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Adriana Baker

@aromanticbaker.bsky.social

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An Author who likes writing, baking, drawing, nature and spooky stuff. I have a Romance Book, check it out!
https://www.aromanticbaker.com/

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Adriana Baker @aromanticbaker.bsky.social · Nov 20

I have a published book! It is a Wholesome Romance Fantasy with magic. And it's Gay! Please take a look!
books.friesenpress.com/store/title/...
Also on Amazon!
www.amazon.ca/Thoroughly-E...

Thoroughly Enchanting at the FriesenPress Bookstore

In this breathlessly romantic, whimsically magical Cinderella remix, two young men discover true love amid a tangled web of societal and familial expectations. Elister Hesta (El) works under the stri...

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Iva 🐛

@ivathehuman.bsky.social

Goofing around at the enemy fortress 🔔

A comic
1. Panel: closeup of two knights surrounded by foliage. Frogmouth knight whispers to the hounskull knight "ya ready?"
2. Panel: frogmouth gets out of a bush near a big fortress gate.
3. Panel: frogmouth reaches out to grab a hanging rope
4. Panel: he pulls the rope and the bell on top of the gate starts ringing
5. Panel: frogmouth and hounskull knight run away from the fortress while the arrows are being fired at them. Frogmouth screams "RUUUUUN!!" while manicaly laughing.

January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM

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Joel S.

@joelhs.bsky.social

“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)

From Senator Chris McDaniel: “Lately, some folks have taken to calling ICE “the Gestapo.” It sounds fierce. It feels righteous. But it isn’t true, and it isn’t harmless.

The Gestapo was a secret police force. No warrants. No courts. No lawyers. And no appeals. People vanished in the night, not because they broke the law, but because the law no longer meant anything. The knock on the door was the sentence.

ICE isn’t that. Not even close.

ICE is a public agency enforcing laws passed by elected officials. Its agents file reports. They seek warrants. They lose cases. Judges stop them. Lawyers challenge them. Some detainees go home. That’s not tyranny. That’s bureaucracy, for better and worse.

You can hate immigration policy. You can argue enforcement is too harsh, too sloppy, or too broad. You can work to have the law changed if you wish. That’s a republic doing what it’s supposed to do.

But when you call ordinary law enforcement “the Gestapo,” you cheapen real evil. You turn history into a slogan and suffering into a metaphor. And once every badge is tyranny, no tyranny is left to recognize.

In Mississippi, I was raised to believe words should earn their weight. This one hasn't yet. It throws around the language of dictatorship while living under a system where courts still rule, lawyers still argue, and the government still loses.

That difference matters.

Because the day enforcement becomes secret, unchecked, and answerable to no one, we won’t need to borrow names from history. We’ll know exactly what we’re dealing with.

And we’ll wish we’d kept our words honest.”

January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM

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Thomas R

@thomasrothlisberg.bsky.social

Sudden urge to remake and tweak these.

Thomas R @thomasrothlisberg.bsky.social · Apr 16

Yep! Here you go, dude. 🤞

January 20, 2026 at 10:14 PM

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Jess⭐

@lovelesskia.bsky.social

Comm for @choobynobyl.bsky.social of their lovely cuttlefish girl! 🦑
#LovelessKia #Furry #Anthro #Kemono #SeaCreature #Commission

a cuttlefish anthro girl laying forward with her arms outstretched. She has many stripes on her body, & her main body is gold/tan while her extra tentacles are white

January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM

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Jaws 🦈

@gonejoshin.bsky.social

My boys 🥹🥹

Emmy the black cat and momo the orange cat snuggling. Momo caught yawning

January 20, 2026 at 9:22 PM

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Annika

@annihowls.bsky.social

Heated Rivalry but it’s Jurassic Park

Dominic the grey cockatiel with his head pressed against head of a toy ankylosaurus

January 21, 2026 at 8:12 AM

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lukelukeluke

@lukelukeluke.bsky.social

Touching grass is not enough I need die of hypothermia after my clumsy bone-cold fingers drop my last match in the snow

January 20, 2026 at 4:02 PM

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Zsaffryn Terra

@zsaffrynterra.bsky.social

He’s got on his crazy eyes. 🤪

Happy Hump Day from me and the pup!

A chihuahua cross papillon smiling with a wild expression.

January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM

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Alisa Aydin

@alisa-aydin.bsky.social

I've officially relaunched my Patreon! Now offering a nsfw tier 😈✨

January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM

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Zhampy🐑

@zhampip.bsky.social

might just settle for everyone in my art just having huge heads :/

January 21, 2026 at 12:27 PM

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Kameron Hurley

@kameronhurley.com

Extremely pleased with a chapter rewrite this morning. The magic is in revision, Hurley! I'll tell you: having the confidence that I can rework the flesh on the bones of a scene has been really key with this book. I threw out years of work on last one in part, I think, due to this lack of confidence

January 21, 2026 at 1:18 PM

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Linda K Sienkiewicz

@lindaksienkiewicz.com

Good morning from Cowboy! He feels extra snazzy in the Star Wars kerchief h got from the groomer yesterday.

Cowboy the corgi in a Star Wars kerchief.

January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM

Adriana Baker

@aromanticbaker.bsky.social

I'm on my own for dinner tonight. I want waffles, but making a whole stack of waffles for just myself might be too much waffle. Might be. I may eat them all in one go like a decedent feast. Or I will spend the next four days struggling to eat the leftovers.
Let's Find Out!

January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM

Adriana Baker

@aromanticbaker.bsky.social

Mad at Carpenter Brut for supporting AI Slop. Listen to Perturbator or MILKBLOOD instead.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC8L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=69xc...

PERTURBATOR - The Art of War (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

YouTube video by Nuclear Blast Records

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January 21, 2026 at 6:02 PM

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Zhampy🐑

@zhampip.bsky.social

OH, so many! I originally had 20 designs including Sally and Scourge etc. so if these do well i'll do a second group with more characters (Team Chaotix etc.).

| #zhamart | #sonicthehedgehog |