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@yseraxiv.bsky.social

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Pronouns: any. Brazilian, ESL, mostly posting in EN. FFXIV, other myriad games. Leftist prone to yapping about politics. @yseras-boudoir.bsky.social‬ for the more unfiltered thoughts. 🚫 AI 🚫 NFT 🚫 MDNI

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 11d

"Try it, punk."

#gposer #miqote #virtualphotography #videogamephotography (Idek which tags to use anymore)

Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 27m

We did eeeeeeeeeeeeeet

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 4h

Cover art I painted for Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos

Dark academia painting of a young blonde woman wearing satin robes in black, silver and gold colors creating and manipulating a field of arcane energy with her hands while standing on an ornate balcony overlooking a victorian inspired fantasy city at night. Description is my own sorry if I got any of the world building stuff wrong

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Zack Johnson @zapjackson.bsky.social · 6h

Here is an example of a basic edge detection shader:

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 4h

One reason behind Western decline is that US capital gave up on investing in productive forces long ago.

The current system is all about looting / grifting through financial engineering, rent extraction, and speculative bubbles.

When the system rewards that, reversing it is near impossible.

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LisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 1d

🤭😆😂

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · Nov 11

Welcome to Bluesky 💙🦋

Venn Diagram of 3 circles:
BE KIND
BLOCK FAST
HAVE FUN

An arrow points to thee intersection of all 3 circles:
YOU CAN BE HERE

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 5h

Accepted job offer, immediately bought two refurbished Dell OptiPlex 7010s for cheap.

The homelab will happen.

(Also, honestly, feels nice to find use for PCs that would otherwise be phased out/become e-garbage)

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bittersweet sanfoninha 🏴 @joaoninguem.bsky.social · 7h

"Profissionais de saúde notaram que órgãos vitais, como fígados, rins e corações, além de córneas, estavam faltando, o que o Euro-Med Monitor chamou de "evidência" de possível roubo de órgãos."

Israel gabaritando o bingo de Haia

Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 14h

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 9h

Ah yes, because that's what art is about: being "better, faster and more efficient".

Fuck him.

Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 21h

Dead Space and Call of Duty’s Glen Schofield says he’s been experimenting with generative AI for 2 years and believes it can help ‘fix’ the games industry.

“AI isn’t here to replace us, it’s here to make us better, faster, and more efficient,” he says. “It’s a tool”.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11h

“Don’t be fooled by those in Epstein’s circle who say they didn’t know what he was doing. Epstein…took a certain glee in making people watch. And people did watch – scientists, fundraisers from the Ivy League and other heralded institutions, titans of industry. They watched and they didn’t care.”

‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother

In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy a...

www.theguardian.com

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10h

Walking into a Republican's office in 2025.

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 9h

Hmmmm... how good is Linux for gaming, I wonder...

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 12h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Owlcat Games @owlcatgames.bsky.social · 13h

We believe knowledge grows through sharing.
Together with friends at Midwest Games, Fireshine, Gaijin, and 11Bit Studios, we created GameDev Learning Drop—a free directory of 350+ resources for devs, who dream of creating worlds!
Let's rise together!
owlcat.games/learning

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I am sounding the alarm that the GOP is engaged in an all out attack voting rights and free and fair elections. Voter suppression, gerrymandering, and troops in blue cities are just some of the ways they are using to try to rig the rules to keep power in 2026 and beyond.

Pay attention and act!

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

... fuck, that's actually so accurate.

Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · Jun 8

Before the internet, if you wanted to find the horniest people around, you had to go to the local Vampire: The Masquerade live action role-playing group

Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

Mad Men was such a great fucking show.

Mad Men: One Perfect Scene

YouTube video by Dream Dimension Productions

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 1d

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man 's face with the words when is edging time below it

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words when is edging time below it

media.tenor.com

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mikey myers 🎃 @mikeyturvey.bsky.social · 1d

Them: "Don't let perfect be the enemy of good!"

My brain: "Sounds like something a coward would say."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Qatar gave Trump a $400M jet. Trump gave them a military facility on US soil.

The UAE bought $2B of Trump's stablecoin. Trump gave them access to rare AI chips.

Saudi Arabia invested $2B in Kushner's firm. Trump sold them $142B in arms.

If this isn't corruption, what is?

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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 1d

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Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

Not me, using every ounce of my being to not point out to someone they're being crazy hypocritical, for the sake of keeping the social peace.

I swear, man... some people... hnnnngg!

Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, the game that everyone is saying _isn’t_ a Bloodlines game. If you play it, let me know what you think of it.

Sera @yseraxiv.bsky.social · 1d

1000000000% agree.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Trump didn’t light the fire overnight. He’s been turning up the heat slowly, hoping we won’t notice until we’re already cooked.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Yesterday, white nationalist paramilitary forces attacked another Chicago neighborhood with chemical weapons. Families and at least one infant were gassed. This morning, they are kidnapping more immigrants both here and in other metros (D.C., L.A. still being terrorized).

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