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Irl I'm very closeted, so I use my fursona as a way to be what I can't be irl. I kinda wish I was as effeminate as my chars tbh
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as a gamedev who doesnt play many games, i thought dark souls 2 was a prequel to skyrim rule
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full alt-text as it overflows Lemmy's limit
First a screenshot of a Jeff Bezos Tweet:
"I shared this note with the Washington Post team this morning:
I'm writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages.
We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We'll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.
There was a time when a newspaper, especially one that was a local monopoly, might have seen it as a service to bring to the reader's doorstep every morning a broad-based opinion section that sought to cover all views. Today, the internet does that job.
I am of America and for America, and proud to be so. Our country did not get here by being typical. And a big part of America's success has been freedom in the economic realm and everywhere else. Freedom is ethical—it minimizes coercion - and practical — it drives creativity, invention, and prosperity."
@briantylercohen.bsky.social on Bluesky then captions that with: "Bezos bends the knee. Pathetic."
@junlper.beer then quote posts that with "i think everyone needs to stop framing whats going on as 'bending the knee' and what’s really happening which is 'they’re finally feel free to do what they’ve always wanted to do'".
@rat-carpet.yeen.wang replies: "BILLIONAIRES: oh i'm uhhh being forced, to bend the knee, to my little pet".
@junlper.beer replies to them: "billionaires continually saddened they are taking more control over the world. they never wanted that".
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Our community which is meant to be a furry centered version of [email protected] is currently looking for more moderators to help us out with general moderation. If you are interested in that I suggest popping on over to the post over in [email protected] and leaving a comment explaining why you would like to moderate there, and what background you have in moderating, if any.
If you are a current mod of this community or one of the admins of blahaj.zone you will get priority over other applications should you want to join our team and help out.
I apologize if this post is annoying to some people, if it's against the rules here I can remove it. I just wanted to help spread the word and maybe make the mods here aware if they have any interest.
