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Completely agree. The open nature of BlueSky and AT means we can have reddit-style communities, but through custom interfaces, and a much more natural system can emerge through its usage and continued community development.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 6h

This creates absolute minefields for anyone who is a member of an underrepresented group: racism, sexism, and bigotry that you never even know about can absolutely tank your career. All it takes is for an influential senior person to say "I don't think they're very good" or "they're not serious."

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 6h

One of the most harrowing things about academia, when you're a grad student, is how vulnerable you are to how you're perceived by more senior researchers. Your career advancement depends on confidential letters of reference & private discussions amongst faculty. You have no information or control.

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PraiseTheSun🌅 @praisethe-sun.bsky.social · 2h

The men who aren't all men are effectively just a rounding error.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 2h

What good is a VR headset being high quality if the software and ecosystem surrounding it doesn't enable customization and innovation?

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 3h

I love how our infrastructure, economy, and social programs are collapsing in front of our eyes to the hands of literal villains and, like, what do we do besides vote and revolt?

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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 4h

remember: it saved no net money, social services US citizens are getting cut, and left the US in a weaker place geopolitically. none of the debates about fiscal responsibility, obligation to US citizens first, or 'hard choices' actually apply. they're all bullshit. killed people for nothing at all.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 3h

I've worked on some low poly stuff and love sculpting. Very excited about this and would love to be a tester. My website in my bio has more info.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 3h

I really want a pet but I can't financially justify the cost of vets. I wouldn't want to own anything I can't properly take care of. :(

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 3h

We need to return to our roots. We need LoT (LAN of Things), not IoT.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 4h

i am live on the funny website, again www.twitch.tv/darkswordsma...

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 5h

Kinda wild that X's response to Discord's age assurance stuff was to make swaths of gore of Wumpus. Wumpus didn't do anything wrong. Blame Discord + the world governments.

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Stroobie ❖ @stroobie.com · 6h

Who has the VRChat user ID or profile link for Nuphory. I want to make sure she cant be at any of my events. Thanks.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 5h

Being able to create my own local labels would be nice :) There's no need for a feed generator when I can just do filtering locally on my device, either by word filtering or adding users to lists This would allow me to keep in touch with my own interests and smaller communities better

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

Who needs baking when you can skip the process entirely??? This is so cool!!!

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Coffee + Fox @foxpresso.bsky.social · 8h

I also apparently walked past an official live stream

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

Cases like this at universities should pretty much never be public information until they are actually resolved privately. This isn't to say journalism should be restricted. It's to say that the system should be bulletproof enough so journalists can't even hear whisperings.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

And it's precisely because of that why I think cases like this need to be handled with the seriousness and respect they deserve. They should be legitimate investigations no matter what, but they should be handled very privately through a legitimate legal process.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

My friend was accused and the accuser was lying. My friend is one of the nicest people on the planet and this person was accusing him of things because she had significant mental health issues that she projected on to others and never seeked help for.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

I had a friend who was falsely accused of sexual assault. I was around for many interactions literally including sleeping in the same room because that's how these universities work by cramming people into small spaces to make as much money as possible.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

It's handling some of the most sensitive cases, but because of the way it works, something that is allegedly a legitimate crime that typically would face prison time, can simply be casually turned into a witch hunt.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 7h

Also, to clarify on the Title IX stuff: I think Title IX should be bolstered to be a legitimate legal process. The way that system works is too loose and it puts too much trust in the authority at each University. It's not a proper legal process.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 8h

By trying to reveal the identity of the victim, regardless of whether or not they are lying, you are encouraging a culture where legitimate cases are discouraged from happening and you are encouraging rape culture. These cases should be completely private and handled appropriately.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 8h

Victims need to have a safe way to report and have trust in a system to protect them. Because the moment this doesn't happen, which is what often happens, victims don't feel safe doing the basic steps that would ensure they get justice.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 8h

When you encourage victims' information being shared, it discourages legitimate victims from actually coming forward. I say this as someone who thinks Title IX is unfair and university police existing is a joke/should be illegal, due to a friend being falsely accused.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 8h

Because the goal of cases like this should be to further restrict public information. Honestly, defendants shouldn't have their names posted either, and everything should be handled privately through the court. Anything else would discourage victims from getting justice.

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🔞🏳️‍⚧️::515::🏳️‍⚧️🔞 ( weekly goal $5/ $500) @515art.bsky.social · 14h

"AI music is very good now and..." Yeah cool, here's a mashup of Justin Timberlakes Sexyback and Slipknots Psychosocial, made by some fucking dude on the internet who uploaded it on 9/11 in 2019. youtu.be/o-vHiR-GCzs?...

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Slipknot - Psychosocial But It's Sexyback by Justin Timberlake

YouTube video by William Maranci Mashups

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 15h

Why would you trust an OS that actively makes it harder to adjust features on your system?

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 16h

skill level, capability, and where I could improve in providing services. Granted, this turned into *not* doing any commissions anymore for the most part, that's still a me problem and it's good I had that feedback.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 16h

In my case. I have done some commission work before and I always gave a time frame. If I ran over, I would update them and ask them what they want. If I ever felt like I couldn't finish the work, I would offer refunds. I think this should be the default. It forces me to evaluate my actual--

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 16h

I think that even if the artist is in a tight financial situation or whatever, if they are selling a service to you, you should have some expected time frame for the result of the services rendered. We should stop reinforcing a culture where we don't establish time frames because it feels rude.

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Holly the Hopeful Bloom @charrsweb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"It is not against TOS to engage in rhetoric about sending trans people to concentration camps on our platform as long as you aren't being incendiary and aggressive about it" is a statement only a ghoulishly disaffected person could make

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dj vulcan barbie @spacedaddy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

hey aaron why do u not give a shit when will stancil sends a million people to harass women :) is that not toxic

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Bullwark @bullwark.bsky.social · 17h

Aaron up in the mild of the night blocking people who interacted with him weeks ago when he explained why it was good and fine that trans people were threatened with camps

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JCorvinus @jcorvinus.bsky.social · 19h

I was homeless for 2 years immediately after high school and then spent a decade scraping by in food service jobs, ebay computer parts flipping and dirt cheap gamedev classifieds gigs until I got my first $10k contract that bootstrapped me into a VR career. I didn't have time or money for a degree

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 19h

"mom! look at my trophies! this bluesky post got SO many likes!" "good job honey that's great! 😅"

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 19h

Once we have universal healthcare, guaranteed annual leave, robust consumer protections, and various other things that help us socially, I don't think anyone is allowed to call anyone in the US "far left". Stop assigning labels to people that way. The only labels are oppressors and the oppressed.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20h

And holy fuck, combined with this video, I forget literally every day how debilitating and soul-crushing ADHD is. It's almost like we'd have superpowers if we could get medicated properly. :) youtu.be/AhqB_Xr7qw4

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Using Ethan’s heightened ADHD to raise awareness

YouTube video by BEM edits

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20h

The fourth wall breaks by Jax are a way to make the viewer feel the same way that Jax does, since that is what it feels like between masks. That boundary of reality and how your mind slips between dissociation and association. Shit, it took my like 10 rewatches to get that.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20h

I think there is a path forward, but it requires serious ethical and legal evaluation. I do think these things need to be regulated, and we shouldn't wait until catastrophe happens. This technology is insanely powerful, and I really don't think we are ready for its effects.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20h

But at the same time, it's really Pandora's box. They're terrifying, especially psychologically, in ways we could have never imagined. They are capable of functional reasoning and *feeling* authentic, but it's difficult to tell if it's actually doing that or just parroting patterns back at us.

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dark @darkswordsman.com · 20h

I've been doing this all because I do believe there is value to these things, despite their origins. I think the value of all human information (with consent) to build these systems is valuable, because it *can* enable us to do so much more.

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