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Mikaela Thorn

@thornbrain.bsky.social

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The transgender Elvira of niche geeky interests. (she/her) Also of TheStrawhatNO! Let's Plays Icon by davidsolm_art My videos: https://youtube.com/@thornbrain Let's Plays: https://youtube.com/@thestrawhatno Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mikaelathorn

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Mikaela Thorn @thornbrain.bsky.social · Apr 19

I'm ready to split from Patreon for something less defecated by corporations. The Ko-Fi page is set up if anyone who isn't a current patron wants to get a subscription going ahead of the videos I have planned for this autumn!

Ko-Fi! ko-fi.com/mikaelathorn

Support Mikaela Thorn

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 1d

#Sonictober2025 Day 10! Theme: Mistaken Identity. There’ve been lots of fakers, and fakers of fakers over the years, but at the end of the day there’s only one true blue, chili-dog loving, super speedy Sonic the Hedgehog (aside from all the multiverse stuff)!

Art by @unhinged-honey.bsky.social

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 1d

i am not the first person to do this nor will i be the last

A screenshot of Sonic Racing: Crossworlds. Blaze the Cat sits in a Minecraft minecart customized to look like a brown cardboard box.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Taffy (scarey)🍬🐇🎃 @taffywabbit.bsky.social · 2d

it's International Lesbian Day! which, among other things, reminded me that this big cool SLARPG ensemble piece I did at the start of 2023 never got posted on here. so here's that!

shoutouts as always to pretty furry women who kiss other women and punch gods, you could say I'm sort of an enthusiast

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 3d

#Sonictober2025 Day 8! Theme: Monstrous. Shadow’s never really considered being a “monster” as something to be proud of, but when his friends rope him into a holiday celebrating just that, maybe he can find a newfound appreciation for it (and free candy)?

Art by @sharpedgedfool.bsky.social

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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beck @ read BtG ☀️ @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 4d

tails in that one pose i keep drawing him in

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 4d

CALIFORNIANS!

you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills!

We need you!

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 4d

#Sonictober2025 Day 7! Theme: Risk. Knuckles rarely treasure hunts just for the fun of it, but it’s another story when it involves his ancient echidna ancestors. Can he retrieve the Golden Chao Egg from the Lost World Temple without being scrambled himself?

Art by @linkstar21.bsky.social

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Tracy Yardley! @yardleyart.bsky.social · 4d

A reminder to us that the world is not all gloom and doom. It’s a big place and there are always good people working hard to make it better. Even amidst the rise of fascism and the perpetration of genocide, the rest of the world moves humanity forward. We can hope to rejoin their good work someday.

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 5d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 5d

#Sonictober2025 Day 6! Theme: Sunrise. As one adventure ends, another begins… but sometimes you just need to stop and truly breathe in the world that you’re exploring. And maybe someone else who never got the chance will be able to enjoy it too.

Art by @indexsonic.bsky.social

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hi i'm dani! 💘✨🦇 @pipopixie.bsky.social · 5d

my lovely friend @starlightnoelle.bsky.social drew potion witch dani to celebrate halloween and i love it so much 💘💘🦇✨🍲

a cute pink-haired girl, dressed up as a witch! she's carrying lots of small potion bottles!

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Mikaela Thorn @thornbrain.bsky.social · 8d

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𝔰𝔦𝔣 🎃 @meowpa.ws · 11d

❗ Quick reminder that age verification on Bluesky is fully client side!
Meaning you can easily get around it!

More on it here!
gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e2...

#bluesky #age #verification #bypass

👇 Repost so people who need it will find this post! 👇

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nono ➡️ Commissions open! @nonoworks.bsky.social · 11d

Enjoy a spooky night! 🎃🌕🧹✨
Thank you for the wonderful request!
Comm for @goobypls89.bsky.social

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hi i'm dani! 💘✨🦇 @pipopixie.bsky.social · 10d

oh it's the first of october...i can feel halloween taking effect......
⬆️ +100% Damage!
⬆️ +31% Rare Candy Find!
⬆️ +1 Bat Familiar Count!

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VoidBurger 𝑓 (AKA Jess) @voidburger.com · 11d

Surprised @chipcheezum.bsky.social today with a trip to the FF9 popup cafe :D

A moogle-themed yogurt and jelly dessert, with Chip grinning cutely in the bg

We drew our own post-it notes for the wall o' fanart and appreciation.

Mine says "Voidburger was here. Please remake FF9! Onegaishimasu [please]" and I have drawn my burgersona in Vivi's wizard hat, with pray emoji hands

Chip drew Stiltzkin the moogle, and wrote "Gimme that remake!" - ChipCheezum, 2025

Us smiling in front of the FF9 themed wall art

A REALLY GOOD post-it note of Vivi with a fancy drink. There is a more amateur, doofier looking one beneath it that I also love

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Bobby Schroeder @ponett.dog · 11d

hello everyone. once again, it is time to buy my game

Super Lesbian Animal RPG @slarpg.com · 11d

The Steam Autumn Sale is here! (They're doing it earlier in the season now so that it's not right before the winter sale.) Most importantly, this means that this week you can grab Super Lesbian Animal RPG for 40% off! That's just $9 USD!

store.steampowered.com/app/2124380/...

Artwork of the party from Super Lesbian Animal RPG, labeled to indicate the game is 40% off

A screenshot of a battle in Super Lesbian Animal RPG. On a boardwalk over a lake in the scenic Amber Woods, Melody, Allison, and Claire fight a Bloom Beast (a purple cartoon crocodile covered in moss and flowers) and a Frog Ball. Claire's battle menu is open, indicating she has the Alchemy Spellbook equipped

A screenshot of the party exploring a the Neon Labyrinth, crossing through a room that's partially been submerged in bright yellow sand

a screenshot from Noel's Sanctuary in which the party talks to Mint, a diminutive fairy blacksmith, at her stall in the ruins. She asks "What can I do for you?"

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 12d

One of our youngest and brightest artists is about to lose her home, so please commission and/or donate to her if you can! #signalboost #commissions

Dict cola (comms closed) @dictcola.bsky.social · 27d

🚨🚨🚨 EMERGENCY COMMISSONS!!
Umm the house I am renting has been sold and I have to move out with less than a months notice. If you can please share and support! Am a very small little baby artist and will draw basically almost anything.

For my nsfw check out @girltits.bsky.social
#sonicthehedgehog

Text says,
EMERGENCY COMMISSION!
Lineart: $35 USD
Flat colour: $45 USD
Rendered $75 USD

Additional costs:
+$20 usd for extra character (maximum of four)
+$30 USD for NSFW

Can draw: Furries, Anime, Mobians, Sonic, Mechs.
Can't draw: Gore, Loli.

Contact Dict. cola on discord for more information

Pictures included have a sexy rouge the bat posing for the camera, a woman with big boobs and tentacles for hair, Saber from Fate/Grand order wearing armour and a helmet, and an AU evil Sally Acorn holding up a roboticized Sally Acorn

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13d

Hi. It's me. 2 weeks later. This is done. 58 frames over 3 seconds, *50* layers in the final image. WOO. This was a long edit, felt like ACTUAL work so unless I get it again with the actual sunset I doubt I'll be editing more like this. Psyched for the final piece tho! 🪶

Three pelicans diving after sunset, with a sailboat and a tanker in the distance, 2 terns also fly, the pelicans are shown in their dive motion

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𝗗𝗦𝗬 @dansyronart.bsky.social · 18d

reminder for people who run a patreon: their autopilot spammer is due to kick on automatically on sept 30. Disable it here, unless you actually want to spam your patrons with automated sales tactics.

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Morgana Ignis @morganaignis.bsky.social · 15d

I refuse to doom. I think a lot of people are surprised that my dark and spooky aesthetic comes paired with a very sunny disposition. I’m not ignorant to how fucked up things are right now, but when so many evil people in power try to drown you in despair, hope and joy is a weapon.

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 16d

#SonicRacingCrossWorlds is out now, and news of Dodon Pa’s racing tournament has spread all over the multiverse! A mysterious group of strangers calling themselves the “Freedom Fighters” have joined the fray, but why does Sonic find them so familiar?

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nono ➡️ Commissions open! @nonoworks.bsky.social · 16d

Pink Link🪄🩷🩷🩷
Thank you for the wonderful request!
Comm for @sqishy.bsky.social

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