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revy :neocat_flag_gay_256: asked: i shuffled some tarot cards and they told me that you will be the harbinger of the ai bubble bursting

Right now. Right now. Today. Now. Any minute now. No- #if-I-keep-saying-it-one-day-it-will-be-true
February 15, 2026 at 6:11 PM
crystalbauthor.bsky.social
When two souls are meant to be, nothing can keep them apart, not time nor distance. When Grace and Devin meet online they form a friendship and then a relationship. Their journey isn't an easy one, it is put to the test, but their strength of love can bridge any stars.

#W #A #CR #Cupit
Top pics: a girl standing in an airport looking at the destination board with the title: Our Bridge of Stars & a man with his feet on his suitcase sitting in an airport watching a plane take off with a quote, “One day the plane ticket will be one way.” 2nd row pics: 2 Swedish flags flying in the wind with a quote, “Distance means so little, when someone means so much.” – Tom McNeal & 9 American flags flying with the Statie of Liberty in the background. 3rd row pics: of a man typing on a laptop & a couple uniting in an airport and the girl lifted off the ground with a quote, “I fell in love with his soul before I could even touch his skin. If that isn’t true love, then please tell me what is.” Bottom pics: a girl hold a coffee and texting with a quote, ““I hate days like this: Where I can literally feel every single mile between me and him.” & a couple holding hands "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." - A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 AM
satellitekisses.bsky.social
@minneapolismn.gov @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social
put up an entire piece in @nytimes.com #NYTimes #OpEd
entitled:
"I Am Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump is Lying to You."
#LOL #LMAO
so is #this #zionist asswipe #FreyFAIL
& #nazi sidekick #COP O'Hara
They are #propagandists
Tough words + ZERO credibility
screenshots of all the text #FreyFAIL & #RudeChad are #MITM trying to keep Me from posting to followers to see: shows that My reply to Aaron Rupar's video of Frey's propaganda press conference did in fact post, you see the current top comment is below Mine that was disappeared. to be clear: i do not think Rupar is deleting My replies. Maybe Im wrong but he hasn't muted Me nor blocked Me & he is of course free to do so. but all these posts specifically about frey being a zionist disappear and that's happening no matter where I post that except My own page, but even some of the screenshots have been disappeared from My personal device, which is very easy to do using a Man In The Middle cyberattack, and I know for certain his good friend Chad Dayton knows how to do because he's been doing those attacks to Me for the past year. the alt text i wrote on the disappeared posts: "screenshot of the reply I already posted on this post, but was disappeared. Shows the reply screen as I began to attach the linked piece from back on December 5, 2025 when MPD COP O'Hara (from NJ whose family still resides there rather than moving to MN & who is responsible for taking the already massive MPLS Police budget and blowing it up by over $130,000,000 in less than 2 years here) He made HUGE WAVES nationally on all the news for saying firm & strong: "If unlawful force is being used by any law enforcement officer against any person in this city and one of our officers is there, absolutely, I expect them to intervene, or they'll be fired," O'Hara said" &YET, not once. Not ONCE has MPD even spent a day monitoring #fuckiCE actions terrorizing us. & he answered the other night, his "reason" why his cops haven't been monitoring ICE in MN is "because we don't have enough resources cuz our officers are too bust investigating cases of domestic violence." No they don't. MN Police officers do not investigate domestic violence cases. Their protocol is to pass us victims off onto social workers facilitated by non-profit organizations. They don't investigate the (cut off but continued): accused abusers when we call for help. They tell us there's nothing they can do if it's the man's property & they cannot intervene in civil disputes, we have to take it up with a judge & file a harassment restraining order." So, INVESTIGATE O'HARA FOR LYING TO US ALL & REFUSING TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF ACTIVE LEGAL VIOLATIONS BY ICE ALL OVER MINNEAPOLIS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR MONTHS #NOW!!! The OP from Aaron Ruper (blue check) is at top, "Mayor Frey: "So our ask is really simple here. Our ask is to embrace the truth." a screenshot of the ALT text I wrote on this other post that was disappeared: "He made HUGE WAVES nationally on all the news for saying firm & strong: "If unlawful force is being used by any law enforcement officer against any person in this city and one of our officers is there, absolutely, I expect them to intervene, or they'll be fired," O'Hara said" &YET, not once. Not ONCE has MPD even spent a day monitoring #fuck|CE actions terrorizing us. & he answered the other night, his "reason" why his cops haven't been monitoring ICE in MN is "because we don't have enough resources cuz our officers are too bust investigating cases of domestic violence." No they don't. MN Police officers do not investigate domestic violence cases. Their protocol is to pass us victims off onto social workers facilitated by non-profit organizations. They don't investigate the accused abusers when we call for help. They tell us there's nothing they can do if it's the man's property & they cannot intervene in civil disputes, we have to take it up with a judge & file a harassment restraining order." So, INVESTIGATE O'HARA FOR LYING TO US ALL & REFUSING TO PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN THE FACE OF ACTIVE LEGAL VIOLATIONS BY ICE ALL OVER MINNEAPOLIS EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR MONTHS #NOW !!!" screenshot of these disappeared posts about Mayor Frey saying all the good sounding propagandist things people are aching to hear from leaders right now, but that with ANY ounce of scrutiny is obviously a farce. Not one thing they say they will do to protect "community safety" has been true. MPD has done NOTHING verifiable to "keep community safe." none. they have in fact, verifiably, coordinated with, protected, and allowed ice to commit... unconstitutional warrantess searcnes ana seizures and assaults ana kianappings ana personal property destruction. The Mayor of Minneapolis is lying to us. & he just put out a big ol special NYTimes op-ed entitled: "I Am The Mayor Of Minneapolis. DJT Is Lying To You." Everyone who grew up here in his social circles knows damn well he is a zionist & fully funded by #TheOligarchy His press conferences are propaganda & it's working & they will #DARVO & blame ME for "being divisive in this time for unity" & it's bull shit. Their actions PROVE that their words have zero credibility. Not ONCE since July when ICE first attacked us has MPD intervened. NOT ONCE have they checked to verify ICE has a warrant for the arrest they are seeking. Not ONCE have they impounded the vehicles that violate our state road laws. Not ONCE have they intervened when ICE has been deploying chemical weapons often point blank at peaceful protesters and constitutional observers. not once have MPD spent any time monitoring the ICE convoys that blow through all the traffic signs & trade out license plates & attack our community gathering places. NOT ONCE has anything these two men charged with protecting our rights & enforcing our state laws done what they are saying they will do and that they are doing. Frey & O'Hara are lying to us and blaming us for their failures to duty for their negligence & bad faith.
January 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
fereldanstew.bsky.social
That said, I have some post-Veilguard plans about that.

Also, her talk with Lanaya for reference (one of them, there's going to be one more but I haven't written it yet):
"How very loud it must be with everyone talking all at once." She sighed. "I try to imagine those of our kind living in such places. Surrounded by walls of stone and indifference, it is… a difficult thought." Alyss nodded agreement, but couldn't help a small smile. "It's life," she said. "You know, the noise. People living their lives. It's messy but there's a rhythm to it as well." When Lanaya merely seemed puzzled by her answer, Alyss questioned, "but I assume you believe your way is better." "Better for our people, yes," she answered. "We are not built like humans are. Our souls are more… Fragile, for lack of a better word. It is said that one day we'll have a land of our own. We Dalish gather the ancient wisdom in preparation for this. And when that day comes, all elves—even those who have forgotten—will reclaim their former glory." Alyss shook her head. "You survived all you have and still consider yourself fragile?" she asked. "It's a curious thing… you keep saying 'our people'. What makes us a people to you? The shape of our ears?" "We all share a history, don't we?" "It's not enough," Alyss argued. "You talk of uniting our people as though it can magically happen exactly as you envision it must happen. As if we are merely lost children waiting to be sheltered and not a people in our own right. We may have lost a lot more of what we once were but we have our own ways, we've built community for ourselves. If you offer the ancient wisdom of the Elvhenan at the cost of forsaking all that we currently are… Trust there are those who will resist." "And I presume you'd be among them?" Lanaya asked. Then, not giving Alyss room to answer, she sighed. "I wouldn't expect you to understand." Alyss shrugged in response. "You'll be keeper one day, yeah? So I won't ask you to answer me right now, but… one day I'd like you to explain to me, how is 'conform or be shunned' any true path to union." "You feel strongly about this," Lanaya remarked. "And you give me much to consider." "Consideration is good enough," Alyss told her. "Greater issues and all of that."
January 8, 2026 at 11:32 PM
technodragon28.newgrounds.com
I made this post to Newgrounds yesterday, and I feel like some folks here would be interested in reading it too.
I've been thinking about Newgrounds a lot lately, not just because it's apparent that it's become a special interest of mine but also because of the state of things right now. When I was a teenager, people in my online circles of overly conscientious people my age with horrible anxiety disorders would warn me: "Never play Friday Night Funkin'. There is a character in it from a Flash game where you shoot up a school. By playing it, you are endorsing that." In fear of not being perceived as a bad person and being driven out like many had before, I believed them. I wasn't someone who could afford to lose friends. I couldn't afford to lose any good reputation I had amongst them. Now as an adult that can evaluate things for myself and no longer feels the need to rely on others (incorrect) perception of things and fearmongering, I decided to explore more things whenever my curiosity grew. I started watching an "infamous" streamer who had just been "cancelled" in the community he used to be in. He turned out to be a really cool guy who makes a genuine effort to do the right thing. One day, he played Friday Night Funkin', the base game. It looked fun, so I decided to try it out despite the lingering pit in my stomach that somehow, this was wrong. However, after playing it and enjoying myself, it was clear to me that it was my time to come back to Newgrounds after so many years. I did this because I was actually starting to feel better. I made my first account, and I've been adventuring ever since. I explore the new, the old, the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful. I am glad that all of it has a place to exist, even if it is something that I don't personally enjoy or even approve of. I still believe a vast majority of it has a right to exist. But what about that thing I was told about Friday Night Funkin'? Why, it wasn't even true. I worked up the balls to explore Pico's School itself, only to discover that Pico wasn't even the one who shot up the school: It was a bunch of characters I had never even heard of. The ironic thing is I love those characters now, I find them very interesting, especially with Love Conquers All now existing. All of this led me to be... I guess "calmer" would be the word. When the word came of the new laws regarding online censorship, YouTube's AI that tried to guess people's ages, websites and apps requiring some people to show them their IDs and thus breaching their privacy, and all of this other bullshit of corporations trying to control us, the one thing I didn't do was panic. My teenage self, worried that I would be exiled if I didn't speak on a topic that I knew nothing about but was demanded to have an opinion on so that others can judge if I was a "good person" in their eyes, would have panicked. I would have shared all of those posts about boycotting even for a single day, catastrophized about losing my YouTube channel of over ten years, cried about potentially having a callout post made about me because I stumbled over my words, and lost my damn mind because I would've been fed the scariest thing first rather than the truest as everyone scrambled to take action when in reality they only looked at the surface of the issue and ran with it. They wanted so desperately to be the hero. They wanted so desperately to have some kind of power. They wanted to be praised. They were just as scared as I was of each other. Sometimes I wish I could go back to those people who wanted all of this censorship and tell them how wrong they were. "Censorship will not spare you," I kept imagining myself saying. "Censorship will go after the very things you care about. The content you deem 'inappropriate,' the NSFW stuff, the violent stuff, all of it is technically protecting you. Advertisers don't wanna touch it with a ten-foot pole. You don't have to engage with it at all, you just have to accept that it exists. Try and enforce some law against it, and then that would justify any reason it could one day just decide to come after you, particularly if you are part of literally any minority group." Despite it all, I could never imagine them listening. I think now it is best that we are apart, and honestly I now consider my exploration of old, edgy content here to be the "rent-lowering gunshots" that keep those kinds of toxic people away from me. I don't want to surround myself with those kinds of people anymore. I got to see what Pico said to Cassandra before their final fight. They didn't. And that's okay, they don't have to, but I also don't have to stay away from it. Neither of us have to listen to each other anymore. With what's been happening with censorship laws lately, I can't help but wonder if they're happy. Then again, I doubt it, considering they always seemed so miserable. Society sucks, but they didn't have to cannibalize each other to stand by their point.
August 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
sam-animeherald.bsky.social
It got some play at gaming outlets, but folks got weird about it and the story kind of died there as the general conversation got... weeeeeeird

Because Gamers (TM) are weird and insecure as fuck

(Can you believe I found all of these in like 3 minutes? Far too many people were upset about this)
I'm not against difficulty options in souls likes but I dislike easy/normal/hard. I'd prefer if it was something like intended/punishing/unreasonable or customizable. cause easy is never easy its always baby/afk mode, normal is easy until its even easier and hard is you die in 1 hit and enemies in 16. And games that have these options are never properly balanced. Thats why I prefer single intended difficulty that the devs actually worked on. cause difficulty isn't just dmg,hp,res its enemy placement, its loot, its amount of currency you gain its consequences of losing/dying, whether its run back or currency/durability loss. Maedhros Teyvat Traveler Member May 27, 2025 #917 Smooth1e said: Have you even read the thread? There are multiple people in this very thread explicitly stating that their disabilities have prevented them from finishing these games Prevented from finishing is the same as preventing from PLAYING?? One thing is a color setting being important to the game and I can't access it because the developers do not include options for me. Difficulty does not prevent anyone from playing said games. From even addresses this with options to make the game easier in game. Some people just don't like that. I won't bother discussing this. There are multiple threads that always ends the same: people who think every single game should have difficulty modes/sliders calling out people who don't think so as gatekeepers or some other offense. Nezuko Pizza Delivery Jun 9 @ 4:57am 7 Why does this game have an easy mode? I was excited to play this game after seeing how everyone was hyped for the DLC. So I bought it, downloaded it to my Xbox, launched the game and there it was, a difficulty mode choice pfft… :yella_laughing: That was the quickest uninstall of a game I’ve ever done :sakurabeachmomokolaugh: glad I didn’t buy the DLC beforehand :suzuko1: Shout out to Xbox support for the refund :sclovestruck: Go_Blue! 22 May, 2025 Not every game needs to be for every person. People keep saying it when it suits them, but hate on it when it's employed. People playing on easy mode aren't playing Lies of P. They're playing a diluted experience and will never understand the true nuances of the game. You didn't have to make an easy mode. You could have just given players modular options to make their character OP without playing on easy mode. At the end of the day, this does diminish my experience with the game. It feels like one of my favorite pieces of art was diminished for the sake of the masses. I do hope this works out well for the developers though. It's a beautiful game and I hope people appreciate it for the hard work that was put in.
August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
mihstories.bsky.social
“We only succeed on this planet because there are enough rogue people who enjoy exploiting their fellow humans?"

story snippet //35
CHEERS TO ALL THE BASTARDS
extract, book 2/1, travelling

Day 3, MiHS marathon
THE END OF CRUDE OIL

#MiHS #mihsM #booksky #climateaction #writingcommunity #oligarchs
CHEERS TO ALL THE BASTARDS extract, book 2/1, travelling - part 1 ‘Sounds like total rubbish to me.’ ‘Really?’ Alice retorted in mock disbelief. ‘Sounds plausible to me. Take yourself. You seem to have bought into this fairy tale that only scheming bastards can be successful. But—‘ ‘And you are such a good person.’ This is a bleeding déjà vu, Alice grumbled inwardly. Smug property mogul who wants more money than the property is worth, who sneers at the project’s ideas, and who insisted on meeting Alice in person, before deciding whether or not to sell to the project. Only this time, the mogul was a woman, dressed in a tight mini-skirt, breasts pushed up, plunging neckline. Alice doubted that Clara Bennet wanted to use her sex appeal as a weapon to get a better business deal. Among women, dressing extra sexy was probably more an attempt to appear superior. Like, see I have the bigger boobs, the better make-up and probably the more expensive designer clothes. Not that Alice recognised fashion brands. Though, on second or third thought, maybe that was the strategy: intimidation by showing off. Hm. It didn’t work on Alice. Or maybe it did. She felt like a bull, nostrils steaming, hoofs pawing the ground. Nah. She was just fed up with this kind of people. They stood in the middle of a large domed room, eyeballing each other like two predators who are still undecided whether or not to attack. The meeting started with a few pleasantries, but Clara Bennet quickly turned acid, and her pretty face got ugly. No make-up in the world could do anything about that. ‘Oh no,’ Alice countered. ‘I’m not a good person. I’m simply annoyed — by people like you. People who think that taking advantage of others is the only way forward—’ CHEERS TO ALL THE BASTARDS extract, book 2/1, travelling - part 2 ‘I know it is.’ ‘And I’m annoyed that you think you can play me, only because my project doesn’t exploit.’ ‘My offer is more than generous.’ ‘And it fascinates me that you can say that like it’s true, like you mean it, like you really believe I can’t operate a calculator.’ Clara Bennet’s eyes narrowed. ‘If you had any sense, you wouldn’t invest your time and money in a pipe dream. Capital and cunning rules our planet. Nothing else.’ ‘There are other options.’ ‘Pipe dreams!’ ‘So we only succeed on this planet because there are enough rogue people who enjoy exploiting their fellow humans? Is that what you’re saying? Cheers to all the bastards?’ ‘Yes,’ Clara Bennet retorted with a flicker of amusement in her eyes. Returning to full mockery mode, she added: ‘You can’t seriously believe that every beggar on this planet will be rich and happy ever after if only you succeed in your town experiment.’ ‘No idea. But if they do, all the better. I’m tired of seeing unhappy, anxious, aggressive, defensive or disillusioned people, or people who lie because they’re afraid of coping with failure, or who sneer at everyone totally overlooking how weird and deficient they are, or who push others aside because they need to demonstrate that they are the champions in any pissing contest. Yeah, I much prefer happy and open minded people. Curious, adventurous people without superiority complexes who have the guts to rethink life on this planet. People who opt to build instead of destroying or pushing or exploiting.’ ‘Pah. You’re such a dreamer. Businesses are run by selfish and ruthless people. That’s what makes them successful.’ CHEERS TO ALL THE BASTARDS extract, book 2/1, travelling - part 3 ‘If humans were selfish, they wouldn’t screw up the planet they live on. And ruthlessness only gets you so far. Usually it leaves you on the losing side. Unless you’re into being a paranoid, lonely and wasted arsehole. And I guess some people must be into that, considering that there are quite a few exploitative jerks around. But you know what, I think we have the potential to be clever. There’s no need to be stupid or short-sighted or unhappy.’ ‘Pah! You’ll never keep multinationals from exploiting the planet.’ ‘Why not? The best way to dry out giant corporations is to set up loads of dwarf companies plus an alliance for non-exploitative and sustainable business practices. And then you make the dwarfs popular.’ ‘If your dwarfs become popular, they’ll only turn into giants.’ ‘Not if they create other dwarfs instead of soaking up everything for themselves.’ ‘No one would do that. It’s nonsense.’ ‘No. It’s clever. More jobs, more variety, more money pumping through the economy. Besides, it’s less stress for our planet and for everyone involved.’ ‘Pipe dreams.’ ‘You’re repeating yourself.’ ‘My offer is final.’ ‘My offer is a quarter of the price you stated, and that’s about twenty percent more than your property is presently worth. Someone should have taken better care of it.’ Clara Bennet jerked up her chin. ‘I’ve had enough of your rubbish. You’ve lost the opportunity to buy a first-rate property. Good luck with finding anyone who’d sell to you.’ Clara Bennet turned and stalked towards her writing desk. ‘Thanks,’ Alice said with emphasis. ‘I’m glad you called off the deal. You saved me the trouble of calling it off myself.’ image work with ink, 2022, Charlie Alice Raya Looks like a hideous face, done with black ink, abstract
May 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
lilymeade.bsky.social
Update text continued.
minimum payments of all the debt I accrued trying to put all my cash on hand to rent to avoid being priced out of my hometown. I don’t have any income to spare to pay a health insurance premium, especially because the cheapest one I found that covers my neurologist is $400 and it doesn’t cover all my meds. The cheapest one that covers both is $500. That’s what our rent used to be before it rose to $2000 and started us on the inevitable journey here. But without insurance, I cannot get my migraine shots. Without my shots, I cannot work. Even taking my prescriptions out of the equation, also necessary, I literally CANNOT create income in any way without my migraine treatment. It costs $10,000 each time without insurance. I require it every three months. How am I possibly supposed to bootstrap my way out of poverty if making more money takes away my boots? This $1800 a month limit to stay on state insurance is the equivalent of average apartment’s monthly rent here. So even if I had access to every penny that gross calculation says I have and no debt or other responsibilities, I’d have to choose between affording the base of what I would need to gain shelter and escape homelessness (not counting utilities, groceries, etc) OR… the medical care by I need to survive. Earlier this week I announced the cover reveal of my next book. I’m on deadline right now for what should hopefully be my next. But that depends on meeting important dates for the publishing timeline and how am I supposed to finish my revision by Friday and also save my healthcare. Today and yesterday alone I’ve lost hours to phone calls and applications and plan research and so much despair. I’ve already sobbed myself into a migraine, ruining today for work even if I could focus. I started my last update by saying “I genuinely don’t know how things get better” and I wasn’t wrong, because they are certainly worse now. What do I even do now? My goals were to stay on track with my current contracts and sell more books, but selling more books will endanger me even more. I can’t afford the equivalent of a rent payment for insurance, not even counting copays and deductibles. I can’t afford rent at all period. That’s why we are homeless. I said before in other updates that living in this 40 year old camper in the woods with the mold and mildew is making me sicker with each passing day that I live here. Someone with my health conditions cannot survive living like this long-term. My only solace for that was that I had state insurance, so I could go to the doctor or the hospital whenever I needed to. That is no longer true. How am I ever supposed to work my way out of my circumstances if they’re taking away my ability to work? The people in charge of our nation’s healthcare systems—the exact same administration whose housing policies kickstarted our descent to homelessness—say “it’s your patriotic duty to remain healthy.” I’m trying my best, but what I’m realizing is that I am not worth enough to my country to keep me healthy enough to contribute to society. In every possible way, it has been made clear to me that the most ideal version of me for our government is no version of me. Being disabled makes me a burden. Being homeless makes me a blight. I am not valued as a citizen, a worker, or a neighbor. I am not wanted in America.
May 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
thesevenpact.bsky.social
Victim's Mother Statement
Hello. I am the mother of OOO, a former member of OOO. OOO has always especially loved receiving attention and affection from people, and cherished relationships with others more than anything else. She was a bright and pure child who always tried to see the good in people first. Such a child dreamed of becoming an idol, and she was truly happy when that dream came true. But gradually, she lost her energy. CEO Lee Yong-hak, under the pretext of counseling, would summon members one by one and subtly instigate division between them. As a result, the members ended up watching each other and losing trust. Even so, I-her mother-kept telling her: "You have to endure for the sake of your goal," "That's how society works," "If you give up in the middle, nothing remains," "Didn't you choose this path?" I pressured my child with these words. As a parent who had entrusted her child to someone else, I feared that if I expressed dissent, it would harm her. So, I followed everything they said without raising any objections. I truly had no idea this would become the root of the problem. My child lived every day confined to the dorm and the company, under constant surveillance by CEO Lee Yong-hak. All communication with friends or acquaintances was blocked. Even when she contacted her dance teacher to discuss class matters, he found out and would come to the dorm during the day, night, and even early morning to check her phone. What started as light physical contact became increasingly uncomfortable after she graduated from high school. 000 clearly told him, "Stop touching my body." But CEO Lee ignored her and continued to treat her unfairly in her work. Then the incident happened. The moment I heard what had happened to my child, I sincerely believed I was the one to blame. Even though she had sent me numerous cries for help, I hadn't listened. I had closed my eyes and ears and as a result, my child had to endure something unimaginable. (1/4) Despite that, OOO said she wanted to keep doing OOO because she now had fans who had just begun to support her, and they were precious to her. Hearing her say she had people she needed to protect shattered my heart. I had no idea what to do—but I decided to put her wishes first. So we didn't report it and tried to resolve it quietly. I got CEO Lee to write a written promise. My daughter said she wanted to keep performing, and that it would be fine if he just stepped away from the front line. But instead of stepping away, CEO Lee kept interfering with her schedules. Whenever OOO tried to avoid him, he would whistle like nothing had happened. My daughter cried and said she was going crazy, that the sound of his whistling echoed in her head. The whole situation was unbearably cruel, and eventually, she collapsed. Every day became a hell. I couldn't leave her side even for a moment. My heart burned with guilt that I couldn't protect her, and my life itself fell apart. Then, all of a sudden, the show "Spotlight" aired her audio recordings. We had never agreed to that, and we didn't even know those recordings existed. We had wanted to quietly end her career for the sake of her future, but once the show aired, she became engulfed in fear. We realized we couldn't delay any longer. Her father met with CEO Lee to negotiate. During the process, CEO Lee said the company would release an official statement first and told my daughter to "like" the post on Instagram. My daughter did that too. (2/4) But he didn't stop there he also demanded she upload a personal statement. When I read the statement they sent, I cried. It was full of lies. Why should we post this? Why should the victim be forced to act like the perpetrator? I told them we couldn't do it. That's when CEO Lee's attitude changed. We were at a loss. My daughter had spent her entire youth in that company. It was all she knew. We had no idea what to do with her life now. We had no expectations for her idol career or any apology from the CEO anymore. All we could ask for was settlement money. I'm ashamed to admit it, but we were parents with nothing. We just wanted to give her some foundation-so she could study or do something she wanted. That's why we asked for compensation. It was a foolish plea from parents worried about their child's future. Others may say we just wanted money, and we didn't consider how it might hurt our child. Looking back, I feel guilt and regret that we only made things harder for her. CEO Lee flatly refused, saying that agreeing to a settlement would be the same as admitting guilt. I said I had nothing more to say. Then he said: "Is it okay if OOO gets hurt?" -and left after 10 minutes. (3/4) After that, with no further contact, an article came out announcing OOO's departure from the group, and another saying her exclusive contract was still valid. We had no power and couldn't even respond properly. My child's dream and life disappeared without a sound. OOO wanted to keep doing OOO. She wanted to protect that hope-but we couldn't. We were afraid she'd get hurt again, or that they'd respond with more lies. I will forever be guilty to my daughter. As a parent, I foolishly believed I was protecting her and only made things worse. I'm so sorry. Again, I'm sorry. I bow my head with deep respect for my daughter, OOO, who endured those four years and held on despite everything. But now, I truly want to protect her. She is just beginning her adult life. I want to help lighten the burden she carries, even just a little, so she can freely do what she wants. There may still be many children out there enduring this kind of injustice. We must never let this happen again. This kind of person must be removed from the industry. He must face justice. (4/4)
April 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
vantablackpharaoh.bsky.social
Y'know I keep hearing people say "we're fucked" as if they repeat it hoping one day it will be true.

I kinda think they're hoping for us all to be fucked saying stuff like this.
April 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
eternalpath.bsky.social
I guess if you keep saying it maybe one day it will be true for you.

Like a manifesting thing
April 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
bambootoo.bsky.social
‘At the Department of Education, DOGE advisers have…fed sensitive data on agency spending into AI programs to identify places to cut. DOGE reportedly intends to use AI to help determine whether employees across the government should keep their job.’

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At this point, it's common to use Al for work, and GSA's chatbot may not have a dramatic effect on the government's operations. But it is just one small example of a much larger effort as DOGE continues to decimate the civil service. At the Department of Education, DOGE advisers have reportedly ted sensitive data on agency spending into Al programs to identify places to cut. DOGE reportedly intends to use Al to help determine whether employees across the government should keep their job. In another TTS meeting late last week—a recording of which I reviewed —Shedd said he expects that the division will be "at least 50 percent smaller" within weeks. (TTS houses the team that built GSA Chat.) And arguably more controversial possibilities for Al loom on the horizon: For instance, the State Department plans to use the technology to help review the social-media posts of tens of controversial possibilities for Al loom on the horizon: For instance, the State Department plans to use the technology to help review the social-media posts of tens of thousands of student-visa holders so that the department may revoke visas held by students who appear to support designated terror groups, according to Axios. Rushing into a generative-Al rollout carries well-established risks. Al models exhibit all manner of biases, struggle with factual accuracy, are expensive, and have opaque inner workings; a lot can and does go wrong even when more responsible approaches to the technology are taken. GSA seemed aware of this reality when it initially started work on its chatbot last summer. It was then that 10x, the small technology team within GSA, began developing what was known as the "10x AI Sandbox." Far from a general-purpose chatbot, the sandbox was envisioned as a secure, cost-effective environment for federal employees to explore how Al might be able to assist their not. As a recently departed GSA employee told me, "They want to cull contract data into Al to analyze it for potential fraud, which is a great goal. And also, if we could do that, we'd be doing it already." Using Al creates "a very high risk of flagging false positives," the employee said, "and I don't see anything being considered to serve as a check against that." A help page for early users of the GSA chat tool notes concerns including "hallucination" —an industry term for Al confidently presenting false information as true-"biased responses or perpetuated stereotypes," and "privacy issues," and instructs employees not to enter personally identifiable information or sensitive unclassified information. How any of those warnings will be enforced was not specified. Of course, federal agencies have been experimenting with generative Al for many months. Before the November election, for instance, GSA had initiated a contract with Google to test how Al models "can enhance were testing tools from Upenal, Google, Anthropic, and elsewhere before the inauguration. Some kind of federal chatbot was probably inevitable. But not necessarily in this form. Biden took a more cautious approach to the technology: In a landmark executive order and subsequent federal guidance, the previous administration stressed that the government's use of Al should be subject to thorough testing, strict guardrails, and public transparency, given the technology's obvious risks and shortcomings. Trump, on his first day in office, repealed that order, with the White House later saying that it had imposed "onerous and unnecessary government control." Now DOGE and the Trump administration appear intent on using the entire federal government as a sandbox, and the more than 340 million Americans they serve as potential test subjects.
March 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
dossa.bsky.social
Found it.
Garth Ennis’ introduction to the Judge Dredd Megazine reprint of Preacher. Split into three parts due to length Reads as follows: GONE TO TEXAS Get their attention fast, I was told. Say something that'll stick in their memories. Above all, be provocative. YOUR SISTER'S A BIG RIDE. That's probably not true, but I'm sure you get the idea. Preacher will almost certainly offend somebody somewhere, but it'll all be lovingly justified and very thoughtfully pre-sented. None of the material within these pages is actually designed to annoy or anger people; we're all amiable types around here, fond of the quiet life, eager to please (except for Fabry, who'd twat you as soon as look at you). No, what we want to do here is spin a good yarn and keep you entertained. Nobody's looking for trouble, believe you me. Okay, it's not the kind of comic you show to your local priest, but the clergy would start a fight in an empty room any-way. So all you televangelists, reac-tionaries, General Synods, and Parents' Groups: you leave me alone and I'll leave you alone. I don't tell you how to con gullible rednecks out of their savings, or the best method for hanging around children's play-grounds, or the do's and don'ts of beating your wives, do I? Well then. And while we're on the subject of whining meddlers with too much time on their hands, let me just take a moment to climb onto a soapbox and have a quick rant at the PC mob. Politically Correct! Don't you hate them? Bunch of self-abuse experts who spend so much time banging on about trivia that they don't notice the whacking great hole in the ozone layer or the fact that we haven't got any whales left. I mean, if you see a fat guy, do you say he's lacking in dietary control motivation? No! You say lay off the fucking donuts, buddy! I was in a pub in London the other day, and I heard this bloke saying that the really great bit in Pulp Fiction where the guy's head explodes wasn't funny at all because that kind of thing happens in real life and whine, whine, bloody whine... But if your sister really is a big ride, why not write in and tell us about her? Anyway, he said, pausing only for another swig of meths, what i'm supposed to be doing here is welcoming you all to Preacher. We've got plenty of goed stuff in store for you in the months ahead, including the secrets of Heaven and Heil, the ethics of drinking people's blood, the slaughter of several dozen police officers and one man's eternal struggle to get his yery pissed-off ex-girlfriend into bed with him. And around about issue 13 or so we'll have a bit where this bloke buggers an armadillo. In other words, what we've done with Preacher is to use Vertigo's creative freedom to whip up a tasty brew of sex, violence and swearing (remember to swear - it makes you sound grown-up) with which to wash down a rollercoaster ride of a story that's peopled by some of the strangest sons-of-bitches ever to draw breath. The bus is on fire and Jeffrey Dahmer's corpse is at the wheel. And he's freebasing. Climb aboard. This one's got it all, True Believer. Artery-rupturing angst, belief-buggering boundary smashing, icthyological internal monologues and a pulse-pounding plethora of postmodern purple prose. And red-hot Vertigo conversational action the way you demanded it... Actually, Preacher has none of those things. This is not really your typical vertigo title at all - well, okay, one quick bit of internal monologue psychobabble, for fans of that kind of thing. “And all that's there is blood just blood a crimson horizon in my mind and the shards come down like daggers and the bubble bursts behind my eyes a cutthroat symphony and then it happens and I OPEN HER UP the blade my manhood wounds like glaciers coagulation take me DOWN take me DOWN femaleness pressing in upon me drowning drowning drowning ENVELOPED wombchoked all my life oh woman thy name is HARLOT... What is thy bidding, Lord Satan?” Thank you, O.J. Simpson. Just goes to prove that anyone can knock that stuff out, doesn't it? There'll be none of that around here, let me tell you. With Preacher you get 100% old-fashioned good solid storytelling. Because things were different before these newfangled changes. The official drink of Preacher is the Dixie Brewing Company's magnificent Blackened Voodoo Lager, though it can also be enjoyed with Anchor Liberty Ale, decent Guinness or a nice glass of Chateau LaTour '76. The official food is a big bloody steak - just wipe its ass and throw it on the plate - served with a side dish of meat. To create your official Preacher soundtrack mix large measures of Bob Marley, The Pogues, Ice T, Jimi (be reverent) and Zappa. Add a dash of James Taylor, a twist of Easy E and serve bloody loud. The official Old West outlaw of Preacher is Jesse James, murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here. The official accent is, of course, a nice Southern drawl. Repeat after me: "We got our own kinda law down here, boy...' Garth Ennis
February 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
luluko.bsky.social
what a week to exist online
Caption: Should I move to [social media platform]? Advice for cosplayers and creatives from a cosplayer who does social media professionally. Photo: An Instagram story that says "As a human and citizen of the world, I don't want a TikTok ban. As a social media manager, I would welcome one less platform to think about" About me: I’ve been in marketing for over a decade, mostly in social media for Japanese video games. There is a saying in my line of work that you should never trust a social media manager who runs their personal accounts well, and I can attest that this is true LMAO. I value work/life balance (more like work/cosplay work balance...) so I rarely apply my expertise to my own accounts.f I just don’t like doing my day job in my free time! Do as I say, not as I do, and I hope you find this helpful! Claim Your Name Even if you don’t use the platform, you should claim your username on popular platforms to deter impersonators. (If you’re leaving a platform, keep your profile activated for the same reasons.) While you’re there, see if you enjoy using the platform. Social media feels way less like work when it’s fun. (There’s a reason why I shitpost more than I share WIPs. Then, if you do decide to remain active on the platform, then you’ll already have your exact username claimed and can keep your branding consistent! It's Okay To Hold Out It’s incredibly difficult for new platforms to build a user base, so there’s no shame in waiting to see if a platform actually sticks. On the professional side, we’re always looking at emerging platforms and evaluating whether or not they’re worth the investment. A high number of brands and companies using it actively is a good sign that a platform is viable. Most brands you follow will only be on a few platforms -- some will be just on one. But wouldn’t a company want to be absolutely everywhere?
January 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
klmuseumarchives.ca
Our final hog-themed post for today: a poem about a pig, from our archives (Dunsford Fonds). Written in the mid-1800s (probably by James Dunsford, soon after emigrating to Ontario from England). It's difficult to read, so we've provided a transcription in the alt text.
This poem is written in a neat, angular script on yellowed paper. I'll tell you a story a story that's true A story that's dismal & comical too About a poor Pig, who died (so some think) Because he had nothing to eat or to drink. The time of this droll and unhappy event Was somewhere about the middle of Lent But the name of the place I shall not declare Because I've so many acquaintances there And perhaps to expose them would hardly be fair. A lady dwelt there who was famed for economy And thought it more useful than Greek or Astronomy She handled not Locke but she handled a key And instead of newspapers, papers of tea, When she saw her good man o'er some learned book puzzling She smiled in disdain & cut out her book muslin With the writing of Bacon, she was not much taken And thought that a Pig would make the best Bacon So she begged of a neighbouring farmer to try To get her a pig to put in the sty, For she knew that the hash of the house would with ease Supply her with flitches in time for green pease (?) So the piggy was bought & a man brought it home But forgot to inform her that piggy was come He merely conducted him into his sty Then took himself off, saying "Piggy good bye" So Piggy was left in his new habitation And forthwith communed a profound meditation About his own state, not the state of the nation Thought he to himself these apartments are good "But I should not be worse for a morsel of food, "There's some straw I perceive which will make me a bed "But I'm not very sleepy before I've been fed, "The premises round me seem all very fine - "I wonder what time they propose I shall dine - "It would not distress me to lodge somewhat harder "Provided they show me a well furnished larder. "I suppose I must wait half an hour or so "Till the servants have dined, then they'll think of my trough "I hope most devoutly their clock is not slow - "I've travelled since breakfast of miles some fifteen "And I'm free to confess that my appetite's been Thus solemnly argued the Pig, while the day Passed hungrily slowly & sadly away - And as he with hunger began to grow faint He assumed a more spirited style of complaint - "I wish that the rogue on a gallows may swing "That wheedled me here with my leg in a string "A Savage by nature as well as by name "To serve a poor pig thus, is a sin & a shame "He has made fast the door with a bolt or a screw "With a wicked intention to make me fast too - "The devil take that ill-looking son of a bitch in "Place to the left there, the washhouse or kitchen "I never did se such an illnatured whelp, he "Might as well come & say 'Master Pig shall I help ye' "He has passed & repassed here now three times or four "And never once called & looked over my door - "The folks that live here must be Jews and not Christians "To torture in this way a poor pig's intestines "I wish they may fall in the hands of the Philistines "There's a youngster I see marching out with his greens "Who looks very much like a prodigal son "I wish that his swine-feeding trade was begun "The hard-hearted, profligate idle young sinner "To keep me here waiting so long for my dinner "I'd rather they'd fat me instead of the calf "They make me keep Lent here too strictly by half - "There's a regiment of girls too who giggle & laugh "As if they esteemed it a mighty fine pig - T'was thus he complained of his starving condition And passed the whole night in complete [???] And while he increased in bodily weakness He greatly decreased in Spiritual meekness He denounced all the folks that passed by as uncivil And consigned one and all to the author of evil. [Transcriber's notes: we would like to think the bit about Jews and Christians is merely commentary on Jewish dietary regulations regarding pork, but we honestly don't know if that's true. This poem was written in the mid-1800s and anti-Semitism was a problem then, as it remains today.]
November 27, 2024 at 9:50 PM
errosvtuber.live
No stream tomorrow. Run it back. Today I was able to get out of bed 🫡 but I’m still stuffy and can’t talk much haha so ONE MORE DAY. (If I keep saying this eventually it will be true)
November 13, 2024 at 2:00 AM
afrogintime.bsky.social
As the query rejections come pouring in, or nothing happens at all, it can be a little, depressing. I know the story is good, the beta readers have all agreed it is.
All you can do is keep trying, keep writing and one day it will happen!
if I keep saying it then it will be true right?
January 29, 2024 at 1:52 PM