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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 5h

I trust any random redditor more than ai overview

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 3d

[yelling at my hands] I LET YOU REST AND WATCHED NETFLIX FOR TWO DAYS LET ME GET BACK TO WORK

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 4d

hey. what.

A shitty picture of my TV taken by my phone that says “RATED TV Y-7” in all caps, followed by the word “fear” in all lowercase

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 4d

This right here. I love my art friends and art community, but I'm also trying to run a business as a freelancer/selling products and I need the reach! Every time we scatter to different platforms it's a little harder to exist as a working artist whose primary visibility is only online.

Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · 4d

As much as folks might not want to believe it, artists who sell their work cannot survive exclusively on platforms that cater to primarily other artists. The Circulating The Same Five Dollars™️ model can't feed us or pay bills for long. We need places where we can be seen and discovered.

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 4d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 5d

asking my roommate for coloring advice and hoping its working

#ocart #myocs #declanfelman #frozenfear

an illustration of my original character, Declan Feldman. He is a white boy with blond curtain style hair and blue eyes. He wears a white hoodie under a yellow jacket. He is sitting on a child's arcade ride in front of a brick wall and giving a peace sign. His name is in yellow in the upper left corner, the A's in his name are star shaped.

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The REAL Texas Paul @paulsrockinbluesky.bsky.social · 7d

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

Opt-out. You can decline this Agreement to Arbitrate-and no other provision of these terms-by emailing an opt-out notice to arbitration-opt-out@discord.com within 30 days of September 29, 2025 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate Disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, Discord also will not be bound by it and there shall be no arbitration agreement existing between you and Discord, whether under these or prior arbitration provisions. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you may exercise your right to a trial by jury or judge, as permitted by applicable law, but any prior existing agreement to arbitrate Disputes will not apply to claims not yet filed. If you opt out of the Agreement to Arbitrate, you will not be opting out of any other provision of these terms and you agree to be bound by all other provisions of these terms, which shall remain in effect as allowable by law

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 7d

every white pansexual in san francisco is at this kurtis conner show

Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 9d

what are they doing man

#stobotnik #jimbotnik #agentstone #ivorobotnik #eggman

An American comic book style illustration of Robotnik and Stone from the Sonic movies. Stone is on the floor with his hands above his head while Robotnik is straddling him, looking displeased and perhaps evil. They are inside Robotnik's lab. Stone does not seem to be unhappy with his current position, his face is pretty red.

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kiara 👻 BOOliette lime @juliettelime.bsky.social · May 31

intro (end of the world) #stobotnik

two panel comic of the end of sonic 3

panel 1: stone looking up distraught with the lyrics "and if it all ended tomorrow"
panel 2: robotnik looking down remorsefully with the lyrics "would i be the one on your mind?"

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the haver of it🔞 @taylortitmouse.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 11d

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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boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 11d

Americans, if you have Democrat reps you need to call them TODAY (I can't stress this enough, TODAY) and demand they stand their ground on protecting trans healthcare.

Congress.gov, house.gov, or the 5 calls app to find your reps

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 11d

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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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 13d

i bet you thought i was done with these. no i was just moving but now i have furniture so i can draw again

#ariahalimi #myoc #ocs #frozenfear

a semi realistic illustration with thick lines and painterly blended shading of my character, Aria Halimi. She is a young Middle Eastern woman with her dark brown hair in a bob. She is holding a compact mirror in one hand and purple lipstick in the other, cross legged on a stool. She is wearing a light cyan shirt, black scalloped shorts, and purple tights. She has a choker necklace with a rose on it, purple painted nails, gold earrings and a gold bracelet.

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 13d

if you told me ten years ago that jim carrey eggman yaoi,

#stobotnik #agentstone #ivorobotnik #eggman #jimbotnik #sonicmovie

(reposted bc the colors looked like as for some reason, tweaked to hopefully look better)

A cartoony illustration of Robotnik and Stone from the sonic movies. Robotnik is the version from the first movie with an undercut and curled mustache. Stone is standing behind Robotnik and beaming, his hands clasped together and hearts surrounding him. The background is black with red and purple hues.

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 14d

Forgor disease AND forgor brain damage. Double whammy

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 14d

i have your address and im not afraid to send you another fucking pizza if it makes you eat

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 15d

Like I know he KNOWS about stobotnik but like. Is he doing all that on purpose.

Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 15d

do you think Lee Majdoub intentionally played Stone as a guy desperately hopelessly in romantic and sexual love or was that just something that happened without his knowledge

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Kaylee's Boyfriend @megsyv.bsky.social · 15d

Art Tip: Sartorius

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · Aug 25

Begone puritan

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nonetoon.bsky.social @nonetoon.bsky.social · 21d

Art motivation 💪

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Noordin Ali Kadir @werewolffeels.bsky.social · 22d

Why does EVERYTHING have an app, a club, a subscription fee, or all of the above?

The internet was supposed to be fun, and now I have to pull my phone out all the time or I’m “losing money”.

erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · Jan 13

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

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Ross Vegas (she/her) @duraraross.bsky.social · 20d

Nothing has convinced my dad he has adhd more than going on an adhd memes facebook page, diagnosises be damned

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Spookybritches PenPaladin @penpaladin.bsky.social · 24d

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ジェイド @cosmotropic.bsky.social · 23d

This still has zero donations.

Please. I do not want to die

ジェイド @cosmotropic.bsky.social · 26d

Yep, finally doing it. Please help, any size donation you can!! And if you can't help, please share! Any share increases my chances tenfold!!! Thank you 💖 #transcrowdfund #crowdfund #emergency #GoFundMe #immigration #transrights

gofund.me/d33ceb1f3

An image labeled "HELP A TRANS WOMAN GET TO SAFETY! again!" showing an arrow going from a burning American flag to a Canadian maple leaf, with the American flag labeled "HahaohmygodwhatisgoingonisanyonegonnnapUTTHATFIREOUTBEFOREWEALLBURNOHGODFUCKNO" and the Canadian maple leaf is labeled "Kind & Reasonable Neighbors?". There's also a drawing of me with a single tear coming from my eye, shrugging and saying "I'm in danger!" with a weak smile.

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