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The Thompsons

@vipersden.bsky.social

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Shared account of Alex and Bryce. LGBT+ friendly Aspiring Artist/Author teaching his boyfriend his craft Police Officer with a hunger for self improvement We LOVE balls! https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4650355/Copperhead-Literature

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · Jan 5

A rule for new followers. ONLY follow me and Bryce AFTER you’ve seen my art/writing. This is an ART account first and foremost.

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 6h

Fair point. I was gonna take it that far while I was typing, but decided it was a little much. Guess I was wrong.

The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 6h

I can respect that. Still, be careful. Even if you have nothing but your lives to lose, they're gonna take what they can to make examples.

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 8h

Also, WEAR PLAIN CLOTHES AND COVER YOUR GODDAMN FACE. They WILL track you through that, too. It’s happened before.

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ASH (academia era) 🦋 @pinksphinx.art · 20h

I'm writing a college essay about self publishing comics and why artists should give it a shot/how it could launch them into something bigger/how magical it all is to have your story told. Hey @cartoonist.coop peers, anyone willing to answer some questions?

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 8h

Keep. Fucking. QUIET about attending a protest. DO NOT sign up for it. Leave your phone OFF, buy things with CASH if you need to, use PUBLIC TRANSIT. BE SMART ABOUT THIS. The last thing you want is the government hunting you down because you got caught.

GlaireDaggers🍉🏳️‍⚧️ - KOFI COMMS OPEN @glairedaggers.bsky.social · 9h

Since the No Kings stuff is coming up again, reminder that you 100% should not *sign up* for a protest. You can just show up.

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Anis @anisimovalex.bsky.social · 9h

Commission for @leonisalpha.bsky.social

#pixelart #furryart #commission #gif #anim

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks so much to my mother, who threw out a broken doorknob with screws I needed to install a new one, because OF COURSE the ones that came with said new knob were too damn short.

The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 8h

It’s not a conspiracy anymore. Hasn’t been in years. It’s real goddamn life, and it’s out for us all.

Basket @baskycase.bsky.social · 8h

What do you know, I'm now getting served ads and YouTube videos about Japanese mechanical pencils. Very expensive ones at that.

Frightening.

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Basket @baskycase.bsky.social · 8h

The amount that phones and computers spy on you to serve you ads is terrifying. I looked up some physical notepads to buy to take notes when reading stuff to give better feedback to people. My ads and recommendations start showing notepads.

Then comment to a friend that my mechanical pencil suck-

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Az Grim @azgrim.bsky.social · 13h

Sharktober '25 - 15 Cowboy Shark
#sharktober2025
I miss @capi974.bsky.social sharkies T_T

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Sky K.I. @skykdotidot.bsky.social · 1d

I love it when songs do this

Right Hand Side Cupholder listens to music as usual and that one part turns him into a sharkman with big moobs, ot is that good

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 16h

✨🐦‍⬛🏳️‍🌈 &🐦‍⬛⏳✨

(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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chickensnpies @chickensnpies.bsky.social · 14h

what a chill bird

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Gay Breakfast @gaybreakfast.bsky.social · 16h

🔪✨🗡️

“And if anyone has a problem with that…” the Crow Time Crow menaces, posing with a red handled kitchen knife in their beak. The little crow is still perched on the stick, but now cheekily brandishes a small dagger with progress pride color facets on the handle.

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gray @ working through comms @graysheartart.bsky.social · 13h

comm for @luseph.bsky.social !! 😡

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 13h

Andrew, we're voting you off the island and back to the suburbs.

Our new ad just aired during Survivor.

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Saint Twiggie 🙏 🔞 @twiggietime.bsky.social · 1d

Support your local, human, erotica creators. You need chatgpt to suck your e-dick for you? You absolutely fucking LOSER

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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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 20h

Scary Nights - Gator Days

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(っ◔◡◔)っ Rudzik @rudzik.bsky.social · 1d

✨Can you guys help me out and like + repost this post for a #VGenCode? I can't get my hands on anyone to give me one, but 20 repost and 100 like qualify me as an artist without having one! Please repost and like this post <3
✨You can also follow me there <3✨
vgen.co/Rudzik/chara...

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 1d

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of severe disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 22h

My breath is bated. I can't wait to read this with Bryce!

Glory Hounds VN @gloryhoundsvn.bsky.social · 1d

Issue 5 will be available for the public to read this Friday.

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 22h

Update: Even fewer restrictions

We had to update this graphic because of a miscalculation based on an average instead of actual.

Out of approximately 174,500 students, there were only 38 with parental restrictions. That’s far lower than the number you get when using the 0.01% average.

Student Library Access 25/26 Q1 Data

Default Full Access
Unrestricted 99.99%
Limited Access 0.01%
No Access 0%

The seven reporting districts included in these numbers are Alachua, Bradford, Calhoun, Franklin, Lafayette, Lake, and Polk. Four of the seven reported 100% of their students still had full access to the library at the end of the quarter. The total student population represented is approximately 174,500; however, the actual total number of restrictions across the seven districts is 38 and not 1,745 (which is based on the average percentage).

Default No Access

Sarasota:

Default- No Access 7.3%
Selected-Full Access 91.8%
Selected- Limited Access .37%
Selected- No Access .39%

Hernando
Default- No access 48.44%
Selected-Full Access 81.08%
Selected- Limited Access 17.38%
Selected- No Access .72%

The two districts reporting serve approximately 74,300 students. In Hernando County alone, 11,685 students have not been allowed to check out a library book due to a missing parent permission slip.
This is the second year where Hernando has required a form to access the library despite 10,084 of the 12,437 returned parent permission forms grant children full access to the library. They've created an unnecessary barrier to entry.

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The Thompsons @vipersden.bsky.social · 23h

Feels good to get back into drawing, though. I just have so much of a backlog, it's hard to choose what TO draw that day.

Angels with Scaly Wings @scalywings.bsky.social · 23h

The troublemakers have multiplied.

So sorry this took so long. Actual work has been taking away most of my time.

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · Sep 14

We don’t want AI slop.
Stop sending us AI slop.
Stop wasting our time with AI slop.
It doesn’t sound good.
It’s antithetical to our core values.
You didn’t even make it.
Knock it off.

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