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Xarptic || Comms Closed @xarptic.bsky.social · Jun 28

MY TASK IS DONE!!

Here we are, my first official ref sheet for my sona Gabe! It's not EVERYTHING since he can shapeshift, but it's all of the important and common bits :3

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 17h

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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🦟🩸 Ariyakonsuay ตัวระเบิด 🦟🩸 ( ( Cms Closed : 4 / 4 ) ) @ariyakonsuay.bsky.social · 1d

quicc doodle before I go eep

I just want to draw Good boi with a shoes but end up with a Chibi version of him🧍🧍

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 1d

Keep calling your reps about age verification laws, or, at the very least, start prepping some mIRC servers and other Old World magics.

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

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The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

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Xarptic || Comms Closed @xarptic.bsky.social · 1d

Void Scourgebeast Resume Ecological Obliteration (now with added Moss!) || Monster Hunter Wilds
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Skipai Otter @skipai.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone in the UK that has had to use this service should be phoning up their MP office to demand an explanation why a law set out (OSA) did not have adequate protections of said data.

Phone calls
Emails
Actual visits to their office.

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 5d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Wintom @wintomsky.bsky.social · 2d

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Dangpa @dangpa.art · 2d

NEW BOY! He's a big, hot scaredy cat. DON'T HUG HIM!

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 2d

Dance party protests might be one of the best moves right now.

These make fascists look ridiculous, counter the "Portland is dangerous" narrative, and showcase joy and community at a time when those things are in short supply. Keep it up.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 2d

The only correct take on a fundamentally anti-human technology.

Screenshot of David Simon interview
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Cartoon Nickname @cartoonnickname.bsky.social · 2d

CALL TO ALL CANADIANS! A PETTITION TO PUSH BACK ON VISA AND MASTERCARD IS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OPEN FOR SIGNATURES RIGHT NOW!
ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

There is also a really dangerous bill being proposed called Bill S-209. More below...

Petition e-6695 - Petitions

ourcommons.ca

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Xarptic || Comms Closed @xarptic.bsky.social · 2d

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Kousen @kousenzephyr.bsky.social · 2d

Pushback works.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 2d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 2d

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KrystaM @ @KrystalogyTV • 13h
How do racist ppl like X-men and still be racist?
Like u know this lesson is for u right @ 149.
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funny how it blows your mind that people can just enjoy things and not have to reframe everything as a lecture about racism
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But big John, the x-men literally is a lecture about racism
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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 2d

Just a reminder that anti-queer and anti-trans policies aren't actually popular.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Luigi is a folk hero! 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @seriesjunkie.bsky.social · 21d

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🦟🩸 Ariyakonsuay ตัวระเบิด 🦟🩸 ( ( Cms Closed : 4 / 4 ) ) @ariyakonsuay.bsky.social · 3d

repost my Were-Good boi being silly

If not dog why act like dog ? ,

sometimes he confuse 'cause his genes is conflict with each other 😔

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Bamwuff @bamwuff.dog · 3d

CERB SEASON

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OldeWereWolfe 🐺 @oldewolfe.bsky.social · 4d

In case there's some confusion about the signal:

An image that depicts a hand signal to use if you're in a domestic violence situation in public.
Step one: Palm facing outwards, place the thumb across the palm.
Step two: Close your fingers over the thumb. Open and close your fingers repeatedly to flash the sign.

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Grebcomics 🐸 @grebcomics.bsky.social · 3d

thanks pete!

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Senator Jim Banks V
@SenatorBanks
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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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Dear Secretary Lutaick:
I urge you to investigate and correct erroes from the 2020 Census that handed disproportionntd political power to Democrats and illogal alicns. The Census Burcau adoptod a now and opaque
voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral
xx conwuu tmora uy, toc taroro tu mot đoo tnn Cunu lc pung t imber of votine districts. And the reoorts de aniovety inchaded ilecnl nhens widhout track those aliens' citiz enship status, If left uncorrected, these erroes will coetinue diluting the political power of American citizens.
Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the
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Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

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Jackaloo 🪴 @jackaloo.bsky.social · 3d

AWOOTISM! New design on my RB x3
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 3d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Xarptic || Comms Closed @xarptic.bsky.social · 4d

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Gaia_BentosZX5 @bento-bongos.bsky.social · 7d

With light of recent events, evergreen.

Society is a construct, designed to justify the cruel actions of the wealthy few to inflict harm on countless lives as much as possible. Therefore, I no longer need it.

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Xarptic || Comms Closed @xarptic.bsky.social · 4d

Aye aye, boss! You heard him, boys! Beat him up!