I specifically came here to have a place where my favorite yourubers can tell me where to find them when their channels get nuked by frivolous copyright strikes, and those youtubers kept sharing cool graphic artists for me to follow, and now I'm stuck here.
Thank you, I spent a full 15 minutes trying to figure out the name of this game until I saw this and was able to search it from there.
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
"Degenerate" queer artists have always been central to progressive political and cultural movements btw, and we always will be. Our art has always been uniquely scrutinized, ridiculed, and demonized in the process. History is constantly just repeating itself.
There's this online furniture retailer that uses fucking Bella Ciao, you know, the hymn of mourning and resistance against the terror and loss of life under fascism, changing the lyrics to some nonsense about low prices and wide selection.
I mean "Visage of the little death" sounds like when someone draws ahego to look like a Slayer album cover.
I love it when the sky is exactly this shade. So gorgeous. It's the color of being able breathe fresh air after being stuck inside all winter.
Something I won’t ever do is answer for another trans person’s violence. One transfem did a shooting? Fuck off if you think I should go out of my way to “condemn” more than I would when the hundreds of right wing men do it. Happy to condemn you being an opportunistic little cunt about it though.
Idk would be kinda liberating to get to freak out about something entirely inconsequential for once.
"The semi-random predictive text algorithm says..."
'Step into your Power' - 2025 Giving your thoughts and feelings form through creation is an act of rebellion, now more than ever. Your creativity can never be replaced because it IS you, your essence, your experience, your voice #werewolf #transmasc #werewolfart #illustration #procreate
Hey, how ya doin’? Trans folks have always been and will always be here.
Heya, nice to meet ya!
“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”
Because that's how you get creator's burnout
This is what happens when we treat politics like team sports. Trump is The Bad Tram, which means Newsom is The Good Team. If you criticize him, you’re not on The Good Tram and are therefore supporting The Bad Team. This is an inherently authoritarian view of politics because it shifts the +
Oh please, how many could it possibly be?
www.techradar.com/computing/cy... So now that Denmark holds the EU presidency, theyre pushing Chat Control back onto the European Parliament again. That means breaking encryption & automatically scanning & flagging all private communications online. EU fam, contact your reps: fightchatcontrol.eu
"Whether it’s being kind to others, or being kind to yourself, join me in trying to make this a kinder world." racebannon.substack.com/p/be-kind
The English government blocking "sensitive content" behind an ID wall to "protect children" whilst allowing kids to be actively exposed to aggressive, toxic platform capitalism which has been exploiting them for their labour for YEARS tells you how genuine their concern for kids truly is
I've been trying to formulate a proper response here, but I don't think this is the right format for a discussion of this size and complexity. Simply put I think I understand your position, but in the end I disagree with some of your analysis and political strategy.
I understand your concern, but Newsom isn't being voted out for some time still, and you can both pressure him to continue the fight against authoritarianism *and* pressure him to take a better stance on supporting trans kids and helping the homeless.
I respect you, but that's a swing and a miss. You can like and agree with something he does without sweeping his shortcomings under the rug. That's not purity testing, that's accountability.
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?
Motör-rest-of-the-body
I like that hand strategy. I might borrow that. Maybe I'll finally figure out how to hand.
I agree with this one ☝️
This also means I have a nostalgic fondness for book recommendations from "tedious old persons", if you wanna share what book you had in mind when you wrote this.
Pretty sure the sci-fi I read as a kid was considered outdated and problematic even as I read it as a kid 20 years ago. I couldn't afford many books, so the library, older friends and relatives, and thrift stores was my only source of sci-fi and fantasy, and those books are old.
we're so close!!! less than 100k away from ratioing ben's own review lol
If an individual offering consensual nudes of themself on OnlyFans is considered “illicit” but a program generating nudes of women without their consent is fine, the powers that be have made their priorities clear. And they’re the same as they ever were.
Compelling argument
I would like to stress just how many people *weren't* warned. There are scores of people who does not know how hitler rose to power, doesn't know how jim crowe began, doesn't know anything about the AIDS epidemic, or the iron curtain, or the Dakota Access Pipeline protests.
Happy? Maybe three or four minutes. Workable? Two hours. Psoriatic arthritis.
I feel the exact opposite. I'm kind of burnt out on 5e, and seeing their new system in action under ideal studio conditions played by experienced professionals would be a compelling reason for me to watch the show.
"My fellow americans, I have seen your plight. For far too long, our calendars have been unduly restricted by forceful separation into segments of Seven days, the most icky number of days. That is why my administration has developed Gnorfday."
ikr whoever made that should be really proud of themselves
It is really weird to look back and realize the main reason I enjoyed Mass Effect so much was because I turned down the difficulty to narrative mode and treated it more as a branching path visual novel than an action shooter game. I hadn't really analysed it from that perspective before.
Half Life 2
I met someone just the other day who /aggressively/ hates electric cars, and when I asked why, he said "Electric cars produce 12 times more climate impact than gas cars" as if that myth wasn't debunked to oblivion like 9 years ago, and then had nothing more to add.
Y'all want to make the best tomato soup you've ever had? Alright, let's do this. Melt 2tbs of butter into a large pot over medium heat then add about 1/4 cup of diced onions and cook 5-10 minutes until translucent. Whisk 2tbs of flour into the butter and onions, cooking for 1 minute while stirring.
That's one short four right there
What sre you drinking and why?
I remember hearing someone say that they stopped playing World of Warcraft when the first expansion came out, because the game felt too diffwrent from the old Warcraft 1-3 flavour. With the knowledge of the following near 20 years, that statement is ever increasingly funny to me.
Doesn't have a flaired base, and the cap has a sharp serrated edge. 0/10
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Honestly, if something looks like a cute dinosaur, it makes no difference how long I've bonded with it, nobody's gonna hurt that baby on my watch. Also, doesn't that "do a terrible thing or we will do something worse" line go pretty hard against some ethical guidelines?
there are so many great things about generative AI! here are some of my favorites <3
Finally, I can post this video I've been hanging on to since somebody sent it to me.
There was a legit conspiracy in Sweden just recently where energy companies saw that private solar was too cheap and accessible, so they convinced the government to slash subsidies and tax breaks on solar and wind turbines to "protect market competition" like wtf
I love being trans. 🏳️⚧️ I love the community, the feeling, even the future. Post about gender euphoria moments you or a loved one had in the comments. I'll go first! Read the comments! #trans #transjoy
This discussion always makes me think of Bob Dylan's "Only a pawn in their game".
Lucy Kemp Welsh was an amazing painter of horses, I'm sorry I don't know the name of this one, but she really captured their natures well and was obviously a lover of them. The lighting is just magical too. #equineart #painting #lucykempwelsh
Hitler started with deportations and then quickly realized they were too expensive and moved to gas chambers. I want you all to keep that in the front of your minds.
Research finds using AI makes you stupid From the latest Private Eye, out now.
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore"
A WARRIOR FEARS NOTHING, NOT EVEN ASKING FOR HELP.
Bloodline The hungry ghosts rise through the roots, longing to be seen, to be felt, to ride the current of blood and memory. They howl through the body, wearing old faces like masks, not to possess, but to remind. —- Prints: artofmaquenda.etsy.com/listing/4321... #art
That sounds just like what a secret horse would say.
Men need to step up and take better care of other men, honestly. Not just "not call men girly for having emotions", but actually go around and do whatever the friend equivalent is to watering your plants.
I knew I was a woman in 2015. I'm having my first session with a therapist to get diagnosed with dysphoria today, which is required to get gender affirming care. Part of me wants to laugh and sing, part of me wants to scream and cry. I'm terrified and I'm full of hope. Thank you for your service.
It's important for the comparison that both Quasi and Frollo are attracted to Esmerelda and are rejected by her, because their response to that rejection shows the difference between them.
I name no names. Shame upon them! Put one foot upon the table. Shame upon all cowards.
Truth is we expect them to act just a brazen as they do online, but *in real life*, they do often crumble at the slightest pushback.
I’m dead serious let’s start using Christianity against them. Military grade catholic guilt.
Honestly, it wasn't that it was going poorly per se, it's just that after sorting out all of the obviously unserious scam profiles, there's a stream of people who seem so happy as they are that I just don't want to bring them down with all of my problems 🤷♀️
It's the 10th day of Pride Month. As we observe what's happening in our country with the side of hate spewing their attacks, it's more important than ever to make Pride not just a celebration but a clear statement that LGBTQ people will not allow our won rights and freedoms to be erased.
"ThEy dOnT BitE"
People are gonna see that, then they're gonna think "Wait, my lipliner isn't on point either", and they will be worried that you're gonna turn on them next, and that's how you lose an ally!
THIS! If someone is a bigoted racist, you don't need to attack them for being *ugly*, because you could just attack them for being *A Bigoted Racist*! Dissing their lipliner isn't getting your point across, unless your point is "I'm superficial and toxic".
Yea! Like people who insist on misgenderinh trans people they disagree with politically, as if Bigotry is just a value neutral tool that can be used for good. What's wrong with some people?
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Fascists inherently love conflict so much that if you put them all on an island, they would just continue to come up with new reasons to hate and fight each other, until there's just one guy remaining whose right hand hates his left hand for being a secret communist.
Teeth and tattoos- 2022
I mean, have you tried this? Honestly, if someone did this to me, I'd just be happy that someone made first contact so I didn't have to.
Did any of the then elected officials openly self-reflect about branding Nelson Mandela a terrorist?
Honestly, I think we should bring this one back. We have the technology.
Downloaded a dating app for the first time this decade, just to see if they are still the same as I remember (they are, more or less), and HOLY SHIT how it IMMEDIATELY negatively impacted my self esteem, in a single day. It's like having an energy vampire in my pocket, wtf, why do people do this?
Gotta be honest, "We should all just die" isn't the most inspiring political message.
The weird thing is, for a bit there it didn't have a censor label at all for me, and now it's been hidden behind a "sexually suggestive", even though my settings are set to not hide media with a censor label.
It does feel a little late to make that move. He withdrew from the election a year ago and hasn't been in office for months. If this book had come out during the campaign, sure, but now it's just "82 year old man with terminal cancer also has cognitive issues" like ok bro 🤷♀️
My take is that kink absolutely is a marginalized identity that belongs at pride (see my comment about leashes in public) and wanting it to be more stigmatized to give it transgressive power is unneccessary, because you could just find other ways to exercise transgressive power instead.
I've seen people, even some kinksters, argue that a leash in public, regardless of context, is equal to r*pe of every bystander, meanwhile the cishet vanillas grope and hump each other in public parks and no one bats an eye. I don't think we have to worry that kink isn't transgressive enough.
What, you're worried that you wont be seen as edgy enough by the normies? You're afraid you might have to put some thought and effort into being rebellious? Sorry if that sounds harsh, but I'm disabled and queer, just being alive is transgressive enough to scare some people's brains to mush.
In my experience, "Personalized Ads" tend to just be either A. An ad for the exact product I just bought at the store where I bought it, or B. "Our algorithm has identified you as the kind of neurodivergent who would spend an uncontrollable amount of money on a faux-gambling mobile game."
Being normal is overrated. Embrace the weirdness.
I suppose Trump sharing the AI picture of him as pope opens for the argument that he's an anti-pope. 🤔
I also can't stress enough, they think the fickle voters are all center liberals, but a lot of Bernie Sandwrs voters famously turned to Trkmp once he lost the primary in 2016. They wanted to vote for a radical outsider. The flippable votes are not concentrated in the center.
It's weird to me how people don't look at the actual number of votes in the last US election. While Trump gained 3 mil votes, the dem candidate lost closer to 6 mil. Voter impairment laws are probably a factor, but I can't imagine abandoning the left helped their case much.
Somewhere in Revelations chapter 13, I think.
I mean, they're the stock market, what are they gonna do? Close up shop and move to florida?
Kinda, but I do enjoy it. It's like when you're flipping channels and end up in the middle of some sports competition with horses that you have no idea what it is but those two from Turkmenistan are really close to taking the bronze so you get invested and stick around to see where it goes.
I've been calling it "Name Blindness". For some reason, I really struggle to remember normal names, like Janet or Will, unless I give them a nickname, even if that nickname is completely arbitrary, like Runner or Purple or Thumbtack.
I can see you being "Bad" in like a radical 90's skater rebel kind of way.
In Sweden, this is literally what the term "April Weather" (Aprillväder) means.
Every day since around september of 2012.
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