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Leo Lariel
@leolariel.bsky.social
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Just a guy from Brazil (he/him) playing videogames, and getting overly excited about them.
PGR | Wuthering Waves | Genshin Impact | Umamusume | Endfield
https://leolariel.tumblr.com/
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seyjan.bsky.social
That's great they are acknowledging things. But still no. As others have pointed out, LGBTQ+ content — which INCLUDES LGBTQ+ PEOPLE, of which I am one — is increasingly being defined as "obscene." This is going to make it a minefield of what does and does not need "age verification" to see.
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 1d
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 4:13 AM
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memor-x.bsky.social
quick everyone, start playing hentai and super violent games for discord to notice you are an adult lol
However, some users may not have to go through either form of age verification. Discord is also rolling out an age inference model that analyzes metadata like the types of games a user plays, their activity on Discord, and behavioral signals like signs of working hours or the amount of time they spend on Discord. "If we have a high confidence that they are an adult, they will not have to go through the other age verification flows," Badalich says.
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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allisteranim.bsky.social
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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dytsras.bsky.social
In case you missed the moment.

Art is powerful
February 9, 2026 at 2:05 AM
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vtmala.bsky.social
I finished drawing #Columbina #哥伦比娅 #GenshinImpact :>
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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tavienne.bsky.social
Lazy, no proper ad, giveaway! 🎉✨ To win a rendered portrait in my style:

-Be a follower
-Like & share this post
-Tag a friend you think would like to join (optional, does not increase odds of winning!)

Deadline: Feb 22nd '26
1 winner will be chosen at random!
February 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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twigsprout.bsky.social
✨New Addition to my VGen shop! ✨
Pay-to-Use bases for making character refs and adoptables!
3 Body types and 4 bust size options with easy mix & match!
You can get your own for only $15 on my VGen Shop!

[ #art | #Vgen | #adopts ]
January 25, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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twigsprout.bsky.social
🍓🩷🌻
comm for @phantom73.bsky.social 💕

[ #art | #vgencomm | #commission ]
January 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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twigsprout.bsky.social
🌸💫

[ #art | #OCLunarFestival2026 | #WarcraftArt | #oc ]
My night elf OC Celesse in a flowy lunar festival dress inspired by Hanfu and Hanbok. She has light silvery purple, almost white hair and peachy pink skin, her dress is in soft shades of white, pink, and light green with light gold accents.
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 PM
leolariel.bsky.social
Me after playing Wuthering Waves' 3.1 patch story
A screenshot of a game launcher button that reads "decompressing"
February 5, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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julinhei.bsky.social
nicole reeyn ⨾༊󠀺
February 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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azalben.bsky.social
Yeah, this seems like the right framing: a YouTuber independently released a movie that cost $3 million and took in $18 million, almost snagging number one at the box office, more than double the box office take of a critically reviled documentary Amazon spent $75 million on.
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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kylebutoverhere.bsky.social
Please do not create an account on the Jack Dorsey app for protesters
February 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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tavienne.bsky.social
Vincent Montevici

Aaaaand he's done! He's really done! My handsome boy deserved a proper reference ; v;

I hope you like him!

[ #originalcharacter #oc #ocsky ]
A closer look at Vincent in the form of a portrait sits on the left side, while a fullbody view is on the right. He is bronze-skinned, with brown, curled, and messy hair. He has golden-amber eyes, cat-like pupils that glow a brighter, almost white-yellow color. He has a large scar reaching from his upper lip to his left eye. There are markings that appear similarly to blaschko's lines, visible on his torso and arms, similar in color to his hair. At the end of his fingers are some very sharp claws, instead of regular nails. He has an off-white, collared shirt under suspenders connected to light brown pants. He has a type of leather loafer for shoes. He has small elven ears, and small black hoop earrings.
February 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
leolariel.bsky.social
Reposting because sadly, I'm seeing an increase in the number of "dunk posts." I miss when people simply muted/blocked the trolls, let's go back to doing that, everyone.
nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · Sep 11
Bluesky isn't a place where trolls come to get mocked and insulted. They love that.

Bluesky is a place where trolls come to be blocked and isolated and ignored — which they hate.

If you're seeing a lot of shitty people in your feed, you aren't blocking enough people.
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jan 21
Lot of bigots showing up. Remember, don't interact. Just report and block block block.
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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tommothecabbit.bsky.social
POP THE BUBBLE
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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tamafry.com
the sorcery of nymph circe
#HathawaysFlash #gundam #ガンダム
An illustration of Gigi Andalucia from Gundam: Hathaway's Flash as designed by Pablo Uchida. She is on a bed holding white flowers in her hand.
February 1, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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proggrrl.bsky.social
Tom Morello live in Minneapolis
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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beaucoupkevin.com
I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.
A set of four cake pops that read HAPPY VALENTINES DAY; The first has H, VA, and D; The second has A LEN A; the third has PP TIN Y; the last has Y ES <3. A cartoon below shows a very sad hamster holding up the one that reads PP TINY
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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seyjan.bsky.social
Only 50%??? We can push it HIGHER! HIGHER! KILL IT WITH FIRE! 🔥🔥🔥

#fuckai #aisucks
pcgamer.com PC Gamer @pcgamer.com · 12d
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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dicefunctional.bsky.social
*sigh*

How is this fucking meme ALWAYS RELEVANT?!
One cartoon individual, marked with Steam's icon, looking disturbed, as another cartoon individual, marked "Steam's Competitors" shoots themselves in the head.
January 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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tamafry.com
It's never too late
- to reply to the message you forgot
- to call back if you missed a call
- to get into a hobby
- to leave a situation etc. etc.

Also only apologize for things you did wrong or if you hurt someone. Over-apologizing can make you feel worse about yourself
copaceticbunsz.com e.g. Bunny Lastname @copaceticbunsz.com · Feb 2
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
January 29, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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seangardnerxiv.bsky.social
Whenever I’m writing lore for my OCs, this post flashes in my brain periodically.
January 28, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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seyjan.bsky.social
If you aren't making your OC's your own personal kind of hot in various different ways, are you really living?
nsfwocdaily.bsky.social 🔞Daily NSFW OC Questions🔞 @nsfwocdaily.bsky.social · 16d
Would you consider your OC your type or is their design the way it is for reasons other than personal attraction such as filling a design motif or the like?
#nsfwocdaily #ocnsfw #oc #ocsky
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM