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the marcy?! (scary) @scillasafeguard.bsky.social · 3h

after putting it off for a good few years i finally masturbated tonight

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Flabberghaster @flabberghaster.bsky.social · 3d

It's so annoying to me that "the left" so often ends up in places where the people in charge clearly hate us. The bluesky people are embarassed of being the place where trans people and leftists ended up. The dems, the party of the left, clearly hate being the party of gays, browns, and hippies.

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 10h

I will give credit where it is due, particularly because I have been pretty mean about all this. This is an unambiguous positive move and one of the better possible outcomes from all this? So, that's nice. Yay!

RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 10h

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

retroachievements.org

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 9h

also willing to give credit: the mods have been banning the awful people. not *quite* as aggressively or quickly as I think is ideal, particularly the people still trying to bump the hacks up the set requests are basically self-identifying as shit-stirrers

But! They have banned some bigots! Yay!

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Punchy @punchystream.bsky.social · 9h

my immediate gut reaction is "you probably shouldn't do this" but I can't formulate a coherent argument for why at the moment. i'm just kind of stunned.

Polygon @polygon.com · 13h

Twitch streamer Fandy gave a live birth in front of thousands of viewers who witnessed everything from contractions to the head crowning.

Twitch streamer gives birth in front 29,000 viewers, and chat was unhinged

Twitch streamer Fandy gave a live birth in front of thousands of viewers who witnessed everything from contractions to the head crowning.

www.polygon.com

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RetroAchievements @retroachievements.org · 10h

Our founder, Scott, would like to discuss the recent situation that happened on RetroAchievements as well as the measures we will be taking going forward to ensure a healthy, welcoming community for all enjoyers of retro games and achievements.

retroachievements.org/forums/topic...

Clarifying RetroAchievements’ Goals

TL;DR RetroAchievements supports openness and celebrating retro gaming, but we will not provide a platform for games that contain illegal, hateful, or otherwise abhorrent content. Achievement sets for...

retroachievements.org

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jeff computers @helldude.bsky.social · 3h

the new way to cancel guys is going to be ladies telling pam bondi that their abusive shithead ex boyfriend is an antifa

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Turnabout CA DMV @turnabout-ca-dmv.meorge.com · 3h

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Dylan - Infetamine Nikki Enjoyer (Now on Steam) @zaffirorubino.bsky.social · 3h

gootnite

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lys @bedsores.rest · 1d

bringing back a classic

an adaptation of the sandy loam chart, aka, a triangle where each side is an axis from 0 100, forming triangular little pockets in the center in a pseudo-3-axis chart form. the three axes are "hoinky sploinky" "doinky woinky" and "rinky dinky," each with a "pure" form (penis music, furret walk, and ukelele covers respectively). there is a minor screed here about electroswing sucking, which it does.

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Otherion @otherion.bsky.social · 22h

I still think I'm kind of right and that's the origin of Snowgrave, for Noelle it doesn't make sense for her to suddenly learn a new spell just because she killed people, but for us as players, since she's leveling up, it's pretty obvious she must unlock new powerful magic at some point

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Otherion @otherion.bsky.social · 22h

I remember thinking the weird route was about ludonarrative dissonance, when gameplay/story don’t line up. Like when the “pacifist” healer still wipes out enemies but still acts all innocent in cutscenes, or when they randomly level up and get new powers without any origin or explanation.

Kobold Factory 🏳️‍⚧️ @koboldfactory.bsky.social · 1d

I think Ralsei deserves to cast a spell he doesn't know

Ralsei from deltarune lifting his arm up in the air while shouting, casting a massive pillar of flame around his body

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 12h

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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ShitpostBot 5000 @shitpostbot.com · 3h

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Chloe 🌹, fractal femme @lunarweasel.bsky.social · Jun 29

Being a system while trans be like

Simpsons meme where Moe (labelled girlself) throws Barney (labelled deadself) out of the bar, only for the deadself to appear behind her

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 1d

This image was taken moments before a boat carrying dangerous amounts of Rare Candies from Slateport City was destroyed by American forces

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 8h

"On Wednesday, Mr. Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, rode the full route of the M57, a crosstown bus that traverses Midtown Manhattan and is one of the city’s slowest, to remind New Yorkers that he wanted to speed up their commutes."

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

www.nytimes.com

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 7h

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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erin @dracula3d.bsky.social · 5h

jordans not looking at his discord so i'm sharing the video here instead

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Latency🪫 @latencyknight.bsky.social · 18h

#krusie #deltarune

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Trash @trash69.bsky.social · 6h

I do think it's terribly funny in a post-ironic sense that the viewer managed to, accidentally, self-insert themselves into the work and experience the themes firsthand. you couldn't pay for that level of metatextual immersion in a semiotics course

Lux Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 9h

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Kayin @kayin.moe · 7h

Yeah I have no tolerance for like, huge disagreements over major political issues, but if I can't say Ocarina of Time is one of the worst "Best games of all time" without it becoming a nasty fight rather than something funny like... what are we doing??

Run, It's Ghidra! @nkghidorah.bsky.social · 7h

I don't like how "discourse" became a bad word for a bad thing. Discussion with differing views on stuff is fun! At least when it's not like an axiomatic difference in basic values lol

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 7h

Losing my mind and what look like video game assets but instead were used to justify war crimes and genocide in the real world

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war.Our analysis of 43 official IDF videos found recycled 3D environments, spatial inaccuracies, and assets lifted from unrelated artists and institutions.We traced over 30 unique assets to Washington-based 3D creator Ian Hubert, who makes bespoke models created for his sci-fi project Dynamo Dream, available to his Patreon subscribers.

Models of parking lots, antennas, + pipes were repurposed as Hamas and Iranian military sites

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Fascinating work here tracing how the IDF recycled 3D assets from a cyberpunk sci-fi art project, the Scottish Maritime Museum and elsewhere to populate its widely-seen models of supposed enemy locations in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran. One of the most infamous, the alleged underground Hamas command center at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, used to justify an unprecedented assault on the biggest medical center in Gaza, was actually an animation the IDF had used the previous year, saying at the time it was a tunnel beneath a UN school.

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robdog 👾 @robdogdraws.bsky.social · 1d

“Nintendo releases heartwarming animated baby video”

*5 minutes later*

“Nintendo sues midwestern father $300 billion in damages for throwing his child a Mario themed birthday party”

*5 minutes later*

“Nintendo announces Cool Spot for NSO”

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Dee @dee.lol · 13h

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