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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 7h

The consensus seems to be "post dicks" so

I will be marking them as NSFW so anyone who has that filter on can avoid them. I'm a smut artist, not a jerk

Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 8h

Hmm. Do I make a separate account for my NSFW art or say "screw it" and post dicks here

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 8h

A compelling argument.

Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 8h

I mean the NSFW account wouldn't be a secret or anything. but also. I'm kinda lazy and keeping two accounts is more work

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 8h

Hmm. Do I make a separate account for my NSFW art or say "screw it" and post dicks here

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 12h

Just jump in! It's so fun to figure things out as you go!

(Def make sure you have good food for some stat boost though.)

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Fuss @fusspot.rip · 2d

I'm pretty sure lead house paint was "here to stay" at one point in time too, and we all saw how that went.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 2d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 2d

Joined a different group tonight and we saw enrage! I'm so proud

Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 3d

Said "fuck it" and joined a party finder group for the Monster Hunter EX fight. It was fun! I was playing MCH which took some adjustments (I'm a WHM main and getting out of Healer Mode is a Thing) but we got the boss below 50% before we ran out of time. Not bad for a day 1 PF blind prog!

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 3d

Said "fuck it" and joined a party finder group for the Monster Hunter EX fight. It was fun! I was playing MCH which took some adjustments (I'm a WHM main and getting out of Healer Mode is a Thing) but we got the boss below 50% before we ran out of time. Not bad for a day 1 PF blind prog!

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 4d

My poor 2007 Honda wouldn't start after work. I hope it's an easy fix. I love that car. Also I am heavily car dependent for work ha ha

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Kytri @kytri.bsky.social · 5d

I'm here if anyone needs anything

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 8d

WoL QOD: What is their favorite zone, and why?

Elora escapes to Raincatcher Gully often. The rainforest is the antithesis of the desert she grew up in. As a player I'm there a lot because of the music.

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 9d

Anemones. Her Azem was never seen without a colorful anemone blossom in her hair, so Elora always coveted them.

Anemones were thought to bloom from the blood of Adonis when they mixed with the tears of his lover, Aphrodite.

Mo @ the Wandering Stairs 💫 @themoyouknow.etheirys.social · 9d

#wolqotd - what flower(s) would you associate with your wol/oc? Is it because of the design? The meaning? The standard colors? Do they wear them or keep them in their home?

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 10d

With everything going on I've been having this really specific icky feeling and the best way I can describe it in words is "my soul needs to vomit"

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12d

YES! THIS on GenAI!

Please read this absolutely splendid piece of writing that had me cheering, a little bit weepy, and writing in the margins:

"An extraordinary amount of money is spent by the AI industry to ensure that acquiescence is the only plausible response. But marketing is not destiny."

Large Language Muddle | The Editors

The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...

www.nplusonemag.com

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 12d

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 12d

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.

www.thepinknews.com

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punkitt ‼️💞 @punkitt.bsky.social · 13d

its tough out there but so am i

a perturbed looking wolf girl with an arrow pointing to her and a caption that reads: (more than a little frustrated at how people
see her kindness and optimism as a sign of
naivete rather than the result of consistently
having her anxiety spirals and doomsayer
thoughts proven wrong by many genuine
people over the last two and a half decades
of her life and that this is not the tactic of a
fool but one of someone who has seen the
effects that believing in the future and in
other people can have on those around you)

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tg @twotrickpony.bsky.social · Sep 4

IMPORTANT PSA: You will NOT see posts from non English speaking artists if your content language is set to English!

Make sure it's *unset*!!! If you're following Chinese artists or whatever and wonder why their posts never show up on your feed this is why!

Go in: Settings > Languages> Content Languages and make it *unset* !

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 12d

The sunset was really nice at the beach today

A photo of a sunset with pink clouds with a beach house and a palm tree

A photo of a sunset down a street with orange and pink clouds

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Elysia Tatsu @elysiatatsu.bsky.social · 14d

🎃

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 14d

(points) Hey I drew that thumbnail!!

DrakGamestein @drakanous.bsky.social · 14d

IT’S TIME!! NEST vs M8S
(new party art by @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social )
youtu.be/ekmjpCPiJxM?...

The tanks need a diaper change. - NEST vs M8 (Savage)

YouTube video by DrakGamestein

youtu.be

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 15d

Finally got some good news, and it's long overdue 🙌

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 16d

Fucking WHEEZE

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 16d

Ixion spawned on Crystal/Mateus in FFXIV and I have no idea how to report it on Faloop :|

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Pickles @preservedcucumbers.bsky.social · 17d

BIG SAME

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grahawives anonymous @meullie.bsky.social · 19d

ff14 was truly a godsend for millennials who grew up in a climate where making mary sue ocs was the greatest sin and can now make the sexy perfect goddesses that they wanted to make when they were teenagers

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