Verager
@verager.bsky.social
He/Him Yeen, 33, mostly lurker sometimes NSFW
I don't know why THK is not in the anthro festival, pretty sure I saw the draft invitation and wrote in a discount quite a while ago and Ader's right there in the promo image. But since it's not, hi! Go buy my game, it's very Queer and you'll like it store.steampowered.com/app/1332990/...
The Hayseed Knight on Steam
Come hear the tale of Ader, or how a poor one-eyed farm boy who's got nothing left to eat but his dreams, accidentally becomes the greatest knight in the kingdom this fully voice-acted and animated pi...
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🚨 KOSA UPDATE The added "duty of care" standard would force websites to identify minors to avoid legal risk, pushing the internet toward ID checks, facial scans, mass age-gating, excessive data collection and censorship FOR EVERYONE. Next comes a full Senate vote. Contact your senators NOW. (1/2)
Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 4w agoThe Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...
While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate
Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 4w agoThe Senate Commerce Committee just passed KOSA out of committee with zero debate & failed to move the SCREEN Act. punchbowl.news/article/tech...
initial yay - but think, this will be used to train their ai data models. the linked in executive has said as much this is Microsoft (who own linkedin and love ai) using free labour to improve their systems - don't fall for their co-opting of anti-ai language bsky.app/profile/jose...
Edd Coates | Game UI Database@eddcoates.bsky.social · last mo.LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.
KOSA and the SCREEN Act are going to be marked up inntge Senate Commerce Committee next week. Please contact your senators and demand they oppose these bills www.congress.gov/members/find... www.commerce.senate.gov/press/rep/re...
Chairman Cruz Announces Kids Safety Markup - U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, August 5, 2...
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Furries: "Why would a gay guy be a fascist lmao? Doesn't he know he'll be killed next?? 😂😂" Also furries: "Yeah, it's super awesome when sex workers and artists who never hurt a single soul get their lives ruined over harmless kink art. This won't have repercussions for me or my subculture later."
'As the progressive, I am going to progressively make sure all LGBT kids are rendered unable to access information about themselves. I would like them all to kill themselves, actually.'
They vote on this shit THIS MONDAY. Call your representatives and tell them to VOTE NO on KOSA, KIDS, and other "age verification" bills. This would basically gut online privacy if it passes. You care about your privacy? Your freedom? Your rights? Call now. Get off your ass and do it. Call.
fall 🐑 🔜 🎂 Sep 7th@dollparts.gay · 2mo agoI made my call just now. I promise you it’s not that anxiety inducing. It takes 5 minutes. We have proven time and time again that we can oppose these bills regardless of how they repackage them. Call now. Use this site to help. Save the internet with me. badinternetbills.com
yo! quick question mark, why are you on the "potential future stories" list in my research obsidian, filed under "look into this guy" also can you just quickly read this old tweet of yours out loud?
Mark Zaid, Esq@markzaidesq.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are witnessing MAGA equivalent of destruction of Democratic Party through election of progressive Socialists. If you think this ends well for country, I believe you're sadly mistaken. Extremism on one side simply fuels opposite growth on other side. We need moderates.
Your periodic reminder that people are *more* abusive online when they're using their "real names" than when they're using a persistent pseudonym and this effect has been replicated in literally every study that has ever been done
Duncan Weldon@duncanweldon.bsky.social · 3mo agoI remain of the view that regulation of social media is better than a ban for young people. But I also pretty much agree with all these proposals.
re: getting your paypal nuked (or stripe, your bank account, any visa/mastercard access, etc) Please report your experience to the FTC and the OCC. They're already under pressure for debankment and we want to stress how important this is (and once again, the OCC mentioned adult entertainment)
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.
Arte es Ética@arteesetica.bsky.social · 3mo ago¡ATENCIÓN! 🚨 El 5 de Julio de 2026 entra en vigencia la actualización de los ToS de Linktree. Esto incluye el uso de IA generativa (Dall-E de OpenAI) con los textos, imágenes y links que el usuario suba a su cuenta. Incluso compartirán toda la info del usuario con otros proveedores externos de IA ⚠️
Are you a Pokémon Go player of any era who has feelings about how the game's data has been used? Has it soured your memories of the game? Have you stopped playing because of it? Would you want to chat about it for a Kotaku story? Please reach out here or email me at kshepard@kotaku.com
Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN@scherawyss.bsky.social · 3mo agoHere's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
If you have sincerely-held beliefs that interfere with your ability to give prompt, compassionate medical care, then respectfully? Get The Fuck Out Of Medicine. If we don't send conscientious objectors to war, then I don't see why we should be paying you to be a doctor.
Global Abortion Rights News@globalabortionnews.bsky.social · 3mo agoHarmonie Perrone health and life was devastated by a Catholic hospital in Illinois that refused to treat her for an ectopic pregnancy, resulting in infertility and a real risk of death. Illinois is a pro-choice state but Catholic facilities can enforce shadow bans.
"Working class" in 2026 means a blue haired barista with they/them pronouns, a Asian immigrant nail technician, and an undocumented hotel cleaner. And we are going to keep having the same fights until we let the midcentury illustrator mirage of the white guy in plaid with the lunch pail go.
So i labeled my posts correctly, got his with an account-wide label that recently kept anyone from seeing even text posts. I got an update email regarding this that basically says every bit of media i post will still be adult labeled regardless of content anway, so uh why have per post labels?
This is shockingly salient insight. Despair comes for us all and sometimes it gains a foothold. Good vibes or even triumphs can't banish it any more. A little hope is enough for now. Even if you only manage a bit of hope or pride in times when you're strong, that's enough, it makes a difference.
Coach Gowron@coachgowron.com · 3mo agoIf hopelessness has made a home in your heart, it cannot be dislodged easily or all at once. Chip away at it with small victories, moments of hope and defiance. It is not easy and it will take time and effort, but strive to make it an uncomfortable home, a place where despair is no longer welcome.
The way to do this is to quit imposing your worthless modbot on every image. You have only continued to discourage accurate use of YOUR OWN MODERATION SYSTEM by relying on a god-awful piece of trash. That applies punitive, misleading, or - VERY frequently - blatantly incorrect labels BY DEFAULT.
Bluesky Safety@safety.bsky.app · 3mo agoWe’ve received questions from users about recent changes to the way the app handles account-level moderation labels. The goal of these changes was to reduce accidental exposure of adult content to minors and those who opt out of this content in their personal moderation settings.
There's a rise in furries saying they can't go to a con because they don't have a fursuit. And I've seen countless profiles say things like "I don't have a fursona because I can't afford a fursuit or art." Oh my sweet summer children, your imagination is your fursona. A fursuit is a luxury.
Liisen Bazu@poing.bsky.social · 5mo agoSome advice for younger people coming into the fandom. Having a fursuit doesn't define your worth or your popularity. I got into the fursuit thing later in life In the fandom and I've gotten a few new contacts, but I never lost touch with the ones who mean the most. Remember your roots.
They're going after horror, we said this would happen
Serenity Forge@serenityforge.com · 5mo agoA statement regarding the removal of DDLC from the Google Play Store:
X just suspended an account for telling US soldiers, in first 365 days of service can GET OUT out just by reporting "failure to adapt" This will also apply to drafts, and may be useful information you can pass on As a foreigner (UK), I feel this must become something every American knows
This is probably not gonna go anywhere, but I might as well call out that it's the Spotify model of revshare but for games, which famously doesn't pay anyone fairly. I've also never heard of this organization until today or, with respect to the devs, any of these games
Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 5mo agoIndie Pass - The Subscription for Indie Games, coming April 13 www.youtube.com/watch?v=iosS... www.indiepass.com -$6.99 / €5.99 / £4.99 per month with annual sub options -Unlimited access to 70+ titles -revenue distributed based on player time spent in each game
ICE has been hacked! And you can explore the data, which includes every DHS contract, in this convenient new tool micahflee.github.io/ice-contracts
DHS Contracts Explorer
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As someone who went on the Internet for the first time in the early 90’s, I fucking loved the Internet. It has given so many things in life, and afforded me so many incredible experiences. And to see it, and technology in general where they are today is kinda soul crushing.