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@tilead.bsky.social
Gamer writer gardener dragon GQ person. Living on Lingít Aaní.
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@mothership.blog are you a queer gamer? A woman who games? Please absolutely smoosh their follow button like a melted m&m you left in the dryer trap. @ectafoole.bsky.social @mousefamiliar.bsky.social @jfg.land @animairenea.bsky.social
@mothership.blog are you a queer gamer? A woman who games? Please absolutely smoosh their follow button like a melted m&m you left in the dryer trap. @ectafoole.bsky.social @mousefamiliar.bsky.social @jfg.land @animairenea.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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It's my first full blog post. ❤️
When Freedom Isn’t Available: MAGA, Cooperation, and the Problem of Capacity – A Fox's Sky
aeris.baby
December 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Not just that children happen to be property but that the very -point- of having children is their being possessions that have status and barter value.
The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.

The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Hochul signed *TWO* AI safety bills.

The RAISE Act requires AI incident reporting and risk assessment. AB295D requires agencies to disclose use of automated decision-making tools and conduct impact assessments for safety, effectiveness, privacy, security and bias. www.axios.com/2025/12/19/n...
N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul signs sweeping AI safety bill
New York is now the latest state to have broad safety rules for the most advanced AI models.
www.axios.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Creative people: streaming is not your future. Disposable, ephemeral, intangible digital media is not your future. Books, records, CDs, Blu-rays, theatrical screenings, live performance...these will be the way your art will exist in the world beyond a temporary mad scramble for views and listens.
i am once again begging all bands to put their music on bandcamp. i understand we are a dying breed but some of us still want to purchase music instead of just streaming it. please let me give you money! looking at you, deafheaven
December 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Great piece by Zadie Smith. When the right talks about classics or "Western" culture, these works are only important to the extent that it demonstrates their superiority, they have no interest in art in and of itself beyond that www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).
Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires
humanenvironments.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's my favorite kind of tree! I used to call them Firefly Trees.
Happy lamp tree season to all who observe
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Happy lamp tree season to all who observe
October 16, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Uline's owners "have used their wealth to funnel millions of dollars into the most extreme RW politicians & mvmts... contributed $144 million to conservative groups in the 2024 election cycle... donated $4+ million to bankroll anti-abortion groups who pushed to overturn Roe v Wade."
refuseuline.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Shout out to everyone only now learning that "Albert Einstein was reclusive at the end of his career, shunning public engagements."

Really meant,

"For the last *20 years* of his career, Einstein opposed US racism by only speaking publicly at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
September 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Yes, you CAN allow the fact that this thing is a psychopathic monster to prevent you from staning and platforming it. You MUST if you expect to have marginalized people as part of your coalition.

The instant you make exceptions to support for the universality of human rights you become fascist.
August 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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I'm really hoping Pritzker runs. On one side you have someone constantly doubling down on targeting trans people, on the other you have someone establishing a legal hotline for LGBT people.
August 24, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Like. I would hide under a rock man.
August 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I’m a journalist who has covered anti-trans politicians for 6 years. I’ve seen so many versions of Newsom’s words here from both the right and the right-loving centrist Dems.

Newsom would be a disaster for trans people.
August 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
@jfg.land @ectafoole.bsky.social

Hugo congrats!

My wife, her brother, & mutual friends started playing last week after I rec'd it. Brings me so much joy to play/talk about my runs w them. The Qud community is fantastic. Holding on to the little joys these days.

1/2
August 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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If you say "I support trans rights but I believe in fairness in sports" like sports was ever fucking fair in the first place I just have to assume you are a comfortable do-nothing who values the appearance of civility over real kindness
August 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The deeply simulated roguelike strangeness of Caves of Qud won this year's Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/th... #roguelike #gaming #gamer
The deeply simulated roguelike strangeness of Caves of Qud won this year's Hugo Award for Best Game or Interactive Work
See, we were right to put it in our Top 100.
www.pcgamer.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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My personal favorite, which I’m endlessly sad I didn’t save, was a cartoonist talking about using print order forms.
Print it out, mark what you want, mail it to the creative with cash, check, or money order and they send it to you.

Sure it’s slower, but no payment processor and frankly, it’s funny
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Second, Anego Studio’s, the Vintage Story devs, sell off their own site since on August 6 they pulled themselves from itch (Anego allege itch is withholding a 6 figure revenue payout)

Fun fact, the first question in their FAQ is why they’re not on Steam

www.vintagestory.at/faq.html/
Frequently Asked Questions
Vintage Story is an uncompromising wilderness survival sandbox game inspired by lovecraftian horror themes. Find yourself in a ruined world reclaimed by nature and permeated by unnerving temporal dist...
www.vintagestory.at
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I’d like to gripe about the folks who’ve been defending itch from legitimate criticism, but it’s just not productive

Instead, I’ll share the old school solutions I’ve seen folks working on.

First, @conjured.ink who are aiming to be something akin to a webring or catalog, instead of a platform
🧵1/3
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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I'm so fucking sick of this censorship.
“She was not the only developer who reported the company singling out yuri content.”

Games journalists really dropped the ball on itchio targeting yuri content, both SFW and NSFW

The censorship of Toxic Yuri Game Jam hasn’t gotten any coverage from the games press
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Here are these again, if you need them. Be polite to the person on the other line, but don't let them talk you down, either. Ask for a supervisor. Ask them to write down your complaint and have them assure you it will be sent in as a formal complaint.
August 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Wow. Can callers please ask this question while recording?
twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.
August 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM