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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈

@aratnamedrufus.bsky.social

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He / Him. LGBTQ+ (and NSFW / Adult 🔞) furry artist in his mid-30s. Follow for squeaky, nerdy, gamer-rat hijinks! 🐀🧀✨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (No minors allowed) Currently Playing: Clair Obscur 🎭 Disco Elysium 🪩 NieR: Replicant 🤖 Look Outside 👀 Silksong 🪡

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · Nov 17

RufusTheRat #samplerpack! I'm a mid-30s digital furry artist, mostly specializing in western cartoon styles. Been lurking in the fandom since 2004, drawing on-and-off since 2010. #art #furry #digitalart #cartoon #toon

A cartoon rat shyly waves to someone out of frame

A lop-eared bunny wears a flower headband, circular glasses, and is making a "rock on" / sign-of-the-horns gesture with his hand

A rat stands solemnly in the center of an abstract, dark background. Overtop of them, text reads: "You steady yourself... and remember how to CALM DOWN."

A nervous rat stands in center-of-frame. His cheese-print boxers are tented, and he bashfully asks: "Ehehe... whoops...! H-how'd that get there...?"

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 15h

One thing that I hope helps some people snap out of it is reminding them: “feigning Nazism to entertain your friends is a strange hobby to put this much effort into.”

If you call them “racist,” they’ll just deny it and say it’s not true. But it’s a LOT harder for them to deny it’s… weird 🧐

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 20h

We could feed, clothe, and house so many human beings.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 21h

OpenAI has pledged to spend $1 trillion in the next five years.

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 1d

(Cont'd): On the other hand, keepsakes that are hand-made (talon-made?) also possess a romantic and sentimental charm all their own that a preenstress salon simply can't compete with.

Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 1d

(Cont'd): For birds seeking something more bold, shops also exist that can weave feathers into fabric like scarves and blankets. These "preensters" and "preenstresses" are experts at their craft, and can create a variety of garments incorporating the feathers of other birds.

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 1d

(Cont'd): Entire industries and professional shops provide this service, where birds can offer some of their feathers, and (for a fee) turn it into an everyday keepsake to give to a special someone.

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 1d

Furry headcanon: In avian culture, wearing the feathers of another bird (in your same social group) is a STRONG non-verbal sign of romantic partnership (or interest). Feathers can be made into all sorts of wearables -- key-chains, necklaces, earrings, etc.

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Cargie's House of Mild Frights @cargie.baby · 1d

trying to explain the feeling in my brain as OpenAI and Grok both announce their GenAI tools are opening up to porn generation while anyone who so much as draws a boob is nuked with an orbital laser

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 1d

Brrrrring pah 💥💨🍃

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ARCxLIGHT @arcxlight.bsky.social · 3d

3 Rat Moon

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Oasus Plainsview 🔜 MFF @itsoasus.com · 3d

Now that its officially Monday on the East Coast, I can post this:

A native american woman holding up a middle finger with the caption "Fuck Christopher Columbus"

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Wolve @wolvexo.bsky.social · 4d

unsure how to draw an actual dog

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 4d

I’m a simple rodent. If you give me a cozy, lullaby-esque rearrangement of the game’s already-existing songs, then you’re a musician after my heart 🦎🦇📜✨

Laylee's Storybook

YouTube video by Matt Griffin - Topic

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 6d

Been playing Yooka-Replaylee on my Steam Deck, and I forgot how funny some of the character designs are. Trowzer the Snake is an easy fan favorite, but I also think Dr. Quack is incredible, too. I love his stupid dumbass fishbowl head with the dopey headmirror he wears outside of it.

A picture of Trowzer the Snake from Yooka-Laylee

A picture of Dr. Quack from Yooka-Laylee

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 9d

Heheh 😎 you know what they say: whoever smelt a rune, delraru- [gunshot]

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Kris @kriscritter.bsky.social · 10d

This discourse is ancient history but the comic needed to be finished

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 10d

Ack! 🐭😵‍💫🍆💦✨💕

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 10d

👀💫🐥🌀💦

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Todd Fawx @AC.. hates the Steves (Not personal to actual Steves) @toddfawx69.bsky.social · 11d

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 17d

Mouthwashing was incredible when I first played it, and I still think about how great it was 1 year later.

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plush with a brush🩷 @kobupy.bsky.social · 18d

your fursona would love you

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, whenever I get a message like that, I automatically assume it’s a scam.

“Oh my gosh, I can’t believe you don’t remember me! We networked at the conference last month”

a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

Alt: a woman in a red shirt is making a funny face and saying `` sure , jan '' .

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𝕊𝕒𝕘𝕖🍃 @sagegarnish.bsky.social · May 8

A comic about CNC kink I've been thinking about for a few years, and I finally decided to sit down and make it.

Consensual Non-Consent In Real Life

A 3 panel comic

Panel 1: Kink Negotiation

Blushing Person: I was thinking maybe we could try out some CNC play...

Person #2: Yeah, we can totally try that out, sweetie! We should plan out what we're willing to do!

Panel 2: "The Scene"

Person #2: The sex pollen.... it's... taking over. I... I can't...Hnngg....

Blushing Person: Noo! Please, you have to snap out of it!

Panel 3: Aftercare
Blushing Person: Thanks so much, that was fun. Let's do it again sometime.

[end of comic]

"The Scene" is the fantasy within a CNC framework.

Some fictional works tell a story depicting two (or more) characters following the process of doing CNC kink, just as they would in real life: Consent discussion, Kink negotiation, “The Scene", and Aftercare.

[image of a blushing person reading the above comic]

Some fictional works focus on “The Scene only. A framing device is not required, as the fantasy is contained fully within the story. This lets the reader engage in the kink the same way as if they were engaging in “The Scene" portion of the CNC play.

[image of a blushing person reading only “The Scene” panel from the above comic]

CNC play, and both sorts of fiction are normal and healthy!

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Rufus The Rat 🐭🔞🌈 @aratnamedrufus.bsky.social · 21d

I love this so much 🪲🌈🏳️‍🌈✨