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onion person @junlper.beer · 17h

if every democrat doesn’t use the “we took freedom of speech away” on every messaging apparatus they have every single day for the next 4 years assume they want to lose

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 1d

CW: EXTREME DEHUMANIZATION

Trash

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

CALIFORNIANS!

you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills!

We need you!

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Sam! @butterdragon.bsky.social · 2d

our government sucks so much
"we're not allowed to buy legal products and services"
"good ^^ a healthy economy is when you can't buy things"

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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a guy somewhere (COMMISSIONS OPEN !) @a-guy-somewhere.bsky.social · 3d

sketch comm for @pretzali.bsky.social !

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 3d

Oh damn I adore the pose on this one, great work!

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Sprouts 🌱🔜 BLFC DD @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 3d

currently the mood rn

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 3d

Mew puts herself in time out (sexy style)

For Lewd!

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 3d

Mew puts herself in time out (sexy style)

For Lewd!

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Tansy 🔞 🔜 Furpoc AA @tansy.bsky.social · Jul 28

WE CAN WIN

yellat.money

action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

An image of an anthro dog boy in a crop top and panties. The crop top reads "KEEP CALLING" and the panties read "WE CAN WIN." Text around him reads: Barking news: Hot furries go to yellat.money & yap for queer creators and sex workers! Be polite, be chill, be persistent! Be the annoying queer you've always longed 2 be! He looks a little devious and is yap yap yapping into his phone. It is a silly doodle about an important thing.

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 6d

RUBBER WRAITH HALLOWEEN SALE IS NOW GET CAPTURED BY A SPOOKY KINKY GHOST OOOOH

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 6d

Local hunk to spend eternity in vacbed, more at 7.

A YCH won by Sigurd!

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 6d

RUBBER WRAITH HALLOWEEN SALE IS NOW GET CAPTURED BY A SPOOKY KINKY GHOST OOOOH

forms.gle/U7UKpgmfonTs...
forms.gle/U7UKpgmfonTs...

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Keith Stack @keithstack.com · 6d

An MS-Paint doodle of Jay Bluesky saying, "Here at Bluesky, we're making social media WITHOUT the toxicity!" next to a Bluesky Employee of the Month plaque featuring a barrel of toxic waste.

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 6d

If you have two minutes free right now, call Netflix and leave a comment in support of this programming and ask them to stand up for their shows against political pressure.

Phone number is 1-866-952-4456, and I waited less than a minute before a human picked up.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 6d

Local hunk to spend eternity in vacbed, more at 7.

A YCH won by Sigurd!

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 6d

get queened loser

For Otaku!

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7d

Honestly “Republicans are shutting down the government to hide the Epstein files” is pretty good messaging.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 8d

I have never seen such a blistering rebuke of a President by a federal judge. He is telling us clearly to stand up for our liberty against a dictator. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 8d

who like your work, and if my experience is anything to go off, so long as you keep putting stuff out there that number will only grow. People in this fandom care about creators, and you and I are no different regardless of what the ol' brain might say.

Keep doing you my guy, you got this. 2/2

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Mettle @stripedcrocodile.bsky.social · 8d

As someone who's lives with severe imposter syndrome and has also been doing this as a job for almost 10 years now- and still has those thoughts regularly-

Your own mind is always going to be the most cynical in regards to how realistic making a living doing this is.

You have a lot of people 1/2

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8d

y'all need to REALLY REALLY YELL ABOUT THIS. leave messages, send emails, call them when theyre in their offices tomorrow, YOU NEED TO BE LOUD ABOUT THIS.

www.congress.gov/members/find...

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