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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · Feb 10

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🌟 Art: @jinxsis.art | @melnathea.bsky.social | @doubledigitz.bsky.social

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 3h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 6h

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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Video Games Out of Context 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @indiegamesooc.bsky.social · 4h

Okami

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Conjure Creature 🔮 @conjurecreature.bsky.social · 4h

🌺 Artistic Liberty Tropical Hyena 🌺

All our suits come with large ear holes for ventilation 💨💪 and large mouth holes for to eat you with

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onion person @junlper.beer · 4h

these people know how extreme they are

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Reez 🐐🌈🇻🇪 @reezard.art · 3h

Also probably very shit timing but tomorrow* (Oct 15th) is my birthday and I currently have nothing to my name besides a bunch of bills and debt, so if anyone is in the position to help, please consider sending something this way if you enjoy my art, and thanks a lot for reading
ko-fi.com/reezard

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Reez 🐐🌈🇻🇪 @reezard.art · 3h

Also another update that I posted on my server around a week ago, though this one is more just talking about the things I've been struggling with, I don't hide that I'm from Venezuela, so anyone's who's been up w/ the news can guess where this is going since my family still lives there + other stuff

Random update thats also kinda a vent post? idk, not gonna tag
Also its 3am here so keep that in mind while reading, I'm writing this while I'm unable to fall asleep from how stressed I am lol so

Apologies for the silence and the lack of replies/posts, I'm rly damn deep in a depression pit and I just don't see a way out :^)

Between the US wanting to start a war with my home country (Venezuela) and all the problems with ICE as a whole in the US (I have many family members and friends over there who I'm worried about) and ALSO Argentina just going deeper and deeper into hell (all prices keep going up even if the news keep talking about how "things are improving", they're not, my internet provider charged me an extra $10USD and god knows how much my rent will cost next year, I cannot afford basically anything at this point)
As I've mentioned before, in just two years my rent has gone from $65-100USD to $450USD (which is all I used to get in a good month of work, I haven't had one of those in a while)

At this point I'm, quite literally, trapped in this country with no hope for the future. My parents can't even afford to leave Venezuela either and they've been struggling deeply too, I can't go back due to MANY reasons beyond "I don't want to" (and honestly, I don't want to go to the place the US is threatening to attack almost every single day, to be fair)
Things are bad, nothing is improving, every day is bad news after more bad news and I'm not getting any better. Before, after I had to stop taking my meds, I had to choose between drawing and cooking food, I didn't had the energy for doing both, now I don't have the energy for either of them no matter what, I can go hours hungry simply because I can't even do ONE thing anymore, that's how dire it has been, I am feeling very hopeless and discouraged and I just don't know what to do, I keep hoping I'll get out of this damn burnout or whatever but it just feels like coping more than actual faith that it will happen

And I know I'm not the only artist dealing with this sort of situation right now, which also makes things worse honestly, even just thinking about drawing destroys me, I keep breaking down everytime I touch my tablet with the intent to draw, I keep having nightmares about drawing, I can't even draw personal things anymore, there's no joy or exciment to be found in art for me at this point, but that's all I'm good for, so what can I even do anymore? What does it means for me, if the one thing I could do is not longer an available option? It sucks, honestly

Anyway, this is basically what I've been dealing with these past few months, and the fact that my birthday is around the corner is honestly not helping at all, I just wish I could skip ahead of october at this point, but even if I did, its not like next month will be any different in a good way, will it? Like, I have exactly 1ARS, or approx. 0,0007USD, left to survive for the rest of the month, so the joke tells itself at this point
On top of ALL this, my tablet and laptop are both starting to show signs of wear, so this too has been adding to the stress of it all, specially because I **cannot** afford to replace them, the moment they die its the moment its truly over, so, you know, fun things to keep in mind in these times

Again, this might just be the Unmedicated Depression talking, who knows, all I know is that I'm tired, both emotionally and physically, things keep getting worse and I can't push myself anymore, which sucks cuz thats pretty much game over for me, isn't it? I can't do the one thing that I need to do in order to be able to survive, so what then? And there's now 9684 different GenAI models online that can make way better images than what I could do in my whole life, so that's also not helping me rn

Shit sucks and things are bad, I'm doing badly, nothing has changed from last month or the last 6 months, so apologies for how that has affected work and all, my mind is beyond broken lol

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ACLU @aclu.org · 3h

News outlets are right to not play along with the Defense Department directive that tries to force reporters to only publish information officially authorized by the department.

This is government censorship, plain and simple.

Media outlets, including Fox News and CNN, refuse to sign Pentagon's press access rules | CNN Business

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign.

www.cnn.com

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 3h

Trump says a lot of weird and concerning stuff that people just kind of shrug at but right now I’m stuck on how he keeps insisting he’s going to hell

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💙 DYNAMO-DEEPBLUE 💙 @dynamo-deepblue.bsky.social · 3h

It's about time I finished this... Dr. N. Tropy! 🕙

#crashbandicoot #fanart

A rendered illustration by Dynamo-Deepblue of Dr. N. Tropy from Crash Bandicoot, sporting his design from Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time. He is holding his giant tuning fork in his right hand and looking toward the viewer with a disgusted expression while reaching forward with his left hand.

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CorgiBeans @corgibeans.bsky.social · 7h

29 Mins till LAUNCH!!!

CorgiBeans @corgibeans.bsky.social · 1d

Cuddle Critters is LIVE tomorrow on Kickstarter! We’re so excited!!

LAUNCHING @ 12PM EST OCT. 14th

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cor...

#furry #kickstarter #furryplushies #furryfandom #cuddlecritters #corgibeans

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TY-PESH @ty-pesh.bsky.social · 4d

HGTV (himbo garden television)

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TY-PESH @ty-pesh.bsky.social · 7d

werewolf mode

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Lackofa @lackofa.bsky.social · 5d

Conures! got as many colour morphs and species as I could think of in there but man there's so many of them

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Lackofa @lackofa.bsky.social · 9d

This art is a year or two now but I'm still really proud of it. Pigeons!! I sell these lil guys as prints https://www.lackofa.com/shop

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 19h

I'm hoping it'll go on sale next month during all the black friday/pre-christmas sales (hoping the same for silent hill f im so interested in it 😭)

💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 19h

I want to play it so bad but the $70 price tag is really driving me off

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 20h

A couple years ago when I still worked retail I had a woman say 'I dont know how you can breathe with that on!' and i just said 'well, it's designed to breathe through' and the silence that followed was priceless

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Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 21h

Arby's is being sued for false advertising

Lawsuit alleges:

• Ads make the sandwiches appear to have 'at least 100% more meat' than they really do

• Made the meat look like rare roast beef when it is actually 'fully cooked'

Arby's lost its motion to dismiss the case

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 22h

It was scary but also kind of demonstrates most of these people don't really know what to do when confronted

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 22h

I went to the gsr for sonic neon summit in June and some dude started going after me and my bf bc we were wearing masks. Dude seemed so confused when we didnt just comply and take em off, literally saw the gears turning in his head when he said 'youre an american' and i said yeah, so im free to mask

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Matcha 🔜 MFF @matchapeaches.bsky.social · 1d

Two new Sticker Designs. I hope they bring joy :) I tested out some metallic sticker paper, and they have this really pearly sheen with the matte laminate. If you'd like one, they'll be premiering at MFF, and I also have them on my Etsy Shop, too.

#furryart #fantasyart #stickers

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utopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 1d

this is an incredibly ominous beginning to a future with a largely carved out federal emergency response system

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 23h

I can smell it, i know it's coming. Give.

a dog is looking out of a window with blinds .

ALT: a dog is looking out of a window with blinds .

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💢Hot Topic Wannabe💥 @burnishedfangs.bsky.social · 23h

Been waiting literally all day for it to rain. Come on you son of a bitch gibe me some of that ✨️serotonin✨️

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Jeremy Hot Wheels @kateneely.bsky.social · 1d

my therapist: sometimes you simply have to experience an emotion instead of thinking about it
me, nodding sagely: and then it goes away
therapist: well not necessarily
me, shaking my head furiously: no, I don't like that

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I just don't understand why I can't just out-think my anxiety and emotions and simply react and respond in the most ideal way every single time and never feel bad
My therapist of eight years: *audibly loading gun*

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