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Alecat @alecat.bsky.social · 21h

TODAY!!!

Alecat @alecat.bsky.social · 4d

THIS WEEKEND at @paxaus.bsky.social: we're excited to be hosting a speedrunning themed gameshow panel!

@alecat.bsky.social is a solo Untitled Goose Game speedrunner looking for a buddy to take on the co-op leaderboard with. Problem is, her usual partner @nicosar.bsky.social isn't a good fit! (1/3)

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · 4d

If you're at PAX Aus this Saturday, come watch as vi and I vie to become ale's Untitled Goose Game co-op partner (and check out ale's thread for a much better description of the panel than this)

Alecat @alecat.bsky.social · 4d

THIS WEEKEND at @paxaus.bsky.social: we're excited to be hosting a speedrunning themed gameshow panel!

@alecat.bsky.social is a solo Untitled Goose Game speedrunner looking for a buddy to take on the co-op leaderboard with. Problem is, her usual partner @nicosar.bsky.social isn't a good fit! (1/3)

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · 8d

midnight Friday, but also if I was ever scheduling anything I'd do it for 11:55/00:05 for clarity

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Frieze @isofrieze.art · 13d

Weekly free art raffle! To join, just reshare this post and make sure you're following! Limit 1 pic: 3 characters or 2+ props, subject can be anything! These are wing-it drawings so your idea has to be relatively simple, no wips or revisions provided

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · 19d

I'm on level 23 and starting to think I may be a robot

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Ally @goomy.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Bim @bimstown.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Sep 9

gay

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SK @swordsmankirby.bsky.social · Sep 9

the Marsh Badge from the Pokemon anime is just a Werther's Original

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Frieze @isofrieze.art · Sep 6

Weekly free art raffle! To join, just reshare this post and make sure you're following! Limit 1 pic: 3 characters or 2+props, subject can be anything! These are wing-it drawings so your idea has to be relatively simple, no wips or revisions provided

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Sep 6

Australians, spread this petition far and wide. Demands Parliament “open anti-trust investigations and penalize the unregulated monopoly of a key part of everyday infrastructure,” as “payment processors are not there to regulate what legal content people consume.”

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Petition EN7799 - Stop VISA and
MASTERCARD from dictating access to Legal Content.
Petition Status
The petition is currently open for signatures
OPEN
CLOSED
一雪一〇
PRESENTED RESPONDED
Petition Reason
VISA and MASTERCARD control the payment processor market, in a monopoly, that is not regulated in the least. These companies openly dictate access to services, sales, or operations, of legal items, or legal businesses, based on their own political views. Credit Card Processors should only be there to process legal transactions, and not dictate what someone spends their money on. VISA and MASTERCARD are so big and control a market that can be equated to a utility. There are no alternatives widely available in the market, despite these companies acting as a key part of all payment infrastructure. just like water companies or electricity providers are regulated to prevent them from stopping service based on arbitrary views,
VISA and MASTERCARD should be held to the same standard.

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Sep 3

oooooooh nice, I haven't seen one like that in a hot minute

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Sep 3

I'm impressed you've kept a 20GB IDE HDD around this long

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Aug 29

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

A drawing of a horse. The front half of the horse is black. The back half of the horse is white. The tail is black.

Text reads: I defragged my zebra

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 27

blue hatsu isn't real, it cannot hurt you

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Tool-Assisted Speedrun clips @tasnocontext.bsky.social · Aug 24

Game: Family Feud (1993, SNES)
TAS Author: Heisanevilgenius
Source: tasvideos.org/1248M

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chokocchi @chokocchi.bsky.social · Aug 21

At ASM 2025, we raised $51,000 for charity among the most wonderful group of people.

I didn't run this year, but I couched 2 runs and volunteered as host, social media (photog) and runner manager.

It was so much fun, I love and miss y'all and I can't wait to do this all over next year ❤️

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 20

oh shit, I'll get on that soon

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 20

and here's the VOD youtu.be/y-rQSlQSXvc

Super Mario World: No Cape, No Starword in 34:39.9

YouTube video by Sten

youtu.be

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 20

Finally got the NCNSW PB - this is my first PB in a solo SMW category since 2018!

Really happy with this run, it was pretty clean for the most part, particularly in the late game.

Will post the vod below once it's up on youtube

Splits from a No Cape No Starworld run, showing a new PB of 34:39.9 - a PB of just over 16 seconds

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 19

I did 3 offline runs tonight, the last of which was PB pace going into VOB 2. died to the first key clip because the nerves got to me and I went early on the first clip. At least I've got experience getting a good run to vob2 now, hopefully I can remain calm next time

Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 18

did an offline run tonight and ended up on my best pace ever out of Roy. ultimately the run died to key clip (thanks to a fourth try block dupe), but PB's definitely gonna happen soon

Screenshot of splits from a Super Mario World: No Cape, No Starworld speedrun, showing a run that was 7.1 seconds ahead of PB out of Roy, but ultimately finished a minute behind PB

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authorblues @authorblu.es · Aug 18

Enough people said they wanted to see the final slide deck, so I took the time to put it on my non-teacher github so I could share it. I didn't end up getting in trouble. I ended up being encouraged by a colleague to share it with my dept chair, and he liked it

authorblues.github.io/lecture-slid...

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Sten 🏳️‍🌈 @sten.bsky.social · Aug 18

did an offline run tonight and ended up on my best pace ever out of Roy. ultimately the run died to key clip (thanks to a fourth try block dupe), but PB's definitely gonna happen soon

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Frieze @isofrieze.art · Aug 16

Weekly free art raffle! To join, just reshare this post and make sure you're following! Limit 1 pic: 3 characters or 2+props, subject can be anything! These are wing-it drawings so your idea has to be relatively simple, no wips or revisions provided

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