michakes 🌈
@michakes.bsky.social
USAmerican living in NL, previously PL. Doing my best. She/her. Also, cats.
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business: [email protected]
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Hey hi!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
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I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
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All orders this week will receive a free gift to help me care for this lil lady I’m fostering 🐶
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 PM
All orders this week will receive a free gift to help me care for this lil lady I’m fostering 🐶
Live with some co-working in On-Together! Get ready and focus with me weee
#Twitch #GoingLive
twitch.tv/michakes
#Twitch #GoingLive
twitch.tv/michakes
michakes - Twitch
get ready and focus with me! | [35/10] | !pomo | !coworking | [18+]
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February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Live with some co-working in On-Together! Get ready and focus with me weee
#Twitch #GoingLive
twitch.tv/michakes
#Twitch #GoingLive
twitch.tv/michakes
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Reaching out to some folks today to for pull quotes for the Maru Kiru TPB!
If you're a reviewer/podcaster/comics person and would be interested in seeing a reader, please leave me a comment or send me a DM!
Thanks!
If you're a reviewer/podcaster/comics person and would be interested in seeing a reader, please leave me a comment or send me a DM!
Thanks!
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Reaching out to some folks today to for pull quotes for the Maru Kiru TPB!
If you're a reviewer/podcaster/comics person and would be interested in seeing a reader, please leave me a comment or send me a DM!
Thanks!
If you're a reviewer/podcaster/comics person and would be interested in seeing a reader, please leave me a comment or send me a DM!
Thanks!
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I both expected you to come and am surprised to see you, O Son of Hades.
#art | #hadesgame | #zagreus
#art | #hadesgame | #zagreus
May 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I both expected you to come and am surprised to see you, O Son of Hades.
#art | #hadesgame | #zagreus
#art | #hadesgame | #zagreus
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"Censorship" and "Not platforming something" are not remotely the same, and this infuriating insistence on conflating the two is why I had zero moral choice other than to leave Substack.
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
February 12, 2026 at 9:23 AM
"Censorship" and "Not platforming something" are not remotely the same, and this infuriating insistence on conflating the two is why I had zero moral choice other than to leave Substack.
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Hey Cozy Content Creators! ✨🌸💜
If you want to receive my PR Kit for Trinket Bag Maker at the upcoming Next Fest and register for Steam Keys, you can fill the following form: forms.gle/L4FA4fsi8WDJ...
Thank you so much for your support! 💖
#SteamNextFest #NextFest #CozyGames
If you want to receive my PR Kit for Trinket Bag Maker at the upcoming Next Fest and register for Steam Keys, you can fill the following form: forms.gle/L4FA4fsi8WDJ...
Thank you so much for your support! 💖
#SteamNextFest #NextFest #CozyGames
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Hey Cozy Content Creators! ✨🌸💜
If you want to receive my PR Kit for Trinket Bag Maker at the upcoming Next Fest and register for Steam Keys, you can fill the following form: forms.gle/L4FA4fsi8WDJ...
Thank you so much for your support! 💖
#SteamNextFest #NextFest #CozyGames
If you want to receive my PR Kit for Trinket Bag Maker at the upcoming Next Fest and register for Steam Keys, you can fill the following form: forms.gle/L4FA4fsi8WDJ...
Thank you so much for your support! 💖
#SteamNextFest #NextFest #CozyGames
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It's a #MaruKiruDestroytheMoon Shadow Drop!
The First Heresy TPB is available to order now in paperback and PDF!
Completely remastered, re-lettered and re-colored, it's Maru Kiru like you've never seen her before!
Read more here...
The First Heresy TPB is available to order now in paperback and PDF!
Completely remastered, re-lettered and re-colored, it's Maru Kiru like you've never seen her before!
Read more here...
Maru Kiru Destroy the Moon - First Heresy TPB!
Brendan Albetski published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:46 PM
It's a #MaruKiruDestroytheMoon Shadow Drop!
The First Heresy TPB is available to order now in paperback and PDF!
Completely remastered, re-lettered and re-colored, it's Maru Kiru like you've never seen her before!
Read more here...
The First Heresy TPB is available to order now in paperback and PDF!
Completely remastered, re-lettered and re-colored, it's Maru Kiru like you've never seen her before!
Read more here...
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Hey hi!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hey hi!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
michakes - Twitch
LEGO 21358 Minifigure Vending Machine weeee | !set | [18+]
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February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Hey hi!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
February 10, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hey hi!
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
I'm michakes, and you can find me live with games, co-working, crafting, and more several times per week over on twitch.tv/michakes
I'd love to work with you!
Email: [email protected]
Links: michakes.bio.link
✨
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I recently finished up all 30 character portraits for NOTORIOUS. Its so cool having the opportunity to come up with such a huge bunch of weirdos 😊 #illustration #art
In the latest update for Notorious: Tales of Hardscabble Bounty Hunting we shared all 30(!) of the new character portraits by @turbotorbo.bsky.social 👽
Preorders now available in Backerkit:
notorious-tales.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Preorders now available in Backerkit:
notorious-tales.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
I recently finished up all 30 character portraits for NOTORIOUS. Its so cool having the opportunity to come up with such a huge bunch of weirdos 😊 #illustration #art
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it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM
it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences
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Posted in October - "Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users" arstechnica.com/security/202...
Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users
As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.
arstechnica.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Posted in October - "Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users" arstechnica.com/security/202...
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Discord is switching to teen-by-default settings next month, with face scanning or ID upload required for full access.
Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen.
(Discord official press release)
Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen.
(Discord official press release)
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Discord is switching to teen-by-default settings next month, with face scanning or ID upload required for full access.
Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen.
(Discord official press release)
Unrelated - this past October, Discord suffered a data breach where 70,000 government IDs and info was stolen.
(Discord official press release)
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i dont know if ive used a more annoying website in the last few years.
Discord leadership only people on planet who think adding age verification to Discord a good idea:
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
i dont know if ive used a more annoying website in the last few years.
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please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
please give us more personal data please please please please c’mon you’re being so mean dude. we only got breached like three times. we’re NOT going to sell it man please please please plus its for like safety? so you’re the one who looks stupid right now come on pleaaaaaase just one data point bro
This HAS to violate GDPR, right. Using our data in ways we did not consent to, to classify us based on political ideology, sexuality, etc? This kind of thing needs to be exclusively opt-in. As it stands, it doesn't even have a proper opt-out without making your account invisible to logged-out users.
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This HAS to violate GDPR, right. Using our data in ways we did not consent to, to classify us based on political ideology, sexuality, etc? This kind of thing needs to be exclusively opt-in. As it stands, it doesn't even have a proper opt-out without making your account invisible to logged-out users.
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the service famous for data leaks?
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the service famous for data leaks?
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EU is already pilot testing something akin to what I'm talking about.
Until this goes live and platforms actually use this, DO NOT SEND A PHOTO OF YOUR ID ANYWHERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Until this goes live and platforms actually use this, DO NOT SEND A PHOTO OF YOUR ID ANYWHERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Commission releases enhanced second version of the age-verification blueprint
The second version of the age verification blueprint introduces additional features, such as the use of passports and ID cards for onboarding.
digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu
February 9, 2026 at 4:09 PM
EU is already pilot testing something akin to what I'm talking about.
Until this goes live and platforms actually use this, DO NOT SEND A PHOTO OF YOUR ID ANYWHERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
Until this goes live and platforms actually use this, DO NOT SEND A PHOTO OF YOUR ID ANYWHERE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
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Should be done by logging in via my gov profile. Let me login via Trusted Profile or whatever other alternative countries have, have it return back ONLY "they're over 18" or not, flag it on my profile and we're golden.
The goal is data harvesting, always has been. This WILL lead to data leaks. Ew.
The goal is data harvesting, always has been. This WILL lead to data leaks. Ew.
Starting in March, Discord will shift to a Teen-by-Default experience.
That means all adult users will be required to complete age verification (video selfie or a scan of a government-issued ID) to unlock full access.
That means all adult users will be required to complete age verification (video selfie or a scan of a government-issued ID) to unlock full access.
February 9, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Should be done by logging in via my gov profile. Let me login via Trusted Profile or whatever other alternative countries have, have it return back ONLY "they're over 18" or not, flag it on my profile and we're golden.
The goal is data harvesting, always has been. This WILL lead to data leaks. Ew.
The goal is data harvesting, always has been. This WILL lead to data leaks. Ew.
"We leverage technologies that help predict whether a user is an adult with high likelihood based on patterns of user behavior and other signals associated with their account on Discord."
rolling my eyes so hard I think my head might spin oh my GOD SHUT UP
rolling my eyes so hard I think my head might spin oh my GOD SHUT UP
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
"We leverage technologies that help predict whether a user is an adult with high likelihood based on patterns of user behavior and other signals associated with their account on Discord."
rolling my eyes so hard I think my head might spin oh my GOD SHUT UP
rolling my eyes so hard I think my head might spin oh my GOD SHUT UP
Discord you literally HAVE MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION!!
absolutely the fuck not no! massive breach of all of this sensitive information last year and you'd like to make sure that that can happen to ALL of your users at once now, very cool okay neat.
absolutely the fuck not no! massive breach of all of this sensitive information last year and you'd like to make sure that that can happen to ALL of your users at once now, very cool okay neat.
Starting in March, Discord will shift to a Teen-by-Default experience.
That means all adult users will be required to complete age verification (video selfie or a scan of a government-issued ID) to unlock full access.
That means all adult users will be required to complete age verification (video selfie or a scan of a government-issued ID) to unlock full access.
February 9, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Discord you literally HAVE MY CREDIT CARD INFORMATION!!
absolutely the fuck not no! massive breach of all of this sensitive information last year and you'd like to make sure that that can happen to ALL of your users at once now, very cool okay neat.
absolutely the fuck not no! massive breach of all of this sensitive information last year and you'd like to make sure that that can happen to ALL of your users at once now, very cool okay neat.