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@shroompunk.com

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30s, he/him, white. here and queer--get used to it. if you're here for art, check my media tab. i post a lot of politics because fash made my life political. commissions open, full price sheet on shroompunk.com || DM or email shroompunkstudios at gmail

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · Oct 18

hey, I'm shroom! I'm a psychedelic furry artist and lover of the 70s!

full price sheet available @ shroompunk.com

read my webcomic: tapas.io/series/Short...
patreon: www.patreon.com/c/shroompunk
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/shro...
zines: shroompunk.itch.io
ko-fi: ko-fi.com/shroompunk

Page 1 of a digital price sheet with a drawing of a bird man with teeth in his beak and a jawbreaker-like eyeball on his long tongue. Text reads: "ShroomPunk Studios price guide. Will draw: Furries, humans, fantasy races, animals. Nature, architecture, interiors, scenes. Technology, vehicles, robots. Draw from visual or written references. Help design new characters. Pinups, gore/horror, some NSFW (contact for NSFW price sheet). Won't draw: Gore or NSFW including minors. NSFW feral art. Hateful content. See more @ ShroomPunk.com."

Page 2 of a digital price sheet featuring two drawings. On the left is a single-color sketch of a bird man with shadow magic reaching out from his body to light a cigarette. On the right is a man with a canine skull head with ram horns, playing a guitar. Text lists prices for sketches as $20 for bust, $30 for fullbody, and to ask about pricing for backgrounds and colored sketches. Text lists prices for flatcolor illustrations as $50 for bust, $80 for fullbody, and $150 for backgrounds.

Page 3 of a digital price sheet featuring 2 images. On the left is an anthro fox standing in front of an elaborately detailed star chart that appears half-finished in a fresco on the wall. On the right is a bird man in a surreal scene, floating in a huge yellow teacup as colorful fluid pours out of a giant bottle of liquor. Text advertises cell shaded illustrations as $60 for bust, $90 for fullbody, and $200 for background. The other image label is "Hand shading available: ask for pricing."

Page 4 of a digital price sheet featuring two psychedelic images. On the left is a bust drawing of a bearded vulture man lighting a pipe with his fingertips with a paisley patterned background and hot pink smoke. On the right is a fullbody image of a cyborg egyptian vulture person floating out of their bed in a surreal cyberpunk scene, with a number of brightly glowing screens floating up past them. Text offers psychedelica priced at $120 for bust images, $150 for fullbody, and adding shading for $40. A note on the side of the sheet reads: "More commission styles at ShroomPunk.com."

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Solomon Skalozub🌻🔱🍁 @sollizyy.bsky.social · 3d

solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/10/stop... Alright, I had the writing muse, I wrote something on it

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 8h

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 14h

Irish News: "Palestinians return to ruins as Gaza ceasefire holds."

The Gazans who survived have no home, no work and nothing left of their cities. They rely on our direct donations.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and rebuild. And to others. ❤️

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 11h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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LOLGOP ❌👑❌ @thefarce.org · 14h

My wife is collecting signatures for a sweet ballot measure in Michigan that would tax income over $1,000,000 to reduce class sizes while recruiting and retaining great teachers.

But they're way behind.

So she was tasked with bringing in someone who could help gather signatures.

Could it be you?

Invest in MI Kids

Putting kids first. Building a stronger Michigan for everyone.

investinmikids.org

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 11h

Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):

She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.

projects.propublica.org

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 12h

Let’s get to 10k. 385 dollars to go.

FT @fucktheory.bsky.social · Sep 1

For over a year now I’ve worked so hard and tried everything I could to avoid this. But I couldn’t save enough, so here we are.

I made a Gofundme. Depending on the outcome I will either hire an expensive immigration lawyer and give it one more try, or pack up and use the money to start over.

Donate to Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over, organized by F Theory

Short version first: I’m an undocumented freelancer/gig worker with no health insu… F Theory needs your support for Help FT Stay Here...Or Start over

www.gofundme.com

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Jerry Boyle @jecboyle.bsky.social · 11h

Pritzker’s goons shutting down protests at ICE Detention Center in Broadview.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 14h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 14h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 15h

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.

"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"

Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.

Hoffman Estates, Illinois

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Micah @rincewind.run · 20d

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 20d

for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world

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Athanaca @athanaca.bsky.social · 17h

Iridescent black🖤

#bird #raven #birdart #animalart #digitalart #illustration #birdwatching #crow #original #colorful #avian
#feather

A raven with colorful reflections on its feathers

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knifeBOOts aka Jen (they/them) 👻 @knifeboots.xyz · 18h

People have no idea how well priced Bibi's disability/mobility aids are and how excellent the quality is. Bibi's stuff LASTS. It wears well. And Bibi is bending over backwards to accommodate US customers right now due to tariffs we never wanted and Bibi has no control over.

🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 5d

This isn't towards those who are broke.

I've noticed that people devalue my work. I could have hundreds of reviews raving about my products. But people only wanna support me if they feel they're getting a VERY "cheap" price. While so many other creators can charge whatever for their products.

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Fidaa Umar🎙🇵🇸 Inside Gaza 🎧 VERIFIED 📌 Voice Over 🔵 @fidaaumar.bsky.social · 16h

Oct 11 Fidaa update:

The raffle for Fidaa has officially launched!

Enter to win this beautiful collage made by @merryrobin.bsky.social 🥹

Fidaa needs our support more than ever, she is rebuilding from scratch as a single mom w 4 kids

- Nicola

bit.ly/save-fidaa

@mommunism.bsky.social

#SaveFidaa

A collage art making the flag of Palestine using little circles with different textures of red, black, white, and green.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Marguerite Kenner @margueritekenner.bsky.social · 2d

This is EXACTLY why we've been protesting age verification!

404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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neonbuck @ autumn !! @neonbuck.bsky.social · 17h

I feel sick every day from fear for the ones I love, and it will only get scarier from here on out. If you’re in a comfortable place in life, consider helping my found family of mostly trans, autistic and disabled people stay safe. ko-fi.com/neonbuck

#HelpSky #MutualAid

A sketchy doodle of my deer fursona, Wolfsbane, in red and blue. In a talk bubble from it is the “The Hanging In There Star” meme, which reads, “post this star to let your buddies know you’re hanging in there but you could lose it at any moment”

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 18h

"I'm protesting the kidnapping of people,” said one person at the Broadview detention center protest. “I'm here to support humanity. I'm here to support the undocumented. I think ICE is a terrorist group. The police supporting ICE are terrorists.”

The 13th Largest Army in World Is Unleashing Violence in Chicago

As federal agents kill and use extreme force in Chicago, their budget surges.

inthesetimes.com

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 19h

One thing that doesn't get talked about when discussing how difficult it is for trans people to secure employment is that once you DO find a job, even somewhere "progressive, affirming", your identity & their knowledge of how hard it would be for you to find something else will be used against you.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 19h

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

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eli shroom's altered ego @shroompunk.com · 20h

how are you making queer people of color feel safe and loved while enabling the state police to defend ICE and help punish protesters?

how are you supporting trans kids when hospitals can shut down gender affirming care in violation of IL law and face no consequences?

protect our most vulnerable.

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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 21h

Roberts is presiding over, and driving, a stunning collapse in faith in the U.S. Supreme Court, not just among the public, but among federal judges.

What a failure. The Titanic captain of chief justices.

Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 21h

“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20h

A 15-year-old autistic, intellectually disabled, and often non-verbal boy in Houston has been held in ICE custody for the past week without his family knowing where he was.

I confirmed this video is real with local news reports:

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 22h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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