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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 20/12/2025

hi, cis folks! this week, with some democrat votes, 2 anti-trans bills passed the house. one bans medicaid funds for trans youth care, the other proposes jail time for providers. they haven't passed the senate, but dems may need convincing to vote no on both. tap into the 🧵for a quick action.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

New way to discredit anyone you dislike (rich people only): Get some AI company to pollute their search with a false accusation like this. Or just fake a bunch of articles written with AI and post them on trash sites, and the rabid public, already delegating their thinking to AI, will devour it.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Member of the Epstein class says what

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.

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Lir 🦈 @sharkgay.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

i really wish people would talk about the environmental harms of ai more when explaining why it's bad

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Ren Varela @cobaltcorvus.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Remember: when linking to things like YouTube videos, etc. to remove the part of the URL that starts at "?si=" as it is a tracker. There are others, articles usually have ones that start with "utm" for instance. Let's all safeguard what we can of our data privacy, especially now.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Got a haircut some dickbag with a connection to the local government doesn't approve of? Now you're breaking the law.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

The Salvation Army is not a charity. They are an evangelical church that uses donated money to actively oppress gay rights. They've been especially cruel to trans people.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

5 meters is an incredible amount of sea level rise. Most beaches you know of would be flooded.

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Lewis Packwood @lewispackwood.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I wrote this huge, 3,000-word or so deep dive into the state of game actors’ contracts in the UK, which is a hot mess of exploitation, AI clauses and chaotic rate calculations. And no one read it. But you really, REALLY should. www.gamesindustry.biz/contracts-fo...

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Contracts for game actors are a nightmare in the UK

SAG-AFTRA's strike might have sorted things out in the US – but UK contract negotiations are still a mess of exploitation, AI clauses, and non-standard rates

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

IQ tests tend to measure a set of "skills" that your brain may be naturally good at. I tested extremely high on pattern recognition, very high on one other metric, and slightly above average on everything else. When I was 6. Didn't graduate from college though, which tells you how much that means.

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Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Experimentation, risk-taking, invention, whatever you call it, is everything. And when entities of outsized power, whatever the form, begin to impede that process, it is every single layer of this industry that suffers. bit.ly/4rw43oW

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There's a pretty great Tumblr post about this:

A Tumblr post from user "nitewrighter," March 26.

Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now?

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.

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REVY @catgirlfingies.quest · 23/12/2023

Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato

Photo of Revy Photoshopped onto a transgender flag
She's pointing back and looking shocked

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 22/11/2025

There is no congruent way to look at generative AI and think “this is the future.” The most well known fact about it is that it messes up all the time, the next being that it loses lots of money.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Well folks, looks like Crunchyroll is insistent on going down the drain. Anyone that's got a subscription, might be time to cancel it because their content quality is only going to get worse from here.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 31/10/2025

Reminder: Here's what Nigel Farage tried to take away from you this week...

SOME OF THE THINGS THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES US
Protection from torture
Right to a fair trial Right to privacy & family life
Freedom of expression
Freedom of religion & belief
Freedom of assembly
Protection from discrimination
Right to free & fair elections
Accountability for the state
Prohibition of slavery & forced labour
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Partv, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I hate TikTok as a platform, but this guy is doing some seriously good work spreading critical information about the way AI tools are being abused to mess with your mind. www.tiktok.com/@showtoolsai

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Jeremy Carrasco's Creator Profile

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

This is basically the same nonsense they did in the UK. It does nothing but make government surveillance AND brainwashing of children easier. No matter what political opinions you have, the government having full say over what media your children consume is not a good thing.

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alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass. It NEEDS mass pushback.

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 25/10/2025

If you are in Ontario please be aware of this. Please sign this. Please keep an eye on this This is so so so awful. Rent is already crazy unaffordable WITH controls, and we've already lost a bunch of them

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

This is the sort of footage you see in third world countries with competing juntas, or in places that druglords are actively fighting over or shit like that. Nope, that's just the US now, and they're getting paid more per person in 2025 than I've made in my whole life so far to be militant goons.

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Leila Belkora PhD, astrophysics @leilabelkora.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Good explanation here of why even some carmakers and oil and gas businesses are opposed to EPA potentially removing the finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health. 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/c...

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An E.P.A. Plan to Kill a Major Climate Rule Is Worrying Business Leaders

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Excellent rule for life in general, really. Cops are literally trained to manipulate information out of you. And for all the chatter I see about their nefarious, underhanded methods for this, the truth is, most don't need to bother, because a lot of you volunteer that shit willingly.

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Na Moore 🏳️‍⚧️ @moorehorror.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

It makes me so mad that these huge corporations won’t take any risk on anything other than ways to get rid of human workers.

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boltless @boltless.me · 25/10/2025

when will we have #atproto version of Notion? seems like it is one of the best place where lexicons can shine. Notion sucks as we can't own our data. Markdown isn't proper replacement for Notion. (no unified syntax) Local first note apps can't be used as a collaboration tool.

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From the Notion community on Reddit: NOTION WILL BAN YOUR ACCOUNT FOR NO REASON AND KEEP YOUR DATA

Explore this post and more from the Notion community

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CartoonRecruit.com @cartoonrecruit.com · 23/10/2025

Are you ready, recruits? A Productions is currently searching for an Environment Designer working #Remote (Local) in #Bristol. Interested? Visit the direct link below. Looking for more opportunities? Bookmark cartoonrecruit.com for an ad-free animation job directory.

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Environment Designer - A Productions Ltd

We are looking for an experienced environment designer

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Oh I recognize this trope, this is the one where a dumbfuck executive tries to monetize other people's volunteer labor, while vastly overestimating what people would be willing to pay for it (nothing), driving the company they bought off a cliff! It's a sub variant of enshitification. Classic!

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

You know, when I heard of EA being sold to some investment company, I believed it to be dead. I was not aware it could be even deader. I suppose generative AI is useful to create new iterations of FIFA, where they really don't need any new content, just iterations of old stuff.

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Celine @celineloup.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

oh hell yes---i bought audiobooks through Audible that i now no longer have access to even though i still have the app installed

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 21/10/2025

This! Even when they’re a real person, if they’ve already taken the low road with hate and provocation, then their entire online existence depends on you getting upset and responding. If you’re easily offended, you’re easily manipulated.

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🔞Good Girl Elliotte🔞 @elliotte-draws.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

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Becky & Frank @beckyandfrank.com · 21/10/2025

If you ever wondered why there aren’t many cartoons anymore this is it.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

... So, just ended up with a restarted browser, and now Youtube has yet ANOTHER UI update. And of course it's somehow worse again. Even with my Yt improvement extension... The UI enshitification and the overflow of AI trash channels on YT are keeping me from YT premium instead of spotify (1/2)

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Looks like the scammers who were going this all on various Mastodon servers a month or two ago have found a new target: Bsky.

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

LAPD and other local cops using flash bangs and horses against peaceful protesters without provocation in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, not even half a mile from City Hall. (deleted older version of this as I typed block instead of mile, sorry)

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Void🔞 | VGen @voiddebris.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

TELL bsky you have an issue with this! 1) KEEP talking about it - don't let this issue fade away 2) Submit feedback to bsky! TELL them its not okay! On PC: on the right under "trending" On mobile: on the left under "settings" 2/🧵

Screenshot showing the "feedback" button for bsky under the "trending" section.

Screenshot showing the "feedback" button for bsky under the "settings" section.

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Sarah IS LOOKING FOR WORK!!! @killianfantasy.blacksky.app · 08/10/2025

For the morning crowd: I'm one of the federal workers affected by the shutdown. I'm the sole earner of my family rn and have no idea when I'll get paid again.

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Same goes for games, too!

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doctor eek (alt decorative ghost season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

i looked at the methodology for this and it is a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and b. p-hacked

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2025

I just got a VERY interesting email that allies in congress were upset that so many of my readers were calling about the anti-trans provisions. I'm here to say: good. I won't let them throw our rights under the bus by cover of night. All's that to say, keep up the calls. They're hearing you.

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

... You know, when I last played Bioshock Infinite, I knew it was a very blatant message. I did not expect to be seeing it play out in real life in every way except for the interdimensional portals and floating city. That shit was meant to be set in an alternate past, dammit.

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Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Another reason to add alt-text to your posts:- It's used by Bluesky's search system, in addition to the main text of your post.

A Bluesky search with the words "Silent Hill f". It shows my post which doesn't have "Silent Hill f" in the main text, but does include it in the alt text. Basically this means that any alt-text is also used in searches

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Ivain @ivainir.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I'd not be surprised if this was behind the whole 'anti-trans' shit in the first place. 95% of the hate seemed to be aimed specifically at M-F transitions instead of the opposite, and the end result is that it's women who now 'have to prove' that they're actually women.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 18/09/2025

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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