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Selamander/Grizz

@selamander.bsky.social

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Transmasc NB guy who loves to sew plushies, cook, and scope out theme parks!! He/him they/them, 32, occasionally NSFW ♥️ @jackaloping.bsky.social ♥️ https://selsewscreatures.etsy.com https://linktr.ee/selamander?utm_source=linktree_admin_share

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Selamander/Grizz @selamander.bsky.social · Jun 12

It’s my birthday this month!! A fun present to me would be some extra boosts and sales from my new pinned!

I’m Sel, a transmasc in Florida who likes making plushies! #plush #plushies #transmasc #Pride2025

selsewscreatures.etsy.com

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A blue and white dragon plush with a large pink mouth

A brown and red plush dragon with a skeleton head

A yellow lioness doll with a rainbow dress and trans colored bead earrings

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🎃Yagamimi🎃 @luigiyagami.bsky.social · 4h

47% with 2 days left 😞

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Selamander/Grizz @selamander.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve got a bunch of spooky guys that have been waiting for homes for ages and I’m in need of some additional funding, so 10% off for the rest of the month on all my #halloween guys!! Come snag some treats for spooky season!! #plush #plushies #transartist

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A pumpkin snail plushie on top of a candy corn blanket

A pair of neon green plush bats with eyeball candy fabric

A gaggle of various eyeless dolls with spooky fabric print pajamas

A Halloween based cockatrice with a candy corn blanket over it

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 10h

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 5h

We must demand justice for the hundreds of thousands in Gaza’s mass graves or whose broken homes became their tombs. They’ll be finding martyrs under the rubble for years. Whole generations starved and orphaned, traumatized by amputations without anesthesia… a ceasefire doesn’t negate any of that.

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

Israel is retaining control of 58% of the Gaza Strip, including the majority of its farmland in eastern Gaza.

Western Gaza was largely built on top of sand dunes, as you can see from the aerial image in the post below.

ISRAEL'S WAR ON GAZA
Israel's withdrawal to the 'yellow line'
In the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan, Israel is set to withdraw its troops to the agreed 'yellow line' within 24 hours, after which a 72-hour period will begin for the handover of Israeli captives.

Israel retains control of 58%
of the Gaza Strip

[map of Gaza showing the area still controlled by Israel in yellow, with a yellow line surrounding the area in which Palestinians are allowed to reside]

eyal weizman @weizman... 1d g ...
This aerial image from the 1960s shows that the 'yellow line' of Israel's redeployment in Gaza is roughly matching with the border of the area's coastal sand dune, leaving Gaza without the absolute majority of its agricultural areas on the fertile soils in the east.
[B&W aerial image of Gaza showing a yellow line separating the area where Palestinians are allowed to reside in the west from the area in the east. Sand dunes are visible in the majority of the now built-up area for Palestinans]

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 1d

Vice President Harris — who served under the Biden administration as it carried out a 14-month genocide and live-streamed slaughter of innocent men, women and children — shouted down protestors interrupting her book tour.

Video below ⬇️

Harris slams protestor during book tour.

“You want to talk about legacy? Let’s talk about the legacy of mass deportations, of not voting, and Donald Trump.”

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Zuccnini 🎃🦖 @zuccnini.bsky.social · 6h

Taking some honey with the bees.
[ #art #watercolor #oc ]

Watercolor artwork of wormbo stealing honey from a jar with bees accompanying it.

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 6d

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 7h

1. As some Democrats have run from transgender rights, Zohran Mamdani is showing what so many others have lacked: courage to lead with his values over pandering to focus groups.

The ad is one of the best things I've seen from a politician on transgender people.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

As Some Dems Run From Trans People, Zohran Mamdani's Latest Ad Shows Real Support

The 2 minute ad features Sylvia Rivera's story, Mamdani's commitment to transgender people, and even music from the legendary late trans artist SOPHIE.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Selamander/Grizz @selamander.bsky.social · 6h

I’ve only got one of these guys left for grabs!! #tenna #deltarune

Not sure when I’ll make one again unless commissioned so snag him while you can!

Selamander/Grizz @selamander.bsky.social · 6d

Coming straight from YOUR house!!

I wanted to make another deltarune based dragon and this time figured I’d make two of the fellas!! They’ll be coming to the shop later today! #deltarune #tenna #plush #plushie

Pattern modified from @makeshiftwingsplush.com floppy dragon pattern!

A pair of red tv head dragon plushies with blue eggs and yellow ties

A red plush dragon with a yellow star on its wing

A red plush dragon with a TV head and yellow back claws, it has a plug in tail

A yellow and black dragon with a silver tv head plushie

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 8h

It infuriates me that as human-made porn is being increasingly censored across the board, AI porn is not only allowed, but celebrated. And AI porn exists because of stolen content from non-consenting, unpaid human pornographers. It's maddening.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 4d

“I still can’t believe how unhinged the last update was. Not only the nudity but the motions, boobs bounces more realistically, it’s incredible.”

Elon Musk's xAI seems to have relaxed filters on Grok's video generation, allowing users to create and share explicit AI pornography.

Musk's AI Is Being Used to Make Hardcore Porn: 'Grok Is Learning Genitalia Really Fast!'

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 9h

Pretty sure I say this every Columbus Day, but getting hauled back to Spain for excessive brutality in 1500, just as the Inquisition was really getting fired up, is some genuinely Evil Guys Hall of Infamy material

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23h

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Mark Misoshnik 🏴 @misoshnik.bsky.social · 2d

Lmao is this supposed to be a bad thing?

A tweet from Bari Weiss that says “"It's shaken me to my core," a lieutenant said of Mamdani's unexpected victory in June. "The absolute dread I feel is palpable.
"
Today in @TheFP our @Olivia_Reingold talks to the cops who say they will walk if Zohran Mamdani is elected in November:”

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matthew @pahuski.com · 12h

Happy Columbo’s Day

Screenshot from Columbo. He his talking to his dog, which is sitting is the drivers seat of a car. “Okay, I’m gonna put you in charge. You take care of the car. You’re a responsible dog. When I get back, if the car’s okay, I’ll give you another cookie.”

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 13h

Let’s disrupt the global chain of complicity that enables Israel’s crimes against Palestinians.

The BDS movement is calling on you to join the Week of Action against F-35s from 13-18 October.

Send an email to your elected officials now ➡️ loom.ly/qypYlvM

#DisruptComplicity

Join the Week of Action Against F-35 fighter jets

F-35 jets enable Israel to murder Palestinian women, men and children on a daily basis

loom.ly

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local feral rug peddler @thylacinedreamz.bsky.social · 6h

Still $100 away from rent! Thanks for the help yall have given so far!

local feral rug peddler @thylacinedreamz.bsky.social · 3d

god thank you guys so much for your help. both the donations and sharing around my posts have made a huge difference. Im only $100 away from being able to pay my ex's mom the rent I owe her!!

anything extra will be saved towards a future move!

Support Ripley (local feral rug peddler 🧶) ❤️

Become a supporter of Ripley (local feral rug peddler 🧶) today!

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9h

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 9h

I'd love to see Ahmad get the help he needs. Everything's still very expensive. I sent $25 yesterday and would love matches.

AHMAD 🇵🇸 @aaaaasaa95.bsky.social · 9h

Dear friends 💔
We dream of returning to our area after the ceasefire, but we are unable to cover the transportation costs ($500).
We urgently need your support—every donation brings us closer to safety, return, and relief after this ordeal 🤍
Give us a gift ⬇️🫂🕊️
gofund.me/69f962fc

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Trans Ferdinand: Robot Princess @emdashreed.bsky.social · 11h

can confirm, I switched and it’s better than Spotify

🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 11h

SWITCH TO TIDAL TODAY

YOU CAN TRANSFER YOUR PLAYLISTS WITH THE LINK BELOW

IT IS EASY, THE SOUND QUALITY IS BETTER, THEY HAVE MUSIC VIDEOS, AND THERE'S NO GESTAPO ADS

tidal.com/transfer-music

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist @pavlovforgoths.com · 19h

Found out that Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads, if you need another reason to quit using it.

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Melissa Sue Stanley 🌿✨🍄 IX Showcase, October @melissasuestanley.bsky.social · 8h

A good recipe and excellent notes on what's happening in Chicago today. 💖

Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · 8h

New Sauceome comic this week, because it's winter squash season!

(also, a little rumination about what's up in Chicago these days)

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Roasting Winter Squash

It’s winter squash season! I drew this using butternut squash, but this method works for pretty much any winter squash: acorn, autumn frost, delicata,...

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 9h

LM appeals to a lot of well meaning (?) white folks. I think I followed him at one point years ago on Twitter. But following a wide range of Indigenous folks quickly shows you how he's thought of.

If you follow him you should read the article.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 10h

I am seeing a lot of people reposting Lakota Man today bc it's Indigenous Peoples Day. A reminder that he is not well liked amongst many (most?) Natives on social media. Many of us blocked him a long time ago. Some of the reasons why are in this article.

www.dailydot.com/irl/lakotama...

Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?

John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.

www.dailydot.com

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 11h

Happy Indigenous People's Day

BOOOOlioraptor, PhD (spooky version) @biblioraptorphd.bsky.social · 12h

Janet saying: Fun fact: Columbus is in the Bad Place
because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Its ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social · 10h

Her dad is sick and needs your help

suffered an ischemic stroke that caused severe dizziness and difficulty moving. After several days in the hospital, needs continuous treatment and daily medications such as Betaloc, Aspirin, and Atorvastatin, along with regular check-ups and follow-ups.

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F@rαh#3 @humanvoice3.bsky.social · 13d

Every second matters ⏳ Please read the quoted post below and help however you can.
@mommunism.bsky.social

ᖴᗩᖇᗩᕼ @standwithhumanity1.bsky.social · 15d

Every day brings fear, loss, and destruction. Explosions shatter homes, streets turn into graves, and children bear wounds too heavy for their hearts. Our are trapped in this nightmare. Please extend your hand, help save us 🙏🏻
tinyurl.com/StandwithFar...

Vetted by Molly-shah
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“Rebuilding After Loss: Your Support Makes All the Difference

Farah and Muhanad: Our Dreams Turned to Rubble My name is Farah, and I am 23 years old. This is my husband, Muhanad, who is 28. We live in Gaza, Palestine. We met at work, sharing a dream of a bright ...

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CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 20h

🚨 Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago answers this question brilliantly. 1/2

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