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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 12h

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 6h

Not only this is amazing because part of fascism is the destruction of joy but it also makes it look ridiculous that the military is being deployed to put a stop to this

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d

War is hell, Portland style

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Lainey Williams @endless-swords.bsky.social · 10h

The Hearth (5/21))

Color comic page showing a woman in front of a forest of trees lit red and shadowed blue by the setting sun. She looks out at the sun, then turns back toward her sled filled with pinecones. As she does, there’s an insert panel of a goose’s wings pressing down in flight. The woman, Marika, turns back toward the setting sun to see the goose’s silhouette. Her stomach rumbles. She grips her bow and begins to short-ski up a snowy hill toward the goose and the setting sun.

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General Grievous & Butthead @widemouthgibson.bsky.social · 6h

Social media doesn't work for self-promotion. It may have done once, but it doesn't anymore. Invest in a newsletter and a functional website. No one on social media is interested in our bullshit.

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404 Media @404media.co · 13h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 7h

Get lectured at SLICE! In addition to browsing work from the 100+ supremely talented exhibitors in our expo hall all day, you can attend a lecture or panel with our Special & Featured Guests! Read descriptions for each session on our event page slicexpo.org/slice-2025. Here's the schedule (thread):

Yellow text graphic on blue background. Text reads "Panels and Lectures, Oct. 18, 2025, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free to attend. Ink & Drink, Trung Le Nguyen, Rori, Ngozi Ukazu, Karenza Sparks..." and big arrows pointing to the next slide.

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astrid elle jo🍂(jewel of the nihil) @ellejohara.com · 1d

Nurse robot girl in a corset and hobble dress (and other shiny accoutrements).

Robot girl in a red/blue/white color scheme. She's got geisha-ish blue hair, a lighter blue corset over a white hobble dress, and a matching lighter blue neck corset with a red first aid cross on it. Around her ankles, wrists, upper arms, and neck are cherry red cuffs with rings. She's holding her hands up in a kind of spellcasting position.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 10d

Me and @matthtaylor.com have a story in this about TRANS WITCHES dealing with a MONSTER.

And we're just one story in this impossibly talent-heavy anthology!

Phil Falco @philfalcowrites.bsky.social · 10d

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...

WITCHING SEASON - A 150+ page WITCH HORROR comic anthology launches in two weeks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Now, a dispersal warning from Broadview PD.

The officer tells protesters they have 2 minutes to leave the area or they'll receive citations.

Simultaneously, folks have been watching this large bus repeatedly try to pull into the detention center. No idea who's on it.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 1d

What's happening at SLICE's Opening Night?
🍻 Happy hour
✍️ Poster signing with artist Alain McAlister
🎙️ Panel discussion with special guests @ngoziu.com, @trungles.com, and St. Louis's own @roricomics.bsky.social
🏆 Local Best in Show Award presentation
🎉 Raffle!
www.eventbrite.com/e/slice-2025...

Purple text graphic reading "SLICE Opening Night Schedule"

SLICE 2025 poster image, text reads "Happy Hour & Poster Signing with Alain McAlister"

Text graphic reads "Panel Discussion with Ngozi Ukazu, Trung Le Nguyen, and Rori" with their headshots

Text graphic for Local Best in Show Award Presentation and Raffle

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.

from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal

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hoots @hoots.bsky.social · 1d

I have not been pushing this as hard the past few days because I am actively moving house! Please back our campaign!

hoots @hoots.bsky.social · 8d

Good afternoon! We're at 12% funded and looking to raise another $230 before the end of the day!!

www.indiegogo.com/projects/aft...

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 1d

It sucks, while (personally) I've found women industry vets incredibly generous with time, networking & opportunities, they themselves are still marginalized, having to constantly create opportunities & struggle. It has its own issues, but I've had a smoother time with the Pub House side of comics.

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 1d

This detail about the Palisades arrest is wild:
While on the phone with 911, Rinderknecht allegedly typed a question into ChatGPT: “Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes,” according to the criminal complaint. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is suspected of setting a fire on New Year’s Eve that eventually became the Palisades fire.

www.latimes.com

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PLUGO @plugo.bsky.social · 1d

So… we’ll keep sweetening the reward package for our first 50 backers! Not only will issue 1 of UNDEAD KUNGFU GHOST KILLER arrive bagged & boarded. Those backing boards will be printed with an original illustration by artist
@helabella-art.bsky.social act fast! UKGK.site #UKGK #Kickstarter

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 1d

Since this is like a weapons list from horror movies, I can only think next answers will be:

knife glove
chainsaw
possessed videotape

(I usually either knock it on the counter and use literally any soft flat silcone handy, even a coated potholder, cushion+grip=win)

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

What's it like living in Chicago today? This image gives us a strong sense of the fear that Chicagoans fear from Trump's secret police.

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 2d

The intrusive thought that there's a non-zero chance that the mushroom *wants* you to eat it...and not in the regular "help me spread my seeds" sort of way.

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Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · 2d

So we really don't like to build our name off of someone else's dipshittery

but five months after this post
(which was not the first SM fuckery)

almost EVERY new sticker client mentions wanting to get away from Sticker Mule

So thanks, I guess, weird Sticker Mule guy.

Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · Apr 15

We quality checked THREE THOUSAND stickers by hand this morning

I've had actually conversations with every single person who has ever ordered stickers from us.

We care about the quality of clients receive, not how cheap we can make them.

But go off about your robots, Donkey Show 💀

Sticker Mule CEO fires workers, touts robots: ‘Automate, automate, automate’

CEO Anthony Constantino says the company has installed 250 robots at production sites in past two years

www.timesunion.com

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Rori! @roricomics.bsky.social · 2d

Important, lest we forget that women can also be heinous losers.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Anna Biela @nuclearanna.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently there’s a type of northern cardinal (a subspecies? idk) with extra large crests?

Look at him! How is he so pointy?!??

ML149021071 - Northern Cardinal (Long-crested) - Macaulay Library

macaulaylibrary.org

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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taterdash 🦇 @taterdash.bsky.social · Oct 7

#birdtober 7: Northern Cardinal!
I did some hack-job halftones on this guy and I'm not 100% sure it was the right decision but here we are.
Fountain pen and water brush, scanned with CSP halftones.

A black and white drawing of a male northern cardinal. He's sitting on a rod and stretching out to the top right, bill open as if he's yelling. There is water media-shaped shading on the bird but it's in halftones.

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