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Le Boudoir de Vicky 🔞 @braceyourelves.bsky.social · 20h

"A present? For me? Sweet girl ♥"

My artwork for
@novamali.bsky.social 's "In Their Clutches" A Monsterfucking Riso Zine ❤️
It's funded but we still have a week to try and hit 30k!
Find the link in the comments! 🌹

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NESY @nesy-hide.bsky.social · 1d

Erilihn for @erilihn.bsky.social;🪻

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JayTheCachalot 🐳 @bigbadwhale.bsky.social · 13d

Day 2: Rathian

" Queen of the Land "
* Flying Wyvern
* Element: Fire
* Weakest To: Thunder and Dragon

Regal and wrathful, Rathians are formidable monsters ( female counterparts to Rathalos ) that inhabit forests, jungles, deserts, and volcanic terrain.
#monsterhunter
#monsterhunterwilds

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JayTheCachalot 🐳 @bigbadwhale.bsky.social · 5d

Day 10: Daimyo Hermitaur

" Shelled Sovereign "

* Carapaceon
* Element: Water
* Weakest To: Thunder

Daimyo Hermitaurs are large crustacean monsters found in coastal regions and sandy soils.
#monsterhunter
#monsterhunterwilds

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JayTheCachalot 🐳 @bigbadwhale.bsky.social · 4d

Day 11: Tigrex

" Roaring Wyvern "

* Flying Wyvern ( Pseudo )
* Element: None
* Weakest To: Thunder and Dragon

Recognized for its primordial appearance, Tigrex is fiercely aggressive, lunging with its powerful limbs before unleashing devastating attacks with claws and jaws.
#monsterhunter

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JayTheCachalot 🐳 @bigbadwhale.bsky.social · 17h

Day 15: Lunastra

" Empress of Flame "

* Elder Dragon
* Element: Fire
* Weakest To: Dragon and Ice

Lunastra are formidable female Elder Dragons, renowned for their mastery over fire and their ability to unleash devastating flames.
#monsterhunter
#monsterhunterwilds

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Lynn @clamlynn.bsky.social · 8d

Peach stayed in the other castle 👑

#fanart #clamarts #princesspeach

Digital art of Princess Peach sitting in a dark castle lit by flowing lava around her. She is pictured wearing a black gothic dress and fishnets while holding a chain connected to a chain chomp.

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🔞 Manda @ammakis.bsky.social · 14d

october commissions are OPEN 👇🔥

> SOLO, DUO or TRIO commissions: forms.gle/BDhvjFh1oTHb...

> SOLO or DUO PAGE commissions: forms.gle/Vy2G3sK3o42X...

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

#SaveSpeech

I want to remind people that when there is a call to action to "contact your reps", it needs to be more than once

Going forward, contacting your reps needs to become part of your routine, at the very least during the work week.

Sustained pressure over time is what matters!

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 5d

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 5d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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MAUS! @back to work! ✍️☕️ @themaus.bsky.social · 4d

I don’t understand the reasoning behind that decision. WHY do they have the right to ban something that’s legal?
This is basically infrastructure. Has public transport the right to refuse service to sex-workers??? Isn’t that a similar situation?!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 5d

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 6d

fiction is a safe space to think of unsafe things

if you feel it's messing you up, step away. don't assume it's messing everyone up and you need to eradicate it because you caught a case of the feel-bads from something. go sit with that and think about why instead of pissing in everyone else's cheerios.

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Isobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 7d

Shout this from the fucking rooftops, people!! #fuckAI

A meme that says 'petition to add this button to literally every app right now: Exclude AI
meme by @FLScience

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🔸KeaveMind🔸 @keavemind.bsky.social · 8d

🔞 Kinktober 25 - 7. Long & Slim Body

A personal favourite of mine, very long and elegant Bodies~
Super happy Kuma went for the ych! A cute Goat was the Perfect fit!
Def wanna draw more Goats!

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

#saveSpeech

this is a really good sign, but it's not over until it's over. Germany has flipped before, and we cannot risk it flipping again. Germans, continue to voice your opposition to your MEPs/MPs. likewise, everyone else in the EU should be similarly vocal!

we have 7 more days!

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 8d

🇩🇪 Germany is AGAINST Chat Control:

Jens Spahn: "We as the CDU/CSU parliamentary group are against indiscriminate monitoring of chats. That would be like preemptively opening all letters to check whether there's something illegal in them. That's not acceptable, that won't happen under our watch."

Germany voices opposition to Chat Control, tilting the balance.

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 13d

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.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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mari ☀️ @marisketch.bsky.social · Aug 19

[nsfw, oc, rybine]

more sketches from ye olde patreon

Waist-up sketch of the artist's original characters Ryou and Sabine being intimate. They are implied to be in the shower, their hair wet and water running down their bodies. Sabine, on the right, has her hands up against a surface as she leans back against Ryou, who is behind her. One of his hands holds her breast and his chin rests on her shoulder. Both of their eyes are closed and little hearts are drawn over them.

Sketch of the artist's original characters Ryou and Sabine being intimate. Ryou is lying on his back on their bed, Sabine over him, her shirt pulled down as he holds her waist and sucks her breast from beneath her. Little hearts are drawn by her raised, flushed face.

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Tuta @tuta.com · 12d

We are alarmed as well. If you are in Germany, write to your representatives. You'll find the email addresses here: 👉 tuta.com/blog/chat-co...

Signalapp on X: We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a
catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled
opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could
spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe.

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · Aug 25

Begone puritan

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Porcellino Spaziale @porcellinospaziale.bsky.social · 10d

#JaneGoodall

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Rainy Studios (٭°̧̧̧ω°̧̧̧٭) – Art🎨, BL🌈 & 📝Queer Studies @samaburime.bsky.social · 12d

Love how every platform or group trying to differentiate themselves as being "artist friendly" and "anti-censorship" go

"Of course NSFW is allowed!
We just don't allow 'harmful' content! :^}"

Motherfucker. Do you realize how fucking nebulous, subjective and VAGUE 'harmful' as a term is? HELLO???

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 24d

i want to stress: i firmly believe that we, just us normal people, can push back against this global wave of censorship.

we CAN do this.

there may be temporary setbacks, lost battles, but i do firmly believe that with sustained action, we can make our futures better for art and human expression.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 13d

if you are German, you really need to yell and scream at your MEPs about chat control! Germany has been flip flopping on chat control constantly. Their vote carries an enormous amount of weight on this issue!

we can win this, but we need to make our voices heard! contact your representatives!

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 13d

IMPORTANT UPDATE:
 Denmark has scheduled a vote on Chat Control the 14th of October. Despite not wanting to break end-to-end encryption, 🇩🇪 Germany remains both UNDECIDED and critical to defeating the proposal.
 If you are German, contact your Bundestag members today via fightchatcontrol.de !

Screenshot of the Fight Chat Control website (https://fightchatcontrol.eu/) in German showing the Bundestag members. It is now possible to contact Bundestag members directly to express your concerns about Chat Control.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 14d

"My reps are all conservative and do what they want anyway so I can't call about KOSA"

This bill has died multiple times before and it's because people told their reps they don't like it, especially the red ones

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Sebin Nyshkim @sebin-nyshkim.net · 14d

Bingo

JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 17d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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