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I’m Kerry Mairie, a polytheist painting from a modern Pagan world view. My work celebrates mythology, folklore, cycles of the moon & sun, the natural world, & the magic that weaves us all together. 🌕 Commissions OPEN 🚫NO AI OR NFT DrawingDownLore.com

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Oct 1

Hello Bluesky! I’m Kerry Mairie, I’m an artist and witch dabbling in magic, mixed media, and storytelling. I love folklore, mythology, and all things weird and wonderful.
#artsky #witchsky #introductions

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · 12d

A very distinguished Chonk.

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · 14d

I have a rage headache.

Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · 14d

So, veterans are standing up against the administration’s tyranny, so you’re going to smear them. Fuck you.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 18d

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20d

The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.

I don't know how to yell any louder.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 18

I stand with PBS.

I stand with NPR.

I stand with Stephen Colbert.

I stand with Jimmy Kimmel.

I stand with the First Amendment.

PERIOD.*

*Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

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Basil 🌿 @basil-mage.bsky.social · Sep 18

Bruh

Drawing if a tired puppy with the caption; "This too shall pass but like wtf"

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · Sep 14

Free speech to them has always meant that they can say whatever vile disgusting racist misogynist thing they want with no consequences— but if you make fun of them online they have the right to sue.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 16

Today, the UN officially designated Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to obey our own laws, stop weapons sales to Israel, and demand a permanent ceasefire.

End the genocide. Ceasefire now.

257. The Commission recommends that all Member States:
(a) Employ all means reasonably available to them to prevent the commission of genocide in the Gaza Strip;
(b) Cease the transfer of arms and other equipment or items, including jet fuel, to the State of Israel or third States where there is reason to suspect their use in military operations that have involved or could involve the commission of genocide;
(c) Ensure individuals and corporations in their territories and within their jurisdiction are not involved in the commission of genocide, aiding and assisting the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide and investigate and prosecute those who may be implicated in these crimes under international law;
(d) Facilitate the investigations and domestic proceedings and take action (including imposing sanctions) against the State of Israel and against individuals or corporations that are involved in or facilitating the commission of genocide or incitement to commit genocide;
(e) Cooperate with the investigation of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
258. The Commission recommends that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court:
(a) Examine, within its continuing investigation in the Situation in the State of Palestine, the crime of genocide for amendment to existing arrest warrants and addition to future application for arrest warrants;
(b) Examine the involvement of officials mentioned in this report for inclusion as those most responsible for international crimes committed in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 12

I refused to fly the flag at half-mast at work today. I no longer care if they fire me.

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Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

pivot-to-ai.com

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Abra, The Everwife 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼👻 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · Sep 11

God, what must it feel like to see all the flags flying half mast last week for your kid killed in a school shooting and seeing them half mast this week for a dude who said actually school shootings are "worth it"

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#StrikeForMutualAid 🍉 Cockroach Queer Trans Kafka 🦇⚧️ @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · Sep 9

Not enough people know that you don't hear about the holes in the ozone layer anymore because an international agreement banning production of chlorofluorocarbons was wildly successful and the ozone has recovered since.

Change is possible.

None of this is inevitable.

We can choose differently.

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 9

My pre-ordered copy of the Verdance Tarot by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law arrived in the mail today. It is SO GORGEOUS I am speechless. 😶
#tarotsky

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · Sep 6

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.

OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 6

Drawing Down Lore Autumn Show Schedule!
Tomorrow Night: Lunarfaire! Magical Creatures Edition! At Vasa Park in Budd Lake, NJ
TICKETS ON SALE at Lunarfaire.com
#folklorefolks #witchsky #events

Promotional poster in dark blues and black, with a glowing lantern hanging from a branch. Text in white letters reads:
Drawing Down Lore
AUTUMN SHOW SCHEDULE
LUNARFAIRE
Sunday, September 7th, Vasa Park, NJ
LUNARFAIRE
Sunday, September 21st, Historic Cold Spring Village, NJ
DARKSIDE ART AND ODDITIES MARKET
Saturday, October 18th
New Jersey Expo Center, Edison, NJ
THE GOBLIN MARKET
Sunday, October 19th
Belvedere, NJ

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh HELL yes

Screenshot of an announcement from SESAME WORKSHOP.
The Sesame Street library is coming to YouTube!
Beginning in January 2026, YouTube will have the largest digital library of Sesame Street content, with hundreds of full episodes coming to the Sesame Street channels.
Join us as we help children
everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, one episode at a time.

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WOLFSKULLJACK @wolfskulljack.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you actually have a reasonable budget to hire an artist for your project, TELL THEM IN YOUR INITIAL EMAIL TO THEM. Right off the bat. Here is the project, this is what I can pay, this is the deadline. We get so many time wasters it’s remarkably refreshing when a potential client is upfront

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also, miss your face you fabulous human.

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ooooooooh. Weekend at Bernie’s?

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 2

Pushed what to 2:30?

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m a museum educator and I pride myself on being Mz. Frizzle.

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Faith ➡️ Lightbox Expo AA506 @faithschaffer.bsky.social · Aug 17

The 2025 Swordtember prompt list is here! ⚔️ #swordtember

Swordtember prompt list, which is as follows:
1. shell
2. moss
3. automaton
4. scale
5. bell
6. fossil
7.clock
8. canine
9. feline
10. rodent
11. reliquary
12. concealed
13. bloom
14. rot
15. lace
16. carved
17. gem
18. beetle
19. membrane
20.vapor
21. ring
22. swan
23. owl
24. venom
25. bubble
26. harpy
27. spring
28. summer
29. autumn
30. winter

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Drawing Down Lore @drawingdownlore.bsky.social · Aug 28

Someone posted the other day, “Ready isn’t a feeling, it’s a decision.” I’ve been mulling that over in my head since. As a very stubborn, patient, determined person ♉️, it takes a lot for me to leave a situation and chart a new course but…

I’m ready.