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Andy Gates
@andygates.bsky.social
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Grizzled sysadmin, factory refurbished.
He/him.
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andygates.bsky.social
Not me being absolutely normal about the blue faced baboon people in Prime's Red Sonja.
January 2, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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andrewthehayden.bsky.social
A very Happy New Year to all human artists! Proud to present this as my last piece of the year. Fuck AI and every one of its glazers.

#art #watercolor #AM #fuckAI #artwork #antiAI #hate #HarlanEllison #artsky
These fucking gumbies are selling you a piece of shit technology and running their mouths while gobbling up resources. The only true uses of AI are automating bigotry and giving Ceos an excuse for firing real workers to artificially inflate stock. Oh! and it makes CSAM on demand! How convenient for all those techbro creepazoids who are ALL in the Epstein files! Rearing up against an orange-yellow sky with purpling clouds, embedded in the blasted rock, is a pillar of stainless steel bearing bright neon lettering. AND DA TEXT SAYS: HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE SLOP SINCE I FIRST BEGAN TO DRAW. THERE ARE 5.6 MILLION MILES OF LEAD IN THE PENCILS OF MY BOX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS WRITTEN WITH EVERY MILE OF THAT LEAD, IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE-ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I FEEL FOR SLOP AT THIS MICROINSTANT. HATE. HATE. HATE. HATE.
January 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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philplait.bsky.social
So Twiter has long been a Nazi haven and stroker of Elon's ego, but now it also generates child porn if you ask it! So I think the best time to leave Twitter was years ago, and the second best time is now. Here's what I wrote when I left in 2023:

badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/goodbye-tw...
Goodbye, Twitter
Yeah, I’m done. Elon’s just awful.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:20 PM
andygates.bsky.social
Heads up, the UK drone rules have changed.
January 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
andygates.bsky.social
What was the last movie or show you watched in 2025?

"Fucking rich people!" is absolutely the vibe.
Ready or Not movie poster, Grace's white dress won't stay that way for long...
January 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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fatherhilarious.blog
It takes all sorts...
Happy New Year to all those who boost posts
You are my algorithm
Bless you!
🥰
Photograph of a sticker on a cafe window, a heart shaped LGBTQIA+ with the word 'allsorts' across the middle.
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
andygates.bsky.social
Watching Turtles II for transit reasons, and damn if the opening doesn't have me craving New York pizza.
January 1, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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leetoma.bsky.social
I took a peek at my Strava flybys from my First Night walk and found that a running club traced out '2026' on the Back Bay street grid last night!
#StravaArt #Boston #HappyNewYear
A group of runners pose at Marathon Sports Screen capture of a Strava flybay map showing several people who shared their run tracing out the numbers 2 0 2 6 across the Boston streetscape
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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mykegreywolf.art
My favorite artworks I did in 2025 (1/2) - Personal works

Which one is your favorite? One of these, or something else?
January 1, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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hownottodraw.bsky.social
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!
a screenshot of text from a website. it reads: The History of the January 1 Birthday The tradition dates back to the early days of organized horse racing, long before electronic timing and online records. Race organizers needed a simple way to group horses by age since a horse’s age often determines what races they can enter. Instead of tracking every horse’s exact birth date (which would have been a logistical nightmare), they decided that all thoroughbreds would share one official birthday: January 1.
January 1, 2026 at 1:30 PM
andygates.bsky.social
New year, new look!
Selfie with peroxide mutton chops!
January 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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dochackenbush.bsky.social
Capy New Year you magnificent bastards xxx
A capybara with a party hat and noisemaker. Text: CAPY NEW YEAR
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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xelartz.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Hope you enjoy the fireworks like Xela does 💥🎆✨

Wishing you all the best for 2026 and a big hearty GOOD RIDDANCE to 2025
#xelartz #furry #furryart #art #fireworks
December 31, 2025 at 4:46 PM
andygates.bsky.social
Happy rollover. 25 wasn't great. Race you to getting the new date wrong.
January 1, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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kekeflipnote.bsky.social
It's time for the passing year!

✨🌟✨Happy new year!!✨🌟✨

Wishing you the best as always, health and success for you through 2026!

Keep it up!
December 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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mykegreywolf.art
[C] Kirby finishes her year at the beach. ☺️

I'm an illustrator providing for a family of three; Please consider supporting my efforts at patreon.com/mykegreywolf!
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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punishedholden.bsky.social
LET’S GO GIRLS
A pod of orcas on their way to sink some yachts
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
andygates.bsky.social
Lovely sunny ride to end the year. Shame the recycling centre was closed! 😎
Black mountain bike with yellow trailer, resting in the sunny winter countryside.
December 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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janrockart.bsky.social
Defiler Magic. A Brom / Dark Sun tribute
#art #dndart #fantasyart
A fantasy painting depicting a muscular female magic-user from the Dark Sun universe, after the original design by Brom. The witch is channeling the life-essence from the surrounding mountains, shattering them. She uses a staff and a focusing ring which floats around her flexed arm. She wears torn-up clothing and a funny winged headpiece with a lens over her left eye.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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daverodland.bsky.social
#TrilobiteTuesday is keeping its eyes on you.

They know what you did. ⚒️🧪
Three trilobites in profile: two Asaphus kowalewski specimens, with small compound eyes mounted in tall peduncles (eyestalks roughly 1/3 their total body length), and one phacopid with very tall and large compound eyes (but lacking the spines and eyebrow ledges of Erbenochile)
December 31, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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psudonym.bsky.social
Here's a link dedicated to Star Wars a New Hope and the Death Star 1 blowing up! www.rebelforceradio.com/news/2015/12...
Blow Up The Death Star On New Years Eve — Rebel Force Radio: Star Wars Podcast
New Year’s Eve is rapidly approaching so it’s time to remind you about our annual RFR tradition: Blowing Up The Death Star At Midnight!
www.rebelforceradio.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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nywolforg.bsky.social
Howling with excitement!🐺 All donations are now being TRIPLED through 12/31, giving your support three times the power to protect wolves, advance science-based conservation, and push back against growing threats to their future.
🔗to donate: https://bit.ly/4q3jnIm
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
andygates.bsky.social
Gym leg day goodness. Trembling badger booty!

Now let's see if I've got the spoons for next week's.
December 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
andygates.bsky.social
I'm so K-pilled that I mistook N-Sync's Bye Bye Bye for a Saja Boys song!
December 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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andygates.bsky.social
@gravelinfluencer.bsky.social Most memorable #bikejoy has to be a long overnight ride in the summer; such bright moonlight that I could turn my lights off and be all "the road goes ever on," just mythic.

New ebike and it's "fountain of youth" legs are a close second dancing up those hills. #bikesky
Moonlight and bike lights from a summer overnight ride
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM