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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · 2d

i've been like that parks and rec memes since I got it I have no words

Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · 2d

So so hyped with this commission from @saga0221.bsky.social! I've been playing ffxiv for four years now and slowly building lore for Yaphi, I couldn't be happier to see her come to life out of the game for the first time 🥹

A drawing of a miqo'te slightly smiling and looking at the camera.

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v🎃xcyde @ catboy texas ram ranch @voxcyde.bsky.social · 7d

w a k e u p !!

g’raha tia in his ARR outfit encased in blue crystal, asleep and peaceful except for a section of the crystal that has broken away, revealing his left eye, open wide in a shocked expression

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 8d

Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:

aftermath.site/video-game-rec...

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 8d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · 7d

Makoh'to is absolutely a feature in your art it'd be sad not to see him there! He's so endearing

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Trang ✦ MCM London @trangmn.bsky.social · Oct 22

The wind follows~

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Anna Hollinrake @ MIGW & SXSW! @annahollinrake.com · 10d

I'm not really superstitious about anything, except the computer, which must be restarted if it has been on too long, to cleanse it of bad or negative energies

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pigeon @augurm.bsky.social · 13d

#ffxiv #FFXIVART i used to think it was called the walking sands

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ace 💜 gaiuswol enjoyer @forgetsrotation.bsky.social · 12d

family taste test!! 🐺😸🦎 #ffxivart

they're eating very spicy papaya salad 🌶️

A photo of Gaius Baelsar, Makoh'to, and Allie eating spicy papaya salad. There is a spice level indicator that has 12 chilies. A little doodle of the chef, Kohna (Makoh'to's twin sister) is present. The quote "make him regret being born" is next to her mischievous face. Gaius hurriedly reaches for a glass of some liquid to quell the fire in his mouth. Makoh'to has tears in his eyes and a drippy nose from eating the spicy salad, but otherwise is thrilled to be eating it. He exclaims, "Ahhh! So spicy! I love it!" Allie is next to him, unbothered by the spiciness as she enjoys a bite of the salad.

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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · 17d

Ooh I have yet to get into soup mode for fall. Any fav recipes?

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ashley ! @ gateway fate 700 🩵 @deckitout.bsky.social · 20d

mister shadowhunter #ffxiv

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Mel -- (MonarchFisher) @monarchfisher.bsky.social · 20d

My "SOUP AGAINST FASCISM" zine: 3 delicious soups to share

Feed your family, friends, neighbors, and build community!

Share and enjoy!

Back and front of the zine. The back reads: "GENERAL SOUP MAKING TIPS
- Substitute dried for fresh where you can.
- Try adding some soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, hot sauce, beer, wine, or tomato paste to the mix to enhance the flavor.
- Serve with some form of dipable bread: buns, toast, sticks.
- You can add whatever you want, that's the beauty of soup!
- Soup tastes better when made and shared with friends!
Choose your own quantities based on how many people you invite!
It also has a drawing of a soup pot with a happy smile on it and some vegetables around it.

The front reads "SOUP AGAINST FASCISM" followed by a graphic of alphabet soup that reads "3 delicious soups to share"
"Feed your soul and community! a zine by monarchfisher. TAKE ME!"

A drawing of cheesy potato soup with bacon bits and green onion in a soup bowl. CHEESY POTATO SOUP
- Starchy potatoes, small cubes
- bacon/ham bits or smoked sausage
- (Plant) milk/cream
- Green onions
- Shredded cheese of choice
- Butter/oil
- Bouillon, salt, pepper,
garlic powder, onion powder,
smoked paprika
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut potatoes and green onions.
2. Add butter/oil to a pan and
add the meat. Take it out
when browned.
3. Add more butter/oil.
4. Add potato cubes, cover with
milk, broth, and spices.
Cook till fork tender.
5. Mash until most of the potato
chunks are smooth.
6. Add cheese, stir to incorporate.
7. Add meat and onions and serve!

TIPS
- Make it vegetarian by using tofu
or veggie alternatives.
- More cheese = more tasty
- Soy sauce or Maggi is delicious.
- You can use instant mashed
potatoes instead of whole ones
which makes this a lot easier.

A drawing of a soup bowl with mushroom stew in it.
HEARTY MUSHROOM STEW
- Mushrooms, quartered
- Potatoes, chunks
- Onions, chopped
- Carrots, coins/chunks
- Bouillon, salt, pepper,
garlic powder
- Herbs (rosemary/thyme/..)
- Thickener (flour, instant mash)
- Oil
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut and clean all vegetables.
2. Heat oil in a large pot over
medium heat.
3. Add onions and mushrooms
(and optional meat/substitute),
salt, and cook until browned.
4. Coat vegetables with thickener.
5. Add bouillon, herbs, spices,
carrots, and potato chunks.
6. Boil until potatoes are
fork tender.
7. Serve!

TIPS
- Serve with hard buns or toast.
- Add soy sauce, tomato paste,
and/or (non-alcoholic) beer to
add depth of flavor.
- It's super easy to customize
this recipe. Add whatever veggies
you have laying around in the
back of your fridge/cupboards!

a drawing of a soup bowl with mushroom and rice soup. a few twigs of thyme top it.
MUSHROOM AND RICE SOUP
- Mushrooms, sliced
- Onions, diced
- White/brown rice, washed
- Coconut milk
- Olive oil
- Bouillon
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder,
thyme
- Flour
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut all vegetables and wash
your rice.
2. Add olive oil in a large pot.
3. Add the onions, mushrooms, and
salt and heat on low heat until
slightly browned.
4. Coat veggies in flour, add
bouillon, coconut milk, herbs,
and spices, stir well.
5. Add rice and cook until done.
6. Serve!

TIPS
- Use mixed mushrooms and/or
mixed rice for variety.
- Examples of veggies to add:
carrots, celery, or spinach.

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ace 💜 gaiuswol enjoyer @forgetsrotation.bsky.social · Sep 5

off with your head #ffxiv #ffxivart

A colored drawing of Gaius Baelsar holding up a platter with a single, dried up black rose on it. Behind him is a guillotine about to come down on his neck.

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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · Aug 27

Berlin fanfest.... maybe ill give it a shot 🥹 would be cool to meet fc pals if they can make jt

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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · Aug 27

We're thrilled to announce the dates and locations for #FFXIV Fan Festival 2026!

📍 Anaheim, California - Apr. 24-25, 2026
📍 Berlin, Germany - Jul. 25-26, 2026
📍 Tokyo, Japan – Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2026

Stay tuned for more info! ✨ fanfest.finalfantasyxiv.com

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · Aug 25

Giant Squid doing layoffs after SoTS released to glowing reviews is a prime example of how the industry is currently broken.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · Aug 21

that sound you hear is every producer on the planet clearing their throat and giving the rest of us a meaningful look

Excerpt from the Jason Schreier article on Silksong: '“What is Jira?” Gibson said when I asked if they used the task-management application.'

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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · Aug 19

Seconding Kubuntu! But in the end the main ones are mostly all good and just something for people to fight over on reddit

Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · Jul 31

No you're right the vibes are so similar

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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · Jul 22

Very glad to see this written. I've been saying that Reddit's role as the one reliably authentic major human forum can't last because of course AI and marketing has noticed it's a refuge from them and is of course rushing to plunder.

John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · Jul 22

on reddit, the website at the end of the internet nymag.com/intelligence...

Reddit's relationship with Al is similarly tense: As a training corpus, Reddit is immensely valuable; after years of unauthorized scraping, the company has official licensing deals with Google, which sometimes turns its content into Al-generated search "Answers," and with OpenAI, which uses Reddit's vast archives to give its chatbot depth and outside sourcing and to help it sound like a normal person - or at least a normal redditor. Meanwhile, Reddit moderators are battling a flood of inauthentic content generated by chatbots that were trained, of course, on Reddit. They're getting tired while users, less certain that other commenters are real - and less sure of their ability to tell and noticing the rising tides of slop elsewhere - are drifting into mutual suspicion.
Huffman suggests that, just as Reddit was rewarded for offering an alternative to more baldly growth-and-ad-driven social media, it could serve a similar role in the post-ChatGPT world as a refuge for actual human interaction in a sea of generated text.
"Social media made Reddit make more sense, and I think now that the web is kind of dying, sadly, that evolution helps Reddit make more sense," he says.
"Reddit in that era is, Reddit is not social media.
And now, we're entering this new era where Reddit is not AI."

It's a powerful pitch, to the extent it remains true.
But it doesn't quite capture just how strange and risky Reddit's position is in 2025. Being one of the last islands of humanity on a dying web may make you more appealing to, well, humans. But it also makes you even more valuable to the companies doing the killing. Reddit is an alternative to a web that's harvested, polluted, and depleted by tech firms in a race to dominate Al. It's also an increasingly valuable data source for tech firms in a race to dominate AI. How long can it be both?

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EG ☕ @lzr-mki.bsky.social · Jul 19

I love this boss

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Tristan 🌻🌑 @tristafae.bsky.social · Jul 17

I’m doing my best 😔

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little lamb @puddleofbrain.bsky.social · Jan 30

Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier

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Solène 🌱 @frenchmouss.bsky.social · Jul 9

It's a culinary abomination but also nothing fills me with glee more than the horror of people learning about them. There's also a healthy debate about where they originate so people still try to claim them. (They're from grenoble, lyon just tries to steal from us)