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shu

@shuyawns.com

🍝 don't interrupt their date!
#b3d #pokemon #art

3d render of a skitty overlooking a fishbowl, with a bright red lamp shining above. two luvdisc are smooching in the fishbowl, with a decorative plate of pasta (with sauce and meatballs!!!) on a miniature table. there are aquatic plants and 2 plastic heart decorations inside the bowl.

February 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM

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🍰 Cakentea( COMS OPEN )

@cakentea.bsky.social

My last valentines, which i have based on the quoted piece from @shuyawns.com who has gorgeous Pokémon work! #pokemon #skitty #Pokeart #Luvdisc #Cakenteaart

February 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM

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Natasha 🏴🌻

@alterici.bsky.social

I went to art school...

I had no clue this is what people meant by "warm ups". Like, a whole routine? Each part specific and functional? Dang.

Probably would have less "forgot how to draw" days if I did these every time. I'm gonna try it.

February 14, 2026 at 8:25 PM

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いなば@2

@5-inaba.bsky.social

コレットちゃん🍫💕

February 15, 2026 at 10:55 AM

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Rii Abrego

@riibrego.bsky.social

you and I #art (wallpapers below!)

A drawing of two rabbits sleeping among pillows and a quilt

January 27, 2026 at 5:16 PM

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Corbin Davenport

@corbin.io

I'm excited to release Just the Browser! It helps you remove AI features, ads, shopping integrations, and other annoyances from desktop web browsers.

This project includes configuration files, a simple setup script, and guides for manual installation. It supports Chrome, Firefox, and MS Edge.

Just the Browser - Just the Browser

Remove AI features, telemetry data reporting, sponsored content, product integrations, and other annoyances from web browsers.

justthebrowser.com

January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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🌿 kaiden ☆ powercon 🌿

@kannterart.bsky.social

He finally made his catalogue for this weekend!!! Woah!!!
I will be at #kupocon this weekend with my usual Final Fantasy bits and pieces.

Also very softly announcing my commissions are opening again! Lemme draw your blorbos please, I want to see your wol 🥺

#finalfantasy #ff14 #ffxiv

February 11, 2026 at 5:54 PM

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FieldExplores (Gator Days)

@fieldexplores.bsky.social

Okay... Hear me out.
37 episodes and it gets really weird at the end. Maybe Adult Swim can make it happen.

Parody of Death Note called Nice Note. Field is curled up in the corner and Shen is wielding the Good Day Note and holding a peach because peaches are a very nice fruit.

February 10, 2026 at 8:57 PM

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Matt 'Wib' Ward

@wib.bsky.social

Rowling is no Lovecraft, whose bigotry is mitigated on account of him being a big dead bitch. Rowling is alive and uses the money earned through things like this to fund a transphobic hate campaign. There is no excuse for buying anything with Harry Potter branding.

February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM

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구월

@9twoeight.bsky.social

#Zelda #oot

February 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM

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🌟Lumeria🌟

@lumeriadeborel.bsky.social

Rent lowering shot.

If you care more about a fictional character(s) than an in real life person, then there’s something really wrong with you and I hope you seek out help.

You must be very privileged to not give a damn about what’s going on in our world today.

Do better.

February 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM

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Paige | Hex

@thebase16.bsky.social

“It has some risk” and “we learned a lot internally from the last issue” is crazy fucking weasel work for “we let two million photos of people’s legal government identification be released on to the dark web.”

Keep bullying them

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 7d

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 4:00 AM

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PUNKRØXY 🔥

@punkr0xy.bsky.social

Guys, dont immediately jump ship. Complain on Discords forums. Spam their emails. Make noise. We'll never tackle the overlying problem if we just keep jumping ship.

Discord is easy to bully out of doing shit. We've made them stop doing NFT shit. We can stop them taking ID's. :)

February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM

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Tin Tin

@chilledfoodtin.bsky.social

Little more katana Ignis #FFXV #IgnisScientia #イグニス #HBDIgnis

February 7, 2026 at 11:23 PM

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Tin Tin

@chilledfoodtin.bsky.social

I didn’t have time to finish a mod for Ignis’ bday this year so please accept this WIP of Ignis in Travis Touchdown’s fit (Ignis was briefly known as "Glasses" Touchdown because he bore a resemblance to Travis and wielded a katana in early gameplay footage) #FFXV #IgnisScientia #イグニス #HBDIgnis

February 7, 2026 at 5:29 PM

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Tin Tin

@chilledfoodtin.bsky.social

Happy birthday, Ignis!! (Those 10 year old graphics never looked so good 👌) #FFXV #IgnisScientia #イグニス #HBDIgnis

February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM

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Liz Bushouse

@lizbushouse.bsky.social

Casual reminder that Tales of Arise does not credit the English localizers who worked on either the main game or the dlc! #TranslatorsintheCredits Nor does it credit its English voice actors. But they can rectify this at any time with a patch, if they care to!