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Aura Nova

@auranova26.bsky.social
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I am Aura, just a soul who lurks in the shadows. Character artist who creates for fun and likes to craft lore. Hsien-Ko, Mei-Ling, and Frye Onaga mean the world to me. Splatoon and Salmon Run are my jam.

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토끼머리 @powerandy145.bsky.social · 8h
I love it when it rains It’s so beautiful!
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🦷👁️Alex Rochon👁️🦷 @alexrochonva.bsky.social · 1h
To see a billionaire get ruined by his own “line go up” hubris should be a defining moment of the century, destroying the mythos that billionaires are smarter and more worthy than the rest of is.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 7h
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"This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
 
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them – all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
 
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
 
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity."
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Joe Merrick @joemerrick.bsky.social · 8h
Small tip for the Pokémon HOME FRLG Pokédex if you're incapable of trades. What you can do, is send a Graveler, Machoke, Haunter or Kadabra into HOME, put them into another game and evolve them Then, when you put them back into HOME, it's still registered in the Kanto (GBA) dex
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HALLOWEEN @sarasel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#darkstalkers
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𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔞 𝔫𝔢𝔠𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔦𝔰𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢𝔯 🏳️‍⚧️ @neurosismancer.gay · 6h
YOOOO LETS FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOO
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NYC moves to spend nearly $9M of gender-affirming care fund for minors
The funding is part of a $15 million investment announced in June as major hospitals retreated from providing such care.
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Aura Nova @auranova26.bsky.social · 2h
Pretty. :)
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Overlordneon @overlordneon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The full art for you guys, finally #roupaz #rougethebat #agenttopaz #sth #yuri #femslash
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Aura Nova @auranova26.bsky.social · 10h
🧐
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026
Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute.
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Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Good news for voice actors. SAG-AFTRA’s new TV animation deal includes wage hikes, AI protections, and better residuals. Imagine if the artists responsible for characters’ entire physical performances got residuals, too. www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-right...
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SAG-AFTRA TV Animation Deal Boosts Wages, AI Protections
SAG-AFTRA members will vote on a new TV animation deal featuring annual wage increases, expanded AI protections, better residuals, and benefit gains.
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DragonFire @dragonfire3859.bsky.social · 12h
seraph #splatoon #splatoonraiders #salmonarch #salmon #salmonid
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Rich @mechspiral.bsky.social · 20h
Day 6: Hsien-Ko #Darkstalkers #Hsien-Ko #capcom
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Kirbyfan45 @kirbyfan45real.bsky.social · 18h
The Quest 64 account definitely helped a lot when it comes to showing how good a lot of early mocked games were, especially Quest 64 itself. It’s what got me to buy a copy of my own, so it would be really sad to see the account and others inspired by it give up because of AI disinformation
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ו°Yakoyo°•× @yakoyo.bsky.social · 18h
Caught 🖤⚠️ Though Kiko can be a goober sometimes, I'm gonna be leaning into the horror aspect of it here and there This is something light for now so squeak #splatoon #splatoonart #Kiko
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Advos @advosart.bsky.social · 21h
Time for school
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Herny @herny.bsky.social · 20h
Gurl actually got a leash
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オボロー @ovolo123.bsky.social · 20h
Double Sanitized Agent3 #Splatoon #splatoonart
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haniwa @ayyk92.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
i think she's lying guys focus blast always misses
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Kirbnation⭐️ @kirbnation1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Deep Cut tries their hand at a claw machine! …And fails- #Splatoon #DeepCut
Shiver’s attempt:Frye’s attempt:Big Man’s attempt:
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Puzzled Artist @ Probably drawing swimsuits @puzzled-artist.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OC CMSN
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TheHypedBuddy @thehypedbuddy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There! It's them! The lesbabs! The!!! . . . #SonicTheHedgehog #IDWsonic #TangleTheLemur #WhisperTheWolf #Whispangle
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think it's important to say that this isn't 'AI bros' infiltrating the retro gaming scene or to do with AAA games companies CEOs being awful, but regular people in those communities saying 'I'm going to use this tech anyway, I don't care about the consequences' even after they've been informed.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Music, sprites, artwork; we all know where to go for those. Commissioning artwork from fellow furries is a community staple. And now we've got (mostly male) ego fueling the use of GenAI for translations or new games for old hardware to boot. Wanting to be the (first) one to do something.
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The GenAI epidemic spreading across retro gaming circles exposes something: Making the scenes unfriendly to queer/trans/furries by giving a pass to unpleasant people and bigots in the past has left them without the networks of creators LGBT-friendly communities have access to and self-support with.
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Sammie Weiss (Commission open) @sammieweiss.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS ABSOL!
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Aura Nova @auranova26.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That would be interesting to see
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あはは @battttennnn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
こねくり回しすぎて着地点を見失ったので供養
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Shock @theshockwave48.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Shinobu for today. Specifically the NMH2 design cuz i think it's peak #art #nomoreheroes
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Kybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit.
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Experimental MSU-1 streami. #123
nasonliu wants to merge 2 commits into a
agg23 commented yesterday
If it works, that's pretty cool; I didn't think
would ever see this implemented (I also didn't
expect LLMs to exist).
However, this is not something you can PR
here, or anywhere. You sent me a nearly 50k
line diff, unasked for, completely LLM built, and
you somehow expect me to review it. There is
SO MUCH unrelated garbage here. Never
minding all of the docs and Python, you've
somehow touched basically all of the upstream
HDL, which already had MSU1 support, so idk
what in the world you're doing.
This kind of behavior is not acceptable. You are
infringing on the time and brainpower of people
by pushing "your" content that little/no of your
brainpower went into; completely unrequested.
I hope for the sake of all responsible
maintainers that you do not do such a thing
again.
Again, I think it's cool that you and your LLM
supposedly got this to work. It has no place in
my world.
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Max Kay @maxkayart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
EATING WITH YOUR HANDS IS UNLADYLIKE. #metroid #samus
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Herny @herny.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Teefany has a name now! Now she's just like Jawlene. Except, she actually has a job...
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Vienn @viennais8.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Winter Elphelt (repost)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Isaac COMMISSIONS OPEN!!! @retromonkeyart.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Gonna need some cash to cover convention expenses, so opening up some extra commission slots! Any help appreciated! ko-fi.com/retroartisaa...
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Aura Nova @auranova26.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Stick, ever since Splatoon 1. I tried motion in every installment, but it never felt good at all.
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Marmite Tempest @marmite-tempest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just a Marina #Splatoon
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tofucocoa @tofucocoa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
daily guy
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Vergolophus, truly. @vergolophus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Being nostalgic for scholastic and eye witness and edutainment recently has given me a lot of concern. Maybe it's just because I'm an adult, but has that focus seemingly disappeared...? It feels like when I was a kid, edutainment felt massive in early internet...
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ⬇️
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 06/10/2026
Godzilla and King Kong, two besties hanging out #art
Illustration of Godzilla and King Kong having a good time chilling in the city
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Sushi Kev Art @sushikevart.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fall Daisy? Heck yeah ~🧡 #daisy #nintendo
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Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Looking for a place to chill and chat all things Sonic the Hedgehog? Maybe find people to race in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds? We are excited to welcome you to the official Sonic Discord server! 💎 Join now: discord.gg/SonicOfficial
Official Discord Launch:

discord.gg/SonicOfficial
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Sprig @sirspriggan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Scapetober Day 6 - Undead
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B @judi-hench.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meme from Peaky Blinders. Cillian Murphy is instructing his men, "No hate-watching! No! Fucking! Hate! Watching!"
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rocket ⭐️ semi inactive @womphee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
green for halloween! #splatoon #splatoonoc
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Aura Nova @auranova26.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I will temper my expectations so I can blown away. 😎
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Weeb the Mystic is here! @yourweebmystic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
some sonic yuri i got to do for @artsyrc.bsky.social ❤️💘!! [ #ywmart | #fanart | #sonic | #commission ]
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🍒CHARUPOPU🔞 @charupopu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Somebody say Spooky Month? 🎃 Drew up some GalStalkers Icons for funs! 🦇🐈🔪🧺🐝
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charliee - feeling #ravenous (for metroid. Raveno @s23charlie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
frye doodle!
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