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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 5h

Hell if I know either. Could've been a troll, could've been a Gen-u-ine Dum Dum, but either way, it's been gratifying seeing another crash to pretend money

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 5h

There was some dipshit in furry posts about the Visa/Mastercard situation always touting that crypto is an option cause of privacy and no government interference
I blocked them but BOY OH B O Y I HOPE THEY'RE EATING THEIR WORDS

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 12h

Good for her!

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🎃Eski🎃 @eskiworks.bsky.social · 23h

I am quite frankly desperate to make ends meet this month. We are $900 short on rent alone despite everything, and could really use any help we can get. I'm taking autumn YCH commissions and accepting any other help I can get to make sure the check clear in just a few days here.
ko-fi.com/eskiworks

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Become a supporter of Eskiworks today!

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 17h

Ko-fi.com/home/coffees...

Thank you Scarlett for the late bday donation! I am indeed gæy

Red Rover(Scarlett) just bought Vor the Voice of Reason / Star the Lemur a Coffee on Ko-fi! ❤️

Ko-fi lets you support creators you love with tips, memberships and shop sales!

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not!! Just when it can be really funny

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Bishop Arrow - Comics & Art @bishoparrow.bsky.social · 2d

I'm short 400 bucks due to my bank fucking me over. Going to try to fix this but I don't know if I can.

ko-fi.com/bishoparrow

Any money helps right now.

#transcrowdfund

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 1d

I can snitch on you if I really felt like it :3

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, that sounds awesome! I have to keep my tinned fish out of sight until I want it cause it grosses out my mom big time. It's so tasty on top of buttered bread!

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 3d

My sibling has been working so hard to make sure the rent is paid and the dogs she takes care of are as happy as can be! Please, anything you can spare will go a long way. This stroke of bad luck is awful and they could use some funds to figure this out. I'll do my part to help with adopt auctions

⚡️Verra@ hiatus⚡️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 3d

Hey. Breaking my hiatus for a moment. I got into a car accident today. I’m just here to plug my ko-fi bc honestly. I’m not sure how much this is going to be. Physically, other than the chronic pain I already deal with, I’m okay. Mentally is a different story. ko-fi.com/verra

My car, a silver hatchback, with a huge impact on the rear passenger side.

A close up of the damage to my silver hatchback.

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LABRADORSZN @ FALL 🍁🍂✨ @labradorszn.bsky.social · 3d

Please please please do what you can to help Verra in her situation right now. Anything will help. She’s really been through it recently and this is just the icing on the cake. She’s a dear friend, and deserves any break she can get.

#furry

⚡️Verra@ hiatus⚡️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 3d

Hey. Breaking my hiatus for a moment. I got into a car accident today. I’m just here to plug my ko-fi bc honestly. I’m not sure how much this is going to be. Physically, other than the chronic pain I already deal with, I’m okay. Mentally is a different story. ko-fi.com/verra

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⚡️Verra@ hiatus⚡️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 3d

Hey. Breaking my hiatus for a moment. I got into a car accident today. I’m just here to plug my ko-fi bc honestly. I’m not sure how much this is going to be. Physically, other than the chronic pain I already deal with, I’m okay. Mentally is a different story. ko-fi.com/verra

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 4d

I can never relate to people loving her either dw

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 5d

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 · 5d

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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hayden johnson @haydenjohnsonn.bsky.social · 16d

every AI ad is like

“hey gemini, what would i have for lunch?”

and then the phone is like

“sandwich”

and the guy is like

“wow”

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Kieran (But Spookier) @toadally.bsky.social · 6d

My pretty boy FINALLY got an updated design! He is a royal Vatori (bug alien) courtesan, using dance and pheromones to perform stories and poems for visiting dignitaries. He is an entertainer, therapist, and cultural historian.

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⚡️Verra@ hiatus⚡️ @drunkendirewolf.bsky.social · 6d

I may need to buy a new battery for my car. Either way, I don’t have much funds for car stuff rn so if you wanna help out, please consider my kofi: ko-fi.com/verra

Buy Verra a Coffee

Check out my art and scraps on Ko-Fi! It's where you can see my commission menu or drop a tip if you'd like to support me!

ko-fi.com

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Gina Ippolito @ginaippy.bsky.social · 7d

Hopefully everyone in CA already knows this, but just in case someone doesn’t - there’s a special election happening right now. It’s REALLY important that you vote, and it’s REALLY important that you vote YES on Prop 50.

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 7d

Hi! You don't know me, but I was trying to find examples of mosaic glass stained art styles while trying to explain to a friend of mine what they should look like
Your share was recommended to me when I searched up "mosaic art" in latest. Your stuff is absolutely gorgeous!!

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 7d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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🔹 Neralis 🔹 @neralis.bsky.social · 11d

💙 Thank you for the share 💙

My name is Neralis, I am a digital freelancer artist based in Austria.
I am focused on stained-glass mosaic styled Illustrations.

Some of my most recent illustrations :'D

Fullbody stained glass illustration.

It shows an artwork of an anthropomorphic Moth, which has gold lines all over his body. His body is glowing and so is the background around him. Illuminating him in a redish brown light.

Stained glass illustration of a teal colored dragon, with white scales on its belly and the inside of its wings is also white.
The background is colored in blue hues with stars and a stone gothic frame.

Flat Colored Stained glass illustration of a sheep wearing a wolf pelt.
Over the sheep hoveres a burning crown and the words.

" Feast on the Kings crown" which is a metaphor for Eat the rich.

Stained-glass illustration of a buckskin / paint horse shire stallion. His long mane grows along his back and there is a sea in the background. Mountains and dark clouds.

A circle of thunderbolds struck around his head, forming an electric halo.

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Cressa Maeve Áine @beeragon.bsky.social · Feb 11

I can finally post videos so...

Hi, I'm Cressa and I do stop motion. You may have seen my preshows at your local movie theatre.

Here's a cute thing I made for the release of Godzilla Minus One:

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 8d

The rumors are true: I am older!
If you feel generous this payday and wanna give a little leem something for w/e reason, here's my Cashapp:
cash.app/$DraconicBeats
Don't feel obligated tho cause I have been fucken ABSENT with furry stuff trying to get my life together

Pay me on Cash App

Instantly exchange money for free on Cash App

cash.app

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Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 8d

Aw shucks, thank you Keerie!! I picked out my bday ice cream and everything. I'll make the most of today :D

Star The Toon Leem @lightninglemur.bsky.social · 8d

Huh wha