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sam/mars ace & aro femme boi he/they/she 30 years on this spinning rock lover of plushies, crochet, kpop, and baking will be nsfw 🔞

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gotta freak out first @thaaatsaaam.bsky.social · Apr 25

Hello oomfs, mutuals, and LGBTQ community! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ My name is Sam! I have made a fundraiser to help my friend Juliet move out of his abusive & transphobic home! Pls repost this link! If you donate, I'll add u to my art raffle below! #protecttranslives #lgbtq #mutualaid www.gofundme.com/f/help-a-you...

Donate to Help a Young Trans Man Escape Abusive Transphobic Family, organized by Samrawit Sisay

Hello, My name is Sam. I am fundraising for my friend, Jul… Samrawit Sisay needs your support for Help a Young Trans Man Escape Abusive Transphobic Family

www.gofundme.com

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Yugo Limbo @yugsly.bsky.social · 2d

Painting from last year I never shared here 👄

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Vero.Doodles @verodoodles.bsky.social · 4d

✨Oct 15th at 12pm PST✨

That’s when this beautiful original Sky Dancer unicorn wood burning (along with my other designs) will be available in my shop! 💙☁️✨

Set your reminders if you’d like a chance to own her! 🦄✨

#woodburning #unicorn #orginalart #pyrography #whimsical #shopsmall

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nami (comms open!) @namioshiro.bsky.social · 2d

the hello creature

#art #traditionalpainting #watercolor

two long-necked people saying hello to each other! they both have clown makeup on.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.

Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

I interviewed one of these factory workers in Los Angeles. She gets paid three cents to sew a zipper, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt.

This is how fast fashion brands like Fashion Nova can put "Made in USA" tags on dress shirts that retail for only $25

"Every day at 6 am, Bilma boards a bus that shuttles her to downtown Los Angeles’s Fashion District. When she reaches the garment factory an hour later, she starts working immediately, without punching in. Like thousands of other garment workers in the United States, Bilma’s wages aren’t tethered to the clock but rather to the quantity of operations she executes. Three cents for a zipper or sleeve, five cents for a collar, and seven cents to prepare the top part of a skirt before she passes it onto the next sewing operator in line. Assembling an entire dress earns her a mere 15 cents. Bilma toils away on garments primarily for fast-fashion labels such as Fashion Nova, Lulus, and Lucy in the Sky, who prioritize quickly stocking on-trend items over the quality of materials. These companies peddle things like $80 maxi dresses, $25 poplin dress shirts, and $5 crop tops, all modeled by beautiful people and bedecked with the tantalizing promise of low-cost glamor."

"This worker payment system, known as “piecework” in the garment industry, is how US-based manufacturers can sidestep labor laws that require companies to pay at least the minimum wage. Rather than compensating Bilma for the exhausting 12-hour shifts—a regimen that, according to LA County’s minimum wage requirement, should yield $202.80—her pay is determined by the individual tasks she performs, which can fluctuate daily. Despite her adept handling of hundreds of garments a day, Bilma’s earnings typically linger around $50 per day. That’s $300 weekly for the standard six-day grind and $350 if she opts for Sunday labor. Doing what she can with this modest income, Bilma spends $400 a month to live in a two-bedroom apartment with six other people, some of whom are day laborers. In this crowded arrangement, two occupants squeeze into each bedroom, while two more lay claim to the living room. Bilma sleeps in the corner of the bustling kitchen."

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · Mar 18

One day
I am gonna grow wings
A chemical reaction

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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · Dec 17

Sketching something fun

A demon and an angel playing nice and having a very good time

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Mr. Toon | VT @thedarkcartoon.bsky.social · 2d

Day 12: Chef

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 2d

#dnd #art
a reunion

21 hours in procreate

illustration featuring two women: one in a suit of armor holding a knife to one in a dress's throat. the armored woman is pinning the other woman to the ground

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · Aug 4

Messaging Guidance:

Want to help Trump and fascist MAGA implement their latest policy to dehumanize disabled people? Call what they want to do “institutionalization”

Want to increase opposition to this attack on basic human freedom? Call it “incarceration” (formal, professional) or
“locking up”

Chart alt text:

Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Are Most Opposed to "Locking Up" and "Incarcerating" Homeless Americans — Not "Institutionalizing" Them.
Description: Policymakers are considering a new policy to address homelessness and public disorder. The policy would allow authorities to [SPLIT: institutionalize / incarcerate / lock up] people who are homeless and considered unable to care for themselves, even if they do not have a severe mental illness. Do you support or oppose this proposal?
<strong>"Lock up"</strong> <em>(N=415)</em> — Support: 27%, Oppose: 70%
<strong>"Incarcerate"</strong> <em>(N=418)</em> — Support: 31%, Oppose: 64%
<strong>"Institutionalize"</strong> <em>(N=394)</em> — Support: 41%, Oppose: 53%

August 1–3, 2025 survey of 1,227 U.S. likely voters. Respondents were randomly split into three groups. Each group received one of the three framings.

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Lo 🎨🔞 @lodrawsfilth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Skull ✅
Boobs ✅

A skull-headed lich wearing elaborate necklaces and a jeweled headpiece lifts his shirt to reveal big, soft pecs.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 3d

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
October 11,1954

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
P1- WE SEE A BURGLAR ENTERING THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW

P2-THE BURGLAR HAS ENTERED SLUGGO’S BEDROOM WHO IS SOUND ASLEEP, THE BURGLAR SEES THE POOR LIVING CONDITIONS THAT SLUGGO IS STAYING IN.

P3- THE BURGLAR HAS COMPASSION AND EXITS OUT THE WINDOW, BUT BEFORE LEAVING HE DROPS SOME COINS IN SLUGGO’S PIGGY BANK.

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series of gj tubes @katimcf.bsky.social · 3d

hey yall! sry for not updating bc my Crohn’s has been flaring BAD but woke up to a nasty surprise - i have to find $375 for rent by 11:30AM TODAY. last week they gave me more time but it’s 11am.

help me stay off the street 🤪

venmo.com/u/katiwithoutthee
cash.app/$katiwithoutthee

Silver the borzoi cuddling against my leg

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 4d

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♡ *.✧ Alduin 🐉 @alduin.bsky.social · 3d

can anyone help me get some wet food and q tub of litter for our kitties?

we are out and i haven't been able to make up enough on my own to head to the store to get these things we need and helps appreciated

i have adopts up i can offer in return or vouchers for future adopts! id need $30-35!!!

♡ *.✧ Alduin 🐉 @alduin.bsky.social · Jul 27

hi !!! please consider supporting me if you like what i post , my art , or my designs , or if you just want to help out a struggling queer artist whos only income is via art ^^
it supports me, my partner and our cats :> tysm if you consider or even share 💕
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#artist #furry #bskyhelp

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Become a supporter of Ghost today!

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zoey 😋 @candiewrapper.bsky.social · 3d

birthday!!! #doodle

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Sprouts 🌱🔜 BLFC DD @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 3d

me lately 🥲

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Lackadaisy Tracy @lackadaisy.bsky.social · 3d

The Lackadaisy Mixer book just dropped in the shop! - lackadaisy.store/products/lac...

It's full of character-themed cocktail and dessert recipes, 1920s history, and luscious photos by Nerlyn Galan, plus tons of art by me and numerous contributors!
#lackadaisy

Digitally painted cover art for the Lackadaisy Mixer book featuring character Wick Sable, an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat with a cocktail and playing cards in hand. Behind him is a gold and scarlet filigree design.

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 3d

#store
My 100% cotton crew socks have been a GODSEND as the weather cools down! Not so hot that I'm sweaty, but thick enough to keep that cool autumn breeze away from my ankles.

These socks are US-made, and fit up to a men's 13!

store.mayakern.com

Devin wearing the ladybugs socks with brown wedges. The socks are a light pink with red accents and little ladybugs crawling all over

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 3d

who wants to read a book where the genderfluid, shape-shifting dragon gets mad at the prince they’re soul bonded to and fucks his soon-to-be bride 👀

#art #spitfire

digital painting of a hot plus size black woman straddling a thin blonde woman on a bed

digital painting of two men standing shoulder to shoulder, hands clasped like in a dance. one of them has their other hand gently holding the other by the back of the head

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gotta freak out first @thaaatsaaam.bsky.social · 3d

fuck coooooooopsssss fucking useless pigs
tho thats like an insult to pigs cuz at least some pigs are cute

gotta freak out first @thaaatsaaam.bsky.social · 3d

i.love them both 🥺

i.love

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Kane - Vgen Verified @kaneidae.bsky.social · 11d

Monstertober Day 2: Succubus

A pink armored crustacean inspired succubus

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Gummy👒 @happyyu.bsky.social · 11d

⋆.˚𖦹⋆🐻🎃⭐️✮⋆.˚

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PERTARET @FBM and MEX @pertaret.bsky.social · 20d

I wanna be near you. That's all I need.

Long overdue TSDH fanart <: I already wanna draw more fanart of them jenfjkrfffvjb

#tsdh #thesummerhikarudied

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