Velvety
@velvety.bsky.social
AKA TheVelvetyRoom! 20+ He/Him. Here to love art and artists alike. LGBTQ+ rights = human rights. Free Palestine. PFP by the lovely @yurobani.bsky.social and banner by the wonderful @skipdidoo.bsky.social!
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"The camp consists of temporary tent structures meant to house up to 5,000 detainees and relieve overcrowding at other Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities."
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says reut.rs/4qRPCLg
Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says
Detainees at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp endure foul-tasting drinking water, rotten food and inadequate healthcare, according to a U.S. congresswoman who called the tent facility in El Paso, Texas, "inhumane."
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November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
"The camp consists of temporary tent structures meant to house up to 5,000 detainees and relieve overcrowding at other Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities."
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Finished. Batgirl in Halloween setting… Yeah. A little late but better than never.
#batgirl #cassandracain
#batgirl #cassandracain
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Finished. Batgirl in Halloween setting… Yeah. A little late but better than never.
#batgirl #cassandracain
#batgirl #cassandracain
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Okay.❗️Sketch-commissions are open until November 30❗️
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
And moment. Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.
#commissions
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
And moment. Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.
#commissions
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Okay.❗️Sketch-commissions are open until November 30❗️
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
And moment. Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.
#commissions
If you are interested:
- 📧 [email protected]
- DM
- Discord MadS#4983 or madssighduck
And moment. Every Sunday I have a little day off, so I accept commissions but start to draw them on the next day.
#commissions
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"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This use of GenAI is fine because VAs signed contracts to relinquish their rights".
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
Well yeah, have you seen what happens to those who don't want to sign off on this? Can you really call that consent when the alternative is losing (or never getting) a job?
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
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Not a surprise, dude put a lot of money into ai and into scooping up sources of data and is very much into anything that can make money even if it’s harmful to the industry he is in.
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has defended AI following Eurogamer's 2/5 Arc Raiders review, which criticised the game's use use of AI voice generation. "AI dialog generation + human personality and tuning could totally transform gaming," Sweeney said.
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
www.gamesindustry.biz/epics-tim-sw...
Epic's Tim Sweeney wades into the Arc Raiders AI row
"This technology increases human productivity in some areas by integer multiples"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Not a surprise, dude put a lot of money into ai and into scooping up sources of data and is very much into anything that can make money even if it’s harmful to the industry he is in.
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my original scoop from 2023:
SCOOP: Kansas newspaper raided by cops was investigating police chief, owner says
Eric Meyer of the Marion County Record tells The Handbasket his paper had been investigating the police chief prior to the raids on his office and home.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my original scoop from 2023:
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last summer i partnered with @kansasreflector.com to do a three-part series on the marion county record police raid for the one year anniversary. (we even won a kansas press association award for it.)
glad there's finally a bit of justice for the victims.
our 2024 series:
glad there's finally a bit of justice for the victims.
our 2024 series:
After unprecedented newspaper raid, journalists remain defiant
Former Marion County Record reporter Deb Gruver says, ‘No, you don't get away with this’
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
last summer i partnered with @kansasreflector.com to do a three-part series on the marion county record police raid for the one year anniversary. (we even won a kansas press association award for it.)
glad there's finally a bit of justice for the victims.
our 2024 series:
glad there's finally a bit of justice for the victims.
our 2024 series:
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wow. WOW.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow. WOW.
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
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Come with me to the Gallery Nucleus x Slime Rancher 2 Tribute Show! @gallerynucleus.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Come with me to the Gallery Nucleus x Slime Rancher 2 Tribute Show! @gallerynucleus.bsky.social
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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when you accidentally become important at work
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
when you accidentally become important at work
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an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
an underrated part of this turducken of garbage is Elon posting an image of the Odyssey while discussing the Iliad, but it's all so terribly, terribly pathetic
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i feel like i have extended my life by several years via having dropped any expectations that the democrats might do their jobs sometime around 2018. im just gonna continue not giving them a dime, voting for primary challengers, and giving chuck schumer's house the finger when i walk by
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
i feel like i have extended my life by several years via having dropped any expectations that the democrats might do their jobs sometime around 2018. im just gonna continue not giving them a dime, voting for primary challengers, and giving chuck schumer's house the finger when i walk by
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They WERE NOT hype enough for my boi.
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
They WERE NOT hype enough for my boi.
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
HE WAS GOIN DUMB ON THEM KEYS
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Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
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me 3 days before releasing our most ambitious animation project ever
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
me 3 days before releasing our most ambitious animation project ever
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Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Look guys I’ve spent the last day playing this over and over again. Don’t read the comments first and stick it through to the second verse. It is in fact one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard.
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SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
Apple Pulls China’s Top Gay Dating Apps After Government Order
The removal of Blued and Finka marks another setback for China’s marginalized LGBTQ+ community.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
SCOOP: China's top 2 gay dating apps, Blued and Finka, became unavailable on app stores over the weekend. Apple confirmed to WIRED that it removed the two apps following "an order from the Cyberspace Administration of China."
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
latest with @lmatsakis.bsky.social
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They’re never going to swear her in
Rep. Adrian Smith R-NE ignores Democrats on the floor and adjourns the House until Wednesday. Adelita Grijalva was elected on Sept. 23 and still has not been sworn into office. It may finally happen later this week.
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They’re never going to swear her in
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Following firings and Grand Theft Auto VI delay, union plans to keep pressure on Rockstar
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November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Following firings and Grand Theft Auto VI delay, union plans to keep pressure on Rockstar
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How many times does the same thing have to happen before reality sinks in?
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
How many times does the same thing have to happen before reality sinks in?