alice

alice

@lapismaid.bsky.social

29+2 || she/her 🏳️‍⚧️ gay & poly || weird evil pervert and foul envious beast || Etrian Odyssey, Onimai, Blue Archive, and more ♡ Mirai, Melly, Mayruhi

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Aura/Moom
@moomanibe.bsky.social

Replying to @moomanibe.bsky.social

like the point of this is so obvious discord stated it themselves; it's to stop making it impossible to find patch notes, help requests, and other shit that's genuinely useful to find from a search engine, when it's locked in a discord server

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

okay I stabbed I'm normal now (doesn't change at all)

alice@lapismaid.bsky.social

(haven't stabbed myself for the week yet voice) maybe someday i can truly feel like a girl.... feel like i belong and am not destined to be an outcast even among outcasts of outcasts.........

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

(haven't stabbed myself for the week yet voice) maybe someday i can truly feel like a girl.... feel like i belong and am not destined to be an outcast even among outcasts of outcasts.........

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瘠烏＠例く08a
@y-karas.bsky.social

10/26はおくうちゃの日だったらしいけど個人的には9/20の方が好きなんだけど結局両日ともおくうちゃ描かなかったなぁ…という絵。

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Little Pisster
@omo-imouto.pub.moe

Fuck the law. Some of the worst atrocities in history have happened fully within the bounds of the law. Some laws explicitly and effectively prescribe suffering and abuse en masse. Laws do not dictate what is correct. Legalism is an awful system of ethics to live by.

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Yamino
@yamino.bsky.social

I'm begging my American friends to resist your urge to "get the last word" and chase rage bait for clout and just STOP reposting alt-right bullshit

Bertine van Hövell 🛝 AdventureX@baroness.bsky.social

Brazilians recommending not to amplify right-wing talking points by dunking and quoting, as a winning strategy Next day, my tl is full of people dunking on rfk jr I literally would not have seen the bigotry if it wasn't for y'all repeating it. That's exactly what the Brazilians were on about!

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Shamey
@shamey.gay

It's also just generally revealed that a hell of a lot of people still need to internalize that if your job gets easier, you will be made to do more of it until you are loaded down exactly as much as before. If there is no more work to make you do, you will be fired.

garth marenghi's chart place@tef.bsky.social

it's just pretty tiring to hear endless wish fulfilment scenarios "my job will be easier" or "science will get better" when every day it feels like the exact opposite is happening, what with endless crunch and layoffs, and i'm told "but it works on my machine" as if it means anything

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✧Mirai✦
@starrymirai.moe

You know, what truly matters, what's really important, is that when the time came? We did our best to correct people and made sure we were fair and balanced and truthful about the nuances of water usage in the face of environmental concerns that could be seen coming from a mile away

The Verge@theverge.com

Anthropic is clear that data centers will run on gas, to the company’s own detriment. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

theverge.comAnthropic is burning gas to feed the AI boomBut climate change poses financial risks, Anthropic says.

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rain
@rain.shy.cat

yeah we’re all freak perverts but if you don’t respect others boundaries if you don’t ask for consent when it’s needed you don’t belong here

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

if i had to hazard a guess part of Bloodborne's high reputation comes from what a defined setting it has (I want to say "sense of place" but I don't think that's using the phrase correctly?), how everything fits as being part of or extending from Yarnham and the halloween-ass shit happening in it

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alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

And the time of day! as opposed to each area just having its own sky/lighting, the night progressing Everywhere emphasizes further how much every place is a part of the whole, it's an absolutely essential part of bringing the world together (it's also cool as shit when you first notice it happening)

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

if i had to hazard a guess part of Bloodborne's high reputation comes from what a defined setting it has (I want to say "sense of place" but I don't think that's using the phrase correctly?), how everything fits as being part of or extending from Yarnham and the halloween-ass shit happening in it

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

in contrast with something like Lordran of Dark Souls which, despite being very interconnected, still feels very much like Video Game Levels stitched together (and the world's sense of scale imo suffers a bit from that connectivity)

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

Yarnham doesn't feel that way. Any connectedness present just enhances the sense of it Being A Place That Exists because of how like... everything feels like a natural extension from that opening stretch of being deep into the city, linked together by Weird And Spooky Shit going on

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Ana Valens 🔞
@acvalens.net

Replying to @acvalens.net

Everyone — left or right — is just looking for a permission structure to be cruel these days. Maybe you’re too cringe. Maybe you made an off-color joke when you were 13. Too bad, your life is over now. Very American way of dealing with the decline of the country

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amy 森
@amyforest.pds.pub.moe

me: i'm gonna write the most devious and transgressive sex scene ever. the scene: "imagine happy loving intimacy where neither party is dissociated."

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

bloodborne has taught me that everything is weak to fire and if you ever come across something scary or intimidating, the first thing to do is try lighting your weapon on fire and smacking it until it stops moving. fire paper my beloved

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

it is wild how many bosses stagger super hard from just having the Fire Paper buff applied. turns out a boss becomes a lot less intimidating when doing what the game wants (being very aggressive) also just prevents them from having a lot of chances to do things

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

but i mean is it really beating the bosses if you're using their elemental weakness which the game emphasizes at multiple points............. idk seems like cheating to me 🤔🤔🤔

alice
@lapismaid.bsky.social

how has Fabio ended up one of the fastest units on the squad. i guess threatening someone with healbot duty really works

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Again, it’s important to understand that the transgender terror did not arise organically from the public. It was imposed from above, by the world’s most hateful and poisonous media class.

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *