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Tahvia

@tahvia.bsky.social
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(she/her) Biologist (not currently practicing), queer, nerd Human rights are not an opinion

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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am thrilled and proud beyond measure to support the amazing workers who create and design the games I and my loved ones have spent a lifetime playing. I implore everybody to sign the petition and signal boost the campaign as far and wide as we can!
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Professor John R. Hutchinson @johnrhutchinson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes absolutely, positively do not feed a scientific paper, grant, or whatever you are peer reviewing into LLM or any other software without permission.
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Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt: No Bad!
ALT: Seinfeld's Babu Bhatt: No Bad!
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Jak 🔞 [MakoCon & MCM London] @cryptidjak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hey Bsky!! My washing machine just bit the dust while I'm already in a bit of a stinky financial situation so maybe take a peep at my Etsy? I have nice things 🥲 www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Cryp...
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Babu @babuhihi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Girl with a Pearl Earring in a fantasy world #MelMedarda #arcane #fantasy
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…
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Denimcatfish @denimcatfish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How does one lower one's cortisol levels when the world is the world
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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
For more clarity, this is to map out studios with ties to Israel either directly or via shareholders, higher ups etc. If you're pro Palestine, I sure hope you're not buying GTA. Take Two's largest shareholders include Blackrock and Vanguard.
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Radderss / Lauren R VO 👩‍🦽 | @radderss.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hey, it's been a little bit, but did you remember to opt out of GenAI training on Twitch? If you forgot, go do it now 💕
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Myrmidia @myrmidia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hey you, you play dnd? You dm for a group? If you need cool character designs for your game (of course you do)… I can provide that. It’s just $1 a month. Over 260 designs. You can even use them on streams. 👀👀 Patreon.com/Myrmidia
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Ashley Mackenzie @ashmackenzie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just got two of these this morning and this is a great example of the usual tells, it’s always good to know what to look out for!
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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cosmos Deep Dive 📋Own A Space Station 🤝Alliances 🛰️Orbital Bases 📡Space Hulks 🚀Anniversary Expedition 🗺️Star Map 💎Deep-Space Looting 🪨Asteroid Belts 🦠Infested Outposts ☀️The Sun 🧙‍♀️Dev Commentary 🧲Tractor Beam ❄️Ice Fields 🪐Outposts ⛰️Improved Terrain 🔫Shipbreaking
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Linda Lithén @lindalithen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last week to yell at the EU over the stupid packaging waste law. You can leave feedback even if you're outside of the EU, so you all who ship to the EU, get in there and yell at them. Don't make Lilly judge you. She's watching.
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
im really and truly not the kind of person to shame people for the media they consume but if you watch the new harry potter you can get fucked
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🌻Bree Williams🌻 @larkspurns.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It’s my birthday! Check out my comic and all the smut I draw! It’s a great present!!
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Myrmidia @myrmidia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
HOW DOES ONE GET THE ATTENTION OF TTRPG FREAKS IM NO BIG CORPO WITH UNLIMITED BUDGET HI HELLO SMALL LIL ONE GAL SHOW HELP pls come get sickass npc packs for only one single dollar maybe tell ur friends …hii Patreon.com/myrmidia
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Deven Rue 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️ @devenrue.com · 26/08/2026
In case anyone is wondering why I'm not going to be streaming on Twitch anymore. This and the fact that they push ads on everyone so they can make marketing revenue that they don't pass along to streamers. Yet they're quick to penalize us if we don't use ads by burying our streams.
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Please share your feedback on how genAI destroys the livelihoods of artists on the official EU website. You can do so even if you're not an EU citizen. We have to be loud so the change will come, and practice shoes that voicing hatred towards genAI works ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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Myrmidia @myrmidia.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
AI-generated YouTube thumbnail? Immediate disinterest. Unsubscribed. Instant "do not recommend channel".
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Radderss / Lauren R VO 👩‍🦽 | @radderss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Everyone opt out NOW. Of course, it's opt-out by default. Opt out as SOON as possible, if you're a creator or user. I'm sorry about this, wish we Ambassadors had a little more power over this sort of crap
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
As always, the first three quarters of "look at this asshole" is "look at this". We simply do not need to do PR for pricks and villains.
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arnaerr 🦭⭑。 @arnaerr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
YOU CAN GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE OFFICIAL EU WEBSITE HERE: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Brooke from Let’s Not Date @letsnotdate.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Save these to use when you need them: You linger where trust is forced and supervision thins. Sanctuaries make excellent camouflage. You are most comfortable in a role where doubting you feels impolite.
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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Creators: please shut this behaviour down when you see it in your community - encourage viewers to also tell you or your mods if they’re targeted via your content. Doesn’t directly affect you so you don’t care? You’re part of the problem and are likely providing harassers with somewhere to hide.
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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
For work related reasons: anyone aware of any RECENT questionable or dangerous health/fitness trends being spread by content creators? Doing some poking around in the space for a client and want to make sure we’re not reaching out to anyone promoting dodgy stuff 👍
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Shaka6331 @shaka6331.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
So I'm part of this really cool stream team full of wonderful people! If you've ever wanted to be part of a team full of kind, considerate and just lovely supportive people who also raise money for charity you should think about applying!!
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Lunarella - Commissions Open @lunarella-art.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy ̷B̷i̷r̷t̷h̷d̷a̷y̷ Anniversary, Baldur's Gate 3! It's so hard to put into words how much joy this game and the community around it has brought me since day 1. Thank you! #bg3 #larianstudios #halsin
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Finn Longman is only here occasionally @finnlongman.com · 04/08/2026
Anecdotally, a couple of people I know have tested positive recently or friends and relatives have, after a pause without that. I think summer travel, airports etc are the culprits in some cases. Highly recommend masking while travelling to minimise chances of catching or spreading anything.
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ipaintbirbs @ipaintbirbs.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
hey so! this truly feels like impending doom on a platform i have come to really care about because of the people there, please let Twitch know how you feel about this, i sure did. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338...
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Radderss / Lauren R VO 👩‍🦽 | @radderss.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I'm really upset that instead of AI being used as a tool to help creators, it might be used to steal from us all instead I'm tired boss
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Myrmidia @myrmidia.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Seeing a lot of people making videos about feeling empty. I encourage you to look for something you can do for your community. Modern life has isolated us so much & so much sadness can be mended by doing a kindness for other people just because you can.
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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Like most artists on Instagram I’m also getting slammed with the ‘likely made with AI tag’. Allow me To be clear. AI art is bullshit and I do not and will never partake in it. The only reason the tech exists is because of the mass theft of real working artists.
A screenshot of my Instagram post which says ‘about this post. Likely made with AI’
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Felicia Day @felicia.day · 17/07/2026
HI! Last weekend to sign up early to get this pin as a bonus if you pledge to The Guild Reunion Monvie (to receive a physical item) starting Monday. IT GOES AWAY FOREVER 8AM PST MONDAY SO SIGN UP NOW PLEASE! watchtheguild.com I can't believe we're actually gonna launch this thing> :O
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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
GNU SAM Neill. As well as being a great actor, I will always appreciate his lockdown videos of him on his farm, somewhere in New Zealand, speaking very gently to his ducks and pigs.
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LySandra Vuong ➡️ Covenant Vol 6 KICKSTARTER @explodikid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Only 4 days left to back Covenant: The Final Chapter on Kickstarter!!!!
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Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com · 12/07/2026
This is where I guess in future I will say “if this stadium full of people watching D&D like a spectator sport is new and surprising to you, you’ll want to preorder my book next year from @mitpress.bsky.social to learn about the decades of creativity across many countries that got us to this moment.
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Tahvia @tahvia.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I still can't believe I went to my first @criticalrole.bsky.social live show on Monday! What a surreal experience and such a lovely fandom to be a part of and I hope everyone in Edinburgh tonight is having the best time! #criticalrolelive #criticalroleberlin
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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This week, Microsoft GUTTED Bethesda, Zenimax, iD, & more. The C-suites treat the workers who make the games we love as disposable and don’t care they’re destroying the future of the industry! Let them know it has to STOP here: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"The London ambulance service said it had recorded the highest number of life-threatening emergencies in a single day in its history, driven by the extreme heat." So... can we, I don't know, start doing something about global warming now? Like, as a society? www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Realised I'd been drinking loads of water because of the heat, but hadn't actually been eating anything or getting salt in me. Get an electrolyte or two in you! It's good for your body and brain!!
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Hannah Rutherford (she/her) @lomadiah.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
TAPPING THE SIGN
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LySandra Vuong ➡️ Covenant Vol 6 KICKSTARTER @explodikid.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Covenant is continuing! the kickstarter is now live!
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LySandra Vuong ➡️ Covenant Vol 6 KICKSTARTER @explodikid.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
✨COVENANT CONTINUES!!! Covenant Volume 6 is officially live on Kickstarter!!! This continues right from where the webtoon left off! The book contains what would have been Season 3! This is the next and final part of COVENANT!!!
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Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Good lord there are a lot of people on god's green internet who live in glass houses yet choose to put their points into lithic ordnance and artillery, aren't there
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