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tali @ 7.3 (sumire hanamitsu) @demoniofleurs.bsky.social · 28d

An article everyone participating in #blueskyblackout2025 should read:

www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...

This is where most social media boycotts go wrong: they fail to realise that silence on a platform is nothing but silence. While the campaign surrounding the boycott may do some of the work they hope to achieve or the problems they hope to reveal, leaving a platform and cutting off a voice advocating for change simply means that voice stops being heard. The effective part isn’t leaving – it’s the conversation. When people posted nothing but black squares on Instagram, users stopped talking about institutional racism; when public figures left Twitter for two days over the Wiley anti-Semitism row, users spent the weekend talking about anything else

This effort becomes even more futile when accounts eventually return, thereby reinforcing the idea that, regardless of how the platform responds – or fails to respond – to the boycott, people will continue to use it as they did before. Returning to sites lets social media giants off without any repercussions, killing momentum and incentivising platforms to merely wait the boycott out.

While the intentions of boycotts may be positive, we have to ask: what do these organisations think will happen? That their temporary silence, with an end date scheduled from the start, will yield major changes or subdue abusive users?

It’s easy to carry out light-touch boycotts, pat ourselves on the back and act as though we have made an impact. But by viewing this ineffective form of protest as useful action, we move further away from the opportunity to make real change.

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jul 19

a pic for @vanisketches.bsky.social's birthday!!!

we've been playing an old MMO together and we've been running around as Alde & Mu together. :)

I drew them where we usually sit together <33333
|| #stsart #aldemu #saintseiya ||

Image depicts Taurus Aldebaran and Aries Mu from the Saint Seiya series sitting together in the grass in outfits of the Royal Guard and Arch Bishop from Ragnarok Online

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jun 28

i completed mine (sorta!)
based off an au i have with @vanisketches.bsky.social !!!!!
@aldemuhub.bsky.social
|| #stsart #saintseiya #aldemu

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · May 4

Day 4: Galaxy
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I've been having to remind myself it's okay not to stress about these and it's more about enjoying the prompts! : )
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|| #MayAthenaBeWithYou #StsMayChallenge #stsart #artsky #saintseiya ||

Image depicts the character Gemini Saga from Saint Seiya dressed as 'Pope Ares', holding his throat while tears float up. Behind him is a Galaxy Background with a pink perspective gridlines.

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · May 2

I have other days i have more completed things for but the broken Pegasus was too funny for me not to post!
|| #MayAthenaBeWithYou #StsMayChallenge #stsart #artsky #saintseiya ||

Depicted is the character Aries Mu standing to the right while presenting the Pegasus Cloth in disrepair to his apprentice Kiki, Who looks incredibly perplexed while standing to the left

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Apr 25

my stickers finally came, now my poster has a friend!
@vanisketches.bsky.social

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Apr 20

The final day!!!
#AldeMuWeekend2025 | Day 3: Stars
@aldemuhub.bsky.social

This event has been soooo fun and Im so happy I participated!!!

|| #stsasrt #saintseiya #artsky ||

This is a Saint Seiya fanart featuring the characters Taurus Aldebaran and Aries Mu in an embrace while in a sea of stars - the constellations for Aries and Taurus are visible, as well as the animal representations.

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Apr 19

Im still locked in to complete all three days!
#AldeMuWeekend2025 | Day 2: Healing
@aldemuhub.bsky.social
I took it literally and thought it'd be fun xoxo

|| #stsasrt #saintseiya #artsky ||

This is a Saint Seiya fanart featuring the characters Taurus Aldebaran and Aries Mu - Aries Mu is healing Taurus Aldebaran. : )

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Vani - Commissions OPEN @vanisketches.bsky.social · Apr 19

#聖闘士星矢 #oscavaleirosdozodiaco #saintseiya #cdz #artsky #tradart #stsart #BRart #brazilianartists
❤️
#AldeMuWeekend2025 - Day 2: Healing
@aldemuhub.bsky.social

Collage + Oil pastels + inking. This is a Saint Seiya fanart featuring the characters: Aries Mu and Taurus Aldebaran. Both characters are crying, while one is whispering on the other's bleeding ear. Text on image: Can u hear me

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Apr 19

I forgot to post this yesterday!!!
#AldeMuWeekend2025 | Day 1: Ancient Times
@aldemuhub.bsky.social - thank you for letting my participate! :)

|| #stsasrt #saintseiya #artsky ||

This is a Saint Seiya fanart featuring the characters Taurus Aldebaran and Aries Mu in an art style akin to that of Ancient Greek pottery

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Apr 17

QRT your growth
2014 - 2025

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Mar 16

daan is already in the mold mines, why the hell is he also smoking????

#fearandhunger #fungerart #funger

Image Depicts Da'an from Fear and Hunger 2 facing to the side, taking a drag of his cigarette while a gloved hand (Pocketcat) is about to grab him by the shoulder.

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Flork @florkofcows.bsky.social · Mar 2

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Feb 28

marina is the goat just saying - also who taught her hurting???

#fearandhunger #fungerart #funger

Marina from Fear and Hunger 2 holding her hand out towards the viewer, with swirls of red around her

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号 @gogoxo.bsky.social · Oct 23

一輝とエスメラルダまとめ
#saintseiya

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nauma @naumin.bsky.social · Feb 20

i have a new, consolidated, more detailed post on zine making up on gdocs and tumblr :)
▶ docs.google.com/document/d/1...
▶ naumin.tumblr.com/post/7760382...

How to format, print, and bind a zine by nauma. Photo shows a hand holding a hand-bound fanzine.

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Aldemu appreciation hub ♈♉ @aldemuhub.bsky.social · Feb 19

#聖闘士星矢 #oscavaleirosdozodiaco #saintseiya #cdz
🐏🐂 #aldemu
We are still in need of more 3 participants!😘
If you aren't sure if I've received your application, you're more than welcomed to DM us about it!

Aldemu appreciation hub ♈♉ @aldemuhub.bsky.social · Feb 4

#聖闘士星矢 #oscavaleirosdozodiaco #saintseiya #cdz
🐏🐂 #aldemu
Sign up for 2026's AldeMu Calendar is LIVE!
Link BELOW!
Read the 🧵 for more details on what this is about!

Text on image: 2026 AldeMu Calendar // Read the description

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Feb 7

Commission for my homie @freckolocation.bsky.social, for our other homie @zaukiel.bsky.social for he birthday!!!

Sachi is low key done with today but he’s stuck in yappersville

Image depicts two anthropomorphic dog characters in a bar, the one of the viewer’s left seems to be speaking while the one on the right seems disgruntled.

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lady💥 @ladysantos.bsky.social · Feb 2

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jan 28

nobody cooks like fear and hunger fans i s2g these artists be POPPING OFF

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Wilk @surnamewlk.bsky.social · Nov 8

An older piece I colored
#fearandhunger #funger

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jan 26

i've finished my part of an art trade with @vanisketches.bsky.social after 500 years!! This silly little au is living rent free in our brains and it's too late for us
|| #ststart #saintseiya #genderbend #aldemu ||

This image depicts two characters (Aries Mu & Taurus Aldebaran) as women, sitting together at a bar table while looking happy as they talk.

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jan 20

aaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THIS RULES I'M SO HAPPY!!!!
thanks for the good food I'll cherish it forever <333

Vani - Commissions OPEN @vanisketches.bsky.social · Jan 20

#聖闘士星矢 #stsart #saintseiya #oscavaleirosdozodiaco #BRart #brazilianartists #tradart #genderbending #aldemu
My half of an art trade with @ectogusher.bsky.social !!❤️
Some fun stuff for a stripper AU I have been cooking with them <3
They asked for Alde and I was more than happy to do it!

Markers + inking + colored pencils. This is a Saint Seiya fanart featuring the characters Taurus Aldebaran. There's a character laying on her back, while looking over her shoulder back at the viewer. On the wall it's possible to see a calendar and a poster featuring Aries Mu.

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Jan 4

jojo references in my Aldemu? More likely than you’d think
#saintseiya #stsart

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Ecto @ectogusher.bsky.social · Dec 16

this man has a fierce choke hold on my soul

#stsart #saintseiya

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