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Kaj Taotsu

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32 He/They πŸ”ž can be NSFW Full time tiger, part time otter, all around gremlin Lover of nature, food, theme parks, leather, and all around design

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Our feature artist/tutorial today is this page on CREASE DIRECTION, by the talented @miyuliart! Under the surface, the partial TWIST of the HAND can cause two TENSION POINTS in the sleeve fabric - from the LATERAL (OUTER) SIDE of the ELBOW to the MEDIAL SIDE of the HAND (pinky).

05.03.2026 11:06 πŸ‘ 1649 πŸ” 255 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Keep Android Open Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.

Please, PLEASE, be loud about this topic, Android being open is what makes it useful, you own your phone and you should be able to install apps from wherever you wish to, don't let Google tell you what's allowed on the device you payed for!

keepandroidopen.org

03.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 2391 πŸ” 2396 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 34

As our friends at the Transgender Education Network of Texas remind us, OPINIONS from Paxton are NOT law. This is the same tactic he deploys to create intimidation, pre-compliance and chaos around abortion care.

Come get informed at TENT’s virtual town hall on March 12, 7 PM πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ bit.ly/TENTAGUpdate

03.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Truly spectacular’ drug for sleeping sickness simplifies treatment, raising hopes for eradication European regulators greenlight new one-dose compound that could help African countries get rid of an ancient burden

European regulators have greenlit a new one-dose compound that could help African countries get rid of sleeping sickness. https://scim.ag/3MSxrG8

04.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Tech: Guthrie readies kids’ package for markup House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Brett Guthrie will introduce a legislative package that combines a dozen bills aimed at protecting kids online.

A collection of bills are heading to the House for markup this thursday

Demand your representatives
-oppose KOSA
-oppose the App Store Accountability Act
-oppose The SCREEN Act
-oppose section 230 reform/sunsetting
-oppose/repeal online age verification and ID laws

punchbowl.news/article/tech...

03.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1730 πŸ” 1962 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 59
Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree

Northern California’s first condor egg in 100 years reported in redwood tree

Who COULDN’T use some good news? β€˜ Scientists with the Yurok Tribe say that two of dozens of condors released to the wild in Humboldt County since 2022, to reestablish the endangered birds, have paired up, built a nest in a redwood tree and appear to be tending to an egg.”

#californiacondor

02.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 1075 πŸ” 492 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 22
a poem, reading as follows:

	please bless the poor coyote
	who lives where we say she shouldn't
	nosing through the garbage piles
	that rot along the freeway

	please aid the stray coyote
	and keep her from the trapper's snare
	pray she sniffs out all the poison
	pray she lives to run away

	please guide the lost coyote
	bless and keep her as she wanders
	may she always come back home
	may it all turn out okay

	please feed this gaunt coyote
	may she carry a full litter
	of five to eight pups or more
	who live to raise their own one day

	pray for the sly coyote
	may she rest in sunny places
	and run in open fields
	and may she never want for prey

	please love the dear coyote
	who lived when we said she couldn't
	may all her years be kind to her
	may she go gently on her way

a poem, reading as follows: please bless the poor coyote who lives where we say she shouldn't nosing through the garbage piles that rot along the freeway please aid the stray coyote and keep her from the trapper's snare pray she sniffs out all the poison pray she lives to run away please guide the lost coyote bless and keep her as she wanders may she always come back home may it all turn out okay please feed this gaunt coyote may she carry a full litter of five to eight pups or more who live to raise their own one day pray for the sly coyote may she rest in sunny places and run in open fields and may she never want for prey please love the dear coyote who lived when we said she couldn't may all her years be kind to her may she go gently on her way

"please bless the poor coyote"
poetry or something. 2025.

10.04.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 1289 πŸ” 558 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 8
Image of canyon walls and the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Text overlays the photo and reads, β€œBig Bend Needs Our Help. Urgently.Customs and Border Protection is planning to build a physical border wall through the National Park and State Park in West Texas.”

Image of canyon walls and the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park. Text overlays the photo and reads, β€œBig Bend Needs Our Help. Urgently.Customs and Border Protection is planning to build a physical border wall through the National Park and State Park in West Texas.”

Image of Big Bend canyon walls and the Rio Grande river at sunset. Text over the image reads, β€œBig Bend NP protects 800,000 acres of Chihuahuan Desert. The wall would fragment miles of one of the last connected desert ecosystems in North America.”

Image of Big Bend canyon walls and the Rio Grande river at sunset. Text over the image reads, β€œBig Bend NP protects 800,000 acres of Chihuahuan Desert. The wall would fragment miles of one of the last connected desert ecosystems in North America.”

Image from above the canyon in Big Bend, mountains are in the distance, and photo was taken in the middle of the day. Text overlays the image and reads, β€œThe impact would be devastating.

Wildlife corridors would be severed. Black bears, mountain lions, javelina, pronghorn and other species will find their paths blocked.

Decades of cross-border stewardship and preservation of Indigenous history will be impeded.

Construction roads, lighting, and permanent surveillance will disrupt the wilderness character of the park.”

Image from above the canyon in Big Bend, mountains are in the distance, and photo was taken in the middle of the day. Text overlays the image and reads, β€œThe impact would be devastating. Wildlife corridors would be severed. Black bears, mountain lions, javelina, pronghorn and other species will find their paths blocked. Decades of cross-border stewardship and preservation of Indigenous history will be impeded. Construction roads, lighting, and permanent surveillance will disrupt the wilderness character of the park.”

Image of kayaks next to the river bank in the canyon. Text reads, β€œEnvironmental regulations and laws are being bypassed. Landmark regulations and laws meant to protect histories, health, and ecosystems, like the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are being ignored.”

Image of kayaks next to the river bank in the canyon. Text reads, β€œEnvironmental regulations and laws are being bypassed. Landmark regulations and laws meant to protect histories, health, and ecosystems, like the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act are being ignored.”

🚨DHS is trying to destroy YOUR public lands!🚨

What do 450 bird species…
67 reptile and amphibian species…
and 1,200 plant species…
on 800,000 acres of sensitive desert have in common?

They’re in Big Bend National Park, about to be WALLED OFF from the Rio Grande. ❌

23.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

If you’re part of any creative groups, unions or other organisations in the uk you should be passing news like this along and spreading the world. News like this gets has the chance to be overlooked but if enough organisations kick up a fuss things can change.

02.03.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 1153 πŸ” 1110 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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Transgender Chicago man hospitalized after saving baby from drowning in Lake Michigan β€œI wasn’t going to let that baby die,” Lio Cundiff said.

This 30-year-old transgender man, who can’t swim, jumped into Lake Michigan after a wind gust blew a baby in a stroller into the freezing water.

He’s being called a hero. But now he has medical expenses, and people are donating to a fundraiser to support him.

www.advocate.com/news/lio-cun...

26.02.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 4287 πŸ” 2711 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 92
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From: My Friend Tiger (2021), dir. Tatiana Kiseleva, Soyuzmultfilm

21.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 1402 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10
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a cartoon cat wearing a red sweater stands in front of a desert cactus ALT: a cartoon cat wearing a red sweater stands in front of a desert cactus

A healthy film industry makes sleazy movies. Weird, borderline kink films are like coal mine canaries- they're offensive, often deeply personal, and a foil to the clean blandness of big budget propaganda. A lack of bizarre "not to everyone's taste" films is an indicator of a sickly studio ecosystem.

27.02.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 2583 πŸ” 743 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 19

Holds up

27.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 7364 πŸ” 1478 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 48

I SAID WHAT I SAID!

27.02.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3
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Not that you give a fuck but here He Is

27.02.2026 06:14 πŸ‘ 9375 πŸ” 2743 πŸ’¬ 192 πŸ“Œ 126
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Gorillaz "The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God".

27.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1634 πŸ” 533 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 31
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Gorillaz "The Mountain" 8-minute short film is now online.
Directed by Jamie Hewlett, Max Taylor & Tim McCourt at The Line studio.
An homage to the golden era of 2D animation, produced with a hybrid analogue-digital workflow.
>> www.catsuka.com/news/2026-02...

27.02.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 7348 πŸ” 2768 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 204
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07.07.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 3983 πŸ” 1058 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 1
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Skeb commission! Thank you so much!🐺🍷

26.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 245 πŸ” 68 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this looks unreasonably good, what the heck πŸ‘€

26.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
2025 limited tone fantasy commission 

a child leans against the body of a large cat, raising his bugcatching net reflexively as he glimpses a lady bug in a foggy wood.

2025 limited tone fantasy commission a child leans against the body of a large cat, raising his bugcatching net reflexively as he glimpses a lady bug in a foggy wood.

adventurer and familiar portrait (2025)

26.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 251 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've written up a brief script for anyone who wants to call or write your representatives regarding this bill (yes, even the ones you think won't care). PLEASE DO THIS IF YOU ARE ABLE. This bill *cannot* pass.

You can find your representatives here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

25.02.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 4671 πŸ” 4619 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 96

A huge problem is that this is the first skeet I've seen on my timeline this morning to reference HR7661 as something other than "this bill". People cannot contact their reps about "this bill" - they need the number. Anyway here's a handy script if you don't know what to say when you call.

26.02.2026 15:33 πŸ‘ 887 πŸ” 899 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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She’s a demon put on this earth to bother me incessantly.

26.02.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Colored sketch comm for @lightskintiger.bsky.social

26.02.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ink drawing of an old tv set where the static is bleeding out of it like a thick liquid

ink drawing of an old tv set where the static is bleeding out of it like a thick liquid

overflow

(from 2018, but I still love how it came out. this is done in ink and dip-pen)

26.02.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 266 πŸ” 111 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Cis folks, Get Active if you aren’t already. Vote in the midterms and do our best to prevent conservative power. They are stripping the rights from our trans friends and will continue to do so unless we do something.

I know voting isn’t everything, but we gotta oust as many conservatives as we can

26.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 183 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Sculptures of Ravens in in blue and greenish blue glass sitting on pedestals

Sculptures of Ravens in in blue and greenish blue glass sitting on pedestals

The glass and chicken wire ravens by Joan Danziger are amazing 🀩

25.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 450 πŸ” 137 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3
Trans Continental Pipeline Queer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado

Colorado borders Kansas. Here is a Colorado non-profit that helps trans people relocate, Trans Continental Pipeline.

Please share.

tcpipeline.org

26.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 1012 πŸ” 811 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 28

At some point, I hope we collectively realize as a society that the absurdly wealthy are suffering from a serious mental illness that manifests in blind, aimless wealth boarding, and therefore don't have the mental clarity necessary to make high-impact decisions. Then we can talk next steps.

23.02.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0