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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles

@toadcialism.bsky.social

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She/her ADHD, Demi/greyromantic Writer, game dev, reptile artist & steward, biz consultant & educator. Toad & monitor lizard mom to Liora 💙🦎 Reptile Jeweler at @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and varanidparadise.com linktr.ee/sonictoad

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · Aug 15

Time for a new pinned post! 📌

Varanid Paradise has officially launched as your home for maximalist jewelry with a reptilian flair. Head to varanidparadise.com for sparklies and commission info!

I also still craft for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social collections and mystery boxes, look at our work! 💎

My hand modeling a shiny black and silver tapered dragon scale cuff. I coined this colorway Judas Is My Priest. “Dwarven Dragonmaille” original pattern by Rachel Presser/ Varanid Paradise

Gold earring stand displaying scaly dangly earrings in black, silver, and pink mixed textures. “Dragonling Dusters” original pattern by Rachel Presser/Varanid Paradise

Beige jewelry bust displaying an ornate purple and gunmetal gray bib necklace with smooth purple stones, purple spikes, and a scaly purple woven collar

A gray Beadsmith beading mat with a scaly pride bracelet on it in the Smoky Rainbow colorway

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 3h

Post a book you would rather read then this

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 3h

Front to back PLUS all appendices!

Threads post by itsmattslaw with a photo of a split Snickers bar with a red book pasted in the center. It says: Parents—watch out this Halloween. Some monster is sticking the 6th edition of Civil Procedure in the candy they’re giving out.

Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 3h

Best beading assistant ever 🥰🦕

Liora the Kimberley rock monitor hanging out on her bamboo bridge and curiously looking at a box full of colorful beads

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve gotten no less than FOUR fundraising texts about Janet Mills just today.

Going to donate to @grahamformaine.bsky.social purely out of annoyance.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 10h

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 · 12h

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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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 7h

Lizard! Lizard! Lizard!

Check out this funky lizard necklace I just made over at Varanid Paradise 🦎

#bsnm #jewelry

www.varanidparadise.com/shop/p/zhnwp...

Gray jewelry bust displaying a necklace with black and silver beaded chain and some larger silver and green scaly beads surrounding a big silver lizard

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 7h

She is BRONTO BABY!

Liora the Kimberley rock monitor craning her brontosaurus neck very high

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Perfect Orb 🍄 @perfectorb.bsky.social · 7h

Lobsters! Lobsters everywhere!

Giant horn shaped lobster mushroom in my friend’s hand. It’s has cracked brick orange crust, woods in background

A deep orange lobster mushroom in my hand

An old red lobster mushroom in fir duff. It was hollow when touched

Four bright orange to red lovbster mushrooms arranged in a circle(?)

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 7h

I love brontosaurus neck cuddles

Liora the Kimberley rock monitor splooting her brontosaurus neck on her mommy’s hand

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 9h

It’s #portfolioday!

I have an extensive writing portfolio plus paintings, but today I’m focusing on my maximalist jewelry I make for Varanid Paradise and @peculiarityshop.bsky.social.

Some pieces I’m proud of, shop both places and commission me! 🦎💎

Beige jewelry bust displaying a black and silver bib necklace with skulls and incredibly long spikes

Bob the Komodo dragon toy modeling a scaly pastel matte disability pride bracelet

Fluffy the Asian water monitor toy modeling a bright red and black Komodogenesis cuff, which is made of giant red howlite teeth

Black velvet jewelry bust displaying an ornate bright blue and gunmetal gray bib necklace

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Stickyfrogs @stickyfrogs.bsky.social · 10h

Jens shares his thoughts about today’s Round Frog Hat!

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Sandhya Dirks @audiosand.bsky.social · 10h

For those of us cassandra-ing in newsrooms who said “it’s about the racism/ sexism” and were sidelined & silenced

For those of us who said the greatest anti semitic threat was coming from inside the GOP but were tacitly told it was pro Palestinian students…

There’s no comfort in being right

Politico @politico.com · 12h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Shin Megami Tension Headache @chakacant.bsky.social · 10h

Can we not leave this poor woman alone

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 10h

Good. This isn't just their usual revenge games. They will go to nearly any length to keep those files hidden to protect dear leader.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10h

ARIZONA AG: “.. Arizona’s right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for debate ..”

@politico.com #AZ07
www.politico.com/live-updates...

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 15h

It’s almost like billionaires and strong vibrant institutions of civil society can’t coexist

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 10h

In honor of both my upcoming trip to Australia where I’m interviewing a perentie breeder, and my love of pastelgoth aesthetic, I made this lovely Cleopatra collar. Check it out in my shop!

#bsnm #jewelry

www.varanidparadise.com/shop/p/1au91...

Sideways view of a black velvet jewelry bust displaying a layered triple-strand necklace with tiny hot pink Czech glass pearls and pearly pastel purple dagger beads

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12h

As another Jewish woman in the industry, I can clear this up: It's due to her being an asshole.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 13h

Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:

"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 12h

Good morning ☔️

Liora the Kimberley rock monitor smiling as she nestles her face between her mommy’s fingers during morning pets

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jj skolnik @modernistwitch.myatproto.social · 12h

katherine dee is herself a reactionary who has written for TERF blog fairer disputations. her bio there cites her work at american conservative, unherd, and the washington examiner. interesting how the bio she chose here doesn’t reflect that bias. the work itself features no actual citations

GQ @gqmagazine.bsky.social · 1d

Is hard-right streamer Nick Fuentes winning over women on the left? Writer Katherine Dee investigates www.gq.com/story/nick-f...

Is Nick Fuentes Winning Over Women on the Left?

There are the Tumblr “Nickstorians” and sincere fanfics. But are young, liberal, possibly irony-poisoned women fetishizing or even falling for the hard-right streamer with the “groyper” following? Wri...

www.gq.com

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andy vs. @im-all-id.me · 1d

If Pedro Pascal played Gomez Addams they'd have to replace all the seats in the theater

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Niuhi the Fluffy Shark 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✊🏿 @niuhitheshark.bsky.social · 1d

Sharktober 2025: Angel Shark
#sharktober #sharktober2025 #digitalart #seaangel #thalassophobia

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 1d

What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?

Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.

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Emily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 1d

You can just not use gen AI. Just don't. You've lived your entire life without it, it is in fact incredibly easy to keep not using it.

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AjiWings @ajijaakwe.bsky.social · 1d

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Mother Frog Slut // Steward of Giant Reptiles @toadcialism.bsky.social · 1d

In addition to the lovely sparklies just added to my shop, here’s a bunch of goodies you should check out on @peculiarityshop.bsky.social!

Lots of beautiful things below 💎⬇️⬇️⬇️

#bsnm #jewelry

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