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Lyra After Midnight

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Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Nov 27

Gonna make my first post on this account this portrait of my fursona I drew just now to use as an avatar

#furry #furryart #trans #transpride #anthro

Portrait of my fursona, who is a mix of a dragon and a horse, and has grey fur and black long hair. The background shows the trans flag, and it has a sparkly, round frame around it.

Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Jul 28

Fluttershy x Rainbow Dash emblem. A coat of arms that is way better than any dusty old symbol of royalty or military or other such bad stuff #mlp #mylittlepony #fluttershy #rainbowdash #shipping #panpride #bipride #prideart #transpride

A colorful emblem, showing anthro versions of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash (the latter being transmasc in this portrayal) holding each other under a bow of pride-colored roses.

Fluttershy has light yellow fur and a light pink mane, while Rainbow Dash has light blue fur and a rainbow-colored mane. The roses next to Fluttershy contains the colors of the pan and bi pride flags (pink, yellow, light blue, purple, blue), while the roses next to Rainbow Dash contains the colors of the trans pride flag (light blue, light pink, white).

The bottom of the emblem is a silver ring with a heart-shaped gem, while the background is the pan pride flag. The ring has vines growing on it with roses colored like a rainbow.

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Jun 7

🎵 Happy Pride Month everyone! #furry #nonbinary #lgbt #lgbtart #sfwfurry #enby

An anthropomorphic fox is wearing a nonbinary flag-colored dress. The dress has horizontal stripes across the torso: yellow, white, purple, black, purple, white, and yellow again. The lower half of the dress has four stripes: yellow, white, purple and black. The fox is standing on one foot while snapping their finger in a flamboyant way.

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · May 15

🎵 This is a piece I made for a Norwegian Pride Art exhibit last year! I need to do more bigger pieces like this, it's honestly fun to just plug away at art for a few days. (Tagged as nude despite no visible bits just in case) #furry #furryart #polycule #lesbianart #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtqia+ #queerart

Three anthropomorphic animal ladies; a skunk, a raccoon, and a poodle; are sitting together in a meadow. The skunk is holding around the raccoon, while stroking the poodle's hair. The raccoon is holding the poodle's hand, while her tail is wrapped around her. And the poodle is holding around the raccoon while holding her hand.

In the background you can see flower pedals flowing in the wind.

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Apr 11

For my US followers, here is a thread with some easy resources for contacting your reps.

Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ Shop update 10/18! 🎃 @aubryjoi.bsky.social · Apr 10

I know we’re all exhausted, but make your voice heard - call your reps and take action.

Resources:

⭐️ 5calls.org/issue/trump-...
⭐️ resist.bot

An illustration of a white cat with big teary eyes holding up a sign that reads: CALL YOUR REPS
Demand Action to Stop Tariffs
(pls we are so tired)
5calls.org - read prompts & leave
messages for your Reps
resist.bot - use texting to email Reps,
sign petitions, & send faxes (links shared below!)

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Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Apr 12

Also I did this

A drawing of Muffins, with meme edits: She is holding a gun with a photo-realistic hand and says "call me Derpy one more time, and you'll be 6 hooves under"

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Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Apr 12

Muffins, one of multiple best ponies #fanart #mlp #fim #mlpfim #disabilitypositivity #pony

A drawing of Muffins, a pegasus pony with grey fur, a light yellow mane and crossed eyes. She is holding up a blueberry muffin with her hoof and smiling

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Mar 5

Decided to attempt drawing a few of my kintypes. Here's me as a moogle. A little kupo creature. #furry #otherkin #polykin #moogle #kupo

An Ivalician moogle in a long, green robe. They have tannish-grey fur, a bit of floof for hair, purple wings and a red pom-pom on the top of their head.

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Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Mar 14

Drew my fursona wearing an outfit I could not wear IRL in fear of freezing to death
#furry #furryart #anthro #transwoman #anthrodragon #bodypositivity

A drawing of a fluffy anthro dragon woman with ash-grey fur and black hair. She is posing for a picture, wearing a black crop top with straps, a red mini skirt, purple bracelets and a purple choker. She also has red striped socks.

The background is half-drawn, half collage of pictures, showing her standing in front of a waterfall next to a short brick fence, making the picture look like a vacation photo.

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Pup Harke 🔞 @slut.dog · Mar 5

This exact bill has died in the Senate committee before, and it's in the committee now!

Here's a list of senators on the committee and their office phone numbers. Names in bold are up for re-election. PLEASE call your senators and tell them to vote NO on the SCREEN ACT. See alt text for numbers.

Republicans:

Ted Cruz, Texas (Chairman) - Phone: (202) 224-5922

John Thune, South Dakota - Phone: (202) 224-2321

Roger Wicker, Mississippi - Phone: (202) 224-6253

Deb Fischer, Nebraska - Phone: (202) 224-6551

Jerry Moran, Kansas - Phone: (202) 224-6521

[BOLD] Dan Sullivan, Alaska - Phone: (202) 224-3004

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee - Phone: (202) 224-3344

Republicans:

Todd Young, Indiana - Phone: (202) 224-5623

Ted Budd, North Carolina - Phone: (202) 224-3154

Eric Schmitt, Missouri - Phone: (202) 224-5721

John Curtis, Utah - Phone: (202) 224-5251

Bernie Moreno, Ohio - Phone: (202) 224-3353

Tim Sheehy, Montana - Phone: (202) 224-2644

[BOLD] Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia - Phone: (202) 224-6472

[BOLD] Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming - Phone: (202) 224-3424

Democrats:

Maria Cantwell, Washington (Ranking Member) - Phone: (202) 224-3441

Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota - Phone: (202) 224-3244

Brian Schatz, Hawaii - Phone: (202) 224-3934

[BOLD] Ed Markey, Massachusetts - Phone: (202) 224-2742

Gary Peters, Michigan - Phone: (202) 224-6221

Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin - Phone: (202) 224-5653

Tammy Duckworth, Illinois - Phone: (202) 224-2854

Jacky Rosen, Nevada - Phone: (202) 224-6244

Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico - Phone: (202) 224-6621

John Hickenlooper, Colorado - Phone: (202) 224-5941

John Fetterman, Pennsylvania - Phone: (202) 224-4254

Andy Kim, New Jersey - Phone: (202) 224-4744

Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware - Phone: (202) 224-2441

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Feb 24

I finished it! #pokemon #sylveon #eeveelution #pokemonfanart #pokémon #pokémonfanart #pokémonart

An illustration of the Pokémon Sylveon, sitting and smiling shyly at the camera.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Feb 2

PLEASE SHARE 🧪‼️

Since CDC websites and datasets are being taken down by the Administration…

The ENTIRE archive of ALL CDC datasets uploaded BEFORE January 28th, 2025 can be found here: archive.org/details/2025...

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St. Marlowe Lune 🌙 @marlowelune.bsky.social · Feb 3

If you’re cis & you want trans folks to know they’re valid and cared for, here’s a tip: Don’t say it to a trans person. Go talk to a cis person.

Talk to your dad. Your coworker. Your friends. Ask if they know whats going on. Ask if they have uncertainties when it comes to the ~trans issue.~

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🌾 bull 🌾 @xylographica.bsky.social · Jan 14

Just a reminder
#furry

A tumblr post by user dragonladdie that reads
"Racism/appropriation of indigenous ppl is RAMPANT in the furry community so let me say some things:
STOP calling ur characters w*nd*g*s. You don’t even have to change the design, just stop calling them that. Call them like. Skull deer or some shit there is no reason for you to be using that word.
Stop using “spirit animal” in referral to ur fursona. This is obvious idk why it even needs to be said.
Stop making “two wolves inside you” jokes. The “two wolves inside you” is in reference to a racist made up native proverb from a white dude.
You aren’t appreciating cultures by doing things we tell u to stop. If you want to appreciate: buy from indigenous ppl, respectfully learn about cultures, listen to native people, and DON’T MAKE EXCUSES."

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Feb 1

🎵Here's a more recent drawing, Umbreon from our system with Eevee from @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social 's system! #furry #furryart #pokemon #pokemonart #pokémon #pokémonart #plural #plurality #pluralpositivity

An umbreon (on the left) and an eevee with long hair (on the right) are lying on their sides, smiling at each other.

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SCAREon - Thorgi's Haunted Arcade @thorgisarcade.bsky.social · Jan 28

I used to work for an elected official as the person who answered their emails. I can tell you from personal experience, if even twenty or thirty people all call an official in a day, they start panicking. This stuff does help.

Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · Jan 28

I know you hate this advice. I know you hear it all the time, but for gods sake you need to be calling your congressperson. Now. Today.

If you have a GOP representative, you need to call and ask if they approve of stripping congress of its constitutional authority. If they like being powerless.

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Jazz🔞 (in my animation (?) arc) @bigjazz.bsky.social · Jan 21

Dawn always breaks.

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Clord TC, Comics Guy @clordtc.bsky.social · Feb 1

the flooding thing is basically what conservatives have been doing for the last ten years, there's been no real attempt to combat this technique. just endless games of catch up.

I think this is the first time ive seen outlines of *something* to do directly referencing it.

Zandek @snugasabugbear.bsky.social · Jan 31

Very good advice to find after a day of doomscrolling

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punkitt ‼️💞 @punkitt.bsky.social · Jan 27

Hey, if you've been wanting to support your transgender friends, nows the time to show up! Message them and tell them to oppose this bill.

adora blue @ MAGWest!! @adora.blue · Jan 27

there’s a bill on the floor rn to outlaw gender affirming care for minors in washington, PLEASE go to this link and select "oppose." takes 30 sec. examples on stuff to say in thread!
app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/1038

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Gigakoops @gigakoops.bsky.social · Jan 28

These three girlfriends spend a night on the town! Wanted to draw a group picture of this polycule, and I'm still proud of this one. From left to right: Violet, Paula and Nancy. #furry #furryart #raccoon #poodle #skunk #polyamory

Three women; an anthro raccoon, an anthro poodle, and an anthro skunk; are sitting on a bridge, all snuggling. The poodle and raccoon are eating ice cream sticks. The raccoon is leaning back onto the poodle, her tail brushing up against the skunk's, which is wrapped around the poodle. The poodle and skunk are holding each other.

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Polygon @polygon.com · Jan 24

This $10 game bundle is a great deal to support the trans community

Get 75 games for $10 to support the Trans Empowerment Project

This deal is as good as it will make you feel

buff.ly

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Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Jan 26

This version is cropped, but labeling it as adults only still just in case

Lyra After Midnight @lyraaftermidnight.bsky.social · Jan 26

Anthro transmasc Rainbow Dash pinup

#nsfw #furry #furryart #mlp #pinup #nudity #queerart

A drawing of Rainbow Dash in an anthro, transmasc form. He is naked and shown waist up, leaning back on a counter next to a pool, looking at the viewer. He has lit some romantic candles and is drawn with a heart speech bubble.

He has blue fur, a rainbow-colored hair and tail, as well as an equally vibrant goatee. His chest is shown to have top surgery scars from transitioning.

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Jan 22

Throwing sand in the gears of terrible machinery is also resisting.

Post on Bluesky from alyssaharad.bsky.social: "Listen, did you ever had a bad boss, a terrible person, at a job that you can't, for whatever reason, quit? Did you learn to delay, obfuscate, frustrate, and otherwise fuck up that person just to the line where you could keep your job? Congratulations, you have the tools to resist authoritarianism!"

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Mx Morgan @mxmorgan.com · Jan 24

Do the right thing, Seattle. If you spot ICE agents: Take out your phone and record them. Do not let them enter a home or place of business. Contact Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network at 1-844-724-3737

PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS.

waisn.org

Home - WAISN

WAISN is the largest immigrant-led coalition in Washington State. We are a powerful, volunteer network of immigrant and refugee-rights serving Washington State.

waisn.org

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You've been dancing with Mr. Scunthorpe LLC @frishermansfend.bsky.social · Jan 20

Share this far and wide -

From "On Tyranny", at your library here:

share.libbyapp.com/title/3108868

shorter version: snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

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Do not obey in advance.
Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely
given. In times like these, individuals think
ahead about what a more repressive govern-
ment will want, and then offer themselves with-
out being asked. A citizen who adapts in this
way is teaching power what it can do.

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