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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · Nov 22

Apologies to anyone who follows me for normal stuff who checks the rest of my timeline. I do like the weird stuff, feel free to set the adult filter on and you'll only see my thoughts on things involving the real world. ^^;

SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

You know, "self-made lemonade" from a vaporeon could have been a LOT worse, let's be honest. XP

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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

I dig. So long as it's intentional, heh.

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CaseterMK @casetermk.bsky.social · 12d

I hope I can get a chance to get a follow up to this done this season.

Vanilla the rabbit from Sonic wearing a vampire costume for Halloween, it just happens to turn her into a very busty bat.

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Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 2d

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Robo Go! Go! Robo ☭🔞 @robogogorobo.bsky.social · 1d

Sketching up some Cerredi!

#WIP

Work in progress blue line sketch of Cerredi.

Work in progress inked lines of Cerredi.

Work in progress flat color stage of Cerredi.

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 7d

#SaveSpeech

KOSA has amassed more cosponsors recently, jumping from 42 to 60 total

You need to call your reps and DEMAND that they oppose this legislation ASAP

The link below contains more info about KOSA and an easy way to contact your reps
5calls.org/issue/kids-o...

Please call DAILY

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 3d

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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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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh, so much cleaner! :D

...Is he supposed to be duck-footed? His near foot kinda looks like it is.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

The most corrupt administration, the most corrupt party, the most corrupt people

They’re all crooks

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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

It occurs to me that maybe the 1% don't *want* people who can discover answers for themselves. It's entirely possible the entire goal is to get humanity hooked on an "answer machine" whose biases they control.

SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

Wooo, Golden Girl!

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Ribby'd For Her Pleasure™ @ribbymoo.bsky.social · 2d

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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 1d

"What're those weird bulges in your pants?"
"My balls?"
"What?! You've got a dick??"
"Ball JOINTS, dipstick."

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Open enrollment for ACA plans began yesterday in Idaho.

One couple got notice that their monthly premium next year would jump from $51 to $2,232 as subsidies expire.

25,000 Idahoans are expected to be priced out of coverage.

This is what's at stake in Trump's shutdown.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 2d

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 2d

😣🔫❓

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 3d

MAGA is as smart as a Happy Meal

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SoylentOrange @soylentorange.bsky.social · 2d

Is this a trans thing or something, having to do with lizard sexual dimorphism, or what's going on here? ^^;

It's great art, I just don't get what it's trying to say.