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Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

If you guys see me getting discourse brain again please post the Red Angry Bird at me.

February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM

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SPiNDLE

@aidenr0.bsky.social

quick Kitt sketches warm ups, been a while since I've drawn her

sketches by spindle of the character Kitt, a human woman with orange hair and two black pompoms (hair clips). On the left is her pulling her top to reveal her side boob. On the right is her sitting and looking backwards

February 12, 2026 at 10:41 AM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

I think I am happy with NSFW art of my model being made.

My measure of it is that it's a free speech issue and anything that isn't outwardly threatening or hateful should not be subject to censors.

I am not a NSFW creative — but if you are, I support your rights to free expression!

February 11, 2026 at 2:37 AM

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Brian M

@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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钛山 (Tyson Tan)

@tysontan.com

This is the splash I did for Krita from 5.2.3 to 5.2.15. Full version can be found on my website in my profile info. The next splash is coming soon, too!

February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM

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jason waters 🎮 100L | 0/100

@personakiwami.bsky.social

If you're gonna read any quote from an article on the game, let it be this one, because I think it sums up a lot of the feelings of fans pretty succintly

“In a word, it’s grief,” Yakuza/Like A Dragon Wiki “Chairman” Masu told me. “If you’re a longtime fan or even if you can see yourself becoming one, if the series has resonated with you, it’s hard to come to terms with the idea that maybe its driving principle of chivalry is just a power fantasy to be packaged and sold and not a sincerely-held belief. And if you’re a survivor like I am, it’s even harder to lose faith in creators you hoped were in your corner when most of the world isn’t. A lot of us are being forced to close a chapter in our lives [that] we never wanted to close.”

February 9, 2026 at 6:58 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

I think it is a good moment to create a Latin American VTuner starter pack. Like, repost and tell me a little about yourself!! Let us find each other.
#vtuber

February 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

*hyperventilating*

o-o-oh hi Bao you're v-v-very close... ammm... I love your cover of Brainbird... BIRDBRAIN! Oh my god I'm so embarassed.

BlueSky Map aggregator has placed me absurdly close to Bao!

February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM

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Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

Soy mexicana, ¡pero los quiero mucho! 🇵🇷❤️🇲🇽

Viva Puerto Rico libre :)

#puertorico

Mi personaje sosteniendo la bandera de independencia de PR.

November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

She just needed to come around ^^
#amelia #pathways

Amelia from Pathways reading E.P. Thompson and realising Reform UK is a scam!

February 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM

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ravi 🎆

@ravinenox.bsky.social

I've posted my fourth essay!
Please consider checking it out :)
ravinelux.substack.com/p/frierens-d...

Frieren’s Demons.

Or how Conservatives see the people they hate.

ravinelux.substack.com

February 6, 2026 at 8:07 PM

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⛧ Evi Constantine 🐐🇮🇹 Goat Vtuber ⛧ ART RAFFLE IS OPEN

@eviconstantine.bsky.social

As promised, a new art #raffle! We reached 555 followers at an incredible speed, and I'm very grateful for the love and support. 🥰

To join:
💖 Follow me (new followers welcome!)
♻️ Repost
🐐Like this post
Deadline is the 28th of February!

More info below!
#VArtist #ENVtuber #Vsky #artgiveaway

February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM

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Squeaky🩷🎀

@squeakychiona.bsky.social

Grifters are loud because we are silent. They get sponsors because they have numbers. It was never about "immersion" and they built their careers on politics while saying it will ruin yours.

Don't be silenced. Speak the truth.

January 27, 2026 at 9:51 PM

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Ana Valens | 🔞

@acvalens.com

Gaming stream tonight, 6pm ET
Which game shall I play?
My community is voting between new TF2 Classic or Valorant :3

Art —> @ravinelux.bsky.social

Ana stretching with the Empire State Building as a massive giantess succubus

February 4, 2026 at 4:19 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

No Bingo... but almost 50% of the squares.... 😂

February 1, 2026 at 10:58 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

Stream's over! Thank you for coming :D

Ravine Lux 🌠 @ravinelux.bsky.social · 14d

I will be streaming tomorrow on my art sis' @/ichigomiruku_vt's (Twitter) server, wow!

Join if you can, it starts at 1PM CST/GMT-6 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOZW...

February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

🔴LIVE NOW!🔴

Ravine Lux 🌠 @ravinelux.bsky.social · 14d

I will be streaming tomorrow on my art sis' @/ichigomiruku_vt's (Twitter) server, wow!

Join if you can, it starts at 1PM CST/GMT-6 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOZW...

February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM

Ravine Lux 🌠

@ravinelux.bsky.social

I will be streaming tomorrow on my art sis' @/ichigomiruku_vt's (Twitter) server, wow!

Join if you can, it starts at 1PM CST/GMT-6 :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOZW...

February 1, 2026 at 7:36 AM