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icallshogun
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Writer, expanding to other visual media.

Check out my story over at Royal Road!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/75621/bridgebuilder
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maxberger.bsky.social
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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breadbae.blacksky.app
This is fire.
mewefree.bsky.social Freeyore @mewefree.bsky.social · Oct 14
Wanna get one of these made with the real fabrics...
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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jsrailton.bsky.social
NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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mikeyearworth.bsky.social
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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dieselbrain.bsky.social
Remember if phone calls are too much for you, or if you need a break, mailing physical letters is another great vector to contact paypros or your representatives!
September 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com
again, again, again, again: autocrats like to declare themselves untouchable and all-powerful. sometimes they even write it into law. and yet that does not make it so
scottlgreer.bsky.social Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · Sep 20
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”

V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
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September 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
icallshogun.bsky.social
Bridgebuilder - Chapter 153: Vines

Somebody's got a crush and also intense expectations for what he's actually supposed to be doing with his bloodlines.
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Vines - Bridgebuilder
The closest thing this little incident had to an upside - other than no harm having come to anyone - was that Admiral Serrat had been on the line when Williams was notified. There wasn’t any down time...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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rakeeshsorrel.bsky.social
The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.

This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
e-6695 (Consumer protection) Keywords Censorship Credit cards Internet Pornography E-petition Initiated by Carmen Tam from Waterloo, Ontario Original language of petition: English Petition details Petition to the House of Commons Whereas: Mastercard, Visa, and other payment platforms have been leveraging their power over consumer ability to purchase legal content; In 2021, Mastercard changed its policies to regulate adult entertainment by preventing the use of its payment platform on numerous adult entertainment sites; As of July 2025, video game distribution service Steam now cites rule 15, that “adult only” content is not permitted on the platform if it goes against payment processor’s policies. Steam does not describe what content is defined as “adult only”; As of July 2025, video game distribution website Itch.io has “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from browse and search pages. Users that previously purchased legitimate video games cannot access games that have been removed; and This has set an unsettling precedent of corporate censorship, causing concern in video game development teams, including developers, voice actors, and artists in other creative fields as their livelihoods are in limbo. We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to 1. Stop financial discrimination by payment platforms against legal goods and services; 2. Ensure transparency to consumers about content restrictions and the rationale behind them; and 3. Protect creators' rights to make legal adult content and ensure a fair appeals process for any penalized media.
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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annaleen.bsky.social
We have forgotten all the ways people used to get toxins out of their food before federal regulation. It's not that food and water used to be cleaner -- it's that domestic work used to include detoxing everything we put in our mouths!
sarahtaber.bsky.social Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · Sep 3
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"

That's... usually not the case!

In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.

We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?

youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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cotastreetantiques.bsky.social
Best Friends Fridays Coming Soon: 09 Days Remaining. Stay Tuned!
September 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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pikablu.bsky.social
Crunchyroll revoked their Library Outreach Program which allowed public libraries to access their streaming library for free, destroying anime clubs across the country.
crunchyroll.com Crunchyroll @crunchyroll.com · Aug 27
Share a piece of anime lore that lives rent-free in your head.
August 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
THIS part
purplehel.bsky.social Hel M @purplehel.bsky.social · Sep 2
This age verification isn't the thing tho. They've got people uploading personal ID to randomass third party companies or using AI BS to "verify" people by video & it's not gonna make kids safer AT ALL but it is gonna fuck over a lot of adults in a bunch of ways.
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive GLOBAL study revealed COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA technology PREVENTED OVER 2.5 MILLION deaths WORLDWIDE between 2020 and 2024.

It reveals that vaccinations didn’t JUST protect against illness.

They PRESERVED nearly 15 MILLION years of human life.
September 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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jinxe.bsky.social
I need all books to have nutritional content guidelines.
A book called the first and last demon with a nutrition facts label. A zoom in on a nutrition facts for Demon King's Gardener I-III It has 428 pages, representation: aroace 99%, autistic 50%, ADHD 50% Queerness of all flavors: 100%. Genre: fantasy Plot:100% Humans and demons 100g Slow Burn: 225g Found family: 685g Weird activities with plants: 15g
August 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
icallshogun.bsky.social
Did you know I never stopped working on Bridgebuilder? I'm up to chapter 151, actually!
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The Heist - Bridgebuilder
The next morning arrived and Alex was a little less tired than usual. His apology to Zenshen had been met with good natured ribbing, which was what he had expected.Dominic Crenshaw had also been amica...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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disneyprimevideo.bsky.social
90 Minutes of James Dobson Burning In Hell (2025)
National Geographic Inspiration Series James Dobson of Focus on the Family burning in hell, which is the only good thing he ever did (parental advisory, not a simulation)
August 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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jacobtlevy.bsky.social
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ... theverge.com The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5 successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting with in 2023. Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output." The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can give incorrect responses." Copy Share Select all Web search Dictionary ...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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jfallows.bsky.social
Just to hammer this in:

I don't know of an example in US history of comparable *in-person humiliation* for a US president. And of course for the country.

Trump will soon realize how visibly he was "owned." In view of the whole world.
jfallows.bsky.social James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Aug 16
Q for those w experience in politics or diplomacy:

Is there *any* other example of a US prez, on US soil, letting a foreign leader control the mic for a very long time, in his own language, w/o consecutive translation, before letting US prez say anything all?

I don't know of any.

Humiliating.
August 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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aximeck.bsky.social
If you're unsure of what to say or do, here's a great comprehensive guide site that has resources sorted by country, priority, and so on:
stop-paypros.neocities.org#petitions

We can do this!
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
August 13, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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seemo.bsky.social
Grounds for divorce imo
A screenshot of a news article from the verge. It reads “With Gemini, Williams says, you can just give the details of the message and a tone. Maybe you're running late, so you say, "Tell my spouse I'm 15 minutes late and send it in a jokey tone." Instead of having to think of what to say, the bot will write it for you.”
August 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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acvalens.com
Let’s change gears. Do some good

Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.
Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.
action.aclu.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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iantos.bsky.social
Maybe we could find out.

Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
mrpecu.bsky.social Mr Peculiar 🔞 @mrpecu.bsky.social · Jul 24
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?

We got like way more people than that don't we?
dieselbrain.bsky.social Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Jul 24
ok then. one angle of attack then needs to be actively bombarding Visa and Mastercard's phone numbers and emails.

are customer support phone numbers/emails the best avenue to start with or is there a better option?
July 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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bmbrice.bsky.social
grumble grumble
I'm going to outline for you exactly how the christofacists win, because it's an obnoxiously simple strategy but a reliably powerful one. You know that post that's like "I don't trust y'all to eat the rich because you'll just target a bunch of doctors and actors and forget about the people who do the real damage?" That's our communal Achilles Heel. Here's the play: Collective Shout organizes a bunch of phone calls to payment processors demanding the elimination of NSFW/LGBT/ETC content. Payment processors go "oh, that's a lot of phone calls, we should do something" and then tell Steam and Itch to comply with those demands or be cut off from being able to do business. Then Steam and Itch have to make a decision between cutting off an arm and clamping down, or take a stand and shoot themselves in the head, functionally nuking their entire platform which, especially for Steam, have exponentially farther reaching ramifications. Then our community gets mad at *them* and start calling them cowards and boot lickers and profess never to support them again. And like, yeah I get that getting mad at Itch is easy when you've got nothing to lose, but what the fuck with "I'll only support you, the comparatively small business with no real power as long as you can singlehandedly and successfully fight off the international might of the owners of theocratic capitalism with no further action from me?" like do people really not see the distance between creators and Itch (that's like, what? 30 people?) vs fucking Mastercard?? When the Goblin has Spider-man under his glider, we start throwing shit at him, we don't go "Damn, Spider-man, you said you'd save us. I guess you suck. Fuck you." So if you want to be more than a useful, reactionary pawn, I'm linking to a bunch of posts where smarter people than I are sharing payment processors phone numbers, scripts on how to talk to them, and other resources. If you do not pick up your phone and make that call you have *no* right to be mad at a company that has historically been pretty good about their support for creators and are likely trying to figure out how to weather this storm in real time.
July 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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ashleylynch.bsky.social
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.

Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM