Honestly I'm not surprised this happened; seemed like an inevitable end result. What I'm baffled by is people chiding others for expressing fear/caution or joy/relief. I think both reactions are extremely valid right now and also not mutually exclusive.

"Pat Riot" sounds like the name of an Ace Attorney culprit you'd face off against in a tutorial case. It just SCREAMS "I'm a murderous asshole!"

So a group of trans folks in Portland are trying to secure funds for a property they can use to house homeless bipoc trans women and femmes as well as providing meals to the growing homeless population. Literally anything helps so please donate or spread the word! Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Okay, there's definitely jokes to be made about how ridiculous the hair thing is but like... not everything connects to a hyper-destructive AI datacenter. PCs actually don't really use all that much power unless you're idling in a game 24/7. By the way, turn your shit off when going to bed.

He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...

Kirby air riders looks fun, look at that little guy go !!

Mario Party: The Top 100 contains the unexpectedly profound test message "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything." This is actually a quote from the 1999 film Fight Club.

More about this. Yeah, do not do this.

Stripe says it’s accepting payments for LGBTQ content JVA site starts working with Visa again Mastercard reportedly panicking and making Riot moderate messages The tide is turning We are going to win this Keep calling Keep writing Keep fighting You can do this

THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO STOP!! We are winning, but we have not won fully!!! Keep calling!! stop-paypros.neocities.org

the usual vagueness is present here that is usually a bad sign to come for adult content. bluesky is taking feedback on the guidelines at this link below. Let them know these are not satisfactory docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... points that need addressing are: [cont]

INTRODUCING: Super Mario 64 ultra-mega HD 8k 420fps RTX with real time pasta physics

I want to re-introduce the eyeroll to millions of people who, for admittedly known structural reasons, seem to have developed only one setting to respond to ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. Sometimes? Just roll your eyes and keep it moving.

Mega Man Battle Network really does continue to predict the future, huh?

This is incredible

there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort. It aired in 1990.

Hey, so, TOTALLY not suggesting that RFK Jr. BACKS DOWN when we PUSH BACK, BUT if you’d like to call… HHS Toll-Free: 1-877-696-6775 HHS Direct Line: 202-690-7000 PLEASE share and consider calling your senators and representatives as well. NONE of this is okay. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We should be able to opt-out of ICE or Government Ads on Twitch. Created a Twitch User Voice Suggestion for allowing Us to Refuse ICE Recruiting Advertisement on our streams, or Ads of Any Government Body. twitch.uservoice.com/forums/31021... #VtuberVsICE #NoICE #Twitch #TwitchUserVoice #FuckICE

Reminder, Twitch (and other platforms) don't allow creators to control what ads are run on their streams, videos/VODs, podcasts, etc. PLEASE don't instantly assume we want this. We're very likely just as pissed off (if not more) than you are about this. Help us yell at the platform instead.

Another thing I would suggest is supporting creators directly and (if possible) using adblockers and VPNs to dodge the ads. It's a hassle but it's doable, since ad campaigns only work if people see them.

If you want to participate in a pressure campaign on Amazon or any other major corporation, instead reference the BDS guidelines for pressure targets that have already been established, don't directly punish streamers and podcasts for ads they can't control.

I propose that instead of going after creators who often have zero control over the ads, we instead call and write in to companies like YouTube and Twitch and pressure them that way. ...Anyone who takes a sponsorship is fair game, though.

Ugh, the more days go by, the more glad I am that I proactively invested in a 2 year VPN subscription. Something tells me we're gonna have a fucked up internet for a decade or so.

ooookay! our situation has gotten *infinitely* worse. mom has been kicked off and denied unemployment. we have lost a significant source of income. we're looking into our options but they're getting very narrow and grim.

"Of those who are aware of the case, 70% believe a list of Epstein's clients exists, 67% believe Trump and Epstein were once good friends, 63% believe the Trump administration is hiding information ... 81% of those who believe the administration is hiding information said Trump is to blame."

I wish I wasn't terrified of doxxing myself or getting doxxed, because I'd totally make a cat photo account otherwise. My cats are real characters and it feels like a crime not to show them off.

Fuck it, updating my pronouns. Been agonizing over this for a few years and I can't keep it in the closet for much longer. Tired of acting like I'm 100% cis when I'm not, even if I'm scared shitless of coming out.

What the fuck

Honestly I don't get the people who rail about "purity politics" when we're A.) not even in an election year, and B.) have this thing we do called primaries. This is *exactly* the time when you want to take politicians to task on their positions.

I really need to figure out how to not go into like, Spock mode when I'm presented with my special interests.

This is far from a big deal, but I'm getting real annoyed with this circular conversation where people tell me that I like presenting masc based on the fact that I live in a society where it's a basic safety requirement to do so

We need people ready to say actually, no, fuck you. We are going to be kind to our trans friends in materially meaningful ways and we will go to war if you fuck with them. Community self-defense is kind. Real justice is kind. Any good parent will tell you that true kindness is not always gentle.

Truly, it’s the racism.

WOOSH! ✨ You have been blessed by wizard cat

My Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula" will be featured on Hard Drive's 24hr Woke and Gay Charity Stream tonight at www.twitch.tv/HardDriveMag. Guests include Giant Bomb, Quest 64 Official, Airbagged, Leo Vader, Kat Abu. 5 pm PST Glitch art by @glitchwolfe.studio Music by @mikhailagkonov.bsky.social

Y'know, I've been biting my tongue on this but I'm gonna say it: I hope anyone who shits on people with disabilities/neurodiversity/mental illnesses wind up diagnosed with one at some point so they can experience life from the other side of the coin and get off their high horse.

I know we're upset about itch, but they're not the only ones Payment processors harassed companies bc of a 1,000 email hate campaign But we can EASILY top 1,000! I prewrote an email + got the contact info - you just have to send! ↻💬♡ to boost We CAN make a difference 💕 #itch #censorship 1/🧵

I see a fair amount of people thinking the Epstein stuff won't stick given everything the orange gets away with, but I don't agree with that take this time. Epstein and secret pedo ring stuff like has been a core part of their cultish identity for almost a decade now.

Yes, make 100 movies a year with zero quality control and oversaturate the market. I'm sure the entertainment industry won't totally collapse under the volume of garbage output, that could never possibly happen! ...Hey, where'd this link come from? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_g...

always remember that any punctuation is a sign of ai and you should always be paranoid and looking for ai signs all the time i know this because once someone used a period and it was actually an ai and thats no good because ais invented punctuation and until now everyone wrote like a three year old

And the fundamentalist-libertarian split hath begun! This is absolutely horrible for the GOP. Chances are he'll drag some oligarch support away from them along with a ton of potential voters. If we on the left do our grassroots organizing now, we can absolutely take them both.

I always say I love my country the way Anthony Bourdain did, not as a benevolent state or one founded in innocence but as vast, beautiful place full of discrete people and cultures such as has rarely been attempted and worth fighting for.

I honestly wonder if there's a relationship between the brain workings that lead to people developing relationships with inanimate objects (objectophilia, which is a documented paraphilia) and people developing relationships with chatbots.

I posted this in 2016 and I'll share it again.

*Slams fists on table* CATBALL CATBALL CATBALL

The NYC primary is a prime example both of why we need ranked choice voting, and why defeatism is ultimately a shitty and unhelpful position to take. Fight and have hope. Don't give up and lay down in advance.

Catching up on the news after being away for a few days and uh... Canada, the UK, and Australia have some really spineless leaders.

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1. Alert, and please share widely. A lawyer at the ACLU has asked me to inform my transgender readers that they should NOT be applying for passports right now - the state department has not issued guidance to comply with the court order and they are urgently trying to get them to do so. 🧵