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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23h

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry

It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this
youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 2h

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources | Bylines Scotland

How to own Scottish energy

How Scotland could publicly own its wealth of energy resources

bylines.scot

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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 13h

You would not believe how many stories like this have been popping up over the last ~5 years

Not just full games cancelled—entire characters and plot lines removed or changed, leaving less time for making the *rest of the game better*, to try avoiding a small and malicious contingent of voices.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 14h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Spooky Penguin @ineffablepenguin.bsky.social · 7h

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13h

Dems can just clip the "we took the freedom of speech away" and make an ad

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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The Octopus Gallery @octopusgallery.bsky.social · 14h

Good news for sewists: the paper pattern company feared lost to bankruptcy has been saved as an independent company.

craftindustryalliance.org/sewing-patte...

Sewing Patterns Rise from DGA Bankruptcy Ashes - Craft Industry Alliance

The “Big 4” sewing patterns are saved. Simplicity, McCall’s, Vogue & Butterick get new life under Rubelmann Capital.

craftindustryalliance.org

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 14h

Yes! Hands on, which is a bit of a spicy take on the after: archiveofourown.org/works/386617...

New Session | Archive of Our Own

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 21h

Kemi Badenoch blames those crossing borders for our problems. It’s a lie aimed to distract.

The real issue is a system protecting the super-rich while nurses & carers can’t make ends meet. Tax wealth fairly, fund public services properly. This is how we give Britain hope again.

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The REAL Texas Paul @paulsrockinbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

Opt-out. You can decline this Agreement to Arbitrate-and no other provision of these terms-by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, Discord also will not be bound by it and there shall be no arbitration agreement existing between you and Discord, whether under these or prior arbitration provisions. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you may exercise your right to a trial by jury or judge, as permitted by applicable law, but any prior existing agreement to arbitrate Disputes will not apply to claims not yet filed. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you will not be opting out of any other provision of these terms and you agree to be bound by all other provisions of these terms, which shall remain in effect as allowable by law

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It's Chaos, Be Kind @atomicovermind.bsky.social · 20h

What kind of fucking idiot builds this sort of thing and doesn't understand the copyright ramifications? JFC

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 20h

😤

It's the Anakin Padme meme. Anakin is now a smoke detector saying I don't have enough energy to tell u if there's a fire. Padme happily asks So u don't have enough energy to make a shill loud beep every minute for years? Then she looks worried, and asks again: U don't have the energy to make a shill loud beep every minute for years, right? To which Anakin the smoke detector replies BEEP

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street. Never mind the science: what outcome do we want?

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 1d

Teslas
🤝
Data centers

Wanting to be on fire all on their own

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

Every time I see this subtle boy, I can't help smiling

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

Ware the surprise update :D
archiveofourown.org/works/542974...
#OFMD #ofmdfic

A Little Restraint
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Chapter 109: All fucking Bambi-ish
Summary:

Stede had started humming and didn’t even seem to realise it.
Glancing over his shoulder, Ed squashed down a grin, watching the hammock swaying gently from side to side. Hadn’t wanted to put on any music that’d distract Stede from the blissed out, rope-drunk state he was in, so he’d gone with the orchestral soundtracks from some of Stede’s favourite pirate films for the vibe.
Turned out Stede didn’t need lyrics to sing along.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

I love their wee masks :D

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Alex Steed @alexsteed.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is everything Newsom wants you to believe Newsom is, including both actually brave and seemingly in possession of an actually beating human heart.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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LibRoseITM 🐈‍⬛ 👽 @libroseitm.bsky.social · 1d

This is so nice! My commissions are perpetually open as I don't have a job so I can stay at home with my kid, so I'm always grateful to receive some support! bsky.app/profile/libr...

LibRoseITM 🐈‍⬛ 👽 @libroseitm.bsky.social · Jun 16

My coms are open!

A digital painting of Ed Teach from OFMD. His head and shoulders are showing. text reads: "shoulder and above. No background £30. +1 character £20.

A digital painting pf Stede bonnet from OFMD. Text reads: "Full Body. Simple background £50. +1 character £40."

A digital painting of Ed Tech from OFMD. Text reads "Full body. Complex background £80. +1 character £40."

A digital painting of a beach. text reads "Background only. Price on request."

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d

“Conversion therapy” is a euphemism for child abuse, and every mainstream medical and mental health organization has rejected this practice for decades. There is no evidence that it does anything besides harm children. It is one of the few subjects where there is an overwhelming medical consensus.

Conversion therapy is universally opposed as harmful by major medical organizations, including (but not limited to) the American Academy of Child Adolescent Psychiatry, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, American Medical Association(AMA), American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association (APA), and the American School Health Association.
Links: https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/medical-experts-lgbtq-people-agree-conversion-therapy-is-no-replacement-for-health-care

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

I get that everyone thinks it's a funny little joke when Trump says nonsense about "trangender for everybody" (because really, wtf does that even mean?), but I gotta say that as a trans person, I find it absolutely fucking insane that he's constantly obsessing over trans people existing. It sucks.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "If we didn't win this election. If we had these people that were running that were ruining our country, destroying our country with their open borders and men playing in women's sports and transgender from everybody and windmills all over the place ... I'm not sure we'd even have a country."

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Kninjaknitter 🎤🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 reading your lovely stories out loud @kninjaknitter.bsky.social · 1d

Printing a big batch of Skeleton Mermaid masks for #WeeCon design by @citrussyndicate.bsky.social after the superspreader event at ECCC 23 Chicago

Kn95 masks with screen printed skeleton mermaids with red hearts, red blood drops and teal masks.

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Fyre @amuseoffyre.bsky.social · 1d

Mmhm. Like Jim only kissing Archie in S2, instead of the scripted and filmed kisses with Olu as well 🤬

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