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Fern

@rainsoakedfern.bsky.social

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18+ only ♥️🖤 @matrixg.bsky.social 🖤♥️ She/They, Ace/Omniro Weird lil furry artist, I do more than draw hypertits I swear

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · Apr 14

Places to find me!
Main gallery: www.furaffinity.net/user/vanthi

Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/Rainsoaked...

Subscribestar: subscribestar.adult/rainsoakedfern

Not going anywhere, just wanted to pin a post with my links

Userpage of Vanthi -- Fur Affinity [dot] net

Fur Affinity | For all things fluff, scaled, and feathered!

www.furaffinity.net

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · May 21

jazz!
@juhuachai
"optimal posting times" "stagger your posts" if you see me you see me. it's in gods hands and i am not praying
7:57 PM • 02 Mar 23

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Shishi @shishichu.bsky.social · 2d

Yukata
patreon request

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 2d

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 2d

🧡 Nalani Appreciation 🧡

Why? Because I can.

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta do my least favorite task tonight and glaze a buncha things to post em later, I used everything I already had done

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 4d

#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 · 4d

🇩🇪 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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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 4d

In case you wonder why it takes me a while to finish work sometimes, sometimes my desk gets taken over and I must just love the cat

Does net me funny pics sometimes tho

She's watching Crendor (specifically the rats, she got bored once they were gone)

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🔞 Keilan | COMS OPEN @trashbambi.bsky.social · 7d

2025 Furry Species Census Servy

Once again I bring you a furry species census!

The last time I did this in 2023 y'all submitted over 10,000 characters! I wonder if we'll beat that this time?

Survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Formatted Results: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 5d

Take action!

fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 4d

🌊 Beach Side Display 🌊

A fully rendered com for @inu-dono.bsky.social featuring Nate! Looks like a wave pulled the poor guy's shorts down

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 4d

🌊 Beach Side Display 🌊

A fully rendered com for @inu-dono.bsky.social featuring Nate! Looks like a wave pulled the poor guy's shorts down

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 4d

lrt, while I do use invoices and have for years, I'll probably change the wording on them to try to make it a little safer, not sure what I'll use yet, but better to be safe than sorry.

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 8d

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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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

Here's screenshots of how everything has evolved over the past couple days, with the progression in the replies

bsky.app/profile/nogo...

Jillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 8d

In short, stage 1

Bluesky thread

Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bs.. • 7d (bluesky user bursts into Waffle House) OH SO YOU HATE PANCAKES??

quote posted by

Jay @jay.bsky.team • 2d
Too real. We're going to try to fix this.
Social media doesn't have to be this way.
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Replies:

lucas, ho chi minh thot @antiocci... • 2d have y'all banned Jesse Singal yet or
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Reply to Lucas:

Jay
@jay.bsky.team

WAFFLES
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Reply to jay’s Waffles reply

Darryl Pickles @happymemeco.bs…• 2d
Dear CEO, there's an active subset of Bluesky that routinely harasses trans and queer folk, even doxxing them. This person in particular is a huge problem and even was cited in federal documents harming trans folks. What are you doing to address this?
"lol, are u a sad PEPE! Le epic meme, right?!?"
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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

I imagine most are still on twitter, cause where else is there to go? I have definitely seen cropped porn on IG and tiktok though and I'm just like, why?

Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

asking to have that guy banned by referencing a meme and in the span of two days, that meme has now become an anti-trans dogwhistle that the person this is all about is now referencing.

That, on top of the changes to the content guidelines, are uh, not great to say the least.

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

TLDR there's a man who is known for his very public anti-trans stance that has affected actual real world policy that a lot of Bsky's user base wanted banned from the site for trying to spread that anti-trans mindset here and encouraging users to attack trans folk. The owner tried to dunk on someone

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, I don't think there is much that can be done. FA is set up as a gallery site, not social media, so it makes sense that interactions like these are.. I don't know, less common? Like, yeah I could post a journal with my thoughts whenever, but they feel so... Official

Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

They really, really do, which sucks. I love FA, but I feel like I can interact less on FA, if that makes sense

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

Everyone in EU, UK or any US state with ID laws on the books [or even ones without them] should contact their representatives and mention this data breach specifically and [link the article if emailed]

Show them the actual, tangible results of all this digshit online ID legislation

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

There are places like Itaku and Pillowfort, but they are very small comparatively so hardly anyone uses them.

It really feels like, if it weren't for FA, I'd have no where to comfortably go.

Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so glad that, as a furry, I have FA. Where the fuck no non-fur artists have their home bases at? Twitter is awful, Bluesky is seemingly heading the same way based on how the owner is posting, Tumblr is no explicit porn, Insta is no porn period, DA has been garbage for years.

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 7d

But really do not let this moment pass you up, call your reps and beat them over the head with evidence that ID verification will lead to uncontrollable sensitive information leaks and identity theft

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

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Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

I have one, not that it has any pull, but the big hurdle of not being able to request a payout unless you have $150 is pretty bad if you have small numbers. I doubt you'd have that problem though. It also doesn't support file sizes as large as treon, but it does allow video which is a nice plus!

Fern @rainsoakedfern.bsky.social · 7d

This is going to make every conversation very fucking annoying for anyone *coughcoughmecoughcough* who prefers waffles over pancakes. All because of some fucking idiot decided it would be 'funny' to try to shut down trans peoples VERY VALID concerns.