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18↑ | 🧿♀ Ishtar 🌙 ♂ NSR OC hell ♇ 🍉 @estrelladeishtar.bsky.social · 11d

Don’t like having to come here & ask, but… My cat who we’d rescued a while ago (Bast) developed pyometra before we could spay, & has to go in for urgent surgery that comes out to $1.1k range

So I’m leaving my ko-fi if anyone wants to donate to help with costs ko-fi.com/estrelladeis...

A photo of a black cat, named Bast, laying next to a mirror on a white carpet. She is pressing her body / paws against the mirror & looking towards the viewer, with her visible reflection in the mirror she’s pressed against. There is a sparkle filter overlay on the image.

A photo of the same black cat in a pet carrier, looking towards the user’s finger as opposed to the camera. She is in a cat loafing position curled up within the carrier, & there is a sparkle filter overlay on the photo.

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18↑ | 🧿♀ Ishtar 🌙 ♂ NSR OC hell ♇ 🍉 @estrelladeishtar.bsky.social · Jul 16

Not a fan of having to reach out for this, but—current bills are due before I end up getting paid from recent job, & unfortunately I’m not really able to cover em all proper
Hence leaving ko-fi here ko-fi.com/estrelladeis...

Not necessary to donate but is appreciated as are shares

Support Estrella De Ishtar

ko-fi.com

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18↑ | 🧿♀ Ishtar 🌙 ♂ NSR OC hell ♇ 🍉 @estrelladeishtar.bsky.social · 11d

I also will have commissions open for the time being although since job does take up quite a lot of my time, but if people are interested then here
astraloccultism.carrd.co

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Sunni Stewart🩷💙💜 @sunnijym.bsky.social · Mar 13

I’m 60% away from my goal. I only have a year left to finish my degree. As a black person in the world I know of the importance of having a degree & the opportunities it can grant you. I have been fighting for this dream for years. Now I just need some help getting across the finish line

Sunni Stewart🩷💙💜 @sunnijym.bsky.social · Feb 2

Happy Black History Month!!! If you are in the position to do so pls consider donating to my gfm. My goal is to return to school in the fall for my senior year and any help getting there would be greatly appreciated!!

gofund.me/9a49fc9a

Donate to Help Sunni Stewart stay at SVA!!, organized by Sun Stewart

Hello! My name is Sunni. In 2019 I joined the School of Visual Arts community and since t… Sun Stewart needs your support for Help Sunni Stewart stay at SVA!!

gofund.me

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Ember🔥🏳️‍⚧️ @vaguememory.net · Apr 6

once again i'm trying to make a full move to #VGen for my commissions, so any help with sharing is appreciated!! thank you!!

--> vgen.co/constantlysu...

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【𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐤𝐢】Absurd and Alienlike @doekimakura.bsky.social · Feb 23

📝𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯

👋 Hi! I go by Doe or Kabe, an aspiring artist and storyteller. My favorite food is takoyaki. You can find me making comics, stories, and art in this Bluesky.

👉 Support me: ko-fi.com/doekimakura
👉 Socials: doekimakura.carrd.co
👉 Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/doekimakura

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✨ Alppy ✨ @mxalppy.bsky.social · 5d

I’m willing to bring back $25 full body commissions so I can pay this by the 6th. Please share around. ;w;

✨ Alppy ✨ @mxalppy.bsky.social · 6d

So- I got to pay two things this month. Gotta pay for a new door as my dog dug a hole in it and pay my phone bill. The total is around $260. I’d love if it gets paid very soon. Please dm if you’d like art from me.

Or you can help on kofi: ko-fi.com/missalppy

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 5d

I'm serious email your representatives and link this article RIGHT NOW

tell them this shit sucks and is going to put everyone's ID/data at risk to hackers online. the proof is right here

US- www.congress.gov/members/find...
EU- www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home
CA- www.ourcommons.ca/members/en

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 12d

My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.

Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald

I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story

gofund.me

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Resident Robot Enjoyer @instantartific.bsky.social · 12d

𖦹°‧★⋆ 1st and 2nd in command... I love these two <3

[ #NSR, #NoStraightRoads, #NSR1010, #eyestrain ]

An image of the White and Blue 1010 from the game No Straight Roads. They are standing close together, chest to chest, with one gazing directly at the other. They are bathed in a pink light and background.

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 17d

obv significant that they admit this, but my understanding has been that this was self-evident? like you need a model of "what's true" in the system for it to be able to check against, and no such model exists?

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 17d

(to say nothing of the fact that it's pulling from a store of text including fiction and lies and inaccuracies etc etc)

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 17d

the huge volume of people who are apparently so convinced by the most flimsy anthropomorphism that they assume chatbots must have access to more complete and truer information than they have themselves is just historically miserable to me lol

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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 17d

recent book 'against platforms' talks about this and about how the desperation to point to The Most Accurate Reality using Data is always an ideological project. this is one of my pet frustrations and the cultural gen-ai bubble is really built around it i think

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Bread 🥐 @breadboxdraws.bsky.social · 17d

godspeed!!
i hope the move happens without more stress than it needs to 🙏

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Spoopy Larsen @larsenproject.bsky.social · 18d

A reminder that I am still participating in the @cartoonist.coop ESims for Gaza Campaign. More infor here: cartoonistcoop.notion.site/Cartoonist-C...

Watercolor card of a wolf with a heart shining. Text: E-Sims for Gaza c/o The Cartoonist Co Op

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Dana Terrace @danaterrace.bsky.social · 19d

Knights of Guinevere PILOT

youtu.be/MCAdbUaMlAE

KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

YouTube video by GLITCH

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UncleAliVA🍉🔻 @unclealiva.bsky.social · 22d

We shall answer the call once again.

In a world of silence and clandestine hatreds, ours shall be the voice that will once again cry out for a free Palestine.

Kawiria | VA🎙️ @kjcreed.bsky.social · 22d

HEY VOICE ACTORS 📢

In 2024, Voice Actors for Palestine raised $3,487.95 USD for Palestinian families. We need you to help make Round 3 happen!!

To participate as a VA, fill out this form: forms.gle/J1RpcYVTJ7mB...

#operationolivebranch #FreePalestine #VoiceActorsforPalestine #voiceactors

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Dr Vincent Raoult @sawsharkman.bsky.social · 24d

Some awesome news for your Monday. Critically endangered grey nurse sharks are increasing in number by about 5% a year, the first time the conservation efforts have seemed to work for this species! Still just 1500 breeding adults across eastern Australia...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Population surge for endangered sharks labelled 'labradors of the sea'

Scientists say increasing numbers of east coast grey nurse sharks is rare good conservation news for the critically endangered species.

www.abc.net.au

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Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch @skywitches.net · 26d

Welp, it’s time to publish this:

Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself.

I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”.

You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.

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RainyRentyn 🌧️ ✨ Magical Girl @rainyrentyn.bsky.social · 26d

Don't have money to support your favorite creator but still wanna help out somehow? 💸

- Tell someone about them & why you like them
- Share some of their content
- Send them an encouraging comment on one of their posts or in their streams
- Draw fanart, or create something with them as inspiration

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gg @ggdg.bsky.social · 26d

did i ever post this before? i was looking for "start of covid art" and found this map of dreamside that i made for the cucumber quest animation pitch. i still like it a lot. i was trying to capture the feeling of loading up the neopets map when i was 10

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Bread 🥐 @breadboxdraws.bsky.social · 26d

finished up a little updated visual for divaan 💜
i really had to sit and consider whether clasp suspenders would have existed in eorzea

#ocart #ffxivoc #ffxivart #ffxivaura

A half-body drawing of Divaan, a Xaela Au Ra OC from hit game FFXIV. He wears a blue button-down with suspenders and dark grey pants. On the side is a visual of crystals growing over his horns.

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Metronomik @metronomik.bsky.social · Aug 30

Happy Independence Day, Malaysia!🇲🇾68 years of freedom and unity. Proud to be Malaysian.🇲🇾
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!🇲🇾

#metronomik #nostraightroads #independenceday #merdeka

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Petra Erika Nordlund @pepurika.bsky.social · Aug 26

oohh..... too tiny for his head

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