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Skittles the dragon

@skittlespuffy.bsky.social

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🍬Hello, I’m Skittles. I love the Kemono style. 🍭✨33|black👩🏾‍🦱|♒️|she|her|BLM| ✨🍭

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Skittles the dragon @skittlespuffy.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hello everyone! I’m Skittles_puffy! I’m a hybrid of a dragon, kangaroo and leopard gecko! I hope we can all have a good laugh and enjoy are days on bluesky!

🌌: skittlespuffy.carrd.co
🎨: Myself
🧵: Kawaiimonofursuit

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O🔥 @ocularguts.bsky.social · 9h

giving away free toyhou.se invites (*ˊᗜˋ*)💖

it's a website for original character storage with html/css allowance, adopt trade & sell hubs, design forums, etc.

just reply below and i'll send you one 🫶 (they don't expire and you can ask for ANY amount for you and your pals!)

pls i have too many...

Text on image states that I am giving away free toyhouse codes that are used to register on the website. It is a hub for adoptables, character design storage, and other forum-related stuff to such.

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Vellvye! -ˋˏ 𓆌 ˎˊ- @vellvye.bsky.social · 16h

Doodle comms are open now, and more comm types including chibis, refs, and fuzzy headshots will reopen Friday! 🌟

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Kat Lyons • Available for Work! @katlyyons.bsky.social · 1d

In losing my animation job and pivoting to another career, I have lost 91% of my gross income. Went from feeling like I was thriving for the first time since moving out of my parents’ to being back under the poverty line. It’s really, really rough out here

✨ Zandra Illustration ➜ Shop Open @shop.zandraillustration.com · 5d

This is not a call for pity but more to put into perspective how 2025 has been impacting a lot of artists:

Between losses of sales, wholesale, tariffs, and fewer corporate clients, I have lost 50% of my gross income this year as a full-time graphic designer and artist.

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Fear Captain @cheercaptain.wang · 17h

Making a Bandcamp account and following musicians is incredibly important! Bandcamp allows artists to export their mailing lists - it’s difficult to build and maintain an audience when we don’t own our platforms and social media networks are temporary. Bandcamp’s community features are essential.

Red Cavalry @redcavalry.bsky.social · Sep 2

Its that time again that we ask all non-musicians to do one thing to try and help the community out.

Join Bandcamp.

We're not saying spend money, but just joining and be open to streaming or following some new music is so important.

Help be the change you want to see

It's time to join Bandcamp

Poster of a man in suit looking at a watch with the slogan - Time to Join Bandcamp

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Skittles the dragon @skittlespuffy.bsky.social · 18h

I hope the “I don’t do politics” furries are doing something to help furry artists and other furries right now. Cause the community is most definitely getting hit really hard right now..

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doodlelotl @doodlelotl.bsky.social · 20h

axolotl x alligator

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Becky Still-Tide @beckystilltide.bsky.social · 1d

All of us need to fight against censorship, whether we're freaky porn artists or innocent chibi artists. "Censorship is good for harmful material!" Riiiight... so, who gets to decide what is considered "harmful"? It's definitely not the same folks who say "transgenderism is a pedo cult", riiight?! 😒

Becky Still-Tide @beckystilltide.bsky.social · 1d

My gallery full of literally nothing except family-friendly, SFW artwork = Permanent ban from Stripe that never gets reviewed. I made my appeal on August 20th; the dashboard still says "Appeal in Review." Censorship is a joke. We NEED support more than ever, and payment processors are killing us.

Screenshot of Gmail inbox that shows 2 emails from Stripe, from August 19 and August 20.

Screenshot of Stripe website dashboard. "Appeal in Review" since August 19

Artwork of a cartoony furry with dark gray fur and red hair

Artwork of a cartoony furry with orange and purple fur, with some yellow highlights and blue eyes.

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Skittles the dragon @skittlespuffy.bsky.social · 18h

That’s so fucked… I’m sorry you went through that.

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🧡Bug🤍 @isopuppi.art · 1d

Velvet worm + dragon custom!
#furry #art #furryart #artshare #ocart

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🦎galileo🍉 @galileogb.bsky.social · 1d

Sonic saying, "Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER"

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✸☽LUMABERRY☾✸ @lumaberry.bsky.social · Jul 22

✨💜DARK LOTUS💜✨

I made a new ref sheet for Lotus, but this time I gave her an alternative darker color scheme! I really love how it came out!

Also I plan on opening for ref sheets/character pages soon and needed an updated example!

#ref #refsheet #oc #furryart #art #furry #characterdesign #goth

A digital reference sheet of my character Lotus. She is a tigercorn with wings. This is a dark version of her, so all of her colors and stripes are various dark grays with some parts that are purple (like her paw pads and hair). There is also a section of the ref sheet that showcases some things that Lotus enjoys, such as her favorite manga, tasty edible treats, a cheese platter and some wine, as well as some make up and art supplies.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.

The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!

Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.

FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

Flooding seen with water up to the crash barriers of local roads

Sheds and debris lie scattered in the storm

A small blue house has been blown onto its roof

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 1d

Medical racism is a big reason why Black folks avoid the doctor. There are too many bad experiences with racist doctors & it develops distrust. Most of us have tales of medical racism. Then you get into community knowledge of all the times we were medical test subjects historically.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h

Six people had their visas revoked due to their social media posts.

Six people are being deported because of what they said online.

Six people have had their freedom of speech suspended.

It won’t stop with these six people.

Either we all have freedom of speech or none of us do.

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Shayeanna @shayeanna.bsky.social · 20h

You kinda have to be strict and a lil mean to protect your peace unfortunately

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sweetkomi 🐰 RT pinned - fighting leukemia 🙏🏻 @sweetkomi.bsky.social · 1d

boost for visibility!!! (づ•́ ᵔ •̀)づ

sweetkomi 🐰 RT pinned - fighting leukemia 🙏🏻 @sweetkomi.bsky.social · 4d

☁️ emergency comms‼️

i hate making posts like this but i need u :(

i was diagnosed w/ Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. honestly can’t carry the treatment alone so pls help me stay alive.

i’d be grateful if u could help by donating/commission me thru my ko-fi.

☕️ : ko-fi.com/sweetkomi_01

RT pls! 1/3⤵️

sweetkomi diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. You can commission or donate thru ko-fi. Emergency comms 💕💸 moots promosky

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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The Meggles Art @megglesart.bsky.social · 2d

♡

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 1d

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#SaveSpeech

If you're like me and you are struggling to contact your senators re: KOSA via their phone lines this week, I recommend attempting to send physical letters or emails in the meantime.

Here is a script you can use to contact your reps!

www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...

Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [LOCATION]
I'm messaging to demand [SENATOR] oppose S. 1748, the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as KOSA. This broad legislation does not protect anyone and instead will be used to block any speech that the Trump administration’s partisan FTC disagrees with. It pushes the “duty of care” onto websites and social media platforms to remove content that is “harmful to children”. It would lead to overcompliance, mass censorship, and remove access to crucial information re: everything from mental health, LGBT topics, substance abuse, eating disorders and more.
Additionally, while large, corporate platforms like X can shoulder the weight of “duty of care”, smaller websites cannot, leading to greater and greater concentrations of power online into giant corporate platforms rather than small and medium sized businesses.
KOSA will not make kids safer. It will make the internet more dangerous for anyone who relies on it to learn, connect, or speak freely. Lawmakers should reject it, and fast.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
IF SENATOR COSPONSORED KOSA: Additionally, I want to remark on [SENATOR]’s cosponsorship of this bill. I think it is shameful that [SENATOR] has backed a bill as transparently bad as KOSA. This will not keep kids safe, it is an excuse to censor the free and open internet. I will not be voting for nor donating to [SENATOR] in any future campaigns if they do not drop their co-sponsorship of this bill, and I will encourage everyone in my life to do the same.
Do the right thing.

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Requinoesis✨ @requinoesis.bsky.social · 1d

Hi hi #PortfolioDay! 🎨✨

I'm Requinoesis, someone who loves the ocean! I'm dedicated to creating a new insight into the imagery of sharks under pastel colors! 🌊🦈✨

You can see more of my art stuff here, if you want: linktr.ee/requinoesis

Roberto, the great hammerhead shark, explores the ruins of an ancient museum destroyed by Typhon's storm. He holds a flashlight and carries a mysterious human spirit in his backpack, who accompanies him in silence.

The place, shrouded by the phenomenon called “cursed salt mist”, is covered in a permanent fog. Salt crystals sprout everywhere and a supernatural presence seem to lurk among the rubble.

The spirit that accompanies Roberto is liquid and translucent. Sometimes little tropical fish of extinct species float around him, as if attracted by his presence.

The museum's architecture is full of organic curves and ornate tiles. Decorated columns show a crab with a human face holding the moon between its pincers, an ancient symbol of a historical figure revered by the sharkfolk.

A cozy little shark bistro nestled among lots of plants.

A little harbor village of Gourdlets among a cozy grove of trees, carrying out various cooperative activities related to fishing and recreation, there are little colorful fish and a shark swimming peacefully in the sea.

An allegory of the "Jaws" movie poster that caused damage and negative stereotypes to the image of sharks that persist to this day (I'm glad it's slowly changing, but it's still too slow to be considered forgivable). Now with a reversal of roles, with the human victim replaced by a simple wild shark and the terrible stereotyped shark replaced by a monstrous human skull seeming to want to devour the shark (this is the reality, we kill thousands of sharks every year, many of them killed for irrational reasons, who is the real cruel killer?)

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 1d

Most Americans are truly not prepared to live in a country where the government and police openly manufacture evidence and lie to the courts in an effort to justify their increasingly brutal and lawless behavior against the population

The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 1d

City officials said an Everett 13-year-old in ICE detention was arrested with only a knife, not a gun, which federal officials previously claimed.

Everett teen detained by ICE was in possession of a knife when arrested - The Boston Globe

An official from the Department of Homeland Security previously said that the teen was in possession of a gun when he was arrested.

trib.al

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holly🌙 @dreamimir.bsky.social · Sep 4

Cobweb 🕸️

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⁺ . ✶ forestarchie ✶. •. @forestarchie.bsky.social · 1d

I'm open for any type of work! RTs are greatly appreciated 🤎

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Your Tiny Journalist Friend. @thewayoftheid.bsky.social · 1d

Really need y’all to read the room when it comes to Black folks grieving Black artists.

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✨🌺 Benji 🌺✨🔜 MFF @servalsurf.bsky.social · 1d

A custom design I did for my friend @loppyrae.bsky.social !! 😁💖💖 I had SO so much fun designing this cutie hehe

#furry #furryfandom #furrycommunity #furryart #furryartist

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