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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 2d

Police escalated the situation here in Broadview incredibly quickly. Saw multiple brutal arrests. ISP jabbing protesters with their batons like battering rams.

Here ISP lifts @katmabu.bsky.social by her feet to flip her over a concrete barrier.

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 2d

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

This morning, I was hit in the face by a baton.

I’m going to have a pretty gnarly bruise but we need to remember why this is happening: Trump and ICE are rounding up our neighbors, treating them as subhuman, and shipping them off to labor camps in foreign countries. It has to end.

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 8d

I should've put this here sooner (I'm workin on my profEssionaL artist look I swear
My business #Discord username & other sites I'm on you can find through my #linktr.ee <3

linktr.ee/fivestar_edge

@five_star_edge | TikTok, Twitch | Linktree

Jus an artist gettin her vibes in uwu

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

It's finally later☠️
I got toooo into redesigning Cadance & working out the events of her "rebirth"(+more,,) Feel free to read the alts for more details & such 🫰

First up-Designs !
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#bskyartist #art #artist #mlpfim #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #FiveStaredAU #PrincessCadance

Text:
"Destined Alicorns"

Crystal Empress Mi Amore Cadenza / "Cadance"

Episodes: Crytal Empire Pts 1&2

Image:
Viewing from behind you see the bust (from head to lower shoulders?) of an alicorn (a horse with a unicorn horn & pegasi wings) with a slightly curved long horn and two pairs of wings peers behind her. Her hair is long and flowing, bangs flowing around her face and down-curling at the end. On the shoulder of one set of wings you can see a large closed eye-it's lashes long and curled at the end. Behind her head and in the middle of her partly spread wings is a spectral-like blue heart, illuminating the back of her. Her eye is a bright/glowing icey blue as she looks back at you. This is my design/redesign of Princess Cadance :) This post being a dive into the lore or whatever story I created with her redesign/re-imaging of her and the show mlp :D

"Princess Cadance:Original form"

A small dainty pegasus with her wings up-her fur and wings gradients of pink and white. Her main and tail (made up of large long feathers-her tail having a bushel of smaller feathers are the start of it) gradients of deeper pinks while still fading to white/light pink at the tips. Excess feathery leg fur pools out and curls down to back of her 2-toed(?) hooves. Her cutiemark seemingly being a shiny glass heart with a blue tint in the middle along with a deep pink feather curling and cradling it from underneath, little shiny sparkles surrounding it. Her eyes are a gradient of shimmering gold, bright and full of joy as she has an open-mouthed smile.

"Empress Cadance"

An alicorn with 2 pairs of wings; one pair bigger and raised higher up while the second pair is a bit smaller and a lightly different wing type as it's half folded/opened more at her sides. Her horn long and curled, colored white that spreads onto her face-in a way-looking like a small blast scarred the fur white.
Her fur and wings are gradients of deeper pink colors to lighter ones, the coat pattern on her face having a lighter pink blast-looking pattern that goes underneath and over her eyes. The start of her chest and stomach having the same white blast/scarring like pattern. Her wings fading to white tips that have a shimmering sparkle to them.
Her mane & hair-being actual mane hair now & not feathers-are a deep darker reddish pink that fades into different colors, her bangs go from reddish pink into a lighter actual pink while the rest of her mane & tail magically flow and glow with multiple colors like the aurora lights. Her tail now elongated like a whip with the actual hair part being an overflowing tuft of hair at the end. At the beginning of the tail remain the first tuft of feathers but now 8 long feathers drape underneath it, it having a gradient of pink before fading entirely into white.
For her eyes, the iris is a cyan blue that fades from darker to lighter and there being a shimmer of gold yellow at the end, the sclera being a tint of light blue, and her pupil being a darker reddish pink and very slightly heart-shaped. The eye on her wing shoulder being closed, the lashes are white that fade to cyan blue at the end of the curling lashes.
Her hoof type unchanged, but they are now cyan blue with white gradient. Her leg fur being more fur now as it flows and pools on the ground.
Her cutie mark is now the crystal heart with pink feathers wrapping around it as it's floating atop a long crystal, looking like it's shining brightly

Next to her head are closer examples of her eyes, 1 of her normal pair and 1 for her shoulder wing pair.

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 17d

I tried capturing how trippy the "sky" was & how the monkee's tail moved bc I'll never forgor that part ! It moved in a mesmerizing figure 8 pattern but I jus did whatever I could for now lmao

#art #artistsonbsky #bskyartist #OC #originalcharacter #dreamcore #luciddream #luciddreaming #glitchcore

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 17d

Tried drawing out this scene from a lucid dream I had years ago! Where this,,monkee? showed up in it-I think it was helping me acknowledge it was a dream I had control over? Idk!

Animation in the replies !

#art #artistsonbsky #bskyartist #OC #originalcharacter #dreamcore #luciddream #luciddreaming

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 26d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 26d

Wittl break from ponie s to doodle a scene from last sesh of my d&d babe- She might have to go through it next sesh,,,💔

#art #bskyartist #artist #oc #ocart #d&d #dndcharacter #dndcharacterart #dungeonsanddragons #tiefling #tieflingbard #bard

Text "Your grandmother is in Eggland, in one of her Inns,
Tending to her husband,
Who has fallen ill..."

A tiefling woman with two sets of curled horns, one set short while the other curls down into a tight spiral on the sides of her head. Her curly bangs are long as they frame her face, flowing down to ending in little swirls below her shoulders. Her the rest of her medium long stylized messy hair in a lazy pony tail (it's what I call it) behind her, going to mid-back length. She adorns a bracelet, multiple earrings/piercings, and a puffy loose shirt that has frills at the ends of the sleeves. Her long tail that has a heart shaped end to it curls from behind her

She clasps her hands together as she listens to the words of someone speaking, them breaking the news to her that apparently her grandfather has fallen ill- at the end of the sentence she winces-the words unexpectedly hitting her-and her cheery cute disposition falters

Text:
". . ."
"What? . . ."

She freezes for a moment while trying to process the news-hand grip tightening and tail lowering behind her, her cheery facial features struggling to stay up, her smile beginning to break. The shine in her eyes repositioning to signal her looking back up at the one speaking as she just says "what" before going silent again (the person repeats themself and gives condolences for this being how she found out but I didn't feel like writing it all out boowomp)

Text: "Thank you for your business !"

She immediately resets her disposition and posture to what it was before-if not lacking a little in genuine feeling to it-sparkles appear around her in her secret attempt to fix the crack she showed in,,, something,,,,

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 26d

I saw these on my yt feed! TheY are to D I E FORRR‼️Never seen anyone switch em up like that- ABsolutely GORGEOUS‼️‼️💞💞🫰😍

💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

More sketchiess but it's just a lil xtra Cadance & Twily trauma 💔

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#art #bskyartist #artist #mlpfim #mylittlepony #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #redesign #ShiningArmor #TwilightSparkle #PrincessCadance #FiveStaredAU

Cadance crying next to the bed of Shining Armor as he lays motionless in his comaaaa

Cadance staring at the statue of her former self in silence

What happened when the heart was activated & that glow up went across everyone- I just doodle d this happening with Twilight at the time /skullemojis- She was definitely injured and in need of medical help-the heart only did like a great big glamor spell on living creatures but it wasn't smth to heal wounds

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

Have WIPs of Sombraa for his Umbrum & "mad king" form

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#art #bskyartist #artist #mlpfim #mylittlepony #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #redesign #umbrummlp #umbrum #PrincessCadance #KingSombra / #EmperorSombra / #UmbrumSombra #FiveStaredAU #Thatsalottasombra

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

Still on the event dw

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#art #bskyartist #artist #mlpfim #mylittlepony #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #redesign #PrincessCadance #FiveStaredAU

Cadance lays there motionless for a moment before suddenly shooting up-light coming from her eyes as the crystal that was impaling her shatters and starts turning-her being emitting a light entirely

Her body crystalizes and raises off the ground as more crystal grow out from beneath her

The crystal heart floating up and over on it's own-as it gently tinks itself against the crystal that grew out of the head of Cadance's

Suddenly a figure made of pure light begins forming out of the head-

Then (not in the picture but I didn't feel like drawing all of it) it gets bigger and bigger as a fully formed pony steps out and flairs it's self outwards-two pairs of wings outstretch from the figure-as the light begins to fade the figure becomes more & more clear

A full body of a floating glowing alicorn- wings, eyes, cutiemark, & hair glowing and sparkling as she is reborn anew (sorry these descriptions are getting short & shorter me is berry tired as I type all these out @ once lmaooo)

The statue of her former self is now the new pedestal for the crystal heart p much-yes it's kinda forked ,,,

Her former body completely solid crystal upon crystals outgrown from the ground- the heart floats above the back of her head & between her wings-her eyes are closed in a content facial expression

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

The "Event" !
TW - Blood, Violence, & Gore !

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#art #bskyartist #artist #mlpfim #mylittlepony #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #redesign #PrincessCadance #KingSombra / #EmperorSombra / #UmbrumSombra #FiveStaredAU

"Cadance does a fly-by yoink! Pushing Spike out of the way & taking the heart. Becoming the new target (ofc)"

Sombra-the large shadowy creature-turns his attention to Cadance with pure malice in his eyes. The small pegasus flies away in fear with the crystal heart

3 small scenes-Cadance flying away as fast as she can-with the crystal the heart

Seeing the pedestal-like crystal that sticks out the ground in sight

Her eyes water and tears fly off with the wind-she looks at the crystal stand and then down at the heart in her hooves as something clicks

A scene of Cadance being pushed and violently impaled onto the crystal that was supposed to hold the heart. The crystal stretching and tearing apart her skin and flesh, blood spattering out from it and her mouth, entrails spilling out, all as the crystal heart goes flying from her grasp

"STOMP"
Sombra raging, stomping Cadance further into the crystal then ground as the citizens of the empire watch in fear and hopelessness. They silently weep and hold each other in the beginning of mourning

Then their eyes suddenly light up with a sparkle of light blue as they hear a voice in their heads simultaneously

"Even in this dark time,
You must let your love flow!
Your hearts can power the one -
That will defeat your demon"
"(Or smth IDK-they all get the courage to do the thing OK,,,)"

The heart & pedestal glows as the crystal ponies bow, the magic of their love flowing from them and toward Cadance & the heart

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

What caused Cadance to ascend into alicornhood and parts some characters played in it ! 👍
> TW-Blood & Violence <

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#bskyartist #art #artist #mlpfim #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #FiveStaredAU #PrincessCadance #ShiningArmor #TwilightSparkle #KingSombra / #EmperorSombra ?

"Shining Armor Sparkle's part" (I'll prob change his name later IDK)

"After days of keeping his shield over the entire empire, her passes out after Sombra overpowers his magic. Slipping into a coma for weeks. (Or months idk)"

A unicorn lays on the ground unconscious, eyes slightly open & vacant as blood flows from them and his nose. His horn glowing and sparking a dangerous red

"Twilight Sparkle's part"

"Falling for Sombra's trap, Twilight narrowly avoided being pierced in important artery's or organ's. Using her magic to summon a shield* & blocking her torso region from harm. She's forced to stand still in order to avoid re-activating the trap.

Waiting helplessly, all she could do in the moment is pray Spike got away with the heart and stays safe, getting it (the heart) back to the others"

Twilight, a unicorn with long straightened hair that curves at the ends, stands tangled in a mess of sharp life-threatening crystal spikes. Her main hanging off a spike that she narrowly dodged from it piercing her head. Some spikes seemingly sliced at her sides, face and possibly went slightly into her torso region *(her attempt with the shield stopping the spikes from shish kabobbing her was def successful- but they seemingly still broke through the shield and pierced in-not doing any severely life threatening damage tho(or at least not any damage that would have immediately killed her,,)) One also going through one of her front legs and another making a hole in an ear. Blood can be seen flowing from the wounds seen as well as some unseen from behind other spikes. She shakes as her eyes are closed, tears stream and mix with the already flowing blood down her face, silently weeping as her horn faintly glows from small sparks.

"Following Twilight's orders, Spike escapes with the heart. Causing Sombra to go after him"

A small dragon flies fast, tears streaming down his face as he flees from a sharp horned, dark black shadowy being with glowing green eyes & blood red cat-like pupils. Dark purple trails flow from the corners of the eyes, it's large sharp toothed maw opened wide ready to chomp down on the dragon

The large shadowy creature begins closing in on the small dragon-it's boney wings open to the sides as it's sharp teeth protrude and almost stretch to help capture the dragon

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · 27d

It's finally later☠️
I got toooo into redesigning Cadance & working out the events of her "rebirth"(+more,,) Feel free to read the alts for more details & such 🫰

First up-Designs !
(1/6)
#bskyartist #art #artist #mlpfim #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #FiveStaredAU #PrincessCadance

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Aug 13

This statement means more calling.
Today my rep said there aren't restrictions on LGBTQ content. Curiously when I asked about adult content, they said my assumption that it's not supported at all was incorrect. I finally had to relent to email so we wait.

1-888-926-2289 Say you're from California.

Ash Parrish @adashtra.bsky.social · Aug 13

NEW from me: Stripe has issued a statement apologizing for its reps saying it prohibits LGBT content
www.theverge.com/report/75892...

Stripe apologizes for customer service agents claiming LGTBQ products were banned

“The information given by our support team was totally wrong.”

www.theverge.com

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Aug 13

OH MY GOD WE ARE WINNING YALL

KEEP CALLING DO NOT STOP

DO NOT STOP CALLING LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING!!!

Miguel Ortiz @ontheairortiz.bsky.social · Aug 13

Paging @acvalens.net from the /r/VisualNovels Subreddit.

www.reddit.com/r/visualnove...

From the visualnovels community on Reddit: Visa backtracks on shutting down payments for JAV site.

Explore this post and more from the visualnovels community

www.reddit.com

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · Aug 11

Wow this actively pisses me off. YouTube is directly erasing queer content with AI.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Aug 13

The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.

(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.

It’s on us.

A few skeets here with resources: 1/x

On Organizing

time to level up / an early draft of a playbook

www.lifeisasacredtext.com

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Riven Harlow @rivenharlow.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is within just 7 months of DJT.

They’re already making it difficult for people to leave the country. If we don’t go ASAP, we might not be able to ever!

Please repost!

#TransCrowdfund #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpSky #DisabilitySky #SurvivalFunds #UrgentRequest #UrgentMA #CrowdFund #QueerSupport

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · Aug 12

Stripe crossed a line now.

Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone.

Also libraries and bookstores.

Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.

Mostlycogent @mostlycogent.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.

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Mostlycogent @mostlycogent.bsky.social · Aug 12

Same during my call- the wording I used was “non-explicit, legal, non-adult LGBT content”, and I got back the response that “yes, stripe is blocking this. We’re a private company, we make our own rules about it.” Was hung up on when I asked why.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Aug 12

twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.

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💫 Five_Star_Edge uwu)b✨ @fivestaredge.bsky.social · Jul 24

Workin on lore for my mlp au but am malfunctioning- Sharin a wittl smth I wrote down tho- Am 100% rewriting some events that happened in show & will show sketches later !
(They got gore & violence tho!)

#art #artist #mlpfim #mlpart #pony #ponyart #mlpredesign #FiveStaredAU #KingSombra #RainbowDash

"Destined Alicorns"
Ponies who sacrifice themselves, ending in an untimely death
Usually accompanied by a great magical power intertwined with it

They are then reborn from the /corpse(crossed out) "shell" of their former self

Glimpses of King Sombra on the left-AKA I'm rewriting events that happened in the 2parter crystal empire episodes- & on the right is (spoilers for mlp season 3 ending) the bIggie event of the episode: magical mystery cure- But happening a smidge differently,,,

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