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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If you could repost this, that would be great. We're trying to help a friend who is feeling overwhelmed and scared. #cats #catsofbluesky #lostcat #akron #ohio

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Indie Diva 🇨🇦🧑‍🦽🕹️🏳️‍⚧️ @indiedivattv.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

#Akron OHIO Posting for close friends: Any contacts with animal rescue groups serving Ohio. A friend in Akron had her cat escape on her the night of the 14th. The cat's been with her for 2 years, indoor only, after being rescued as a pregnant young stray, now fixed and chipped. #Akron

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Did your survey. At no point did you offer me any options for what I actually WANTED to respond, which amount to, I want to be entitled to consent to whether ANY data about me is fed into any AI system, ever. Demanding a human review or compensation after damage is done is a half-assed fix.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Yep, I know, there are some downright amazing folks. But the signal-to-noise ratio is actually _worse_ than when I decided I needed to get off social media for a while. Maybe not delete, just strip it down and leave it for occasional check-ins and DMs (assuming they continue to work). 🤷

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Ugh. Pop in here to find a whole lot of accounts following me offering AI services or other paid services or obviously hoping I will follow back and Join Their Righteous Crusade of Posting Memes Against Evil. I am probably going to end up deleting this account, at this rate.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

@stoat.chat What is up with the enormous "Join the voice channel" box in the middle of the screen? It's blocking text and images, which is what I'm there for, and there's no way to get rid of it. I've stopped telling people to switch to Stoat because of it. It's a deal-breaker for my friends and I.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

No idea on the timing, I haven't been here in a while and just wanted to check something from a DM, but srsly, not exactly encouraging me to become active again.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

And no, it is not a VPN issue. It happens with it turned on (and set to Canada) and also if I turn it off entirely.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

@support.bsky.team WTF? I'm in Canada! We don't (yet) have age verification laws for social media here. My roommate isn't getting this. So why can I not reach my DMs?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Well, no idea if I'm going to bother trying to re-engage with BlueSky* at this point, but figured I'd drop a reminder anyway. * (or, for that matter, with doing The Indy Author Thing instead of just writing for fun and mental health and sharing the results for free)

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

If you want funny feel-good inclusive fantasy, and a chance to get out of the real world into a brighter one, go read this! (Full disclosure: I got to offer some encouragement and a few thoughts early on. But I only did it because I loved it so hard!)

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Hey, Bluesky! You like banning people for wishing ill on JK Rowling? I wish on her exactly what she wishes for all trans people: a future of ostracism, isolation, dehumanization, silencing, unspeakable pain, death, and being remembered only as a misstep bad for humanity. I'm non-binary, btw!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Roomie escaped Windows, had to go back for reasons, and escaped again. She's tried a bunch of Linux stuff and is an ex-senior support, ex-beta-test person... says you can msg her if you have questions she can maybe help with. @indiedivattv.bsky.social

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Ditto, but they exist and sometimes I find answers posted there when I search for specific errors. And Linux does _such_ specific errors.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Roomie informs me that there are "virtual machines" that allow you to run Windows software in basically a little sandbox. If it breaks, delete and reinstall. Used to have a system that was dual-boot until Windows started screwing with the Linux install. Do not recommend.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I'm using Linux Mint, have been for many years since Ubuntu got weird, and I am not a very techie person. Ex-support-tech roomie says I'm a "power user." There's a ton of stuff online for any questions and most distros have their own Discords and Reddits full of helpful people.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Thanks. And we're going to lose the remaining one any day now, different cause. Both seniors and we've done our best by them, but... yeah. 🫂

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I applaud the concept, but... I lived through 2005 as an adult and I was online. I wish the Internet now was more like it was then, but I still know a few people I met online in the 90s. And, um, neither mp3s nor DVDs are actually analog.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

How can a furry little carnivore fill so much of your life that it leaves an enormous aching void when the only loving thing left to do is let go?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

There is a thingie on here, I use it... lemme find it. (A hater put me on a list of "People who abuse cats" at one point, which... uh... 🤷) It has two versions, one you can use to get a DM if you're blocked OR on a list, and the other is lists only.

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Paris Vivian @parisvivian.myatproto.social · 08/08/2025

In all honesty, I suspect that many people’s sudden willingness to have LLMs think for them may in fact be a *very bad* attempt to cope with new brain fog and other cognitive issues from repeat COVID infection that most of society is sweeping under the rug. (In fact, I know a lot of people will

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Hey, @charlieangus104.bsky.social There's more to Canada than tariffs & arms. This would not protect children. It would make them grow up in a world of censorship, repression, and ignorance. It would kill the arts. And it could easily be abused to persecute LGBTQIA folks. So maybe speak up?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Hey, all you folks who keep talking about #Canada like we're the greatest humanitarian human-rights-supporting nation ever, & I mean Canadians as well. You might want to pay attention. There is nothing in this that protects kids, who get to grow up without the right to express themselves or learn.

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Conjured.Ink @conjured.ink · 02/08/2025

Itch and Steam got a bunch of us thinking; we need a catalogue where creative (esp. NSFW & Queer) works are less vulnerable to censorship. A storefront we won't be delisted from. One giving us the autonomy to sell our stuff our way. So we're making Conjured Ink. You can join us. conjured.ink

the same text as in the post is on this graphic, followed by a cartoon of a canadian witch girl flying on a hockeystick broom

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Deep history of how we got to this point, lots of sources, and what we're ultimately up against. (It won't surprise anyone paying attention.) *This is the references page to a YT vid, which is also there. www.lextorias.com/references/p...

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 24/07/2025

Everyone has a skill they can contribute, so if you want to join this effort to make a truly safe home for queer and/also nsfw content, please consider joining!

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Claudie @clh2oars.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Look, my two primary advice are: 1) Download what you bought now. Store it elsewhere than on itch 2) If you are a creator, initiate your payout now, just in case. I meant to work on a small guides about this today, lol, but the highlights are below:

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Dani Fiend 👹 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

In case anyone missed itch’s statement on this—yes it’s because of Collective Shout, who targeted the site because of ONE game that’s no longer available. Yes, itch handled this incredibly badly. Like, unbelievably so.

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 24/07/2025

I'm sorry yall but we might have to start being euphemistic in our language on the platforms themselves. I know that sucks but we still gotta eat.

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Demo Argenti @demoargenti.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Visa Headquarters: +1 (650) 432-3200 Visa Support: askvisa@visa.com Mastercard Headquarters: (914 249-2000 Mastercard Support: b2b.mastercard.com/contact-us/

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

For the record, I didn't create it, just shared it 'cause I can fill practically the whole thing.

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Newest science-based COVID news roundup from @violetblue.bsky.social! And if you can donate, even once, even a little, please do - Violet's got a very sick cat while struggling with other expenses, and losing a beloved pet while wading through all this stuff for us every day would be brutal!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Discord is its own mess but I find it easier to manage. My readership's mostly on Scribble Hub already, with occasional exceptions. And I'm getting more writing done, in hopes of making it through my to-do list someday! I think I'm limiting time on here indefinitely. 3/

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I'm not in any of the places currently on fire. I'm poor with nothing to donate, even. There is literally nothing useful I can do, and that includes making myself sick with anxiety. I mean, I have opinions about it all but so does everyone else, and mine just amount to "be kind!" 2/

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Huh. 12 days mostly off Bsky, just ducking in briefly for specific purposes. I think I'm going to continue that past the end of June. I mean, that craving for the dopamine buzz of a ♥️ or reply is there, but it's just addiction. And it doesn't outweigh the rest. 1/

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Dax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 16/06/2025

COVER REVEAL "Roots of Chaos" meets "The Locked Tomb" in this book abt saving what is precious (& lesbians). Thank you, @maybarros.com.br Preorder: dax.ink/shackles Prepare for the release by snagging earlier books in the series in the Queer Lights in the Darkness Bundle! itch.io/b/3065 🌈📚🪐🦄🧡📚

Promotional Graphic showing the back and front covers of a paperback. The back cover displays the description of the book along with a field of flowers and the wings and tail of a flying serpent. The front cover shows a woman in a flowing gown and wearing a circlet petting the nose of a large flying serpent. The text of the graphic says, “Shackles and Shards: Shattered Cover Reveal! Cover Art: May Barros. Necromancy. Shadow Magic. Ancient Secrets. Forgotten Powers. Mental Illness Rep. Disability Rep. Fantasy World with Democratic Socialism. Polyamorous Lesbians. Emotional Support Flying Serpent.”

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I really don't want to have to block your account to get off that starter pack. Could you please just remove me?

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

@authorsmiller.bsky.social Hi - could you drop me from the SP1 starter pack? Seems like all the follows these days are only accounts looking for followers they can shove their alt-text-free genAI US-political memes at. Not worth it. Thanks!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Highly recommended - I had a sneak editor-ish peek, and this is an awesome read!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

* One human & two feline supervisors need support to keep providing resources like the weekly COVID roundup, & even if you find cybersecurity overwhelming you can just scan the most recent updates. It's a more reliable source than doomscrolling! So subscribe even if it's for free! And SHARE!

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Free for 24 hours only for No Kings Day from @violetblue.bsky.social "the most essential personal and digital security advice for those attending protests, rallies, marches, or other events where there's an element of risk" Pay if you can.* Spread this around! STAY SAFE

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Difficult to put on a bulletin board, sorry, but I hope it's entertaining! Feel free to share the link anywhere you want. I'm not active on most social media. Anywhere that matters, I'm Prysmcat. I should see if I can come up with a cover, too. 🤔

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

They will probably make more sense if you've listened to the relevant episodes. If this is your thing, hope you get a smile out of it! Common Descent does October episodes in which they think about how natural processes could lead to various folklore/fantasy/mythical creatures. 2/2

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Steph Prysmcat Shangraw 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦 @prysmcat.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

A first-draft, unformatted, 450-word example of what I mean: the gremlin petition.

PETITION

We, the residents of this city, demand that the municipal government prioritize the increasing destructive behaviour of the invasive species Kappa aquaparus, commonly called gremlins.

Gremlins are not native to this region. They have no natural predators and their complex behaviours notoriously are difficult for the local wildlife to overcome. Our annual rainfall is more than high enough to create exponential growth that will, it is estimated, potentially lead to the collapse of the ecosystem within our county within three years at best.

Gremlins are strongly attracted to human settlements. They are typically not aggressive unless approached. However, they are extremely destructive. They are excellent climbers and groups of males have been observed scaling poles to break streetlights and even traffic lights. They target motion-tracking lights and porch lights. Businesses are being forced to turn off all lighting, inside and out, when they close for the night, regardless of insurance requirements, and households are adding heavy blackout curtains if they wish to be active after dark, since gremlins will break windows in an attempt to access lights.

They will steal anything that is shiny or is of a strong simple primary or secondary colour, not only children’s toys or yard decor left outside but wiring, personal electronics, purses and bags, jewellery, and in one unfortunate case, Joyce Hafner’s small dog’s rhinestone collar and metallic blue coat.

They are a threat even to pets who do not harass them, and keeping pets strictly indoors unless closely supervised is not a guarantee of safety, since gremlins have found or created access into houses and seem to prefer ones that have resident companion animals. Veterinarians believe that the gremlins do not carry any illness or parasites which can be transmitted to humans or pets, but they cannot be certain that is the case or will continue to be.

The theft and destruction combined are costing the municipality and individual residents a considerable amount both financially and in time, inconvenience, safety, and other less tangible ways.

A humane method should, of course, be preferred in eliminating this problem. We recognize that these are simply animals following their instincts and the blame rests on our previous neighbour who brought one illegally into town and then acted irresponsibly. However, the municipal government has not taken the situation seriously. The time for debate over where the funding will come from, whether inconvenient steps must be taken, and how it will make our city look on the global stage is past. Action is required immediately, and we call on our elected officials to fast-track an investigation into options and then do something definitive while we still have a town!

Please add your signature!

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