Reposted by LeSchwa Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 11hI just cannot stress this enough: If you attempt a joke that doesn’t land, or you say something unintentionally problematic or hurtful, and somebody checks you on it, there are so many ways to walk it back. Take accountability. Apologize. At minimum, stop saying more words to make it worse! 214315
Reposted by LeSchwa Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 12hOne tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men. 237059
Reposted by LeSchwa Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 131169596
Reposted by LeSchwa ₌🎴₌ 𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖎 ₌❤️🩹₌ @machitoons.newgrounds.com · 16hIf I could tell people that are still in school one thing it'd be this: If you find your life miserable rn and people keep telling you 'enjoy it, I wish I was back in school, it only gets worse', Don't fuckin listen to them. The people who say that were all privileged little shits during school. 612920
Reposted by LeSchwa Sarah ⚧ ✡︎ @sarahkorse.bsky.social · 02/10/2025This includes BIRTH CONTROL, by the way. As well as a shitload of mood stabilizers. Do NOT eat "spooky" black foods and snacks. Just don't. 2594429
Reposted by LeSchwa Alice Averlong 🏳️⚧️ @alice.averlong.com · 27/09/2026No one wants to admit it but the first step to fixing TV is going to have to be making it 4:3 again 21648147
Reposted by LeSchwa Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026That being said, I really hope this is the last lesson people'll need to to stop purchasing or at all trusting meta's or other "AI" companies' products. bsky.app/profile/wolv... 51099133
Reposted by LeSchwa The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 28/09/2026"As Microsoft’s video game division undergoes the worst wave of job cuts in its history, [Microsoft chairman and CEO] Satya Nadella praises the Xbox purge and the 3,200 layoffs."static.klipy.comRipley to Burke: Which Species is Worse?Alt: Ripley to Burke: Which Species is Worse? 941293
Reposted by LeSchwa Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment. 171467485
Reposted by LeSchwa Eniko Fox @enikofox.com · 27/09/2026i posted an epiphany i had about why i hate AI so much on fedi and i wanna post it here but it won't fit and i don't wanna cut it down to size so fuckit i'm just posting a screenshot 6652131480
Reposted by LeSchwa pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Photography by Elliot McGucken 935709886
Reposted by LeSchwa CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We have got to stop electing people who cannot manage to treat every word out of a cop’s mouth as suspect at best, likely a lie, definitely self-serving. Bonus if we can also get them to treat every word from a salesman’s lips with the same innate skepticism. Both groups lie because it’s their job. 14414
Reposted by LeSchwa Mark Medina @markmedina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You don’t want a new Halo game. You want to be 15 again. It’s the same reason Call of Duty “isn’t fun anymore”. It’s not really any different than it used to be. You’re just older now and there are a million of them. No MP FPS is gonna make you feel like a teenager again. 561670
Reposted by LeSchwa Grae Hall @graehall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Roman Officer: So it's important to thoroughly clean the crucifixes between each execution with hot water AND soap Roman Solider: Why is that sir? Roman Officer: To avoid cross contamination 210123
Reposted by LeSchwa Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby. 352358276
Reposted by LeSchwa Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is a cool video with an interesting subject matter from a creator I enjoy but it's too interesting to play in the background while I work and too long for me to actually sit down and watch so the only solution is to not watch it ever. 610118
Reposted by LeSchwa Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026People aren’t faking their disabilities, they’re faking being well. We know society hates us. We know we will be judged for using assistive devices. Many of us take years to get the courage to lean in to accommodations. Stop judging. Help us build a more inclusive world. 573285852
Reposted by LeSchwa Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 27/09/2026There once was a Toadstool named Hades Who worked as a bra for royal ladies He supported the rule Of Princess Toadstool But these days, he's pushing up Daisy's 112633
Reposted by LeSchwa Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026In my experience, a lot of smart people who dropped out of high school or whatever college they went to end up thinking they are much smarter than they are. Because one thing higher education does is shows you that there are other perspectives out there than yours. And they missed out on that. 519711
Reposted by LeSchwa 𝓛𝓲𝔃𝔃y 🌹 @lizzy3d.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Going through some of my old art. Back around 2000 or so, I tried to build Wing Zero and Epyon in TrueSpace. The models and images were created in trueSpace 2.5. The computer itself was an IBM Aptiva with a 166 mhz processor, 36MB RAM, and an ATI 3D Rage graphics card. 041
Reposted by LeSchwa 🍂satu🍂 @satzzzart.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Zeldragon🌟 [ #art #fanart #zelda ] 3475143
Reposted by LeSchwa Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 26/09/2026As a reminder: Sam Altman has been credibly accused of sexually abusing his younger sibling, who has been in and out of psychiatric programs since she was a teenager. Their parents decided her claims stopped being plausible right about the time Sam attracted VC money. 2288109
Reposted by LeSchwa Pupperpotamus @pupperpotamus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My hot take is that fandoms have always been a majority of nice people with a subset of absolutely rancid, judgemental arseholes that never got bigger, just louder, but because platforms learned that arguments drive engagement and therefore you see more ads, they tailored algorithms towards that 15426105
Reposted by LeSchwa Case @case.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The touchscreen is a tool the body cannot learn. Every swipe, every tap, every pinch requires the eye to confirm what the finger is doing. The body cannot build a map of a surface that never changes. So the learning never finishes. The tool never disappears. 2248
Reposted by LeSchwa It’s Olive Time @olivebrinker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026comic from 2019 that either aged really well or really poorly, depending on your sense of humor 626470
Reposted by LeSchwa Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A longish post which goes beyond the description of the heroic pause. This message is my takeaway 210735
Reposted by LeSchwa Sami Mark @samimarkart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A little flamboyant cuttlefish charm! 🐙 🐡 www.microbiomearts.com/product/flam... 13810
Reposted by LeSchwa shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026my steam account is old enough to buy alcohol. i signed up with a credit card. my username is a reference to a game from 1992. what do you mean age verification. my hair is going grey 242969288
Reposted by LeSchwa Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Whenever AI CEOs say anything this is all I can think about 101200407
Reposted by LeSchwa Ben @benfields.net · 24/09/2026A poorly understood problem with age bans for social media is that all the adults give up the privacy (since that's what it means to verify your age) and the kids will still be social on the Internet, because, well, they're kids and it's the Internet. 57133
Reposted by LeSchwa Weidbrewer @weidbrewer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Last of my rebases is this Valkyrie. A splash of color in this one. #BlackThorns #Mercs #Mercenaries #painting #catalystgamelabs #battletech #alphastrike #miniatures #tabletop 1545
Reposted by LeSchwa Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Castlevania (NES) 40th Anniversary is available for free on mobile (claim by October 24) iOS apps.apple.com/us/app/castl... Android play.google.com/store/apps/d... 11423183
Reposted by LeSchwa Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Please guys, help me, a decade-plus of ever-increasing rabidly-deranged bigotry has made my life difficult for some reason"static.klipy.comNo One Cares Animated TextALT: No One Cares Animated Text 139268
Reposted by LeSchwa Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 25/09/2026chronic fatigue (now ME/CFS), fibromyalgia, restless leg syndrome,, now long covid many of these predominant in women so many illnesses that could have been treated, studied, and offered people relief earlier if propaganda hadn't convinced everyone they were fake. 16580154
Reposted by LeSchwa ✨CHELLE D☯GGO✨(she/they) @chelledoggo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026✨STOP SCROLLING✨ if your feed is toxic right now, here's a butterfly to restore your health. 🦋static.klipy.comKinger The Amazing Digital CircusALT: Kinger The Amazing Digital Circus 241366325
Reposted by LeSchwa John Heaton (not the World War II veteran) @jheaton416.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Who else but 5548
Reposted by LeSchwa YAY enjoyer @arcaneclaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026trying to learn Mahjong genuinely feels like this 271757817