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Goose, sometimes artist, BC local
Streaming on Twitch at variable times @SmileyBeaks
Home base on FA @ Sixel
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Sixel @sixel.bsky.social · Jan 21
Ah whoops forgot to pin this - fixed! 💖
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thornwolf.com
I got word that an original painting that @spottacus.org commissioned me to create is now on auction via Goodwill. Auction ends in just a little over 1 day and is currently at just $30 so if you want an original painting of mine for an absolute steal, here's the link shopgoodwill.com/item/251172556
A watercolor and colored pencil painting of a sabertooth cat anthro with two young cubs, surrounded by african animal families. Piece shows the sabertooth anthros inside a cave covered by cave paintings showing an adult's drawings but also the drawings and paint splatters of the children at kid height.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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tbskyen.com
Tumblr post by and-fishing-equipment reading "in 2026 DO NOT ask yourself whether your art is GOOD instead ask: - Is it SINCERE - is it CATHARTIC - was it FUN TO MAKE - is it MADE BY ME and don't forget to stay silly"
December 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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storyforest.bsky.social
Stargazing in a national park 💙🌌

Commissioned by Evix, featuring Haazbrinken the eagle and Evix the scrubjay
December 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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lostbluejay.bsky.social
Also a neat Bluesky feature: You can post as many gifs as you want in comments/replies and they will not show up in your media tab at all. Your media tab will remain uncluttered of gifs.
a young boy in a blue shirt is typing on a laptop computer .
Alt: a young boy in a blue shirt is typing on a laptop computer .
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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joabaldwin.com
🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋
It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!
Tips: moving from Xitter to Bsky Before you start following people, fill out your profile! Bio, PFP, banner, and post at least 5 to 10 things. Just reuse your top 10 banger tweets—recycling is encouraged! This way, people will know you aren’t a bot, will see what you are about, and might follow back. Turn off NSFW filters in Settings > Moderation > Enable Adult Contentand at the bottom on Settings > Moderation > Bluesky Mod Service Find your friends from the hellsite using Sky-Follower-Bridge.devNot perfect, but it will find the majority of the people you were following.Beware of fake tools that ask for money! Follow a few feeds related to your interests. In bsky you choose what kind of content you want to see. You can pin feeds (into tabs) to the top of your timeline, and you always have access to the Following feed which shows nothing but who you choose to follow. Block often. Don’t interact with trolls. Don’t quote dunk, comment, nothing. Let them rot in silence, take away their oxygen and they’ll asphixiate. This is the Bsky way. Turn off language filters in Settings > Languages > Content Languages Or you won’t see posts from anyone in Japan, Germany, etc, in your feeds, even if they only post a cool image with no text. Weird, but trust me on this one. Uncheck all to see all posts. Fuck content scrapers. Do not let that trash overwhelm this site, do not share their stolen content. You can block them all with two clicks by going to joabaldwin.com/scrapers and on the top-right clicking on Subscribe > Block Accounts (I know, “Subscribe” is an odd thing to name it, but that’s how block lists work). Use alt text to make images accessible. Helps for translations, readability, findability, and users with slow internet. Turn on Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting It takes time to rebuild, but the best time to do it is right now. Use your last tweets to tell everyone to move, then stop posting. Twitter is a Nazi/AI/bot/crypto cesspit.
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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ruca-0775.bsky.social
素敵な夜を
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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troubledminnesotan.bsky.social
I’m sure other people will post it but hey
Panel 1 Kermit with a top hat sings, “there’s only one more sleep til…” Panel 2 Kermit stands alone in a wintery Victorian street looking up at the moon as he finishes singing, “…Christmas.” Panel 3 Close up on Kermit as he screams internally
December 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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breelundberg.com
If you stopped wearing masks, you can start again anytime! At *least* while you’re traveling! Don’t ruin your holidays with covid or flu.
bbghost.bsky.social emily 🩷 @bbghost.bsky.social · 6d
it’s an amazing time to wear a well-fitted face mask, preferably an N95
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
sixel.bsky.social
So apparently I’m allergic to birds (definitely pigeons)
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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mikedangeli.bsky.social
Raven & the stars 18” drum

Done and delivered!

#raven #nool #mikedangeliart #mikedangelidesigns
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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erininthemorning.com
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.

www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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clever-reports.bsky.social
We report: in the depths of bog country, the will-o’-the-wisps of distant city lights are keeping the sky three shades above full darkness. This is not enough light to observe the night life we hear, no matter how much we squint. We still think we see things move above the water.
Digital painting of a night landscape: a dark grey, opaque sky above distant mountains, and marsh land in the foreground. There is a pond with clods covered in grass emerging from the water. There are hazy lights glowing above the mountains, lending a greenish tint to the sky there.
December 17, 2025 at 11:47 PM
sixel.bsky.social
Just had some pretty intense horizontal rain and hail blow through - small hail, but sure made a racket #BCstorm #Coquitlam
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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bcwildfirewkly.bsky.social
ABBOTSFORD: “Parts of Abbotsford remain under a flood warning, and thousands of residents were without power Monday, while even more rain is forecast to fall on the region.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/12/16/a... - @citynewsvancouver.bsky.social

#Abbotsford #BCFlood #BCStorm #FraserValley
Abbotsford residents recover from flooding; More rain on the way
Parts of Abbotsford remain under a flood warning, and thousands of residents were without power Monday with more rain on the forecast.
vancouver.citynews.ca
December 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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treelet.bsky.social
Straight up, you cannot use genAI and claim to respect the creativity and labor of any artist. Accept that you are money-grubbing hypocrite and move on.
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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sarahscrumbs.bsky.social
This was a holiday card I painted several years ago. My husband suggested I paint "six geese a-honking" 🤣

#ArtAdventCalendar #birds #birdart
Six Canada geese in a row, all in various stages of honking. Painted in watercolor on a green background.
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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saskajanet.bsky.social
I love birds so much. Look at this face

#birds 🌿
Head and shoulders portrait of an American Robin looking directly into the camera.
December 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
sixel.bsky.social
Some crazy cool clouds out there this evening #BCStorm
Sunset clouds in high wind
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social
Over 40000 @bchydro customers without power as winds gust as high as 80km/h over parts of the #BC Lower Mainland this afternoon as the system that brought heavy rain overnight and record high temps to the area moves SE into the US.

#BCwind #BCstorm #BCstormwatch #BCwx
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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alextomlinson.com
Postal birds! 🐦✉️
December 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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joldfish.bsky.social
"I'm not a furry"
Reservoir of Wicked Anthro Temptation held back by a cracked dam labeled "I'm not a furry." Jenna Begay holds a folder labeled "But."
December 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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yvrwxwatcher.bsky.social
#Coquitlam River at Kingsway in Port Coquitlam has definitely risen as it’s now at the same level as the pedestrian path. Flowing very swiftly yet still within its banks but don’t be fooled, just because it isn’t raging those currents are strong.

940a

#BCwx #BCstorm #BCflood #PortCoquitlam
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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thoughtrise.bsky.social
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized text says: Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved. Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch. This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.

It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
RISE IN U.S. MEASLES CASES 1,912 13 AS OF TUESDAY 2020 14,608% INCREASE CDC /NEWS 5:39 MT
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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trulyavaporeon.bsky.social
A tangle of Sylveon 🎀
A black and white comic strip featuring Pokemon. These two strips are about the different names for groups of Pokemon. In panel 1, the text reads "A group of Glaceon is a flurry." Three Glaceon are standing together in a flurry of snow. In panel 2, the text reads "A group of two Leafeon is a sprig... And a BIG group is a grove." Two Leafeon are sitting and looking at one another. A big pile of Leafeon is shown on the right side. In panel 3, Vaporeon arrives, saying "And a group of Sylveon is a tangle!" A trio of three irritated looking Sylveon respond, "No, it's not!" In panel 4, Vaporeon gets an obnoxious smile on her face, and says "OK, OK, fine... it's a snarled up mess." The three Sylveon grow angry, yelling "NO IT'S NOT!" A black and white comic strip featuring Pokemon. In panel 1, Vaporeon sits nervously at a table, holding a stack of papers and looking away. A big, grouchy Pangoro wearing a tie sits next to her. Vaporeon says "Ahem. I have been, um, advised by the good folks at Pangoro Law Firm to make some... clarifying statements." In panel 2, Vaporeon continues "A group of Flareon is, in fact, called a sizzle! Wowza!" Pangoro nods in approval. In panel 3, Vaporeon continues "A group of Murkrow is a congress, and Sylveon are called a frollick! Isn't that, um, cute. Haha." She continues to sweat. In panel 4, Vaporeon puts her papers down, revealing that she is tied up like a cartoon villain. She says "... can you untie me now?" Pangoro grimaces and says "I'll need to consult with my client first." Murkrow, from previous comic strip, peeks up from below the desk and says "No."
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM