Nat, Goblin Mode
@flaminggear.bsky.social
Oh god setting up a new social media in 2023 wtf aaa
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Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
Hogwarts Legacy is now at the right price: $0
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
www.polygon.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
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She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
She sees your fandom as affirmation, your money as funding for the harm she causes to trans people.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
It doesn't matter how you feel about her work, whether it was a formative touchstone or not. If you still buy the merch or hype up Harry Potter, you are complicit.
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I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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preserving my best cohost post before they shut the lights off
September 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
preserving my best cohost post before they shut the lights off
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time for my weekly crash out
THIS ISN'T ITCH'S FAULT YOU FUCKS
ITS BECAUSE OF THE UK GOVERNMENTS AGE VERIFICATION LAWS
BE MAD AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE I'M BEGGING YOU
www.thegamer.com/itch-io-cens...
THIS ISN'T ITCH'S FAULT YOU FUCKS
ITS BECAUSE OF THE UK GOVERNMENTS AGE VERIFICATION LAWS
BE MAD AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE I'M BEGGING YOU
www.thegamer.com/itch-io-cens...
Itch Is Blocking Developers Of NSFW Games From Being Seen In The UK
Adult content on Itch is now being affected by the Online Safety Act as well as pressure groups, as developer and author profiles are restricted.
www.thegamer.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
time for my weekly crash out
THIS ISN'T ITCH'S FAULT YOU FUCKS
ITS BECAUSE OF THE UK GOVERNMENTS AGE VERIFICATION LAWS
BE MAD AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE I'M BEGGING YOU
www.thegamer.com/itch-io-cens...
THIS ISN'T ITCH'S FAULT YOU FUCKS
ITS BECAUSE OF THE UK GOVERNMENTS AGE VERIFICATION LAWS
BE MAD AT THE RIGHT PEOPLE I'M BEGGING YOU
www.thegamer.com/itch-io-cens...
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what do you mean 'normal tools'?
June 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
what do you mean 'normal tools'?
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the people who make porn simply do not have the power to harm “society” that is ascribed to them, and certainly nothing compared to the power of like two guys at CBS and the NYT, or X, or
July 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
the people who make porn simply do not have the power to harm “society” that is ascribed to them, and certainly nothing compared to the power of like two guys at CBS and the NYT, or X, or
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You do, actually, really, truthfully have to treat "websites with single-digit staff counts doing their best" with more respect and sympathy than multi-billion megacorps, if only because if they decide the grief isn't worth it then the extremely inclusive platform they built Goes Away
The OTHER camp has been blasting out weird alternate-universe fanfic wherein Itch is an evil cackling corpo with 100s of employees and 100s of millions to splash on lawyers. See: "platforms are not your friend" as thought-terminating cliche. These people are worse than useless!
July 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
You do, actually, really, truthfully have to treat "websites with single-digit staff counts doing their best" with more respect and sympathy than multi-billion megacorps, if only because if they decide the grief isn't worth it then the extremely inclusive platform they built Goes Away
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Create NSFW art
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Create NSFW art
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
Porn is not evil, sex is not abhorrent, pleasure is not a crime
Even if you don't agree with all kinks doesn't mean they should be allowed to censor art
This is why we have tags and the blick button, not megacorps deciding what we can and cannot like
Always resist oppression
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It very literally does not make any sense to be mad at the single-digit team of people who run Itch over this. They would very much like to be able to let people sell transgressive smut, as evidenced by the fact that they allowed people to sell transgressive smut until fascists tattled to Mastercard
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
It very literally does not make any sense to be mad at the single-digit team of people who run Itch over this. They would very much like to be able to let people sell transgressive smut, as evidenced by the fact that they allowed people to sell transgressive smut until fascists tattled to Mastercard
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hey I don't care if you /like/ NSFW games or content or not but you gotta understand that a pushback against NSFW content by payment processors is the path to them pressuring censorship of whatever they want
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
hey I don't care if you /like/ NSFW games or content or not but you gotta understand that a pushback against NSFW content by payment processors is the path to them pressuring censorship of whatever they want
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This is a really lucid nuts and bolts expert's explanation of what "AI agents" need to actually do "under the hood" of your phone or computer in order to perform the tasks they're promising. Basically: say goodbye to all separation between apps and OS, and any notion of privacy and security.
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is a really lucid nuts and bolts expert's explanation of what "AI agents" need to actually do "under the hood" of your phone or computer in order to perform the tasks they're promising. Basically: say goodbye to all separation between apps and OS, and any notion of privacy and security.
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1) duh
2) incredibly, the “product” of writing college essays is not to produce more college essays. no one in the history of humanity has ever said, can we somehow step up the production of 5 page essays on hamlet?!? there is a shortage!!!
2) incredibly, the “product” of writing college essays is not to produce more college essays. no one in the history of humanity has ever said, can we somehow step up the production of 5 page essays on hamlet?!? there is a shortage!!!
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 19, 2025 at 2:38 AM
1) duh
2) incredibly, the “product” of writing college essays is not to produce more college essays. no one in the history of humanity has ever said, can we somehow step up the production of 5 page essays on hamlet?!? there is a shortage!!!
2) incredibly, the “product” of writing college essays is not to produce more college essays. no one in the history of humanity has ever said, can we somehow step up the production of 5 page essays on hamlet?!? there is a shortage!!!
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Remember: your fear of looking stupid is HOLDING YOU BACK
May 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Remember: your fear of looking stupid is HOLDING YOU BACK
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your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
Hogwarts Legacy 2 Could Feature Characters from the Books and Movies
The upcoming Hogwarts Legacy 2 could potentially feature more characters from the Harry Potter books and movies.
bit.ly
May 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
your regular reminder that buying Harry Potter stuff gives money to Rowling and she uses that money directly and in large quantities to fund attacks on trans people
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
no ethical consumption under capitalism and all but “don’t buy Potter stuff” is an extremely easy baseline to follow
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“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.
May 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.
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Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-
May 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reminds me of this eternal Ted Chiang banger-
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With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Games media can't ignore BDS Xbox boycott
aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-...
aftermath.site/microsoft-bds-...
April 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
With the Oblivion remaster taking up the hype cycle, it's probably a good time to re-up that the Palestinian-led BDS movement has asked for a boycott of Microsoft's gaming products due to the company's ongoing and enthusiastic technical support for the IDF's ongoing genocide in Gaza.
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Oh boy time to share one of my favorite discworld bits again
April 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Oh boy time to share one of my favorite discworld bits again
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sharing a value tumblr post reminding you to be reasonable and kind to yourself when the world feels very deeply unreasonable and cruel
March 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
sharing a value tumblr post reminding you to be reasonable and kind to yourself when the world feels very deeply unreasonable and cruel
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extremely important PSA
February 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
extremely important PSA
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it's such a bastard to turn off AI features because we're still in the 'artificially inflating the value' part of the tech bullshit hype cycle & somewhere a man in a suit has to say "we already have x million users!" to another guy in a suit
January 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
it's such a bastard to turn off AI features because we're still in the 'artificially inflating the value' part of the tech bullshit hype cycle & somewhere a man in a suit has to say "we already have x million users!" to another guy in a suit