If buying isn’t ownership, piracy isn’t theft

- Future of your digital library is up in the air - “Closed Garden” digital means no incentive to push deals - Preservation of titles becomes questionable - You aren’t going to see cheaper MSRPs with this move. There’s literally no benefit to the consumer in removing physical.

DayOne@playday.one · 3mo ago

In a blow to fans of physical media, Sony have announced that from January 2028, physical discs for new PlayStation Games will no longer be produced. Details: https://playday.one/2026/07/01/sony-announce-the-end-of-physical-discs-for-playstation-games/

good ending #TADC

Mamdani being a huge coward when it comes to trans youth is genuinely enraging. They will tell us with a straight face how hard it is. Do you know how hard it is for a trans youth who has had to move states and had 3 providers drop them and now has no options? Try that.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 3mo ago

1. In a move that is likely to be seen as capitulation to Trump, EITM can confirm that Mamdani's first ever trans direct care clinic will deny care to those under 19 years of age, the age from Trump's anti-trans EOs. It is a far cry from his pledge to "use every tool" to fight capitulation.

Happy to see the project fronted by a trans creator overcome the movie that is being promoted with pronoun jokes

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social · 3mo ago

‘The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act’ tops the Thursday box office with $7.8 MILLION from over 2,000 theaters, beating ‘Scary Movie’. The film is projected to make around $12 million throughout the opening weekend.

FREE ASSETS Pride Bricks by Lotusenta Ever wanted to throw a brick at a fascist? Well, here's some (digital) bricks for you. Use them as emotes, throwables, stream badges, whatever. ko-fi.com/s/3db2b15272 [ #art #vsky #assets #pride ]

If you see this, quote post with your fanart!

Is This Email From Humans or Just Yet Another AI Scam: Modern Time Sinks for Authors

I may be developing an obsession with Guilty Gear Also I drew this entirely with the lasso fill tool so like, that's pretty neat I guess #pride2026 #guiltygearstrive #uniburi

Going to think about this every time people try and act like WotC is somehow a "progressive" company or that D&D has become a great "queer game" somehow

Valentine Powell@valentineirl.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So after openly deadnaming all our trans folks last week, leadership apologized, but then did not update employee's names for the vote today. This means our trans employees are being forced to openly deadname themselves in order to vote in today's union election. This is deeply fucked.

For My Future Self #Pride2026

When you buy this book the profits go to two different trans authors, so that's a nice bonus. ✨

Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author@autumnwolff.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's amazing how being hit with a sex-swap ray can turn your life upside down in all the best ways, especially when you already have several girlfriends. Available in audiobook: The Harem Protagonist Was Turned Into A Girl!! And Doesn't Want To Change Back!!!?? beedok.itch.io/the-harem-pr...

Please help us bring Liam Adrian Cornejo Ramos (he’s only 5 years of age and is currently in pre-K. Yesterday, he and his father were kidnapped by ICE. This will help the family with legal services to help reunite Liam and his dad with their family. gofund.me/be8a1b2ab

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Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy

No hell hot enough

Erin Maye Quade@erinmayequade.bsky.social · 8mo ago

THEY USED A FIVE YEAR OLD AS BAIT

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

After ICE agents shot people in Minneapolis tonight, a crowd faced them down and eventually chased them away, despite federal mercenaries and police shooting a tremendous amount of tear gas. ICE agents abandoned vehicles in the area, containing IDs, paperwork, license plates, and operational plans.

unraveled@unraveledpress.com · 8mo ago

Another vehicle opened. Back was full of license plates, gear, various fed patches.

"Hey you know what'd be cool photobashing some selfies to make the enemies in our horror game more dissonant and unsettling just gotta take some and" *immediate dysphoria* "Ah. Right. That's why I don't take selfies. Cool."

Reposting with alt text because this is literally exactly how I feel about this specific subject

You hate GenAI? that’s fantastic I’m with yea but have you bothered to support any artist today as well? All you need to do is share their art and interact with them. Checkout their stores and get others to notice them. If you hate slop you need to make real art flourish otherwise thier is no point.

💕💕💕 #OCsky

Conservatives rebranded bigotry and every time the media uses “wokeness” as a euphemism they are helping a movement that it quite literally erasing the history marginalized people’s role in American life.

Dear older filmmakers and auteurs. And other successful Boomer professionals - - please take on protegees - Signed the younger generations you ruined from your selfish quests for immortality.

Laur Uy@laurbits.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Beautiful, beautiful message.

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

this was originally supposed to be a much more chill and cute ragapom piece and then episode 7 came out and changed the vibe #tadcspoilers #tadc #tadcfanart #ragapom #buttonblossom

Drawing was never meant to be done on a phone An attempt was made regardless #undertale #undertalefanart

Absolutely correct on all counts. Human art only succeeds when human artists get paid for their work. Read the whole thread!

Nenkanuko🔞(Commissions are OPEN!)@nenkanuko.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I'm sorry that I'm the one who have to tell you this but if you want human art to succeed over AI slop, you HAVE to pay human artists. Why would companies invest in human art if it doesn't make money? If AI and human art doesn't make money, they would think they don't push AI hard enough 1/8

Agree 100% with everything in this thread. If you only watch or engage with media that is deemed "good", you're missing out on what else is possible that a "good" something wouldn't even dream of TRYING. Watch mediocre anime, play low-to-no-budget indie games, and listen to low-rated obscure music!

Kayin@kayin.moe · 10mo ago

There is this thing with movies where like.... You don't learn to understand movies by watching good movies. If you just watch good movies it's like "wow! It's like magic!" You gotta watch bad movies -- like actually bad movies -- to see the the raw process. I... think art in general is like that??

Oh, so Netflix DOES have batshit amounts of free cash to throw around and totally COULD have afforded more seasons of all the incomplete shows they've axed over the years, they just CHOSE not to because capitalism?

Tom Warren@tomwarren.co.uk · 9mo ago

it's official, Netflix is buying Warner Bros. for $83 billion. The streamer will acquire the Warner studio, both HBO and HBO Max, and access to IP including Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, and DC Comics www.theverge.com/news/838781/...