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Parker @parkersewell.bsky.social · 1d

Can’t wait for the Supreme Court to say that it’s legal to ban gender supportive care on the basis that it’s harmful but it’s *illegal* to ban conversion therapy by medical professionals because that’s “just free speech”

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 1d

Two conflicting thoughts about this:
1. Damn.
2. I think even with the best team and the most consistent thoughtful approach, Ubisoft would have handled this is a very weird way that would have been off putting at best.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 1d

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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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 1d

#pokemon #pixelart

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your little ray of sonshine ☀️ @sonshinearts.bsky.social · 1d

apple picking 🍎 ⊹ ࣪ ˖🍃

#digitalart #pokemon #procreate

a drawing depicting pokemon going apple picking

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

“A second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 1d

The uh, "Shithawks" are the football team, not baseball.

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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 1d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 2d

NEW DLC YEAAAH

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 3d

my most millennial internet complaint is that I find it contemptible when people post deliberately provocative shit and then get upset when people are provoked. back in my day being a troll used to mean something goddamnit. you didn't do this "whoooaa hey just a joke" shit, you accepted the risk

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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 2d

Supreme Court: of course states can regulate, and restrict access to, medical procedures if there’s a compelling public interest

Colorado: (bans conversion therapy for minors)

Supreme Court: no not like that, we only meant abortion

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 3d

What a touchdown play to lose a game to

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The Hearse Whisperer @babadooknukem.bsky.social · Sep 1

Much like "crab", industrial music is constantly re-evolving from first principles basically anywhere where there's a bunch of metal and plastic laying about

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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · 3d

The epic premiere of #CriticalRole Campaign 4, Episode 1 - "The Fall of Thjazi Fang", is now available on YouTube! ⚔️ 🧭 🪶

WATCH THE C4 PREMIERE ⬇️
https://youtu.be/3Mbynm0pGX0

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Mr. Hands is making SuccuDeck 😈🃏 @mrhands31.bsky.social · 5d

When I worked on social features for online games, my favorite test for whether we were taking player safety into account was the "Ex-boyfriend Test", as in:

If I was your ex-boyfriend, how would I use this feature to make your life miserable?

Lindsey B @lindsey.codes · 5d

Bad actors will SQL inject you, but they will also find ways to take your “good faith” features and abuse them: location services, community tagging, voting, auto-moderating with mass reporting.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 6d

huge notice that pops up if you try to edit the cat article

adding a photo? read this first. we know you love your cat. so do we, but that doesn't mean a photo of your cat is a good choice for the article

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

I think this album is a real big sign that she needs to take an actual break from music cause, even if four of them are rerecords, releasing nine albums in five years is absolutely coconuts.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, a lot of people are interpreting the song that way because it's absolutely how she's dealt with her personal beefs in the past.

"Bad Blood" was Katy Perry and "Look What You Made Me Do" was the Kanye feud. Hell, if I'm remembering right, I believe "Mean" is even about some music critic.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

Correct.

Forgot the Lorde context: "Girl, So Confusing" was speculated, upon release, to be about Lorde and Charli XCX's strained relationship with her.

It was later confirmed to be about Lorde when, as the lyric goes, they worked it out on the remix of the song.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

I mean, the opening verse pretty obviously references the "Don't wanna see her backstage at my boyfriend's show/Finger's crossed behind my back, hope they break up quick" lyrics from 'Sympathy'.

And Charli's now husband is the drummer from The 1975, whose lead singer is Taylor's ex.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 6d

a taylor swift album so bad it got me revisiting brat

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Angela Collier @acollierastro.bsky.social · 6d

don't remind people of better albums during your bad album.

*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

Taylor Swift had a whee bit of a crash out on her new album over Charli XCX's "Sympathy is a knife" making vague references to her and decided to shoot back with a diss track for some inexplicable reason.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

Another very important thing to do while all this is going on is to get involved in your community.

Especially, with the cuts to SNAP benefits, local food banks are gonna need donations of food and volunteers to be able to help the most folks.

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Sarah de Roche @deroche.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly, it's giving me Nicki hit-dog-hollering about Meg's "Megan's Law" bar but without all the coke fueled paranoia.

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 7d

If I couldn’t come up with better phrases for dick than “magic wand” I would simply not start beef with someone who had a CupcakKe feature

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