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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 11d

Let’s be clear: Republicans control the House, Senate, and White House.

They have chosen this chaos over canceling Medicaid cuts, lowering the costs of medicine, and saving health care!

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VoteVets @votevets.org · 11d

4.4 million veterans live in rural America, many of whom are older and rely on Medicaid. With Republicans slashing funding, struggling rural hospitals face even greater challenges, putting veterans' lives at risk. #TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 11d

While you and I are worried about our healthcare premiums going up, the cuts to Medicaid that will force so many rural hospitals to close, making sure that those serving our country get paid...

Republican Senators are going to a LUXURY GOLF RESORT for a fundraiser during the Government Shutdown

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · 22d

Tomorrow can't come fast enough!

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Slime Rancher @slimerancher.com · 28d

Venture into the deepest depths of the Grey Labyrinth as secrets are revealed and Beatrix's journey comes to a climax. The fate of Rainbow Island is in your hands!

Slime Rancher 2's full release, A Hero in Time (v1.0), will drop September 23 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

Key art of Beatrix holding the vacgun with a determined look on her face. She is surrounded by Drones and new slimes sporting sunglasses and an electrifying aura. Tarr frame the border. The background is illuminated by a prismatic shine.

Text reads: Slime Rancher 2. A Hero in Time v1.0.

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NaMoogly @namoogly.bsky.social · 25d

Ignitus but baby #spyro

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Jay @bluemermaidjay.bsky.social · 26d

that trend of making shape typography going around on the other site

#spyro #spyrothedragon #spyrofanart #dragons #fanart #art

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NaMoogly @namoogly.bsky.social · 28d

Teen Ignitus (Dawn of the Dragon age) #Spyro

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · 26d

Here, have some dragon-eating plants as an apology for slacking off.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · 26d

Mazi's AO is up there with Marco's, especially on his staff.

Dear god, his staff...if only it was always this easy to replicate shading! His neckpiece was a trial, but everything was worth it because of his fantastic AO.

I gotta remember to fix the triangulation on his bracers.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · 26d

Zikomo barely has any AO and there's a bunch of details in his lantern that weren't baked into the texture, which means fucking with his other maps in Blender 3.0.

He is NOT going to be fun to texture paint, I'm calling it now - but I still love him because he sounds Aussie.

#spyrodeignited

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 29d

I’m thrilled to make an appearance in the latest episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” (I play I.M. Poster, the pirate who sings the slightly altered theme song in “Bizarro Bottom”)!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 14

2. Over the last 6 months, dozens of hospitals in blue states have stopped providing trans youth care because of funding threats and bogus investigations by the Trump administration.

Blue state AGs have let them do so in violation of state laws protecting trans youth.

Not in Boston, though.

Trans Care Clinics, Complying in Advance, Leave Patients Unsure of What’s Next

“Many were simply told that services would no longer be available, with little to no guidance on what to do next.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Sep 14

1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.

Many complied and shut down their programs.

Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.

And now, they just beat Trump in court.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Boston Children’s Fights Back For Trans Kids: Judge Quashes Trump Subpoena

Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”

www.erininthemorning.com

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · 28d

procrastination reasons

1. (understandable) dead modem lmao
2. (naughty) monster rancher addiction time

azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here we are, Dream Weavers at long last!

To be honest, Lateef's going better than expected, between his tail and the slight clipping on his waistcloth; might need to tweak his vert colours to up the contrast around his midsection.

I'd like to simplify his beard a little, too.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sadiki is one of those characters where there's probably no fucking hope for the arms because they just move too much in every direction.

I MIGHT be able to fix them by tweaking the weights, but flipping the faces' triangulation fixes certain positions while breaking others.

#spyrodeignited

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6th Gen Bliss @6thgenbliss.bsky.social · Dec 17

SEGA Dreamcast Dashboard

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 28

Everyone knows Jed. He's THAT dragon, just like Copano.

Why do I know him?

Because I was really sick of half-arsing the Beast Makers' eyeball accessories by the time I got to him and even more pissed that I couldn't stop his staff's feathers from clipping into each other.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 28

On another note, he's got two pieces of dragonfruit in his SK - the one he keeps ingame, and a bitten one. Do you think he was originally supposed to have a mid-convo snack?

During his anims, they're located in the same place and you can see bits of the bitten model clip through.

azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 28

Welcome to Frill City. Population: Lyle.

Now featuring no eyebrows because awkward horns!

He's a mere 890 tris (so far) despite what I did to his back for the spines - and 106 of those are from the dragonfruit. I also need to do shit to his legs to keep their frills in check.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 23

How can one simple boi cause so many problems?

Continuous body-length frills.

Isaak's rainbow gradient limbs are gorgeous, but man, they don't mesh well with my shading skills or lack thereof. They do, however, make it quite easy to differentiate his thumbs from his other fingers.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 23

And before I forget - yes, I might have forgotten to set his materials to lit. He seems oddly bright ingame and I don't know if it's just because I set the graphics to low because my (old) Surface sure as fuck can't handle Reignited.

The other Misty Bog dragons seem fine...

azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 23

Bubba's probably gonna get the same hellish topology treatment as Magnus and Trondo at some point, because his spines are just as annoying as theirs.

I guess now's a good time as ever to add some segmented shading to his midsection and horns.

#spyrodeignited

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azureinferno.bsky.social @azureinferno.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yes, I know that I accidentally rigged part of his right wing to the left one. I'm having far better luck fixing that than...everything else going on with his arms and wings in his exit anim.

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