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Texas Paul @realtexaspaul.com · 4d

I agree, a defining moment of our era. What is ICE? This is ICE.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 4d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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it's actually describing a rose @wetnthorny.bsky.social · 10d

I'm always saying this

tweet from pompom625tn in Japanese, the translation of which reads "Why don't you join the cult of appreciating soft, plump males?"

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Chai's Tea Box @chailise.bsky.social · 10d

YAS BESTIE THEY LOOK ADORABLE!

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Supernatural-Fox @spnfox.bsky.social · 10d

#ZayneGodofAnnihilation #LoveandDeepspace

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Scarena @gbaspgamer.bsky.social · 11d

Strongly believe that this is the best alternate costume ever added to a video game

Travis Touchdown wearing a black hoodie that says "Fuck Racism" in bold red letters.

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Chai's Tea Box @chailise.bsky.social · 10d

Ooo i loved this game!!!!

Lorie @lorie.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles day!! i am SO excited to finally play Final Fantasy Tactics since i never got a chance to play the original back in the day! Thank you so much to @square-enix-games.com for the code 🥹💖

a switch 2 featuring a bunch of games including final fantasy tactics the ivalice chronicles on the home screen

Chai's Tea Box @chailise.bsky.social · 10d

Gorgeous gorgeous work! I love the painting style you have! Amazing!

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Réglisse (Commissions Open) @reglisse-art.bsky.social · 11d

The rays of sunshine cast a bright light on the sleeping figure, his body adorned with kisses and rose petals. An aftermath of a beautiful night spent together...

#rafayelfanart #loveanddeepspacefanart #rafayelloveanddeepspace #loveanddeepspace

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the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · 12d

if you have democrat rep/senators i recommend calling and reminding them you will never vote for them again if they bend the knee on this. shutting down the government is the correct choice. that is the exact phrasing in my 3 calls and it took 5 min total

bsky.app/profile/pink...

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 12d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Chai's Tea Box @chailise.bsky.social · 13d

THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT DONT YOU COME AFTER MY MUSIC YOU FUCKERS OR YOU WILL NEVER HEAR THE END OF IT FROM ME

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 13d

Oh, you mean the new law that the people who pushed it DID NOT READ?!

Call your reps and demand answers. Let them know how this violates your 1st Amendment! #SaveSpeech

Link for Ohio Gov: www.ohiohouse.gov

Link to article that reported on it: www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/ho...

Rep. Josh Williams (R-Sylvania Township), who co-sponsored The Innocence Act, has claimed the measure will not affect social media sites like X. However, the Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit trade association for the adult entertainment industry, disagrees.

Director of Public Policy Mike Stabile argued that Ohio’s law is particularly vague compared with other states and therefore may result in a variety of platforms choosing to enact age verification measures to prevent legal issues.

“It affects not just porn sites, but any site that might have material that is defined as harmful to juveniles,” Stabile said. “Under the law, I think that sites like X and Reddit and Bluesky may have to begin age verifying. … As we’ve seen in other places, services like Spotify may decide to do it as well to avoid potentially triggering the law.”

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Sasha✨ SHOP OPEN! @alexskyline.com · Dec 9

A list of reasons to make art:
-horny
-spite
-for the bit
-if you don't who will

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Bex K. (they/them) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 17d

Hey white people! All that smoke you had for Disney and ABC and shit?

Send that same smoke to the Black folks who lost their jobs for the same damn reason.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 17d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

nyti.ms

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Chai's Tea Box @chailise.bsky.social · 15d

Fiddling around with some concept art for SBW's cloud giants; I just think theyre fun.
#originalart #illustration #conceptart #cloudgiant #sewingbutterflywingsandmendingtheworld #SBW #art

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 18d

The rapture isn't coming. At least, not like this. The crows know.

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

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Alice Ruppert 🐴🎮 @malicedafirenze.bsky.social · 18d

Happy one year anniversary to this banger tweet that got so ridiculously blown out of proportion that it got us 70k wishlists in like a day

screenshot of a twitter exchange, dated Sept 23 2024:

@MaliceDaFirenze: We're making a game where you play a courier rier in 13th century Mongolia. No combat, just you, the horse(s) you've tamed, bred and trained and the vast wilderness. Would you play this? (10k replies, 11k reposts, 131k likes)

@doodlewhale: I would love to, as long as it can avoid woke DEI nonsense which appears unlikely as you have pronouns in your bio (shrug emoji) (337 replies, 124 reposts, 10k likes)

@MaliceDaFirenze: For every comment like this, I will add one extra pronoun to the game. (2k replies, 700 reposts, 19k likes)

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Radiant G🌈✨ @ Back CHAMP on Kickstarter! @radiantg.bsky.social · 20d

Bluesky Blackout? Nononono.

Lemon Armageddon!!!
🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋

Draw yuri? POST IT AGAIN
Draw yaoi? POST IT AGAIN
Draw any R18? POST IT AGAIN

Storm Area 69: they can’t stop all of us!

a woman sitting in front of a microphone says lemons only it 's all you need surrounded by lemons

Alt: a woman sitting in front of a microphone says lemons only it 's all you need surrounded by lemons

media.tenor.com

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19d

Looking forward to Tylenol (Johnson and Johnson) suing Trump for his false and dangerous claims.

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🔞 mal @evilowlwords.bsky.social · Oct 22

#EDENsk8 #sk8theinfinity
There’s a light in the crack that’s separating your thighs 🌄🪽

Two sketches side by side. The first is a closeup shot of Langa’s clothed thighs. A gloved hand is weaseling its way between his legs from behind; all we can see is the fingers peeking out under Langa’s crotch.
In the second sketch, we see Adam has wormed his whole forearm between Langa’s legs, and is using that hand to push up Langa’s shirt. With his other hand he grips the side of Langa’s thigh. Adam stares intensely at the viewer as he bites Langa’s hip, as if to say, “Mine.”

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Old Man Wibble @catsjpg.bsky.social · 20d

HOW TO LET BSKY KNOW THEIR POLICY CHANGES HARM ARTISTS: A GUIDE FOR MOBILE USERS! 🧵

Sending feedback is SUPER easy, and takes just a few clicks!

1. Open the left tab menu, and click that "feedback" button
2. Put your concern in the box. I'll copy paste a script to use! (CONT.)

Screenshot of the leftside menu tab of bluesky. Red lines are used to circle the "feedback" button. This will take you to the support page to submit a comment.

Screenshot of the form to send to bluesky. A script is written in the "concern" section, which is also copy pasted in the replies. The category selected is "product feedback/suggestions", and type of device is "android", because that's what I have. Further instructions are in the replies to this post.

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · Jun 21

People who use AI think that they’re skipping to the success when they’re skipping to the failure. You begin and end your life as someone who has not written the novel, you did not teach yourself to express what was inside of you, you died without making something that no one else could make.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 19d

Well done, France and Australia and the UK.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

France defies Trump, recognizes Palestinian statehood

Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to kill France’s recognition of Palestinian statehood, publicly lambasting it as a “gift to Hamas” in advance of the U.N. summit in New York.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 19d

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

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🔞Good Girl Elliotte🔞 @elliotte-draws.bsky.social · 22d

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown:

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Valerie Halla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · 21d

it should go without saying but if you want users to voluntarily tag their art then you need to not threaten to ban them if they do. like, you can either have a well-regulated, easily-filtered art ecosystem or you can ban art you don’t like and see it come oozing back out of every crack and crevice

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Zi @ziqqix.bsky.social · 22d

how I feel trying to explain to normies why nsfw ban and censorship is bad and why they should care

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