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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 10h

Your outfits are always incredible!

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 1d

what legal recourse do artists and museums have against international militaries stealing and using our work to commit warcrimes, since apparently that's a conversation we need to have now.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 1d

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 18h

Israel just bombed a home and now there are 40 people under the rubble.

They’re demolishing Gaza as quickly as they can while delaying their “peace” negotiations

UPDATE | The Israeli cabinet meeting to ratify the ceasefire agreement did not convene, despite an hour having passed since the scheduled time.
Additionally, the government session to approve the agreement, scheduled for 5:00 pm, was postponed to 6:30 PM, then to 8:00 PM.

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah!! That's wonderful Siobhan! They're so lucky to have you. You're a brilliant player who's so attentive to everything going on at the table

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olivka Rho, High Lord of the Abyssal Darkness @ashywashyy.bsky.social · 2d

level drain is like a very specific porn niche and it's always so unrealistic like "oh the hero loses a level and the succubus gains one" thats not how that works. thats not how that works. if the hero is like level 95 and the succubus is level 1 stealing one level would get her to like 30 at least

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stellaluna 🔜 PAX Unplugged @stellaluna.tv · 2d

just.... wondering.... 👀 who is an actual play performer that you know that loves superhero/supervillain RP narratives? 📝

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 2d

Well now I'm even more intrigued

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 2d

I've not been super active in ap lately but I do love superhero/supervillain stories

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 2d

Extremely gender

What game is this?

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 8d

There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯

I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨

youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU

Smiling Mychal with hands raised wears an outer space shirt in a library. It is a still from an episode of Reading Rainbow.

LeVar Burton smiles with hands behind his head as he lies down on a colorful pile of books. ENEMY PIE book rests on his chest.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

“1 in 17 acute-care hospital stays involved at least one harmful event. In 1/4 of those cases, patients experienced more than one.”

This is why disabled patients say no one should be alone in hospital.

Everyone needs an advocate.

Most of us have experienced tremendous harm:

‘No blame, no shame’: Experts urge culture shift to reduce hospital harm

A new report shows preventable harm continues to be a significant issue in Canadian hospitals, affecting thousands of patients and adding pressure to the health-care system.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 3d

I think I'd have Lunamon

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 3d

Breeedo has agonized over whether or not to share for so long.
I believe Breeedo.
I know what happened to me & Candace
And I believe the other people who have confided issues with Noir.

Noir's lack of accountability and patterns of DARVO + career sabotage with Black women and queers must stop.

Count Breeedo🩸🔜 PAX U @breeedo.bsky.social · 3d

I fucking hate this so much. I hate this so fucking much, but I can't continue to stay silent anymore while my integrity is continuing to be misconstrued and people keep getting hurt. This statement details my experiences while living with Noir Enigma (@/thenoirenigma) when I was homeless.

My Experience w/ Noir Enigma

01/20/2025 I’m writing about my experience with thenoirenigma, or Noir Enigma. His partner, AJ Fox (pahnita), will be included in this statement, but I want to make clear that I don’t harbor anything ...

docs.google.com

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Kittie @kittiepeters.com · 3d

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 5d

actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 5d

It’s never too late to start masking again.

It can be daunting to mask back up when no one else is bothering, but your health is worth it.

Every Covid infection is a dice roll with disability, and a good respirator like an N95 stops chains of transmission.

You’ll also get less colds & flus!

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 5d

I'm glad you were able to avoid the ER and hopefully are feeling better soon 💗

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 8d

A study found that children who contract Covid twice are at double the risk of developing long Covid

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

#Research #LongCovid #LongCovidKids

When children are more at risk of getting long Covid

www.independent.co.uk

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 5d

Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 5d

there’s no other way to put this other than full military invasion into america

Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · 5d

@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 5d

You both look amazing!

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Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.social · 5d

looking into the article, important part to it is this was initiated by italian unions, making it possible to organize such action at all. which reinforces for what and why such union restrictions exist in america. keeping labor down doesn't just generate wealth, it also suppresses other movements.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to see the highschool version where it's just the car painted onto plywood.

If they've got the budget for it they might have two cars, one front on and one profile

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 5d

Finally, a musical where the car horn can really shine on the soundtrack

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Alice Kyra (she/fae) @magicalgirlkyra.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday! 🎉🎂💗 It was cool meeting you at Big Bad!

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