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Poly Scoot

@polyscoot.bsky.social

Apples with apple syrup

February 1, 2026 at 4:20 AM

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Sonic the Hedgehog

@sonic-official.bsky.social

Nothing brings a friend group together like Murder.

🎨: @deegeemin.bsky.social

A fake detective "Whodunit" film poster. The image features the characters from The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog game in their respective outfits. Sonic is missing from the image. The text reads, "Wake Up Dead Hog. A Sonic the Hedgehog Mystery." The text on top displays the cast names as, " Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Prower, Amy Rose, Shadow Hedgehog, Rouge Bat, Blaze Cat, Vector Crocodile, Espio Chameleon, Knuckles Echidna, Barry Quokka, Dr. Eggman. A Sonic Social Whodunnit". The bottom next reads, "Sega Presents A Mirage Express Production. A Movie That Doesn't Exist, But Should. Starring Sonic the Hedgehog But Dead and Everyone Else. Costume Designer The Conductor's Wife. Music By An Enthusiastic Band Of Chao. Edited By A Train That Just Wished To Know Love For But A Moment. Emotional Support by Charmy and Cream. Executive Producer The Bouncer Chao. Directed By The Conductor. Written By Barry the Quokka. Special Thanks To The Flicky Inside All Of Us."

January 23, 2026 at 6:41 PM

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Hourly Yeen

@hourlyyeen.bsky.social

#hourly #yeen https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/Yeens/photo_413@07-12-2018_23-46-41.jpg

January 15, 2026 at 3:00 AM

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gator 🐊

@gatorstooth.bsky.social

reminder to trash your ring doorbells if you have them, bc if you don't you are complicit in snitching on your neighbors!
i DON'T care if they were expensive or how much yo use them, no money or convenience is worth a human life!!

January 14, 2026 at 9:35 AM

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Hourly Yeen

@hourlyyeen.bsky.social

#hourly #yeen https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/Yeens/806122057_64447.jpg

January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM

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bsb

@blackshirtboy.bsky.social

Let's Keep Calling!

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online!

https://yellat.money/
https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

July 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM

Poly Scoot

@polyscoot.bsky.social

Yall remember Speed Racer (2008)?

December 25, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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Jason, ex Inferis

@benedictsred.bsky.social

December 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM

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LittleKuriboh

@littlekuriboh.bsky.social

It needs to be treated as importantly as "no animals were harmed during the making of this film"

Because yeah, for a time? Animals got harmed and people accepted it as a part of the process. And it was wrong.

So is this, and it needs to stop.

December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM

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alpha

@omarsbigsister.bsky.social

🚨🚨

Tomorrow, a House Energy & Commerce subcommittee is voting on passing KOSA & several other age verification bills.

We need to spread mass opposition now. We cannot allow this to pass. We have to drive mass calls into congress NOW

Call 202-224-3121

www.badinternetbills.com

Bad Internet Bills

All of the bad internet bills. One website.

www.badinternetbills.com

December 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM

Poly Scoot

@polyscoot.bsky.social

Ground turkey, cream of mushroom, and corn

December 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM

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Socks The Macro Wolf Dad

@socksthewolf.com

Windows 10 End of Life is in less than 2 weeks!
But you don't have to upgrade to Windows 11!!

This video will show you how to extend the life of Windows 10 by 3 more years via Extended Security Updates program safely, for free.

MS throws you to the wolves, but the wolves will throw you a bone.

October 4, 2025 at 12:55 AM

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Zachary Berger

@zacharyberger.bsky.social

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!

RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇

December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM

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Kimberly 🐘

@elephanttail.bsky.social

very good tumblr post about why to make a fursona, and in the replies, a couple followups on how to make a fursona

A Tumblr post by user taffywabbit. The entire text is as follows:

I think more people should make fursonas and I'm dead serious. the process of self-exploration that naturally comes along with creating a funny little critter to represent yourself is SO valuable, as you consider the types of animals you vibe with and what kind of aesthetic/colours/personality/etc suit you and stuff like that (fun fact this process is how I figured out I was transgender lol. not saying that will happen to you but just proving that you can learn a LOT about yourself through this design process and any subsequent design changes)

and then when you're all done, you have a little freak you can do whatever you want with! edit them poorly into memes, commission lavish oil paintings of them to hang in your mansion, use them as a personal online mascot, design a fucked up evil twin for them to fight, soak them in milk and throw them at the wall, anything really. same stuff some people do with fandom characters they really like, except it's 100% yours and nobody can tell you you're doing it wrong! also now you have an animal your friends can associate with you and they'll send you funny pics/videos of that animal that make them think of you. literally it's just wins all the way down for you and everybody you associate with. everyone should have one of these things!!

December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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Richard Kadrey

@richardkadrey.bsky.social

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM

Poly Scoot

@polyscoot.bsky.social

It wet

November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM

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Foucault's Pudendum

@kaitave.bsky.social

It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend

Ana Valens | 🔞 @acvalens.com · Nov 26

Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.

What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.

November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM

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Stardust 🌏🎬

@stardustbluepr.com

Here’s how to opt out.
“Google seems to be opting you in to these features without your permission. Second, the company doesn't seem to have notified its users about this. As a Gmail user, I don't recall seeing any notifications about this change.”

Google's AI is now snooping on your emails - here's how to opt out

A new change quietly rolling out allows Google to access your private messages and attachments to train its AI models - likely without your knowledge. Opting out takes just moments.

www.zdnet.com

November 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

@susankayequinn.bsky.social

My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
Every Windows 11 PC is now an Al
PC with Copilot at the center of
it all.
Here's how to get rid of Copilot
completely from your computer
(1/3)

ABI Bouhmaida
@forgoodcode
1/ Settings App
> Personalization
> Taskbar
> Other System Tray Icons
> Switch "Microsoft 365 Copilot App" Off
This hides Copilot from your
taskbar

$(9) ABI Bouhmaida @forgoodcode 2/ Press Win + R > Type in ‘regedit’ > Navigate to "HKEY _CURRENT_USER\ Software \ Policie s\Microsoft\ Windows" > Right-click on the "Windows" Key > New > Key > Name the new key "WindowsCopilot’ > Right-click on the new key EY > DWORD (32-bit) Value$ @forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

@forgoodcode
3/
> Name the value
"TurnOffWindowsCopilot’
> Double-click the name of the value
> Set the "Value Data" to 1
> Restart your computer
Congrats! Copilot is now completely
gone from your computer.
Hope this helps

November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM

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juni 🦨θ∆

@junius64.bsky.social

Bluesky Support has suspended this furry congressional candidate's account for no apparent reason. They want to limit his reach and kill his campaign, presumably for not being whatever they consider "advertiser friendly". We really need to get loud about this, and not let them get away with it