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Gildedtongue

@gildedtongue.bsky.social

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Unpublished novelist. Streamer. No one of consequence. Four decades of doing this shit. they/them

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · Jun 21

This popped in my head when I was signing off my stream.

Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent from the BBC production "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"

Top text reads "Gender is an illusion"
Bottom text reads "Sex doubly so"

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Achai @achai.bark.how · 9h

draw one (1) knotted cock to keep the puritans away

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 9h

soups and stews get better with age as all the flavours mingle together more!

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Harper, Clockwork Anima 🏳️‍⚧️ @thatharper.bsky.social · 11h

Just got this lovely piece of art from @sethtriggs.bsky.social who is doing his Thursday night art stream!!

Featuring my mousegal Merle and @gildedtongue.bsky.social's Susan Labs and Saldura!

two mice geeking out over a magazine while a badger looks on in confusion

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 12h

www.furaffinity.net/user/graveya...

Userpage of GraveyardGreg -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

Webcomics machine (Life After Lovecraft, Gaming Guardians, Dungeons & Denizens(url), Carpe Diem(url), Profiles(url)) and prolific sh ...

www.furaffinity.net

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 13h

I wanna say that was something by @graveyardgreg.bsky.social

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 13h

Wealwell is another example of "the party kidnapped a hapless background character only for them to become the best character"

Aviv Or @avivor.com · 15h

My fan cover for Montgomery LaMontgommery's upcoming book, finally spotlighting the most upstanding gentleman in all of Gath. THANK YOU for Wealwell @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social, @dimension20.bsky.social. He is everything I've ever wanted - nay, needed - and more.
#CloudwardHo #Dimension20

A faux book cover cartoony illustration in brown and teal tones. It shows the Cloudward Ho! cast in a heroic tableau: in the background, Olethra is happily steering the MechLeod, and Daisuke is up on a cliff, aiming a rifle towards centre frame; closer to the viewer are Van on the left, blowing her bosun whistle with tentacles a-tentacling, and Maxwell Gotch on the right, looking a bit unsure about what's happening; closer still are Monty on the left, holding his notebook and looking sagely off-frame, and Marya on the right, holding a huge wrench close to her chest and staring forlornly off-camera. And in the centre and the foreground, looking directly at the viewer, is the lithe, handsome, elegantly poised figure of Wealwell Gotch, hair golden, moustache curled, dressed in a fine teal suit and resting his hand on a katana. The top reads "Montgomery LaMontgommery", and the bottom "Where There's A Weal There's A Well".
The original designs for the Cloudward Ho! cast are by the wonderful Cait May.

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 13h

Spelunking.

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 15h

Eep, well, it came out great!

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⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚SWZTCH 🔜 HOWL˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ @swztch.bsky.social · 15h

TAURTOBER DAY 9!!! micro for gildedtongue :3

i broke my own rules for this one sweats nervously

see yall tmrw!!
#taurtober #taur #furryart

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 17h

But, that quiet is what makes the small number of bigots seem so numerous and loud.

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 17h

Something that is easily lost in the weeds is that the average person either has no or a positive opinion about trans people in general.

For the most part, people aren't thinking about what's in other people's clothes.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 18h

1. Anti-trans outrage is losing its bite.

Last week, Elon Musk led a mass boycott campaign to get trans characters removed from shows on the platform.

Major conservatives joined in.

Now, we have the result: the boycott was a fizzle, and Netflix stock is up.

Subscribe to support my journalism.

Netflix Stock Up As Elon Musk's Anti-Trans Boycott Fails To Materialize

Last week, conservatives tried to cancel Netflix to force the carrier to remove transgender characters.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 20h

... Take it away, Steve Buscemi!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RFw...

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 21h

But, overall, I guess I would have preferred Renamon coming to a conclusion of their own gender rather than others forcing it upon them.

But, again, I recognize the era and culture this was made in.

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 21h

Like, I get it in the context of the narrative, it's to make Renamon feel at home with the rest of the family, and this is a, what, 20 year old cartoon? Not sure when this scene was first aired. But, anyway, I get things weren't as nuanced as they are now (and I'm not sure how that's seen in Japan)

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 21h

This scene is the ultimate enby experience.

Renamon: I don't have a gender.

Girls: *ignoring their self-determination* Oh, you're a girl, just like us!

Renamon: *defeated* okay

24/7 Laptop Ōkamization @ator.bsky.social · 21h

queen. i mean. monarch

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!

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Xena Snowscale (Ehksidian) @ehksidian.bsky.social · 1d

the worst trend in female character design for anthropomorphic characters in media has to be the absolute refusal to give women snouts.

gacha games and fortnite are especially egregious with this. come on. just a bit of a snout. it's not hard, people. give the wolf girl a snout. and DON'T squish it

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Zid & Zniw Chronicles @zidandzniw.bsky.social · May 16

In an alternative universe, you got home from school in 1998, did your homework, and decided to check out that dinosaur adventure game:

Zniw Adventure installer mockup in style of old InstallShield - setup preparation

Zniw Adventure installer mockup in style of old InstallShield - setup welcome message

Zniw Adventure installer mockup in style of old InstallShield - installation progress with Rivenn-na background screenshot

Zniw Adventure installer mockup in style of old InstallShield - installation progress with Fungilla background screenshot

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 1d

Hehe, this is why it's always good to credit the artist!

Though, I apologize for posting without permission.

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 1d

Norte. Muy, muy, muy norte.

Gildedtongue @gildedtongue.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, Giygas.

Actually, at first blush, this reminded me of the old Sci-Fi horror film The Black Hole.