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Ranakanth

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🇨🇦 40s He/him Bi dragon | Not Safe for Minors🔞| pro 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | INGREDIENTS INCLUDE: dragons, sci-fi, fantasy, space, science, human rights, social issues, anti-authoritarian 🎨I SUPPORT HUMAN-MADE ART🎨 Banner by @isvoc.bsky.social

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Ranakanth @ranakanth.bsky.social · Jul 17

Saying the quiet parts out loud on "genAI"

- All the models are BUILT ON EXPLOITATION
- Putting people out of work IS A FEATURE
- Disinformation IS A PRODUCT
- Similar tech existed for years ONLY ETHICS WAS HOLDING IT BACK
- Getting people hooked IS THE BUSINESS MODEL

It's the new tobacco industry

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 11h

#WHRMcon Animatronics often have each servo individually puppeted, causing a rubbery look of *too much* motion. This is Spectral Motion’s medium. Some movements derive from others inputs. Along w/ strategic sculpting & skin attachment, it creates physically plausible secondary & tertiary movement.

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 13h

#WHRMcon The crime here isn’t just that his scene was cut, but his mere FOUR SECONDS of would-be screen time. In both design and technical artistry this was a fully-realized character with nuance, texture and backstory…you could almost SMELL him.
.:🐺:.

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That Dragon Guy @paintyourdragon.bsky.social · 14h

#WHRMcon Meet the WERE-HYENA. .:🐺:. This practical creature was part of the original ending for Blade: Trinity (2004), but his scene was cut when it didn’t test well with audiences*. It appears as an extra on DVD and Blu-Ray (extras are standard-def ☹️).

* This is why Steve Jobs hated focus groups.

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ZYRΔXVS▲ @zyrax.us · 11h

well fuck

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Nawka @nawka.bsky.social · 11h

Colored sketch comm for @paledrake.bsky.social and @ais05art.bsky.social of Lumi and Milosh!

www.furaffinity.net/view/62591547/
www.furaffinity.net/view/62591562/

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Yorgos Cotronis @cotronis.bsky.social · 22h

it's that time of the year. I'm in this one! The theme for this year was "Retro."

tight crop of my entry for Hardcover 2025. Depicts a woman with her face half covered with blood (not her own). She's wearing retro neon plastic earrings in the shape of stars.

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🔹️Sowol🔹️ @starmireu.bsky.social · 1d

Preview for some personal lore/world building stuff I am working on!
ko-fi.com/starmireu

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LXIX (18+) @schnellentod.bsky.social · 1d

Render looks kinda good tho
#furry #art

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Nuna@ACFI @nunalette.bsky.social · 3d

Hi my name is Nunalette and I can’t make ref sheets to save my life

Anywhoooo Nuna update cus there’s been enough changes for me to warrant making a new one since ppl have been askin for it

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𝖘𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖍 𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 🔜 MCM London H-24 @sarahmason.art · 1d

I've been obsessed with Hades 2 during my quiet moments so here's a repost of the lovely Aphrodite.

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˚⋅✧. ℝ 𝕚 𝕧 𝕖 𝕣 .✧⋅˚ @riverofstars.bsky.social · 6d

I cannot say enough good things about how beautiful this place is - but I can show you

#SecondLife

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Nuna@ACFI @nunalette.bsky.social · 6d

Wait hold on …. Did I cook???!?

Also tries out some new shading and simplifying my lining phase

Anyway yeah Bat Nunalette moment~

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˚⋅✧. ℝ 𝕚 𝕧 𝕖 𝕣 .✧⋅˚ @riverofstars.bsky.social · 6d

An old accessory I jazzed up with some different fish, some bubbles, and a moon. This is so pretty!

#SecondLife

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Tilkidud @tilkidud.bsky.social · 6d

Early snippet from a minicomic I'm drawing

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Bokdan0 @bokdan0.bsky.social · 5d

What was that?
1/2

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Ren @rendoas.com · 6d

Wow, that's crazy. Who could have predicted the safety beach caused by forcing people to submit ID? No one was saying this! Wow!

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.

buff.ly

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Yuri Stern | SIGNALIS @laststarfarer.bsky.social · 11d

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵.
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵,
𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭.

Uncover the secret of S-23 Sierpinski in SIGNALIS,
on sale in the Steam Autumn Sale:
store.steampowered.com/app/1262350/...

SIGNALIS is currently 30% off in the Steam Autumn Sale, Sep 29th - Oct 6th @ 10 AM PT.

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🪐 maki @ljesak.bsky.social · 6d

fortuitous
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#art #digitalart #lesbian

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Andrew Mar @andrewkmar.bsky.social · 6d

No joke I might've signed over a thousand Flusterstorms at MagicCon Atlanta last weekend, you crazy nuts.

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Ket 🖌️🔞 @ket-dawnatsunset.bsky.social · 6d

Platinum Dragon Lord
Blue paper doodles commission for TrueForgiveness
#overlord_anime #overlord #art #dragon

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🎃SCARY PENDRAKE🐍 @peripendrake.art · Sep 4

it's fun to share scribbles here. . . . so here's me, my partner and a friend if we were in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I never had the pleasure of playing one of the games but we would be an awful team of Skarmory, Salandit, and Breloom.

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Dirty Rat @dirtyrat.secondlife.bio · 6d

✨ Lazy Sunday Special! ✨

Introducing a brand-new release – the Dirty Rat - Framed Snake !

🏆 Get it for just 75L$ during this exclusive Lazy Sunday deal!

📅 Available Oct. 5-7, 2025 – limited-time offer!

🔗 Grab yours now ! marketplace.secondlife.com/p/Dirty-Rat-...

#SecondLife #DirtyRat

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Aaron Miller Illustration --> IlluxCon @aaronbmiller.com · 6d

"A sharp eye and a quick claw."

Get the token here: www.aaronbmiller.com/tokens/p/cat...

#artist #mtg #cat #warrior #token

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Semura @icymarth.bsky.social · 9d

Patreon Reward for https://www.furaffinity.net/user/LDragotheAlphaDragon

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Semura @icymarth.bsky.social · 9d

Patreon Reward for https://www.furaffinity.net/user/TyrThorn

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