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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · Sep 1

First post is a bunch of artwork I've commissioned and received.

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Suz @suzamuri.bsky.social · 17h

Tea time 🍵🫖🦊🍃

#furry #furryart #fox #digitalart #art

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 11h

The animator is Raptorkil, and he consistently does awesome work like this.

Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 11h

Training went flawlessly, I'll be starting the new job this coming Wednesday.

Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 2d

Gift for @feench.bsky.social by @lt210102.bsky.social

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 3d

this is going to be so fucking funny and he’s going to get so fucking mad

Every Film Now @everyfilmnow.bsky.social · 4d

Elon Musk announces xAI game studio will release a great AI-generated game before end of 2026.

Powered by Grok, the studio aims to revolutionize gaming with dynamic, photo-realistic experiences.

#xAI #Grok #AIGaming

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 7d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Hynvale Navayaghale 💎Comms Open! @hynvalearehere.bsky.social · 9d

The beauty of midnight calls to the Alpha Lukka, urging him to fulfill the duty of the constellation star system: to call forth the universe's auras =] 
furaffinity.net/view/62468463

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#furryartist
#furry #furryart #furryartwork #anthro #anthroart #anthroartwork
#furrycommission #commissionfurry

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ApollyonDragon @apollyondragon.bsky.social · 5d

When you finally get Cynder's relationship meter above Dislike.

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Kocha @kocharaptor.bsky.social · Jun 29

comm for @/MeMonstrous on twitter!

A orange and black striped tyrannosaurus rex OC with a muzzle and vest

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WolfhideWinter @wolfhidewinter.bsky.social · 7d

Mini illustration for Dranon :)

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 4d

Visited Camp Nelson. The buildings were closed due to the shutdown, but the property was open, which I toured as much as I could before sunset. I actually cut my left palm while jumping into one of the better preserved forts in the northeast corner. There is a graveyard of families that died there.

From Camp to Community
Camp Nelson was the rendezvous of soldiery and birthplace of liberty to Kentucky. It is hallowed in the minds of thousands."
Reverend John G. Fee
The promise of freedom surged enlistment of freedom seekers, leading to Camp Nelson's unintended role as a refugee camp. Thousands of civilians and enslaved people found their way here. Unlike their husbands and fathers, freedom-seeking women and children were not immediately emancipated or welcomed. On eight different occasions, the army removed Black refugees from the base. Many died as a result.
Abolitionist and educator Rev. John Fee proved instrumental in establishing facilities for soldiers and refugees at Camp Nelson. He and his wife Matilda also helped refugees purchase nearby land, creating the community of Ariel (now called Hall). A church named for him still stands there.
Family Ties
Enlisting in the US military gave Black men the opportunity to break the chains of bondage and take up the fight for civil rights. Many joined on the promise that their families would be cared for and protected.
Though unable to enlist as soldiers, some refugee women and children worked for the army at Camp Nelson, too. Jobs like cook, wagon driver, or messenger meant an income with which to begin their new lives.
Following a tragic wintertime expulsion, the federal government changed policy and established the Home for Colored Refugees at Camp Nelson. The complex included a school, hospital, and family housing.
When the base closed in 1866, some Black refugees purchased land to form the community of Ariel. Now called Hall, the community is still active and includes descendants of United States Colored Troops soldiers and former refugees.
Living quarters at The Home for Colored Refugees included 97 cottages.
The Home for Colored Refugees ultimately housed over 3.000 women and children.

AFRICAN AMERICAN ENLISTMENT
President Abraham Lincoln and Congress resisted the enlistment of African Americans into the military during the early stages of the Civil War despite intense pressure from abolitionists. This changed in July 1862, when Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act and the Militia Act, authorizing the president
"to receive into the service of the United States ... persons of African descent." Lincoln initially refused this new authority, but, by the fall of 1862, he allowed the creation of African American regiments in Union-occupied South Carolina, Louisiana, and Kansas.
The enlistment of African American men expanded to all states, except one, following the Emancipation Proclamation. On January 1, 1863, the Proclamation made the destruction of slavery an explicit war goal and, in May, created the Bureau of Colored Troops. The one exception was Kentucky, because slaves were not freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (which only affected areas out of Union control) and because its political leaders were adamantly against African American enlistment.
The enlistment of Kentucky's African American men was finally authorized by the federal government in February 1864, but only for free blacks and enslaved men with their owner's permission.
Unrestricted enlistment of enslaved men was not authorized in Kentucky until June
1864. These men were emancipated upon enlistment, thus beginning the destruction of slavery in Kentucky.
About 180,000 African American men served in the Union army during the Civil War, with Kentucky providing 23,703, second only to Louisiana, many of which enlisted here at Camp Nelson. African American soldiers, known as U.S. Colored Troops, participated in 449 engagements, including thirty-nine major battles.

KENTUCKY
THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT
LINCOLN * HERITAGE TRAIL *
1847 The Lincoln family visited
Lexington, Kentucky, en
route to Abraham's only term in Congress.
1860 Abraham Lincoln elected
President of the United States in November.
1865 Abraham Lincolri
assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, enacted on December 18, 1865, abolished slavery within the United States. Immediately before the ratification of this amendment, Slavery remained legal only in Kentucky and Delaware. Elsewhere, slaves had been freed either by the Emancipation Proclamation or state action.
Although the Civil War was over, slavery was still legal in Kentucky in late 1865, because the Emancipation Proclamation did not legaily affect Kentucky. Emancipation was slowly rolling forward in the state, however, with more than 50 percent of the young enslaved men emancipating themselves by enlisting in the United States Army. Following the Congressional Joint Resolution Freeing Families of Black Soldiers of March 3, 1865, the wives and children of these soldiers were also freed.
Kentucky, having rejected the Thirteenth Amendment on February 24, 1865, finally ratified it more than one hundred years later, on March 18, 1976.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
- Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
On March 8, 1865, the United States Congress freed the wives and children of the United States Colored Troops. This act was a direct result of an action at Camp Nelson, where 400 African American women and children were ejected from camp in November 1864. Of this group, 102 died of exposure and disease. Their deaths created a national uproar that led not only to the congressional act, but also to the establishment of the "Home for Colored Refugees" within Camp Nelson. This home eventually housed over 3,000 African American women and children.

True to the Cause of Freedom
"We have tried to do our duty. We are Kentucky boys, and there is no regiment in the field that ever fought better. We can boast of being the heroes of eight hard fought battles.”
- Sgt. Thomas Boswell, 116th US Colored Infantry
Camp Nelson served as a bastion of freedom for enslaved African Americans during the Civil War. The US Army enlisted over 10,000 US Colored Troops (USCT) here. Although Black soldiers wore the same uniforms as White soldiers, they experienced greater challenges. The Emancipation Proclamation defined a path toward freedom for enslaved people in rebellious states, but not loyal slave states like Kentucky until 1864, when the Army authorized the formation of Black regiments. Military service meant emancipation, but only if they could get to an army base. Many were imprisoned, assaulted, murdered, or re-enslaved attempting to enlist.
23,703 Black men made it to Camp Nelson and seven other recruiting stations across Kentucky. They endured inadequate food and housing, harsh discipline, hard labor, less pay, and abuse from White soldiers and civilians. On the battlefield, USCT who were wounded or captured could be executed or re-enslaved. They also feared for their families, who remained in enslavement or lived as refugees.
Military service provided an opportunity for Black soldiers to make a living, take care of their families, and pursue the rights of citizenship.

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · 7d

Art vs Artist

My art, digital. A women with a wolf companion stands in front of a giant deer god with human hands

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 7d

Last days of work here.

Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 7d

Are you alright? I hope you can get the money back.

Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 7d

Finished listening to Herodotus’ Histories yesterday. The praise of the Lacedaemonians and Spartans throughout the book should be noted, they did not have a reputation for worthlessness.
The Histories read very much like the Bible, Herodotus seems to be genuinely religious. There are moral lessons.

Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 8d

Recently downloaded the Enhanced edition of Silent Hill 2. I look forward to it.

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AHHH! real meghan!! 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 8d

love the israeli navy being like no if you kindly reroute to an israeli port and hand over the aid we'll make sure it gets to gaza bitch do you think it's everyone's first day on earth.

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Jayce @angard30.bsky.social · Nov 15

My eyes are up here.

🎨 by bxe017 on X

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ALYX 🦅 @alyxavian.bsky.social · 8d

Now that Canada recognizes Palestine, we have a legal obligation to address Isnotrael's illegal annexation of Palestinian land. It's insane that it has taken us this long to do the bare minimum, and that it's gonna take so much work for Canada to literally do anything more.

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Lovell 👁️ 🔜 Furpoc @jeeperssheepers.bsky.social · 9d

Points! This! Bitch!! (Any pronouns.)
#🐑 #furry #furryart

An androgynous and fat anthro bull terrier stretches with its arms above its head. It has a spot on its left eye with brindle patterns that form false eyes. It's also wearing heart glasses, a tank top that reads "butch bitch" as well as red ripped up shorts.

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✨🔹🦋⟣ NEO ⟢🦋🔹✨ @TIRED @tokyozilla.bsky.social · 9d

Another morning, another Dragon

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9d

Sharing this again because despite all of the horrors, you are not alone. MILLIONS of people around the country are standing up and saying NO, and you can join them.

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 14d

"No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!"

Absolutely massive crowd at the New Yorkers Against ICE march. Blocks long!

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 9d

Stream over, here's the video: youtu.be/h1nGRe1Jn9A

Imperator: Rome - Relaxing Roman Twitch Stream Part 39 - 348 AD-360 AD - Very Hard difficulty

YouTube video by Golden Raptor

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 9d

Another brief Imperator: Rome stream! www.twitch.tv/goldenraptor7

goldenraptor7 - Twitch

Relaxing Rome Stream

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Golden Raptor @goldenraptor.bsky.social · 9d

I don't know that everything is stacked, it may be that I'm just not playing all my cards.