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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 3h

Oh heck, do not terrify me logging on to 30+ notifications first thing in the morning

Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 13h

In 2014, I got my weekly shop for £20-ish, £30 if it was including a weekend (cooking at home) v.v

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Ianus J. Wolf @ianusjwolf.bsky.social · 16h

Then let it die.
Let the AI bubble fully burst.
Let the investments in stealing from actual creators utterly tank.
Let the idiot investors that forced this crap into our products against our will go the way of their 1929 forebears.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 16h

I really need to finish this writing today but my eyes are getting a bit strained and blurry with high contrast text...

Bleah.

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

I have submitted my two writing panels to ScotiaCon for next February ❤️ I was thrilled with how popular they were last year and hope to bring two even better panels to you next con! Wish me luck 🤞

#furrywriting @scotiacon.bsky.social

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Mac Goatman! 🐐 @macxi.bsky.social · 21h

I’ll never understand why English degrees and studies are seen as useless when critical thinking is like… kinda critical for navigating the world.

Like I know why the elites don’t fw that, but for the rest of us regular people, developing those analytical skills is so imperative for survival.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 14d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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DARKantael 🦊 PangolinFox, Author, Streamer @pangolinfox.bsky.social · 1d

Update on this: so despite my books being on LibGen and siphoned from to train Meta's LLM, they were apparently not downloaded by Anthropic, or at least are not considered eligible works for the Anthropic lawsuit. So my books were stolen for AI training and there is no recourse.

So that's fun.

DARKantael 🦊 PangolinFox, Author, Streamer @pangolinfox.bsky.social · Mar 20

My books are on here. Meta took information from a pirate library that contained books I have worked for over twenty years on now, that I did not upload nor give permission to be, and now severed ghosts of my words are powering their fetid world-burning AI garbage.

Fucking livid.

Damon Beres @damonberes.com · Mar 20

NEW: LibGen contains millions of pirated books and research papers, built over nearly two decades. From court documents, we know that Meta torrented a version of it to build its AI. Today, @theatlantic.com presents an analysis of the data set by @alexreisner.bsky.social. Search through it yourself:

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

I will be in a much better headspace for events at ScotiaCon this time around, though I sincerely hope the ridiculous press doesn't start on at the con again (for no reason). Fingers all crossed the idiots are busy elsewhere, but we won't be quieted by them 🤞

Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

I have submitted my two writing panels to ScotiaCon for next February ❤️ I was thrilled with how popular they were last year and hope to bring two even better panels to you next con! Wish me luck 🤞

#furrywriting @scotiacon.bsky.social

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Transcendent is live to buy! A fox caught in a storm transforms from male to female, revealing her true body in blissful euphoria ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Preview: www.furaffinity.net/view/62545249

S: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
C: commiss.io/listings/AaM3N

#furrywriting #transformation #transgender #erotica

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Skinny Dipping is live! Waffle heads to a secluded forest pool for a dip, only to be interrupted for some lustful times by a friend... What better way to spend an afternoon? ❤️‍🔥

FA: www.furaffinity.net/view/62545167/
A03: archiveofourown.org/works/72055036

#furrywriting #erotica #gay #transgender

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

6000 words written for my monster girl stories today, not bad at all, still feeling a bit slow this afternoon though.

Hoping to get the last sprint done in the evening (after seeing to ponies) as this is a really fun chapter ❤️

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 1d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Writing up characters with a significant height difference with a little visual assistance... 😜

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DreamerKnight @dreamerknights.bsky.social · 13d

Weekends are the best time to unwind~
Done for @desmondfallout.bsky.social

Desmond coming from work and is happy that it is the weekend.
He shifts into Levy to unwind and hops on voice call to play Helldivers

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Note: the fox character is transgender, but the physical transformation is an AMAB body transforming into an AFAB body fully. Sorry, ran out of space in the original post and I wanted to be clear 😊

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Transcendent is live to buy! A fox caught in a storm transforms from male to female, revealing her true body in blissful euphoria ❤️🏳️‍⚧️

Preview: www.furaffinity.net/view/62545249

S: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...
C: commiss.io/listings/AaM3N

#furrywriting #transformation #transgender #erotica

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 1d

Skinny Dipping is live! Waffle heads to a secluded forest pool for a dip, only to be interrupted for some lustful times by a friend... What better way to spend an afternoon? ❤️‍🔥

FA: www.furaffinity.net/view/62545167/
A03: archiveofourown.org/works/72055036

#furrywriting #erotica #gay #transgender

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 2d

I'm surprised by this but I can't find more info. Though I use "commission" in my invoices, I might amend this going forward.

My invoices are bland and neutral, just enough to set up the payment for work contract between us 😊

Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 6d

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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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 2d

One for #transformationtuesday!

#furrywriting #tftuesday #straight #erotica #transformation

Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 2d

Angela yearns to transform back into AJ Appaloosa, a sexy anthro mare - and she's found a way to make it permanent! Read on in this spicy "tail" of #transformation... 😘

FA: www.furaffinity.net/view/62537110/
A03: archiveofourown.org/works/72013756

#furrywriting #erotica #straight

Amethyst Mare - COMMISSIONS OPEN 🏳️‍🌈➡️ Pawsome @amethystmare.bsky.social · 2d

I'd absolutely welcome any insight if they'd be willing, but conscious too of not impeding on someone else's time 😊

Just written a lot for some fab clients and want to share more, adding to me collections, with my own twist and style in it.