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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 23h

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Greylace @greylace.bsky.social · 1d

The recent ICE raid which emptied an entire apartment building was apparently at the request of Wells Fargo, which is trying to foreclose on the building.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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alias is away @aliasv01.bsky.social · 1d

The Bluesky Head of Trust & Safety admitting that all posted images are processed through an AI autolabeller that presumably employees have no access to or control over? (And probably steals every image to be used in an AI “art” generator, who knows?)

Seriously, this is outrageously irresponsible.

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 1d

I host a GDQ Hotfix show focused on community-created content, and I have an episode on Oct. 24th (starts at ~10pm ET)!

Does anyone have any horror or horror adjacent mods/fangames/etc they'd be interested in running on the GDQ channel? Randomizers count too!

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Bluesky T&S is just out here openly admitting that they're overworking their moderators and not fixing them enough time to actually properly review their reports, lol

it's not like they don't have the money! Bluesky is currently offering 200-300k+equity for SWE positions on their jobs website.

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

A single moderator reviews thousands of reports per year — often making a decision in under 30 seconds. Expanding the scope of what counts as “evidence” makes it much harder to act fairly and consistently. 2/9

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Mira (SPOOKYNOUNS IN BIO) @thefreeradical.org · 1d

I was blocked by a member of Bluesky's staff for asking if a comment made in official capacity as a Bluesky staffer represents the company, which implied that a trans woman would have been harassed by the entire team.

Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 1d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 1d

I host a GDQ Hotfix show focused on community-created content, and I have an episode on Oct. 24th (starts at ~10pm ET)!

Does anyone have any horror or horror adjacent mods/fangames/etc they'd be interested in running on the GDQ channel? Randomizers count too!

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AAPI in Gaming @aapiingaming.bsky.social · 8d

✨ CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth X AAPI In Gaming ✨
We're looking to spotlight Filipino-American game developers and their work for #FAHM!

To be considered, please submit to our form for our Games Made By AAPI series here: forms.gle/idnZvuBYTtpB...

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 2d

RA's response was not perfect and i think vilifying those who are upset is just wildly missing the mark.

it's also incredibly ironic considering the point they were trying to make

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 2d

the first like 15 posts are genuinely a helpful, informative thread, and then suddenly the tone changes to insulting people's mental health and comparing them to "fake christians"

wtf is going on here

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 2d

this is a ridiculous crashout to have over *checks notes* some people being unhappy with how retroachievements handled their situation

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 2d

You can now be banned for "Being disruptive to other users" yeah thats definitely going to be enforced consistently

Part of links suspension email outlining you cant be disruptive to other users

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New Video Game Advisor @newvgadvisor.bsky.social · 3d

Bully (2006)

Text appears that reads, "Kiss a girl and you'll get a 50% health bonus."

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 2d

AYO IT'S BACK.

A "Transphobia (General)" Moderation list by @asukafield.xyz. It says: "List of users who have account labels for generalized transphobia. These are users who have either repeatedly been generally transphobic or whose general transphobia was severe enough to warrant an immediate account label."

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merritt @merrittk.com · 2d

it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted

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Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 2d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 2d

lol so the whole argument bsky admins are making that if we don't like their moderation, we can use decentralized moderation services, is total bs because they will just censor and hide any moderation services that disagree with their moderation.

this place is quickly becoming inhospitable

Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 2d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 2d

some of you are probably curious about that last one- the sole nintendo land category is a pikmin adventure co-op run with @kobazco.bsky.social

i really hope that gets in sometime. pikmin adventure has a surprising amount of depth, especially when played co-op!

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 2d

AGDQ submissions are all in!

im banking pretty hard on All ? Panels; i think it's my best submission and now is certainly the time to take it.

but hey, even if that doesn't work, the rest of these should keep me in the running :)

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Switching to StreetPass, same link!

www.twitch.tv/kobazco

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Kobazco (Alaina) @kobazco.bsky.social · 2d

Last minute stream for GDQ submissions (Chibi-Robo now, streetpass later)

www.twitch.tv/kobazco

Kobazco - Twitch

Kobazco streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community.

www.twitch.tv

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

complaining works

Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

had to stop stream early last night because my cpu was overheating

installed a new cpu cooler

now my pc won't post at all. DRAM light on my motherboard is red and nothing i've tried so far has fixed it

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

had to stop stream early last night because my cpu was overheating

installed a new cpu cooler

now my pc won't post at all. DRAM light on my motherboard is red and nothing i've tried so far has fixed it

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Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

im putting most of my eggs in the mario kart world - all ? panels basket personally

Helix 🏳️‍⚧️ @helix.midwestspeedfest.com · 3d

recording All ? Panels submission video
twitch.tv/helix13_

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