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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails

@tigerbattails.bsky.social

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Host of Strange Animals Podcast, fursuit maker (Tigerbat Tails), writer (as K.C. Shaw), Mongolian language learner, drummer, president of the Furry Writers' Guild. I do too many things but I get bored. Codexian. she/her https://linktr.ee/TigerbatTails

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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 27d

If you need a lowkey novella about a dragon artist, may I suggest my own book Royal Red? www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...

Royal Red

In a world of dragons... When Rose Blackthorn decides …

www.goodreads.com

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Matt Wallaert @mattwallaert.com · 4h

Ok, so this is a very big deal. Let’s thread it.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 8h

New York health officials have confirmed the first locally transmitted case of the chikungunya virus which causes high fever, joint pain and fatigue.

It’s usually a tropical virus, but there are now infected mosquitoes spreading in New York. (NYT)

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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 3h

Last hours for these adorable pins! Check out Trash Animal Enamel Pins by Angie/Eve on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/sew...

Trash Animal Enamel Pins

Who's in your trash? Enamel pins with a moving surprise

www.kickstarter.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 3h

Those that back the fuck away from Omelas.

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AJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 8h

So, I stumbled across this animation (left) that a professional studio made for a commercial client last year and a lot of it seems VERY familiar to my 2023 'PEAS' animation (right)...

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CaitieSith (Kay-tee-shee) 🥚😼 @caitiesith.bsky.social · 6h

Someone should make a game where the final boss is your Steam backlog. You can only win the game when you have at the very least played every game for an hour. I would make this game, but nobody would play it.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 18h

Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.

Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Laika L. Gagarin @laikalgagarin.bsky.social · 13h

if you have to pay to leave a job, thats indentured servitude.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

California just banned employers from forcing workers to pay a debt, fee, or penalty to leave their job.

Bosses have increasingly been trapping workers with debts incurred in training and other exploitative fees.

Now that's illegal in the nation's biggest state.

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ΛTLΛS @atlasbun.bsky.social · 21h

If you're using immigrants tax records to report them it was never about them not paying taxes.
If you're waiting outside the court it was never about them not doing it the right way.
If you are waiting for them outside their job it was never about them being lazy.
Fuck ICE.

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PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 17h

👇👇👇👇👇🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤

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Kate Shaw / Tigerbat Tails @tigerbattails.bsky.social · 1d

New story up on the Patreon feed! "Blood Oranges" was originally published in DSF so I've made it paid-patron-or-buy-it only. I wanted to set the price at $1 but the minimum is $3. If you join at the $2 level you save a dollar! Listen to the first 5 minutes free. www.patreon.com/posts/blood-...

Blood Oranges | Kate Shaw

Get more from Kate Shaw on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Re: Frankenstein | Re: Dracula | Re: Carmilla @redracula.bsky.social · 17h

Save us from the mid-campaign plateau! Help us get to 50%! We're SO CLOSE!!!!
igg.me/at/refrank

Re: Frankenstein

An audio drama adaptation of your favorite gothic sci-fi novel, from the team behind Re: Dracula! | Check out 'Re: Frankenstein' on Indiegogo.

igg.me

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · Nov 8

A drawing of a frog on a waterlily leaf, playing a FROG synth.

"You're transphobic? That's weird." [plays you out]

Image by Emma Roulette, available here: https://emmaroulette.com/FROG-Riso-Print

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19h

So that was a lie. Fenway health in Boston just eliminated access for trans youth.

Dallas is their Executive Vice President of Donor Engagement and External Relations.

Dallas Ducar @dallasducar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Massachusetts is standing strong. While many states across the country have restricted or even banned access to healthcare, Massachusetts has not backed down.

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 19h

#plug standplaatskrakow.etsy.com/listing/1718...

Ouroboros with Sisyphus inside, and "I just gotta make it to Friday." On a tee.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 20h

U.S. police kill roughly 25 pet dogs a day, the majority of which pose no threat to them.

scholars.unh.edu/unh_lr/vol17...

trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss...

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Standplaats Kraków @standplaatskrk.pl · 20h

STILL LOOKING FOR 425 IN THE NEXT HOUR TO PAY MECHANIC AND HEALTH INSURANCE FOR GF, YO!

575/1000!

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Wildlife @worldwildlife.bsky.social · 17d

Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia): This Endangered species of large cat has a population of between 4000-8000 & is native to Alpine & sub-Alpine terrain in regions of Afghanistan, Mongolia & WestChina. Poaching is the main threat & habitat loss thru development. Photo by Sascha Fonseca in Ladakh, India.

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 22h

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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furrywritersguild.bsky.social @furrywritersguild.bsky.social · 23h

The month is almost half over! Don't forget that the Furry Book Bundle is *only* available in October! If you wait too long, you'll miss out on all these amazing novels!

furrywritersguild.bsky.social @furrywritersguild.bsky.social · 8d

New post up with details about the furry book bundle, as well as the guild anthology published earlier this summer by @fenrispublishing.bsky.social ! furrywritersguild.com/2025/10/06/t...

The 2025 Book Bundle!

If you’ve been meaning to grab this year’s furry book bundle, remember that it’s only available through Oct. 31. We’re already a week into the month, so don’t delay!Yo…

furrywritersguild.com

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

yesterday on twitter, some of the biggest far right doxxing users were suspended and then elon musk caught wind, and reinstated them. get everyone you can off twitter. it is firmly a pro-doxxing-if-you’re-far-right platform

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Koda Copeland @kodacopeland.bolf.club · 1d

ATTN: Call for furry audiobook narrators for My Remise, a gay fantasy romance novel.

Requirements:
- Male, baritone voice
- Ability to do 2-4 distinct voices, and several variations for side characters.
- Professional mic.
- Space to record clean, noise-free audio.

Message for further details.

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🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 1d

if i can get these costs covered i can start moving in tomorrow!!!

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 1d

So yeah that scam and it's variations are still. Happening on bluesky yall, just remember never go to a secondary source

Report if you can

Message from

Matthew Lopez

@matthewl669691.bsky.social

(me)
Hello how can I help you

(him)
just wanted to give you a heads up someone's pretending to be you here on bksy, and it's causing some confusion. i've got proof to show you so you know what's really going on.

(me, already knowing the scam)
Oh really and who's that

(him)
I don't have their username, they have me block, please add me on discord. i can send you a screenshot of the email i got from bluesky there. matthewl669691

(him)
Oh man that's wild, you do t have the user name? So what proof is it then? Becuase anyone pretending to be me would need to have a user name

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