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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for all the love on this! It’s quite a fun one

Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 3d

#Invertober day 7 - Scaly-foot gastropod is also called the sea pangolin, and the incorporate iron in their shells and feet(?)

Marker and ink drawing of a snail, the body red, and the shell and scaly, rock-like feet are grey. The floor and thermal vents are green, yellow, coral, and blue color. The deep sea around is dry, streaky black ink with blue, green, and red behind it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

Is it an effort or is he just doing it? I expect more Democratic electeds to be indicted.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

A federal grand jury reportedly indicted Letitia James, Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the Justice Dept. to punish political rivals

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 3d

Japanese Sea Nettle, and Red Banded Leafhopper
#Invertober #Invertober2025

A dapper looking red banded leafhopper on green.

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 2d

Giant Green Anemone, and Palmetto Weevil! #Invertober #Invertober2025

A giant green anemone underwater, on sand, near what might be coral or red seaweed.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 6d

Day Three of #invertober
Giant Green Anemone
This one was super challenging to draw! It turned out more colourful than the reference... 'Twas fun, though. And anemones are so pretty 💚

#invertober2025

picture of a round anemone with colourful tentacles

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 3d

#Invertober day 7 - Scaly-foot gastropod is also called the sea pangolin, and the incorporate iron in their shells and feet(?)

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inspectorbeans @inspectorbeans.bsky.social · 3d

little bittern ~

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 4d

I have updated the site again :) Soft deadline is mid-October but hard deadline is the day before Halloween. oct31zine.neocities.org

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 5d

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 4d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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XX Dovelin ⚡️ @xxdovelin.bsky.social · 4d

Artists!! This is where I got my cute sailor moon glove 🌙✨☺️

Artist glove with sailor moon Usagi bed pattern of bunny moon on lavender

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Spooky ✨ burnout @spookynest.bsky.social · 4d

It’s the season of GOURD!!!

Little crow holding pumpkin yelling “I crave the gourd”

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 5d

Artober/drawtober/birdtober/Invertober going on
#artOnBlueSky

A small watercolor and ink piece on a paper with a printed border of a red-orange ‘I’iwi bird flying. It is red with an orange beak and feet, grey wings, and dark tail feathers. The paper is taped down with blue painters tape.

A colored pencil drawing of a giant green anemone on black paper; the top of a sea anemone, its mouth and many tentacles displayed. Colored pencils are laid by the drawing on yellows, greens, blues, white, cream, black, and violet.

A drawing in brush pen ink and colored pencil of the front half of a Wyandotte chicken that is golden laced (orange-brown) with bold outlines in black and violet-blue on the feathers. The eyes are expressive.

Two pen and ink drawings of po‘ouli birds, extinct honeycreepers with black mask markings.

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Bee @beegabberel.bsky.social · 6d

today i am 37 years old, which means its the fifteenth time i have made a birthday gift for you, the internet

this year: A Decadent Year, a zine with 3 recipes developed for an 8-inch cast iron skillet

download the pdfs (to read online or print) here: beegabberel.itch.io/a-decadent-day

a picture of the physical copy of A Decadent Year, a zine

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 5d

Michael Lutz's classic tweet:

AMERICAN FASCIST: Your going to the camps
AMERICAN LIBERAL, CHUCKLING: *You're

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Keith J Carberry @keithjcarberry.contentburger.biz · 5d

once again we see the absolute uselessness of the "severely assessing the situation is the same as giving up" mindset. whether you're a writer for the atlantic, a nonspecific online "progressive", a socialist-by-vibes, they love to point at real analysis as being "blackpilled" or whatever

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Felix Colgrave @felixcolgrave.bsky.social · 6d

Wily Wyvern

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The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

buff.ly

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 7d

I will have 4 mini zines and a Splotch Art Zine! A handful of different linocut prints, stickers, and magnets.

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 7d

Handprinted Boris prints will be available at Phx zine fest! I’m PandaKong Art and I’ll be vending at Rocket Space Gallery in Tempe on October 25th!

A dozen small linocut prints of a Pomeranian dog on various small papers in off-white, tan, and greys.

Laid out sketchbooks, printed papers, unfolded zines, a few mini zine drafts, and a yellow zine called, “Splotch Art Interactive Zine (full color inside) by pandaKong and you!”

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 7d

One of my favorite artist’s most recent album was taken down by AI from Spotify(?) so, giving him some support on Bandcamp Friday would really do them a solid: scoutthewise.bandcamp.com

Scout The Wise

Scout is a black transmasc artist, composer, & multi-instrumentalist from Northern CA. Say hello! YouTube.com/scoutthewise Instagram.com/scoutthewise

scoutthewise.bandcamp.com

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Bikini Kill @theebikinikill.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning! It is Bandcamp Friday again and this time we are raising funds for @ndlon.bsky.social's Immigrant Defense Fund! We have a couple of very special, limited edition cassettes for it: bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch

Handmade flyer. Blue lettering on a hot pink paper with a lighter pink background on turquoise paper. It reads BANDCAMP FRIDAY BENEFIT FOR IMMIGRANT DEFENSE FUND

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Oregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 9d

let the gourd times roll

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