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do I need to restart the “procgen can give cover to particularly blunt or spicy thoughts” thread over here? also welcome back olivia taters

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also I might fuck around and start a list of “scents I’ve seen compared to Erba Pura”

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seeing a perfume described alternately with “grape cough syrup”, “vanilla gasoline”, “white florals” and musk. ?????

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the discover tab exists to punish you for posting good . like hey nice joke let’s put it up on the fridge in the black lodge

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why does this look like Pentiment to me

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My speech at the vigil. “No one can Save Everyone. But everyone can save someone. Look for who you can save”

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Amidst the situation in the Vatican, I do keep thinking about how Pope Francis’ opinion on AI is significantly better than I might have expected, and also better than a number of other opinions out there (including those who are more technologically aware).

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To keep working professionally, you need to be really good at writing. Pure, moment-to-moment writing. Seems obvious, but I see so many people trying to make it on their ability to pitch, their great ideas, or who they know. Which are all great! But not enough: the magic is in execution

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Untitled, by Joan Mitchell, 1992, 📸 via @dimfilipovic.bsky.social

submitted 10 hours ago • 35 comments

Flashbacks to the stats in BG3 Early Access where almost every single player pursued at least one romance. People may not ADMIT to wanting sex and romance in games, but their behavior says otherwise, basically every time.

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A little Telltale inside baseball, on MCSM s2 one of the best ways to make a choice difficult was by making Petra want one choice, and another friend want the other. People care about relationships! Romantic or otherwise.

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I once worked on a visual novel game where all the surveys and focus groups said that nobody wanted romance, they only wanted mystery and sci-fi. Then 75+% of clicks in-game went to stories with explicit romantic or sexy themes. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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things like this actually matter a lot and if you contribute to a pension fund you should voice your concern about investments if they are invested in the same companies

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If you’re not trans and you believe believe yourself to be a progressive ally type of person I highly recommend you read up on a prison practice called “v-coding” because with any luck it will make you physically ill and shock you to the point of action

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Happening in ~2 hours. www.twitch.tv/obsidian

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I have no words to express what it meant to me to spend 6+ hours with this beauty yesterday. Being able to hold, handle & analyze it up close has made my historian heart sing for months to come ❤️ So much so, it’s made me consider becoming a curator/conservator. #HistSci #HistTech #EarlyModern 🏛️ 🗃️

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two things: 1) the data collection for this org is mostly researchers from the academia world targeting cohorts mostly within academia, with emphasis on "we will pay you $100ish & a meal to talk to an academic in a group room". not a great place to talk about sex, let alone any personal motivators

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There is value in reading classic literature even if you find some concepts or words to be offensive, or if the author was a terrible person by modern standards. The popular idea found in popular books that reading bad things by bad writers makes bad people is unsupported by reality.

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VOLITION - No. Not a disaster. Weave this into the story of you. Walk out of its ruins. Save those who still can be saved -- I'm on your side.

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you know something weird, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a piece of Piranesi fanart I’ve loved

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The entire business model of American R1 universities is not viable without restoration of federal funding, & every individual institution pretending it can solve this problem alone is also not viable. University presidents need to be speaking out, collectively & loudly about this, in DC, right now.

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Tapir cleanser

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Nebula nominations close in ONE week. I'm here to reminder you that Caves of Qud is eligible for Best Game Writing. If you're an SFWA member, get a game code + more info here www.sfwa.org/forum/forum/... Message me with any questions!

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they put in the newspaper that he got bitches

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It is both breaking my heart and making me incandescently angry that one of the few silver linings of covid is the rapid progression of mRNA vaccine treatments for cancers - right as the GOP has declared all out War both on science as a whole and on mRNA vaccines specifically.

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Hey bluesky! We're hiring for a few positions! Come work with us on Project D :) -> halfmermaid.co/jobs 🌟 Senior Character Artist 🌟 Cinematic Manager 🌟 Senior Environment Artist (European timezones) 🌟 Level Designer (European timezones)

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good news!

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I am schrodinger's public college humanities professor: irrelevant and rapidly shrinking, yet also so powerful and commanding they must destroy the university to be rid of me

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one of my favorite collapsed tweet threads from 2018

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