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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 6h

Apparently, there's a meme going around on bluesky, demanding to post vampires that aren't Dracula. So I'm using it as an excuse to post Susie again: #vampire #art #crimsonstars

Character drawing of a relatively tall Greek woman in Three Stars Alliance Navy uniform, holding a glass of red liquid in her hand.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 11h

30. Homage My last contribution is an homage to the one and only @pushfreight.bsky.social and battlecones. Not sure if it's even a Crimson Stars design, but maybe I can think of where to put it. It's essentially an oversized reactor and four heavy lasers. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender

Not sure why I even rendered this one in b/w. Oh well!

Front view of the spacecraft, with its four main (and possibly only) weapons clearly visible.

A 3/4 view of a small spacecraft, shaped somewhat like a blocky cone on a stick, with a spherical reactor module further down the stick and the engine block at the end.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

27. Guns! An older model of an Alliance cruiser that I spruced up a bit. It goes all in on kinetic weapons: two turret-mounted twin heavy naval railguns on the ring, three light ones on the main hull, 17 point defense turrets, the works. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

Side view of a spaceship with a spearhead-shaped bulbous main module connected to the rotating ring and the engine via a thin central shaft. The ring hosts two turrets with twin rectangular cannons on its opposite sides. The main module is studded with lesser turrets.

Same ship, view from the front, with the superstructure jutting out of the main module visible. A closed aperture of a torpedo launcher can be seen in the center.

Same ship, view from below, showing the docking hangar doors at the 'bottom' side of the main module.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

25. Missiles! The LRM-SP-11 is the Alliance's newest shield penetrator missile. This expensive warhead can generate its own power field, thus disrupting the target's defenses for a moment, enough to release submunitions into the breach. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

A missile streaking through the starry void of space, exhaust blazing yellow-white, the ridges along its nose cone glowing an ominous shade of purple.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Crimson Stars: Chains of Command, Chapter 5, page 35 Spaceshiptember will continue, at least in part, until the end of the month, but I had to give up on doing every theme, lest I burn out completely. #art #comics #webcomic #crimsonstars #scifi #vampires

A five-panel comic page, depicting LT Laska's fireteam approaching a stone chaos, with some slabs forming a cave of sorts. Laska orders one of his men to cover their approach from the top of a rock nearby, attaches an under-slung flashlight to his gauss rifle and steps inside. An unpleasant-looking nest of some sort, attached with thick ropes of mucus, greets him from under the stone ceiling.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

22. Huge The 'Amaranth' is a jump-capable space habitat almost a millennium old. Millions of people, including some of the Alliance's best scientists, live onboard. Security is tight, and residence permits are issued very sparsely. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

3/4 view of an enormous O'Neil Cylinder from a distance, its external surface a patchwork of shapes, almost like a city on its own. A circular entrance shaft can be seen at the "forward" end of the cylinder, surrounded by what can be interpreted as taller buildings protruding into space.

Closer shot of the "forward" end of the cylinder. The concentric rings of the forwardside city are clearly visible, as is the huge aperture of the hangar/shipyard/docking bay entrance.

View of the cylinder from the side, with the dish of the main engine's reflector visible at the rear, surrounded by what looks like enormous fuel tanks.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

21. Organic Despite looking like it, this is not a flowerpot stuck in an asteroid. The Ancients tried to grow Dyson trees, and some results still survive. Atmosphere in the "garden" is retained by a field projected from the rim of the pot. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

A low-poly, sharp-contrast render of a potato-shaped asteroid with dome-shaped reactor assembly and main engine nozzle protruding from one end, and a cylindrical "pot" that has an enormous tree growing out of it on the other.

View from a different angle, with the "garden" inside the walls of the "pot" visible. A blue lake glistens along part of the rim. A raised highway can be seen leading from the trunk of the tree to the wall of the enclosure.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

19. Armored The Linebreaker is the League's assault ship, designed to quickly close with the enemy, protected by its armored shell, and then let loose with short-range plasma cannons and missiles when it's passing through their formation. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

Side view of a bizarre spacecraft, its front a mushroom or jellyfish-like armored shell connected to the much smaller cylindrical hull studded with weapons.

Closer view of the same spacecraft, with metal cables connecting the shell and the main body visible, as well as the retro thrusters and the snout of the vessel's main engine on the opposite ends of the cylinder.

View of the armored shell from the front: a dome of grey material, covered with a grid of square-ish plates.

View from the other side, which we can only assume is the rear. Railgun turrets and plasma cannon mounts can be seen along the cylinder. Smaller point defense guns stud the open rear contour of the shell.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

17. Variant The Stiletto is an up-gunned version of the Dagger: small craft hangar replaced with a particle cannon, number of gun blisters increased, casemate turret attached. The already overtaxed reactor did not appreciate this development. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

The previously-seen Dagger frigate, rebuilt for front-line warfare. A weird casemate turret with twin-linked heavy cannons was added on top of the superstructure, more gun blisters can be seen on the wheel-like structure at the rear.

Same ship from the front, the barrels of its many weapons ominously glistening red. The small craft hangar at the bottom front has been replaced with an axial particle cannon of some sort.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today is my birthday, so I'm depressed and doing fuck all. Shiptember posting will resume tomorrow.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some people are so smug about their cynical acceptance of AI as "something we can't change anyway, so we can only adapt", that it pisses me off. Like, as a separate thing, not even related to 'AI' pissing me off.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

16. Green The relic destroyer 'Cetonia Elegans', formerly of the Auric Kingdom's famous Cetonia Squadron, is now a notorious pirate ship, usually preying on shipping in the outer reaches of the Jeweler's Run star systems. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

Picture of a small, somwhat dagger-shaped relic craft covered in shiny green armour plating.

Same craft but from the front, with torpedo tubes and the cockpit clearly visible.

View of the spaceship from below, its similarity to a stylized ritual dagger even more pronounced here.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

15. Luxurious This unimaginative design, an unholy offspring of a vibrator, a submarine and a Cadillac automobile, is the 'Dura Navis', a relic space yacht belonging to the Margrave of planet Xanadu, a neutral porto franco of sorts. #SST #spaceshiptember #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

A silvery but unfortunately-shaped spacecraft as seen from the side. Stubby wings, a keel and something resembling a superstructure on top make it look somewhat like a modern submarine.

Same spaceship seen from below, with its keel and small craft hangar visible.

3/4 view of the same spaceship from the rear, showing the ovoid photon drive funnel.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Way behind schedule, but not giving up. 14. Asymmetry The Acinonyx is a Customs Patrol version of an Alliance destroyer with less armament, more autonomy and two gigs for inspection. The living quarters' counterweight houses a sensor array. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

Front view of a relatively small customs spaceship, with two small gigs attached to the front module and a spinning midsection that has the living quarters on one end and a spherical sensor array module on the other. The hull widens toward the rear to form a bell-like engine assembly.

Side view of the same craft, rotating section in another position, with the engine and reactor assembly in the rear more visible.

Top-down view of the same spaceship, showing overall shape and a small railgun turret on top of the frontal command section's hull.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

13. Carrier The Cervid K-77 serves as the mainstay bulk orbital lander of the Three Stars Alliance. Not designed for combat drops, the K-77 sports four articulated engines and has most of its midsection occupied by fuel tanks. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

3/4 shot of a long staple-shaped craft with four engines in rotating nacelles near the cockpit and in the rear.

Same craft mostly from the front, with the cockpit visible in detail, looking somewhat like the front of a freight locomotive.

A 3/4 shot from below, showing the carrier's landing gear and the long recessed rail that cargo-bearing clamps are supposed to attach to.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

12. Slender/thin The Prosaic Angel, a heavy cruiser of the Auric Kingdom. Flagship of the Duchy of Lacerta during their brief independence and war with the Alliance. Still at large. Not exactly slender, but it's thin! Just not from the side... #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

Frontal shot of a thin starship in white and gold, gun ports closed.

Bottom-rear shot of the same ship, showing that it's way, way bigger in length and height than in width.

Three-quarters view of the same ship, gun ports closed, its left-side main weapons blister in the centre of the picture.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Crimson Stars: Chains of Command, Chapter 5, page 34 No ships today, sorry. Here goes me catching up to it... #art #comics #webcomic #crimsonstars #scifi #vampires

A five-panel comic page depicting LT Janssens and his men wandering around in an alien swamp, feeling the sweltering heat of the sun despite the atmosphere being too thick to even see the sun. One of the soldiers steps on what looks like a log, but proves to be some sort of creature, which flees along the water immediately.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

11. Dropship Finally caught up with the date! This is a Canid-class dropship, capable of carrying a platoon of infantry, or two armored vehicles from high orbit onto the surface. High speed, low life expectancy. Lots of unflattering nicknames. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender #crimsonstars

Side view of a coffin-like landing craft, its stubby wings deployed. A crew compartment for two pilots, one sitting above and behind the other in separate cockpits, can be seen at the front, engine nozzles at the rear.

Somewhat different view of the Canid diving somewhere down and to the left.

View of a diving Canid from below, with the ramp, searchlights, landing gear and other details on the bottom of the hull visible.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

10. Creative Freedom The product of pre-Collapse space exploration programs, the Enquirer scout vessel was converted en masse into the Dagger-class frigate. Thousands were made before GalCom was overthrown by vampires, hundreds still survive. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender #crimsonstars

Side view of a sleek relic ship with two side-mounted gun turrets and missilery suites installed into the struts of the ring that encircles the hull and the superstructure closer to the rear of the vessel.

Three-quarters, closer view of the same ship.

Another three-quarters view from another angle.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

9. Space Station A fairly run-off-the-mill Three Stars Alliance waystation, which can have up to 12 capital ships docked simultaneously. The habitation ring has rotational gravity. Kubrick probably did it better... #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender #crimsonstars

Almost direct top view of the station, on the background of a field of stars.

Three-quarters view of the station, showing all the connector spars/tubes, the central shaft and the reactor doughnut at the bottom.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

8. Red The 'Carmine Queen' was the flagship for one of the most notorious vampire warlords of yore, Gabriela Claudia Oxtas. Merely a cruiser, this ship could easily go toe-to-toe with a dreadnought. Its current whereabouts are unknown. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

A side view of an ominous cruiser, its hull glistening a metallic red, large turrets with particle beam cannons sticking out of three rotating gray armoured drums that connect the different hull sections together. Stubby wings and a conning tower of sorts protrude from the rear half of the ship.

Upper-frontal view of the same ship, with the backdrop full of stars.

Side view of the ship, with both the keel and the bottom turrets clearly visible.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

7. Mining It took way too long to make it relative to how plain it looks. A crew of three is packed into a tiny command section, but it has it all: lasers to cut rocks, harpoons to tow them, manipulators to pick them up. No FTL drive though. #SST #spaceshiptember #SST26 #crimsonstars #3d #blender

A three-quarters view of a cylindrical mining vessel, with three abstract human figures for scale. The cockpit is ringed with four lasers, there is a hatch at the bottom of the next section, and long rails going along the whole rear section with harpoon guns mounted on the top two, and jointed mechanical arms at the bottom two.

Three-quarters view of the ship from the rear, with the main nozzle and its four auxiliary counterparts around it being visible. Two large fuel tanks are attached on top, landing gear protrudes out of the sides at the front and the bottom at the back.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Failed to do the mining ship in time, started too late, will finish today, I guess.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

6. Curves The ASV Vigilante, a Command and Control Ship of the Alliance's expeditionary forces, was rebuilt from a damaged relic cruiser, as evident from its elegant outlines and a horizontal layout, which requires advanced artificial gravity. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender #crimsonstars

A 3d render of a space opera -esque spaceship, its design evoking long predatory fish or a particularly elegant ivory column. The ship appears bisected by a trench around the middle, with two superstructures close to its rear: an island deck on the top half and a keel-like protrusion on the bottom.

A menacing frontal shot of the same spaceship, its middle trench gaping like the maw of a moray.

Side view of the same spaceship from starboard.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

5. Probe/Drone The Serinus serves as the Three Stars Alliance's most ubiquitous recon probe. Despite being fully automated, this vehicle carries serious active countermeasures onboard, as its data-gathering equipment is quite expensive. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender #crimsonstars

Frontal three-quarters view of an unmanned probe, bristling with antennae and musdar dishes.

Rear-downward three-quarter view of the probe, showing the radiators and fuel tanks clustered around the main engine nozzle in the back.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

4. Experimental The Alpheid experimental gunship of the Three Stars Alliance is a large railgun bolted onto a light chassis. Heat sinks are ejected one by one to avoid overheating, and the crew capsule can be detached to serve as an escape pod. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #blender #crimsonstars #3d

A frontal three-quarters view of a long space vehicle that's basically a gun with an engine and a crew compartment on top of it, with rows of coils along the barrel and heat sinks on the hull.

A top three-quarters view of a long space vehicle that's basically a gun with an engine and a crew compartment on top of it, with rows of coils along the barrel and heat sinks on the hull. The reactor and the engine's reflector can be seen in the rear.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

3. Wings An unidentified relic fighter belonging to the Duchy of Lacerta observed during the conquest of Stellion by the Three Stars Alliance. Sources attribute about 0.5% of all orbital asset and aerospace vehicle losses to this single craft. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #crimsonstars #blender #3d

A 3d render of a sleek, winged one-person aerospace fighter with a bulbous cockpit and several gun ports on each side.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The fighter one was cheating, because I made that model ages ago, but I'm kinda late for the 1st anyway, so here's the freighter model I finished today, a typical Balaenid-class supply ship of the Three Stars Alliance, laden with containers. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26 #3d #blender

A render of a 3d model of a long tubular vessel, with the crew module at the front and the engine's reflector dish at the rear, with rows of containers on attachment points along the central shaft that forms most of the ship's hull.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Okay, let's go! I mostly make models for use in our comic, so they're not particularly detailed or textured, but hey, it counts. So here's Massimo-38, a Three Star Alliance aerospace fighter. #spaceshiptember #SST #SST26

Massimo-38, a retrofuturistic aerospace fighter from the Crimson Stars universe.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator @owendennis.com · 31/08/2026

You guys, just be goth. You don't have to wait until Halloween every year, just accept goth into your heart and you will be saved. Amen.

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† 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖆𝖍 @morrah.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today is my birthday! The best gift for an artist is a retweet of their work!

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This one’s pops up every so often and seems to resonate with people. For what it’s worth I think I whatever little success I have is tied to the fact that I’m not chasing trends and people (hopefully) know that my creative output is authentic and what I wanna do. Don’t follow Zuck’s playbook.

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 12/08/2026

im always excited when webcomic creators make their own site, but not everyone knows what a site needs! i'd recommend adding: - about page (the comic AND you) - archive page - cast page - extras page (art, fanart etc) - links page/sidebar (where to find you elsewhere AND other comics you read)

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I just bet every new AAA game in the following years is going to have GenAI shit in it. Fortunately, I have plenty of indie and older games to entertain me until this horrible period is over or we all perish, one of the two definitely.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Yeah, I second this recommendation and also want to remind people that The Duck (www.theduckwebcomics.com) also exists. It's a nonprofit hosting and they already have an anti-AI policy in place. Personally, I'm present and somewhat active on both.

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Inbal Breda @greyannis.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Might as well post it here! A magical girl animation I've been slowly chipping at over the weekends for ages.

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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

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Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The sudden dopamine rush from making shitty fan art of your friends' characters is surprising, but not unwelcome. I'm not going to post it here, 'cause I'd die of cringe immediately afterwards, but I still wanted to share the feeling.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Oh hey, it's Bastille Day today! You know what that means! Could really use one nowadays. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYR6...

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Saw an old Hummer H2 on the street and it struck me, how small and normal it looks compared to modern American ungainly monstrosities like the F-150 and its ilk. And that car kinda used to be the epitome of the "compensating-for-something" vehicle. Modern SUVs are just straight up bullshit.

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Commissar Tarkin @commissar-tarkin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I can't properly express how glad I am to see a chronological feed of posts from people I'm following, instead of an algorithm-created mishmash of posts that I will never see again if I accidentally click Refresh.

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