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Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · 9h

Working my way through my dragon family tree. Jhulvar and Iladar (aka Jewel and Dar) are a pair of grade-A idiots, and I love them very much.

A monochrome digital illustration. In the picture, a pair of anthropomorphic dragons sit back-to-back. The front one wears glasses and holds a drink in one hand; he smirks at the viewer. The one in back is mostly hidden. He has tired eyes and a small smile, and holds an e-reader.

Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · 1d

Parenting is hard. Especially when the children invite their cousins over to stay the night, without clearing it with you ahead of time. Art dolls by @homemadehorrors.bsky.social

Five poseable gryphon dolls, with painted resin heads and feet and faux fur bodies. The largest doll is swarmed by four smaller ones, and seems to have a disgruntled expression.

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BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 2d

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 1d

*glares at everything* Stop that.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 2d

There's no "regular politics" anymore because you can no longer maintain the idea that we all agree on common goals but we only differ about the means of getting there or whatever. The guys in charge now are plainly amoral, sadistic nihilists. They delight in it! You can't civilly disagree with that

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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 3d

Hot off the presses! If you need a bigger size to print your stickers let me know!

The Portland frog as a founding father, surround by the words "give me ribberty or give me death"

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Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · 4d

Izura wants to know if you have games on your phone (and if she can play them).

Amusingly, Izzy is a great-aunt to one of the dragons I posted recently; generations can get stupid if your species is long-lived.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 5d

Thank you for all your Bloödcheëp tshirt preorders. The print run is fully funded, but you can keep preordering for 6 more days!
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Blöödchëëp Shirt PRE-ORDER

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

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Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve had this character in the background of my stories since at least 2017, but for some reason I’d never managed to draw her. Long-overdue! (She’s the wife of the dragon I recently dressed up in a nurse costume.)

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 8d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9d

Jeremy Wentworth has been in love with Chloe Fong for as long as he can remember. Maybe it’s time he mentioned that he’s actually a duke?

The heroine is clipboard-dependent.
The hero has no idea what he's doing.
/jb

Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0...
Apple: books.apple.com/us/b...

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Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · 9d

Friends had been drawing their dragon characters in drag, and I had to join in. This character has a looong history of practicing medicine for dragons; I’m assuming he got roped into joining a comedy skit at a charity fundraiser. Females of his species don’t even have mammary glands, haha.

A digital illustration of a colorful bipedal dragon. He is posing while holding an oversized prop thermometer. He’s wearing a naughty-nurse costume with a short skirt, high heels, and stockings with garters.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13d

MW correctly reading the room

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Alex DiFrancesco @alessandrostardust.bsky.social · 21d

Autism is a natural divergence from neurotypicality. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.

Transness is a natural divergence from cisnormativity. It's normal & not the tragedy these clowns are making it out to be.

Just deal with people being different than you.

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John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 22d

once upon a time

4 panel comic

P1: Closeup of a very simply drawn pink blob creature, with haphazardly placed dot eyes and a wonky mouth

Text beside them reads "once upon a time, there was a BLOB"

P2: We dolly back to reveal the blob in their full unimpressive glory, as they slither along a path on a mound of grass. They are backed by a Ghibli-blue sky, filled with fluffy clouds.

The text continues. "The blob only existed because they were easy to draw"

P3: We move right back (and up) to a high shot looking down on the blob's progress along the path, which winds through an expanse of grass. On the left, an ancient looking Moai style stone head lays flat in the grass, staring implacably at nothing in particular.

"But that didn't matter to the blob. They simply *were*, and that was good."

P5: A large panel, filling the lower half of the page. We are now looking at the blob from the rear, as they stare out over a forest, vanishing to the horizon. Fluffy clouds march across the sky.

"That. Was good."

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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 22d

It's all fun and games until a cop handles a Tylenol gelcap with no gloves and within seconds their socks are bothering them.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 22d

I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet

and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains

forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad

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Dag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 22d

It's not just these chuckleheads. I am sick and tired of autism speaks types thinking their children are defective.

Kindly fuck off. Seriously.

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CreatureCave @creaturecave.co.uk · 26d

Little Crystal Gryphons are here! Managed to finish them right before I leave tomorrow for ToyArtUK! This small batch of Gryphons will be available all day Saturday - there are only 12 available for now, so be quick! Anything left over after Saturday will be available in my sh0p soon after. 🐱🪽🐦

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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · Sep 12

How do I already have all of the art supplies but I never have the right art supplies?

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Sushi @sushiartstudio.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨Street treasure✨

Pencil drawing of four feral pigeons in different colours and half eaten food and seeds

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Tilda Fae 🪡🧵🐉 MegaPlex @owalchemist.bsky.social · Aug 26

We are OFF to MegaPlex tomorrow!! I have about 50ish "Wyrm on a String" that will be coming with me. There are a TON of color combinations. If anyone is interested in a con pick up, let me know!!

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Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · Aug 25

( I do have one more gryphon on order, but it’s an anthro and will go claim territory somewhere else in the house whenever it gets made. :) )

Aurinona @aurigryphon.bsky.social · Aug 25

Indeed, I’m so happy that they’re all getting along well!

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