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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 4h

im commentating this!

🏳️‍🌈Mr_Shasta🦦 @mr-shasta.fastestfurs.com · 4h

My run of Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll is up next, HOWEVER, we're still a ways away from hitting the All Worlds incentive! Please get your donations in for that, and support Trans Lifeline in this important time 💙

fastestfurs.com/donate

www.twitch.tv/fastestfurs

FastestFurs - Twitch

Fall Fest 2025 - Sonic Adventure by @WitherMin benefiting Trans Lifeline !donate

www.twitch.tv

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🏳️‍🌈Mr_Shasta🦦 @mr-shasta.fastestfurs.com · 4h

My run of Super Monkey Ball: Touch & Roll is up next, HOWEVER, we're still a ways away from hitting the All Worlds incentive! Please get your donations in for that, and support Trans Lifeline in this important time 💙

fastestfurs.com/donate

www.twitch.tv/fastestfurs

FastestFurs - Twitch

Fall Fest 2025 - Sonic Adventure by @WitherMin benefiting Trans Lifeline !donate

www.twitch.tv

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 15h

hopefully a good sign for AGDQ that panels is at least on backup? we'll see

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 15h

didn't make the cut (kinda, panels is on backup) but im not even upset, that schedule is awesome

Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 18h

Our FIRST-EVER #GDQueer schedule is OUT NOW!! 🌈🎉

Congratulations to our amazing runners, and a tremendous "thank you" to anyone and everyone who submitted a run for this brand-new event!!

gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61

A graphic reading "Games Done Queer SCHEDULE IS LIVE!!" Our GDQueer mascot, Byte, is in the corner with some pink hearts surrounding them.

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 15h

this schedule rules omg

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 18h

Our FIRST-EVER #GDQueer schedule is OUT NOW!! 🌈🎉

Congratulations to our amazing runners, and a tremendous "thank you" to anyone and everyone who submitted a run for this brand-new event!!

gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 23h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · Aug 5

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵

how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org

info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

drawing of a man laying on bed with an old school phone in hand. he has a speech bubble that says "I'm so confused~ is what i'm buying illegal?" the text on the page says "keep calling and writing until payment processor censorship is reversed. one call a day makes a difference! mastercard and visa's statements aren't good enough. let's keep up the pressure together!"

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 1d

RetroAchievements' owner made a detailed statement about their whole situation that I think is quite good, actually
retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

retroachievements.org

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 2d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 2d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

I host a GDQ Hotfix show focused on community-created content, and I have an episode on Oct. 24th (starts at ~10pm ET)!

Does anyone have any horror or horror adjacent mods/fangames/etc they'd be interested in running on the GDQ channel? Randomizers count too!

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

Bluesky T&S is just out here openly admitting that they're overworking their moderators and not fixing them enough time to actually properly review their reports, lol

it's not like they don't have the money! Bluesky is currently offering 200-300k+equity for SWE positions on their jobs website.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 3d

A single moderator reviews thousands of reports per year — often making a decision in under 30 seconds. Expanding the scope of what counts as “evidence” makes it much harder to act fairly and consistently. 2/9

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Mira (SPOOKYNOUNS IN BIO) @thefreeradical.org · 3d

I was blocked by a member of Bluesky's staff for asking if a comment made in official capacity as a Bluesky staffer represents the company, which implied that a trans woman would have been harassed by the entire team.

Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 3d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

I host a GDQ Hotfix show focused on community-created content, and I have an episode on Oct. 24th (starts at ~10pm ET)!

Does anyone have any horror or horror adjacent mods/fangames/etc they'd be interested in running on the GDQ channel? Randomizers count too!

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AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 9d

✨ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth X AAPI In Gaming ✨
We're looking to spotlight Filipino-American game developers and their work for #FAHM!

To be considered, please submit to our form for our Games Made By AAPI series here: forms.gle/idnZvuBYTtpB...

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

RA's response was not perfect and i think vilifying those who are upset is just wildly missing the mark.

it's also incredibly ironic considering the point they were trying to make

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

the first like 15 posts are genuinely a helpful, informative thread, and then suddenly the tone changes to insulting people's mental health and comparing them to "fake christians"

wtf is going on here

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

this is a ridiculous crashout to have over *checks notes* some people being unhappy with how retroachievements handled their situation

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 3d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 4d

Bully (2006)

Text appears that reads, "Kiss a girl and you'll get a 50% health bonus."

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 4d

AYO IT'S BACK.

A "Transphobia (General)" Moderation list by @asukafield.xyz. It says: "List of users who have account labels for generalized transphobia. These are users who have either repeatedly been generally transphobic or whose general transphobia was severe enough to warrant an immediate account label."

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merritt @merrittk.com · 4d

it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 4d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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