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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 2h

We are currently at 16% of 300!

♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

My gray tabby Harley lounging on some folded blankets against a window under the sun

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 5h

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Lee 'the J is for J' Carter @carterforva.bsky.social · 3h

Hey remember how he won the Nobel peace prize and then turned around and bombed the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, making him the only laureate to bomb another laureate?

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

Just felt like sharing this today. No reason.

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Lo 🎨🔞 @handle.invalid · Jan 24

I do think it’s important.

A comic of a black spikes figure speaking to a white figure with a rectangular head. Black figure: “Everything fucking sucks. And everyone online is like… Make art! Art is, you know, super important! But what if nobody cares about my art? Who is that going to help? Who is that gonna SAVE?” White figure: “You. And a few people like you, maybe.” Black figure: “Yeah. Maybe.”

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

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Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 19h

If you want to use ANY artwork an artist has made. Many of us are very happy to license an image for your use.

Artist's know that you like it.

Thank them with payment.

Artist's know you found it on the internet.
No, it's not fair use.

Reverse image search. Email them. PAY THE ARTIST.

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 13h

Wooww
Hi, for those who don't know, it doesn't matter one single iota if your project is "free". You do not have the rights to use art you find and distribute it. That's literally what licensing is for.
Your circumstance and goal has nothing to do with whether you are allowed to use anyone's art.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 19h

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 1d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 16h

this video is AI generated. the reporter has three arms and people in the background phase in and out of each other, and it comes from an AI sharing account

be cautious with what you share these days, friends

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meyo 🌸 @meyoco.bsky.social · 8d

starlight 🌟

Digital artwork of a girl with long plaited pink hair wearing blue dress with clouds pattern on it, holding a shining star on her shoulder.

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i like men @ilikemen.heliosphe.re · 2d

actually it's still hispanic heritage month i'll say this shit:

there's no shame in being a "no sabo kid", I'm literally fluent in Spanish and can read, but not write well, in it. iI still get called a "no sabo kid." It is not your fault for not being able to speak a language you were never taught.

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Clarissa📚🐈 @clarissas-art.bsky.social · 1d

He is finished! Posting this here now!💚🐈

#art #ffxiv #ffxivart #koana

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 19h

This man is being Gorilla Channel'd with a rotating selection of AI slop riot porn by several known white supremacists who are secretly running the government.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

In any case, the amount I put in the kofi goal should cover her leukemia test + what's missing for her dental work, and maybe help me cover the remaining amount for my card this month.

Thank you again if you can help by donating or sharing 💕

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

The total price for all this is around $250 in USD. I managed to raise like half of it with a raffle but it doesn't feel like it because of all the additional tests and screenings Harley has needed. Her mouth health has been the least of our problems, but we can't postpone doing something any longer

A map of a cat's teeth placement. A doctor has marked the teeth that need to be removed and some notes in spanish, including prices in mexican pesos. These prices don't include the anesthesia, which is a considerable amount.

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

She currently has at least 3 teeth that gotta be removed and one in particular that requires surgery. She also needs some deep cleaning to prevent her from losing more teeth.

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

I believe I will be eventually able to cover the credit card stuff but a lot of it had to do with Harley's medical exams to see if she's eligible for surgery. They are also gonna make me test her again for leukemia because they have to be super sure and we last tested her like a year ago

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 17h

Hiya. I got some credit card woes again, but more importantly, my cat needs to get some serious dental work (including surgery)

I will share more details below but I'd appreciate if you can help by donating and sharing
ko-fi.com/quiteromanti...

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 22h

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 19h

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 1d

Huh... i couldn't do it last time. I assumed that was by design

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 1d

That being said i also dont want spoilers so byeeee

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♡ Romantic ♡ 🔞 @rottenromantic.bsky.social · 1d

I decided i wont be watching CR4 live because not being able to pause and go back drives me crazy. Sitting for so many hours having to pay undivided attention is too demanding for my cheese hole'd brain

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