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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

My new pins are back in stock!! I was a bit unprepared for just how much you guys liked these last time.

rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...

enamel pins of pokemon done in the monster hunter icon style. Tyranitar, garchomp, rayquaza, espeon, umbreon, sylveon, gengar, lucario, and flygon. The umbreon, rayquaza, and gengar are the real big sellers and sold out the first day I put these up last time. Hopefully I have enough now but you never know.

January 8, 2026 at 11:29 PM

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EMERGENCY CAT SURGERY, SHARE MY PINNED 🏳️‍⚧️

@pavlovforgoths.com

the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence lies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

By magicmosshka, yesterday's

January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM

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Gaz

@nyazsche.bsky.social

January 10, 2026 at 2:15 AM

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Professional FailDaughter

@roodypatooti.bsky.social

Wish I could internalize this

brightwanderer
I think a lot about how we as a culture have turned "forever" into the only acceptable definition of success.

Like... if you open a coffee shop and run it for a while and it makes you happy but then stuff gets too expensive and stressful and you want to do something else so you close it, it's a "failed" business. If you write a book or two, then decide that you don't actually want to keep doing that, you're a "failed" writer. If you marry someone, and that marriage is good for a while, and then stops working and you get divorced, it's a "failed" marriage.

The only acceptable "win condition" is "you keep doing that thing forever". A friendship that lasts for a few years but then its time is done and you move on is considered less valuable or not a "real" friendship. A hobby that you do for a while and then are done with is a "phase" - or, alternatively, a "pity" that you don't do that thing any more. A fandom is "dying" because people have had a lot of fun with it but are now moving on to other things.

I just think that something can be good, and also end, and that thing was still good. And it's okay to be sad that it ended, too. But the idea that anything that ends is automatically less than this hypothetical eternal state of success... I don't think that's doing us any good at all.

October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM

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Brendel

@brendelbored.bsky.social

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM

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TBSkyen

@tbskyen.com

Basically, yeah, this is true. Same thing where if you pay a musician $10 on cashapp and then pirate their entire discography, you're still paying them more than Spotify would for the same amount of music.

HAARP @thehaarpist.bsky.social · 5d

Some streamer talked ages ago about giving 5$ directly to the stream would be more actual money then having every youtube video he's made just running on repeat all year would give him.

January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM

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Hikari @ MAGfest

@hikaboom.bsky.social

I’ll be showing my indie game at MAGfest this upcoming weekend, so wish me luck!

You can check it out here:

store.steampowered.com/app/2993370/...

#gamedev #indiegame

Red Thread on Steam

Dive into "Red Thread," a singleplayer strategy card game where you navigate life's complexities through relationships. Build connections, manage challenges, and achieve your goals. Each cho...

store.steampowered.com

January 4, 2026 at 7:25 AM

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B’runi Masna-Tia - Casting in Dawntrail

@ver-caster.etheirys.social

Friendly reminder that Congress had enough phone calls coming in last February that it was actively causing the phone system to crash and they had to progressively work to upgrade it over several nights to ensure it could handle the call volume.

If enough people call, it disrupts the system.

Katt @sarcastickatt.bsky.social · 8d

I'm seeing a lot of posts to call your reps but little on actually how. 5calls.org is a great site where you can put in your zip code and get numbers for your house representative and two senators. You also can get a script if you're like me and stumble over your thoughts.

5 Calls

Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5calls.org

January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM

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Lee Cicuta

@butchanarchy.bsky.social

So many people over decades have been called conspiracy theorists for suggesting that U.S. intervention is driven by capitalist interests, and the interests of the oil industry in particular. Now the president just says it outright in press conferences and interviews.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Q: China, Russia, and Iran have interests in Venezuela. How does this operation affect your relationships with them?

TRUMP: In terms of other countries that want oil, we're in the oil business. We're gonna sell it to them. We'll be selling oil.

January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM

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Jason Hickel

@jasonhickel.bsky.social

Remember that the US *does not care* about the people of Venezuela. It is not about "narcotrafficking", or "democracy", or whatever propaganda they have going. It is *explicitly* about US control over oil, capital accumulation, and geopolitical power.

January 3, 2026 at 2:11 PM

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Julia - Amberartspng | NO AI |

@amberartspng.bsky.social

Artistic recreation

December 31, 2025 at 12:18 AM

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Hikari @ MAGfest

@hikaboom.bsky.social

Game preview…!!!!

#gamedev

December 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM

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BlujArts

@blujarts.bsky.social

Handy

December 29, 2025 at 5:07 AM

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Frost || 3D Models & Reviews

@3dfrost.bsky.social

I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life

December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM

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Hikari @ MAGfest

@hikaboom.bsky.social

i made a rly long movie review.......... pws watch???

#movie #review #video #youtube

youtu.be/2mIOU6s_v2o

A Very Nutty Christmas Review

YouTube video by hikaboom

youtu.be

December 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM

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BlujArts

@blujarts.bsky.social

Vent doodle

December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM

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RJ Palmer

@rj-palmer.com

Man its like just so invasive and gross feeling to see "Edit Image" appear over other people's images. Musk decided to give us the only kind of gift he can for christmas, sickening disappointment. Best of luck out there folks.