I am at the point in my job where I kinda hope they lay me off so I can spend 1 month sleeping

Take this seriously! Even if you submit counterclaims (basically "send me a legal cease&desist in the next 10 days or shut the fuck up") that prompt them to withdraw the takedown request, Etsy keeps it on your record and will take you down for it.

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

what's old is new again

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide. This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

A very good point. While calling out corporations is important, our government is trying to force av laws like KOSA and SCREEN on EVERYONE under the guise of "protecting kids". Call your reps + tell them to OPPOSE these bad bills. #SaveSpeech #Stopageverification #StopKOSA 5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

this hasn't personally happened to me, but i've seen other artists here talking about it intermittently. so here's an infographic about a handy feature i think a lot of people are overlooking! #artsky #artistsonbsky

Had to delete and repost parts of my AI rant after I found I borked the grammar hardcore 😔 anyway gonna go back to arting

A lot of companies are pushing AI mandates lately. Always remember that these companies are desperate to find some way to prove that AI is actually helpful in a revolutionary way so that you will ignore all the ways it hurts you. www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...

Mumu the Mighty is an NPC paladin in one of my games. I told the DM what he is like and I love that while he seems very much the classic justice loving dumb paladin, he also coaches Peep to not talk to the cops, has tried to start a workers revolution, encourages unionizing, etc.

If you randomly try to solicit me in DMs as a total stranger with your products or whatever, I will immediately assume you are a bot and block you.

I just go with whatever the person I am roleplaying with wants and thus Tiergan is perpetually "somewhere in his late 20s or early to mid 30s"

Well holy fucking shit. Ring cancelled their partnership with Flock. Keep pressure on them to stop volunteering their feeds to state, local, and federal agencies, though, because that part's still going.

I found an extra Azem jacket in my stock. It's the one I sent to my photographer so it is used lightly and has since been washed so - giveaway? Size L ⭐Repost to enter ⭐Ends Sat 14th ⭐No need to follow, but appreciated (i do art!) Good luck! #FF14 #FFXIV

THIS MUST NOT PASS THE SENATE! IT'S form of poll tax, makes it hard for women to vote, hard for the poor to vote. It's straight from project 2025. NO TO SAVE ACT

My Kalma has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is she is in good health it may be low grade, meaning surgery will drastically improve life expectancy. The bad is it normally costs around $6000 and is time sensitive- things I just do not have. ko-fi.com/coyoteprince

If I get promoted this year without also instantly getting laid off or something, bc market sucks, I will immediately use that money to be like an old school Renaissance patron and pay a bunch of artists to draw or paint their favorite stuff

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

Discord posted an update abt their age verification - I feel the need to inform people that all of these things were already true last year when they had that data breach that exposed people's IDs. Bad actors got into a customer support account that had access to tickets with people's IDs in them.

I got to end work at a reasonable hour for the first time in literally months. Please god let this be a sign I will have a life again

Man. I feel bad for kids. I have a lot of fond memories hanging out with gaming communities on forums and the like. Its kind of wild to me that governments are banning it all, because they have no idea how to better handle the situation

That feel when you're too short to wear some cool clothes you found.😔The universe should just automatically grant me 6-7 inches of additional tallness so I can wear whatever I want

I like my discord nitro sparkles, but not enough to give discord my government id or let it scan my facial biometrics so AI can guess my age wrong. No thanks!

Ventrilo: My Time Has Come

shoutout to @amazingthew.bsky.social for the actual answer to discord adult verification

it drives you insane how much erosion of freedom is justified by concern for kids when the people who actually hurt them will never face consequences

Everyone in a country who has or is considering Age Verification laws should badger their politicians about the fact that the way its currently being implemented exposes us all to dramatically worse data breaches.

On a related note: arstechnica.com/security/202...

Tiergan would 100% secretly eat some of the cake-decorating ingredients for this V-day event

I think what i hate the most about Elon Musk is that he subjects everyone to fascism but in the most cringe way possible that makes you go "oh, this was extremely bland billionaire still thinks the word 'doge' is funny and current memery"

Happy Black History Month! It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. These carbon fiber foldable walking sticks are lightweight and strong. You can fit them in a bag! And they come in 3 great patterns!!! Store: Bibipins.com

The email I have had for an eternity has been in so many dats breaches that someone in Brazil is using it for all sorts of services and I don't get why they don't just use their own email address.

#アルカディアレッドカーペット 背景お借りしました トサ！

It's #BlackHistoryMonth and I want to use that follower count for some good today. If you are a Black creative, QRP with your links. Note: this one is for Black folks to share their work. Not self appointed allies and performative list making of Black folks to follow & support UwU!

this post is gettin a lot of love! just wanna remind folks that Black trans history never ended! u can support black trans lives TODAY! THEM has this rad list of trans orgs by state, many of which specifically serve Black queer folks. i urge u to donate + follow! www.them.us/story/orgs-f...

I got a game called Vampire Therapist where you play as a cowboy vampire therapist, and it is actually funny realizing the cognitive distortions my actual therapist was likely trying to get me to see in therapy. 😂

i had a vision

Happy Black History Month! My name's Aleta. I'm a black trans woman preparing to move later this year. Currently I'm paying for the living expenses of my mother and myself. Anything you can tip will be going towards food, bills, and my move. Thank you 💕 ko-fi.com/thefinalstar

If you like curating your posts, increasing your reach, or yearn for the old Tumblr-style tagging system, this may be the feature for you! deck.blue (developed by @deck.blue) is the app I personally use to apply hidden tags & their functionality carries across for users of the official Bluesky app!

I fucking love Disco Elysium

sometimes i think about that thing a disco elysium dev said in response to someone asking why choosing fascist options lowers your morale. that being a fascist is miserable, since it requires you to believe that you are being dominated by the weak and unworthy in everything you do.

My D&D Group: "We survived combat!" Barbarian: "Now we just have to survive real life." The way we all collectively groaned.

Is there a ffxiv Valentine's event? 👀

Republicans redistricted to win five new seats in Texas. All five are projected to be between R+4 and R+8. To achieve this, they diluted their advantage in other districts. A 15-point swing in November wipes out Republican control of the state. A 30-point swing erases Republicans in Texas entirely.

My other wish for this week is to actually get to RP in FFXIV sometime this year instead of just being swallowed alive by work until I burn out