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Loch Arts 🖤🤍💜
@lochandload.bsky.social
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| Scottish/Irish/Welsh | Autistic & Bipolar | She/They | AroAce | 1994 |🔞|

Artist, Writer, Graphic Designer & Nerd
Art tag: #LochArts

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/lochandload
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Loch Arts 🖤🤍💜 @lochandload.bsky.social · Feb 7
I'm Loch or #LochArts! I'm a digital artist, writer, graphic designer & huge nerd

Commissions are OPEN and here are some links:
✏️ archiveofourown.org/users/LochAn...
🍵 ko-fi.com/lochandload
💙 lochdandloaded.tumblr.com
🐾 www.furaffinity.net/user/locharts/
🏠 toyhou.se/Loch
🎮 www.twitch.tv/lochanload
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flamewarfen.bsky.social
I remade the iconic 2019 IDW Transformers issue 22 cover by Anna Malkova in pixel art! Who is your favorite crazy fembot Decepticon? (Hint: if it ain’t Crasher then it’s Flamewar.) #pixelart #transformers #fembots #IDW #comics #retro
August 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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churchofpossum.bsky.social
When you're mean to me this is who you're mean to
A blurry picture of a deflated little knight guy sitting on the floor, shield on his lap, looking sad. He's just a lil guy. I don't know the source for this pic, a friend found it on pinterest and sent it to me.
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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anna-malkova.bsky.social
*throws feet cutely in the air* I'm back on social media after 2-3-4 ish year hiatus and here's some... *checks notes* Minecraft Youtubers fanart? Yepyep, big #hermitcraft enjoyer at the moment, am planning to draw all 26 of them
February 10, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social
We’re just normal men
February 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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amutepiggy.bsky.social
GOD IS REAL
Screen shot from igndotcom instagram account of an IGN / ABC news headline. Photo: a figure skater in a pose on the ice in a yellow t-shirt and denim overalls. NEWS SPANISH FIGURE SKATER GETS MUSIC APPROVED, WILL SKATE HIS MINIONS ROUTINE AT THE OLYMPICS IGN | VIA: ABC NEWS
February 9, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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lyadrielle.bsky.social
Kitties made on stream >:3
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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margarita.bsky.social
In good news, a little one was born in Utah🦒

www.sltrib.com/news/2026/01...
Utah Hogle Zoo photo, giraffe and parents
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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acorviart.bsky.social
one week until the year of the horse (honse)!

as a little honse treat, any orders for the next week that include my lascaux horse bumper stickers or sticker sheets will come with a free honse riso print - while supplies last

acorviart.bigcartel.com
bumper sticker mockups of lascaux horses sticker sheet mockup of lascaux horses Riso print of lascaux horses
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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tealfuleyes.bsky.social
Friendly suggestion for folks concerned their posts drown out their art or important posts on Buesky. Try adding hashtags to your posts and that can mitigate/remove that problem.
Unsure if some are aware of it, but a viewer can click on a hashtag in your post or profile to see more of that from you.
Screenshot showing how if you click on a hashtag in a profile, it provides options to see that hashtag from others, the user whos profile/post you click on, or mute the hashtag.
February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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yocholol.bsky.social
puppy sabbath 👻
September 25, 2023 at 9:10 PM
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dancasey.bsky.social
thank goodness it's finally Meat Day
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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emrys.gay
Just got this email back. Don't use email, use their form: support.discord.com/hc/en-us/req...

If you haven't used their support portal, you may need to request activation and use the email you have associated with your disc account.

Hit the same points as you would in an email, tips below ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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cheriepriest.com
anyway here’s a kitty
Fluffy gray tripod tabby lounging on a patterned rug, maybe trying a little too hard to look innocent.
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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tendermiasma.com
Any time a company has to "make a statement", it means they're sweating. Cook them
legendofnerd.bsky.social Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 12h
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 6:16 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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radiodeadair.com
How time works:

1-2 years ago: Yesterday

3-5 years ago: Recent

6-10 years ago: Wait that was how long ago

10-15 years ago: No hold on go back one

15-20 years ago: Please stop a second please

20-30 years ago: I swear to god I will cut you
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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lilbluubird.bsky.social
Our fav trio!! 🔥
#castlevania #castlevaniafanart #castlevaniaart
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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lintfreewipe.bsky.social
🦃
#dino #dinosaur #paleoart #microraptor
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
lochandload.bsky.social
Might as well show off my @stoat.chat backup, moots feel free to add me if you want
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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daikyojin.bsky.social
This is a good time to consider making a pillowfort account
February 9, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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theblindarcher.bsky.social
It could be really bad for Discord if Californians contact the office of the Attorney General to report the potential violations of CCPA and CALOPPA citing the recent breach from a few months back where 1.5tb of user data and millions of IDs were leaked, but who can say for sure?
February 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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moomanibe.bsky.social
shoutout to @amazingthew.bsky.social for the actual answer to discord adult verification
(discord screenshot) "anyone using discord from a desktop pc is verified over 30"
February 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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partydemoness.bsky.social
Smiles :]
May 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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umbraemoth.bsky.social
If you lost your pronouns in the great pronoun war of 2026, subscribe to this and like yours 🫡
pronounpicker.ripperoni.com Pronoun Picker @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com · 2d
Click into this thread to choose your displayed pronouns
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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madocactus.itch.io
time to be loud about this terrible decision.

discord.com/company-info...
February 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM