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Bonnie Mac Farlane @pachichu.bsky.social · 5h

The first painted frame is for my oil pineapple bird.
I did not fill in the layers of the print because the frame is not the focus. It adds a lot, though.
#3dprinting #acrylics

A 3D printed frame with pineapple leafs sticking out in every direction. Inside is a round pineapple with a bird face.

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antifa’s sleepiest soldier @emilydwarfield.bsky.social · 10h

The only reason this isn’t considered trafficking via fraud is because crime is something poor people do

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 12h

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 9h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · 1h

Bullfrog of the day!
Sunday, 12 Oct 2025

Bullfrog looking up to left, spattered with duckweed, sitting in duckweed and sun dapples

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Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.online · 4d

I don't normally do this, but I've been burning the candle at both ends.

Other half had a major op earlier this year and now I'm in hospital for an investigation.

Regardless of what's wrong, I need rest, but I've had little work this year.

I'd appreciate if anyone is able to help out.

Support Matt Mason ❤️

Become a supporter of Matt Mason today!

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 9h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Jack The Vulture @jackthevulture.bsky.social · 6h

Now that ive actually made ganache, i feel like ive earned her name 🦄

Digital art of a dark brown unicorn facing left in a white void rendered in a watercolor and pencil style. The unicorn is slender and long legged with an arched neck, and it is wearing a white and silver chain halter. It has white splashy markings up its legs. It has tiny heart shaped braids for a mane, and a long tail with a long braided tuft at the end. It has a long horn and piercing orange eyes. It wears a lilac colored bow at the base of its tail and at the base of the tuft, and its horn and tail tuft are decorated with small light blue flowers. Around her are yellow, blue, and pink scribbled stars.

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箕島綺譚(they/them) 💖 Support Black Trans Liberation @mishimakitan.bsky.social · 1d

🏳️‍⚧️Info for community, art, or organizing project led by trans people of color worldwide:

Gender Reveal Grant & Mutual Aid Programs for 2025 is accepting applications. (Deadline: October 31, 2025)

Several grants will be given out & each grant goes up to $1000.

More info:
www.genderpodcast.com/grant

Grant — GENDER REVEAL

www.genderpodcast.com

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Cloudy🐈 @hellocloudy.bsky.social · 4h

fox friends 🦊🧡

hellocloudyart.etsy.com ✨

ceramic plate with a fox surrounded by mushrooms

ceramic plate shaped like a fox with pumpkin vines on it

ceramic plate with a fox in a witch hat surrouneed by pumpkin plants

ceramic dish glazed green with a fow and mushroom figurines on it

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Morgan Aleghieri Art @morganaleghieri.bsky.social · 6h

#ffxivtober Day 12 - Low budget cosplay

Pasha has put together a guide for a low cost Titania cosplay.

(It helps that she can wear the dresses in the hyur kid's costume section.)

#ffxivtober25 #ffxiv #feoul #titaniaffxiv #lalafell

Final Fantasy 14 fan art. A lalafell player character is wearing a cobbled together Titania cosplay. There are notes and arrows around the drawing, noting the following points:

Plastic costume jewellery and tiara, Flower staff made out of an ikea fake lily and some fake ivy, a party city fairy dress with a tulle skirt, ballet flats with some ribbons, and coat hanger fairy wings.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 5d

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lorn @sekajiku.bsky.social · 19h

heartache #kingdomhearts

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AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · 13h

A human flaw

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 4d

Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 7h

we need to abolish this shit

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Chris the Legendary @dinesvisual.bsky.social · 14h

🚨URGENT!🚨
The crowdfund hasn't moved in a while and gathering supplies and food gets tough with these long waits between work payments and donations. Savings are dwindling. Please keep on contributing and sharing if you can to make this climb easier. p-pal @/shockofthequeen #mutualaid

Tati @shockofthequeen.bsky.social · 15h

Still stalled at $130/$400

I really, really could use some donations to this, I'm running out of essentials and don't get paid for a week+.

If you see this and can spare it, please do. If not, pls boost around.

p-pal is @/shockofthequeen
#mutualaid #mutualaidboost #mutualaidhelp

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Maureen Jice @jane.meangirls.online · 2h

If democrats weren’t also so married to nakedly corrupt insider trading like the stuff done by Pelosi they could run on anti-corruption and win in landslides.

Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 1d

Man what a lucky guess.........

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 1d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 1h

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 12h

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.