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Rai

@raiwcole.com

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Art, communication, games I live in the woods and I’m super obnoxious about it PNW USA | 80s kid | any pronoun BIO/CV: raiwcole.carrd.co

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Rai @raiwcole.com · Jul 19

while you were making “posts” on “Bluesky” I was at my POST watching these BLUE GUYS

Three stellers jays hang out near a mossy bit of wood between two red cedars.

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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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No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 1d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · 2d

TikTok Algorithm Update

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 3d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 2d

the devil works hard but the blacksky team works harder 👏

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3d

I hear and see your concerns. Over the weekend, a couple users hosted on Blacksky's PDS were banned from the Bluesky app and thus the Bluesky API servers. This was a weakness of our system I've been aware of and hoped we had more time to address before any kind of public incident. 1/11

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3d

P.S. I've been updating docs.blacksky.community based on questions and feedback so check that out.

Thanks again to the folks who trust us and contribute the funds that allow to continue pursuing this mission of providing communities with autonomous, safe spaces.

Gonna get back to work now 👨🏾‍💻

Introduction | Blacksky Documentation

docs.blacksky.community

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 3d

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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minami @sakaimii.bsky.social · 2d

aster, my teifling bard

i accidentally gave him anxiety

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BionicBandit 👽 Comms Open @bionicbandit.neocities.org · 3d

YO! I'm Bionic and it's my lovely 27th birthday, I would really appriciate a follow today!

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 2d

the robot restaurant closed a few years ago 😭 I was devastated to find out last time we were in Tokyo

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 3d

“Don’t mind me haha, I’m just a Honey Bunch of Oat, just passin through on my way to your breakfast table, regular Honey Bunch of Oat here everybody”

dillo (yakubian mamba) @dillo.media · 3d

apparently once hatched, the larva are called junk bugs and will add shit to their backs to camo lol. saw this little guy walking around and I was like "wtf are youuu" and then google told me

lacewing larva with a bunch of organic matter on its back like a big shell 📷📸

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 3d

ai racists account has been suspended ✊😔🫡 rest in piss

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 4d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 4d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 4d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 3d

it’s the good boy…..

Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

I am a LITTLE excited about whatever the third new social media thing we’ll see come out of this. are we gonna rendezvous at tumblr again, or,

Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

like I am a shameless fan of audacity and I genuinely adore the parts of MSG4 that stare directly into the camera and say “THE MAN IS FUNDING VIDEO GAMES THAT WANT YOU TO DIE IN WARS. DO NOT ENJOY THIS.” but this is straight up silly

Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

we’ve been marathoning LPs of Metal Gear Solid games and I am still watching a cutscene in a game with the world’s longest cutscene in it, but this is somehow NOT the world’s longest cutscene

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

as best I can tell, they are auto-adding people who use specific words in their posts. so even though I have only once said “clanker” (in a post about muting the word), I am on this honestly incredible list.

Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

lmao fuck yeah

A screenshot of the “AI Racists” blocklist on Bluesky, which includes my account.

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 7d

oh my god this has nothing to do with Trump go read a book or something

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t want to talk about this because I don’t want to be a target

But on just a human decency level the person tirelessly deleting Gazans just permabanned the guy who uses his thousands strong platform to boost the fundraisers of literally anyone who needs money or mutual aid every single Friday

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Rai @raiwcole.com · 4d

stop ignoring that pain in your knee

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 7d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?