There is no ethical consumption of Harry Potter. And not in the usual "no ethical consumption under capitalism" way. In the "your fandom is now comprised of hate symbols" way.

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 3d ago

JKR explicitly said she considers anything Potter-related, even fan-made, endorsement of her politics. And every time you engage with this franchise, you signal to the industry that there's still money in it and they should keep pumping out content from full-cast audiobooks to book box partnerships.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

CNN@cnn.com · 7mo ago

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX

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🌠🐲Kestrel Oswald🌠🐲 | ENVtuber@kestreloswald.bsky.social · 2w ago

🔴LIVE🔴 【BIRTHDAY RAIDING!!】 #Vtuber #ENVtuber #goinglive #vtlive #SplatoonRaiders twitch.tv/kestreloswald

love my partner hitting me with cursed horse care knowledge first thing in the fucking morning

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

Propaganda? I'm trying get a propa ganda at those fleshed-out chat rules and moderation guidelines!

just a lil heads up: blacksky.app witchsky.app deer.social all work, just log in on those exactly like you would on bsky normally. i think the first two are more updated and kept up with than the latter, but they all seem to work for now.

Cat (Snake) Mayo ⚧️@catmayo.gay · 4w ago

🧵: FYI ALL users in Texas are blocked from Bluesky. Not many people seem to be chatting about this! This is extremely unnecessary and is purely for surveillance. This NEEDS to not happen and there NEEDS to be awareness for this type of shit.

What's even more fucked up is that they actually knew his involvement would kill any momemtum this game would have so the dev team kept it pretty vague about it from early development until now, a couple weeks until launch after a very succesfull beta. Fuck this game.

Game Developer@gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 4w ago

Paramount confirms Mike Zaimont is employed by Avatar Legends dev

w....wait.... you mean to tell me.... gulps..... putting money into the arts.......is profitable and..........produces............g-good outcomes for everyone?

paulseesequasis@pseesequasis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

From ‘Outstanding’ and a good reminder that investing in the arts is a win-win, not a lose-lose, proposition.

over the course of my life i've heard many many people say "it's too bad hitler didn't find success as an artist, maybe this could have all been avoided" and rowling really gives the lie to that

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · 4w ago

The fact that J.K. Rowling successfully bullied Amnesty International into taking down a report that accurately called out her attack on trans people, especially trans women, is so repulsive and such a display of the power of her money, and her choice to put her vast fortune behind persecution.

The thing about JKR and telling folks not to buy Harry Potter shit is it isn't because we think it can take away her fortune and platform. She's so rich she would still be rich if she never sold another book It is because it is literally the smallest possible hurdle to clear to value trans lives

Streamers, Youtubers, Artists: The previous content creator labeller is gone and has been succeeded by @labeler.pikaparty.social Be sure to subscribe and set your tags so you can be seen! Game devs too. Sub to the labeller so you can see potential promoters easier #Twitch #Youtube #IndieDevs

new pronoun labeller!!!! @pronounsinb.io boosting this again bc i think most oomfs were asleep when the news came out and ive seen most people swapping to this one

kaycie plantpussy@t4tcisphobe.hellstar.plus · 4w ago

hey folks please send love her way, and i'd also recommend unsubscribing from Ripps pronoun labeler. im switching to @pronounsinb.io

idk if most ppl understand that before SNK was purchased by the Saudi Arabian prince, they were VERY reputable. They went bankrupt numerous times to make their games good. imo, its honestly an easy mistake to make if you're just out of the loop on who bought SNK.

Games Done Quick@gamesdonequick.com · 4w ago

We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK. We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government.

Some of the replies in this thread just show how some of you don’t actually care about doing the right thing; you just want to look superior in whatever way you can. Mistakes happen. The people saying GDQ needs to do more to be held accountable really need to touch some fucking grass.

Games Done Quick@gamesdonequick.com · 4w ago

We have canceled our sponsored stream with SNK. We have heard the concerns from our community regarding this partnership, specifically the company’s majority ownership by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, and the human rights concerns tied to the Saudi government.

carrd.co is a good alternative for Linktree. carrd is free to use and you can customize it in many ways. This mockup version took me roughly 45 minutes to make.

Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨@unaminh.bsky.social · 2mo ago

IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.

Making epic trailers for my FG OCs, adding cameos of my other OCs as if they were established in 1985 and hearing the audience scream and cheer from excitement with MIND

Please stop using Twitter I promise you that your engagement there is not authentic viewership. Statistically, it has been proven to be as much as 70% bot interactions. I am sorry for sharing something kind of upsetting but it genuinely frustrates me to see people glaze over when I say this stuff

Arly Darkfire | No Streams Until Air Quality Improves:(@arlydarkfire.bsky.social · last mo.

i’m sorry if it hits your reach and thus your livelihood to drop a platform but if you were a merchant and the biggest place to sell your wares was Wacky Mike’s Child Porn (and other stuff) Emporium I bet you would just take the hit. It’s not any different just because we’re on computer

There's plenty Bluesky alternatives where you can just log with your Bsky accounts and bypass age verification / force doxxing by websites. I know people in the UK and US are being hit a lot: witchsky.app deer.social klearsky.pages.dev And others that are like Tweetdecks: tokimeki.blue deck.blue

last lil update on this: told them id take it (professionally, but begrudgingly), and i'll officially be in the system after this week AND my paybump should kick in. all this to say: possible saturday streams soon?

🔞Elfy 💚⭐ Fey-Demon V-ARTIST@elfyelfears.bsky.social · last mo.

haha well they just informed me today that if i DONT work the one day i want off (sunday) i will be placed back in the dept i have requested to NOT be in for almost five months :) after they said they'd transfer me here... :))))

yea im one of those ppl who imagines music videos w my ocs when i listen to music, but im ALSO someone who imagines my ocs as fighting game characters while listening to music too (im imagining gameplay trailers)

"You are a progressive artist who commands AI to generate images" Then you're neither progressive nor an artist.

smilky🐻@smilkyshake.com · 4w ago

seeing a lot of Palworld chat since it's entering 1.0, for people that care and don't know, the devs also have a game on steam centered around generating AI images store.steampowered.com/app/2154230/...

it is actually possible to draw something and go "well. I'm pretty displeased with how that turned out." and not have that collapse your entire sense of self worth. it's possible to go "oh well haha" and then enjoy the rest of your day. and, get this: you can still make good art that way

Discord needs to be bullied once again for not learning their lesson. Hit them where it hurts and end your Nitro

The Verge@theverge.com · 6mo ago

Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month

I see that we're now at the "using big words in your book is ableism" point in the degradation of media literacy. You have in your hand a device that can pull up the definition of any word, dictionaries exist. If you don't know a word, look it up. What the hell has happened to curiosity??

haha well they just informed me today that if i DONT work the one day i want off (sunday) i will be placed back in the dept i have requested to NOT be in for almost five months :) after they said they'd transfer me here... :))))

🔞Elfy 💚⭐ Fey-Demon V-ARTIST@elfyelfears.bsky.social · last mo.

Hello new follows and moots!! Im still here, just not actively streaming bc of my job 😭 plus side is i just got transferred to a new dept so my next paycheck is gonna have my new paybump so yay!!