirits I believe

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 24d

It is, from www.myminifactory.com/users/Papsik...

PAPSIKELS MINIATURES @Papsikels - MyMiniFactory

<p>Creating The Best Pre Supported Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk and Pop Culture Models for 3DPrinting</p> - PAPSIKELS MINIATURES @Papsikels

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 25d

Hair, skin, blade (mascara?) starting to come together on Rumi! The colors and details on these characters really do it for me, every bit of progress is very satisfying 🙏

#MiniaturePainting #kpopdemonhunters

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Berlintuesday Studio @berlintuesday.bsky.social · 25d

Had some bits left over from a trench build, so made a simple little diorama with a few spare pumpkin heads from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social Nowt fancy, but 'tis nearly the spooky season.

#diorama #model #miniatures #halloween #pumpkins #horror #berlintuesdaystudio

small diorama in a glass bell jar. a small piece of old wooden fence with some unkempt greenery to the left side and three floating carved pumpkin heads in front. they hover over some candles on brown-green grass.

small diorama in a glass bell jar, but with the glass cover removed. a small piece of old wooden fence with some unkempt greenery to the left side and three floating carved pumpkin heads in front. they hover over some candles on brown-green grass.

small diorama in a glass bell jar, but with the glass cover removed. bac view of the model. a small piece of old wooden fence with some unkempt greenery to the right side. a piece of fence is being used by a skeleton to pull itself out of the ground.

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Linnailu 🏳️‍🌈+🏳️‍⚧️=❤️ @linnlaio.bsky.social · 25d

What keeps a Brother going? 🤨
#warhammer #40k #Spacemarine

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 25d

Figuring out what is and is not yellow (and doing some artistic interpretation) on these pants and shoes was quite challenging. Now about a thousand layers of yellow to hammer in the saturation.

#MiniaturePainting #kpopdemonhunters

Zoey miniature with yellow stripes blocked in on her pants

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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 26d

A little progress on my Das Schwarze Auge Tatzelwurm. Still a fair way to go.

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Cia 👁️COMMISIONS OPEN👁️ @ciainhell.bsky.social · 27d

More Dog progress
#necromunda
#warhammer40k
#miniaturepainting

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 27d

Painting a bit of yellow

#kpopdemonhunters #miniaturepainting

Rumi miniature in front of Mira miniature

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · 28d

I wonder how much of the benefit of "taking a little walk for my mental health" is because of the physical exertion and how much is because of not being able to look at your phone at the same time

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28d

i am running for president on a platform of national lie-down lunch. everyone, not just white collar WFH workers, should have the opportunity to lie down on a comfortable mattress or couch on their lunch break and maybe even sneak in a little nap if they want. this should be a universal human right

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · Sep 19

Painting minis a with a kitten, step one: search the floor for all the things on the hobby desk that inexplicably grew legs since the last paint session

A black kitten sits on a hobby desk, attempting to look innocent

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Chaos_Thug @chaosthug.bsky.social · Sep 19

Imperial Fists Librarian in Terminator Armour

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · Sep 18

As I was painting yesterday, it felt like the default print of these lost a lot of detail (my printer possibly), and I was thinking about sizing them up.

When I noticed Mira's blade had broken off, I took it as a sign.

So here are new prints, sized at 150%.

#MiniaturePainting #KPopDemonHunters

Partially painted kpop demon hunters sitting in a spray booth. Two smaller ones have started to be painted in earnest, and two larger just have a zenithal prime

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Racheline Maltese @racheline.bsky.social · Sep 17

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth

You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

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Manfredovski @manfredovski.bsky.social · Sep 15

"Where's my Breakfast?" by Daniel Arthur

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Phil Butts @butts1000.bsky.social · Sep 17

Look at that, a finished mini!

This is Hans, the killer from the first "tape" you get with the Final Girl starter box, Camp Happy Trails.

The initial girls are still in progress, but overall very cool minis. From @vanrydergames.bsky.social

#MiniaturePainting #FinalGirl #BoardGames

Fully painted Hans miniature, frontal view

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