Forge27
Account for Forge/Metaldragon27. https://forge27.carrd.co
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I am an artist, a writer, an enjoyer of history, forteana, and witchcraft. I adore watching humanity's creativity in all its forms.
Artists, Sex Workers, and academics are supported here.
- Your regular reminder that Ben & Jerry's is one of the few large companies in the US who've always been morally good people.
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- Imagine paying for post secondary education, cheating your whole way through it, not learning anything, and denied work because you have no understanding. Insane people are willing to spend that much money to fuck up their own future just because it was 'too hard'.
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- Reposted by Forge27This is such a fascinating (and also kind of sad) read about the slow corporate death of creativity and some of the people fighting against it
- Cartoon Network and Adult Swim are struggling to survive Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav and the era of streaming. Great reporting from @felixgillette.bsky.social 🎁
- Reposted by Forge27Fuck off Notion - ‘this shitty feature you didn’t want was $8 per month but is ‘free’ now! Btw also we’re increasing your monthly rate by $6’
- Reposted by Forge27holy SHIT you need to watch this video notice what happens about 14 seconds in (trust me, you'll see it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
- Reposted by Forge27For everyone who was like “Google search is getting worse,” we were absolutely right.
- @megalodonvt.bsky.social Heard the news! So happy for the results T.=.T As you breathe the biggest sigh of relief, please go do something for yourself. Fill the void with so much positive.
- Reposted by Forge27GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️
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- Reposted by Forge27Saw this and thought my oomfs' feeds could use this
- Reposted by Forge27Nobel Prize winning science.
- "But this doesn't apply to me". Yes it does. If people consider you the 'other'; it applies. LGBT? Autistic? Artist? Goth? Doesn't matter. The argument being made is simple: If we can sexualize you; we can incriminate you. The goal is control and subjugation of the 'other'.
- Well, here we go. The GOP has just introduced a bill to effectively outlaw all pornography. The bill dismantles the Supreme Court's Miller Test for obscenity, removing provisions that the content be patently offensive to community standards. dailycaller.com/2025/05/08/n...
- Reposted by Forge27Trans men’s insight on this is so fucking valuable in understanding the nuances of what’s going on with men. We need to be amplifying them, and hopefully cis men can realize what is actually the source of their loneliness.
- Reposted by Forge27Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
- Reposted by Forge27TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
- Reposted by Forge27I truly believe we could fix so many problems if the world wasn’t making us all so dang tired
- Reposted by Forge27Get off twitter. Also archive of article; archive.ph/2025.05.06-1...
- the state of Twitter: you can reply to any image of a woman with a request to Grok to undress her to her underwear and it will comply and post the reply in thread: www.404media.co/elon-musks-g...
- I have such an issue with validation. There's so much isolation and people just forgetting about me, that I really put too much effort into the spaces I inhabit. I can't tell if we're good or you're mad at me cause people just don't talk to me about anything. Some people i can't even ask.
- Reposted by Forge27Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea? 139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea. A 🧵
- Reposted by Forge27This has been bombarding my timeline today so lemme just yell out a PSA: IF SOMEONE DMs YOU SAYING THAT THEY ACCIDENTALLY REPORTED YOUR ACCOUNT AND THAT YOU NEED TO TALK TO A SUPPORT REP ON DISCORD TO SAVE IT... THAT IS A SCAM. TELL THEM TO KICK ROCKS.
- Fuck. Brakes went smooth. Got half way home and I highly suspect the caliper needs replaced. Glad I don't drive much
- Reposted by Forge27When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles. Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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- Reposted by Forge27Are you the type of person to carefully concoct a watertight tale, complete with world-building and pronunciation guide for that mysterious new stomach bug, all so you don’t have to go to work tomorrow? Lovely jubbly, we want your voice for our brand new storytelling department.
- Reposted by Forge27Huge news on Patreon! Because of the Apple v. Epic ruling, they are not only dropping the 30% Apple Store charge on the iOS app, they are also halting the move to subscription billing for all creators - which would have affected creators like me, who use a "per video" structure than monthly.
- Happy 1st of May. I like to start it with a lovely little song by Jonathan Coulton. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1GD...
- Reposted by Forge27virtually every other publication could learn a thing or two from @404media.co on linking back to other publications. not only is this extremely useful context to catch people up on a story, it shares credit and goodwill. this is exactly what this should look like www.404media.co/this-is-pala...
- Reposted by Forge27For my fellow European artists: there is an open letter to the Executive Vice-President of the European Commission for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy going round, asking for better protection against AI. If you have a minute you can sign here: creators-for-europe-united.eu
