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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 2h

A hidden easter egg in Mac OS 9 showed Apple's 1 Infinite Loop campus. We could see it by holding down Control+Option+Command and choosing "About the Mac OS 9 Team" from the Apple menu. Many Mac programs at the time had similar easter eggs on their About screens, including Photoshop.

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 2h

Also hiks not getting runner up from ANY of her designs is a crime within itself

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 2h

Crying screaming throwing up bc this should have won the figure contest instead of getting runner up

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 4h

(I also might be very biased about this bc the number of new/casual/children(?) fans who think hatsune miku is “canonically” 16 and any depiction of her as anything but is DISGUSTING!!!1!) and it’s like oh buddy this is not the place for you

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 4h

Gentrification of fandom pls, you could it see it starting with funkos but I feel like covid jump started it once events were back in place

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Manmes @manmes214.bsky.social · 26d

art at beginning of covid vs now
2020 vs 2025

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Manmes @manmes214.bsky.social · 1d

your tag's sticking out

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · 14h

tianyi had a collab song drop with very popular regular human djs and this cover art has been sending me im ngl

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 15h

Finally read this, absolutely worth the read

˚ʚ Belle ɞ˚ @ working too damn much @torrent-empress.bsky.social · 1d

Alright y'all, so I had this essay about the current era of the internet and the hypocrisy from all sides about children on social media in my head for months.

This is actually my first time writing an essay like this so uhm, it would be cool if you read it 👉👈

˚ʚ Belle ɞ˚ @ working too damn much @torrent-empress.bsky.social · 1d

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 23h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 1d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Lexington @lexingtonshiroji.bsky.social · 1d

#vocaloid

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 15h

I see a thumbnail that looks like a flipnote hatena pv 👁️👁️

Vocaloard: YouTubeボカロランキング @vocaloard.bsky.social · 15h

最新曲日日 YouTube ボカロランキング 2025/10/10
#vocaloid #ボーカロイド
vocaloard.injpok.tokyo?d=2025-10-10...

@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 16h

This is also why as much as I hate the OCs in prsk I have to give immense credit to SEGA to actually seek out new, fresh song content for the game. So many genres, vocal synths, etc. DIVA at the end kept recycling the same songs.

@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 16h

Sometimes you just need a screaming robot in your ears and vflower works if you need a growling robot and KAFU works if you need a helium robot

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 16h

Vflower and KAFU are both vocal synths at their peak were used in songs that they were okay-ish, (like you could have plug and played any other female synth and it would have sounded better) but when they are in loud, chaotic songs, they SHINE. Like DAYUM. That overuse of growl, helium, it WORKS

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 16h

And also KAFU…I owe you an apology too

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下剋上 - Misumi feat. 可不 (Original song)

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 16h

While I was in grad school I unfortunately missed out on some songs that were released at the time, for example, I now owe V4 flower an apology

She walked so KAFU could run

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Shadow Shadow

Original song by Azari feat. v4 flower, published 9/27/2021

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Max Sarin @maxsarin.bsky.social · 1d

Here is number 8 (Mukava manaaja/Nice exorcist) for the drawing challenge! #perjantaipaja #perjantaipajavinkkaa #sarjakuu #sarjakuu2025
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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 1d

Voters in California who live more than 50 miles from a USPS regional mail center must mail their VBM ballots AT LEAST ONE DAY BEFORE ELECTION DAY to ensure they're postmarked on time and counted. Ballots mailed on ED will be postmarked the following day, making them ineligible.

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California Election Day ballots may miss deadline under new USPS rules

A ballot mailed on Election Day more than 50 miles from a USPS regional hub could be postmarked late due to new rules.

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Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · 22h

rising above the mediocre haters like

A scene from the Kasuga gongen scrolls of a woman (deity) rising above a room full of people gazing up at her in amazement. To the left are four monks and to the right are six women and children, hands clasped together as they look up.

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 22h

I’d rather be in sync that circle back and touch base with people who can’t keep up

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shindigs @shindigs.bsky.social · 22h

The corporate world is experiencing the rise of "syncslop".

"We should sync up this afternoon."
"I grabbed some time to sync up."
"Quick sync

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 1d

Still better pull rates than prsk

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@mslanimator @mslanimator.bsky.social · 1d

I love how boredom shopping leads me to find a Luo tianyi shiteyanyo-esque plushie

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

🧵Netscape Navigator brought the web to millions. 🌐 It was the first browser to achieve mass-market adoption & introduced bookmarks, cookies, & JavaScript.

See its website on the #WaybackMachine. 1 in a Trillion pages saved ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19961101...

#Wayback1T

Image with text at the top that reads: "Wayback Machine Then and Gone" and "NETSCAPE.COM". Below is a Wayback Machine capture of the Netscape website from October 20, 1996, alongside a stylized computer window featuring a pixel art frowning face representing that the website is gone.

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