prettyarbitrary
@prettyarbitrary.bsky.social
Just a small Cthulhu. Original writing and blog: https://www.prettyarbitrary.org Fanfic: https://archiveofourown.org/users/PrettyArbitrary 18+ only please. NSFW & dark content may occur without warning.
"AO3 does not ever ask users to provide payment information, and the Policy & Abuse committee will never comment on your works asking you to “complete an identity verification process”."
Trust & Safety Phishing Comments
Date Posted: July 23, 2026 AO3 has recently seen a wave of comments claiming to be made by the "AO3 Trust & Safety team", notifying you that your account has been restricted. These claims are not...
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im begging mfers to stop asking for an ao3 app, we are in a rising age verification/censorship wave. the last thing we need is ao3 being subjected to that insidious bullshit🫠!
Please join me in supporting this Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers! Just like in Chicago, the DOJ is trying to make examples of people who LEGALLY resisted this administration’s reign of terror. (See their story.) Let’s fight back!! chuffed.org/project/1865...
Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers
On the morning of June 16th 2026 fifteen anti-ICE organizers were indicted on federal conspiracy charges in Minnesota, 12 of whom were arrested in aggressive raids across the Twin Cities. This fundrai...
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#Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery, but the fight for freedom didn't stop there. After emancipation, formerly enslaved Americans built schools, learned to read and write, and pursued higher education. theconversation.com/juneteenth-r... #edusky
Juneteenth reminds us of Black Americans’ long struggle for education following end of slavery
Enslaved people were not just enslaved physically, but mentally as well. as widespread laws in the South barred enslaved people from receiving an education.
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i sat a 4.5+ hour public education policy meeting so i could talk about how much i hate ai for 2 minutes during open comment period. because i hate it that much. and it does not belong in our schools and edtech ppl are GRIFTERS
At the end of the term I asked my college creative wriing students to submit anonymous thoughts on AI. No real surprises: Mood ranges from resignation to despair, capitulation from embittered erosion of standards to total, feelings of betrayal from deep to furious. 1/
this was a big piece i did for one of my besties ( @evans-endeavors.bsky.social ) last year! of one of his family's dogs (Opal) with a unicorn horn based off of The Unicorn in Captivity tapestry.
As part of its “conduct requirements”, Google must rank search results organically and make free of charge data portability available to third-party businesses.
UK orders Google to improve search clarity to help businesses grow
UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to tweak its search tool to help businesses reach more customers.
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Recording public law enforcement activity is an important way to hold our government accountable. Tell Congress to pass a bill that will defend this essential right.
Protect The Right to Record
The public has a constitutional right to know what our own government is up to. But right now, federal agents are harassing and intimidating people legally recording them in public. Congress must pass the Right to Record Act.
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This is amazing. 'Lumumba vea' indeed, sir.
Alex de Campi@alexdecampi.bsky.social · 2mo agoI love this. Unmute.
72-hour-update: At $12095, we are under $10K away from meeting our base goal, which will allow us to continue publishing in 2027 - and less than $500 away from hitting our next milestone, and unlocking a fantastic essay on worldbuilding! Support us here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Strange Horizons 2027 Fundraiser
The annual Strange Horizons fundraiser! Support this free, online, award-winning, weekly magazine of SFFH, which runs entirely on reader - YOUR - donations!
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Gautam Bhatia@gautambhatia88.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Strange Horizons annual fund-drive is now live! Support us to continue publishing free, weekly, online SFFH fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction for our 27th year! www.backerkit.com/c/users/3516... For new supporters - welcome aboard. For the regulars - you’ll notice something different. 🧵
WOW the response to this has been wonderful so far, thank you everyone! 😭❤️ To those who may not realize it, I have custom requests for these open on my ko-fi! A custom pose, a new dog breed, or simply a flag recolor, all of that is available. 7/10 slots left! ko-fi.com/c/3a27e1add0
Laur Bagley@laur-rants.bsky.social · 2mo agoHappy Pride, Everyone! This is my latest and largest Pride project to date: Let Your Colors Run! Celebrating pride with ten different hounds, with ten different pride flags! Nothing felt more natural than taking two things that matter so much to me, and bringing them together.
Happy Pride, Everyone! This is my latest and largest Pride project to date: Let Your Colors Run! Celebrating pride with ten different hounds, with ten different pride flags! Nothing felt more natural than taking two things that matter so much to me, and bringing them together.
also sometimes people just don't want to see NSFW content without warning being pro-NSFW is both advocating for it AND properly tagging it for folks who don't want to see it (for any reason) just because I don't want to eat what's on their menu doesn't mean i want their table empty, yknow?
SarahSyna@sarahsyna.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's always important to remember that NSFW is not a moral judgement, it's about how much side eye am I getting from my manager if they see it on my screen.
I just went to look up how much rain we got last night, to see if I need to water the new shrub. And the browser simultaneously asked me to turn on my location so it would know where to look while delivering a literal map of my neighborhood with some businesses it thought I would enjoy.
session one of Daggerheart is nearly upon us, so I did a little drawing of Fiadh as a treat 🌊
i will not stand for "larp" becoming the new "poser". there is nothing in this world that requires more genuine unbridled passion in the face of people calling you a total nerd than live-action roleplay
i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities? No? Huh.
Some people are responding that "you can't defeat fascism with sportsball" but A People's History of Soccer outlines multiple examples of the sport indirectly effecting change because supporters built a sense of collective solidarity and identity in the face of adversity
Ben Collins@bencollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoFascism's a fever you break with shit like what happened in New York last night. Create more excuses to feel things like that together.
The final #kakapo chick (Pearl-4B) from this year's cohort has fledged the nest (defined as roosting outside the nest for the first time). There are 91 chicks alive. They won't be counted towards the population until they're 150 days old. 📸 Petrus Hedman #conservation #kakapo2026 #parrots #birds
deeply uncool to find NYC the greatest city on earth, but Pride + Knicks + Cool Mayor + World Cup + summer weather really has created unprecedented vibes. Took this as a guy next to me shrieked OH MY GOD, GOD IS GAAAAAAY!
the knicks win, thus proving zohran mamdani has the mandate of heaven
