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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I might look exhausted but it’s a fun time celebrating my birthday at Disneyland!

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Sometimes you fuck up your strange so bad it confuses the enemies (this is from the enemies pov). DR strange main btw

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"mid" being coined as "bad" has lobotomized so many people

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Let’s start a new one, Lakes 2026 review of media consumed.

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soda @sodathewizard.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

stared at browt so much i had a vision

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Homyk (VocalButcher)🤘 @thevocalbutcher.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Raise Your Fists! ✊ I'm covering Green Day's "Holiday" 🎙️ And I need your help! ⚠️DEADLINE FEB. 28th 11:59 PM EST⚠️ forms.gle/FunTWUF7VCpv... I need video of folks singing along, holding signs, standing in solidarity, etc. to be used in a music video. Let's make noise!

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The Hannah anniversary made me nostalgic for the good stuff

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Eyes @eyeslikechrome.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

This is an image I did from my friend twitch.tv/SecretAgentJ... of his mascot girl Salty dressed up as Monika <3 Full image over here ko-fi.com/i/IE1E31T9PXD Slowly getting back into drawing again haha and it's been fun.🥰 #digitalart #dokidokiliteratureclub #fanart #art

A seal girl with white hair sits in a classroom staring at the viewer unnervingly with heterochromia green and blue eyes and the words "only Salty" are drawn messily over the floor, walls, and windows.

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Jameela Wahlgren 🏳️‍🌈 🎨 @jameelawahlgren.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

One more reason my soul shrivels up every time I hear someone say "I just used chatgpt to ____"

An imagine explaining that OpenAI is Trump's largest donor

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Johnathan Lemay @fankuan.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep

A corgi's head barely surfacing atop deep snow, against a backdrop of an old wooden fence

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KirbyVolt (KV) @ Skyah! @kirbyvolt.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Hello. I need some good vibes for a bit. I wish others that need good vibes can also get them too. Feel free to comment if you need good vibes sent your way. Anyone sending good vibes I ask you look to see if there's anyone else that needs them and help them too. Thank you.

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tali (sumire hanamitsu 7.5) @demoniofleurs.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I stumbled upon a thread on the FFXIV subreddit that I encourage everyone who is frustrated with the DDoS’ to read, as it goes over why this is a complicated issue with no real easy solution www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comm...

Title: Irrational Attackers and you: A (potential) explanation for why you keep getting 90k'd

Is this actually a DDOS? Or does SE just have bad servers?

There is no reason to believe it is anything other than a ddos attack

In the last few weeks FFXIV has been kicking people off NA servers with 90k errors, this is confined to NA, and even if there have been some on EU/OCE/JP, it is orders of magnitude less common. There is no logical reason to assume the server software is different in each region, and since it it possible for both JP and NA to visit OCE, that is vanishingly unlikely.

Earlier today, when world first racers were getting 90k's they tried to data center travel to Materia to raid. The 90k errors then stopped on NA, and started on OCE. Once they gave up and returned to NA, so did the 90k's.

This is as close to evidence of a ddos attack as anyone who doesnt work for square enix can get.

That also means it is provider agnostic, as NTT America does not operate in Australia.

So that's the "how", now for the "why"

In threat modeling, there are two kinds of attackers, rational, and irrational.

Rational attackers are great (well, in terms of prevention), they are easy to understand, and can even be worked with at times, they are typically limited to actual hacking/unauthorized access attacks, but a rational attacker ddos could be "im ddosing you, pay me 3 million in bitcoin and I will stop"

This isnt very likely, as typically those demands are public to put pressure on the target company, but it is possible if they just sent SE the ransom directly... but again, unlikely.

An irrational attacker is FAR more likely, this doesnt mean somebody who is completely insane and has no reason, but someone who cannot be negotiated with, they just want to break things.

If a rational attacker is a burglar breaking into your home, an irrational one is a drunk teenager trying to throw a rock through your attic window.

In this case, I think its pretty clear whats going on. It is someone (or a group) that does not care about money, with no public ransom, and enough resources to repeatedly crash isp nodes (often multiple at a time) they are burning money to bring servers down for no gain. They are also willing to risk felony cybercrime charges (which this definitely counts as).

But why is it only ffxiv?

It isnt, its just that taking down any game costs a lot of money, so its very rare, even if you are just running a server for a few friends, you could be ddosed, it would just cost them far more to kill the server than it costs you to run it.

There are obviously DDOS solutions, but they really only work for website, and the solution for something that needs server connection is an active and ongoing problem, its (part of) why so many competetive games switched to peer-to-peer hosting, if you kill the host it only affects that one game, not the entire server.

Some more recent examples of non-ffxiv games taken down by ddos

Albion online, basically unplayable for several weeks in early summer last year after a mass ban of rmt accounts
World of warcraft earlier this week, im not sure why, but blizzard publicly acknowledged the cause on the launcher
League of legends also earlier this week, actually no clue on this one either edit: they forgot to renew client license, they did get hit with one ~3 months ago though that also took down steam
None of this is confirmed, I am just a third party with no insights into SE internals, using my experience with devops and cybersecurity to put pieces together

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

It’s not that I forget Bluesky exists, I just have social media fatigue of having to keep up on which company is burning what platform. I’m too old to remember more than like 1 thing

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Lakes media/games done through 2026 thread

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Okay, this time I’ll update it and not forget about it

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Supergiant Games @supergiantgames.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

HADES II, the biggest and most critically acclaimed game we've ever created, is now 20% off on Steam through this weekend!! May moonlight guide you as you battle beyond the Underworld. 🌒🌕🌘

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Live now www.twitch.tv/lake_98 ! Time to show the demons how its done done done!

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Twitch is the world

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Dane will return at NYCC H-05 @monkeyminion.com · 01/09/2025

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

An empty booth with a sign that says “vendor removed for selling AI art #ArtBYHumans”

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I think slowly I’m becoming a Jeff main… maybe?

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 26/07/2025

This is Willie. He refuses to eat unless he receives constant words of encouragement. Enjoys the company too. 13/10 (IG: willienelson_seniorpup) #SeniorPupSaturday

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wendy @okwendy.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

So, it’s halfway through the summer and I thought I would want to do an #artshare! (SFW only please!) -Introduce yourself and your favorite art you made! -Comment on other artists’ work! -Repost for visibility -Tag your friends! -Absolutely NO AI/NFTs -No harassing/making fun out of others’ art

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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 15/07/2025

Happy shark awareness day! 🦈🫧 #sharks #art

illustration of a bunch of sharks!!!

featured are cookie, nurse, thresher, great white, goblin, mako, and whale shark

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Marlo Garnsworthy @icebird.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Good morning! Every day lately has started very foggy like this. Here are your 3 minutes of peace & calm. #OceanDevotion

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Dovi, LAC / Sephiroth1204 || Kindness and Patience @doviroth.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Not that anyone should need a reminder, but

Vivian from Paper Mario with the words "Trans Rights" displayed over her

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

I did the funny Jeff thing (mostly)

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Tonight 👀 I’m gonna go live with my friends for some pre birthday shenanigans in marvel rivals. I finally remember to tweet it out. Hopefully live around 10:30pm cst

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Alive @alivegamer.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Everyone say hello to Claire! So happy for your next step in this adventure we call life! Go say high to her! @protonjon.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/protonjon

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

My seat mate on this flight tried to guilt trip me so he could sit on his wife. What I (wanted) to say was “skill issue you didn’t book your tickets faster”

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LittleKuriboh @littlekuriboh.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The number one thing that people should take from this is that Hoyo is willing to replace striking actors If you believe they’re willing to do that, you shouldn’t have much trouble accepting that they’ll replace working actors with AI.

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

catch us live dying a lot!

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Auntie Lotus 🌼💜 @lotusenta.gay · 16/03/2025

I told my chat that if I got to 500 followers on Twitch, I would do a stream of Watch Your Plastic Duck with RPG mode on (meaning combat rubber duckies). I'm at 468 now. Would be pretty hecking neat to hit that. twitch.tv/lotusenta [ #vtuber #vsky ]

screenshot of Lotusenta's twitch follower count, showing 468 followers

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/03/2025

i honestly have never seen a political leader so thoroughly destroy their credibility so quickly and, on the other side, it is abundantly clear that if anyone can claim a genuine leadership of large parts of the democratic party, it is AOC.

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

We’re just god gamers in Fortnite @geo605.bsky.social ! Furries stay winning in Fortnite

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Proton Smash Pit @protonsmashpit.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Tomorrow is our PSP tourney 18! Have you signed up? If you haven’t sign up with the link www.start.gg/psp we will see you in the ring!

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Proton Smash Pit #18

The best place for Proton Smash Pit #18 brackets, streams, standings and schedules all in one place!

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

If you ever wanna know how horrible I am with technology, it took 2 people to teach me how to checkout a book with their machine at the library. I swear I’m 26 and not 2000

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Lake @lakelahodny.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Let’s see if I can remember to keep this up. Media/video games consumed for 2025 thread

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