#NFT gating

[crypto28ro]

Cripto pentru protejarea artei indigene

În era digitală, arta indigenă se confruntă cu o serie de provocări majore: împrumutul neautorizat de motive tradiționale, comerțul necontrolat cu reproduceri de artă tribală, lipsa de recunoaștere a drepturilor de proprietate intelectuală și dificultatea de a stabili o piață echitabilă pentru artiștii locali. Deși arta indigenă se bazează, în multe cazuri, pe tradiții culturale ancestrale și are…

[edsonjnovaes]

A teoria do mais tolo 1.2

O primeiro comprador paga uma quantia inflacionada de dinheiro por um bem que ele logo colocará à venda por um preço ainda mais exorbitante, na tentativa de encontrar alguém ainda mais “tolo” para comprá-lo. BBC News Mundo – 17 jun 2022 Neste jogo perigoso, o que se comercializa podem ser tulipas ou bitcoins, segundo declarações de Bill Gates, o fundador da Microsoft afirmou em uma conferência…

[rhiaden]

Ascended Astarion - set to Ghost "Ritual"

Back to BG3!! Another Ghost impulse song! This time our Lord set to Ritual. Contains Act 3 camp scene with F!Tav

[hanksaysthings]

[littlestpersimmon]

Hey guys. Would really appreciate if you could all rb!

Am open for commissions, each one is only 40 usd.

I can draw mostly anything- absolutely would love to draw your ocs, dnd characters, baldurs gate, final fantasy characters.. etc. My special fields of interest are fantasy ocs, but I can also draw your cats and puppies.

My only rules are that I cannot draw furry and mech and real people, as it is beyond my capabilities. No nfts, and please be kind. I try to draw as hard and as fast as I possibly can.

In desperate need of more funding. I am the only one in my family who can work, all three of my family members are disabled, one of which are completely unable to move independently. A lot of my funds and such go to their Healthcare. I also price down comms as low as I can, because of the state of the world. I only made 350 usd last month, and yesterday they cut out our power, trying to get some means to get the power back up as philippine weather is so humid that wet bulb levels of heat are possible, and we have some food in the fridge still in I really do not want to spoil

Please purchase a commission through ko-fi! I'm more than happy to work for you!

LINK to purchase a portrait on my ko-fi! < you can submit both payment and info there. Thank you everyone. Stay safe out there.

[mortalityplays]

Forgive me if I'm mistaking you for another person, but I remember you speaking at multiple points on the unsustainability of free social media services (I think especially in response to the cohost collapse?), and I'm curious on what your thoughts on bluesky are so far. I'm not an expert on the subject, but from what I've read previously it seemed like they were on track to be financially sustainable, but I don't know if the recent floods of users has thrown those projections off. Sorry if I'm mixing you up with someone else on my timeline, in that case just ignore me.

bluesky will almost certainly follow the same trajectory of monetisation => bloat => enshittification => decline as every other major platform built on venture capital and user hoarding. it's a terrible model that only works in the short term as a mirage for attracting funding and making founders look good for a year or two before they sell.

you can see the same effect in the decline of all the subscription box services that came into vogue just before covid: they feel great to use for as long as the initial injection of venture funding lasts, because the purpose of that funding at that stage is to attract users and impress the next round of funders with how pleasant/intuitive/efficient/ethical/good value the service is. that's the stage where they're handing out freebies and bowling over influencers, and every ingredient in the box is fresh and high quality and locally sourced. wow what a good deal, what a great system!!! why hasn't anyone done this before? the answer is because it's unsustainable by design. they rack up good reviews, sign on a billion new users, attract new funding from a bunch of much more credulous investors, and then gut all of the expensive parts. portions get smaller, ingredients get worse, packaging gets flimsier, prices go up, freebies turn into "5% off your first 9 boxes when you invite 3 friends", and customer service vanishes.

with social media (and platforms like discord) the logic is the same, it's just a little less glaringly obvious to the end user because they're not coming home to leaking packages of rancid chicken on the doorstep. bluesky has an advantage over tiny operations like cohost because it was founded by a billionaire making a point for the sake of his own image. it got a really significant chunk of startup funding, and the owner had existing connections and rep in the space to attract more. That's why it has survived the goldrush period, why it still feels good to use, and why users who have been burned so many times before are finally accepting it as a stable, reliable option. It's still in its venture capital honeymoon phase where the only thing worth spending money on is making the service attractive to users.

What I expect we will see next, with another mass influx of users from twitter and new funding from a rogue's gallery of tech venture sickos led by Blockchain Capital is a strong ramp up into monetising that userbase. They've already been pretty forthright about how they plan to do this, and I think it's a solid roadmap of how Bluesky will bloat and decay over the next few years:

this is a huge lol. don't worry, we're not going to hyperfinancialize the social experience through NFTs. the thing even crypto freaks started feigning amnesia about a year ago. real "our health conscious sodas are 100% arsenic free" messaging here. They know perfectly well that rubes users are suspicious of their typical 5 dimensional tech finance chess games and are patting our hands about last week's bogeymen so nobody worries too hard about whatever 'decentralised developer ecosystem' just happens to be helmed by a bunch of crypto guys. this definitely means something good and based and not a google-like single sign on user data harvesting operation.

This is the same shit that's currently rotting the floorboards of discord. Bluntly, there is no way to run a platform on this scale without gating functionality behind paid services. Discord has been squeezing free-tier file uploads and call quality etc. down steadily and cranking up subscription costs over the last year or two, throwing in chaff like animated avatar frames to try and justify the user cost. They're also doing the same misdirection thing again here, pointing to Thing We All Hate to deflect from thing we might not like very much when they do it. Booo elon booo we all hate elon!!! wait how do we feel about subscription models again,

watch out for this to kill porn on bsky like it has killed porn on every other social platform 👍 boooo we hate elon boooo stupid idiot and his 'everything app' booooo wait why do you need my tax information, what's that about mastercard,

Look, we are all aware social media is a money pit. Let's not forget dorsey was looking to sell twitter in the first place, long before elon's very public plunge into total online derangement. Subscription services are not going to plug the hole, so we are gradually going to see more and more spaghetti thrown at the wall while early funders shuffle cards and do their pyramid scheme bit bringing in stupider and stupider investments. this is the window in which bluesky will be temporarily worth using for us, for the idiot public, the poorly rendered crowd jpegs in the background of their venture capital MOBA. it's in their interests to slow and pad the decline as much as possible, because that is how they get maximally paid.

Given the scale of the money involved, and dorsey's weird ego investment, I think bluesky will probably manage a controlled drift for a good few years before it gets really bloated and painful. and by then we will all be so used to the *checks notes* decentralised developer ecosystem that we'll just be posting through it, watching another generation of columnists call another collapsing platform 'their beloved hellsite' and passing around that meme about not getting out of our chairs no sir until idk we all get on a fediverse neurolink alternative to stick it to the elongated muskrat and our brains pop peacefully in our sleep. which I guess is the closest thing to viability any social media platform can achieve.

anyway diogenes the cynic is also on bluesky

[celeste-clearwater-06]

EYYY SINCE YOU GUYS BLEW UP THE FIRST ONE, HERE'S PART 2

rip thorin's company, you would have loved... (Pt. 2)

nori

r.i.p. nori you would have loved public prank videos

kai cenat

nft hate train

lego batman movie

lock picking kits

bifur

r.i.p. bifur you would have loved google translate

those crazy indian tiktok edits

heated blankets

dashcam footage

rug cleaning videos

bombur

r.i.p. bombur you would have loved cooking with lynja

oscar mejer weiner mobile

disney world

shamwow

scented candles

oin

r.i.p. oin you would have loved hearing aids

gated communities

britain’s got talent

dollar general

neosporin

gloin

r.i.p. gloin you would have loved wwe restling

tiktok story times

the american national anthem

flex tape commercials

arby’s

tauriel

r.i.p. tauriel you would have loved grwm videos

shooting ranges

emma watson

minimalist tattoos

rompers

thranduil

r.i.p. thranduil you would have loved only fans

matching pajama sets

silk sheets

dress to impress

the grammy’s drama

bard

r.i.p. bard you would have loved posting your daughters on facebook

karen’s getting karma

ford trucks

window ac units

reese’s cups

radagast

r.i.p. radagast you would have loved ferrets

panera bread co

georgia aquarium

astrology signs

furries

HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS PART I WAS DYING WRITING THISSS LMAO 🩷💕💓

Also let me know if you want to be included in my LOTR/THE HOBBIT TAGLIST!!

tag list : [ @kumqu4t @blueberryrock @to-be-frank-i-dont-care @luna-xial @legolaslovely @fizzyxcustard @pistachiozombie @imaginexhobbit @beenovel ]

[baldurspeen69420]

My Girlfriend Rates BG3 Characters Based On Vibes

My GF has never played Baldurs Gate and has limited knowledge of DnD or videogames in general, here are her thoughts:

Lae'zel (2/10)

"She looks like a teen boy tried to make a bangable bored ape NFT, kind of gives Gorillaz character vibes."

Shadowheart (7/10)

"Makes me think of a lesbian version of that guy from How To Train Your Dragon, kinda bangable. Not that the HTTYD guy is bangable, he's not, but-"

Karlach (11/10)

"Would smash. no questions asked."

Astarion (5/10)

"An extra point because he's zesty. Kinda has a vibe like he lures children into his white van. Only popular because of the vampire fetish tbh."

Wyll (8/10)

"That's just a good-looking man. My theory for his story is that he's adventuring during a midlife crisis and he thinks taxation is theft."

Gale (7/10)

"Chiseled jawline, nice. Not into beards though. Definitely likes his nipples rubbed during sex, I just know this."

BONUS Minthara (1/10)

"Vibes are absolutely rancid. Looks like Gollum before he found the ring. I don't like her."

BONUS Halsin (8/10)

"Friendly energy. Looks like he has a huge schlong but he's kind of shy and humble about it. Not my type but I'm sure people love him. This is the bear guy????"

[adrianicsea]

whoever at funko made the decision that the liam mcpoyle pop would be a fucking NFT exclusive release you will NOT be seeing the gates of heaven

[facts-i-just-made-up]

NFTS AND MICROTRANSACTIONS COMING SOON TO BALDUR'S GATE III

FIJMU News 8-20-23 by T. Fling Carlock

Microsoft announced today that they have purchased Wizards of the Coast, the company which controls Dungeons and Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, and numerous American presidential candidates.

According to Microsoft spokesman Mike Rosoftspoquesmin, "Larian did a great job and made a lot of people happy. This however did not make us money, so we bought it and plan to squeeze this newfound fanbase and their well earned trust for every possible cent."

Upcoming changes include NFT purchases in game shops, new in-game currencies that let players pay for extra d20 on rolls (limit 99d20 per roll), new "Loot Boxes" which can be purchased in lieu of traditional treasure chests (limit 500 reloads per deposit) and allowing character creation only from paid transactions for each article of clothing and genital enhancement (limit 3ft enlargement per genital).

Microsoft also plans to introduce bugs and glitches to the game, which are traditional to modern games and have been lacking thus far. A Baldur's Gate cinematic universe has also been announced, with "Baldur's Gate Part 1: That Goblin Has A Rock" coming soon to a theater near you.

[gayhoediaz]

transcript:

you know what i just heard? i heard that - that republicans are - are really upset… that - that we - that we call ‘em weird.

motherfucker, you guys are weird. you - you know that, right? all these flags, and the bumper stickers, and the fucking parades, and the boats, and the cars, and the truck nuts. like… you guys are fucking weird.

i don’t have a flag on my house that says “chad from accounting” because chad works for me. chad - we just hired chad to do a job, just like our politicians, we don’t worship politicians. you guys are fucking weird.

we don’t - we don’t buy their NFTs, we don’t - we don’t buy their trading cards. [laughs] you fucking weirdos.

all this worshipping is just wack-a-doodle, man. it’s just - it’s just fucking weird.

[beginning of sentence cut off] …politicians is just like, it’s just some people we hired, and - to do some work for us, to try and improve the country, try to improve the lives of the majority of the country. that’s who - that’s who we view politicians as.

you guys are talking about weird ass, you know, you got pizza gate. remember pizza gate? you guys thought there was a fucking child sex ring in the fucking basement of a pizza parlor in new york that didn’t have a fucking basement? and there was like - it was like jade helm 15, remember that? and then there was like 16 and 17 ‘cause it just never fucking happened, so you just kept changing the fucking year? remember that? you guys thought, like, we were all gonna get put in like fucking fema camps?

yall are legitimately weird, and yes, i am double fisted tonight. [shows a drink in either hand]. but that’s just - that’s just the way it goes, i have to be. because you guys make - make us drink. you realize, like… you make us drink. you stress us the fuck out.

like, i don’t wanna have to be sitting around, worrying about the end of american democracy. but here i am - sitting here, fucking worried about it, because you guys are bat-shit nuts.

so yeah, ya - ya are fucking weird. ya got - ya got a vice president that has a relationship with his love-seat.

the weirdest fucking thing is the guy you chose to be your fucking big, masculine, big, bad-ass hero is a guy that spraypaints himself orange, wears fucking heels, and bleaches his fucking hair piss-blonde. that’s your guy.

[takes a drink]

you goofy fucks.

[takes another drink]

look, guys, in the end, you guys used to be cowboys. you used to be the cool guys. alright? but now, you’re all fucking nerds. you’re - you’re all just a bunch of fucking nerds, man.

you wonder why women don’t wanna fuck you, it’s because you keep trying to take all their fucking rights away. you’re just a bunch of fucking nerds, man. you wonder why hispanics and latinos don’t wanna vote for you, it’s because you wanna fucking put their kids in cages. and you wonder why gays and lesbians and the gay community don’t wanna vote for you, it’s because you’re all fucking assholes and you wanna take away their right to marry each other. you just don’t believe in this liberty and justice - for all. for all.

fucking weird, man.

you wrap yourself in the constitution, but you really don’t believe in the constitution. you really don’t even know what the fuck is in it, do ya? you’re just fucking weird. ya made it weird.

[takes a drink]

and what i love the most about this for you fuckers - is that in november, you guys are going to get beat. by a beautiful, smart, accomplished, black woman.

[waves-art-blog]

"Very brave of you to come down here!", Wesker's unmistakable light raspy voice sounded behind Haddie, who was about to make a move on the chest. She let go of the lock, which let out a soft metallic clack after it hit the chest. The young woman straightened up and half turned towards the uniformed person, so that he could only see her profile. Haddie was calm. Her determined gaze was fixed on Wesker. He did little to frighten her. "And you have nothing better to do than follow me down here, Blondie?" the young woman spoke in a calm and firm voice, her lips twisted into a slight smirk. She turned away from the box, the contents not that important, before walking up to Wesker and stopping in front of him. "So?" she asked him, reminding him of her question when no answer came from him. "And what about you? Don't you actually have something better to do than be down here?", instead of answering he threw the question back to her. Once again he bypassed her question. What he did more often. As he spoke, he walked around her. Circled her. Like a cat playing with its prey, just waiting for the right moment to strike! Undeterred, Haddie stood calmly, knowing all too well the feeling of being circled by a predator. Even when Wesker grabbed her after standing behind her, holding his knife to her throat, she remained calm. He was just playing with her, trying to scare her! "Very brave or very stupid to put yourself in this death zone, Haddie!" the girl heard his voice close to her ear. She pushed the air out of her lungs in amusement. Without much resistance, Haddie pushed his hand with the knife away from her and freed herself without any problems. She walked slowly and smoothly to the stairs and turned to Wesker one last time. "You disappoint me by wasting your time with you!", Haddie emphasized the words the way he always pronounced them, "I'd say playtime is over, blondie! For now!" Before hurrying upstairs to get away from the basement to finish the exam, Haddie threw a few last words at his head, "Au revoir, À plus tard!" Then she was gone, leaving a Wesker alone in the basement.

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Hello, It's me again... after a long time again.. I Know! OTL

And thank you to reading until this point, I had only a small Idea for a small Fanfanfiction behind this Artwork, but i was longer as I though ^^' Sorry for any grammar mistake!

Or... you skip only the Story-Section... ^^'

Well, then: Welcome to the Description!

I do not know what to say about it. The idea for the picture I had already had a little longer in the head and now finally get implemented.

For the background I chose the basement, because I think it fit the color scheme of the image best! Even though it currently seems a bit like it's the endgame broken out and the clock is ticking…. Maybe it's actually the collapse and Haddie has to run fast right away to get to the gate in time!

To that it is the first picture what I protect with Glaze against AI theft! If you have perhaps noticed the small Unfeinheiten on the picture and wondered what that is: Glaze protection!

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🔹  Character: 🔹   Haddie Kaur & Wesker (Dead by Daylight/Resident Evil)

🔹  Program & Material(s): 🔹   Clip Studio Paint

🔹 DON´T repost, steal, repaint, NFT, AI or something else. Copyright by me. 🔹 YOU DON´T HAVE ANY PERMISSION TO USE THIS ARTWORK 🔹

[crypto-badger]

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Billboard presence outside Space X for a week.

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A team of over 20 admins hosting 24/7 voice chats.

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Beth isn’t just another meme token. She’s a movement with a mission: to turn her relatability and underdog story into a community-driven success.

Here’s what Beth is building:

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Beth’s ecosystem is expanding rapidly, with partnerships across Centralized Exchanges (CEX) and Decentralized Exchanges (DEX). Future developments include:

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Beth-branded merchandise.

Launch of $BETH Academy and $BETH Tools.

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[fishpeanits]

「 ✦ Welcome to the waters! Let me get everything together… ✦ 」

「 ✦ … Perfect! Please enjoy your stay! ✦ 」

this blog will be a sanctuary to be unabashedly silly and enjoy the beauty of the internet’s vast connectivity. wasting time chastising “cringe” behavior or arguing over petty discourse isn’t something fishpeanits tolerates. the internet has become a cesspool of hate, and fishpeanits will not let that infection spread to this blog.

* . + What things does fishpeanits like?

��� ACTIVE INTERESTS: FORTNITEEEEE, Stardew Valley, Baldur’s Gate 3, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Princess Peach, Super Mario Galaxy I & II, Bungo Stray Dogs, My Little Pony, Jujutsu Kaisen, Preacher’s Daughter / Ethel Cain, the MILGRAM Project, Fortnite, Ichthyology,

› INACTIVE YET SPECIAL: Tomodachi Life, Soulsborne (Dark Souls, Elden Ring, Bloodborne, Sekiro), Splatoon (I, II,III), Apex Legends, Boku no Hero Academia, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Ruby Gloom, Genshin Impact, Soul Eater, Earthbound, Fran Bow, Sally Face, OMORI, Ensemble!! Stars, Project Sekai, Banjo Kazooie, Botany, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic the Hedgehog,

fishpeanits can be quite forgetful. this list is subject to change. - . *

* . + What kind of content will fishpeanits post?

› #.fshits will be a collection of miscellaneous textposts and such that have no real category!

› #.fshart will be the tag used on any and all art!

› #.fshfic will be used for literary pieces! this will probably be fanfiction in most cases.

› … a special fourth item will be posted here! how invigorating!

do you trust the strangers you glimpse through a screen? fishpeanits wouldn’t. - . *

* . + What kind of people should NOT expect to be welcomed here?

「 ✦ Some of these things should be common sense, really, but they will be listed regardless. Blocking people is a blessing! ✦ 」

› PEDOPHILES { This INCLUDES: DDLG, DDLB, MDLB, MDLG, MAPs, Proshippers, etc. } and any defenders of lolicon/shotacon/pedophilia in media.

› RAPISTS and any defenders of: “Consensual-Nonconsensual”, rape “jokes”, or victim blaming. Anyone who forgives rapists.

› ZOOPHILES and any defenders of zoophilic behavior.

› Anyone who villainizes mental illness or, conversely, romanticizes/idolizes it.

› Supporters of the United States government, the Israel government, etc.

› People who focus their “activism” on petty discourse (pronouns, slurs, etc.) OR use “activism” as a means for social media fame/profit

› NFT community

› … More to come as items are remembered.

to bring it to a close, a final note . . . remember to be skeptical. do research. being well-informed is crucial in the modern world. - . *

[corvys-clover]

Clover || they/he || corvys.clover

Jonathan Harker enthusiast, coffee enjoyer, assistant colorist for Cryptozoology by MatJester on Webtoon

Swinging on the pendulum between cute café vibes and spooky vampire energy.

Commissions open!

- NO use for AI or NFTs -

Reblogs @corvys-le-crowbrain

Current interests:

The Raven Cycle, All for the Game, Not Even Bones, Dracula, Re:Dracula, Renfield 2023, Supernatural, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Steam Powered Giraffe, Will Wood, The Crane Wives, Vox Machina, Hazbin Hotel, vintage, vampires, that silly vampire elf from Baldur's Gate 3

Icon commissions for Palestine!

@corvys.clover on Instagram

ArtFight!

Ko-fi

Read Cryptozoology!

[daily-art-alumni-advice]

Hey there!

Do you like art? Do you need a little advice, no matter the subject? You’ve come to the right place!

My name’s Gabe, and I’m a recent Art School Alumni with plenty of time to answer your art questions! Though I am currently without an art job, I want to share the lessons I’ve learned over 4 years of art school with those who cannot/do not wish to attend for any reason. All of my posts are free, and while I may promote my commissions every now and again, I will never pay-gate my advice for new or experienced artists.

All art styles (save for AI “Art” and NFTs) are welcome in this blog!

Advice will range from serious to silly, hehe ;)

(I will add more socials later, for now, feel free to submit questions!)