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You should get an AO3 account

With the rise of AI and the well known epidemic of AI companies scraping Ao3 for training data most authors on Ao3 have locked down their fics to logged in users only. This is unfortunate for authors and readers. As an author I've noticed a steep drop in readership on fics restricted to logged in users and when recommending fics to my friends I've noticed that the folks without an account can't find the fics. The logged in users only toggle, not only keeps people without an account from reading a fic, but also from seeing its listing at all. More than 50% of fics I come across have this setting turned on. So, you should get an AO3 account. I know this seems daunting and unfair because it's an invite only system but, you can invite yourself through the homepage if you don't already have one, and in the past few years I've never heard of someone who requested an invitation through this method, not getting one. And for those of you who are hesitant because you don't write, that's okay. It's not weird at all to click on a commenter username and find that they have 0 works and 10,000 bookmarks. It might take a week for the invitation to actually show up, but I can almost guarantee you will get one, just keep an eye on your email. It's free to join and donations are optional. You'll have more to read if you have an account and maybe give your favorite author the chance to protect their work from AI without a loss of readership and feedback.

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It’s Fourth of July Eve so make sure to leave some milk and cookies out for Captain America

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While it's important to recognise that depictions of mental health and mental illness in video games are often dogshit, and a "sanity meter" flattens understanding of the impossibly complex issues of mental health into a single metric

We also have to acknowledge that sometimes you do just encounter shit that causes your sanity meter to decrease

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AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, BEFORE I POWER NAP. i’m so happy our 2nd mlm rep is a sweet masculine man who wants to be held and protected, but also to protect you. i love that he’s a big romantic at heart but also starts out going “i thought this was just a one time thing?” when you spend the night with him. i love that he is duty bound to protecting the imperium and it’s citizens and that absolutely includes you. i love that he respects you for treating both his and other animals right, even letting wild ones be wild, despite having bashed in several humans foreheads 20 mins ago. i love how he thinks “unwind” is code word for an attack and bursts into your bathroom in a panic. i like that his story is focused on him and not just his dog, but his dog is still important to him and understanding him as a character. i love that he is unflinchingly honest about so many things, from his love for you to his abilities (and lack thereof) to his views on the emperor to his struggles with shame and attachment.

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it’s July now which means it’s disability pride month. Everyone kiss Eidolon

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I'm not even mad anymore, just tired.

The rest of the posts are either about the DLC or about character build so normal stuff on Reddit.

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I like the idea of a Vulcan character who constantly does very reckless things so her human crewmates think she's strange but then she always has a logical explanation she delivers with absolute confidence.

"No, it was perfectly logical for me to jump out of the shuttle at that time. I had a breathing apparatus, and I was certain I could seal the subspace rift by hand before the Romulans opened fire. This was the only solution that would result in zero casualties. I might have died, but giving up is illogical."

She's known as one of the most fearless members of the crew.

Other Vulcans try not to acknowledge her.

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happy "closer to 2050 than 2000" day everyone

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the way this shiba puppy yawns (please unmute)

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a lot of people using it/its pronouns these days. for their gender identity is all well and good, for degrading kink purposes is also pretty great. but i see precious little about it/its for doms of any kind? gender unknown or irrelevant for whatever reason... "it" in a way that is powerful and terrifying. "its coming-" fearfully whispered between pets as the basement door opens. it feeds me. it hurts me. i cant escape it. i have to do what it wants. soooo good :]

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repo! the genetic opera is one of those movies where you watch it and youre like Damnn this would be so good if it was good

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if u feel the first cramp and think "i dont need a painkiller yet, itll pass" ? that the devil speaking, take that painkiller immediately

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One sad side effect of big box stores is that you just don’t get lifelong hyper fixation guy access like you used to.

Like yeah I can go to Menards and buy a door.

But it used to be I could go to the door store, and speak to a man whose sole passion in life was doors and who would talk about the history of door insulation patterns over the last 50 years without stopping to breathe.

That man is gonna find me the BEST door option for me.

Seriously my neighborhood had one of these. They were across the street from the lighting shop owned by the guy who could tell you the exact date, off the top of his head, that your property got electrical wiring based on your address.

Now these guys rarely get to own a shop, make a good living, and sell the very finest doors for decades. They’re relegated to Reddit posts which are informative but ultimately do not replace door guy having a door shop.

I don’t want to talk to some miserable, underpaid 20 year old who was in plumbing last week and in doors this week and doesn’t know a hammer from a hanger.

I want my door guy back.

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