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Skeptical Bear

@skepticalbear.bsky.social

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Queer anarchist. Sometimes I make things, mostly for my wife. No gender, only screaming.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 22

When Mister Rogers said “look for the helpers” he was talking to children.

We’re not children anymore.

Stop looking and start being.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Aug 14

I’m sewing again, this time for a four year old.

Sketched out the concept and then drafted some basic pattern pieces.

A button up shirt in a superhero print with contrasting sleeve ruffles, collar, and button band, and a matching pair of shorts.

Rough pencil sketch of a shirt and shorts.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Apr 2

Cats don’t understand personal space.

#CatsOfBluesky

A human in a plaid shirt with a Siamese type cat draped over their shoulder. The human is leaning their face away from the cat.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Feb 26

I haven’t been painting for awhile because I was focusing on other projects, but here’s one of the cupcakes I made for a local queer youth group.

#QueerJoy #QueerArt

A cupcake in a paper wrapper is sitting on a granite countertop. The cupcake has a piped swirl of rainbow frosting.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Feb 5

But her emails…

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quill @quillwillow.bsky.social · Feb 5

"No store is going to ask the fundamental question: why? Not in the way that culture does" The last sentence of an evocative paragraph, in a thought-provoking essay. I read with a sense of nostalgia for something that may not have ever actually existed.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · Feb 5

Ok, here is my latest. I have even more to say about nationalism and Canadian pride but I limited it to 7 short essays lol

You outta read it.

noraloreto.substack.com/p/what-canad...

What Canadian nationalism?

We long ago sold off Canadian cultural production, leaving nationalism nothing from which to draw on.

noraloreto.substack.com

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Feb 5

Something something, leopards eating faces, something something…

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Feb 5

Cat is not impressed with my project.

#CatsOfBluesky #WorkInProgress #AnimalArt #NoAI

A photo of a Siamese cat sitting on a table glaring up at the camera. Next to the cat is a collage frame with seven small paintings of Siamese cats in various stages of completion.

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Willie Jack's Favorite Uncle @dandantransient.bsky.social · Feb 5

They burn our books, destroy the records of our science, medicine, engineering, etc; then turn around and teach our children, "obviously you were savages we have no record of you doing anything," all while they use the knowledge they stole from us

www.404media.co/nasa-dei-dro...

Workers at NASA Told to ‘Drop Everything’ to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites

"This is a drop everything and reprioritize your day request," a directive "per NASA HQ direction" stated.

www.404media.co

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Feb 5

Another work in progress cat painting.

#AnimalArt #CatsOfBluesky #WorkInProgress #QueerArtist

Two pictures of a painting of a Siamese cat. The top image is the very beginning, showing the basically shape and colour of the cat, and the second image shows the same painting with more details added.

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · Jan 30

if not hell, why hell-shaped

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 30

Work in progress.

Acrylic on canvas board.

#QueerArt #painting #NoAI #Cats #AnimalArt

Two images of the same painting. In the top image the painting is very crudely roughed in, in the second image the fur and shape of a Siamese cat is more obvious.

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ThatAnxiousArtist @whitneyyoh.bsky.social · Jan 30

Alright #JanuARTy peeps. I made a typo yesterday so here is the corrected graphic; now with color coding for odd day challenges.

On even numbered days it’s #FebruARTy
On odd numbered days spread your wings and fly across the great blue sky to the listed challenge 💙

A colorful graphic for “FebruArty 2025,” an art challenge. The background features various art supplies, including paintbrushes, pencils, tubes of paint, and watercolor pans.

At the top, the text reads:
“FebruArty 2025” (in large, bold, blue bubble letters with a white outline).
Below it, a description states:
“Any medium, any style, any way you like; new or old, soft or bold. A prompt every other day to create in your way.”

A section in teal and white block letters explains the challenge schedule:
“ON EVEN DAYS IT’S FEBRUARY”
“ODD DAYS JOIN OTHER PARTIES”

A numbered list follows, alternating between hashtags and prompts:
1. #BlueSkyArtShow
2. Shoes
3. #SensoryArt
4. Purple
5. #ArtYear
6. Eyes
7. #FishyFeb
8. Puzzle
9. #ArtYear
10. Rings
11. #SensoryArt
12. Orange
13. #FishyFeb
14. Pair
15. #BlueSkyArtShow
16. Big & Small
17. #SensoryArt
18. Glasses
19. #ArtYear
20. Turquoise
21. #FishyFeb
22. Divide
23. #SensoryArt
24. Socks
25. #ArtYear
26. Magenta
27. #FishyFeb
28. Pear

At the bottom, in bold bubble letters, it reads:
”#FEBRUARTY”

Below that, the host is credited:
“Hosted by: @whitneyyoh.bsky.social”

A final section in a smaller font acknowledges collaborations with other art challenges:
“In collaboration with: @annalarssonstudio (#ArtYear), @churchstreetimages (#BlueSkyArtShow), @subicrn (#SensoryArt), @victoriapfeiffer (#FishyFeb)”

The graphic is designed with a bright and engaging aesthetic, using a mix of blues, pinks, and vibrant colors, with a clean and playful font style.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 28

Near Redwater, Alberta in the early 2000s

A photo of a wintery landscape with frost-rimed trees.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 27

I know I’m not a great artist. I’m mediocre and derivative *at best*, and honestly? That’s the point.

I started painting at 50. I didn’t go to art school. Hell, I didn’t even go to high school. But I’m sharing my shit with you because art matters. Even bad art.

Make bad art with confidence.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 27

Third painting of 2025. This is the finished piece of the post I made a few days ago, talking about imposter syndrome.

Forest Raven
Acrylic on paper

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · Jan 27

USA has ~600K undocumented Canadian & European immigrants

How many CAN/EURO students is ICE raiding at schools?
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How many CAN/EURO babies ripped from parents?
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How many CAN/EURO people thrown in Camps?
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It was never about “protecting our borders”—it was about protecting white supremacy.

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Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 24

I don’t repost art without alt, and I hesitate to even hit the like.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 24

Starting another little painting today.

At this stage imposter syndrome is loudly insisting that there’s no way I can make anything of these blobs and I’m wasting my time.

Let’s see how this goes.

#ArtInProgress
#NoAI
#QueerArt
#BirdArt

Rough underpainting of a corvid on a mottled green background.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 23

Finished this little bear today.

Bedtime
Acrylic on paper
2025

#QueerArt
#NoAI #Painting #AnimalArt

A coil-bound scrapbook open to a moody painting of a brown bear clutching a blue teddy bear and a pink blanket.

Skeptical Bear @skepticalbear.bsky.social · Jan 22

When Mister Rogers said “look for the helpers” he was talking to children.

We’re not children anymore.

Stop looking and start being.

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · Jan 20

For most of my life, I’ve thought there were WAY too many books and movies whose sole message was “WW2 was a really big deal & Nazis are unredeemable monsters.”

But now I’m thinking there REALLY weren’t enough.

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