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It is, frankly, the same panic as the youth transition panic and the natalist panic. Even the idea that we might be shifting towards norms of recognizing children's autonomy and curtailing absolute parental power over their kids-as-property is causing an utter reactionary meltdown.

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Y'all are amazing. ConCurrent is at $2171/$5000 right now. I sent out a check for $2162.50 today for the venue. The rest is due August 7. It's only been a few days since the announcement and y'all are absolutely killin' it. Some details: ConCurrent will be in the Bullitt Cabaret, which seats 150.

submitted 9 hours ago • 1 comment

This thread is a wild (horrible) ride and I hope Boundless crashes right into this own hubris on the way.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

A majority of Generative AI companies and proponents have shown that they have an anti-consent ideology. It's not simply about greed. It is about their desire to be able to take whatever they want from anyone smaller than them and crush it into what they want it to be.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

i realized i haven't sampled earthbound a lot for beats, which is ironic considering i call myself ness, so i made a nice little beat off the tenda song which has a surprisingly good bpm for hip hop (103) and a 4/4 time signature (also i recommend listening with headphones)

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When the planet's dying and your friend would rather get forcefemmed by a flower girl from church than go blow up a building

submitted 22 hours ago • 13 comments

Bethesda devs win contract at Microsoft after threatening to strike. Includes wage increases, salary minimums, and crediting rules. Will provide benchmarks for other unions currently in the midst of negotiations.

submitted 20 hours ago • 13 comments

The explosion of AI imagery online has had an odd side effect for me: it's made me so much happier to see amateur art. I love seeing art from people at various stages of experience, even when things are rough and folks are just starting out. It makes me happy, now, in a way that it never used to.

submitted 14 days ago • 55 comments

RUNE ♥️ EATER

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This has been a quietly simmering right-wing panic for a few years now, the alleged "epidemic" of children cutting off their parents. There's no evidence for this phenomenon whatsoever, much less the bizarre "SJW therapy-speak" explanation they always reach for.

submitted 12 hours ago • 115 comments

say what you will, but we indisputably live in the Cruelty Squad decade. basically everything about the current era is encapsulated in that game. probably the most 2020's piece of art in any medium i can think of.

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i only need under $6,000 to meet my goal for top surgery in august! if you'd like to help a trans person out, please consider donating or sharing the campaign!

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If you’re part of an organization of any kind that gives women professional or artistic support — check if they’ve publicly made it clear that trans women are welcome — on socials, website, marketing materials. If not, ask them to. It’s time to speak up. And if they resist, well. Now you know.

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

This pride month: Don’t🚫: buy pride merch from big stores that don’t really care about our rights and just want our money Do✅: buy pride merch from other queer artists!! Support small businesses!! Contribute locally :D

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Whenever I see "AI ethics concerns" it's always crap like "should Claude have a social security number?!" and not "should OpenAI all be in jail for marketing ChatGPT like it's your friend and designing it to prioritize continuous engagement above all else?"

submitted 12 hours ago • 18 comments

Samaa informed me this morning that her family has been ordered to evacuate their area, and they were forced to leave their tent and all their belongings behind. Please help Samaa buy food and necessities for her family. ❤️‍🩹 gofund.me/f816f59f @mommunism.bsky.social

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

this is literally fraud. You did not sign authors with the promise to pay their due if you made a profit, you committed to pay them for their work that they delivered and has sold. At the very least this publisher needs to be blacklisted, but hope there are also legal consequences somehow

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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people

submitted 12 hours ago • 847 comments

Never more proud of my incredible father-in-law, which is saying a lot!

submitted 13 hours ago • 11 comments

I made a little video to tell y'all more about the situation with Hoji. I really hate that I have to ask for mutual aid, but I currently have no other choice. I'm trying to rehome Hoji as soon as I can, but until then, she really needs care. Any boosts are appreciated!! 🙏🏽♥️ 🐾 gofund.me/9fb87e42

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Last month, funding was cut for the Lexington Public Library’s annual Teen Pride Prom and the event was cancelled. Last night, Council voted to approve my allocation of funds to save Pride Prom and the event is back on! Lexington will always support, uplift, and protect our LGBTQ+ youth. 🏳️‍🌈💙🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 19 hours ago • 7 comments

It's due to a outstanding balance for our wifi, bank fuckery, and unemployment. I am in the negatives, owe hundreds, I'm still doing my best but it's very, very fucking hard. Love yall. Also good news. Started estrogen ❤️

submitted 14 hours ago • 7 comments

"Nyeeeeaaah, did you say the door to darkness, doc?"

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It's nice to see that there is a small group of people making a mod of Sarvente 🚬

submitted 14 hours ago • 5 comments

kabuterimon

submitted 14 hours ago • 21 comments

"Just practice" is good and necessary advice, but so frustrating for beginning artists to hear. I think what's missing is the assurance that drawing WILL get more fun. It really will. And the thing that makes it more fun is the control you develop after lots of practice. (thread repost) [tiptag]

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RIP Dad You gave me and my brothers so much, and taught us how to stick together no matter what We all love and miss you so much Say hi to Mom for us #VentArt #MyArt

submitted 15 hours ago • 10 comments

🎵Come with me and you'll be In a world of pure imagination! 🎶

submitted 15 hours ago • 15 comments

Now we wait for the eventual reveal that an obscure Discord dev team has preserved all the assets for this and is working on an open source remake that adds new characters and removes Reindog

submitted 14 hours ago • 8 comments

On Fire

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

A moment of reflection of how far I've come. We all privately carry different forms of grief within us—it never truly goes away, but feels much less raw with the passage of time 🌸 Just uploaded the rest of this week's comics over patreon.com/juliakaye 💜

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We just need to get rid of autism centers at this point because every time one's in the news it's always some ableist piece of shit employee beating the kids

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hey happy friday it's my periodic reminder that if you are a comic artist who wants comic book publishers to contact them and hire them ✨ PLEASE HAVE AN ORGANIZED AND EASILY ACCESSED PORTFOLIO WEBSITE WITH EMAIL OH MY GOD ✨

submitted 16 hours ago • 3 comments

everybody wants to be creative until it means you’re at least a little bit mentally ill 𖦹ׂ ₊˚⊹⋆｡𖦹°‧

submitted 15 hours ago • 1 comment

Comm for @jatsuvp1.bsky.social!! Honestly really happy with how this one came out, my little dude fighting my rogues gallery aaaa 😭 #Commission #OCS #Robot #Alien #Battle #Fight #KeyArt #Villains #Sci-fi

submitted 23 hours ago • 3 comments

Shall I be plain? I wish the bastards dead

submitted 17 hours ago • 126 comments

I think when it comes down to brass tacks my objection to LLMs/genAI is that they are designed to replace thinking. And I don’t know of any company or regime in history, art, or literature that wanted to stop people thinking and wasn’t evil.

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

🏳️‍⚧️ !!!!!!

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Rightwing pundit cruelly mocked trans people’s suicides. Now he’s whining as people attack him. - buff.ly/gZgRWpa

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Okay, folks, you know what to do here.

submitted 17 hours ago • 21 comments

How it started : How it’s going

submitted 18 hours ago • 146 comments

1. Great ruling out of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The 9th Circuit has ruled that there is no "first amendment" religious right to discriminate against transgender customers. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Deltarune fans on June 5th

submitted 22 hours ago • 21 comments

Unbound authors, LOOK AT YOUR CONTRACTS. Below is the standard termination clause in them (in late 2019). Boundless DOES NOT OWN YOUR BOOK. Consider emailing them and exercising the rights termination. Because if Boundless doesn’t own any books, well, so sorry, bye-bye, SHOULD HAVE PAID US

submitted 23 hours ago • 7 comments

❤️

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