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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

I really adore the phase after a mass Twitter exodus event where that small minority of asshole new users get their shit totally wrecked by the effectiveness of blocks and blocklists on here

it’s like watching a baby gazelle get eaten by a crocodile in a muddy river

Jennifer @jennknut.bsky.social · 4h

what the trolls haven't learned is we have a block button here

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

On the record, I think sneering at these people that they’re somehow *bad* because they stayed on Twitter for this long is incredibly counterproductive

it’s great that more people have escaped the Mussolini Piss Hole and come to Bluesky actually, their numbers shall strengthen us

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

judging from what I’m seeing right now, a large-scale Twitter Exodus Event is 100% what’s happening

good!

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 17h

Some white folk get really mad at the very idea that someone might want to hear the opinion of a Black person, and not their opinion, in any context. They believe that their opinion should be valid absolutely everywhere.

This is weird.

Don't do this.

Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 1d

Are you Black?

This isn't complicated.

If I wanted to do a survey to learn Spanish speakers' opinion of a new law, question 1 might be "Are you a Spanish speaker?"

Then you bust through the wall like the Cool Aid man: "I am a political science professor! Survey me instead! Take it or leave it!"

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✧ Pickle ✧ @thelowestpickle.bsky.social · 20h

hello #Portfolioday!

✧ i’m Pickle, illustrative artist & character designer in the United States - talents include drawing jewelry, cloth & beautiful people ✧

✧ i’m open for work in 2026 ✧
email 🌌 [email protected]
✧ follow me ✧
vgen 🧚 TheLowestPickle (@TheLowestPickle) | VGen

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🌙 Juniiie‎♡‧₊˚ @juniiie.bsky.social · 18h

I gave in to the scifi AU. Here's The Prince of All Galaxies 🌌✨ His hair is starlight and it glows in the dark

#digitalart #oc #ocsky #scifiAU #AlienPrince

Digital illustration of my OC Rivenn in mine and my friend's sci fi AU. On the right what his royal outfits would maybe look like, the two on the left with brown scarf are deeper into story, stolen from enemy soldiers probably, when he's trying to stay hidden and not get taken as hostage again

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Auren Stormriver 🦅 @stormriver.bsky.social · 16h

thinking about how for years I tried to pretend to be a normal person™ while at work but then burnout happened and now I let my coworkers see me yelling at bugs while I'm taking them back outside because honestly who give a fuck

what are you gonna do fire me for saying cuss words to spiders

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Moosh 🍄🐶 cms open @mooshpuppii.bsky.social · 1d

just in case anyone needs the confirmation - our class had an editor from a well-known comics publisher come in today and told us she won't even look at the dead bird app anymore when they're looking for artists. hosting your own website for your art (or here on bsky!) is the best right now.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 1d

every once in a while I feel like I get a glimpse of what social networking would be if the platform incentives were just to give us a glimpse of normal people enjoying themselves...

What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 2d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 1d

Please be conscious if you protest this weekend that there are feds at the protest. They look like you and they sound like you, not like Steve Buscemi in that one clip with the skateboard. Thinking you can spot them is self delusion. Nobody you haven’t met needs to know your last name.

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UCL Press @uclpress.bsky.social · 19h

Glad to hear it! The book is also free to download from uclpress.co.uk/book/palaeon...

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LittleBrisby 🐀 @littlebrisby.bsky.social · 17d

✨ eating is the sole privilege of the living ✨

#dungeonmeshi #tragonesymazmorras #fanart

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Peel🌿🍎🪶 @silverpeel.bsky.social · 10d

angel and friends🐍 #oc

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Onyrica 🔜 MCM London (H-13) @onyrica.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay! I'm Ony, a freelance illustrator and art mentor in love with crisp lines, vibrant colors, fantasy settings and intense stares. You can find more of my work on:

🎨 onyrica.art
🌈 patreon.com/onyrica

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Birmit @birmit.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay💫🗡️

I'm Birmit and I draw things

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Janaina @janainaart.bsky.social · 1d

Hello! I'm a Brazilian artist and freelance illustrator. My work is inspired by fairy tales and myths ✨ #PortfolioDay

✦ Portfolio, Patreon, email, IG, shop & more: janainaart.carrd.co

Illustration of Odette surrounded by swans under the moonlight, a scene inspired by the Swan Lake ballet.

Tamamo, a fox spirit in Japanese mythology.

Illustration inspired by the poem La Belle Dame Sans Merci by John Keats.

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Luigi de Guzman @ouij.bsky.social · 3d

The fact that protests now feature people who don’t normally have to worry about what might happen to them in an adverse encounter with security forces is a HUGE DEAL.

It means that the “real” victims don’t have to suffer alone. It means that some people care about something more than themselves

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Someone in my mentions is upset because these people haven’t suffered the worst at ICE’s hands and therefore they shouldn’t be praised for being out on the streets?

Yeah, no. To push back on these people we need everyone — especially those with relative privilege — to get up and get involved.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 3d

Portland, you magnificent weirdos

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 3d

Stay Weird Portland! 🔥 Today Portland had an emergency naked bike ride to the ICE facility. IN THE RAIN.

It was around 50°. Thousands were fully nude, half nude, or wearing costumes.

Portland is VERY dedicated to exposing the absurdities of injustice.

Here are some photos & videos. 🧵👇🏼

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Sage Divinorum 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 3d

i love science & i love that brassica is clearly some variety of eldritch entity that manifests as a bitter plant, native to the liminal plateaus on the thresholds of reality.

as humans, we are for some reason compelled to trick each other into devouring it.

“Brassica oleracea creating new common names to get 1 month free trials” and it’s a picture of brussel sprouts, cabbage, kale, collared greens, kholrobbi, broccoli, cauliflower, etc

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Sexy Andrew Hickey Costume @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 3d

I didn't know that Ivar "torture the queer and autism out of them" Lovaas, the monster who invented conversion "therapy"/ABA, was also a literal Nazi, but this is the least surprising fact ever.

H.S. Kallinger (he/they) @xakana.bsky.social · 3d

"Lovaas was a member of the NS Youth League, patterned after the Hitler Youth and named after the Norwegian Hirden paramilitary organization... Both he and his father are listed in Norway's "National Treason" files documenting Nazi collaboration."

He also said the Nazis inspired him to behaviorism.

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Ambrox @ambrox.bsky.social · 3d

A mischievous archaeopteryx has appeared!

An abstract looking archaeopteryx on a plain green background

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · 3d

The Kiss

#paleoart #berensart2025

"fighting dinosaurs" fossil reimagined as The Kiss by Gustav Klimt

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 3d

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 · 4d

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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➼ ୨♡୧ 𝙔𝙐𝙉𝙀// comms open @pinkyune.com · 9d

2022 - rpg sailor moon

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Dicefunctional | TTRPG Nerds, Actual Plays, and Streamers | 🦀 @dicefunctional.bsky.social · 6d

This is a great time to remind everyone that you should in fact, still be calling MasterCard, Visa, Stripe, and other payment processors to annoy the shit out of them.

Because I'll tell you right now, that shitheel? Not gonna have to worry about them accepting payment.

*Artists will.*

Phone Numbers
• Stripe (California): +1 888 926 2289 (Say you're based in California before continuing.)
• Stripe (Headquarters): +1 (888) 963-8955
• Stripe (US): +1 (877) 887-7815
• Stripe (France): +33 805-11-19-67
Mastercard (Headquarters): +1 914-249-2000 • Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-627-8372
Mastercard (US): +1 (800)-307-7309
• Mastercard (Int.): +1 (636)-722-7111
• Mastercard (AUS): +61 1800 120 113
• Mastercard (UK): 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers for Mastercard Visa (Headquarters): +1 (650)-432-3200
• Visa (US+ Can): +1 (800)-847-2911
• Visa (AUS): +61 1800 125 440 All region numbers for Visa
• PayPal (US): +1 (888)-221-1161
• PayPal (UK): +44 (0203)-901-7000
PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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skylar @ transmasc sexualizer @transmisc.bsky.social · Nov 11

angel of the devonian age

#prehistoricart #fossil #devonian #angel

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