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Jo draws ✨ @fizzledlines.bsky.social · 13h

sunny spot ☀️

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 7h

Sadly, digital communication doesn’t favor a community of people, but rather one-to-one communication.

It doesn’t give you a sense of “the room” when you’re “logged into” a chat. There isn’t any way to feel that a person-sized hole is there, as digital space has no shape to it.

Opda @opda.bsky.social · 7h

I don’t know how much of this is getting older, or more so the world we live in.

Our brains are engineered to be reminded of permanence by our surroundings, and the only way to circumvent this is to create robust systems where people see others(even virtually)

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Ferret Every Hour @ferretperhour.bsky.social · 1d

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Hourly Martens @hourlymartens.bsky.social · 1d

#marten #mustelid

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outsidewolves @outsidewolves.bsky.social · 1d

Art direction by @polarrhoid.bsky.social “Someone using an IBM 20 series to type out a salacious roleplay idea out onto a punch card, then he feeds the card to a protogen and watches him squirm and whine ://3”

Monochrome cartoon drawing of an anthropomorphic coyote feeding an IBM punchcard into the tummy of a flustered Protogen. Behind them, an IBM punchcard reads “POLISHES YOUR SNOUTGLASS”

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 22h

This is basically me: I cuddle blahaj many nights

Ferret Every Hour @ferretperhour.bsky.social · 22h

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t know this! Thank you :3

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget to report them all as violations of the Hatch Act

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Protest Safety in this day and age

🦨 Musteloid Appreciator 🦨 @micah.pet · 1d

DO NOT let anyone photograph your face. In fact, wear a surgical mask. Wear a frog suit, even.
DO NOT drive your car all the way to the protest. Flock Safety and Palantir are watching. So, bike or walk. Or park about half a mile away and then walk.

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

The second one is a degree worse than the other omg

Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Only gentl for I am weak

Unless we’ve been roughhousing and then I am stronk

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Quick video that you all can watch, and is easy to understand, talking about the true issue with AI(hint, it’s not the technology, but the incentives to pursue said technology, I.e. capitalism)

PureKoor ➡ AFC @purekoor.art · 1d

With there being ai furry drama, I'd like to bring up my video about ai again

Cause there's a lot of folk who are lying about their ai usage and I believe its due to other underlying causes that we could address if we were honest with ourselves
youtu.be/8tGnVWjI-z4

Is AI Art Ruining Furry Fandom Artists? ➡ TLDR

YouTube video by PureKoor

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I’m pretty sure this is one of the signs of werewolf tf

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I get the when I’m waking up more often than going to bed

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I am definitely no expert here but I’d like to assume this is something much better understood due to WIDE use of soy-based meals in parts of the world.

Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Based off of some quick googling:

1: Soylent had already come under fire for this in 2015 and you can read about that more yourself. A Quick Look over looks fine?

2: Soy-based protein seems to be better than a lot of other plant-based protein powders in terms of lead accumulation(?)

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🎃SpookyPal👻 @palprime.bsky.social · 1d

What it feels like to listen to Magdalena Bay

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

THEY ARE SO GOOD

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Logan V. { 𓃥𓃥𓃦 } @animalshapes.bsky.social · 1d

A sea of stars 🌌

[ #art #commissions ]

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I can't say for certain I was giving myself lead poisoning but I would not be surprised.

Anyway, this is kind of serious and I hope more people see this.

Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

I had quite a few WEIRD health issues just sproing up last year, around the time I was using a lot of protein shakes as meal replacement, that would have tied all together to lead in my blood.

Luckily, lead in the body *slowly* diminishes, except in bones, and the issues seem to have receded.

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 1d

Large-scale study by consumer reports apparently found that MANY types of protein powder have lead contamination.

Lead poisoning is serious.

Plant-based protein powder seems to be most likely.

Huel Black is apparently especially bad.

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Opda @opda.bsky.social · 2d

What was the slavery vote in California?

I recently learned about slavery via H2A program and wealthy farm owners and I am wondering if it’s that, or something else I can dive into.

Opda @opda.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, the cynical read of this that I’ve heard is that it’s Trump trying to prop up an authoritarian government that looks a lot like the government he wants to set up

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