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Tait, the Imaginary

@taittheterrific.bsky.social

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He/Him A wanna be writer, artist, and martial artist who’s not doing a lot of any of that tbh. Check out @neonlightsroleplay.Bluesky.social for TTRPG streams #Arcaniclasts for my Urban Fantasy story, or #false-fae-facts for some of it's worldbuilding.

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Tait, the Imaginary @taittheterrific.bsky.social · 6d

Finally uploaded a bunch of the art I've done to my cloud storage instead of just on my phone, so I'm gonna share the four good ones of Grimmshadow because I am still obsessed with my own OC to the point of planning like a 12 book series with him.

I am unhinged.

A character sheet of Grimmshadow, the Night Court Puck, without his cloak. He's got buff color fur, orange hair, and blue pants and arm braces. He can make spears and knives of bone, which he weilds in the posing section. His large, yellow eyes and sharp teeth can look unsettling at times.

Wolf the werewolf has ambushed Grimm in his own room! Grimm is in his underwear and only partly transformed, pinned to the door by Wolf. Wolf is giving Grimm an alluring grin, but Grimm cannot pay too much attention, as someone is pushing into the door to get into his room. Grimm seems worried about this other person seeing them both.

A dark and shadowy scene of a building with stars in t sky. A dark figure sits atop a street lamp, with his dark shadow keeping the lights from that and one of the windows from spilling out. The stark yellow eyes of the figure are reflected in the stars, windows, and dark spaces of the scene. In the forground there is a Werewolf looking figure in a leather vest with his back to the viewer looks at the shadowy figure

A character sheet of Grimmshadow, the Night Court Puck, with his purple cloak. While it's hard to see beneath that, he's got buff color fur, orange hair, and blue pants and arm braces. He can make spears and knives of bone, which he weilds in the posing section. His large, yellow eyes and sharp teeth can look unsettling at times. His eyes and teeth are bright in the shadow of his hood.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 4h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Tait, the Imaginary @taittheterrific.bsky.social · 4h

And if they don't, they'll probably end up accidentally reinventing the wheel of some other genera and will just end up being embarrassed every time someone says "I love how you used X thing!"

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DOG of BLUD @dogblud.bsky.social · 10h

I see artists trade their patreon and ko-fi links all the time and it seems sometimes like it's only other artists and a handful of regular followers that pass those round.

It really does help. Previous clients saying on comm ads they had a good experience also helps a lot too.

Thomas N. Perkins IV @tnperkins4.bsky.social · 20h

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Las 🐺🪽 @featherfangart.bsky.social · 8h

| Villain |

To all my fellow people pleasers out there... 😌
#originalart

an illustration of book being pierced through by a sword, from the wound the thorns with red tips are growing, slowly changing into flowers, a red bookmark is there to symbolize blood.

the book reads 'It's alright to say No. You will always be a villain in someone's story...'

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 4h

Nothing new, just the vice president of the United States making excuses for Nazis.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid"

We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

www.motherjones.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 5h

The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 7h

If the Democrats get back control of both chambers of Congress and the White House - restructuring this rogue far-right #SCOTUS needs to happen on day 1.

Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 7h

Court reform is the only way out of this authoritarian trap. Expand, restructure jurisdiction, channel, new courts—the works.

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Shaquille Sunflower🦇🎃 @mumzzzthewurd.blacksky.app · 4h

Highly disturbing. Red flag for what's to come

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 4h

Extreme censorship in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's death.

4 frame comic. 1st frame shows the silhouette of Charlie Kirk; 2nd frame, Gretchen Felker-Martin; 3rd frame, murder victims Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas; 4th frame, author Mark Bray. Text reads : one month after charlie kirk's
assassination by someone who we
were told was a trans radical
leftist but who turned out to be
a cis nihilist, his murder is now
being used to deploy extreme
censorship in the united states.
silencing. jimmy kimmel lost
his tribune until public outcry
got the decision reversed. famous
trans writer gretchen felker-
martin got her contract with
dc comics canceled and her books
pulled from the shelves for not
mourning properly.
violence. after stalking
them for months, a 17 year old
in n.j. killed two schoolmates
by ramming into them with a
car because one of them shared a
video critical of kirk.
persecution. at least 40
professors have been fired after
being targeted by turning point
usa. mark bray, an historian of
anti-fascism, had to flee the u.s.
because of threats. 300 d.o.d.
employees are being investigated
for social media posts about kirk.
the dept. of state is revoking
visas of people who criticized kirk.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 6h

I read the piece. You shouldn't. He dismisses the "No Kings" protests as liberals in blue cities. He invokes Rosa Parks, as if rural white people in the 60s loved everything that the movement then was doing. "We need a movement but not this one" is a core centrist tact these days.

Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6h

Is this a joke. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

America Needs a Mass Movement—Now

Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.

www.theatlantic.com

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4h

this is a very important point

King Blackwhale @kingblackwhale.bsky.social · 4h

I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, and never once in my 40 years of life have I heard a mainstream media figure say that the right — or government generally — has any obligation to treat me as an equal citizen or human being, or in any way be protected or served by the federal government.

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illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 4h

For the new users, please understand that there are bots all over this website too but instead of being Nazi bots they’re weird liberals that post incoherently annoying replies all day. Also like 30% of them aren’t bots at all but Gen X posters. You can’t tell the difference

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LEN ⚡️👾 @rkrk.dev · 5h

storm rages and i cling to you, my heart ༄✧

#art #oc #bftb #ocsky

Raiden magically floating down in front of Araceli. They are gazing at each other and standing in front of a stained glass window, which depicts a woman pointing her sword into a monster’s mouth.

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Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 4h

AB 1043 does not apply to websites, meaning the technology is not currently available to adult sites who wish to block minors. While there is inherent privacy risk in all AV solutions, device-based solutions are more privacy preserving than the platform-based verification mandated in other states.

Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 1d

California just became the latest state to require device-level age verification. Under AB 1043, users must verify their age when setting up a phone or downloading apps, forcing Apple & Google to build age-check systems into devices.
avn.com/news/legal/c...

California Governor Adopts Device-Level Age Verification Law AVN

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, signed into law Assembly Bill (AB) 1043 on Monday, implementing an age verification regime that requires users' ages to be verified at the device operating…

avn.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

if this isn’t the prime example of it, but it proves i think definitively that the purchase of twitter was an ideological move by musk, and not a financial one. he wants the nazi dox squads on there because it helps the cause elon musk believes in

Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 9h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 9h

what even happened on the other site this time

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grimm ☀️ @mugrimm.bsky.social · 5h

Remember, when it's a black drug crisis the answer is just say no and personal responsibility, when it's a white one the answer is doing warcrimes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

Eric Trump: "Now every single time a boat goes out of Venezuela it's getting blown up into a million pieces. That's exactly what's happening every single day. I personally have 4 friends who have lost children to fentanyl."

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Lauren-Ashley Arts @laurenashley087.bsky.social · 6h

White people need to talk to other white people. It is entirely up to the whites to move the needle on their end.

Let me be clear: racism and antisemitism are rampant on *both* sides of the aisle.

Your twentysomething niece has fallen for the okie doke just as easily as your Boomer uncle.

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Crow 🐀👑🏳️‍⚧️ @tiredratman.bsky.social · 15h

Just watched a video of someone talking about the hyper invisibility of trans men even in our own community and like...

I've never heard how I feel so well articulated before.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 5h

it is ALWAYS worth pointing out who gets to be just a helpless little innocent precious baby boy at the age of 34, vs. who is framed by the cops as a big scary dangerous man whose candy bar might be a gun when he's barely in middle school, or described as a "13-year-old woman" by her predator

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

last i checked these young republicans were like 25 years old. but this is a classic case of infantilization to diminish the significance of the offense. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Vance downplays group chat messages: ‘Kids do stupid things, especially young boys.’

The vice president called the texts "edgy, offensive jokes."

www.yahoo.com

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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 1d

Another day, another ai enthusiast warning me I’ll get ‘left behind’ if I’m not careful. He makes the future of entertainment sound delightful

An ai arsehole tries to defend his use of ai

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 6h

✨🐦‍⬛🏳️‍🌈 &🐦‍⬛⏳✨

(1/3)

“Feathers grow a little different on some crows.” The Crow Time crow stands on a log and looks down at a smaller rounder crow with rainbow chest feathers perched on a branch. The smaller crow’s eyes sparkle in trans colors.

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Ramon Villalobos @ramonvillalobos.bsky.social · 7h

damn

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 5h

I Don't Know How To Explain To You That You Should Care About
Other People
Our disagreement is not merely political, but a fundamental divide on what it means to live in a society.

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loscharlos @loscharlos.bsky.social · 10h

Not sure if anybody is doing it better than @juliadoubleday.bsky.social —Please read:

“when you shrug off the difficulty.. of practicing COVID safety.. you are casting that burden onto the shoulders of those who are already carrying more than you are. ”

Link: www.thegauntlet.news/p/beyond-all...?

Why not recognize: wow! What a difficult reality we’re creating for anyone who’s been harmed by the virus. That could be me next, since I’m getting reinfected in these bi-annual waves. Instead of complaining that disabled people are asking me to participate in normalizing COVID mitigations, why don’t I acknowledge the absurdity and severity and difficulty of this situation? Why don’t I participate in changing the culture before it’s my turn to suffer as others ignore me?

Yes, it is difficult. It is burdensome. You could call it unreasonable! But when you shrug off the difficulty and burden of practicing COVID safety in the current climate, you are casting that burden onto the shoulders of those who are already carrying more than you are. Who can afford infections less than you can. Who in many cases have fewer resources than you do and almost certainly have fewer safe social outlets than you will.

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