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So apparently, the US Gov, in their most recent series of dog whistles, are pulling LOTR references and are outright saying that their fascist reign of terror is akin to protecting the Shire. Absolutely fucking not. The comparison is a straightforward dogwhistle, don't let them confuse you.

A digital illustration of a spotted ocelot cat reclined in a green, grassy place. The cat has rich, orange fur dappled with large dark spots and stripes. There are multicolored, Icelandic poppies sprouting from its shoulders and body.

A digital illustration of two kitties in a green place. One kitty is lying down and the other is sitting behind it. They both have flowers sprouting from their bodies in pink and purple tones. This artwork is 100% human made.

A commission info card with three crops of illustrations in the background. There is a cat, a dog and a red panda.

A digital illustration of a small, blue dragon wrapped around blue raspberries. The dragon’s tail is curled around the berry that it is sitting on and the dragon’s large blue eye is fixed on the viewer.

✨Good morning everyone! My December commission queue is OPEN for 3 slots only!✨
If you are interested please check out my TOS for pricing and contact info:
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A digital illustration of three cats relaxing in a green and grassy place. The cats are cuddling together and they have orange and white flowers sprouting from their bodies. The left cat is a brown tabby, the middle cat is a black cat and the right most cat is a long haired orange tabby.

Floral Kitty Trio - Botanimal Pet Portrait 2024
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Absolutely.

Something we have to understand is that evil never takes a break. Never takes a holiday. When those of us on the left breathe a sigh of relief cons seethe and scheme and pressure. And they do it constantly

That it takes constant pressure to move something as big as an institution.

Some Baldur's Gate 3 landscapes from last year

#art #baldursgate3

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FEEDBACK FORM: Use this to demand bsky roll back its harmful adult content policies and ask for a better labeling system instead! #bskycensorship

Art and writing are FICTIONAL. The people depicted are not real and cannot consent, but WE, real people trying to safely enjoy or share a craft with others, can consent to seeing properly flagged material like adults.

NO PORN TO POST?

Use the tag #bskycensorship to talk about why this matters and to demand change regardless!

Repost nsfw artist work in protest, uplift our voices, and tell others what's going on and why to care! Check the replies on the TOS post for ways to explain:

bsky.app/profile/bsky...

#bskycensorship

An elegant Black woman, draped in a cape of yellow birch leaves, dressed in a gown made of paper birch bark. She stands in a forest of birch trees holding a staff with a glowing white orb at the top, snow swirling from it.

Birch Queen, walker of Autumn, herald of Winter. Had a lot of fun with this one!

I cannot emphasize this enough:

The regime has overextended itself. It is vulnerable to protest and dissent.

They have not consolidated power and we are entirely capable of keeping them from doing so.

Doomers are not realists.

Hey again. Coming out of my hiatus hole to bring you and updated script. It now includes H.R. 5300, the apparent "we will revoke your passport for political thought crimes" bill by Brian Mast and heralded by Marco Rubio.

Short Script. #savespeech

A lot of my followers and general sphere understands this but it's really important we recognize that even if we don't like some art for personal moral reasons, we need to defend its right to exist. We went from no rape to no cat ears in less than two months. Everyone who warned about this was right

Wynne (@kamikampi's oc) Demonify your OC commission in which she has become a corrupt druid demon. She uses twisted branches of wood that protrude from her body to form a bow from her own arm and grabs with her other hand an arrow that has been stuck in her chest, coming out of her back. She has holes in her torso revealing a green light coming from her heart. She stares at the viewer with a sinister green gaze from behind her twisted wooden mask and her hair, which has turned into dry autumn leaves.

Corrupt druid demon Wynne 🕸️🥀

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We don't know what's going to happen so might as well fight for better. That's really my basic political orientation.

Lastly, but not leastly, keep calling paypros and follow the people leading the movements/looking for solutions. They are the goats. #savespeech

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@acvalens.net
@voiddebris.bsky.social
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@conjured.ink

Be sure to use their websites too.

Tomorrow we all need to pound ALL of our reps about this. Demand consequences.

Theyre doing shit like this because they think they will face no meaningfup consequences, so we need to make a big fuss about this so it isnt further normalized

J18 Publishing 🔜 VeXpo E15 @J18Publishing This morning, we were banned the San Japan convention in San Antonio, Texas just before Day 2 of the show. The fine literature we serve up is too incisive for the masters of The Lone Star State these days, particularly ahead of the anti-anime SB20 law going into effect on Monday.

JAST @ VEXPO E15 @jastusa After a very successful Friday, we were banned from the San Japan convention in San Antonio, Texas this weekend. Our content is too provocative for the powerful of the Lone Star State, ahead of the anti-anime bill SB20 going into effect on Monday.

JAST & J18 Publishing are both out of San Antonio's San Japan due to SB 20 going into effect on Monday

OP lost access to their account because of the contents of the books they were reading. A casual reminder this isn't just trying to put "child safety" locks on the internet, artists, Etc. This is more book burning/banning as well.

We must never, EVER obey this censorship, for it's evil.

Make calls NOW to protect all LGBTQIA+ Art:

#SayNoToFascism

Screenshot reading: "They come for porn first because it's one of the easiest things to vilify and the most embarrassing to defend. Because so many of us will automatically laugh at anyone saying 'my inability to purchase/access tentacle hentai is a serious threat to free speech' even when it 100% is"

Screenshot reading: "Have concerns about the Orwellian digital ID pilot program? Good to know you support child predators. Don't think two private companies should have unilateral say over what kind of art can or can't be sold? Touch grass, gooner. A few thought-terminating cliches end all arguments. You have to fight back now, you have to fight back hard, and you have to fight for the stuff you think is gross and creepy and stupid, because the taboo topics you care about are next"

Since MB doesn't seem active on here and it's worth seeing a crosspost

AI impoverishes us at every step of the process: - data centers pollute our environment - energy use drives up costs - content theft robs creators of income - the actual output is used to displace workers and depress wages - using it harms our mental health and impairs our competence - the flood of AI slop is damaging our sociopolitical landscape All in service of making a worse product - and world - to enrich a handful of already spectacularly wealthy people

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI:

At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

There are state-level online ID bills that can still be stopped! If you are in one of these states, you have the opportunity to make a huge difference!

Senator Murray Calls for Immediate Firing of RFK Jr., Commends CDC Director Monarez’s Stand for Science and Public Health - Senator Patty Murray Senator Murray: “If there are any adults left in the White House, it’s well past time they face reality… We cannot let RFK Jr. burn what’s left of the CDC and our other critical health agencies to the...

Call your Senators and let’s get this motherfucker impeached

www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murr...

Pay attention. Your family’s safety is on the line.

“Incoherent empty men want to sell me the chance to stop reading and writing and thinking, to stop caring for my kids or talking to my parents, to stop choosing what I do or knowing why I do it.”

reminder that MasterCard and VISA are very okay with processing payments for guns and bullets, just not a video game where two fictional people fuck.

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'

You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

Media outlets seem to have soured on the AI hype machine.