Dameceles

@dameceles.bsky.social

a Dame, mostly lurking

The SCREEN Act just failed to pass in the Senate Commerce Committee! 🎉 Enormous thanks to the thousands (!!) of you who told your Senators to vote no! Your voice matters and you should feel good that you made a difference. Obviously, the fight isn't over, but this was an important victory.

FE:FW discuss! There will definitely be unlikable design choices, but overall I'm really excited to see a different cultural outfit/armor inspiration in Fire Emblem. It just... feels fresh. Or like a refresh. I really like those haven't-appeared-before mount choices. I was hoping for *spoiler* 1/?

⚠️ STRIPE users ⚠️ Stripe is automatically enrolling free users of their fraud protection program into a paid tier. Free users have to manually go into their accounts and change to a "true free" version.

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The version of Radar you've been using is closest to Standard, and you've been receiving it for free. Starting today, you'll receive a free trial of Radar Standard, which now includes broad protection across all payment methods, along with fraud analytics. After the trial ends on January 22, 2027, you'll automatically continue on Radar Standard and be charged $0.05 per screened transaction.	
 
 
 
 
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Admittedly, for 3H fics I got into the controversial ABO AU (or Trope?) #fe3htimeskip I enjoy the additional layer on worldbuilding. I have a G-ish rated, platonic childhood fic for the Faerghus Four: archiveofourown.org/works/270272... (higher rated 3H ABO in the reply below)

Hunger Pangs - Chapter 1 - Dameceles - Fire Emblem: Fuukasetsugetsu | Fire Emblem: Three Houses [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

FE3H Timeskip Event | September 1-14, 2025@fe3htimeskip.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Luck Day 13 of the #fe3htimeskip asks for the "AU of Your Choice!" Post your cowboys, your coffee shops, your roommates, and every other AU you've ever dreamt up!

Image text reads: FE3H Timeskip 9/13: AU of Your Choice

Man, Sony deciding to ditch physical disks starting in 2028... guess after that, my collection just won't include Sony stuff :/ Cause I sure ain't buying a PS6 priced at more than 1k, with only digital games that can't play my backlog. How is this all suppose to stay a hobby?

As always, today is a good day to support artists, writers, creators. If you have the means, maybe consider signing up for a Patreon. Buy a book, a game, a painting. Commission a new piece. Tell a creator what they mean to you. Signal boost their work.

In case followers missed it, FE Fortune's Weave: 9/17 release. I really wish this reveal/trailer had been longer... Ah, I admit 4 different story branches, they'll have to convince me.

Have you been accused of being a "BOOKWORM"?📚🪱 Maybe because you love the smell of books or have a "To Be Read" shelf stacked dangerously high? But *actual bookworms* are a thing. Let's talk about insect damage in libraries & one of the oldest book protection systems in existence.

"A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought"
CREDIT:  DominicMason - Wikimedia

To future-proof my book contract (better safe than sorry), I added an AI clause that says AI tools of any kind cannot be used in the review or preparation of my book (also no genAI art can be used for cover, etc) Very grateful to @slstalter.bsky.social for example from her most recent contract.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 5mo ago

I see the "writer" whose novel just got tanked for being "AI" is blaming it all on an editor who allegedly rewrote substantial portions of the novel using an LLM. So, a) why would you use an "editor" like that, b) I reread reach my novels a dozen times during the pre-pub process, this excuse is bunk

Confused about CSP prices? You're supposed to be! Upgrading step by step can be either way cheaper or way more expensive than buying the newest version outright. My advice: don't buy PRO (its low-cost bait to trick you into spending more later). If you want to upgrade, here's the cheapest options:

Chart analyzing Clip Studio paint prices by version.Table detailing the steps one should take when they'd like to upgrade from one version to the next, including all PRO and EX prices.

💙💎 SHIPPING UDPATE: ⚔️💙 Apologies for the slight delay on our Feb. 7th goal, but we now have our books! Shipping will take place over this week and next. If you still need to change your address please email us at: fates10years [@] gmail [dot] com.

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