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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

I am doing a round of We Want You To Have This TOMORROW MORNING at 9AM mountain time. If you are trans in the US and want a gift from my shop but cannot afford it, or if you have a trans loved one you would like a gift for, I will have 20 available. Details in thread. nora.jewelry/pages/we-wan...

We Want You To Have This: Jewelry Gifts For Trans People

Requests for gifts are now closed! They will open again at 9AM Mountain Time (Denver) Wednesday, October 8th. The following round will be on Saturday, October 25th at 9AM. Just looking for the forms?...

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 1d

This one’s a banger

Game Mechanics Podcast @gamemechanicspod.bsky.social · 1d

Hello friends. Have you ever experienced joy playing a game? If so, some people may want to talk to you. Hopefully, you find joy listening to our latest episode where we talk about a weird study about gamers.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1jrB...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6d

oops nora.jewelry/collections/...

screenshot of my shop's category "Beautiful Handmade Pendants That Cost Less Than a Month of XBox Game Pass, Even With Shipping" with 2 beautiful round pendants underneath

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve gotten a small taste of the system ahead of release, and I promise:

👇This is the monster taming TTRPG you’ve always wanted.

Greg @lysander03.bsky.social · 8d

Domeskai Tamers is here!!

I'm so excited to bring you my latest game. I can't wait for everyone to get their hands on it. Please consider backing today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/jap...

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Stuart Webb @inflatabledalek.bsky.social · 11d

That moment where he has to hold back laughter and then clearly can't believe the director hasn't called "cut" is what makes it.

Future Games Show @futuregamesshow.bsky.social · 12d

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 12d

But this win means our collective pressure is working. Palestinians call for increased global BDS and shareholder pressure until Microsoft adheres to international law and ends all complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes.

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 12d

Microsoft remains a key technological pillar is Israel’s apartheid regime and its genocide in Gaza. It continues to equip the Israeli military, government and prisons with the technology used to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12d

Morning walk

Wheat paste poster that says the all the world is dying and the new world struggles to be born now is the time of monsters. There's a picture of Elmo

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James @sirjamesa12.bsky.social · 12d

I regret to inform my followers that Assata Shakur has joined the ancestors.

Born in Queens, New York, she joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) in 1971. After 7 trials and imprisonment, she escaped from a New Jersey prison in 1979 with the help of BLA members and fled to Cuba. Rest in Power. ✊🏿

Front cover of Assata Shakur's autobiography titled, “Assata: An Autobiography” with forewards by Angela Davis and Lennox S. Hinds.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 13d

Some transgender people see only darkness in front and behind them.

The current climate is especially accelerating this.

Transgender people just want to love the people they love and live their lives as themselves.
Let's all join hands and change the world🫶🌏🫶

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 13d

Tell me again, cultural critic, how you don't believe the BDS approach is effective and that their demands are unrealistic because you don't want to stop playing with your toys.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats to the BDS.

FREE PALESTINE.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 13d

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

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Authenticity Trip @200proofgames.bsky.social · 15d

Listen. First off, cokelike is a misnomer because that genre was ORIGINALLY Kolacore before Coke took all the market share. Second, Dr. Pepper has a lot of traditional indie rootbrew characteristics despite being a AAA beverage with a AAA budget, though tbh it’s just cornslop at the end of the day

Joe Tilleli @sorrywrongjoe.bsky.social · 15d

Easily the best cokelike

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Daigo ⭐🍃 @tigerator.bsky.social · 29d

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 23d

Enough pussyfooting around. Into the portal, buddy.

Very Random Encounters Podcast @vrecast.bsky.social · 23d

It's a window, not a door. So the question is, do you go through it?

Our heroes debate going through to the other world and just how dangerous that idea is.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7DNI...

Window #4: Droza of Abathis

Podcast Episode · Very Random Encounters: Chaotic Improv Actual Play · 09/15/2025 · 47m

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Very Random Encounters Podcast @vrecast.bsky.social · 23d

It's a window, not a door. So the question is, do you go through it?

Our heroes debate going through to the other world and just how dangerous that idea is.

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7DNI...

Window #4: Droza of Abathis

Podcast Episode · Very Random Encounters: Chaotic Improv Actual Play · 09/15/2025 · 47m

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 25d

The worst!

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 25d

I hate catching a video when it’s in the middle of “live premiering” on YouTube

Yeah totally I want to start this video essay an hour plus in and I’d love to have to scrub backwards to find the start. Ideally the inane countdown animation is 3x louder than the video’s mix

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 25d

There’s a part of my brain dedicated to the s2 cliffhanger. Still wondering about that

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

The OA

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 26d

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

This is actually a streamlined version of my first thought for this joke which was the much more conceptual “Telepath who loses the ability to rotate an apple in their mind after reading the thoughts of someone with aphantasia”

V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

Telepath who rotates the image of an apple in your mind

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

Telepath who rotates the image of an apple in your mind

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mjara @marsnek.bsky.social · 27d

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

Just like the rest of the show I couldn’t explain it to you if I tried

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V. “Wheels” Wheeler @singularwheels.bsky.social · 26d

hellooo00000OOOO

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