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IRON SPARROW 𓆩❀𓆪 XIV

@ironsparrow.etheirys.social

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跨性漢人 🏳️‍⚧️ 永遠的自由
過得太苦了；我仇富

elezen × astartes × many other fixations
🚫 genAI / minors / racist orientalist shit

⛔ sociopolitics ⚠︎ ahead

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IRON SPARROW 𓆩❀𓆪 XIV @ironsparrow.etheirys.social · Jul 1

🪶 XIV pals call me Iron or Yein. I'm an elder millennial who lives for lifting weights and looking at elezen.

» heavy reposting ahead
» expect occasional 🔞 stuff
» also on tumblr as @iron-sparrow 𓆩✧𓆪

Final Fantasy 14 screenshot with a Duskwight elezen in a white shirt and dark corset. They are standing in a sunlit room and surrounded by greenery. A sparrow lands on their hand.

Final Fantasy 14 screenshot of a Duskwight elezen descending toward the viewer. They are enraged, and half of their face appears to be ripping away. They are holding a sword in one hand. Their white cape flares behind them.

Final Fantasy 14 screenshot. A Duskwight elezen with black and white hair is shown standing in sunlight as a sparrow lands on their hand and kisses their cheek. Both appear happy.

Final Fantasy 14 screenshot of two Duskwight elezen. They appear to be seated in tall grass. One of the elezen is in full armor and resting against the other's lap. They are resting together. A sparrow flies down toward them.

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nate 🌟🌞🌈

@mafreiidyne.bsky.social

—but how can i leave you when you're screaming my name?

#gposers | #ryuhiko

Ryuhiko (Raen Au Ra, he/him and she/her pronouns) running through a circle of other Auri figures, clad in red, white, gold, and blue. They all appear to be dancing around him, out of focus. Ryuhiko's hand clutches his chest, head raised towards the light. A bluebird flies past behind him.

November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM

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jess m.

@jametc.bsky.social

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

Justin Đoàn @soundaholism.bsky.social · 17h

Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.

frvr.com/blog/call-of...

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.

frvr.com

November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM

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Sneef🍂

@sneef.bsky.social

This set was meant to be a private thing only for this OC!

Includes:
Tbse for midlander base and highlander
Hunk for midlander base and highlander
Sbtl Standard for midlander base only

Links down below ⏬
#sneefmods | #xivmodcreate | #vanillacreatives

A rebel outfit. Leather jacket with wraps around the chest, low hanging baggy pants with belts and spiked bag, also spiked shoes.

November 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM

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ZINDELO and the Thong of Destiny

@zindelo.etheirys.social

Zindelo's monastery practiced a form of martial art most similar to Kalaripayattu. Aspirants must first train in all manner of martial weapons before finally learning hand-to-hand techniques once they master them.

November 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM

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Krieg

@lieutenant-wubs.bsky.social

"I trust you know what you are doing?"

Art of Krieg by @belovedcrypt.bsky.social !

#WubComms #KriegDietrich

A portrait illustration of my oc, Krieg, done by @belovedcrypt!

Krieg is a brown Highlander Hyur (FFXIV equivalent of a human man) with amber eyes and brown hair with grey streaks. Grey streaks are peppered throughout his beard as well. His attire is travel gear in shades of beige and brown, with gold accents, and the Archon marks (tattoos) on his neck can be seen poking out the top of his collar. A gold dangle earring and golden hoops adorn his right ear.

He is smiling and looking off to the side slightly.

November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM

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Lady Aluette 🦢

@wisteriaandwillow.bsky.social

takes the scissors to her hair

November 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM

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Margault

@thoufeux.bsky.social

Another character for Roevember, the black mage Syngisoem and her gaggle of little helpers 🧙‍♀️

#roevember #roegadyn #femroe

Sketch depicting a tall woman wearing lingerie, heels and a transparent robe, standing with her hands on her hips. Behind her are three imps in various states of undead being funny little guys, and a fourth is holding a large mirror up in the air, from which a bearded figure adresses her

November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM

IRON SPARROW 𓆩❀𓆪 XIV

@ironsparrow.etheirys.social

Friendly reminder that the bird site is owned by a literal billionaire Nazi who is emboldening fascism on a global scale.

a woman wearing glasses and a white shirt has the word get out written on her face

ALT: a woman wearing glasses and a white shirt has the word get out written on her face

media.tenor.com

November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM

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𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑒 ☕️

@meme.posts.coffee

love you fr fr

that one follower who likes everything you post

November 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM

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🌙🍛kae @ NEW VARIANT DUNGEON🍃💫

@pakchamkae.bsky.social

Malaysian chinese 🌟 moro'a and all my other ocs from the same corvosi tribe like deipo, khaya and moro are malay coded. all their stories deal with diaspora in some way, often with complex feelings about how culture, colonisation and immigration intersect with personal identity

Screenshot of my miqo'te oc Moro'a in front of several colourful stalls in Tuliyollal.

Screenshot of my miqo'te oc Deipo looking up as snow falls.

Screenshot of my miqo'te oc Khaya standing in the Sea of Clouds.

Screenshot of my miqo'te oc Moro standing in Ul'dah winking and making a heart shape with both hands.

November 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM

IRON SPARROW 𓆩❀𓆪 XIV

@ironsparrow.etheirys.social

I did some gposing but I'm going to share Beelzebub instead. The sun was hitting just right. 💛

cockatiel poked in the head by a finger. boop.

November 15, 2025 at 8:41 AM

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Nolanel Corbeaux

@nolanel.etheirys.social

My [Heart] belongs to you - featuring @ironsparrow.etheirys.social 's Yein :)

#roegadyn | #roevemberxiv | #roevemberxiv2025

November 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM

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Memo Torres

@eltragon.bsky.social

Border Patrol has been targeting the elderly heavily. Today in Santa Ana, that’s almost all they took, including this man and his cane.

A border patrol questions an elderly man with a cane in a parking lot before taking him.

November 15, 2025 at 5:14 AM

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aria @ 7.3 ✨

@thanatosaria.bsky.social

fat tail friday again no problem!!! 🐊

✧ #gpose ✧ #aura ✧ #sayana ✧

sayana with her hair tied and wearing a white shirt and black bodice, black gloves with silver nails, and black thigh high boots. she sits atop the ruins of a structure, her tail wrapped around her as she smiles and adjust her bangs. the sun brightly shines behind her.

November 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM

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Monkiinart

@monkiinart.bsky.social

two drawings of my friend's OC D'artié! 🤺 @thefancyfencer.bsky.social

November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM

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Aurora Thee Elezen

@kylenne.etheirys.social

a rose doth bear a flower
all in the cold midwinter

#gipose | #giszenos

Zenos and Gisele stopped in the Firmament on an evening stroll, wearing finery of Fortemps red; he smiles down at her, lightly grasping her hand, and she blushes with a soft smile of her own.

November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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Cully Hamner

@cullyhamner.bsky.social

If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:

Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 1d

How is AI *really* impacting jobs?

Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:

-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs

What’s really going on with AI and jobs?

Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?

www.bloodinthemachine.com

November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM

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hirun ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

@sparrowsharmony.bsky.social

hoping to release it next week 🙏

November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM

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Rory aka Mrs. Asina 🧪

@guttersnipe.bsky.social

Hey remember how one of the themes of Dawntrail was unhealthily holding onto an imitation of life and the damage it can do by not giving people the ability to move on