I went to the ER with chest pain and was told by the doctor that it was because my large breasts were pulling on my chest cavity and to get a better bra. It is so traumatizing trying to get help. I kept pushing and it turned out I had a small blood clot that could have gotten worse and killed me.

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2h ago

“If you were really sick you would just go to the hospital”. Disabled people hear this ALL the time. Sometimes, the hospital is dangerous. No one knows this better than us. These patients were given potassium instead of pain medication… at least one of them is currently paralyzed:

Revamped and old PFLP poster for #internationalwomensday #art

Look folks do not do this to yourself. Do not let yourself get conned by the feds into making a pipe bomb so they can incarcerate you. You shouldn't be in leftism out of social pressure to be cool so someone you don't know such as an informant can influence you, & should hang with trusted people.

Phoenix Calida@phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 12h ago

The FBI gave the woman arrested for the D.C. bomb plot the bomb? And money to buy weapons? Once again, for the millionth time, that new friend who keeps pushing you to become more radical and prove your dedication by doing something IRL might be a fed!

꒰⋆˚🥄꒱ low spoons, cozy vibes! ♡ ⋆.𐙚 ̊ ran some errands, now i want to spend the evening relaxing with you. more kirby (hopefully) & lots of yaps! 💜 𑣲 see ya there, cutie! www.twitch.tv/xocrummy !kofi

Cozy Cartoon Cat with Hot Drink

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I think a lots of white queers really don’t like having this convo but your view on gender expression def needs to be decolonized and stripped of the need for things to be Eurocentric in beauty because that shit is still oppressive. Remember that you’re still benefitting from those things.

buying double fine games now only supports the studio, not microsoft, which is great! but it's not all good news

Aftermath@aftermath.site · 9h ago

Psychonauts developer Double Fine gets rights to games back, but union future uncertain aftermath.site/double-fine-in...

My soul is breaking! Gaza is stealing my son Elias's eyes. Darkness is swallowing his gentle vision, and time has run out. Without immediate surgery, he will be blind forever. I am begging on my knees—save my boy's sight before night claims him! Verified : molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/196611

When the public made noise for Liam Ramos, the little boy in the bunny hat, ICE let him and his father go. Now they’ve kidnapped another 5 year old named Liam. They’re disappearing little kids. Make noise for every one of them. Shut Dilley down.

Punishing and eliminating the free press is a hallmark of fascism. Journalists work for their respective outlets and they simply cover the Pentagon. They can’t work for the Pentagon … that would make them state sanctioned media. Lara’s firing should enrage & terrify everyone.

Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview

The editor-in-chief of Stars and Stripes says the Pentagon has fired him as well as its publisher and a reporter.

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The TrueRef birthday month continues! 🎉 ⦿ 35% off EVERYTHING all through August ⦿ A new pose pack every week ⦿ Weekly freebies in the mailing list ⦿ A super secret fourth thing Look: trueref.io

“Even if this flotilla does not bring about change, it is enough that it exposes the ugly face of the occupation to the world, so that the world may recognize the arrogance of the Israeli occupation and understand the shortcomings of international law in its dealings with it.” Alaa al-Din al-Aklouk

Palestinians Condemn Israel’s Interceptions of Global Freedom Flotilla

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So I've published my first ever game on itch. Because posting things of my own scares the hell out of me. But... romantasy jam 🥺💛 I wanted to play, too. So I've made a little one-page, solo romance TTRPG called Bloom Amidst the Weeds. It's fully human made, handwritten and hand doodled. Am nervous.

A Bloom Amidst the Weeds by rplyla

A solo romance TTRPG based around the flower plucking tradition of "they love me, they love me not."

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Steph@fistfulofcrits.bsky.social · 3w ago

There are just 29 days left until the #RomantasyTTRPG finishes! We've already had a lot of really cool entries. If you're working on something, how's it going?

Sure would be neat if there were more disabled characters in games.

Confirming: When you buy a DF game now, you support us directly!

When I graduated college my mom gave me a disk called "everybody's free to wear sunscreen" it's a silly talking song with life advice. One of the bits? "Don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's"

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 11h ago

I tell people all the time that I got lucky with my career and it annoys a lot of them. "No, but you're good," they will say, and I will say, yes, I am good, and also here are all these people who write as well as I do but did not get the same break, so being good isn't the issue, being lucky is.

Double Fine now officially owns all of its games made under Xbox and their publishing rights. https://kotaku.com/psychonauts-dev-now-owns-all-its-games-publishing-rights-2000726713

Psychonauts Dev Now Owns All Its Games And Publishing Rights

'Everything, we got back, the transfer of the IP came back to us'

kotaku.com

They screamed at us that deregulation would help us by lowering prices on food. Food prices didn't go down. Instead we got higher prices and recalls on dozens if not hundreds of food brands for disease/bacteria and metal/glass shards.

“August is solidly Covid season,” said Dr. Caitlin Rivers, at Johns Hopkins. “Right now, the South and the West are sort of the leading edge of this Covid season.” “The traditional respiratory virus season hasn’t started, but Covid is already climbing” www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/h...

The traditional respiratory virus season hasn’t started, but Covid is already climbing | CNN

Are you coughing, hacking or feeling feverish? It may not be just a summer cold; you might want to consider taking a Covid test.

cnn.com

With all these recalls, the only left that’s safe to eat is the rich

Dhruv Mehrotra@dmehro.bsky.social · 3d ago

NEW: Flock has said for years its cameras don’t identify or track people. We obtained the code for its police AI and rebuilt parts of it. The tool can find witnesses, surface associates, search people by race or physical description, and flag vehicles by how they move. W/ @dell.bsky.social

ICE doesn’t care if you’re disabled. They don’t care if you’re sick. They don’t care if you’re complying. They just want to inflict maximum harm and cause as much fear within the community as possible. #ICEGestapo #SocialMurder #Eugenics

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · yesterday

While everyone is concerned about ICE acquiring “Shock Gloves”, it’s important to note they’re already being used in schools and jails. A man in Kentucky was killed when a guard held the glove on him for over a minute. Even more egregious, shock devices have been used for years on disabled kids:

$1209 total unmet includes $987 unmet weekly hotel and $222 for food. Unmet hotel for today alone is $111 minimum. Hotel due 11AM ET. PayPal.me/SabiLewSounds Venmo.com/Toadlyturtle (Note: Sabina) #MutualAid #DirectAid #MutualAidBoost #ALT4me

Tired: using torrents to download the latest Harry Potter movie. Wired: using torrents to download the Amnesty International report that JK Rowling wants to censor.

Aida@aidap.bsky.social · 2d ago

This was document freely available and free to distribute. Lets preserve it the old fashioned way: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:eb3e6f89f9c71404643bc7b9bb6d74963017dda9&dn=Report_A_growing_threat_the_anti_rights_movement_in_the_UK_July.pdf Pop that into your friendly torrent program, no host to dmca.

#DevilsLiminalDaily AUGUST 20 We can't do all the art ourselves, so to take the edge off we commissioned a few backgrounds. Here we show off some treasured Arizona culture; a water vending station! It's fun explaining to someone what the hell this is. #vndev #gamedev #indiegame

Yalla to #Gamescom! For members of the press, creators and publishers, you can find us at the conference in Hall 3.2 DO50g/F051g as part of the EU Creative Media stand. We'll have a nifty demo to showcase! #indiegame #alom

For those of you who used legacy Slime2 widgets (run from a local HTML file), Socks has provided an alternative authentication method that should get them back up and running while my authentication service is down. The instructions are in the GitHub Gist below (click on the link in the embed).

Socks the Macro Wolf Dad@socksthewolf.com · 5d ago

If you previously used the "SEChat to slime2 Converter", congratulations, I have a solution for the Slime2 service being down and not available, introducing THIS FIX. The fix is also available for the converter as well, and can be used during conversion: socksthewolf.github.io/SEChatToSlime/

Pro tip: Remove GenAI from your stream and save your streaming career, people actively avoid channels with these tools (I'm people) Save a streamer's life today! [ #vsky #twitch #stream ]

It’s Black Speculative Fiction month, so it’s only right that I have [finally] made issue #1 of my comic, UNDEAD DUO, available to read online for FREE. Please, give it a read! globalcomix.com/read/d501429...

We need serious regulations around this shit. The rules are constantly shifting for anyone trying to making a creative living. Algorithm regulations, pay outs, terms, there is so much that just needs a basic kick the tires set of update laws.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 2d ago

YouTube is reportedly offering some of its biggest creators millions of dollars to keep their content away from Netflix. YouTube may also limit certain opportunities for creators who release the same content on both platforms.

MUTUAL AID THREAD!!! We did this together. We can do this for more people. If you are Black and you have a mutual aid or gfm running currently POST IT HERE!! And in return I want everybody able, especially nonblack people to share, repost and DONATE! #mutualaid #helpsky #BIPOCMA #HelpFolksLive2026

Reagan Gomez Preston's Right On Sho Nuff

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八瀬🌻🎸@slumflower.bsky.social · 2w ago

The goal was met. THANK YOU EVERYONE. Thank you for keeping Black ppl alive. Thank you for caring. Thank you for knowing how hard systematic oppression, racism & intersectionality makes life for us. Thank you for helping & not looking away. I love every single person who shared, helped and donated.