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Sav

@savwingbladed.bsky.social

Existed since 2000
Avali with lots of gremlin or affectionate energy

Biotechie, video game enjoy-er (with a touch of sweat), and plenty of unreleased creativity.

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Camp

@campfireharve.st

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM

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Nezuyo

@nezuyo.bsky.social

Do you like Starfinder or Pathfinder?
Do you like space creatures in your TTRPGs?

Then look no further, as the Avali land into Starfinder 2e!

A free supplement for anyone to grab, thanks to Paizo's wonderful Community Usage Policy.
nezuyo.itch.io/an-avalis-gu...

#starfinder2e #pathfinder2e

An Avali's Guide to the Pact Worlds by Nezuyo

Introducing the Avali as a playable ancestry for Starfinder and Pathfinder 2e!

nezuyo.itch.io

August 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM

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Spoony the Spooky Cat

@spoonycatt.com

So I did an experiment two years ago, where I uploaded a short on YouTube, then posted the same exact clip up again, but cut out my furry vtuber model.

Kind of insane, actually.

"non furry" clip shown, with over 35k views, 124 comments, and 99.3% likes (2,777 likes)

the same clip but it shows my vtuber model shown, with 1.4k views, 7 comments, and 76.6% likes (59 likes)

November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM

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Carver Dethly

@carver-dethly.bsky.social

Kita with a strap-on.

#vrchat #vrc #furry #avali #kita'vali #nsfw

November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM

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Valve

@valvesoftware.com

Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:

Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.

Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware

Steam Hardware

The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.

steampowered.com

November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM

Sav

@savwingbladed.bsky.social

Why is it that the more embryology I learn, the more asexual I'm becoming? I was not expecting this. Surely it's just growing older and not just my brain really understands... such... things.

November 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM