SOME GOOD NEWS! continue to contact your reps re: KOSA and the KIDS Act, but also give yourself a pat on the back if you called! Your voice mattered!

Free Speech Coalition@fsc.bsky.social · 9h ago

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

Silly scrungle summer pixel model YCH open! I know summers almost over but happy to have gotten these out before fall 😂 Hoping to have a halloween model coming up too in the next month or so~ vgen.co/VoidDebris

Made a CSP auto action for photobashing for backgrounds since I've been seeing it discussed on other sites 1 click turns flowers into useable background art For royalty free stock photos try pexels 💕 48hrs free~ CSP 2293162 Vgen ⬇️

48HR FREE Background Flower Auto Action by VoidDebris LLC (@VoidDebris)

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⛓️3.0 MODEL REVEAL⛓️ The circle has been drawn... 🧡 The crystals are glowing... 🔮 Release the Queen from her chains... 👑 ❤️+ 🔁to reveal! #vtuber #modelreveal #envtuber

relatedly, I'm collecting trans name-choosing stories to develop a workbook to help choose new names: forms.gle/dCBE8Yaj43e2... The how and why, what needed to happen before one felt empowered to change names, etc.

Tell me your name-choosing story! 🏳️‍⚧️

I am asking trans, non-binary, genderfluid, two-spirit, and agender people how they chose their new name(s). In an era of cissexist genocide in the US and beyond, I want to shine a light on rebirth an...

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As much as radicals get criticized for being "unrealistic," demanding entire demographics facing literal genocide always maintain mild rhetoric and actions is an absolutely delusional level of conformity to expect. I don't think that gets said enough.

I think my main takeaway from Hank Green using AI shit aside from plagiarism is that it's a horrifically shameful abdication of responsibility as a science communicator. You have an obligation to a standard of ethics and veracity in a position like his and I don't think that's guaranteed w AI use.

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

mini preview about what i mean

🍊 tsu@tsurudraws.art · 3w ago

currently spurred by how often I see artists fumble at the finish line when posting commission openings, events, etc and including examples of graphic design so you don't sabotage all your work

⚠️ STRIPE users ⚠️ Stripe is automatically enrolling free users of their fraud protection program into a paid tier. Free users have to manually go into their accounts and change to a "true free" version.

"no ethical consumption under capitalism" has been bastardized just as much as the concept of "both sides arguments" People will go "I can buy whatever I want, no ethical consumption" And "suggesting that murderer A and murderer B are both murderers is bad bc it's a both sides arguments" Bsffr 😭

barleybap@barleybap.bsky.social · last wk.

Getting reaaaaal fed up of that phrase being used as a get out of jail free card.

Getting reaaaaal fed up of that phrase being used as a get out of jail free card.

Darren Hupke@darrenhupke.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The attitude of so many in the comments section of the internet* is “it’s all bad, who cares, move on” You don’t look enlightened or elite because of your “knowledge,” you look lazy and sad for not trying. Be a good human. Make good decisions. Learn. Try again tomorrow. *I know

🍊HOW TO TIP ARTISTS ON #VGEN (share for visibility!) 🌱Vgen has a built in tipping, or "boosting" system. The name isn't the most intuitive, but that's a different issue. ✨When clients boost, they can add a cute sparkle around their comm in the artist's portfolio! (+)

Resharing this since I commented on a few posts in my feeds recently 🤍 Imagine if you searched for something on vgen and a bunch of irrelevant services came up... Tags are useful for clients too! Thank you for doing your part in keeping the commission ecosystem alive.

Kirynn ⚙️ Live2D@kirynn.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just a reminder to #Vtubers : Please don't use general artistic medium tags like Live2D or Blender unless you're posting something actually related to those things 🙏 especially here on bsky, a lot of artists use those tags for connecting with others or for showing off their work in feeds.

Now announcing: the first annual Trans Masc Protag Jam~🏳️‍⚧️ From August 8 to September 30, we're inviting you to make a project (games, books, comics, etc.) with a trans masculine protagonist and offering limited cash prizes to the judge's favorites (that's us!). Jam with us~🏳️‍⚧️ 🎨@nommedeploom.itch.io

We have literally just gone on image flip and made like 7 of these because we A) need money B) want you to have 1200 fonts for commercial use for just $19 ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack

Ahhhh congrats MysteriaKat! Can't wait to work on the model <3

lyn@mametchi.bsky.social · 2w ago

Congratulations to our winner @mysteriakat.bsky.social !!! 🎉🎉🎉 To everyone else who entered thank you for entering and I'm sorry! we saw so many amazing characters and it flabbergasted us honestly 😂 good luck to everyone on your all future model endeavors ❤️

What level of racist is "ask chatpgt what Asian people look like"

Rick@combattlerrickv.exportaud.io · 2w ago

I dont know if this is brazen or it has just become so normalized that people who use the stuff don't see it anymore but the text that opens the final paragraph on the right on the big slides for your sdcc presentation is WILD

Wahhh so excited to finally open these! Tysm to everyone who joined the beta batch~ These come with: - Physical keychain - Digital art - Commercial rights - Can order more keychains WITHOUT repurchasing art ($10 instead of $50) acggoods.com/store/voidde... #ArtCommissions #ACGGoods #PixelArt

HUGE important note The "cross region gifting" ONLY updates the price if you're gifting to a region with a HIGHER price than yours So if you have friends in regions with lower prices? Just keep getting them gift cards ig 💀

Wario64@wario64.bsky.social · 2w ago

Steam: Gifting made easier - Guest checkout, gifting to email, and more steamcommunity.com/games/593110... Steam Wishlists now support Categories, and more store.steampowered.com/news/app/593...

#OneButt_OneDay my fav pony!!!!!!

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Ethical art is art that treats everyone involved in the process (from materials to production to creative labor) fairly and with respect—not art that adheres to a specific set of content guidelines. Don't confuse genre trappings or marketing buzzwords with the real obligations we have to each other.

Please continue to contact your senators and demand they oppose KOSA and the KIDS Act. Every vote torn away from this bill matters www.congress.gov/members/find...

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2w ago

The KIDS Act is facing serious headwinds in the Senate, with Marsha Blackburn getting pushback from both Cruz and the White House on what should be in the bill, and what can pass. — via @benbrodydc.bsky.social. Cruz says he'll vote for it, but doesn't believe it has the votes.

Sin that must be eternally punished is a culturally Christian idea that you can and should reject. If someone admits wrongdoing and changes their behavior, that's the desired outcome. You don't continue to punish because you then signal there's no point to contrition at all, you're damned either way

Okay, real talk I need some help For merch YCHs, would you prefer pixel art or digital?

This video of a woman telling an anti-abortion asshole to, "Shut the fuck up" is exactly what I needed to see on a Monday morning

Okay I'm SO excited to finally share this ACGGoods has added the ability to take MERCH COMMS So you can comm the art + order the merch in one easy step! I'll be opening comms for these soon, here's a lil sneak peak from the test batch 👀 《 #ACGGoods #ArtShop #PixelArt #Pixel 》

For real. #noai #art

Ahhhhh so excited to be starting this collab! ↻💬 ♡ super appreciated even if you don't wanna enter I'd really love to see this collab do well so we can continue doing fun things together 🥺

lyn@mametchi.bsky.social · 3w ago

VTuber model giveaway!! 😲 collab with @voiddebris.bsky.social who is doing the rigging!! Prize: 1 fully rigged chibi Live2D VTuber model ✨ To enter ⋆ ❤️ + 🔁 ⋆ comment with your ref sheet and "trans rights" so we know you're a cool kid 😎 waitlist for our model comms: vgen.co/MAMETCHl/ser...