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shannanigans 🌸 @ SacAnime Winter 2026 AA131

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Happy belated anniversary of #kcd2 with some Henry!!

February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM

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shannanigans 🌸 @ SacAnime Winter 2026 AA131

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Happy belated anniversary of #kcd2 with some Hans!!

February 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM

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Aliza Layne

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oh now that the book is out I can post some of my favorite layouts from beetle and the chimera carnival. but watch out for spoilers!

August 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM

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The Blind Archer (Commission Waitlist Open)

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It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

Age verification for all.

buff.ly

February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM

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dourgeek

@dourgeek.bsky.social

My attempt at giving Harley a cute outfit! I love her BTAS, soI wanted that kinda vibe but also ended up having some fun with it

#dourdoodles #harleyquinn #harleenquinzel #gothamcitysirens #gothamrogues #dcu

February 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM

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Brian M

@legendofnerd.bsky.social

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM

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Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️☃️🎄🎁

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Special illustration for Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U by Tetsuya Nomura (2014)

#retro #art #gaming #SmashBros

December 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM

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Kodo, Sangha AND MUSO!

@kodoandsangha.bsky.social

bastardofficial
died and came back as a cowboy i call that reintarnation
jumpingjacktrash
issekai-yay, motherfucker

February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM

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Retro Game Art 🎮🖼️☃️🎄🎁

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The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes artwork (2015)

#art #gaming #zelda #3DS

February 5, 2026 at 10:39 AM

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Simkaye 🌈

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Sorry, should have included the link! I'm so used to social media platforms punishing posts with links www.simkaye.com/product/stic...

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February 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM

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elliegull

@elliegull.bsky.social

work break Hugh

February 4, 2026 at 11:27 PM

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🇨🇦TheArtGun🇨🇦

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If you ever got a "free" version of Paint Tool SAI and can afford it now- please pay the creator for an official license ;u;
As a solo dev they are continually updating and making V2 better (FOR FREE) and they deserve to get paid for the ppl using it
The official website- www.systemax.jp/en/sai/

SYSTEMAX Software Development - PaintTool SAI

www.systemax.jp

January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM