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· Nov 18
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Okay, so, Sidurgu. First like, there is obviously a lot of speculation and such that comes with the territory, we have pretty limited information on Sidurgu, and even less on him prior to the Dark Knight quests.
Okay, so, Sidurgu. First like, there is obviously a lot of speculation and such that comes with the territory, we have pretty limited information on Sidurgu, and even less on him prior to the Dark Knight quests.
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People are always surprised to learn how little creators actually own in comics, games, etc. Big corporate brands are usually built on a work-for-hire model, meaning creators get paid once and then the *company* owns their ideas forever. This is why independent/creator-owned work is so important.
Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli says she does not get any royalties from the ‘Spider-Verse’ films, Insomniac games, or merch
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
"I don’t get anything … that's the saddest part of my life"
(via SiteJamesons | TW)
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
People are always surprised to learn how little creators actually own in comics, games, etc. Big corporate brands are usually built on a work-for-hire model, meaning creators get paid once and then the *company* owns their ideas forever. This is why independent/creator-owned work is so important.
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Tech used to have an aesthetic and didn't track your spending habits
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tech used to have an aesthetic and didn't track your spending habits
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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DAMN, I LOVE GREEN YURI
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
DAMN, I LOVE GREEN YURI
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What gets me is that fanfic/fanart creators have been talking about the subject of getting dogpiled, harassed, and pressured *for so many years now* about making dark/unsettling content, and let nobody listened to the canary in the coal mine because “stupid fandom drama”
alternatively we as a society could realize that fiction is about playing with dolls and that horrible things happening to them doesn't matter because it's all toys.
but that seems more complicated than just bringing back big box PC games and publishing books alongside them
but that seems more complicated than just bringing back big box PC games and publishing books alongside them
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What gets me is that fanfic/fanart creators have been talking about the subject of getting dogpiled, harassed, and pressured *for so many years now* about making dark/unsettling content, and let nobody listened to the canary in the coal mine because “stupid fandom drama”
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I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
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Thinking about a variant on kaab al ghazal as a common treat in the region of Thanalan where B'alith is from. (I wonder what they'd call them. Drake horns? Peiste claws?)
Thinking about G'raha, who gets really into baking post-Endwalker, learning to make them. 🥹
Thinking about G'raha, who gets really into baking post-Endwalker, learning to make them. 🥹
Gazelle Horns—Traditional Moroccan Cookies With Almond Paste
Kaab el Ghazal literally translates from Moroccan Arabic as "gazelle ankles." These crescent-shaped cookies are famously known as Gazelle Horns.
www.thespruceeats.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thinking about a variant on kaab al ghazal as a common treat in the region of Thanalan where B'alith is from. (I wonder what they'd call them. Drake horns? Peiste claws?)
Thinking about G'raha, who gets really into baking post-Endwalker, learning to make them. 🥹
Thinking about G'raha, who gets really into baking post-Endwalker, learning to make them. 🥹
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if ur making trending gpose themes rn can you guys at least credit the creators people have been referencing 🥲 www.instagram.com/p/Ccc2XBLriZ...
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
if ur making trending gpose themes rn can you guys at least credit the creators people have been referencing 🥲 www.instagram.com/p/Ccc2XBLriZ...
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Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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I gave up Googling for recipes over a year ago. I subscribed to a handful of blogs I know consistently have good stuff and few/no ad spam for subscribers, and just use their things only. Or, wild idea, a physical cookbook. It's just impossible to sift through the crap anymore
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I gave up Googling for recipes over a year ago. I subscribed to a handful of blogs I know consistently have good stuff and few/no ad spam for subscribers, and just use their things only. Or, wild idea, a physical cookbook. It's just impossible to sift through the crap anymore
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I feel like people have forgotten that the President is just a person who won a literal US popularity contest. Nothing about his position grants him the right to be seen otherwise.
Forget if any other President had done this. What if a CEO did this? a Judge? your neighbor Kyle who works from home?
Forget if any other President had done this. What if a CEO did this? a Judge? your neighbor Kyle who works from home?
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I feel like people have forgotten that the President is just a person who won a literal US popularity contest. Nothing about his position grants him the right to be seen otherwise.
Forget if any other President had done this. What if a CEO did this? a Judge? your neighbor Kyle who works from home?
Forget if any other President had done this. What if a CEO did this? a Judge? your neighbor Kyle who works from home?
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
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WHITE HAIR+BLACK EYEBROWS 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
WHITE HAIR+BLACK EYEBROWS 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
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#FanfestWoLTrade returns for NA #FFXIV Fanfest 2026!
As always, participation is open to all, so bring your Warriors of Light to bear and receive a free badge ribbon to trade with others over the weekend! 🎀
Links and information in the🧵!
As always, participation is open to all, so bring your Warriors of Light to bear and receive a free badge ribbon to trade with others over the weekend! 🎀
Links and information in the🧵!
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#FanfestWoLTrade returns for NA #FFXIV Fanfest 2026!
As always, participation is open to all, so bring your Warriors of Light to bear and receive a free badge ribbon to trade with others over the weekend! 🎀
Links and information in the🧵!
As always, participation is open to all, so bring your Warriors of Light to bear and receive a free badge ribbon to trade with others over the weekend! 🎀
Links and information in the🧵!
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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I had to tell a co-worker today, "I'm just a nerd for writing down instructions," after I turned our 45 min saved Teams call video into a 2-3 page document with screenshots.
Because at some point, someone who wasn't on the call is going to need to know how to do it and we'll all be out of office.
Because at some point, someone who wasn't on the call is going to need to know how to do it and we'll all be out of office.
look
People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
People think documentation is hard. "Documenting a lot" has legit been career advancing for me
One trick:
If you're writing down an answer to someone in an email or an IM, paste that this into a page
Just do it. Copy-paste. A little cleanup if you're feeling ambitious. Bam, documentation.
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I had to tell a co-worker today, "I'm just a nerd for writing down instructions," after I turned our 45 min saved Teams call video into a 2-3 page document with screenshots.
Because at some point, someone who wasn't on the call is going to need to know how to do it and we'll all be out of office.
Because at some point, someone who wasn't on the call is going to need to know how to do it and we'll all be out of office.
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WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
WOMEN ARE MY FAVOURITE GUY 🗣️🗣️🗣️
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
#jetsetradio #segadreamcast #fanart #planetofthebass #kylegordon #parodyart #digitalart
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My sis, @airbubbles.bsky.social, is gonna be at PAXU to help behind the scenes! If you see her, say hi and give her good vibes!
Join us on Saturday, Nov 22nd @ 8:00 PM ET in the Main Theatre at PAX Unplugged or twitch.tv/pax for the continuation of Acquisitions Inc!
Featuring @matthewmercer.bsky.social, Jeremy Crawford, @ifycomedy.com, @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social, @cwgabriel.bsky.social & @tychobrahe.bsky.social!
Featuring @matthewmercer.bsky.social, Jeremy Crawford, @ifycomedy.com, @thatbronzegirl.bsky.social, @cwgabriel.bsky.social & @tychobrahe.bsky.social!
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My sis, @airbubbles.bsky.social, is gonna be at PAXU to help behind the scenes! If you see her, say hi and give her good vibes!