It can't rain all the time.

Skye. They/Them-pire. Writer, Editor, Director, Creator. 

[sliceoftheskye]

Welp. Guess its my go to make one of these pinned posts things if Tumblr does go the way of the dodo.

Howdy folks. My name is Skye Blacke, I'm a Filmmaker, Streamer, Content Creator, and Wannabe Writer and I'll be your host this evening. I've been creating content on the internet for a couple of years now. Working as an editor or in various niche communities - and about two/three years ago I started actually making things for myself. A lot of it you can find over on Youtube the content is not always frequent but I do my best. If you want more frequent Skye Blacke then I'd suggest following me on Twitch where I host a show known as a "Filmmaker Plays" where I use my Masters degree in Film to analyse Video Games. Its like a Video Essay but live! There is also the Skye Blacke Discord where people from the above two come together to do the same and hang out. I'm also somewhat present on other sites. In recent months I've also joined the Video Game industry and become a Game Dev/Publisher so expect some stuff about my journey through that soon. Lastly. I also run a Kofi. Kofi allows me to continue to create content more frequently and support goes along way in not just money but finding interest as Kofi supporters get behind the scenes and exclusive content. Hope you all enjoyed this and I'll see you in the next one.

[kateammann]

Happy Pride Month to all of my fellow aces!! 🖤🩶🤍💜

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[jerreeeeeee]

not every mutual fits neatly into an archetypal medievalism but there are some mutuals that im like yeah addressing you as “my liege” would come strangely naturally

[jerreeeeeee]

what mutual is prev

my liege lord

my loyal knight

my wise wizard

my evil advisor

my brother in arms

my lady muse

my wild mermaid friend

my fellow alchemist

my dashing rapscallion

my monstrous foe

Remaining time: 2 days 19 hours

[ayeforscotland]

I’ve thought this for a while but I really wonder how culturally out of date Grand Theft Auto VI will be when it releases.

How do you even begin to satire the last 5 months of this year, let alone everything else with how long it’s been in development.

[redstonedust]

i like when you can tell a screenwriter thinks that being good at computers is all about how fast you type. you need to out-computer your enemies with your superior wpm. whoever types the fastest is the most elite hacker in the cyberspace. its all up to you, johnny quickfingers. we're counting on you.

[cidham]

amir khusrow (1253–1325 CE)

[cherepashkadrabbles]

This is back on my dash! And listen, I love to see Amir Khusrau getting appreciation, but this translation ignores a lot. The original rhymes! And scans! And does playful things with register! And conveys a tone of affectionate banter between the two speakers, not least because it has them both addressing each other as sakhi (translated above as “girl”) in the last two lines. I think taking some liberties with line order is worth it to preserve more of the rest—and I think there’s a better translation of sakhi. And so:

He only visits once a year, I splurge big on him when he’s here, His kisses make my tastebuds tango. Who, bitch, your man? Nah, bitch, a mango.

[depsidase]

[barkingbarghest]

Here is an article from NPR about it (May 22, 2026):

Carolina Milanesi, an independent technology analyst, said Google is trying to make its cash cow business — search — richer and more personalized, and it will make shopping easier. But there is a risk that users may have fewer choices about what to click. "Right now it's: I ask a question, I get a bunch of answers and I feel that I'm in control as to which answer I take, or if I'm looking for something, which product I'm going to end up buying. That is going to be less so going forward," she said. Milanesi envisions AI-enabled search and agents proposing products to consumers — perhaps even those they have requested — but with less clarity or choice around where it's coming from. "If you're going to say: 'I want a pair of Jordans, go find them,' you're not necessarily sure what steps have been taken and whether the AI has used a source or a store that was paid for and therefore came up in the search results," she said, "or if AI actually went and did their due diligence and picked the best for me as a customer."

And here's one from Time magazine (May 20, 2026):

While Google already has “AI Mode,” the company will now power the whole search bar through its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model.  Instead of the classic list of blue links, Google Search will now also generate a custom page with an AI-generated summary of what you’re searching about, which will then trigger a conversation with AI Mode on the main page, allowing users to ask follow-up questions—similar to the kind of layout you would see when opening ChatGPT.

And a little more from Time's article on how this may affect the websites that we are trying to search for:

When Google first started implementing AI-assisted results, news publishers warned of “catastrophic” impacts on the industry, much of which relies on Google search to drive users to their websites.  Last year, news websites saw significant traffic declines as chatbots increasingly replaced Google search as the primary way to find sites and ask questions.  Small businesses also noted drops in traffic to their sites from Google, which has traditionally delivered customers.   Lily Ray, vice president of SEO strategy & research at Amsive, a digital marketing agency, warned as early as last year that Google’s planned changes to search are “going to have a devastating impact on the Internet.”  “It will severely cut into the main source of revenue for most publishers and it will disincentivize content creators who rely on organic search traffic, which is millions of websites, maybe more,” she told Technology Magazine.  

[the-crying-bitch]

[cythraul]

This is you reminder that, even in Google's own Chrome, you can set the default search to DuckDuckGo.

[catlips001]

FUCK. honestly just FUCK. We missed a very important day yesterday.

[battebitch-deactivated20200410]

what was yesterday, cat?

[catlips001]

[catlips001]

I’m not missing it this year.

[softwaring]

[thegirlwiththemooglehat]

[sanscest69]

I just realized that many many people have jobs

Rb with your job, wtf do you people do while offline???

[biskyfresh]

take me to the moooon 🐄👽🛸

[ayeforscotland]

Feel this deeply.

[depsidase]

[ayeforscotland]

GET OUT AND VOTE.

Scotland - SNP/Greens

Wales - Plaid Cymru/Greens

England - Vote to become part of Scotland or Wales Greens

Labour, Reform, Tories and the LibDems are not your friends.

[ayeforscotland]

Scotland & Wales - You do not need to bring a photo ID

England - You DO need to bring photo ID

[cullen-skink]

If you're looking to vote Green in Scotland then make sure you go to the entry for Scottish Green Party. There's a party called Independent Green Voice that was set up by an ex-UKIP holocaust denier that people sometimes vote for accidentally. This is the one you should be looking for:

And whatever you do, just vote! At this stage I almost don't care what party you vote for, as long as it's not Reform. It's genuinely important that Farage's bunch don't do as well as the polls are predicting

[sliceoftheskye]

Hot girls exercise their civic duty to vote

[captain-price-returns]

[transmechanicus]

Revealing the ignorance of my youth here, but who is this and what is she known for?

[boybeetles]

Anita Sarkeesian, feminist who interpreted media under a feminist lens. She did a series about video games and she was the subject of targeted harassment. That was the start of gamergate

[flurrin]

Minor correction, the start of gamergate was based around a different reporter, Zoe Quinn, but they were both absolutely violently threatened over their involvement in video game criticism and development. A hate campaign was started by Quinn's ex-boyfriend when he wrote a post falsely accusing them of dating video game journalists in order to receive positive reviews on their own game, Depression Quest, which led other bad actors to accuse all women in the industry (Zoe identified as female at the time) of perceived sexual immorality. Anita Sarkeesian's brilliant Youtube series Tropes vs Women in Video Games (which everyone should watch, right now) sparked a particular nerve for criticizing popular games of killing and/or victimizing any important female character (there is a CHILLING bit that borders on ludicrous where she describes the plots of a seemingly endless parades of games as "In [title], [male player character's] wife dies, and you then have to rescue [his] daughter."). That series did actually make a huge change in the industry, especially when touted by progressive legacy developers like Tim Schafer (Monkey Island, Psychonauts), who went on to expand hiring in his company to front women and minority voices, but the shift didn't really show for a long time and echoes of the sexism that plagues the industry at its core are still rampant.

[crazy-pages]

In all seriousness, if you live in the US and you aren't familiar with the misogynistic harassment these people in the game industry faced during Gamergate, you need to watch this series right now.

This was the beggining of the current form of the US fascist movement and it underpins the entire thing about it to this day. If you live in the US and Gamergate isn't familiar to you, you're missing critical history to understanding US fascism. I'm not joking even a little bit here, you will understand modern United States fascism so much better if you are familiar with Gamergate.