Shells
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along with this letter and its warnings please consider this additional takeaway: if something feels off, if you feel disrespected or stonewalled or exploited--talk to your peers about it. it's very likely you aren't alone. and thank you for reading.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
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January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
along with this letter and its warnings please consider this additional takeaway: if something feels off, if you feel disrespected or stonewalled or exploited--talk to your peers about it. it's very likely you aren't alone. and thank you for reading.
theyre inventing a new ai that can detect early cancers with near miraculous accuracy but the ai has gone semi-sentient and will only tell you where the cancers are if you can make it tell you via erotic interrogation roleplay
January 12, 2026 at 9:58 PM
theyre inventing a new ai that can detect early cancers with near miraculous accuracy but the ai has gone semi-sentient and will only tell you where the cancers are if you can make it tell you via erotic interrogation roleplay
like the best point for veganism that barely anyone uses is that we use more farmland to grow food for livestock than we do for people. just the fact that you can go out and eat meat without much hassle is already like a third of the reason why the planet is melting
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
like the best point for veganism that barely anyone uses is that we use more farmland to grow food for livestock than we do for people. just the fact that you can go out and eat meat without much hassle is already like a third of the reason why the planet is melting
i dont believe in picky eaters. i dont think theres such a thing as a picky eater. just someone thats weak willed.
January 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
i dont believe in picky eaters. i dont think theres such a thing as a picky eater. just someone thats weak willed.
the luddites were wrong because they lost. you look at your table now and every item on it has been through the unfeeling processes of a machine
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
the luddites were wrong because they lost. you look at your table now and every item on it has been through the unfeeling processes of a machine
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When I say that non-ecommerce web monopolies are fragile, I mean that it just takes one sicko to realize that people just want TheThing, to make TheThing, and then nobody has any reason to use your enshittified platform anymore.
Seeing MySpace era css brings a tear to my fuckin' eye.
Seeing MySpace era css brings a tear to my fuckin' eye.
okay. let me tell you about carrion. i only have so many words per post so stick with me.
carrion is a privacy-*first* adult text roleplay (ERP) platform for furries and perverts. it takes the best features of the long-runners in the space and removes two decades of built up UX/design debt.
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carrion is a privacy-*first* adult text roleplay (ERP) platform for furries and perverts. it takes the best features of the long-runners in the space and removes two decades of built up UX/design debt.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
When I say that non-ecommerce web monopolies are fragile, I mean that it just takes one sicko to realize that people just want TheThing, to make TheThing, and then nobody has any reason to use your enshittified platform anymore.
Seeing MySpace era css brings a tear to my fuckin' eye.
Seeing MySpace era css brings a tear to my fuckin' eye.
it feels like for some period between 1850 and 1950 the world briefly revolved around vienna
January 12, 2026 at 7:03 AM
it feels like for some period between 1850 and 1950 the world briefly revolved around vienna
ppl like to dunk on bluesky for having a shitty algorithm but i think having an algorithm at all is demonic and satanic. do not show me posts from people i do not follow. this is not how anything was meant to be
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 AM
ppl like to dunk on bluesky for having a shitty algorithm but i think having an algorithm at all is demonic and satanic. do not show me posts from people i do not follow. this is not how anything was meant to be
instagram has been nonstop showing me ai generated fart porn for the past three days
January 10, 2026 at 7:48 AM
instagram has been nonstop showing me ai generated fart porn for the past three days
US guys going "do NOT come to the usa its DANGEROUS" and then i refresh my feed and its like a whole bunch of locals going "wahoo just booked plane tickets to america for furcon ^_^"
January 10, 2026 at 7:20 AM
US guys going "do NOT come to the usa its DANGEROUS" and then i refresh my feed and its like a whole bunch of locals going "wahoo just booked plane tickets to america for furcon ^_^"
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literally me reading about all those people who vent to chatgpt and then take its advice
Oh you have "depression" and "anxiety"? Funny way of saying you're fundamentally weak of spirit
January 7, 2026 at 5:08 PM
literally me reading about all those people who vent to chatgpt and then take its advice
some people like to treat "millionaires" and "capitalism" like they are sort of jesuslike sacrificial figures that, when blamed for global warming, can wash their hands of any personal responsibility to care for the earth
January 6, 2026 at 6:47 AM
some people like to treat "millionaires" and "capitalism" like they are sort of jesuslike sacrificial figures that, when blamed for global warming, can wash their hands of any personal responsibility to care for the earth
can i say something about marvin the paranoid android that some of you guys may find overly lewd and or distasteful
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
can i say something about marvin the paranoid android that some of you guys may find overly lewd and or distasteful
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (USA Today), 1990
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136307
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136307
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, "Untitled" (USA Today), 1990
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136307
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136307
the question for 2026 is: does on-model animal crossing porn count as shota
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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There will be more video games released in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
There will be more video games released in 2026.
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hamtaro front and center is gonna make me laugh so hard i puke
Thinking about the Beastars creator Paru Itagaki's Hear Me Out cake
January 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
hamtaro front and center is gonna make me laugh so hard i puke
the question for 2026 is: does on-model animal crossing porn count as shota
January 1, 2026 at 8:33 PM
the question for 2026 is: does on-model animal crossing porn count as shota
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the obscene amount of forms youre supposed to fill up just to get ahead in the modern day is definitely a filter of some kind for literacy and patience i think
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
the obscene amount of forms youre supposed to fill up just to get ahead in the modern day is definitely a filter of some kind for literacy and patience i think
it's a take that gets a lot of ire because a good amount of artists who "make their own merch" (get other people to do most of the work and only provide the art) have put so much stake on selling plastic that any criticism of it is a criticism of their entire livelihood
not especially funny but multiple people flipped their fuckin wigs at the suggestion that Small Business Artists should maybe possibly cool it on making a bunch of merchandise out of straight up plastic and consider what happens to this material when it is inevitably trashed/lost
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
it's a take that gets a lot of ire because a good amount of artists who "make their own merch" (get other people to do most of the work and only provide the art) have put so much stake on selling plastic that any criticism of it is a criticism of their entire livelihood
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not especially funny but multiple people flipped their fuckin wigs at the suggestion that Small Business Artists should maybe possibly cool it on making a bunch of merchandise out of straight up plastic and consider what happens to this material when it is inevitably trashed/lost
What’s the funniest reason someone got mad at you on Bluesky this year?
December 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
not especially funny but multiple people flipped their fuckin wigs at the suggestion that Small Business Artists should maybe possibly cool it on making a bunch of merchandise out of straight up plastic and consider what happens to this material when it is inevitably trashed/lost