Reposted by KraayNYTimes: affirmative action for mediocre editors angry at MeToo @originalist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026"Facebook detected when teen girls deleted selfies so it could serve them beauty ads" Instagram/Facebook/Meta employees of suicides and mental illness caused by their radicalizing algorithms: "This is the business, Sarah. We’re proud of this" Whistleblower of Zuckerberg hunting vulnerable youth:futurism.comFacebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty AdsA recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences. 116060
Reposted by Kraaykat excellence ✨ @katexcellence.io · 31/08/2026this was difficult to read, but it's important to know people are currently in prison for 50+ years for attending a protest + one wasn't even at the protest, but got sentenced for 30 years for "concealing" anarchist zinesmotherjones.comHow anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa“We are not terrorists.” 14859539
Reposted by KraayGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026We had to put up with years of "git gud" and "learn to code" from gamers and programmers but somehow "git gud" is not an acceptable response when sloppers insist that they can't possibly create art for their game without AI 14562113
Reposted by Kraay🌿 DeathbyPixelz 🐅🌿 @deathbypixelz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I've been living paycheck-to-paycheck for the last few months and I'm still in a bit of a precarious and stressful spot :,) The 15% off sale is still valid. I also have a new YCH I encourage you to check out.ko-fi.comYCH Shadowmeld iconCommission available on Ko-fi.com 159
Reposted by KraayDavid J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 30/08/2026One of the less acknowledged casualties of the Thirty Minute Description-Masquerading-As-Analysis Video Industrial Complex is that folks who get their media interpretation primarily from those videos seem to end up struggling with the idea that sometimes artists do things on purpose. 428056
Reposted by KraayAlex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is brilliant. Also, if you’re too shy to do ad reads, playing any very recognisable big-label pop music (Taylor, Billie Eilish, Beatles, etc) loudly in the vicinity will make the harasser’s video essentially unpostable 2352179
Reposted by KraayAdam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 29/08/2026#011 Metapod (1/151) Starting my dream project to create a sketchbook filled with art of the first 151 Pokémon 💚 #art #pokemonart #pokemon #vexnirartpokedex 131334358
Reposted by KraaySuzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 30/08/2026i take this out every time someone tries to use the word weird like it's the same as being a literal criminal 11566329
Reposted by KraayHoundsaint🔜 MFF @houndsaint.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I know there’s a lot going on but I really feel like we should have nailed down the complex technology of “peanut butter seal that doesn’t make you wish for death” like a long time ago 2146445
Reposted by KraayAntonio J @antoniodjones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Well, if we are going to be honest about Name a character that deserved better. Zul'jan. 17425
Reposted by KraayKathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026His charges, btw, were for things like “hacking and emptying ordinary people’s bank accounts,” not “tee hee uwu stealing an ad.” Blows my mind how folks online are willing to run PR for cybercriminals. 622526
Reposted by KraayBison Boi @roaminbison.bsky.social · 30/06/2026This guy is a huge POS and one of the reasons I'm buying a gd sticker printer and offering competitive pricing ASAP to the community that far undercuts Stickermule's pricing. Hit 'em where it hurts and let 'em know it was a trans person who did it to 'em ;) 🏳️⚧️ 310941
Reposted by Kraay🌺🥭🍉 Raf 🍋🍇🌿 @frutavel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Oh but how could I forget, we're going to half-ass important plot beats for 2 expansions straight but when we DO saddle up to make A Bold Statement, it's going to be so we can invalidate the Amani and aaaall the pre-established lore about them. Because fuck you 183
Reposted by Kraay🌺🥭🍉 Raf 🍋🍇🌿 @frutavel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026It's almost like the lesson they took away from SL's reception was "telling a story with lingering consequences was bad" and not "completely changing pre-stabilished truths in a game with over two decades worth of lore in favor of completely new bullshit that makes no sense was bad" 0125
Reposted by Kraay🌺🥭🍉 Raf 🍋🍇🌿 @frutavel.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I'm going to sound like a conspiracy theorist but I think since Shadowlands was received so poorly the writers have been afraid of making hard statements, from big lore things to minor gameplay aspects. I noticed it when they gave us the Murozond fake out back during DF and it still persists 5299
Reposted by Kraayvirgil (school hiatus) 🔮💫 @vigilnaut.bsky.social · 29/08/2026daily reminder ✨ 074533635
Reposted by KraayDane will return at NYCC H-05 @monkeyminion.com · 29/08/2026DO NOT APPLY TO OR ATTEND THIS SHOW. I don't care if it's in your backyard. You can bet that every convention runner is watching this and the bad ones are salivating at this idea of $150 application fees, plus jacked up booth rates. If it works for this show, they WILL try it at theirs. 7802679
Reposted by KraayMara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I had this conversation with a young man a few weeks ago. I told him that a lot of straight men don’t like women. They fall in love with them, they like having sex with them, but do they LIKE them? Not at all. They hate everything feminine. They see it as weak and silly. 412574322
Reposted by KraayAlex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026A Roseate Spoonbill bringing it in for a hug. #Coastal&River #BirdOfTheDay #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #pink 23820180
Reposted by KraayAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026For reference: When I had my background check it was held up because I had a speeding ticket from when I went home sophomore year in college that I forgot to put on my SF-86. I got grilled about why I didn’t disclose it (they eventually believed it was mistake). The FBI as we knew it is gone. 1343213987
Reposted by KraayFelipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I mention Jon Oliver because he made multiple episodes about Brazil, supporting the corruption claims that led to Lula's arrest and a right-wing coup in 2016 The coup government gave away our oil & resources to US companies Dilma & Lula were proven innocent Jon never once mentioned how wrong he was 521635
Reposted by KraayFelipe Pepe @felipepepe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This is why self-determination is absolutely vital. And it's why I despise Americans who watch something on Fox News, Jon Oliver or TikTok and start talking about "helping those people". That's exceptionalism brain rot - you're not the "world police", you're an invader, a pillager, a colonizer. 4533122
Reposted by KraayMezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I feel like placing bets on the weather just fully drops the whole “knowledge generation” facade they’ve been running with? What aggregate expertise are you possibly sampling? You’re letting people put down money on a random number generator. 13412
Reposted by Kraay生田目和剛(Nabatame Kazutaka) @nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social · 29/08/2026"Twin Turtles Underwater" (2022) 0475108
Reposted by KraayAnthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026See Them Boys - SOLD. Preorder prints available. Timed edition, available until September 16th (I’ll be out of town until the 17th) 16x22” print, signed, numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Inspired by @dukethecowboy.bsky.social and @bootedshortking.bsky.social 628747
Reposted by Kraay🌺 Floverale-Hellewen @floverale.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Following a dragon through an echoing canyon ❤️💛 11/15 #art #smaugust #dragon #easterndragon 4466130
Reposted by KraayBailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The year is 2027, you are having a medical emergency in an ice cold, bug infested concentration camp. You haven’t eaten safe food in weeks. You are monitored by robotic dogs who do not report your medical emergency but record you having it while private contractors watch from an office 6268110
Reposted by KraayRH Photography @rhphotography1974.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Icarusblauwtje op Landgoed Schothorst in Amersfoort. Fijne vrijdag, mede-Bluesky'ers. #butterfly #butterflies #photo #nature #natuur #holland #photography #animal #dutch #sonya7III #sony #bokeh #vlinders #bluesky #vlinder #Polyommatusicarus #amersfoort 720912
Reposted by KraaySapling 🌱 @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It also opens the door to actual traffickers or possessors of CSAM to claim everything is AI generated when they actually had a child in their basement they exploited for a year. It encourages killing child victims, so recognition to a real child can’t be matched in court. 580197
Reposted by KraayTrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The bigger issue is that this gives people the ability to launder real csam. Real csam ran through AI almost instantly becomes legal. 15651301
Reposted by KraayOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is set up for laughs, but it’s actually one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen of how being capable of producing convincing sounding language and understanding meaning are two completely different things. A chatbot does not understand you, it just has automated responses based on your words. 4939721480
Reposted by Kraayjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026like this is fucking insanity. this wouldn't be allowed for anything else. what the fuck are we doing 1365116
Kraay @coolkraay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026One benefit of being in the capital is all of the fun niche food places. Little shop of gnocchi and chicche, falafel kiosk, Thai sweets and deserts 000
Reposted by KraayEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 27/08/2026this is quite literally the exact opposite of the legal argument that the platforms themselves have used to argue that they are not, in fact, illegal gambling apps which, damn, kinda puts the platforms in a no-win scenario here, huh? 416246
Reposted by Kraaycolumbologist @columbologist.bsky.social · 27/08/202691.8% of players, having waited nearly 20 years for MGS4 to be playable on anything other than PS3, booted the game and immediately made a beeline for a statue's dick 4278682457
Reposted by KraaySixo | Transformers @sixotf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Let's be real here: "Be strong enough to be gentle" is an all-timer of a mantra that many more people should take heed of 152717966
Reposted by KraayTim Hofman @debroervanroos.bsky.social · 27/08/2026we hebben het Overton-venster weer zien verschuiven deze week. dat is het grote gevaar van instituten als Ongehoord Nederland; de Hitler's van deze wereld normaliseren - hetzelfde als wat een FvD doet met nazi's in haar gelederen. 917341
Reposted by KraayDanielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think another lesson to take from the loss of both Dolly and Tim Curry is that neither of them took themselves seriously but they took the work dead serious that's the most important thing pour all of yourself into the craft but have fun and don't get an ego. 37108312305
Reposted by KraayLittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Company that union busts and fires its employees and then justifies it by spreading rumors they were leaking stuff are now insisting you have to sympathize with them because it’s heartbreaking what these leakers are doing to their employees. 4449761842
Reposted by KraayBen Abraham @afterclimate.com.au · 27/08/2026A not-insubstantial part of why the games industry has *remained* in crisis mode since ~2023 is that all the investment has been siphoned off into chips and data centers that have almost zero chance of making back their money. But that doesn't matter, since someone still gets paid. 29433
Reposted by KraayJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313058383
Reposted by KraayDorian Dawes @doriandawes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026one thing that trips up a lot of writers is being very movie brained and thinking they have to describe every single thing and you really don't. choose the most interesting stuff man. if its boring to you it'll be boring to read. describe the shit you think is neat and worth talking about. 39424
Reposted by KraaySam @sambeawesome.bsky.social · 27/08/2026When the CEO got into crypto/NFTs and breached privacy policy because his feelings got hurt, this comes to no surprise. Reminder to send your complaints to the platform, not the people using it. Not everyone can migrate so easily/quickly to other platform options (many of which also use AI). 113482
Reposted by KraayLiving in a neoliberal dystopian hellscape @breakify.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Currently, every potential Dolly Parton and Tim Curry is being told that they should go to trade school, or only focus on STEM because otherwise they’ll have no job and die poor. They’re seeing their peers deal with long term unemployment and homelessness, while society screams that it’s their fault 2765263
Reposted by KraayWeyland - ttv/weyland_here @weyland.live · 26/08/2026FYI the HUGE number of AI slop at GamesCom's opening night live is not a sign that the industry has normalized AI. It's a ploy to make you believe that. These games are all by the same 3 or 4 publishers. This is a concerted effort to make consumers accept AI. 1444312001
