Cygnaut

Cygnaut

@cygnaut.bsky.social

65 Followers 60 Following 143 Posts Joined Sep 2023
2 weeks ago

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

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2 weeks ago
a barnes and noble display of emerald fennel movie branded copies of WUTHERING HEIGHTS. the sign over them reads:

"It's Wutherin' Time!" -- Heathcliff

thought you probably needed to see this

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2 weeks ago
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Stand With Minnesota Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

Whenever I get very angry with this current timeline, I donate to a rent fund.

It is very cathartic, I highly recommend you try it.

www.standwithminnesota.com

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3 weeks ago

anyway a clear takeaway of today is that nobody remembers the start of The Thing

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3 weeks ago
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

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3 weeks ago

Pffffft

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1 month ago

pavlov's dog but he's also a youtuber: "don't forget to ring that bell!!

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1 month ago
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1 month ago

A few moments of proper internet bliss here.

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1 month ago
Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults. And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

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1 month ago

Hi folks! I’m a freelance writer currently staying with relatives due to a carbon monoxide leak in our home — if you enjoy my writing, please consider throwing a tip my way, or paying-what-you-want for the short story in my ko-fi shop! ⭐️🙏

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1 month ago

Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.

1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.

2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.

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1 month ago
A movie theater marquee (Presidio) that reads 

SONG SUNG BLUE
SECRET AGENT HAMNET
SENTIMENTAL VALUE

SECRET AGENT HAMNET

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2 months ago
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Charlotte_Stant - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own] An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436

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2 months ago

And the Tufted Titmouse is painted!

Colors will be a lil more deep after the kiln.

Now I have two tits! 😁

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2 months ago

ICE observers in the Twin Cities are in need of dash cams to prevent further intimidation and frivolous claims.

Cams are $110, memory cards $35, and ship to us directly via this wish list: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

If you've been looking for a way to help, we'd sure appreciate it!

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2 months ago
Screencap of post from tumblr user nitewrighter
Me: I don't get it. I thought I was doing a lot better than I was a few years ago. I'm like 10 times more on top of things than I used to be. How does everything feel terrible now?
The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.
Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.
Tiny OSHA Me: BOSS, THE FASCISM.

Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.

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2 months ago
highly stylized Canada goose illustration all twisty turny flappy with pink stars surrounding goose and a pink tooty bugle horn in front of their open bill

anyway… bonus birb for #BirbFest *hönk*

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2 months ago

Chalupa is such a good car name

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2 months ago
vigilantsycamore
Dec 25, 2020
Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside
500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!

still my favorite christmas post

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2 months ago

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

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3 months ago

imagining an all night diner in a redwall world. little rat smoking while cooking on a flaptop. burned coffee in an acorn mug. the whole thing is inside a pumpkin

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3 months ago

Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.

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3 months ago
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3 months ago
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Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...

“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said

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3 months ago
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happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now

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6 months ago
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MORPHEUS: They're coming for you, Neo. I can guide you, but you must do exactly as I say. Take the elevator to the lobby and go to the CVS across the street. Purchase 5 Steam gift cards at $200 each. Scratch off the protective coating on the back and tell me the fifteen digit redemption codes. Hurry

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3 months ago

online friendship is crazy. like yeah we go way back. we talk about weird shit exclusively and we've seen each other in person between zero and four times

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3 months ago
DC Public Library

No Library Wrapped from us — we don't track what you read. DCPL protects your privacy.

DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚

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3 months ago

for generations scholars have debated which gender goes to college to get more knowledge, and which goes to Jupiter to get more stupider. in this essay i will...

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