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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️ Lightning Tenrec Adopt ⚡️

BTA to help pay for my dog’s recent vet visit! bid here or on toyhouse toyhou.se/35766870.lig...

#adopt #adoptable #furry #furryadopt #furryadoptable #furrybta #anthro #anthroadopt #anthroadoptable

a lightning-themed lowland streaked tenrec which channels electricity through their quills, wearing a tank top, leather pants and boots, and fingerless gloves

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · 1d

⚡️ Lightning Tenrec Adopt ⚡️

BTA to help pay for my dog’s recent vet visit! bid here or on toyhouse toyhou.se/35766870.lig...

#adopt #adoptable #furry #furryadopt #furryadoptable #furrybta #anthro #anthroadopt #anthroadoptable

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · 2d

long time no see! bluesky was broken for me for a while :p

new adopt to help pay for my dog’s recent vet visit! bid here or on toyhouse toyhou.se/35731730.erm...

#adopt #adoptable #furry #furryadopt #furryadoptable #furrybta #anthro #anthroadopt #anthroadoptable

long-tailed weasel spirit in white ermine coat with red accents, has wings and antlers, and is wearing a gothic white cloak, holly berries, and chains

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · 2d

long time no see! bluesky was broken for me for a while :p

new adopt to help pay for my dog’s recent vet visit! bid here or on toyhouse toyhou.se/35731730.erm...

#adopt #adoptable #furry #furryadopt #furryadoptable #furrybta #anthro #anthroadopt #anthroadoptable

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Tobias "Zombie Moose" 🫎 @zombiemoose.bsky.social · 19d

Payment (2 of 2) for @weaselbonez.bsky.social! I had a lot of fun with this one.

A drawing of an anthropomorphic striped polecat. She has seafoam green and dark blue fur, long curly hair that is purple and seafoam green (with a lightning bolt marking also in her hair), and her irises and the inside of her ears are rainbow-colored. She is wearing a white labcoat with dark blue gloves and a tie, as well as bright green goggles and spectacles. She is putting one hand on her chest. The background is various brushstrokes of a seafoam/teal color that resemble waves of water.

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · Sep 9

hi, cis folks!

if you said you’d stand with trans people, we need you now.

the FY26 budget bill gets a vote by 9/30. the GOP wants to jam a ban on federal funding for ALL health services that provide trans care for ANY AGE.

we need you to call senators: reps.fyi

more info & script downthread.🧵

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Sep 8

NEWS: House Appropriations Committee Republicans released their spending bill for Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies. The legislation would prohibit taxpayer dollars for any type of gender-affirming care for transgender people. This would include programs like Medicaid

SEC. 243. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, administer, or enforce Executive Order 13988, entitled ‘‘Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation’’, published by the Executive Office of the President on January 25, 2021 (86 Fed. Reg. 7023).

SEC. 244. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for any social, psychological, behavioral,or medical intervention performed for the purposes of in16 tentionally changing the body of an individual (including
by disrupting the body’s development, inhibiting its natural functions, or modifying its appearance) to no longer correspond to the individual’s biological sex.

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · Sep 11

You can "honor" Kirk's memory by doing the thing he'd hate and donating to an organization that wants to help low-income trans adults receive gender affirming care:

www.transincomeproject.org/donate

(also read my interview with TIPs executive director in the original post)

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Sep 1

FINISHED! Barbourofelis fricki, polymer clay sculpture. 13+ hours of work… fully hand-made!

this sculpture is for sale here! ko-fi.com/s/0f5a3e3e75...

#barbourofelis #sabertooth #paleoart #paleontology #animalart #wildlifeart #extinct #prehistoric

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Sep 1

FINISHED! Barbourofelis fricki, polymer clay sculpture. 13+ hours of work… fully hand-made!

this sculpture is for sale here! ko-fi.com/s/0f5a3e3e75...

#barbourofelis #sabertooth #paleoart #paleontology #animalart #wildlifeart #extinct #prehistoric

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✖️☠️𝔉𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔏𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔡☠️✖️ @fallenrockstars.rip · Aug 30

Out of toothpaste, toilet paper, hand soap and a few other household necessities. Shares appreciated so I can grab what I need from Walmart later

✖️☠️𝔉𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔲𝔰 𝔏𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔡☠️✖️ @fallenrockstars.rip · Aug 28

Been having trouble staying afloat due to wrangling symptoms of possible epilepsy + a bunch of appointments for trying to get it diagnosed.

Not an emergency— I have food in the house and no big bills, but I really don’t wanna overdraft again so anything helps in the meantime

ko-fi.com/lostvegas

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 30

working on a creature (barbourofelis fricki)
will hopefully be for sale? soon

#paleoart #paleontology #sculpture #paleosculpture #barbourofelis #sabertooth #cenozoic #animalart #wildlifeart

work in progress polymer clay sculpture of barbourofelis fricki, front view

roughed out general shape, pre-baked by my mom who burnt it •_• but it survived! no damage! except it was white before and it came out colored like a chocolate brown siamese cat. LOL (forgot to take the pic before i started putting the second layer of clay on, ignore that)

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 29

wip, got some things to do so i may or may not finish this in the next few days. chapalmalania altaefrontis, giant “raccoon!”

#chapalmalania #procyonidae #cenozoic #paleoart #paleontology #animalart #wildlifeart

work-in-progress chapalmalania altaefrontis, a very large, bear-like extinct relative of raccoons. lined but yet to be colored

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sichuan Weasel (Mustela aistoodonnivalis)

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#sichuanweasel #missingtoothedpygmyweasel #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

sichuan weasel, an extremely rare weasel, known only from one or two deceased specimens. it is very similar to and was once considered a subspecies of the least weasel, but genetic analysis indicates it is more closely related to the stoats. like the least weasel, it is small with a brown dorsal coat and thin tail. unlike the least weasel, it has a white chin and yellowish underside, and the tail is much longer, and seems to have a darker tip. it is apparently not known to develop a white winter coat as in the least weasel, stoats, and long-tailed weasel. like other weasels, it has a long body and short legs and ears.

Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Colombian Weasel (Neogale felipei)

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#colombianweasel #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

a very rare, fairly large weasel. very similar to closely related amazon weasel but slightly darker. it has dark brown, nearly black fur, with a buff yellowish-orange underside. down the middle of the underside is often a stripe or irregular splotches of the same color as the dorsal fur. like other weasels, it has a long body and short ears and legs. the tail is very slightly bushy.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Amazon Weasel (Neogale africana)

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#amazonweasel #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

a very rare weasel; only one live specimen has been recorded so far. it is a fairly large weasel with dark reddish-brown fur and a buff-yellowish underside. the chin may be whitish. down the middle of the underside is a thick stripe the same color as the dorsal fur. it is very similar in appearance to the closely related colombian weasel, but slightly lighter in color.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Back-striped Weasel (Mustela strigidorsa)

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#backstripedweasel #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

back-striped weasel, a small brown weasel with a thin white stripe down its back. the chin and underside are yellowish, sometimes whitish. like other weasels, it has a long body and short legs and ears. its tail is somewhat bushy.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Haida Ermine (Mustela haidarum) (warning, contains photos of dead animals)

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#haidaermine #haidastoat #stoat #ermine #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

haida ermine in winter coat; pure white except for a black tail tip. during the summer, it is brown with a white underside and same black tail tip. all three stoat species have this same general coloration including seasonal color change, but the haida ermine appears to have a slightly darker summer coat, and comparatively slightly shorter tail. the three species are morphologically very similar; the haida ermine is officially distinguished mostly by the elongated skull in its morphology. it is thought to be a result of hybrid speciation between the eurasian and american ermines. like other weasels, it has a long body and short legs. photographs of its summer coat seem to currently only be of deceased specimens.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hairy-nosed Otter (Lutra sumatrana)

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#hairynosedotter #otter #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

hairy-nosed otter, a rare otter species known for lacking a nose pad; the area is instead covered with very short fur. like other otters, it has a long body, short legs, small ears, webbed feet, muscular tail, and short, dense fur. it is brown with a slightly lighter chin and throat and usually a white patch on the throat, as well as white lips.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Bornean Ferret-badger (Melogale everetti)

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#borneanferretbadger #ferretbadger #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

bornean ferret-badger, a species of mustelid of the genus melogale known for their elongated snouts and bushy tails. this species has extensive white or yellowish markings and underside, and a whitish fade at the tip of the tail. the rest of its fur is greyish-brown. like other ferret-badgers, it has a long body and short legs. aside from the vietnam ferret-badger, the ferret-badger species look very similar and are difficult to distinguish by appearance alone.

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Vietnam Ferret-badger (Melogale cucphuongensis) (warning, contains photos of dead animals)

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#vietnamferretbadger #ferretbadger #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

vietnam ferret-badger, a unique species of ferret-badger with little to almost no white patches on the face and a mostly uniform brown color. the underside may be slightly yellowish. like other ferret-badgers, it has a long snout and bushy tail, and a long body with short legs. this animal is extremely rare; only two deceased specimens are known

Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Patagonian Weasel (Lyncodon patagonicus)

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#patagonianweasel #weasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife

patagonian weasel, a small weasel with a grey or brown back and black underside. a thick white band runs across the forehead and down the neck. the top of the head is dark. the ears are very small and the tail is somewhat short for a weasel. like other weasels, its body is long and its legs are short

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

African Striped Weasel (Poecilogale albinucha)

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#africanstripedweasel #mustelid #mustelidae #animal #wildlife #weasel

african striped weasel, a small weasel with a black base coat and white stripes resembling a skunk. the tail is long, white, and somewhat bushy. like other weasels, it has a long body and short ears and legs

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Lennie Ghiottona @weaselbonez.bsky.social · Aug 27

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if it interests anyone i compiled a few photo albums of the rarer mustelids that are currently lacking in photos. mostly tried to keep it to color photos of live animals but a few do have mostly or only dead specimens. if you have more images please send them to me!

#mustelid #mustelidae

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Furry Found Footage @furryfootage.bsky.social · Aug 26

the idea that we have to assimilate to earn respect is nothing but a control lever

respect is everyone's birthright

Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · Aug 26

respectability politics will see us all killed

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