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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 5d

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ThatBronzeGirl @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social · 24d

I feel like I used to actually be part of several different communities and now I’m at the periphery of all of them because they all let me down or pissed me off somewhere along the way.

ThatBronzeGirl @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social · 24d

I look at the kind of stuff I used to post online and how I’m just kind of going through the motions now and it makes me realize exactly how tired I am.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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KHAN 可汗 🔜 Roundhouse FGC 2025 @yungkhan.bsky.social · 10d

The time is upon us once again! Tit-tober 2025 is live. tage your illustrations #tittober2025

Do one, do 'em all! It's up to you.

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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:

“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 6d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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LavaSlug @lavaslug.bsky.social · Jul 2

Emergency commission sale!! 50% OFF ALL PORTRAITS for the month of July

I've never ran a sale before, but I have quite a substantial vet bill that's popped up for my sweet lil tortie Trip. I would love to bring your characters to life!

ko-fi.com/lavaslug/lin...

candid photo of a short-haired cat in the process of laying down on a carpeted floor

photo of a cat, sitting on a carpeted floor, looking up

painted head shot of a woman with vibrant hair, eyes and lips with several ear piercings looking off camera to the right

girl with a braided crown wearing a capelet and dress with a bright, shining gem in her brooch, smiling and standing in front of a cloudy sky

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · Jul 20

It's 2025, and Twitch Partners are still self-promoting in people's chats.

A screenshot of a Twitch log that says:

2025-07-19 00:32:34 DJClancy: I am shamelessly going into chat of streamers I know to ask for raids when they are done. I am doing my first charity stream for St Judes as part of the GCX Marathon. Not listening since I am streaming. I am going till 1am.

Then:
DJclancy has been timed out for 600 seconds.

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · Jul 5

SUNDAY
• 10am eastern
• 3pm GMT
• 4pm CEST
• 5pm for @klensyh.bsky.social 🤪

Our #CampChaos Session Day!

“Layering Mixed Media”
❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💖🤎🖤🩶🤍🍋
www.twitch.tv/mellemony

a Camp Chaos giblet and a purple cat sit amongst layers of materials announcing the “layering mixed media” session

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · Jun 12

Whatever your personal beliefs on Assisted Dying, we should all be able to agree on 2 fundamentals:

No means no. If a patient doesn’t want it, end of discussion.

It should never be offered in lieu of care or social supports.

If it is, it’s not compassion.

It’s eugenics 🧵

Screenshot of a Dallas express article. There’s a man sitting in a hospital gown. Text reads

Man With Disabilities Begs Hospital To Stop
Pushing Suicide
LOGAN WASHBURN - STAFF WRITER
HEALTH & SCIENCE
MAY 29, 2025
Roger Foley | Image by Roger Foley @rogerfoley/X
Hospital staff have repeatedly pushed a Canadian man with disabilities to accept euthanasia. Now, he says, they are repeatedly asking him about suicide while cutting off basic needs like food and

Screenshot of a Dallas examiner article which reads Brother Of Disabled Man To Canadian
Hospital: He Is 'Dying In Front Of You'
LOGAN WASHBURN - STAFF WRITER
HEALTH & SCIENCE
JUN 11, 2025
Roger Foley | Image by Roger Foley @rogerfoley/X
The brother of a disabled Canadian man is pleading with his hospital - which pushed euthanasia and cut off food and water nearly one month ago - to stop him from "dying in front of you."
Instead of helping, The Dallas Express has learned, hospital officials told his brother to stop contacting them.

There’s a photo of a man laying in a hospital bed

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Ilanit (illy) @imanor.bsky.social · Jun 14

So proud to be a part of this amazing morning. Location ocean beach San Francisco
#nokings

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jun 15

Free speech for me, a felony for thee.

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Rusty ⭐ school mode @rustyvanburace.bsky.social · Jun 1

Good news: Japanese researchers may have found an explanation for long Covid and a possible treatment for it.

A Twitter post by CarolAnn Barrows @frogess33.
"Japanese researchers have found a possible explanation for long COVID. They discovered that small fragments of the coronavirus's genetic material can remain deep behind the nose, in an area called the epipharynx, for at least six months after infection. These viral remnants irritate the immune system and may cause fatigue, coughing, dizziness, and "brain fog."
The researchers used an old Japanese treatment called epipharyngeal abrasive therapy (EAT), where the area is swabbed once a week with a cotton swab dipped in 1% zinc chloride solution. After three months, the patients showed:
- significantly fewer viral remnants
- lower levels of inflammatory substances
- noticeably reduced symptoms
The treatment appears to both remove the lingering virus and calm the inflammation. A larger clinical trial is now underway in Japan to confirm the results. This discovery could lead to more targeted treatments that address the root cause of long COVID symptoms instead of merely managing them."

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · May 20

And in an unexpected twist, it turns out the most punk rock things of all are supporting public broadcasting and patronizing your local library and not cheating on your homework with AI

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · May 19

"We look with our eyes, not our claws!"

Some more kidlit art because I'm in the mood to draw pets and cute babies

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ChezRawz @chezrawz.bsky.social · May 21

Twitch using AI to create new category images, emotes, and whatever else while ignoring 14,000+ artists /creators saying "NO AI!"
Please add your name to the linked User Voice: "Replace AI-Generated Category Images with Human Made Work" !

Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you @semispri.bsky.social for creating a UserVoice to address this— GO ADD YOUR VOTE!

twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31021...

twitch.uservoice.com

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · May 21

Twitch ignored the 14k+ of us who protested the CatintheChat Ai emote at Xmas 🤮

We need GREATER ACTION!
A visible coordinated effort!💥

👊 every Twitch Creative
unified by one stream title
protesting the new Ai icons 👊
🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏🔥👏
#NoAI #TwitchNoAI #fuckno

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · Mar 25

StreamElements Merch Data Breach Update

I was contacted by someone claiming to be part of the hacker group. I attempted to verify the legitimacy of the data breach by requesting my own personal details from orders placed in 2021 or 2022.

🧵

Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · Mar 25

Multiple reports have been made of an alleged StreamElements Merch data breach that has been put up for sale as of March 24.

The breach may affect over 100,000 people. It allegedly includes names, addresses, phone numbers, emails, and other information.

StreamElements web store was compromised. Over 100,000 people impacted.

The Threat Actor responsible was kind enough to notify the impacted customers by sending all of them an email from "Diddy Squad".

🚨🇺🇸Alleged data breach of StreamElements is up for sale

- 212,358 lines
- Data contains: Name, address, phone, email etc.

It also contains a screenshot from a user that says "streamelements merch order" that occurred on March 20, 2025, and contains names, address, state, country, postal code, phone number and email.

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · Feb 23

our
garden
gnome
needs
a name!

www.twitch.tv/mellemony
••• L I V E ••• N O W •••
🥕🫛🥕🫛🥕🫛🥕💖🫛🥕🫛🥕🫛🥕
#artstream #tarotcards #art

a sketched gnome to be the Fool tarot carx

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 12

Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Feb 12

For those of you desperately in need of distraction from today's headlines, here's a photo of a bunny & a chick who are friends.

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MOONBTCH 🌙🔮 @moonbtch.bsky.social · Dec 7

I am VERY upset with Twitch for releasing a global emote that appears to be made with AI 🤮

Help support me and every artist on this platform by voting on this uservoice! It's the best way to get Twitch to listen.

VOTE HERE ⬇️
twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92873...

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · Dec 8

what if..

every Twitch Creative Streamer made (or commissioned or was gifted) their own “CatinOURchat” emote..

a sea of
human-made
kitten holiday
protest emotes 🥰

wondering what this is about? look to @moonbtch.bsky.social

#CatinOURchat #artstreamers #artisloud #protest #humanmade

a determined looking yellow cat face painted with acryla-gouache

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Melle 🍋 Lemony @mellemony.bsky.social · Dec 1

last day to
🐟🫧🐠🫧🫧🐡🫧 🐟🫧🫧🐠🫧🐡🫧 🐟🫧🐠🫧🐡🫧 🫧☂️🫧🫧🐟🫧🫧🐠🫧🍋🫧🫧🐡🫧 🐟🫧🫧🫧🐠🫧🐡🫧 🐟🫧🐠🫧🐡🫧👀🫧🫧🫧
be a fish! #artstream

www.twitch.tv/mellemony

last day to be a fish text surrounded by cutout drawn imaginary fishes

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RJ Palmer 🔜 Lightbox Expo 101 @rj-palmer.com · Nov 26

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

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