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On this: I’m a tall Brown woman with a strong jawline. A whole white woman accused me of being a man in a public toilet the other day. I didn’t correct her because my being trans or cis was not the point. The point was she felt entirely comfortable and confident doing that to someone in a TOILET.

another platform drops due to AI enshittification. i'd like to say im surprised, but i'm not. get off linktree ASAP. there are alternatives in the comments.

The slow disappearance of public amenities in general -- benches, toilets, etc -- has made a lot of public spaces relentlessly and intentionally hostile

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I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Hey #SimCity 2000 fans, sc2kfix Release 11 is out, and with it comes a whole host of new features including a new sound engine, season and weather visual effects, a bunch of SCURK fixes and features, and much more! Download it from GitHub: github.com/sc2kfix/sc2k... #retrogaming #sc2k #sims #maxis

"I am so tired of games coming out that do X" Okay. Play games that don't do X then

id hoped to have at least one more month during which i could use the last bit of food stamps to stock up on dry goods & freezable veggies and meat. cutting us off early like this is mustache-twiddlingly evil, which ofc is why theyre doing it. USA, official nation of kicking a bitch while she's down

today my gf and i got a letter that our food stamps are done as of Tomorrow. theyve cut us off after one and a half months, even tho the initial 3-month warning was in late april. we dont get benefits for june, or ever again. we need help. we need a runway cash.me/colorplexer venmo.com/u/colorplexer

Why Doesnt Anyone Click Our Fucking Articles, Says Only Man Dumb Enough To Not Use His Own Fucking Website

i just can't understand why nobody wants to visit my store after i added the giant boxing glove that punches you in the nuts when you walk in

(after implementing every single user hostile, anti-reader thing possible) where are my readers

The results are in: 0/4 of the recent Tales Remasters/Ports have credited the English localizers who worked on them. This has been an ongoing issue since 2014, when Tales games suddenly stopped crediting English localizers in both remasters and new entries. #TranslatorsintheCredits (1/8)

Here's a painting I made several years ago, hope you like it! Peaceful Sunrise 36x48 acrylic on canvas

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

Could there be a better example of "the trans debate" than 98% of women supporting trans people and then one single lone person voting against them and getting their way regardless. It's all such a fucking sham

Hey so a friend of mine is lead programmer on this "Sims-like" that released in early access today! If you like simulating I know this game has a whole lot of different things you can simulate (because my friend had to implement them all)

Some "cool" things will be in the upcoming sc2kfix release... #SimCity #SimCity2000 #Maxis #RetroGaming #FOSS #Modding

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Nothing is inevitable

Reminder: Corporations are your enemy. Not just "not your friend", they will actively connive and scheme and even bribe people to keep your life from getting better so the parasite executive and shareholder class can continue to line their pockets. Unionize. They fear it for a reason.

I am going to make an absolutist statement that I believe is about as close to infallibly true as you can get in our complicated world: As a worker, no one who is urging you not to unionize has your individual best interests at heart.

I'd REALLY appreciate it if anyone who sees this would try out my text generators so I can iron out any remaining bugs. Please, and thank you! trek.epicrandomness.com

When selecting localization companies, make sure they will allow you to credit EVERYONE before selecting them! And ask around to avoid known non-creditors.

Thought this was the world's darkest satire, but no, just a matryoshka doll of ways our country is terrible

Today would be an amazing day for taking your podcasts & music off of Spotify!

this is what I mean when I say "don't let orgs and managers see discriminating against trans folk as the path of last resistance". transphobes are persistent and annoying. be just as annoying. show them compliance is going to be a legal nightmare

As the media furiously pinkwashes the late Barney Frank as an "LGBTQ trailblazer" despite his years of attacks on trans rights, even from his death bed, we should instead remember the final wishes of ACT UP activist Kirk W., a true ally who wanted trans people to fight for our rights on the streets.

"AI, make a cover illustration of a space ship launching from lower Manhattan obliterating several blocks of buildings with it's exhaust to illustrate the effect of free markets"

"Dungeon Themes - Zelda: Link's Awakening | Glass Marimba & Piano" hoooly sheeeeeet www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlzN...

Redo of a 2006 joke, and followup! That original joke is so dated nowadays! Still, even now Link 63 remains fun to draw and play with.

Feel like this should be put in golden letters at the top of every Medieval Blusesky post

The great irony is that they’re begging for something they already have. “Developers should listen to the masses and make the most widely inoffensive and easily consumable product to appeal to the broad whims of the internet” and then they wonder why they don’t like the AAA games doing exactly that

Just saw a solo dev’s youtube video where they explain how they’re breaking away from the norms of the AAA sphere and standing out from the crowd by “giving their players a voice in development”, letting youtube commenters directly influence the game they’re making and all I can is lol, lmao

Sometimes I see people post 🙄🤦‍♂️ screenshots of Google Gemini spam marring their Google searches. And I'm sympathetic, but…if you don't like it…why keep using it? Bringing this up because per recent announcements, if you *don't* stop using Google search, Google will take it away soon anyway: (🧵 1/3)

the dream of 'AI' is the dream of a world where you can outsource jobs to computers. it is not hard to infer from the CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD what happens when an entire industry is outsourced. ask any non-senior animation worker in the US - oh wait, you can't, that career doesn't exist anymore

I _really_ need tech programmers enthralled by the idea of sitting on the beach while 'AI' does your job for for you to understand that when managers sell you that fantasy, they're the ones on the beach and you're the one who's been fired so that your boss can afford a third yacht this year

I’ve never wanted to shout OH FUCK OFF louder in my whole life

This is such an incredibly funny thing for the guy who presided over possibly the largest number of acquisitions of any publisher to say. Where was "cost control" when you were riding the reputation gravy train then? No, we only espouse it when it means other people getting laid off

Nothing is more depressing than watching young artists give other young artists advice like “only use one colour palette in everything you do to have a more recognizable brand” and “draw everything with a target audience in mind”

Since the announcement of our union, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have hired Fisher Phillips (a union avoidance firm), and chosen to engage in a daily union-avoidance campaign by sending emails to the Arena team that is spreading misinformation and sowing fear among our colleagues. #uwotc-cwa

kind of insane how it's 2026 and we are only just now starting to get electeds who, when referring to reagan, will not speak of him in positive terms

This upcoming weekend I will be part of the Hunt Showdown Hoedown, a community lead event! Honestly super excited for it. Getting Some Practice in For the Hunt Showdown Hoedown! www.twitch.tv/oddmanjon #Huntshowdown #twitch #vsky #promosky

Chemical Plant moment

anytime i hear about how dems didn't actually have enough votes during obama's start bc of blue dogs, i just go "okay, let's take that as a given. what was the party's plan to, over time, get those votes or replace those guys?" and it was "nothing" or "we actually will support these guys forever"

me in the car completely harshing the vibe unprompted: So anyway you all know how the lack of shade trees in socal is because of generations of racism and classism right

Have you ever wondered "What if #Zelda2, but gay"? Check out Enigma Heart! We've got: - Sword lesbian - Found family - Giant ice woman who may or may not step on you - Cow - And oh yeah -- A PLAYABLE DEMO, FINALLY! Get it now: store.steampowered.com/app/2986980/ #Steam #IndieGame #Zelda

the services sought for detransition are quite literally the same ones sought for transition. detransitioners work in tandem with us on advocacy. there aren't enough people to keep a detransition-only clinic busy. this should clue you in that this clinic will not be used for consenting detransition

Texas Children's caved and ended care under pressure in April 2022, over four years ago and they still got targeted by DOJ and Paxton. NYU caved and they still got served with a grand jury subpoena. Caving and abandoning will not save you. You have to fight these bastards or they will destroy you.