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Ward Yke

@war-dyke.bsky.social
1.2K followers 499 following 12.9K posts

Ger/Eng/日本語. Dyke of great renown. Mid 30s at this point. Increasingly magnetic. Allegedly does Hollow Knight speedruns. Severely Autistic™. Friend of Mara.

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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The worst part about this is that it isn't in the regular moderation settings, so you need to go into your moderation settings, scroll past *everything* in there, and then proceed to the Bluesky Moderation Service page from there. Once you do, you can find the setting there, for whatever reason
A screenshot of the bottom section of the moderation settings, showing "Bluesky Moderation Service" under the "Advanced" subheading.A screenshot of the "Sexually Suggestive (Cartoon)" content filter setting available only through the Bluesky Moderation Service page.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Uhhh ...
A screenshot of a notification saying that Chiitan liked the above post
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Gender-affirming test results (doubly so, even)
Results for a "test" asking "what paranormal creature are you most like?". The first hit is "angel" at 86%, followed closely by "classic vampire" at 84%. The other results are significantly lower than these. It also gives the following description for the top result:
"You're not necessarily a 'heavenly angel, but if you prefer to think that, you can. You are incredibly kind, and some have probably said that your kindness will kill you. You help as many people as you can and are often stressed and upset because you can't help everyone. You have deep empathy for others and are always worried about your friends' and family's well-being."
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
With added alt text:
A Reddit post on r/WorkReform by user Dutch_Reality_Check, tagged as a "Success Story".
Title: My American manager tried to write me up for "lack of commitment" because I leave at 5:00 PM sharp. I work in the Netherlands.
Text: I work for the Dutch branch of a large US tech company. We recently got a new middle-manager based in New York. He seemed like a nice guy at first, but it turns out he is totally obsessed with "hustle culture."

Last week, we had a 1-on-1 meeting where he told me he was "concerned" about my dedication to the team. He listed his grievances quite clearly. He didn't like that my Slack status goes offline at 5:01 PM every single day. He was annoyed that I didn't reply to an email he sent on Saturday morning until Monday at 9:00 AM. And he was especially frustrated that I refused to join a "team bonding" Zoom call that was scheduled for 7 PM my time, which is 1 PM his time.

He gave me the usual speech about how "in this company, we go the extra mile" and that if I want to grow, I need to be more available.

I had to give him a bit of a reality check. I looked him in the eye over Zoom and told him that in the Netherlands, if you can't finish your work by 5 PM, it doesn't mean you are dedicated. It means you are inefficient or understaffed. I told him I am neither.

I also reminded him that contacting me outside of working hours for non-emergencies is actually frowned upon here, and that my contract is for 40 hours, not "40 hours plus nights and weekends."

He tried to threaten me with a Performance Improvement Plan. I immediately forwarded the email to our local Dutch HR representative. She literally laughed when she read it and told me to ignore him. She said she would have a "chat" with him about local labor laws.

Since then, he hasn't sent a single email after 5 PM. I honestly feel bad for you guys in the US. The fact that you have to apologize for having a life outside of work is insane to us.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Metallica rebrand
A banner in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign banners reading "...And Justice for All"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
A banner in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign banners reading "a for ementioned"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
I have finally gone and found myself the link to the Mamdani banner creator tool
A banner in the style of Zohran Mamdani's campaign banners reading "and for what"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
TROBBIO!
Trobbio from Hollow Knight: Silksong
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Repost for alt text
A photo of part of a book page, reading:
"52. You are not compelled to form any opinion about this matter before you, nor to disturb your peace of mind at all. Things in themselves have no power to extort a verdict from you."
Extra text has been added onto the otherwise empty bottom of the page, reading:
"Marcus Aurelius has already released you from the obligation to have a take"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Reposted for alt text
Headline reading: "'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'"
The article is written by Andy Edser, and the opening line sarcastically states "I'm not entirely sure this helps."
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is what my Winamp looks like at this exact moment in time and I genuinely want this kinda look back. Gimme buttony buttons, slidery sliders, and all that kinda shit. I do like visual clarity with minimal clutter and high information density, but not at the expense of intuitive user experience!
A screenshot of Winamp's "modern" skin, with clear buttons for play, pause, stop, skip forwards and backwards, a volume slider with an actual, physical slider appearance, and a playlist window attached showing songs clearly listed with number in the current playlist, artist, title, and playtime. At the bottom of the playlist window there are several more buttons with a clear button aesthetic for various playlist management functions.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A mock screenshot of a (satirical, fake) tweet by Hirohito (@RealHirohito):
We have completed our very successful attack on Hawaii. All planes are now outside of America air space. A full payload of BOMBS was dropped on theprimary site, Pearl Harbor. All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our great Japanese Warriors. There is not another military in the World that could have done this. NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter
Posted at 12 PM, 7th December 1941 via Twitter for Android
1 million retweets, 2 million likes
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
An out-of-context screencap from PragerU with text reading "Socialism is a drug. And like a drug, it feels great." and an illustration of an arm injecting heroin underneath
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Text reading "Never tell me to relax. First of all it's patronizing and second of all I don't know how to do that"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A photo of Alex Jones with fangs edited in and subtitles reading "The Camarilla don't want you to know this but the humans at the park are free you can drain them dry. I have 458 Masquerade violations."
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
So, uh
A following notification from another Lily with a very similar, albeit slightly different PFP, presumably a different photo stolen from the same model
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Word art in the style of the Dark Souls 1 "Victory Achieved" text, reading "Luck Wished"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Alright, let's do this. (Also this must've been made by a foreign language speaker because it's "colour" but also "favorite" and "store", which I find entertaining)
GET TO KNOW ME
1 LIKE = 1 ANSWER
1. nickname
2. height
3. eye colour
4. hair colour
5. any siblings?
6. do you drink?
7. irl crush
8. relationship status
9. sexuality
10. obsession
11. favorite store
12. phobia
13. cats or dogs
14. girl croomf
15. boy croomf
16. ideal date
17. scars 
18. bestfriends
19. last time you cried
20. do you give second chances
21. favorite animal
22. pet's name
23. favorite color
24. favorite flower
25. most important person
26. jealous type?
27. biggest wish
28. biggest fear
29. favorite band
30. favorite song rn
31. last person you texted
32. tattoos and piercings
33. favorite dessert
34. what you love about yourself
35. what you hate about yourself
36. someone you miss
37. where would you like to live
38. your lucky number/s
39. places you'd like to visit
40. day or night
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Made a trans pride scheme now that the Space Marine 2 devs gave us the option, applied to Scipius here because he's the guy who can go stealth if he needs to (please laugh). The Emperor protects! (Also anyone who can figure out if this is transfem or transmasc gets an imaginary internet point.)
A screenshot from Space Marine 2, showing an Armour design for the Sniper class using the trans pride flag colour scheme, showing it from a front-left angle. It uses a cross-wise pattern where every part that's coloured pink on one side is blue on the other and vice versa. Further decorative parts are coloured white. The breastplate is split into blue on the right and pink on the left, with the gauntlets aligning with it. The pauldrons and greaves are coloured the other way around, with blue on the left and pink on the right. The pauldrons further feature a circled raised fist on a white background for an emblem, in the opposing colour to the pauldrons' respective base colours. The helmet is the only exception from this colour scheme, being all-white save for the Chapter insignia on the forehead and the eye lenses, both of which are coloured pink.A second screenshot showcasing the same design from a front-right angle.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Alright, long overdue, but here's my favorite selfie I've taken so far. It came out way too well to never see the light of day so now all of you have to suffer my underdeveloped chest lmao
A selfie of me sitting by the window. I'm lightly smiling at the camera. I'm topless, with first breast development being  visible. My hair is buzzed short on the camera-facing side with the rest brushed to the other side and out of sight. I have two rings for helix piercings towards the top of my left ear and two studs through the ear lobe.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A snapshot from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power showing a portrait shot of Mermista, overlayed with text saying "Some of you can't be saved by touching grass"
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Say, I set my languages on here to German, English, and Japanese. Why do the language selection things also list Portuguese? There's zero reason for the site to assume any link between me and the Portuguese language, yet this is what my post language selection looks like
Screenshot of the "post language" setting showing English, German, Japanese, and Portuguese as immediately available options, followed by "other..."
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source
A screenshot from StarCraft 2, showing a TV screen playing a news broadcast by UNN. On the left there's news anchor Donnie Vermillion, with an external camera feed on the right showing on-site reporter Kate Lockwell.
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Ward Yke @war-dyke.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Fresh trim day is always a good day
A selfie of me. I'm smiling at the camera. I'm wearing a black band shirt. I have chest-long brown hair with a few millimeters long sideshave on my left. I also have two rings going through the upper back part of my left ear and a simple ball piercing in my earlobe.
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