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@thehamofficial.bsky.social

Aside from the obvious reasons to mask, it's pretty embarrassing to admit you're just allowing yourself to get sick because someone might make fun of you, like are we in elementary school? Are you also scared to wear glasses lest someone call you "four eyes"?

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.

If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.

Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!

December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

In 2026 let’s normalize masking for public health.

If we could admit that with healthcare being gutted, vaccine access restricted and previously eradicated diseases coming back… having an extra layer like a respirator makes good sense.

Let’s also normalize not mocking people who mask!

December 28, 2025 at 5:18 AM

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eli shroom's altered ego

@shroompunk.com

far from a solo project, but the zine group i help run, @worldbeyondzine.bsky.social, raised over $1500 that we donated to help palestinian families in need

so that was the work of 4 mods and around 50 contributors ✨

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 23h

Reply or quote with something good you did for your friends or community this year! 😊👇

borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 23h

I've been saying this to @distributeaid.org's major donors in our end of year emails, but we all really aught to be highlighting the good that we do.

It's not a brag, it's an example to others and normalizes helping your community. 😊

December 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM

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Gunny Waffle

@gunnywaffle.bsky.social

They are at 5300! We're getting there!
Let's help save their cat if we can!

Pimmy @pimmy.bsky.social · 1d

So close to halfway!!! I can't believe it!!
🙏"Soft" Goals:
-$5600 Recoups max CareCredit debt
-$6500-$6800 Still in debt, but unexpected large fees are feasible
-$7500 Covers -absolute- min. estimate + consultation

Thank you so so much, again and forever

read more or donate:
gofund.me/3d9b55b32

December 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM

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Michael Whelan

@michaelwhelan.bsky.social

PERIWINKLE (1988)
Acrylic on canvas - 34" x 21"

Patricia A. McKillip is a terrific writer, very inspiring. 1/4

Illuminated by the warm light of a lantern, a girl with tousled blonde hair sits at the edge of the sea with arms crossed over her knees. Carefully tied in a bow at the back, her white nightgown is tattered at the hem. Beside her, propped in the bare branches of a tiny sapling, two branches circled and strung like dreamcatchers suspend various baubles, shells, and a fish skull separated from the rest of its bones. The night sky is chill blue marred only by wispy clouds. The full moon looms large, illuminating in silhouette a monstrous creature wading in from the depths. Its eyes glow as if the moonlight shines through. Spotted wings curl out at shoulder height. The outline of strands—perhaps seaweed draping over its body—can be seen in outline. A bank of fog rolls in with its approach, but the girl doesn't seem to notice her head is turned toward the audience.

December 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM

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BlindCoyote 🔜ANE

@blindcoyote.com

Who needs AI when we had stuff like this? I’ll take photoshop edits over the slop any day

December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran.com

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic.

It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today.

Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM

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Chise

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Mea'eshana PhoenixFire

@phoenixfireart.au

Image says it all: giveaway.phoenixfireart.au - and you could win some art just by sharing mine.

December 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM

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❄️Eski❄️

@eskiworks.bsky.social

Belated birthday gifts that became Christmas gifts for @dekeve.bsky.social and @wmrina.bsky.social!
[ #Art #FurryArt ]

Digitally painted portrait of an anthro cat with green eyes and long hair, against a very red sunset sky background.

Digitally painted portrait of an anthro rat with blue eyes against a snowy sunrise background.

December 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM

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Mea'eshana PhoenixFire

@phoenixfireart.au

Wanna start the year off with FREE art?
Check out Giveaway.PhoenixFireArt.AU for all the ways you can FREELY enter and spread some new year cheer for everyone.

December 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM

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SilverStarStrike 💫 Comms Open!

@silverstarstrike.bsky.social

Panel 1-2: The moon sets over a mountain ridge and then the sun starts to rise. Alex: Ari? Ari: Yes? Panel 3-4: Ari and Alex are walking down a path in a lush jungle. A waterfall is on the left and the path is lined with rocks, foliage, and trees. Alex: I never got to ask but...where did you come from? Ari: Well, I was born in Maplewood. It's a little town in Honeycloud Valley. It has a lot of farmers and traveling merchants. Alex: That sounds really interesting...I kinda meant the name of the world you came from though. Ari: Like how your people call this world "Earth?" Alex: Yeah.

Panel 1: Ari wistfully reminisces about her home. Ari: Vale. I...I miss home. I miss the golden shine from the trees in the morning, the musical festivals we'd have every harvest-moon and frost-melt. Panels 2-3: Scenic drawings and closeups of the jungle's environment as sunlight shines from above and a closeup of ripening mangos hanging from trees. Ari: Oh and the food is amazing! It sounds like a nice place.

Panel 1: Alex asks Ari another question. Alex: And, how did you end up here? You said you had someone with you. Panel 2: Ari initially does not say anything, looking a little sad but her ears still stay upright. Ari: My friend. He was...actually, he was lost like you. He didn't feel like he belonged in Vale, so he spent a lot of his time trying to find a way back to his home. The magic he was working with got volatile and...

Panel 1: Alex puts a hand on Ari's shoulder to console her. Alex: Sorry. I didn't mean to press. Ari: It's ok. It helps to talk about it a bit. I can only hope he's safe...somehow.

August 16, 2025 at 12:51 AM

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SilverStarStrike 💫 Comms Open!

@silverstarstrike.bsky.social

Based on an old roleplay, comes the story of two lost wanderers finding solidarity in one another as they venture into the unknown.

The cover of Journey by Jamilabelah Caraballo and Devin Osborn. The cover depicts a forest in the daytime. On the path there is a blood trail with several white feathers scattered about.

May 28, 2024 at 3:44 PM

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First Wordle Problems

@fwordleproblems.bsky.social

Darmok and Jalad at the Salad Bar

Will Li @williamlidc.bsky.social · 2d

You’ve just opened a Star Trek themed restaurant. What are you calling it?

There are Four Guys!

December 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM

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KikiDoodle & Purrmaids @ ANW & FC

@kikidoodle.bsky.social

Mocha, my parent's 18-year-old lady.
#artpost

A drawing of a cream colored fluffy cat wearing a red bandana

December 27, 2025 at 12:11 AM

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Holly Bear ʕ e ᴥeʔ 🎄🌧️

@bearhybrid.art

I started sharing my art online in 1999 under the name Cunningfox. It's crazy to be acquainted with people for longer than most of my high school pals! I am real glad you're still here 💖 #TheBearMinimum

Two bears waving at eachother as they walk by, one is carrying a painting under their arm.
Text reads: I think it's wonderful that artists I've known since I was a teen are still active on the websites I frequent.

A emo looking teen bear holds up her artwork of a snarling skull wolf. There is an arrow with the words "The same artist 15 years later" and the same bear is now grown up, looking like a happy man. He holds up an artwork of the same skull wolf in a new drawing.
Text reads: We may not all be close friends but it's been a privilege to see you grow over the years. Still creating despite all the hardships, continuing to share your love of things that inspire you.

A lady polar bear leans in to look at the artwork of a cat Holly bear is holding up. Both of them are speaking about their shared love of cats.
Text reads: Even those who have moved on to platforms I don't visit, I know I could see them again later. Or those who lost the drive to draw, but continue to hang socially, I love that you're still here.

Holly bear walks down the path to the art marketplace with a smile and a wave of her hand. Several bears have stalls set up and a few cluster in a group admiring some art.
Text reads: It's been an honor to grow alongside you. Like we're all in the same digital neighborhood!

December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM

Temrin 😷💉🏳️‍🌈 Health leave/No Coms

@wildelementstudios.com

Have you checked out my Throne? I have art supplies, personal goodies and more over there and every contribution helps a lot! https://throne.com/temrin/wishlist

December 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM

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Chise

@sailorrooscout.bsky.social

Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM

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Abandon Ambition 🔜 Canthrofur

@abandonambition.com

Also my husband pushed an update with some text to help explain how it works, and he's adjusting the ratio to what instagarbage uses now, so stay tuned.

I already used this a ton for my update dump. Thanks husband. Husband is the best. I love my husband. You love my husband. We all love husband.

Abandon Ambition 🔜 Canthrofur @abandonambition.com · 4d

My husband built this tool for me that creates #Instagram -friendly square-sized crops of my looong #art, along with zoom-in crops of top/bottom (or left/right) and center of it. You can add a background and watermark to the crops, too.

Play with it here: squarerizer.pages.dev

December 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM

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Sam

@sambeawesome.bsky.social

Especially in our social media/Capitalist driven society, where expectations for results are even higher, with endless outside pressure to perform & succeed, I imagine this is even worse now than it's ever been.

No matter if it's a job, a hobby, etc., take care of yourself & your mental health. ❤️

InkyInGreen 🏹 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · Oct 2

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

December 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM

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DragonsDenFursuits

@dragonsdenfursuits.bsky.social

Running a surprise Boxing Day sale over on my Etsy! Got a selection of fursuit parts, keychains, pins, fursuit sprays, pillows, adorable dragon plushies, and more! Link over on my Linktree!
linktr.ee/eelowyn
#furry #furryart #fursuitmaker #fursuit #plushie #plushdragon #etsysale #Etsy #furryfandom

December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM

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Gunny Waffle

@gunnywaffle.bsky.social

My friend's cat is declining in health at an alarming rate and needs surgery. Unfortunately, it's due to cost around 10k.

They are 38% of the way there. Please help if you can.

This is an awful thing to go through, let alone on Christmas. :<

Pimmy @pimmy.bsky.social · 5d

Me and @momodriller.bsky.social's sweet baby boy has lost limb function very suddenly and is getting worse daily. He needs an MRI and (likely) surgery. It's expensive. We've already spent over $1k and can't afford much more, & he's running out of time. Anything helps, thank you. gofund.me/ba3da64f4