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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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I have had it with the justifications. The weaponization of poverty, neurodiversity, mental illness, all of it.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have had it with the justifications. The weaponization of poverty, neurodiversity, mental illness, all of it.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
if you follow me and are using my RTs of authors' books to pirate books (many who are financially struggling, I might add), then frankly fuck off.
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I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I did a thread a few weeks ago of "authors link your stuff" & one of my author friends who is one emergency away from being homeless had a massive spike in downloads on Anna's Archive from people *who follow me* complaining about how they are poor & should be allowed to steal from other poor people
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So they steal from me then sell those stolen goods to a company who repackages those stolen goods and resells them again. Fuck all the way off. This isn't like ye olden days of pirating off Napster. This is entitlement and greed from AI companies and readers.
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They also sell everything to companies building LLMs, there's a link offering their "datasets" (books, papers, etc) for tens of thousands of dollars USD. They also auto-scrape everything scanned and uploaded to Internet Archive's Open Library. So. Yeah. 🙃
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So they steal from me then sell those stolen goods to a company who repackages those stolen goods and resells them again. Fuck all the way off. This isn't like ye olden days of pirating off Napster. This is entitlement and greed from AI companies and readers.
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I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
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Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
...enjoying the replies to this, lmao
My Inquisitor though likes to play the lute when he's alone and chilling out. When he's struggling to relax he smokes; I think he spends a big part of act 1 desperate for a smoke and too prideful to ask for one with how weird people at haven are about him lol
My Inquisitor though likes to play the lute when he's alone and chilling out. When he's struggling to relax he smokes; I think he spends a big part of act 1 desperate for a smoke and too prideful to ask for one with how weird people at haven are about him lol
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
...enjoying the replies to this, lmao
My Inquisitor though likes to play the lute when he's alone and chilling out. When he's struggling to relax he smokes; I think he spends a big part of act 1 desperate for a smoke and too prideful to ask for one with how weird people at haven are about him lol
My Inquisitor though likes to play the lute when he's alone and chilling out. When he's struggling to relax he smokes; I think he spends a big part of act 1 desperate for a smoke and too prideful to ask for one with how weird people at haven are about him lol
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November 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
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"Five California tribes have established an intertribal commission to co-manage Chuckwalla National Monument, marking a historic step toward tribal sovereignty over sacred desert lands." #goodnews
Five Native tribes are coming together to protect a California cultural landscape
A coalition of five California desert tribes will co-manage the 624,000-acre Chuckwalla National Monument.
www.latimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Five California tribes have established an intertribal commission to co-manage Chuckwalla National Monument, marking a historic step toward tribal sovereignty over sacred desert lands." #goodnews
screenshot bc I'm terrible at keeping things succinct
November 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
screenshot bc I'm terrible at keeping things succinct
My boy Rasanon, my main Inquisitor for nearly 10 years now, created in one of my favorite games of all time
(art by @baldursghaik )
(art by @baldursghaik )
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
My boy Rasanon, my main Inquisitor for nearly 10 years now, created in one of my favorite games of all time
(art by @baldursghaik )
(art by @baldursghaik )
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the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
the way I am putting every single author I know in a headlock over the next few months.
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Finally some hope
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Finally some hope
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October 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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this should put the fear into anyone who sells anything even vaguely NSFW on the internet. Ana Valens has been DEBANKED because of her activism about paypro censorship - as in the kind of thing they do to international drug dealers. they have flagged her BANK ACCOUNT. for doing giantess/vore vtubing
Friend tried to donate to my Throne, flagged by fraud detection at Bank of America — bank identified the transaction as specially for “giantess voretuber Ana Valens”
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
I suspect I faced those Patreon / Ko-fi dings b/c financial institutions have me, specifically, on record as a high risk recipient!
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
this should put the fear into anyone who sells anything even vaguely NSFW on the internet. Ana Valens has been DEBANKED because of her activism about paypro censorship - as in the kind of thing they do to international drug dealers. they have flagged her BANK ACCOUNT. for doing giantess/vore vtubing
Honestly most of my Inquisitor's scars were probably just from normal fucking around. Like kids who eat it on their bikes bc they decided that hill is NOT too steep to go down.
The only ones that bother him are a couple on his face he got during inquisition. He's more vain than he wants to admit lol
The only ones that bother him are a couple on his face he got during inquisition. He's more vain than he wants to admit lol
#daOCqotd
This one is kind of an extension to the question from yesterday, because scars were coming up quite often in the answers, so:
What are the stories behind your OC's scars? How did they get them?
As this can be a sensitive topic, please consider adding appropriate trigger warnings!
This one is kind of an extension to the question from yesterday, because scars were coming up quite often in the answers, so:
What are the stories behind your OC's scars? How did they get them?
As this can be a sensitive topic, please consider adding appropriate trigger warnings!
November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Honestly most of my Inquisitor's scars were probably just from normal fucking around. Like kids who eat it on their bikes bc they decided that hill is NOT too steep to go down.
The only ones that bother him are a couple on his face he got during inquisition. He's more vain than he wants to admit lol
The only ones that bother him are a couple on his face he got during inquisition. He's more vain than he wants to admit lol
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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
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.
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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
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
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Inquisition print I did for MCM’s Dragon Age stamp rally!! I’m hoping to print a limited amount of these in gold foil for when I do cons next year 🫶
#dragonage #dragonageinquisition #dragonagefanart #dragonageinquisitionfanart
#dragonage #dragonageinquisition #dragonagefanart #dragonageinquisitionfanart
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Inquisition print I did for MCM’s Dragon Age stamp rally!! I’m hoping to print a limited amount of these in gold foil for when I do cons next year 🫶
#dragonage #dragonageinquisition #dragonagefanart #dragonageinquisitionfanart
#dragonage #dragonageinquisition #dragonagefanart #dragonageinquisitionfanart
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Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Meanwhile, “did women ruin the workplace?”
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?