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Alec Foisy
@hobbestiger.bsky.social
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Aspiring voice actor and writer. He/him. Aroace. Autistic. Interests include animation and biology.
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bowsette.bsky.social
Whether you're spending it with someone special, or practicing self-love, have a happy Valentine's Day. 💜💙
February 14, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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foxthehyena.bsky.social
Happy St Valentines day! Not saying this as "buy each other stuff today!" cause that's consumeristic bs, rather in this world torn and wounded, I feel like celebrating the people who love each other and support each other through this life.

Happy St Valentines day to you!
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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affirmationcoyote.bsky.social
Word.

Well, words.
A bipedal red fox paints a rainbow across the sky. They have a determined look on their face. To the right of the rainbow are segments of text from newspaper articles about grim news for LGBTQIA+ folks, especially trans folks. On the left, there are flowers on the ground, with butterflies flittering about. The discouraging words are illegible faint smudges.
February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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mintymori.bsky.social
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text reads nothing grows in isolation, we need each other
April 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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bickpixx.bsky.social
There's a third one where we're just throwing shit at the wall and being happy with the end result.
February 13, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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artofchira.bsky.social
I tell artists as often as I can: you know how to draw, you just don't know how to be happy about what you make.
kimsokol.bsky.social Kim Sokol @kimsokol.bsky.social · 18h
being an artist is just decades of going "ugh I wish I knew how to draw" over and over again until you die
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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ripleylacross.bsky.social
It's a wild feeling, in my late-30s, realizing that I actually like myself. I like who I am, and I'm able to forgive myself for my flaws and imperfections.

I can only wish the same for others.
February 12, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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thelatestkate.bsky.social
A drawing of a little hippogriff standing in a library. The caption reads, "focusing on what I love today"
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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madevening.bsky.social
When Charles Schulz died, every currently syndicated cartoonist set aside a day to pay tribute to him and his life's work. The Garfield one was my favorite.

No one will do that for Adams.
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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hallowed-talon.bsky.social
💥Important💥

Just because you write about something morally reprehensible, whether it be a part of the themes or actions of reprehensible characters, does NOT reflect who you are as a person. It is pointless to try making any connections, for there are none.
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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foxthehyena.bsky.social
Witnessing the pain of people losing someone they love is what reminds me of why I keep on fighting despite everything seeming so worthless and hopeless. Ending it all would be liberating, but to those left behind it would be even more pain they'd have to sustain...

Please know you're loved...
February 11, 2026 at 11:25 AM
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pudge.bsky.social
Did you know?

When you're too busy or tired to do something or socialize, that's called your "refractory period".

When you just need a lil break.

"Refractory period."

Tell people that.

Go around saying that.

They'll be impressed by your technical knowledge.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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thelatestkate.bsky.social
A drawing of a marshmallow cat floating in a mug of cocoa. The caption reads, "Please go easy on yourself today. Getting through is enough of an accomplishment."
February 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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doodledoggy.sheath.church
Please recognize that some people will be into things that are upsetting to you but that does not necessarily make them evil or harmful to society. It is 2026, can we please leave this worthless discourse cycle behind? This petty arguing only distracts from the real issues of our time
February 10, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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roira.bsky.social
If you're reading this you should go get yourself a cookie or something tasty to eat or go play a game you enjoy or go watch a video that makes you laugh because you survived Monday and that is already good enough

Treat yourself, you're doing good enough
February 10, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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legendofnerd.bsky.social
Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults. Hey folks – I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news. I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.) Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence. Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details. And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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punkr0xy.bsky.social
Guys, dont immediately jump ship. Complain on Discords forums. Spam their emails. Make noise. We'll never tackle the overlying problem if we just keep jumping ship.

Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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fattyzilla.bsky.social
Don't really want to talk about Discord, enough going around

Instead I just want to remind you

You have friends who only have close online connections. Please be considerate. Do not scare the hell out of them right now that they'll be abandoned.

Talk of going scorched earth scares many people
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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mae.seal.observer
Repeating what other people said but I’d advise that people not move off discord immediately because they’re known to backtrack on this kind of stuff. I remember they wanted to do nft integration at one point lmao
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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bickpixx.bsky.social
I'm not going to join another platform to see y'all abandon it two weeks later.
a bald man in a plaid shirt and vest
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February 9, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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bickpixx.bsky.social
My honest reaction to the latest Discord bullshit.
a cartoon of a man sitting in a chair reading a newspaper with the words nope not getting out of this chair
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February 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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adamantiteknight.bsky.social
Proud member of the "never had nitro even when it's free" club.
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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flora-tea.bsky.social
Our existence is resistance 🏳️‍🌈
Art of a blue striped unicorn with rainbow patterns on their neck and legs rearing with a fierce open-mouthed expression. while shattering a red crown with their large golden horn. Behind them are broken black cage bars in front of a dark red background. The words Exist, Persist, Resist, are seen next to the unicorn.
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 AM
hobbestiger.bsky.social
Since Gooseworx confirmed there will be no romance in The Amazing Digital Circus, I wonder if anyone's ever called her a romance-hating coward like they did when Disney cut the Starboy romance out of Wish.
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 AM