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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah? And?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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DomJo @domuscaligari.bsky.social · 14h

I kind of miss the good old days of more rampant not-safe-for-workness on Twitter, it's not that I consume said content, but I'm oddly nostalgic for getting jump scared by a friend's lewds or specialist interest retweets.

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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 16h

If you think a game about going after the KKK would be controversial due to the current political climate, it's a good sign you should make a game about going after the KKK.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 17h

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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DomJo @domuscaligari.bsky.social · 15h

"And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you"

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CheapShow @cheapshow.bsky.social · 18h

Day 8!!
Beware The Pumpquim!
Whatever that means!
#Halloween #Countdown Calendar
#TheSimpsons #TreehouseOfHorror
youtu.be/Lu-awZOhqoY?...

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toastface killah @toasty.cx · 22h

If respecting consent would kill an industry, then it must die forever and always

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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DomJo @domuscaligari.bsky.social · 2d

Super weird question, but do I know anyone who bought any of the Marvel Legends Gamerverse two packs and wouldn't mind giving me the MvC2 training stage backdrop from the box?

(Next best scenario would be a discarded Thanos with box for cheap on ebay from the Psylock/Thanos two pack.)

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Alex Cat @alexrescuecat.bsky.social · 1d

I'm LIVE with Interactive Entertainment 16! twitch.tv/rescue_cat

rescue_cat - Twitch

One half of the @retropals. I love Trash. Showing off Multimedia CD-ROMs and assorted VHS/Laserdisc/Home Media Ephemera!

twitch.tv

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 2d

This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10d

We don't, there will be a new (and hopefully better) normal after this, that said, for the rest of our lives we'll have to be aware a non-trivial number of neighbors and fellows voted for actual fascism, and that's always going to be a bummer

AnxiousIntrovert, MS @anxiousintrovert19.bsky.social · 10d

How do we return to any semblance of normal after all this is said and done?

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2d

Let it never again be said that a woman with no real reporting experience who fell for a Twitter account called "Official Antifa" cannot be the head of a huge news organization

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 2d

4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop.
Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform.

Panel 2:
Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public
Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself

Panel 3:
Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but…

Panel 4:
Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

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Ryuuza - Commissions open! @ryuuza.bsky.social · 2d

#IXtober day 6:
"From now on, my name is..."

#drawtober #ffix #finalfantasyix #ryuuzaart

Black and white ink drawing of the scene in Final Fantasy IX, where Garnet renames herself "Dagger". She's holding up Zidane's dagger, while Zidane, Vivi and Steiner (looking bemused and clenching his fists) look on.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 2d

"Ofcom to take no further action after finding GB News breached broadcasting code for "homophobic slur""

“the matter is resolved” Ofcom clearly are not fit for purpose in protecting LGBTQ+ rights from broadcasters.

www.scenemag.co.uk/ofcom-to-tak...

Ofcom to take no further action after finding GB News breached broadcasting code for "homophobic slur"

After more than six months of investigation, Ofcom has concluded that while GB News breached the broadcasting code when a presenter repeated "a homophobic slur" it will take no further action. On 22…

www.scenemag.co.uk

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DomJo @domuscaligari.bsky.social · 2d

Super weird question, but do I know anyone who bought any of the Marvel Legends Gamerverse two packs and wouldn't mind giving me the MvC2 training stage backdrop from the box?

(Next best scenario would be a discarded Thanos with box for cheap on ebay from the Psylock/Thanos two pack.)

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 2d

Is that… is that civilisation I can hear?

Little Deer Comics @littledeercomics.bsky.social · 2d

🎉

Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Budget 2026: State’s basic income scheme for artists made permanent

Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations

www.irishtimes.com

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merle ♂️ femboy succubus vtuber @fujodemon.bsky.social · 2d

Billionaire who lives in a castle: "I think trans people are the safest demographic"

When was the last time you were assaulted on the street and hospitalised? 2019 for me. Screamed at on the street yesterday just for looking different.

Wanna trade places? No?? Shocker.

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Leftback @leftback.bsky.social · 2d

DEFUND THE BBC

Dead Gamer 👻 @dadgamer.uk · 2d

Which of the Retro Illuminati advised the BBC on this caption?

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 3d

New Podcast Episode: The Gender Clinic Files Part 1

In this episode:

How Wes Streeting used out of date information

A look at the centuries-long waiting list

How newer clinics are doing much more with less, compared to the old GIC system.

And more!

whatthetrans.com/ep141/

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POWERFUL CRAB FART🦀 @powerful.crabf.art · 3d

The year is 2025. There are three social networks remaining. They are run by Dweeb Lowtax, Tweaker Lowtax, and Girlboss Lowtax. You have to pick at least one.

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DomJo @domuscaligari.bsky.social · 3d

One of these names is not like the others, one of these names is not quite the same...

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CheapShow @cheapshow.bsky.social · 3d

DAY FIVE!
Another Day, Another Door is opened on the Halloween Simpsons #TreehouseOfHorror countdown calendar!
What will we complain about today?
youtu.be/HaMaSvFA6YA
@e-loud.bsky.social

Cheap Shot: Countdown To Halloween: Treehouse of Horror Calendar: DAY FIVE

YouTube video by Cheap Show

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onion person @junlper.beer · 3d

look ai is completely destroying the world with massive pollution and is using up water at a concerning rate but at least you get to use technology that lies to you and is the primary propaganda mechanism by fascists

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