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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 8m

Amaaaayzinnng!

Anni Jyn @annijyn.com · 35m

laura palmer / everybody scream

a black abstract line art illustration of Laura palmer from David lynch’s twin peaks, screaming. she has white eyes and inside her eyeballs the words “fire walk with me” are written. the background is bright red.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 16h

I've heard every "we have to hit them where it hurts" argument in the book, and none of them are beating the allegations that people just want to make fun of fat bodies.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 16h

You are telling every fat person in your life that they disgust you, that their bodies are comical or degenerate or useless. You are telling every fat person in your life you don't respect them.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 16h

Eight thousand iterations of this discourse later, there is no political utility in calling fascists fat. All you're doing is propping up the brutal hierarchy which lets people like them work up from deniable social torture to state violence.

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 12h

Sadly no amount of tinkering will make my laptop as cool and sexy as a notebook 😔

Serious answer though, I mostly mean that I find it easier to write away from any screens and distractions, especially for first drafts and brainstorming, so the notebook works really well for me, and are fun!

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 13h

But mostly I can't focus if I have internet access so the notebook is better for me than a laptop

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 13h

I love my worldbuilding notebook. Writing longhand is cooler and sexier than typing plus you get to do silly little doodles in the margins

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 1d

Oh 100%, I've done a couple runs since completing the game and I literally groan every time I run into Chronos. It's almost embarrasing. You can feel the cavities forming it's all so saccharine.

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 1d

Have not dug deep into the postgame yet because I was so turned off by the ending, though I'm sure I'll keep chipping away at it. Story aside, the gameplay is still outrageously fun

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 1d

Fair enough! For me, it was too tidy and cloyingly sentimental without earning its sentiment. Given the stakes the story gestured at, to resolve things with what amounted to flicking a light switch from "bad" to "good" really felt like a betrayal of expectations, not a satisfying subversion of them

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 1d

This looks awesome, I'll definitely check it out!

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

Boosting a couple fundraisers for families in gaza who are struggling. Please give if you can: gofund.me/cefbf8ff1

Donate to Help Ahmed and his family survive in Gaza, organized by AHMED ALJA

I am Ahmed, a Palestinian living in Gaza since 1998 after losing my father in 199… AHMED ALJA needs your support for Help Ahmed and his family survive in Gaza

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

gofund.me/811e8e6e1

Donate to Help Nael's family survive in northern Gaza, organized by AHMED ALJA

I am Nael, I am 30 years old, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Media and… AHMED ALJA needs your support for Help Nael's family survive in northern Gaza

gofund.me

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

You know what, the best thing I can say about the Hades II ending is that it's genuinely very funny how many hours you have to put in to reach it considering just how deeply unsatisfying it is. It feels like being pranked. It's the shaggy dog story of videogames

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

I try to not just be negative about popular media on here but this one really baffled me. I'm surprised few people seem to be talking about it because it's really striking how much of a fumble it was.

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

I won't spoil it, but however dumb you think it could be, it's somehow even dumber. Hades 1 had a story that just kind of fizzles out as it goes, but it's lightyears better than this one. I genuinely wonder if they didn't have an ending figured out and had to rush something out the door for launch

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 2d

Hades II is fun, but I just hit the credits and gotta say, don't think I've ever seen a story fail to stick the landing so badly. Really disappointing, just a failure of a finale on every level.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 9d

I have said many times, Sanderson is personally nice, but so what. Nice is cheap. He pumps money into a hate organization. That he can launder his own reputation effectively is the only think separating him from Rowling.

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Jordan Starkweather✨ @jackal27.bsky.social · 15d

Yoshida is just the best man. No equal in my eyes.

FantasyAnime @fantasyanime.bsky.social · 19d

New illustration by Akihiko Yoshida for "Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles"

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 15d

Jesus christ

The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 15d

how is this so perfect , i’m screaming

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 16d

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.

This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

The Economist @economist.com · 17d

A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause

How stable are the gender identities of younger children?

A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 18d

Anyone who believes they know better than everyone else what constitutes healthy sexual expression and experience is a stone-cold psycho.

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jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 18d

Restricting the expression of sexuality through fiction and art made by adults, for adults – including those you find personally disturbing or offputting – is conservative censorship, full stop. When that censorship disproportionately affects subgroups, that's also discrimination. For shame.

Muepin 🍂👻 @muepin.art · 18d

The bad news keep coming

These go into effect Oct 15th

D. Adult Content: We provide a safe space for consensual adult expression by requiring clear consent and stopping abuse.

i. We allow consensual adult sexual content, including fictional depictions, when appropriately labeled and subject to appropriate age restrictions.

ii. We do not allow sexual content involving non- consensual activity including synthetic, simulated, illustrated, or animated versions.

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Milo Neuman @miloneuman.bsky.social · 18d

guessing they are not positive about it

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David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · Apr 29

Re-upping this one. While there's plenty of real danger, the regime's leaning on ominous proclamations lately for a reason and it ain't because they have the level of widespread control and acceptance they wanted.

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · Mar 23

One reason the fascists are using terror tactics, bellowing draconian threats and demanding compliance so loudly is because they have real weaknesses around numbers and capacity. Their grip is weaker than it looks and the resistance they're already getting scares them.

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