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Susan

@packrat153.bsky.social

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Starting over, making some art, maybe some progress. Overly blessed by the cat distribution system. She/her. AuDHD. Cursed *Insert sparkles here* Stuff: I have a Cara! https://cara.app/packrat153 Art Fight me! https://artfight.net/~Packrat153

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Susan @packrat153.bsky.social · 16d

Yes. I saw a closeup of fingers labeled as "explicit sexual images."

The most annoying part is that the labeling system itself is useful - but has NO NUANCE and then auto-slaps SO MUCH straight into "explicit sexual images."

"Fix it? Nah." - bsky

#bskycensorship #art #artists #fuckcensorship

Effie Trinket wearing a blue dress and a Bluesky butterfly in her hair pulls "fingers" out of a jar of artistic topics and art subjects that have fallen victim to the auto-labels. A non-exhaustive list includes: classic paintings, character sheets, anatomy studies, cuddling, artistic nudity, fairies, hugging, kissing, vampires, sleeping people, cat ears, feet, nipples, commission sheets, statues, anyone topless, creature designs, and kitchen sinks. Actually, it was a bathroom sink on a different platform, but I was still floored that somehow a SINK was supposed to be explicit sexual content.

Effie's speech bubble says "What are we labeling as 'Adult Content' today?

May the odds be ever in your favor!

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THUNK DA PEON @thunkdapeon.bsky.social · 1d

THUNK KNOW THINGS VERY HARD RIGHT NOW! WURLD FEEL HEAVY! EVREETHING EXHAUSTING! THUNK SEE FRIENDS STRUGGLING!

BUT THUNK WANT YOUS KNOW—YOUS DOING AMAZING JOB JUST STAYING IN FIGHT! JUST GETTING UP EACH DAY! JUST KEEPING GOING WHEN EVREETHING HARD!

HANG IN DERE! YOUS NOT ALONE! THUNK HERE WITH YOU!

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Chubby Leopard @valarmordollars.bsky.social · 1d

Sailor Selenas!

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 2d

⚠️ STATES, LOCALS, TRIBAL NATIONS, TERRITORIES ⚠️

HHS has eliminated EVERY SINGLE SAFEGUARD FOR DATA PROTECTION AT CDC. Giving data to CDC is no longer safe and puts your residents at risk.

Unless and until all CDC’s data protections are restored you should consider CDC a bad actor.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 2d

I have fucking had it with the edgelord leftists who quote post my shit with incitements to violence, like I'm sorry either you're the fucking feds or you're somehow even dumber than they are.

the frogs & the wine moms are doing 100x the work y'all are by dooming and posting nonsense.

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Like I know there are edgelord leftists out there who look down their noses at shit like No Kings but sorry you guys, the more mass protest looks fun and family-friendly, the bigger it gets and the better its chances of being broadly effective

Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 3d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Katie Chironis @kchironis.bsky.social · 4d

developer: put it down. we don't need another one

concept artist: (clutching tighter) no. this is my emotional support sky whale

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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 4d

Night night sweet dreamies

It’s okay to have depression, it’s okay to have anxiety, & it’s okay to have an adjustment disorder
We need to improve the conversation
We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.

We need to talk about it more freely.

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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social · 4d

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

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Sataen @sataen.bsky.social · 3d

For anyone living in the UK, the government will be forced to re-address the issue of payment processors banning the buying/selling of LEGAL content if this reaches 100k! Spread this around

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content

Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwise legal content and, if they do so, must face legal penalti...

petition.parliament.uk

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Remora House DC 🎃 @remorahousedc.bsky.social · 3d

If you are employed & doing pretty fine right now, set aside some money from each paycheck to dedicate to mutual aid asks. Even just $20.

Shit is really bad, the social safety net is being shredded, & truly TRULY all we have is each other right now.

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Reverend Jesus "Ł" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 4d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings
All Frogs

there won’t be an inflatable costume left for miles around

Micah @rincewind.run · 4d

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 3d

Wooww
Hi, for those who don't know, it doesn't matter one single iota if your project is "free". You do not have the rights to use art you find and distribute it. That's literally what licensing is for.
Your circumstance and goal has nothing to do with whether you are allowed to use anyone's art.

Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 3d

NO. IT. IS. NOT.
#art #ttrpg

Screencap from reddit.

"sorry I caught you off guard with the post. In the dnd homebrew space it isn't standard practice to gen in contact with artists for incorporation their work, provided that they are adequately credited and that the homebrew work is available for free, both of which are the case here."

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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service) @robfromchicago.com · 4d

Portland right now.

Kermit the Frog sitting in his swamp and paying his banjo, singing:

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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𝓢𝓮𝓷𝓪 𝓗𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓱🌙🌿| Vgen @hyeleth.bsky.social · 3d

Hi @bsky.app ! Would you consider looking into a more accessible way of providing ALT text?
As an idea, e. g. "Community ALT text". Something that would allow other people to submit ALT text for an image, with an automated approval system, that would make it easier for people with cognitive -

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d

They know they are ridiculous people and the thing they hate most is being laughed at. They want everyone terrified and intimidated by how MANLY and LETHAL they are, not laughing because they got got by a grating frog.

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 4d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

Quote tweeting Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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juni/ico @aetherflow.bsky.social · 4d

there's probably proper posts about this, but if any of ya'll use ipads, affinity photo 2, designer 2, and publisher 2 are free for a limited time! they're dupes of photoshop, illustrator, and indesign

dl the app, make an account, start the trial, go to the account tab, and buy the license for $0

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🍂 zurera ⋆˙⟡ comms open! ✷ @errezurera.bsky.social · 5d

Long live the unhinged possum

Sticker of a possum screaming. You can read “live, laugh, scream”

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 5d

A male Blackbird just landed near me

I wondered why he was so trusting, thinking he may be one of the Mini Bert’s, & then he sang a few notes of the raisin song

It IS Bert, almost unrecognisable with the new feathers post moulting

Bert’s back & I am crying 🥲🐦‍⬛

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⚡Bubblegum Midlife Crisis⚡ @bunnycartoon.bsky.social · 6d

BookshopOrg is having an Anti-Prime Day sale--for the next 2 days, you get FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders! A great time to order manga, comics, & books from indie bookstores. Bonus: if you're feeling generous, you can use my portal link to shop to support me, too! bookshop.org/shop/AnimeNo...

A promo image for Bookshop.org's "Anti-Prime Sale", which reads "FREE Shipping Oct 7 & 8. Support bookstores, not billionaires."

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boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 8d

now is a good time to call your 🇺🇸reps about the age verification data leak on discord: www.theverge.com/news/792032/...

and payment processors on censorship and overreach: screenrant.com/manga-planet...

linking new developments so that you have something recent to bring up in your calls💥📣

boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · Aug 5

he hasn't stopped calling~ have you? 🫵

how to call: stop-paypros.neocities.org

info and resources on pay discrimination: cartoonist.coop/censorship-p...

drawing of a man laying on bed with an old school phone in hand. he has a speech bubble that says "I'm so confused~ is what i'm buying illegal?" the text on the page says "keep calling and writing until payment processor censorship is reversed. one call a day makes a difference! mastercard and visa's statements aren't good enough. let's keep up the pressure together!"

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Becca, Autistic Murder Hornet @murderhornet212.bsky.social · 6d

Stop. Snuggle time.

A little cat sits up against a blanket clad person with her back to them

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vesper 🏳️‍⚧️ | COMMS OPEN @moonlitvesper.bsky.social · 8d

✧ COMMISSIONS OPEN! ✧

✧ I really need money for health and moving, shares appreciated!

✧ You can grab a slot on my VGen💜

✧ Limited slots

✧ Payment upfront

✧ Other services are available too!

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Susan @packrat153.bsky.social · 7d

Ready to call this one "done."

#bg3 #fanart #Astarion #vampire #elf

Just a painterly Astarion casually lounging in a gothic chair with the Knife of the Undermountain King in his hand. It took FOREVER. lol

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