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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 1h

Do it. Make as many weird cats as you please!

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

This is a dangerous game you are playing! Leaving things for November Logan.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

That's what I love so much about ballpoint. It's strong and dark but it behaves like pencil and you can get a lot of variation in line.

hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

oh gawd haha that's great

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Malachite Tigerbunny @malachitetiger.bsky.social · 7h

Your regular reminder that most people should leave their phone at home when you protest. Not in the car, not turn it off when you arrive. At home on the charger so it's pinging the tower as if you hadn't left the house.

They'll track you based on your phone being near phones of other protesters.

ACLU @aclu.org · 8h

ICE has bought access to an “all-in-one” surveillance tool that gives it updated location data from hundreds of millions of phones, putting us all at risk of being tracked.

The government can’t be allowed to surveil us simply for having a cell phone.

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

NoooO!!!! Poor Nyx..... She'll be ok.

Is this for the wedding?

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

lmfao oh nooo I can only imagine....

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you! Lemme think, what was this... I think it was a ballpoint bank pen and acrylic.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 2h

Haha yeah??

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 5h

First she steals the jewel. Then she poisons the crew!? Dastardly.

Bet she sunk the ship, too.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 5h

Another old art

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 5h

a fav old art

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 5h

I like this version! lol

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 6h

Seriously. Same. But Hollywood people are like a different species; they have money and connections I can't even dream about.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 6h

Ahh ha ha yeah I read he was kind of a crap on set.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 6h

Riiight? James Cameron barfed his guts up and like, burst a blood vessel in his eye and it was all beet red. Crazy stuff.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 6h

Last night I was reading about how, during the filming of the Titanic, someone snuck PCP into the crew's soup. They got all high and were rolling around on the floor, hallucinating. Fifty people had to go to the hospital. The person who did it was never caught.

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 6h

I get this, but it doesn't happen terribly fast. A donation a year tends to take care of it. And like, donating blood is a great thing to do, so it works out all around.

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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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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 9h

they knew, the butthole!!

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hibbary.bsky.social @hibbary.bsky.social · 9h

Waaahh all those shapes and tones are balanced really, really nicely

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Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.bsky.social · 10h

Real talk, my Patreon accounts for 1/4 of my income and I’m dependent on it. Even $3/month helps and you get to see a LOT of stuff, and a back catalog of things.

Nicole Dornsife | Thornwolf @thornwolf.bsky.social · 7d

If you want to make my day you could subscribe to my Patreon! I post a lot of WIPs and behind-the-scenes stuff there that I don't share here. $3/month and above gets you access to the extras but even a tip jar level $1 helps!

patreon.com/thornwolf

creating wildlife and fantasy artwork

patreon.com

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Doodles @doodlesthegreat.bsky.social · 10h

Steve Gallacci, old school furry artist (a LOT of you wouldn't be here without his work) is having a spot of bother due to an appliance cascade failure. He's selling off some things to cover the cost, which you can find referenced in the following FA post. Spread it around.

Albedo covers by stevegallacci

As I've been struck by the automatic fault generator, the secret connection between my bank and the major appliances in the house t ...

www.furaffinity.net

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Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 10h

Hooooo boy, anybody have anything they need drawn for them?

Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! Had a couple things end up not starting this month, which is kind of not optimal for me, a person who needs to pay bills. So! If you need commissions, short comics, full comics, covers, prints, concert posters, album art, and you like what I do, maybe hire me!

Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com

Lane Lloyd

lanelloyd.crevado.com

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · Jul 2

'Still'
Brown pencils on ivory cartridge paper, 150 × 105 mm.

Belated #Junicorn

Sepia-toned, monochrome drawing of a unicorn in side view, standing in a field of tall grasses, facing right. The unicorn has a rich dappled coat and a gentle expression. Beyond it, a tree is framed in a roundel. The foreground grasses are drawn in negative, with the dark areas around and between them forming their shapes. The whole piece is small and intricate.

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