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@batchix.bsky.social

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Art witch game dev doll artist extremely tired. Anti-recast Anti-Nazi, pro- trans, pro LGBTQA Things I will post: dolls, miniatures, robot comic, transformers, all my crafts https://batchix.carrd.co/ In the middle of fixing up a house from 1895.

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Bats @batchix.bsky.social · Dec 25

Ongoing comic I write and draw! It's long, so it's a good one to read if you're on a trip or waiting at the DMV. LGBTQA in space with robots with a feeling like 80s anime (ex:Bubblegum Crisis and Tenchi Muyo). Light hearted and silly is my jam. tapas.io/episode/239956 or robotsandracks.g36.net

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gayeallyn.bsky.social @gayeallyn.bsky.social · 2d

RESIST ✊🏻

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 3d

personally i think it's understandable for video games to be expensive but if they're expensive they need to be good and the people who make them need to get paid and treated well

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Bats @batchix.bsky.social · 1d

Proof of life. I've got four pages done but I think I might dump a whole big chunk at once. idk how kids read #webcomics these days. I want to make a summary of the previous chapters first because that seems like a LOT to ask someone to read through in a go. updated profiles too.

Bats @batchix.bsky.social · 1d

I need to stop making the lighting in every scene complicated and moody. Just for expediency sake.

and my sanity.

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 2d

My painting GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

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Jeff Stormer @jeffstormer.gobirds.online · 2d

Everyone please diligently check your candy this year. I cracked open a snickers bar and not only did I find a copper ingot, but it was of poor quality.

Worse still, when my man Nanni confronted my neighbor about it, he was treated with disdain.

A snickers bar split open, with a JPEG of a copper ingot exposed in the middle

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 1d

Look at Creemee. 🥹 He's a big, handsome, FIV+ smoosh at the shelter right now, and a total sweetheart despite his very hard life. If you know anyone in northern Vermont looking for gentle friend, please pass this along! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

Phot of a large flame point cat who looks frightened.

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Bats @batchix.bsky.social · 1d

sooo... you got a plan or what? Everyone says to fight this and we want to fight it- but how without sparking off a civil war?

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Lady Bananarama Esquire 👩‍🎤 @stellarkaye.bsky.social · 2d

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Bats @batchix.bsky.social · 2d

Awww! I had an Amalgam universe poster on my wall in High School. it was such a fun event.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Trump’s agents have detained innocent American citizens and residents, from children asleep in their homes to an Alderman’s staffers.

All demanding proof of citizenship, without probable cause, with only the victim’s skin color as a reason.

This isn't about crime or safety.

Border Patrol Agents Detain 2 City Employees During ‘Lawless’ Little Village Raids, Ald. Rodriguez Says

“These federal agents are operating lawlessly, demonstrating utter disregard for our constitutional rights,” Ald. Mike Rodriguez (22nd Ward) said.

news.wttw.com

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 3d

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SAPRO @saproartist.bsky.social · 2d

Bird & Darling OC commission for Cole <3 thank you!

Digital illustration: A woman is seated on an ornate swing. She's wearing a long green robe and has long hair. Her friend flies by a white calling duck wearing a garland of flowers around the neck topped with a bow. There is a long arch in the background of an abstract garden framing a sundog. Hollyhocks grow in the distance.

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dr rv 🚐 (spooky 🎃) @rinewithoutacat.bsky.social · 2d

It's after midnight!!!! Everyone say happy 17th birthday, Willow!!!

Now not only can she drive a car, she can drink legally at home in Québec!!

Grey cat looks to the side, standing near a backpack and a sweatshirt

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Damien Marie AtHope Ⓐ 🚩🏴🌍 @damienmarieathope.bsky.social · 3d

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | COMMS: (3/5) @acvalens.net · 2d

Redditor asks how things are looking at strip clubs, a known indicator of economic downturn. The answers are pretty bleak (albeit not all responses are from strippers)

www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/...

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u/AutumnForestWitch • 9d
We need the real recession indicator.
Strippers of Reddit, how is business going?
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FourEyesAndThighs • 9d
Not a stripper, but my dive bar is down $50,000 compared to this time last year, and my booze is cheap. We're fucked if alcoholics aren't drinking.
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Appropriate_Total875 • 9d
I've worked in the industry for years. It's been bad for the last three years now and continuing to get worse.
Prior to covid, at my club you could expect a ratio of 5 or 6 customers per girl. Since covid it dropped to 1 to 1 or worse. And not just my club but the whole area. The first couple years after covid money got stupid good but that all dried up a few years ago.
Previously when the industry slowed, the girls would bounce to other clubs and eventually come back after a month or two. However, girls are now leaving the industry entirely
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SherbetLoud185 • 9d
NYC girl. I know of multiple girls who have lost their apartments. It's the worst anyone has ever seen the industry.
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SomethingNeatnClever • 9d
My earnings have definitely declined in the past year.
I'm still doing okay because of my past regulars but they're coming in less as well. Tourism is down in my state. It isn't great. It isn't my only source of income but l'd be struggling a bit if it was.
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anivex • 8d
It's bad. Real bad. Worse than it was in 2008, and that's saying something.
I stopped by my old club last week and the manager said they made more money during Covid.
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Mistealakes • 9d
Left the industry entirely this year, after the past 3 years of decreasing pay with no bounce back at all.
Most dancers at the last place I worked were lucky to leave with $200 at the end of a shift, at this point.
We're not getting naked for warehouse pay, ladies and gentlemen. The only women that are left are there because they have no other options at all.
Everyone with an option is gone. The money is gone.
Our clients no longer have enough money for the club and many dancers have a second job now.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 2d

Here are the companies destroying the east wing of the White House

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Kathy Griffin @kathygriffin.bsky.social · 3d

Find a time. Stop what you are doing and watch this.

Lauren Windsor @laurenwindsor.bsky.social · 6d

When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...

NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...

The People, United

YouTube video by Dolores Huerta Foundation

www.youtube.com

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 3d

Spotify customer service is immediately ending conversations if you ask about them airing ICE advertisements on the platform.

Cancel your Spotify subscription.
#BoycottSpotify

Spotify Support
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Spotify at 10:04 PM, Oct 21
Jake R. is now connected and reviewing your question.

They'll message you shortly.

Hi there!
Jake R. at 10:04 PM, Oct 21

Hi - I have read that Spotify is advertising ICE commercials. Is this true? If so, I would like to cancel my subscription.
You at 10:05 PM, Oct 21

End of conversation. You can close the messaging window now.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 3d

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 3d

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 4d

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

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Bats @batchix.bsky.social · 3d

lmao they are going to absolutely KILL the studio system with their greed and I am all for that.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 4d

For folks asking if they've made it *inside* a Home Depot yet as the business has clearly just continued letting agents do whatever they want in their lots, the answer is yes. This is from yesterday in Evanston.

Threads post from julieceye

At my local Home Depot today in Evanston, IL. They abducted 5 people in my immediate area.

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