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Maddy | They/Them

@maddstermind.bsky.social

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hello! i was never on twitter! how do you do this? Aspiring author, diagnosed with cool guy syndrome, lover of blood and gore. I also draw sometimes and I know how to read (I promise). VIOLENTLY ANTI GENERATIVE AI. GET LOST.

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Maddy | They/Them @maddstermind.bsky.social · Jun 2

scary to have something with my actual name on it but! hurrah hurrah! bad website made!! right now i have some old short stories on there, but im thinking i'll post some newer stuff too!

Come find me at authormaddyeubanks.wordpress.com

Madeline Eubanks

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, and More

authormaddyeubanks.wordpress.com

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 3d

Well, this #AceWeek please be aware that I, an ace artist, am attempting to raise funds for my trans ace friend's medical bills. If you have a hankering for ace-themed wallpapers, I got you covered:
buymeacoffee.com/isthiseva/e/340497

Promotional graphic for a set of 5 asexuality themed wallpapers, shown on 5 phone screens. One shows a pair of hands levitating an ace of spades playing card; the second shows a starry night sky with a dragon formed in the negative space of the clouds; the third shows a cheesecake slice in the ace flag colours, with the text "ACE, no matter how you slice it;" the fourth has hand-drawn text that says "I'm beauty, I'm ace, if you mess with my I'll punch you in the face!!;" and the last one shows a cat sleeping among the clouds.

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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 3d

This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 3d

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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A Jelly Squishes Slowly By @ubiquisquish.bsky.social · 3d

pui-pui official Tumblr post: “Un-uhlaive? UN-UHLAIVE? Ma’am, that man has been KILLED. He has been MUHDUHED. To DEATH.”
Followed by FrogInAPickleJar’s reblog of a photo of Benoit Blanc’s horrified open mouth mid-speech.

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 3d

Heard about the Louvre jewel heist and my first thought was “finally, some good old fashioned normal crime”

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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 3d

Idc, "4 people disguised as construction workers heisted the Napoleon family jewels from the Louvre in 7 minutes by rolling up to the second-storey window on a basket lift" is an objectively hilarious event

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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 7d

Don’t make me tap the sign.

Tap the sign meme saying “Using AI ironically is still using AI.”

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Brand Value Comix @brandvaluecomix.bsky.social · 11d

mspaintober day 11: Tat-man

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Maddy | They/Them @maddstermind.bsky.social · 13d

@ rick flag sr: HE'S NOT GONNA FUCK YOU!!!!!! "looks promising" THIS IS WHO YOURE PINING FOR????

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 13d

lmfao keep sharing this stuff. such a balm.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Stanley Von Medvey @standrawsspace.bsky.social · Apr 8

#portfolioday
I'm Stan, I am currently a senior storyboard artist at Blizzard, and most of my portfolio is my world building project, "OSR"

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em. rowene @queerenigma.com · 13d

Reminder that there are only two days left to enter! Join a giveaway for a new queer fantasy book!

em. rowene @queerenigma.com · 23d

~FRACTURED MAGIC GIVEAWAY~

I have a few left over after the Kickstarter, so I'm giving away TWO copies of Fractured Magic!!

To enter:
-Follow
-Like
-Repost

Fractured Magic is an M/M gothic fantasy about a pair of estranged friends, a corrupt government, and some dangerous magic.

More info ⬇️

A hand holding up a book in front of a bookshelf. The book is called Fractured Magic and the cover illustration is of two figures: one is small and in the foreground holding a lantern aloft, one is larger and in the background and is surrounded by moody green smoke.

A trope map for Fractured Magic that includes: Victorian setting (but with dragons and elves), second chance romance (ex-friends-to-lovers), secret identities, the wronged hero wants revenge, staying kind when the world wants you cold, descents into madness/becoming the monster, spies and assassins, "I thought you were dead"

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15d

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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Tea Junkie @teajunkie.bsky.social · 16d

"And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it ‘the future,’ AI is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be re-consumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line".
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda hits out at AI-generated videos of her dead father: ‘stop doing this to him’

Film-maker tells the public to stop sending her videos, saying: ‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings’

www.theguardian.com

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Evi 🌼 @evenlyevi.bsky.social · Jul 11

Lantanas (monochrome ver.) 🌿 #art #illustration

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Jen Posada || LOOKING FOR WORK 👋 Commissions open! @otterquirks.bsky.social · 16d

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♔ＥＬＩＡＳ♔ @atelierapricity.bsky.social · 27d

[ 05 ] Hidden Place

#Erenweek #Erenweek2025
#FFXIV #FFXIVART #Viera #Erenville #art #apricityart

The image is an illustration of Erenville, from Final Fantasy XIV.

The prompt for day 5 of Erenweek was Hidden Place.
I always viewed Erenville as someone who is an incredibly emotionally closed off character. As such, he rarely, if at all, opens up — even to those closest to him.

While I think he learns to be better about it in the long run, he still finds solace when on his own.

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Benoît Blary @benoit-blary.bsky.social · Sep 18

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · Feb 9

John Constable
Study of the Trunk of an Elm Tree
c. 1821. Oil on paper. 30,6 x 24,8 cm

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17d

199 years after the last one, way to string along your fanbase, Ms. Shelley

Becky @beckygracelea.bsky.social · 18d

She hath risen.

“Mary Shelley has released a new title!”

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 17d

wild how all these weird pro-AI people on here are like “plz don’t be mean to the pet rock, it might be able to think 😔” while hand waving away literally every single nightmarish problem with AI

don’t make the pet rock sad 😔 even if it’s polluting poor neighborhoods and flirting with children 😔

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Kara Buchanan 🏳️‍⚧️ @magicariot.com · 17d

also THEY CANNOT THINK AND ARE NOT ALIVE YOU DOORKNOBS but whatever

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mr potato @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 18d

oedipus: do u have to keep saying that

samuel l jackson: saying what

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