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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please read. We're not doing good over here. #indonesia

Dear friends,

An ojol (motorcycle taxi) driver was killed tonight in Jakarta
after being struck by a police car during the protests. His death
is more than an accident, it is the cost of living under unjust
policies. I can't stop thinking: it could have been me, it could
have been any of us.

The protests erupted after Indonesia's parliament approved a
scandalous housing allowance of Rp 50 million (= USD 3,100) per
month for each MP—while the minimum wage in Jakarta is only
Rp 5.4 million (= USD 330). How can we survive in a country where
lawmakers grant themselves luxuries worth nearly ten times the
salary of an ordinary worker?

But the fury on the streets is not only about parliament. It is also
about the reckless, cruel policies under President Prabowo
Subianto:

° Billions of dollars wasted on fighter jets and
submarines while millions remain poor and hungry.

° Rising food prices because of mismanaged imports,
crushing families who already struggle to eat.

° Authoritarian attempts to silence critics and shrink
our democratic space.

° Endless elitist perks for officials, while hospitals,
schools, and public transport are left behind.

This is why people are angry. This is why people are afraid.
Tonight, when an ojol driver lost his life, I felt that fear in my
bones. Because if the state refuses to protect us, and instead
protects only its elites, then none of us are safe.

Iam angry, furious that our lives are treated as disposable. I
am afraid—afraid that tomorrow, more people will die simply
for demanding dignity.

Task you, my international friends, please don't look away.
Indonesia is not only facing a crisis of policy—it is facing a crisis
of justice, of humanity, of democracy itself. Soread this
awareness. Let the world know what is happening here.

Because silence will only mean more lives lost.

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Kane (in my working too much era) @kanexan.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve been working off and on for a bit on some stickers of my ‘sona, Hobson - I really enjoy how these came out!
#furry #furryart

A half body colored sketch of an exhausted but smiling ferret, eyes closed and hair mussed, holding a mug of coffee bigger than his head.

A half body colored sketch of that same exhausted ferret, glaring at the viewer through a squint, looking deeply annoyed while still holding that massive coffee mug.

A half body colored sketch of an anthro ferret looking very attentive, writing with furious speed in a notepad; smoke is rising from the pad as he writes, pencil a blur.

A half body colored sketch of an anthro ferret, pencil pressed to pad but no longer moving. He still has an attentive expression, but is asking “Dawg what” to whoever he was listening to.

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🌈✨ Mex says DOOK!!! 🌈✨ @ibolt07.bsky.social · 15h

MARTEN FACTS

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 15h

Late 1990s? Thank goodness the eighty-nine didn't happen on them 😮‍💨

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DWC Marshal Arts @infurnationale.bsky.social · 1d

Airing in the late 1990s in the Vulpiet Union, several documentaries regarding the life of the federal state’s late leader circulated. These were fairly dry propaganda puff-pieces, produced in the wake of the mourning period.

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 15h

Oh yeah, I enjoyed reading your story too! Love learning Chinese history through a furry fiction haha
I've finished the entirety of the anthology as well. It's a banger

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 15h

JFR Coates' The Purple Rose!

(I bought The Heavens Within Our Grasp earlier this year)

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 16h

Successfully used a furry short story for a historical fiction analysis class 🤙

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 16h

Infighting is literally the essence of monarchism...

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 1d

Bringing a monarch back to Paris sounds like an elaborate plot to revive the dying guillotine industry

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 1d

Revolutionary French politics were a spectrum. There's always going to be a bunch of reactionaries who somehow love the tricolour.

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 1d

All that for a napkin!

Well then, good job for the napkin

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frogthief27.bsky.social @frogthief27.bsky.social · 1d

#discoelysium
(=^･ｪ･^=) ♡ U・ᴥ・U

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 1d

Saw a monarchist bloke in YT comments calling for the return of the Bourbon dynasty, and a lot of the replies are pretty much "nope, restore Bonaparte!" and "nope, restore Orleans!!"

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Tardor Jet @tardorjet.bsky.social · 2d

🦦💨

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Sidior @sidior.bsky.social · May 5

See a sword,post a sword...

He may have a gun,but he still prefers to slit your throat 😁

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Vinny ★ @vinqou.bsky.social · 2d

marten roll :]

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 2d

Hourly Martens knows what's up again

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 2d

It's okay, another excuse to fuse arts class with civics

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 2d

Fortunately, the Republic of Venice has set the bar really high for a heavily painted flag XD

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 2d

Just wanted to share how hard these two flag proposals for the Armenian SSR from 1952 are

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Nouan @nouanonymous.bsky.social · 2d

Hello, I'm open for commission! These are just guidelines, price may vary depending on the piece. If you are interested, feel free to contact me :D

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 3d

Long live Krasnov 🫡

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DWC Marshal Arts @infurnationale.bsky.social · 3d

"With good humor, Comrade Krasnov always listened to the workers, considered their concerns, and carried out the wishes of the people."

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Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 3d

I love history. But ffs, the professors are actually frustrating for a humanities subject. If it wasn't for my close friends, I'd quit already.

Sometimes, I think of what if I've never picked this major in the first place. But then, I'd never meet my good friends. I don't want that.

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · 3d

Oh, Mr. Ong, if you'd know how your department is like right now.

(He's still mentioned by my senior professors, but eh, they kind of forgot what he was...)

Nakamudra 🌹 @nakamudra.bsky.social · Jun 30

This year's Pride Month is ending, so I thought of making a commemorative post.

Did you know that one of Indonesia's prominent historians was a gay man?

His name was Ong Hok Ham (1933-2007). Among many things, he was known for his notable contribution to the history of 19th century Java.

#pride