#new profile at bluesky

[smellslikebot]

how to keep following people when a major social platform implodes

(...and you don't want to join 20 new websites)

First, get an RSS reader*-- here are some free options:

Desktop: Feedbro (browser extension), Fraidycat** (browser extension/web), Thunderbird, Dreamwidth (web)

Android: Feeder

iOS/Mac: NetNewsWire

You'll be able to make a custom feed to follow blogs, webcomics, social media feeds, podcasts, news, and other stuff on the web all in one place. To follow something, find its "feed URL"-- often marked by an icon that looks like this ↓-- and paste it into your reader of choice as a new feed.

Some feed URLs for social media/other sites:

Tumblr: Use username.tumblr.com/rss or username.tumblr.com/tagged/my%20art/rss to follow a blog's "my art" tag (as an example)

Cohost: Use username.cohost.org/rss/public

Mastodon: Use instance.url/@­username.rss

Deviantart: Info here

Spacehey: Info here

Youtube: Go to a channel in a web browser, view page source, and use Ctrl-F/Command-F to find a link that starts with "https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id="

Reddit: Info here

Lemmy: At the top of a community's main page, there's a small RSS link next to where you sort posts/comments.

Some additions thanks to @innumerablewounds:

Dreamwidth: https://username.dreamwidth.org/rss (users can opt out of this).

Ao3: Tags have an "RSS Feed" button.

Bluesky: Add /rss to the end of a URL.

Neocities: https://neocities.org/site/username.rss

Sites that won't work all that great:

Twitter: Feedbro and Fraidycat** may be able to use Twitter profile URLs as feed URLs. Otherwise, use nitter.net/username/rss (or other Nitter instance) Public Nitter instances are dead/dying, and Twitter is now very hostile to pretty much anything that makes it easy to generate an RSS feed. For popular accounts, try this workaround using Google News...?

Instagram: Feedbro may be able to use Instagram profile and hashtag URLs as feed URLs. Check Feedbro's "scan interval" setting-- you could be rate limited or temporarily IP banned from Instagram if it makes requests too often!

Facebook: Feedbro may be able to use public Facebook group/page URLs as feed URLs, but see the warnings for Instagram.

Threads: Come on.

Also see how to find the RSS feed URL for almost any site. Try using public RSS-Bridge instances or Happyou Final Scraper to generate feeds for sites that don't have them (Pillowfort, Patreon, etc).

*You can set up your subscriptions in one reader and import them into another by exporting an OPML file. **Fraidycat's intended use is following a lot of people across different sites, so it's well-suited for this post and I'd recommend keeping an eye on it-- but I didn't recommend it initially because I had some issues with it, and it hasn't been updated in a while. The last time I used it, it didn't have a setting to change how often it makes requests to websites, causing me to get IP banned from Twitter and Instagram...

#silly storie #twitter #rss #long post

[critrolestats]

New Blood, Old Regards

Thanks to @eyeofthenewt1 for this art piece!

Greetings! Although the Stats Team is still in a state of retirement, we’ve periodically updated several of our Campaign 3 Running Stats categories and galleries thanks to the efforts of a new team of data collectors. This team, consisting of Archivists Astral, Ethereal, Fey, and Shadow, have been preparing since the beginning of the year to launch their own site, and that day has come! With that, we’re pleased to present:

The Omen Archive

Although they have been providing CritRoleStats updates for our Campaign 3 records, their site will be its own thing with its own tools, toys, and focuses, such as graphics derived from their own databases of data. Please visit them at their website, reach out to them, and check them out on their various social media pages:

Website: https://www.omenarchive.com/

Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/omenarchive

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/omenarchive.bsky.social

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omen_archive/

Tumblr: https://omenarchive.tumblr.com/ ( @omenarchive )

CritRoleStats will continue to update our databases and running stats pages with the data we receive from the Omen Archive until the end of the campaign, so that anyone from academics to casual fans have access to a complete catalogue of three campaigns worth of data. After that, our site will be completely (accessibly) archived, and our legacy will be carried on entirely by projects like the Omen Archive.

Thanks Are In Order

Outside of our final livecast, we realize we went out without the proper thanks to the community members who helped us grow. We’d like to take this opportunity to give credit where we feel it’s due.

We’d like to thank the team at Critical Role for their support over the years, with special thanks to Dani Carr for both her wonderful spirit, tenacious work ethic, and the marvelous send-off she gave us.

We’d like to thank the creators in the community. Thank you to the artist community for letting us feature your wonderful talent to give vibrancy to the numbers and words we’ve filled. Thank you to the information gathering community, from the wiki workers to the meta analysts, for giving your time to help make Critical Role more accessible. Thank you to the academics for finding value we didn’t know we had in our work. Thank you to everyone who creates in this community, whether your medium is music, words, stats, or art; whether you share for a large audience or for the joy of your private home or table; whether you encourage others with high presence, or quietly inspire and support from the shadows. Your creation makes the world a more interesting place.

We’d like to thank both our patrons and our Ko-Fi supporters for allowing us to carry on for as long as we have, and to make sure our work can continue to reach those who want to be informed and inspired. Thank you to our regular visitors, as well; traffic is supportive in several ways!

Thank you to those who have been with us, whether it’s the very beginning, sometime in the middle, or even if you’re tuning in just now. Your patronage and your expression of value in our work has been a blessing. (Thanks for the 1d4.) We’d also like to thank everyone who has continued to visit the site in spite of the lack of regular content creation on our part, and are grateful that so many of you are still finding use in the previous campaigns’ worth of data, as well as the current one.

We love you all very much. Now, back to retirement!

#critical role #critrolestats #the omen archive

[allthecanadianpolitics]

In case Tumblr nukes this blog too

I have versions of this blog on Twitter and Facebook, and a Discord.

They're not as active, but at least its an alternative so I don't lose all this community.

I also have a cdnpoli related discord:

You can also follow my personal twitter and Bluesky here if you'd like:

https://twitter.com/ScienceTynan

https://bsky.app/profile/sciencetynan.bsky.social

#cdnpoli

[meanbossart]

Pin!

Hi, I'm RJ (Male, 27 years old) I'm a -usually- horror oriented artist and collaborator alongside my partner and better-half @barbatusart, though I'm currently on a Baldur's Gate 3/DnD streak with both my art and writing, specifically centered around the Dark Urge I created for my campaign and his antics, so that's most of what you will find here!

I want to leave a warning right here that I occasionally venture into delicate topics in regards to character lore and history - though none of it strays too far from what the game already delves into and I try to give a heads-up ahead of time whenever I feel like something might catch someone off-guard otherwise.

PATREON WHERE I POST WIPS, SKETCHES, UNRELEASED ART, ETC : patreon.com/meanbossart/

BLUESKY WHERE I PUT FULL VERSIONS OF THE NSFW THAT I CAN'T POST HERE: bsky.app/profile/meanbossart.bsky.social

TWITCH WHERE I STREAM SOMETIMES: twitch.tv/meanboss14

PSA: I get a lot of asks and I'm slow to go through them, please don't take it personally :U

FAQ BELOW

Q: Does your Durge have a name? A: Nope! I named him "drow" when I played the game because I didn't feel like thinking up anything special. His lack of a name has become part of the character's lore and you will find him to always be tagged with "DU drow", or referred to as The Drow or just Drow.

Q: Where can I find more of your work? A: You can find mine and my partner's comics here, but please bear in mind that most of it is highly violent stuff and you should read the content warnings on the store page carefully before making any purchases - if in doubt of whether or not any of it could be detrimental to your mental health, DON'T BUY IT. Stay safe!

Q: Where can I read your BG3 fan-fiction? And what is it about? A: Right here! The main plot follows DU Drow, Astarion, and Shadowheart on a new adventure that fractures into a couple of different directions, but mainly focuses on the aftermath of the spawn that Astarion has released and the personal development of the main cast, alongside a number of original characters that get involved in the narrative. My goal was to create a kind of "DLC" experience, so you can expect a lot of themes that parallel the main game.

Q: Can I draw one of your characters, a scene from your story, or any of your characters interacting with mine/other characters? And can it be NSFW in nature? A: YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN, AND I'LL BE DELIGHTED TO SEE IT IF YOU CARE TO SHARE. I'm equally fine with NSFW as long as everyone involved (in the art and otherwise) is an adult.

Q: Do you take commissions? A: I am not currently taking any new commission inquiries, sorry!

#text #pin

[modmad]

Mister Bluesky

OH YEAH WE BROKE CONTAINMENT all new bsky folks if you want to hang out here's my profile: modmad.bsky.social

I just post updates of the comics and silly things that happen to me

#I gotta replace dead bird sticker with a link to this on my suitcase... #sentences that only make sense if you know my website #bsky #yeah I been there a while it's p neat I like it better than the Other One anyway

[pintsizebear]

A guide on using RSS

This is an extension of my previous post about diversifying your internet use!

What is RSS?

RSS (short for Really Simple Syndication) is basically an update log for a website. When a site has new content the RSS feed will update, and an RSS reader will show what's on the RSS feed. Think of an RSS reader like a centralized timeline/dashboard for all your favorite sites.

Why use RSS?

The most important reasons are to reduce your reliance on any one site, and to save time by compiling all the websites you check in one place instead of having to visit each one individually.

There's also no algorithm that decides what you see (or don't see.) No more shadowbanning, it's all where it's supposed to be. Plus, it makes it incredibly easy to jump ship from a platform that's endlessly fucking up, without having to start over entirely or maintaining profiles on 20 different sites.

Examples of websites that have RSS feeds:

Blogging + Social media sites (tumblr, cohost, blogspot, livejournal, mastodon, bluesky social, reddit, etc)

Video sites (youtube, dailymotion, vimeo, etc)

Podcasts

Forums

News sites

Personal websites (if the person running the site has added one. Here's a guide on adding an RSS feed to your own website! And here's a shorter one!)

How to use RSS?

You will need an RSS reader. I personally like and use Feedbro, which is a free browser extension (available on chrome, firefox, and microsoft edge.) Feeder is free and popular on android. Chrome on android also has a built-in RSS reader that can be enabled. Feeeed is a good free option on iOS.

How to find RSS feeds?

Some RSS readers like Feedbro are able to automatically find the RSS feed for a page with minimal effort on your part, you just click a button and it'll pull up the info.

Others will need you to paste the feed URL into a box, which isn't particularly hard either. There's a few ways to find an RSS feed URL. Some sites will have a direct link to it. It'll usually be an orange icon that looks something like this:

Less commonly, it'll be a link that says "subscribe", "web feed", or just a + icon.

Many sites don't have a direct link listed anymore, but that doesn't mean they don't have an RSS feed. A simple tool for finding unlisted feeds is Thirdplace Discovery. On that website, you paste the URL of the site or page you want the feed of, and you're given the URL of the feed if it exists.

Some sites simply don't have their own RSS feeds. That can often be worked around with tools like OpenRSS, RSSHub, or RSS.app!

It's also worth suggesting for websites you like to add their own RSS feed or to add the link in an accessible place. The more interest people show in it, the more likely it is to be supported.

That's about all you need to get started!

RSS is infinitely useful and customizable, it's worth trying out at the very least. Once you get settled in, it's very easy to use.

There's a huge amount of RSS reader options out there. Don't like the reader you started out with? The vast majority of them will let you export your subscription list as a file that can then be imported into a different reader! Feel free to experiment with different options to see which one you like best.

Also feel free to ask questions if you have them!

[koko2unite]

if your going to another site would you link to it from here? i mostly ask because you truly do make good art that's well done yet soft and is a joy to see with all the bad news all over the place.

this is all my social media links

bluesky: bsky.app/profile/koko2unite.bsky.social

twitter (AD 18+): twitter.com/syalanko

twitter (SFW): twitter.com/koko2unite

my server for new art ping and gay talk

koko furry kove: (patreon only, for now)

while these are my art gallery links

tumblr: kokotwounite.tumblr.com

furaffinity: furaffinity.net/gallery/syalanko/

itaku: itaku.ee/profile/koko2unite

pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/76660041

and my stores / support

ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/koko2unite

patreon: https://www.patreon.com/koko2unite

gumroad: https://koko2unite.gumroad.com/

for more links check my carrd

#ask #pinned post #links #furry

[solarisii]

so like the CEO is genuinely fucking sickening so like heres my new sfw Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/solarisii.bsky.social here's my cohost https://cohost.org/SolarisII (which i'm working to make not nsfw but give me a minute) here's my furafinity https://www.furaffinity.net/user/solarisii

fucking hell

[sapphirestarz11art]

Serenade's New Year's Tradition: Awaiting the arrival of the new year as cherry blossom petals blow in the wind...

I imagined this on New Year's Eve, and I couldn't get the image out of my head; thus being my first big piece of 2024! It was my first time drawing and shading water the way I did here, and I really like it! Also it was super fun drawing Serenade again, especially with the parasol and the furisode!

Twitter Link (Glazed due to AI...): https://twitter.com/SapphireStarz11/status/1749977094187102381?s=20 Bluesky Link: https://bsky.app/profile/sapphirestarz11.bsky.social/post/3kjoydfl53o2f

#megaman #megaman battle network #rockman #rockman.exe #artists on tumblr #digital art #fan art #artists from twitter #sapphie draws

[greekceltic]

New Pinned Message

Hey hey! 38 | She | Her I enjoy drawing cats, rain and sometimes flirty dragons. I'm not Greek or Celtic, sorry! I just like reading about ancient history. Patreon: www.patreon.com/greekceltic Comic: www.catswaycomic.com Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/greekceltic.bsky.social FA: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/greekceltic Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreekCeltic -- I'm already aware that my art and content are being copied closely by another artist. I have no association with this person. They're blocked. My active social media accounts are Greekceltic, Dingdangdragon and Cartoonsnacks. Thanks. No name drops please. I likely won't respond to messages about this and already addressed it in this tumblr ask. https://greekceltic.tumblr.com/post/718716114656526336/ Might delete this later. I'd rather the face of my bio be something else.

#stuff #pinned message

[inn3rlabyrinths]

They actually unshadow banned me instead of deleting my 3rd profile in a week! A very small victory for me

I’m super pumped honestly! It was only a couple days but I already missed it around here 🥺 and did not love the twitter or Bluesky of it all. It’s just so much better here with you all 💜💜💜💜

I know I had a quite melodramatic goodbye but just cause I didn’t want to start a new profile again. I hope you’ll all still have me!

#me

[fayesdiary]

I'm going to be entirely honest: after everything that's happened these past few days and the fact it's very likely going to get even worse, I'm making preparations to bail out of Tumblr.

I still haven't decided on what social and art plaform I want to migrate to yet, but I am working on a way to keep in touch with my closest friends and mutuals on Discord when the time comes. It won't be the best approach, but we're gonna have to make due if you're willing to join.

I'm going to miss this website, really. I had a lot of fun and made a lot of friends here. But if nothing changes, if trans, black, Palestinian people and so on keep getting silenced and harassed in-and-out of the so-called queerest, most inclusive place on the Web and all of my text posts and art is likely to be stolen and fed to an AI, then I don't want to be here anymore. Besides, I've already been terminated without warning once, so who's to say it won't happen again?

I'll still be here while my blogs are in the process of being exported and I decide the socials I'll be on in case you've grown attached to me enough to follow me there, and at that point I'll likely stop activity in all of my blogs.

I'll miss you. I hope we can meet somewhere else.

Edit: Finally finished preparing my new social profiles! So if you wanna follow me there, here you go:

Pillowfort

Bluesky

Cohost

Cara

I'm not sure which one I'm gonna stick with yet, but I guess time will tell.

(No Mastodon for now, sorry. It sounds way too complicated.)

And who knows, if Tumblr staff actually keeps its promise of improving moderation and actually protect minorities from harassment I might come back here full time. Here's hoping!🙏

Edit 2: THE AI DEAL HAS BEEN CONFIRMED. I am absolutely going to bail now, sorry not sorry. You know where to find me from now on.

[leonaquitaine]

GPose & Glamour, a Bluesky feed

With the news of Bluesky no longer requiring invite codes, the number of new subscribers is swelling - and, with it, the amount of gpose and glamour shots. All great news!

If you decided to give it a try, you may have noticed that hashtags aren't a thing there. So how to filter out content? Through custom feeds!

GPose and Glamour is a SFW feed that includes all the major hashtags used by posters from NA, EU and JP datacenters on Twitter to indicate FFXIV screenshot-related content:

Give it a try - hope it helps your adventures under the blue skies!

Feed link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:g7al3puewnwj5gvz3snyt3pf/feed/aaaid5iuoiysu

#ffxiv #gpose #bluesky

[sodabytes]

joined bluesky today (@sodabytes.bsky.social) and was in a pixel art kinda mood, so i figured i'd make myself a new profile picture!

#art #my art #pixel art #bluesky #lucida sodabytes

[shiiocha]

got tired of twitter so i deactivated

we'll see if my addiction addled brain actually keeps with it, but with the way that site is *actually* going now I want no part of it. and seeing repeated bad news is exhausting 😵‍💫

I did make a bluesky account, if you're interested: https://bsky.app/profile/shiiocha.bsky.social

instagram is also pretty harmful for me because of the extremely well tailored ads and my tendency to spend money so i post and dont interact very much (if we're friends there, i still care about you i am just trying to protect myself)

I dont even want to think about tiktok (i avoid it like the plague)

as a result of all this ill most likely be posting here more frequently. although i dont have very much new art to share because of my full time non art related job:

i appreciate your continued support of my artistic journey, so far this site has been the most welcoming and warm and okay for my brain. love you all and hope that you too, continue to take care of yourselves when it comes to your internet usage and online presence

#text #delete later

[huntertheyeenqueen]

"Happy New Year, Darlin'~"❤️‍🔥

Was sent a pic that had been going around/others had redrawn so... I figured I'd do a version myself for Sallie Mayday :3 The ship needs more love haha. Verosika and Sallie May are property of Vivziepop. 

Inspo pic: https://x.com/shirozoid/status/1675283749519368195?s=20

You can find the full here: https://x.com/HunterNSFWQueen/status/1741638241839706211?s=20 ~ Like what you see? I'm open for commissions! Check out my Commission Price Sheet and Info! ~ My pages if anyone wants to follow my art~ da: https://www.deviantart.com/huntertheyeenqueen FA: https://www.furaffinity.net/user/huntertheyeenqueen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HunterYeenQueen Twitter (18+): https://twitter.com/HunterNSFWQueen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/huntertheyeenqueen Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/huntertheyeenqueen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088219471597 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/huntertheyeenqueen.bsky.social Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/huntertheyeenqueen Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@huntertheyeenqueen ~ If you're interested, we have a Helluva Boss/Hazbin Hotel roleplay server! Check it out if you're looking for a fun, friendly community to roleplay in~ ^^ https://discord.gg/s495qbuRpK

#hazbin hotel #helluva boss #sapphic #verosika #verosika mayday #helluva verosika #sally may x verosika mayday #verosika helluva boss #helluva boss verosika #verosika fanart #sallie mayday #helluva boss sallie may #sallie may helluva boss #helluva boss sallie mayday #helluva sallie may #sallie may #transgender #transgirl #transfem #trans women #transfemme #newyearseve #newyear2024 #new year