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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨

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*casts Thundaja at enemy* He/him/they/we/us Gray ace Star Thief Knitter, crocheter, beader, meddler, kitten huffer, writer 18+ or you'll be blocked! A.I. can go fuck itself sideways Mastadon - https://meow.social/@JoeMoose517

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · Apr 25

In an effort to help with funding for flood recovery, I am selling this hand-made wooly lace shawl!

Pattern is Ashton shawl by Dee O'Keefe.* Added another leaf motif row before doing the border. Measures a general 60 by 30 inches.

100% wool, so it will be itchy to some folks! The yarn is ->

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 10h

The Tickling To Death Of Jesus: a painting by my dad.

A painting my dad did of Jesus on the cross, being tickled with feathers wielded by people in historically inaccurate clothing.

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 13h

It's horrible how I cackled at the last panel....

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 13h

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/pray-2 #smbc

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Tess Fowler Gutierrez @tessfowler.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who has advice on hotel living, can you DM me @chrisgutierrez.bsky.social Trying to put together a better plan since we are so unstable here. No family to fall back on so we will have to see if we can do this between car and hotels. All government help is maxed out with waiting lists.

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HB 👻 @heebiebeebies.bsky.social · 2d

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.

And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 3d

wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...

Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors

“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”

www.404media.co

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 1d

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The Entity Formerly Known As Birthday Boy @woofularunit.bsky.social · Nov 18

poorly explain how YOU became a furry

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 1d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 1d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 1d

I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.

The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 1d

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TR Cavallaro @trcava.bsky.social · 14d

I made a flyer! Know anyone in CA, OR, WA, or BC who might be interested in collecting mushrooms for research purposes? #mycology #citizenscience

Please share widely! 🧪 🍄‍🟫 🌲

A PDF version can be found here: drive.proton.me/urls/W1MM4FG...

A help-wanted poster seeking volunteer mushroom collectors in California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia.

The poster provided some background info about the research project and study system and how folks can contribute if they are interested.

REQUEST | Calling all mycophiles, naturalists, and citizen scientists in CA, OR, WA, and BC!

Going for a hike in the woods or a walk in your neighborhood park?
• Please keep your eyes peeled for the purple mushrooms of L.a-o!
• Collect the mushrooms* if you are able to access them safely.
• If you can, please take a photo of the mushrooms and the tree(s) you find them under.
*If you find a mushroom that is clearly rotten or moldy, please don't collect it.

"I collected some purple mushrooms. What should I do now?"
1. Please keep the mushroom fresh:
• Store in paper, not plastic.
• Keep cool/ refrigerate, but do not freeze.
• Store mushrooms away from light.
2. Email me to arrange pick-up, delivery, or shipment* of your sample.
* will cover packing and shipping expenses!

"What's in it for those who contribute to this work?"
• You will receive acknowledgement in presentations and publications stemming from this research.
• You will receive copies of journal publications from this research (data available upon request).
• You are invited to attend presentations of this research and to visit the lab at Stanford University.

Page 2 of the help-wanted poster includes reference photos of the study organism and a map of where this species has been observed. All images and the map are sourced from iNaturalist.

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Andrew Otis Wendigo @thatweissguy.bsky.social · 1d

The deviously clever thing about these protests taking on a Mardi Gras style tone is that Americans tend to feel ferocious FOMO about partying and good times.

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 1d

Yay bathroom is cleaned!

Shower still needs work.

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adrawingburr🌈🔞 @adrawingburr.bsky.social · Jun 4

Just wanted to draw a character I love for Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️

(NSFW) 🐻
Drawing of Barney from Deadendia, holding a giant, banner-like pride flag, which is unfurling behind him. He's shirtless, and wearing a leather harness, gloves and chaps.

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 1d

That is one thick rump

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t be a Dick-Tator

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 1d

Almost 80K blocks with the White House bluesky, and that was just three hours ago. XD

My blocks were because of the moderation lists I joined. XD

· 𝐌𝐞𝐢𝐲𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐨 · Shigurui @meiyobushido.cozy.rehab · 1d

La cuenta de la Casa Blanca lleva 22 horas creeada y ya la han bloqueado casi 80k de personas, situándose en tercera posición como cuenta con más blocks.

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Madness Heart Games @mhp-games.bsky.social · 1d

It's #SelfPromoSaturday, game creators, artists, and community members! What have you been up to?
SHARE your work!
LIKE what others post!
REPOST cool stuff!
#TTRPGs #TTRPG #IndieGames #IndieGameDev #TTRPGCommunity #Games #Geek

Art card: A Lovecraftian interpretation of the Great Pumpkin with bulging, multiple Jack-o'-lantern heads looms over a tiny Linus clutching his security blanket.

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 2d

Panel 1: Shen is looking down at his hand from a somewhat bottom-up perspective, saying "y'know, I think it's time I learned to draw hands."

Panel 2: We focus on Shen's hand from his perspective. It is very simplistic, looking sort of like a water-inflated white rubber glove with 3 fingers and a thumb.

Panel 3: The text says "*horrible cracking noise*" as the hand transforms into a realistic 4-fingered hand (albeit still paper white, as that is Shen's skin color). The panel is decorated with a spiral of chaotic, shaky black and yellow lines.

Panel 4: Shen is looking down at his hands, which are now both realistic, large 4-fingered hands. He says "Oh HELL yes. Now time to get that YAOI MONEY."

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✨ Zarfu Lightbringer, Son of Morak, Son of Brugo ✨ @joemoose517.bsky.social · 2d

It was one of the best moments I could get: Meeting the Foglios during AggieCon '98. I still have the photo I took then!

Brad Guigar — Follow my #HaHaHaHalloween Countdown 🎃 @bradguigar.com · Mar 17

What's an interaction with a comics creator that you'll never forget? #webcomics #comics #makingcomics #comiclab #webcomics #comics #makingcomics #comiclab

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AaronTZW.art @aarontzw.bsky.social · 2d

#weretober 17. Carpenter bee

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☆ ÐΛVIÐ ☆ 🍑 @chronodraws.bsky.social · 2d

Commission for @jamesfrost.bsky.social (repost from X ealier this year). A very chilly fighter. I helped him design a new outfit and I'm pretty proud of it 💙❄️🤍
#furryartwork #furrybara #flexfriday