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Ayo

@darrylayo.bsky.social

“Poor people have a right to art!”

They sure do. So get to it.

November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM

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Fell Hound

@fellhound.bsky.social

Women want one thing*, and it’s disgusting.

*An insane sports yuri about a damaged perfectionist and her golden retriever ex gf trying to reconnect through the motorcycle fight club known as the Seismic Ironclash Roulette (S.I.R.)

November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM

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Nu Pogodi! Enjoyer

@lameposting.bsky.social

I think Demonschool is a good video game but I think Brandon’s approach to how staff worked together and were credited REALLY deserves a lot of attention. Video game crediting is a stupid black box and transparency will help average people understand these roles.

Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 2d

demonschool credits all 145 people who touched the game over the course of its multi-year dev cycle AND explains what exactly they contributed. the rest of the games industry, which commonly omits people from credits entirely, should be taking notes

November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM

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Kdin Jenzen | 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Woman Voice Actress & VTuber!

@kdinjenzenvo.com

“Never played it never will!” - Not the point.

“Garbage game, who cares.” NOT THE POINT!

“Only losers play it anyway.” NOT! THE! POINT!

The point is SOLIDARITY with trans people - specifically the trans women who are target by HP’s creator - and holding those who claim to be allies accountable!

Kdin Jenzen | 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Woman Voice Actress & VTuber! @kdinjenzenvo.com · 2d

And as much as I love the “Never played, never will” crowd in the replies… this isn’t about that right now.

This is about the integrity of those who DO PLAY IT and CLAIM to be allies.

This’ll be a check to see if those people and spaces are actually trans safe or if it’s just all lip service.

November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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🔞 Deeb890 🔞

@deeb890.bsky.social

Quote with your art with horns!✨😈

November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM

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🎃Nise Halloweensteinn👻🕯️

@nise-loftsteinn.bsky.social

A second version to this piece! I really liked something with vibrant colors and crispy lines to the original one.
Prob one of my most enjoyable and fun pieces in a long time!

| #ocbsky #art |

November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM

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@adeuce-a2.bsky.social

November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM

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🔞ＣᐰＣＴＵＳ ✧

@tinycactusart.bsky.social

A Hike in the Woods
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🥰🌳🍆💦🌲
http://tinycactus.art | http://discord.gg/tinycactus | https://ko-fi.com/tinycactusart/tiers

November 25, 2025 at 3:43 AM

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Eyepatch Wolf

@eyepatchwolf.bsky.social

i think art is good, and i think recognizing when artists are doing something new and weird is also good.

here's me losing my shit about fake video games for nearly 2 hours

youtu.be/5hkkCbxoaz0

November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM

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CAPE BC - Canadian Ass'n of Physicians for the Environment BC

@cape-bc.bsky.social

Vancouver Council votes this week on a budget that could slash programs supporting public health & climate action. We're submitting this open letter tomorrow. We have >200 signatures so far, including almost 100 health professionals. Help us reach 300 by morning! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

November 24, 2025

Dear Mayor Sim and Vancouver City Council,

We write to express deep concern about the proposed 2026 budget cuts that significantly reduce funding to departments responsible for public health, climate resilience, safety, and equity.

The draft budget proposes a 14% cut to Planning, Urban Design, and Sustainability; a 12% cut to Arts, Culture, and Community Services; a 13% cut to Real Estate, Environment, and Facilities Management; and a cut to Engineering. These departments deliver core services that protect people during extreme heat, reduce pollution, improve road safety, and support communities facing the greatest health risks. Cuts of this scale deepen existing inequities and place lives at risk.

The 2021 heat dome caused 619 deaths in British Columbia, overwhelmingly among seniors, people living alone and without indoor cooling, low-income renters, those with mental illness, and residents of neighbourhoods with limited tree cover. We know heat emergencies will become more frequent and more severe in the coming years. The departments facing cuts are home to programs – including building retrofits, tree canopy expansion, green infrastructure, cooling centres, and neighbourhood-level resilience planning – that are among the most effective public health tools we have. Reducing funding for these departments could delay life-saving interventions and increase climate-related health harms for those already most exposed.

Traffic violence remains one of the most persistent and preventable threats to public health and safety in Vancouver. Pedestrian injuries and deaths disproportionately affect lower-income neighbourhoods, and children, seniors, and people walking, cycling or using mobility aids bear the greatest burden. Cuts to planning, urban design, and engineering could delay or cancel projects such as safer crosswalks, signal upgrades, traffic-calming measures, and safe routes to schools. These interventions reduce serious injuries, save lives, a…

all contribute to mental health, social connection, and crisis resilience. ACCS also coordinates critical work to support the health and safety of sex workers. Reducing this department’s capacity will directly harm communities that rely most on stable, accessible social support.

At the same time, the Park Board has been directed to absorb approximately $11 million in cuts, which threatens childcare facilities, recreational programming, and community centres that serve as lifelines during extreme heat and cold. Libraries, which require an additional $1.65 million to provide universal seven-day operations, are also essential cooling and warming centres, public washrooms, internet and communication hubs, and trusted spaces for seniors, youth, low-income families, and people without stable housing. Cuts to these frontline services would reduce Vancouver’s ability to protect residents during emergencies and deepen existing inequities in access to safe, healthy public spaces.

We are also concerned by information from city staff indicating the possible elimination of baby-changing tables and menstrual product dispensers in civic facilities. These are basic health supports, relied on most by women, caregivers, and families without discretionary income. Removing them would further widen health inequities.

If revenue shortfalls are offset through higher user fees, the burden will again fall disproportionately on those least able to pay: low-income families, newcomers, seniors, people with disabilities, and youth who rely on public programming and facilities the most. Equitable, climate-resilient cities cannot be built on regressive cost-shifting.

Finally, decisions of this magnitude, with major implications for health, equity, and climate justice require full transparency about which programs, staff, and services are affected before the November 25 vote.

We respectfully ask council to:
Release a clear and complete breakdown of all proposed cuts before the final vote
Prot…

November 24, 2025 at 12:50 AM

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Mikk Dado

@mikkusushi.bsky.social

ZOEY

November 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM

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Monica Valentinelli is riding to Isengard

@booksofm.com

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM

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Nekobungi Sumire (猫分儀スミレ)🏳️‍⚧️通販中

@amaitorte.jp

In memory of all our lost transgender friends and neighbours.
20th November, The Transgender Day of Remembrance
亡くなった全てのトランスジェンダーの同胞たちを偲んで。
11月20日、トランスジェンダー追悼の日

November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM

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Ashley Schofield is looking for work!🐉

@ashlikeadragon.bsky.social

happy transgender day of remembrance

thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly

please live 💜

A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.

November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM

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F1NN5TER

@f1nn5ter.com

my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social

November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM

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MoonlitDhampir

@moonlitdhampir.bsky.social

They just wanted to get away and have a little snack 💗

Ciarda, a red haired vampire, licking the finger of her girlfriend, Akemi. They are standing in front of a closed ramen stand

November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM

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Suzanne ✨🌑

@tendermiasma.com

and indie artists and sex workers are getting crucified for existing

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 8d

This is a nuts story. An AI chatbot and image platform left millions of images exposed. They show what people are actually using the AI for: taking random women's yearbook, graduation, and social media photos and making super realistic hardcore porn with them
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...

Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn

Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...

www.404media.co

November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM

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Aura

@aurahack.ca

frieren look up

November 19, 2025 at 1:43 AM

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Mary Ann

@theghostegg.bsky.social

“This isn’t so bad,” thought the ghost. “Being dead.” 👻🪽

Digital illustration of a sky at dusk with a crescent moon and pink clouds. A sheet ghost with a halo is staring at the moon. The are two telephone pones connected by wires. The ghost is hovering above a grassy hill and stairs.

November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM

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Jamie McKelvie

@mckelvie.bsky.social

The "Frieren angle" thing, apart from just being delightful, also completely demolishes the pathetic "AI is democratising art" argument. Someone struggling with a difficult drawing received advice from hundreds of strangers who just wanted to help them improve their art.

November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM