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Jayce

@jayceb.bsky.social

Friends and mutual, please help me boost Sahar’s fundraiser. The winter conditions she and her family, including her injured son Odai, are experiencing are inhumane. Repost if you cannot donate, but PLEASE consider the cost of a coffee or snack. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-aid...

November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM

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Karla Ortiz

@kortizart.bsky.social

🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.

If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.

We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!

www.senate.gov/senators/sen...

Yellow sea sponge cartoon getting up tiredly from their courch

November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM

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Tony Cliff

@tangocharlie.bsky.social

🇨🇦 CANADIANS:
Sign this House of Commons petition to withdraw bill C-2!
The bill is bad, the petition is quick and easy.

Thank you, @jennykwan.bsky.social

👉 ✒️ www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Screenshot of the linked page, text below:

Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:
- Bill C-2, titled the “Strong Borders Act”, contains provisions that threaten fundamental rights and freedoms protected under Canadian and international law;
- The Bill would grant law enforcement and national security agencies warrantless access to Canadians’ historical associations with organizations and businesses;
- It would allow authorities to compel the disclosure of sensitive personal information, including geolocation data and contact details, based merely on suspicion of relevance to the investigation of offences under Acts of Parliament, regardless of individual involvement;
- The Bill is designed to facilitate Canada's alignment with the United States' CLOUD Act and the United Nations Cybercrime Convention, raising serious concerns about foreign access to Canadians’ private data, including by regimes with poor human rights records; and
- Bill C-2 undermines Canada’s obligations under international human rights instruments, particularly in relation to privacy rights and the fair treatment of migrants and refugees.

We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to:
1. Immediately withdraw Bill C-2 in its entirety;
2. Reaffirm Canada’s commitment to privacy, civil liberties, and international human rights standards;
3. Reject any legislative or policy initiatives that would enable foreign states, including the United States, to gain undue access to Canadians’ personal information; and
4. Ensure that national security and border-related legislation upholds the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is subject to meaningful judicial oversight.

October 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM

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kate bush’s husband

@airbagged.bsky.social

Congrats to the BDS.

FREE PALESTINE.

Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Sep 25

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians

Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

www.theguardian.com

September 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

Happy belated birthday, SUE! Sue is in a special place in my heart. I was very lucky that the travelling mount came to San Antonio. I also got to see the Disney World mount. And most recently I saw the travelling Blue Rhino Studio reconstruction in Victoria! Here is a watercolor study of it.

A watercolor study of the blue rhino studio reconstruction of Sue the Tyrranosaurus. A large tyrrannosaur looms into frame, huge head bowed down delicately holsing a dead baby Edmontosaurus. An almost dog like pose and expression in it's big eyes.

August 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

HAPPY PRIDE! I MISS PRIDE! I had a wonderful weekend and now I'm bummed! I made a Godzilla vs Megalon shirt for Level Up at the Birdhouse in Van. iykyk #godzilla

My design of cute versions of Megalon, Jet Jaguar, Gigan and Godzilla holding hands on their merry, gay way

Me wearing said shirt, I'm excited to dance and drink diet soda!!!!!

August 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

I saw the Borealopelta at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. No joke, a nearly spiritual experience. An animal seemingly sleeping for 110 million years, laying there for us to see.

A dude in a face mask (me!) standing in front of the Borealopelta pink display case in the Breakthrough exhibit at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.

August 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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bsb

@blackshirtboy.bsky.social

Let's Keep Calling!

An image of a huge jackboot crushing a comic artist and a bunch of comic pages. The boot is marked by the logos for MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, and Stripe. Below the image there is text which reads: Don't let Payment Processors tell YOU what you can buy! It is not a payment processor's role to decide what kind of content you can or cannot spend money on, so long as it is a legal transaction. Fight back against the unjust policies hurting artists and creators online!

https://yellat.money/
https://stop-paypros.neocities.org/

July 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

Character line up for a comic idea of a sexy evil spider lady kidnapping a barbarian's alien boyfriend

A line up of characters. Sword and Sorcery themed. A sexy strong woman with a spider for a head and a scorpion stinger spear. Her goon has a fly for a head with a grasshopper leg as a weapon. A muscular hairy barbarian ho's sword has a long handle. A little translucent green gooey alien.

July 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM

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Natalia Jagielska

@nataliajagielska.bsky.social

CALL FOR PALAEOARTISTS!

The Palestine Museum of Natural History 🇵🇸 is in a dire need of a PALAEOARTIST. A voluntary artist is needed to create a mural diorama featuring Cretaceous Sea. Help to protect & popularise the natural heritage of Palestine! Get in touch for more info.

July 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza

@trueref.bsky.social

This. And phrase it as state rights, which this is obviously and absolute slap in the face to.

Zachary Berger @zacharyberger.bsky.social · Jun 26

The US ban on state AI regulation may be voted on in the senate very soon. If you live in one of these states - FL, MO, TX, TN, WI, AK, ME - please call your senators & ask them to remove the "state AI regulation ban" in the budget reconciliation bill NOW! Link to call & what to say in next post 1/

June 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM

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Kara Jorgensen

@authorkaraj.bsky.social

The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...

May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

Hey y’all please donate to help this awesome guy and kick ass animator, Ahmed. Let’s make sure he has a quick recovery

gofund.me/cdbd377a

Donate to Lapu Lapu Incident GoFundMe for Sweet Boy Saadiq, organized by Ashley Kim

Lined up for a food truck at the Lapu Lapu festival in Vancouver, Saadiq w… Ashley Kim needs your support for Lapu Lapu Incident GoFundMe for Sweet Boy Saadiq

gofund.me

April 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

Here’s this year’s Titmouse 5 Second Day from @stopmopper.bsky.social and me!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=X8z0...

Frog Dashcam Footage Titmouse 5 Second Day 2025

YouTube video by DJ Crumrine

m.youtube.com

April 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

These hummingbirds have no idea what I have in store for them.

April 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

The totally good and just barbarian RIGHTFULLY and bravely confronts the totally evil and morally irredeemable frog sorcerer. The noble mudskipper/Dunkleosteus monster dutifully assists the barbarian, who also has excellent animal husbandry by the way.

A barbarian riding a big mudskipper/Dunkleoteus monster bears down on a pathetic looking tiny frog sorcerer sitting on a lilypad. They are in a pond at the center of a tiered sinkhole. Lush mangroves and nipa palms line the tiers. Small waterfalls cascade down the tiers supplying water to the center pond.

March 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

Kleptoparasitism. Geosternternbergia, Nyctosaurus and Enchodus. Inspired by the book Oceans of Kansas by Micheal J Everhart and the brown pelicans, magnificent frigate birds and delicious mahi-mahi tacos at my trip to Puerto Vallarta. #paleoart #pterosaurs

A chaotic scene of pterosaurs. A Geosternbergia with an Enchodus in its mouth is absolutely pestered by a flock of Nyctosaurus all trying to steal the fish.

March 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

My take on the Dungeons and Dragons Tarrasque. Mole Cricket, African Spurred Tortoise, Gila Monster. #dnd #tarrasque

The Tarrasque from Dungeons and Dragons re-imagined in a new design. The large reptilian monster coils and twists in a cloud of sand. the monster swings its huge developed digging arms, making its face turn to the camera, opening it's insect-like mouth parts. Down its long body you see two more pairs of legs with the last facing backwards like a cricket. The body ends with two long thin tails whipping in the sand.

March 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

✨💅🐖💅…Mother!💅🦆💅✨
Go watch The Day the Earth Blew Up! It completely turned around my day and I had a fabulous time! It felt so good to see a very cartoony cartoon in theaters. It felt like I was in a different time in a good way. Refreshing and bright.

A poster for the Warner Brothers film “The Day the Earth Blew Up”

March 19, 2025 at 4:08 PM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

Help the urgent need for families to reconnect by purchasing e-sims using this guide and receive thank you art from a co-op member.

details: cartoonist.coop/esims4gaza

November 16, 2023 at 9:36 PM

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ASBNBYN (they/them)

@asbnbyn.bsky.social

Hate AI?

Don't forget to submit your comment saying how fucked you think this is by 11:59pm EST, that's 8:59pm PST

Takes about two muinets!

www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...

www.federalregister.gov

March 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM

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Socks the Macro Wolf Dad

@socksthewolf.com

The government is about to give OpenAI the ability to legally steal if we do not flood this page in the next 12 hours.

OpenAI will have immunity from all lawsuits regarding copyright infringement. All other AI companies will follow.

Do you despise AI? Dissent, retweet. Do something. #furry #art

Request for Information on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan

On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the NITRD NCO requests input from all interested parties on the Development of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Plan ("Plan"). Th...

www.federalregister.gov

March 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

They are boyfriends

A big barbarian with a big sword and big bulge protects his dumb aloe vera alien boyfriend in a cycad grove

January 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM

DJ Crumrine

@djcrumrine.bsky.social

This was a completely personal film that was intended to be a Titmouse 5 Second Day but grew into a larger scope. I love pterosaurs dearly. And it was also wild that youtube put it on the homepage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABXC...