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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 17h

have you considered becoming crab? I hear tube of boneless goo is also popular choice

Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 17h

as someone who currently is regrowing bones (thankfully not back bones), I can imagine

(hope your dad's surgery goes extra well!)

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 17h

woe the burden of the vertebrates 😂🦴

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 17h

it's been nearly a day and I'm still staring off into the distance thinking about being "cursed with bones" 💀

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I love picking all the meat off fish heads, and not in the genteel way but in the “starved raccoon finds it in the dumpster” way

This is also how I eat crawfish, chicken, lobster, and anything cursed with bones

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JuliArtWorld @juliartworld.bsky.social · 19h

🔸Day 7: illuminate
The universe has more stars with you.

#artober2025

fineliner and ink drawing of a big black and a small white fox. Inktober

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 4d

CW: Pet trauma - hey all, a friend recently had a terrible thing happen to one of his dear pups, Zach. He could really use a little help covering the massive vet bills if you happen to have a little coin to spare. 💖🐶

M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 4d

We visited Zach at the ER today. He is better and recovering. Both chest tubes are out and while still woozy, he knows his fam.

He will probably come home tomorrow with a $17,000-$20,000 bill.

He has a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/zach-the-s...

#silkens #silkenwindhounds #dogs #thestruggleisreal

Zach, a severely injured silken windhound. He is black and tan, but all his tan is now grey since he is 10 years old. His torso has been shaved and he has a bandage covering a wound and significant bruising.

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 21h

*take up space

Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 21h

Pretty sure that pumpkin pail is still haunting my archives. And by archives I mean the piles of childhood junk my parents offloaded on me because they got tired of hoarding it so now everything gets to up space in my house and which I have been too lazy to do anything with. You know, archives.

Pop Heist @popheist.com · 21h

Sometimes the best Halloween haunts come with a side of fries.

A Look Back to When Fast Food Spots Became Halloween Haunts

Return to the era of McNuggets dressed like Dracula and Happy Meal pails that doubled as trick-or-treat buckets.

buff.ly

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Oblivious Wit @obliviouswit.bsky.social · 1d

Let's look at the moon together

A full, pale yellow moon rising in the east. An evergreen tree is below and to the right of the moon- the top of the tree is tangent to the right of the moon, and some of the branches reach out and caress the face of the moon

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 1d

gods bless us, every one

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 1d

haha his little cardigan. lil picardi-cardi. picardigan.

jean-luc picard from TNG wearing a starfleet uniform in cardigan form

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 1d

ooof. super bummer. so sorry. hoping at least some of this work is able to get reused/transferred to a pub that can make it happen.

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🍄Just a Mushroom🍄 @mycotae.bsky.social · Mar 13

Smilodon

Smilodon't

Old coloured sketch of two smilodon heads facing right. The top one is smiling happily, the bottom one is not smiling and looks annoyed.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

every author in this video has had their books banned #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans

get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org

Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 2d

We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read. ⁣
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#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

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Veeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · Jul 4

Hey bluesky, here's what I do and where you can find it.

I write a 🧪 blog about new research papers on parasites and parasitology here: http://dailyparasite.blogspot.com

And sometimes I draw Parasite Monster Girls (and other things too) here: https://deviantart.com/the-episiarch/gallery

Left to right:
Ophelia the Ophiocordyceps Monster Girl, Luci the Leucochloridium Monster Girl, Epona the Entomopathogenic Nematode Monster Girl, Cynthia the Cymothoid Monster Girl

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Bronwen Scott @snailseyeview.bsky.social · 4d

These are a treat.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Supernovas, satellites and solar sprites: 2025 David Malin astrophotography awards – in pictures

Amateur astronomers and photographers from around Australia were invited to submit their out of this world photos for Central West Astronomical Society’s annual astrophotography competition, the David...

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Aytch Taylor @matthtaylor.com · 4d

I don't have a hot comics take.

Uplift your peers, celebrate your friends.

that's it.

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Wuchta @wuchta.bsky.social · 4d

Comic

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Skeletal Viking Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 4d

He is controlling the houseguest with the power of his mind.

A corgi resting in a dog bed and gazing up at a person who’s mostly off screen. The corgi wears a confident grin.

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Shawn Mostly Quotes @smq.codes · 4d

Further upside-downness has ensued.

A tabby cat, now laying mostly on her back, paws in the air and white belly to the sky

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Miranda @mirandaestby.bsky.social · 4d

He’s all tucked in.

White kitten under a blanket with his head and paws sticking out.

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 4d

What’s your life’s dream? Tell me all about it!

#peachtober #peachtober25 #peachtober25slug #kidlitart #illustration #artshare

Collage & paint illustration: A slug looking into a bathroom mirror and imagining itself a champion with a medal

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 4d

#invertober day 3, giant green anemone 👐

#invertober2025

rough color block art showing a close up of the tentacles and mouth of a giant green anemone

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aves 🌱 @aves.bsky.social · 4d

Oh! A notification! #art

A short comic. The first drawing is me standing with my watch buzzing my wrist to tell me there's a notification. The next is me lifting my wrist to read it. The last one is my arm with the watch on it, showing the text "why is my ass exploding" from a Discord message.

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 4d

CW: Pet trauma - hey all, a friend recently had a terrible thing happen to one of his dear pups, Zach. He could really use a little help covering the massive vet bills if you happen to have a little coin to spare. 💖🐶

M. David Scoble @mdavidscoble.bsky.social · 4d

We visited Zach at the ER today. He is better and recovering. Both chest tubes are out and while still woozy, he knows his fam.

He will probably come home tomorrow with a $17,000-$20,000 bill.

He has a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/zach-the-s...

#silkens #silkenwindhounds #dogs #thestruggleisreal

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