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MLoreley

@mloreley.bsky.social

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Storyteller, Creator, Hermit, Singer, Voice Actor She/Her Matt Mercer quoted me once. Choose kindness, and the world is a brighter place.

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MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 21d

It's the classic "I hate to do this but" moment for me and my roommate. We need some help affording rent/utilities/food this next month, after which we're hoping to be in a better position.

If you can't donate, sharing this post will help a lot- we're grateful either way!
gofund.me/6e35b9660

Donate to Help Griffin and Lindsay Keep Their Home, organized by Lindsay Bolin

The short version; Griffin, the primary income for the household, lost his job … Lindsay Bolin needs your support for Help Griffin and Lindsay Keep Their Home

gofund.me

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 16h

A screenshot of a post on Tumblr by user sebdoesthings:

It is your sacred duty to post about your OCs as if they are canon characters who have always been a part of the story and everyone knows about them

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

you're already seeing & will see more stories about how various attempts at reducing energy use "aren't working," etc -- those are propaganda. this is fantastic

Jonathan @renewableenergy.bsky.social · 2d

Huge historic turning point — Renewables surpassed coal as the world’s leading electricity source for the first half of 2025!

#greensky #energysky #renewableenergy

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 13h

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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MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 4h

I dunno guys... I think he might be a little sketchy.

"The Smart One" in white text on a backdrop of black splattered with red bloodstains

MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 13h

It's as opposed to "Don't they know that by doing that, they're being cruel?", they're doing it TO be cruel. They're not doing awful things *in spite* of the cruelty, they WANT to be cruel. That's the motivation.

Hopefully you can tell the difference between a circle and an arrow. :)

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Tarja Porkka-Kontturi @tarjapk.bsky.social · 1d

Keanu Reeves gesturing no, text reads Save and exit game. Keanu gesturing acceptance, and text reads Save game, Save and exit game.

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MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 17h

I'm a basic bitch, so Florian (the rest are ALSO fantastic, but if we're picking a favorite)

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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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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

war, war never changes.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S JUST LIKE NORMANDY

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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🌺 Kailani 🌺 @kocobo.bsky.social · 2d

‼️URGENT NEED OF RENT/BILL ASSISTANCE‼️

gofund.me/f92d245c6

I'm exhausted. I don't want to post something like this again. But here I am. Still looking for work. Sigh. Thank you for any advice, interactions, shares, & donations. Still rooting for everyone to come out on top of all this devastation❤️

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MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 1d

In short: It's like if someone says, "People die when they're killed!". Yes, the intent is to kill someone, the killing is the point.
"How can they be so cruel, why can't they see this isn't right?" Yes, they're being cruel. The cruelty is why they're doing it, not an accidental byproduct.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 1d

to add: it speaks also to how the aesthetics of fascism are always stolen or appropriated. the swastika is from euroasian religions like hinduism or buddhism. the fedora was originally women's fashion. gAI being popular among fascists makes sense when its entire function is to steal aesthetics

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 1d

idk if it's overly reductive but I'm convinced fascism is born out of creative envy. every far right character is a failed or obsolete writer/comedian/actor/artist/etc

which is so annoying since these are losers who made their rainbow drawing not being good enough for the fridge society's problem

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

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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The Marriage Braggart @bombsfall.bsky.social · 19d

People who aggressively dismissed broader economic and systemic concerns from the left and became morbidly obsessed with trans people and pronouns for years: Over the years the left has focused too much on their pronouns and not enough on the economy and our pressing systemic problems

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klia 🌻 @klia.bsky.social · 1d

Important info. Bookmark this post.

stevemmills.bsky.social @stevemmills.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: If you've ever fought with your health insurer -- and, let's be honest, who hasn't? -- then this explainer on external reviews from @deldeib.bsky.social of @propublica.org will surely help you.

www.propublica.org/article/heal...

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...

www.propublica.org

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 2d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Faulerro @faulerro.bsky.social · 2d

To be perfectly honest, while I understand why some people still keep using it (to a point), anybody who posts primarily on Twitter as their main social media site feels a bit iffy to me. It’s such a toxic place to be now and that’s where you choose to interact? Ooh I dunno, man.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 2d

i dropped spotify a while back. moved all the music over to a different service, but tbh i dont really rely on music streaming anymore. I'd rather drop like 10-20 bucks on an album or two on bandcamp every month and curate my collection that way

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

this site has done so many things right when it comes to building tools that allow us to escape some of the worst parts of twitter. I legitimately admire many of the technological choices they've made.

but for the love of god, EVERYTHING IN THIS THREAD. go get a communications team!!!!!

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 2d

every time i am ever critical of bluesky it's because i enjoy my time here, have nicely made a home for myself, and want the place to succeed. i'm on my hands and fucking knees begging them to stop walking into rakes like please for the love of allmo just look down at the ground to avoid the rakes.

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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alyaza ΘΔ @alyazabirze.bsky.social · 2d

this was called Cohost—not enough people used it or spent money on it relative to the amount of money it cost to (1) pay its 4 employees a living wage for their labor; and (2) keep the site running, so it died, nothing like it has taken its place at the scale it existed, and now we're here

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 2d

Worker owned social media when

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john patneaude 🟡 @jpatneaude.bsky.social · 4d

just gonna put this here

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MLoreley @mloreley.bsky.social · 2d

Explain your username:

My old username was "magicklorelai", in an attempt to connect both my witchy interests at the time with my love of sirens/mermaids, hence "Lorelai". I found a spelling I liked better- Loreley- and streamlined "magick" to just "M", which now stands for several things.

Marcie Hobbs 💜 @nezumiva.bsky.social · 2d

Explain your username:

Many people have asked me if it's a reference to Nezumi Castle from Danganronpa but no, it's not, lol.

'Nezumi', while obviously meaning 'rat' or 'mouse' is also part of 'harenezumi', usually used in place of 'hedgehog' in JP. I used to do a lot of Sonic fan VA so, NezumiVA.

Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 2d

Explain your username:

I used LJ as a screenname for online stuff back in the day. The original acronym involved my deadname, but I wanted to keep it, so I changed the meaning to "Lady Jazzy"

As for why "Jazzington" specifically?

....idk, man. It sounded cool lol

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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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