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MVC @mvc.ink · 02/10/2026

[display name uses special characters and/or has a wave icon] [hand pointing down emoji] [image that proper ALT would have prevented me from seeing]

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MVC @mvc.ink · 02/10/2026

Dear "Julie" with a single post about your OF: It doesn't inspire confidence that you've followed me multiple times, especially considering each one has been a different `did` .

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MVC @mvc.ink · 02/10/2026

Heck yeah, awesome news! (And a great announcement image!)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 01/10/2026

The idea of losing something so integral to the web’s foundations hurts. I don’t have money right now but if there’s any way I can help with code/server/etc. for the site, feel free to reach out. If I’m able to, it would be no charge, of course.

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Momma Sciggles @sciggles.com · 30/09/2026

A lot of people assume FA is profitable. If that were the case we wouldn't have needed a GFM when Neer passed to keep it out of probate. It's been two years. The funds were used. FA is struggling financially. And I am 🌟s t r e s s e d🌟 I'm scared to ask for help, I feel like no matter how much-

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

As usual, I close with my refrain: Even I, a former internet troll, could do a better job than the current holder of the position. Exponentially better? Who knows. Probably not. (Also, I don't want the job.)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

I know I harp on this, but when you moderate to your own feelings and those of high profile users, you moderate detrimentally to the majority of your users. That's what is happening here. People have legitimate concerns, but get told they're being abusive. Do not offer. Or do, with contingency.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

Said automation will likely flag these posts as abuse, despite them being legitimate and well thought out criticisms. But that isn't even a good measurement anyway! A criticism doesn't need to be thought out or even civil to be taken seriously.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

A head of trust and safety's responsibility is to all of the users on their site, irrespective of how their interactions with those users go. Claiming to be proud of automating, "abuse," reactions against those users runs counter to the established purpose of the role. It's immature.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

If I worked at an investment firm and was tasked with due diligence for a potential offer to Bluesky, my recommendation to the firm managers would be to make any proposal contingent upon the removal of leaders who behave like Aaron Rodericks.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

All that said, not everyone can do this! So I hope others will extend a little dialogue grace for the authors who can’t voice test theirs.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

My process was collaborative. Friend read a chapter, noted issues, I adjusted in the moment, friend re-read. But I’m sure a full read then fix would probably work, too.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 30/09/2026

Ymmv, but if you have hearing loss, find a really good friend/partner to read your dialogue aloud - even if they aren’t writers, they’ll still catch stuff for you! I did this with my first book, and it worked well.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to see more men talking about how to and peer pressuring each other into calling out misogyny and rape culture. Going against social norms is hard, and it helps to share tips and support.

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Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That culture of accessibility drove me to turn the alt text reminder on , and kept me in habits that actually helped me walk my talk. Like not being ableist and using alt text.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 28/09/2026

I agree but this reply is to let you know I heard the noise in my head.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

I *knew* I should have posted this earlier.

Edit of the Rolling Stone article. The headline now reads, "What some folks really mean when they claim not to like big butts", with a sub-heading of, "Proclaiming you don't like big butts has a lot in common with lying." The photograph has been swapped out for Sir Mix-a-Lot in his music video, and the image has a caption of, "What do you mean you don't get sprung when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist and a round thing in your face?"

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

MAKE ART! MAKE BAD ART! BAD ART IS BETTER THAN AI ART! YOUR WORST IS STILL BETTER THAN THE SLOP!

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

You sent me down an hours-long path of various artists performing with different versions of that instrument! Love it!

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

It just occurred to me: 21 minute speech. Chloraseptic sore throat spray advertisement. Cheeky.

A black and white ad for Chloraseptic, for sore throats. There is a circle cut out of the middle, because it's actually the sleeve for a 7" vinyl record.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

Oh wow, 12 people on Discogs want that and 0 have it in their collection. Last sold never. That's an interesting piece of history right there! (Apparently the inner sleeve has an ad for Chloraseptic?!)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

Do I owe the ‘F’ or the ‘k’ ? 🤔

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

"When did you get Kate Bushed?" <-- Very good question for the chat. (I knew of Kate Bush, but Meg Myers Kate Bushed me for the same reason as Stranger Things.)

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Stop calling people who wear masks and take Covid precautions the “forever covid” crowd. We’re literally the only ones trying to eliminate the virus. It’s not gone. It’s not over. It’s still disabling. People who deny this reality are the “forever COVID” crowd.

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I long for a back-to-basics web: Markdown for text, JPEG images, no video, no Javascript or other client-side scripting, writable by a human being with a text editor. Make it as advertising/corporate hostile as possible. And above all keep it *small*. In other words, web like it's 1996 again.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

[sitting in the corner table of the high school cafeteria with my three friends, watching the other students having a fun lunch] Ugh. Those posers. I bet they (like/don't like) country music.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

Them: “You didn’t watch Insym talk about [thing I can’t remember] when he went through [other thing I don’t remember]!?!?” Me: “What is Insym?” Them: *infuriated noises* 🤷

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

With someone like that writer, instead of, “I’ve never heard of X,” I usually try to ask, “Where should I have heard about X?” The answer, so far, is other stuff I don’t know about. So yeah, no true shared cultural things?

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

I live for this moment.

Harry (George Clooney) making a face that's a combination of epiphany and fear, pointing furiously at something.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

I love it because it's kind of a shaggy dog story. But also: "I found it on the floor there. Right there on the floor there. Just lying there."

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MVC @mvc.ink · 27/09/2026

This is why I’m going after the jerks!

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MVC @mvc.ink · 26/09/2026

Is that final glyph “lugal” ? It looks very familiar.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 26/09/2026

How has nobody “Jerry.”’d this yet?

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MVC @mvc.ink · 26/09/2026

This is somehow both very pretty and extremely ominous.

A black car is tinted dark orange by a sky filled with voluminous orange and blue clouds. The combination of colors and light leaves mostly silhouettes of rushes and trees in the background. Even the light of a train platform barely emanates enough.

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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Goooooood morning, pika fans It's September, and you know what that means! That's right, we are Making Hay, we are Perching On Rocks, we are Squeaking

An American Pika carrying a branch across rocky terrain

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

Am American Pika crouched on a rock at a 3/4 view towards the camera

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika with a mouth full of dried vegetation sitting on a rock

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

An American Pika perched on a rock and calling

This is a small brown mammal that looks like an extremely cute cross between a rabbit and a mouse. It has short, round ears, large dark eyes and long whiskers.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 25/09/2026

Ooh I like that the second example got a little more accidental information than I did. (Though I'm hoping the most recent one is going to slip up and give me some similar details.)

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 25/09/2026

New #WriterBeware blog post: If you're a writer, you've probably gotten one (or more) of those AI-generated scam marketing emails or book club invites that make it seem like the sender really read your book. Here's a little peek at how it's done. writerbeware.blog/2026/09/25/h...

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How Those Personalized Generative AI Scam Emails Are Built - Writer Beware

One of the things I often hear from writers whose inboxes are crammed with incredibly personalized marketing or book club or editor impersonation emails–you know, the ones that make it seem the sender...

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DaVaun Sanders @davaun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Brent's own work continues to flourish in your fave short fiction markets and anthologies! Run don't walk to scoop up your copy of A Necessary Chaos, his debut novella from @neonhemlock.bsky.social! Support an author who has worked so tirelessly to build community for us all 🖤

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Brent C. Lambert @brentclambert.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My first story set in my home of San Diego! The inspiration for this was a Twitter post I saw from a white pagan years ago who said with all seriousness “you can’t accuse me of oppression because I was a Black slave in a past life”.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 25/09/2026

Thank you for phrasing this so perfectly, and for bringing up moderator cycling. We did that on an old video game forum and it worked well. Smaller user base, of course, but I think it scales well. Bsky caters to the bullies and the high profile users *so much.* It's frustrating.

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Spooky Witch Luna 🐈‍⬛ @luna.tgirl.zone · 17/09/2026

Bluesky's moderation is one of the worst things I've ever seen announced by a company trying to propose itself as a serious social network. The internet has been around long enough that we've seen some really good and piss poor attempts. There's a history to the internet.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 25/09/2026

Hopefully a long & spooooooky story!

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MVC @mvc.ink · 23/09/2026

Unrelated to the important message of this latest by Chuck: That eraser’s expression is killing me.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

Character expectations being flipped over. (If I do it right, I flip the reader’s expectations, too!)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

If you lived near me I would hook you up with a cigarette. (I don't smoke but I have a pack I bought.)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

Thanks! The audiologist said no more than 2 hours a day this first week, 4 hours next week, and 8 hours after that. Never more than 8. Also, due to my vertigo, I need to take a five minute walk around the house or whatever every 30 minutes I wear them for the first 3 weeks.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

I want nothing more in life than to be this VIPee.

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

These just arrived today so it’s too early to say with full confidence whether they’ll work out. But wow is it weird hearing crickets again! Also, my fridge makes a noise when it draws water to make ice?!? (The true test will be speech, this weekend, though.)

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MVC @mvc.ink · 21/09/2026

I now want to write a novella titled, "Making Love," but it's about optimal dish washer cycles and detergents. No explanation about the discrepancy. (This is not to poop on the fun of this post! Reshare with your word! I'm just a weirdo! Btw my word is, "rut," for sex.)

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