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Blair (QP)
@queerportents.bsky.social
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Streamer, writer, Olympic-level video game complainer.

Catch me on AO3 at: https://archiveofourown.org/users/TopDogAnime
Or on Twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/queerportents

Icon: https://bsky.app/profile/gummi35hark.com
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serebii.bsky.social Serebii.net @serebii.bsky.social · 1d
Serebii Update: We have added numerous direct feed screenshots for Mega Lucario Z in Pokémon Legends: Z-A to our pre-release screenshot section.

It can be found @ www.serebii.net
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
karoline.bsky.social Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 4d
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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backboneteller.bsky.social
#GaussArt
November 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
queerportents.bsky.social
Granblue really said Merry Christmas to the yaoi warriors
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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outsidewolves.bsky.social
A cartoon drawing of a podcast audience in an auditorium. A speech bubble leading off screen reads "we have a segment on this podcast called 'safety third." In the foreground, an anthropomorphic fox wearing a shirt that says "you're boeing to die" side-eyes an anthropomorphic airliner weearing a shirt that reads "I'm boeing to kill you."
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
queerportents.bsky.social
Some unstructured 5e thoughts in The Age of 5th Edition
D&D 5e’s runaway success is so fascinating to observe, because a lot of its driving force seems to lie behind ubiquity more than genuine quality. I would put money on one of the big reasons people pick it being “it’s what everyone’s playing,” more than any kind of testament to its design.

Because let’s be real here, D&D 5e is one of the most watered down versions of D&D around. 4th edition saw some people going “Oh 3e is too dense and confusing” and streamlined it to hell, imo becoming one of the best editions because it fully leans into what D&D is good at, which is combat. Then people complained it was *too* streamlined, so they just went back to 3e but meticulously flattened the numbers and complexity. On the surface, I can see the intended appeal of 5e. It’s *just* easy enough to get into (if you have a friend who knows how to play or you watch a live-play), and the rules focus more on structured combat weighted towards player victory, while keeping the rules for roleplaying light so you can keep it freeform and away from momentum-killing dice rolls. (Though tbh like, most tabletop games do that already lmao) But like… Didn’t 4e already do that? And at a certain point, don’t you just start adding in home-brew upon home-brew because the flatness of 5e becomes apparent the more you play? If someone’s played a bunch of other games and decided 5e is absolutely the one they want to play, then fine, go have a blast, I’m not here to dunk on anyone’s favourite. But at least tell me you played something else. 

Inevitably, the ubiquity of 5e has now gone from “It’s hard to find a game where people aren’t playing 5e” to “companies are now just making their game 5e to try and cash in on the popularity”. 5e has become the Roblox of the tabletop scene; fuck it, just force it into 5e, it’s close enough if you dim the lights and don’t think too hard about it. 

Just a big ramble, anyway. In conclusion, try other games, especially 4th edition, which always felt like it never quite got its fun in the sun. Genuinely one of the best combat systems out there. And fuck WotC anyway for leaning fully into AI and monopolisation. All companies suck under capitalism, but some really do suck a little more than others. For my personal recs; if you want a big deep world with fun roleplaying opportunities baked in, try World of Darkness; if you want deep and character-driven role-play, try Burning Wheel; if you want a cozy adventure with no combat, try Golden Sky Stories; hell, just check itch.io for countless Indies, you’ll probably stumble upon something that’s exactly what you want to see.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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borcheim.newgrounds.com
Accent Core style chibi com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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rawdawgcomics.bsky.social
Sometimes just being there is enough
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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bloomfilters.bsky.social
women will go to a hangout with a guy and things will be going well until the girl casually mentions she finished this book and he'll go home and start posting stuff like "Our future is ruined because of wokeness and women with fake degrees" meanwhile the girl went home to play video games with a bunch of weird discord transsexuals and she named her character "beegirl" and she keeps saying stuff like "i'm beegirl" and the discord transsexuals ask what kind of bee and she talks about carpenter bees for 10 minutes and everyone loves it and learns a lot
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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ghostlyne.bsky.social
I don't know who needs to hear this but you don't need to be productive all the time. You're allowed to have a slow life and you're still worthy of love when you don't have something to offer. You deserve love just by being alive. This includes love to yourself.
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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dianaj.bsky.social
Morning thoughts about "AI".

Where do we go from here?
Thoughts about “AI” Yes it’s: The slop The theft The brainrot The loss of work The crumbling of creator rights The destroying of the environment and infrastructure But it's also the destroying of trust in anything that you’re not seeing with your own eyes right in front of you. Wonder now turned to the narrowing of eyes in immediate scepticism seeing something magical. Questioning the realness of everything from a stilted written apology to profound works by students in school. It feels like a slow poison to creativity and humanity at large. [At the bottom is a doodle of me, mouth a thin line, looking at the viewer]
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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csmfht.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
queerportents.bsky.social
Cementing my status as my parents' least favourite child by confessing to them that I'm not really enjoying Pluribus like they do, two episdoes in, which is odd deja vu because I had the same experience with Succession last month.
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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rawdawgcomics.bsky.social
In this life and the next
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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luminouslyiii.bsky.social
New YouTube video out! This time, a mini review of the Atelier Ryza Trilogy Deluxe Pack! Say something nice in the comments if you feel like watching the video!

✨⚔️ youtu.be/l2q9onaTDpc
YouTube thumbnail for my Atelier Ryza Trilogy DX review. All three cover arts for each Ryza game are depicted, showing the young brown-haired and cheery alchemist girl growing up throughout the games. Bold yellow text reading "Is it worth it?" is placed on top of the artwork.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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phyzisist.bsky.social
december's goal is up with a headstart, thank you very much! utilities are squared, so next up is rent and then groceries. thank you again everyone who's helped and shared to keep me safe and housed while i'm jobseeking after my car was stolen. you're all so sweet and i'm so grateful. <3
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November 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
queerportents.bsky.social
Just finished reading From Hell (the graphic novel)
A horse stares out into the horizon, standing in the middle of a beach. Text above in all caps reads MAN, implying a melancholy and introspective mood.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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rawdawgcomics.bsky.social
Love isn't silly at all
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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docshaw1991.bsky.social
If anyone can help me and my mom out with some financial assistance, that would great, and if not, that's quite alright as well. Time are a pain in the bum right now for a great many of us. Links below for ways to help if you can.
docshaw1991.bsky.social docshaw1991 @docshaw1991.bsky.social · Oct 24
Starting in November, my food benefits are being put on hold til the government shutdown is lifted and funding gets restored. I will need more help, even more so than usual. Any assistance will be most grateful. I know many of us face uncertain times, and I wish I could help as well.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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nessiopeia.space
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.

The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
queerportents.bsky.social
In my teens everyone assumed I was way older. Now it turns out that in my 30s, everyone assumes I'm way younger.
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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unicouniuni3.bsky.social
It’s getting chilly :3
A black and white cat wearing a knitted yellow scarf, looking cozy and warm
November 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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chagirlwizard.bsky.social
happy halloween from your top ten favourite wizard~!!!

i had no reason to dress up this year so i dressed up da wiz(tm) instead, because everybody loves bunny girls xoxxo
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM