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Val K. Wise

@valkwise.bsky.social

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you can also call me bishop | cartoonist | ⚧️ | 🔞 site: valkwise.neocities.org patreon: patreon.com/valkwise male wife: @pepperbloom.bsky.social

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · Dec 26

IN FAIR VERONA is now available in my shop 🩸🩸

"Two girls enter the service of the Princess of All Blood. One is there to be loved, the other tormented, but strange circumstances have blurred the lines between the two."

45 pages. for mature readers

pick it up here: valkzwise.itch.io/in-fair-verona

black and white drawing of two characters. the bottom of one character's face merges with the top of the other's, in a stack. the character on top is a girl in a jester's hat and a scold's bridle. the character below her wears glasses and has dark, curly hair. blood seeps from the top girl's mouth and down over the lower girl's face. the text reads "in fair verona"

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 12h

you guys if you only listen to me once this year: this is the book

LittlePuss Press @littlepuss.net · 12h

NEW 📗!

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements (@ravineangel.bsky.social)

In which a trans woman discovers porn of herself she has no memory of making, only to find herself led to an unimaginably deeper evil

"The year's great work of literary horror."
—Gretchen Felker-Martin (@scumbelievable.bsky.social)

PERSONA by Aoife Josie Clements — Debut trans horror — LittlePuss Press

"The best book I've read in years." —Gretchen Felker-Martin

www.littlepuss.net

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 17h

#OtD 10 Oct 1800 enslaved blacksmith and abolitionist Gabriel Prosser was executed in Virginia alongside his two brothers and 23 followers. They had planned a revolt of enslaved people in Richmond, but were betrayed and captured stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8240...

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 15h

Abdel Majeed needs to raise $700 to cover travel and coordination costs to Egypt, where he and his family have citizenship.
Below is his message to you about his family’s current situation - please read, and help however you can.

chuffed.org/project/1286...

Dear friends and generous supporters,
We are a small family in Gaza, living in unbearable conditions. The war, which is said to be nearing its end, has destroyed our home, leaving us without a dignified life in Gaza. My wife suffers from severe depression and urgently needs "Leponex" medication, which is unavailable here. The hospitals are destroyed, and medicines are scarce. Staying in Gaza worsens her mental health day by day. Our daughters, Iman and Bayan, are deprived of education, and their dreams of a brighter future are fading .We hold Egyptian citizenship and are desperately waiting for the Rafah crossing to open as a humanitarian case to relocate to Egypt, where my wife can receive the mental health treatment and medication she needs, and we can start a new life.
We urgently need $700 to cover travel and coordination costs once the crossing opens. Every dollar you donate brings us closer to saving my wife from her suffering and securing a future for Iman and Bayan. Be our hope.

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Allison O'Toole @allisonmotoole.bsky.social · 15h

This project is SO CLOSE to funding; please share and chip in if you can, the book looks gorgeous!!

Kamila (also known as Pigeon) @pigeonface.bsky.social · 1d

LAST 45 HOURS of "Jenny D" Kickstarter!
Last final push, anyone?
Link below:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pig...

The Ecstasy of Jenny D - New original comic by Pigeon!

Bridgerton meets the dancing plague in this surreal tale of sisterhood, repressed queerness and divine intervention.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 1d

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 1d

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done!

Read more: loom.ly/TsJOHwo

Boycott, Divest, Sanction: A ceasefire today will not stop Israel’s genocide against Palestinians, only meaningful accountability will.

Our work is not done! The BDS movement calls on our millions of supporters worldwide to escalate pressure to end Israel’s genocide and its decades-old regime of settler-colonialism, apartheid, and ill...

loom.ly

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

A lot of people do not really seem to know this sort of stuff

Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 2d

It is true you can't trust Israel or the US but you should probably be aware the ceasefire doesn't begin until Saturday or Sunday and Israel has a long history of intensifying bombardment until the official starting point of a ceasefire.

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Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 2d

It's still Free Palestine, from the river to the sea.

And may the name of Benjamin Netanyahu be erased.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

BREAKING: Israeli war planes continue to launch raids on Gaza City as Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire announcement, according to an Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent on the ground.

🔴 LIVE update: aje.io/xqppys

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 2d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 3d

image of two anime muscle girls looking at a computer and asking “that’s deviantart?” while their bf says “that’s it”

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 3d

Eight thousand iterations of this discourse later, there is no political utility in calling fascists fat. All you're doing is propping up the brutal hierarchy which lets people like them work up from deniable social torture to state violence.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 3d

A message from Abdel Majeed today. If you are able to help him and his family, please give what you can.

chuffed.org/project/1286...

Screenshot of a post from Abdel Majeed’s fundraiser. There is a photo of him and his daughter, Bayan, from before October 7th. The top portion of the message in Arabic seems to be added by mistake, but it reads “Hello, my friend Alison. Please add this to my page.” Below, in english: “My friends, two years have passed since the war. The war has destroyed everything beautiful in our lives and left us in the unknown, torn apart from within by the separation of our loved ones. If it weren't for you standing by my side during the past period, I wouldn't have been able to complete my life's journey. Your questions about me every day are beautiful and I will never forget them. I am still alive and breathing. My friends, always be our hope. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

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Nadia Shammas @nadiashammas.bsky.social · 3d

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 3d

thank you so much louis, happy birthday ❤️❤️❤️

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louis @mccorgi.bsky.social · 3d

it’s my birthday! link is in the bio of @abodhajaj.bsky.social 🎁 reply here and tell me what small thing you’re doing to focus your care!

thank you @pepperbloom.bsky.social and @valkwise.bsky.social

28 years ago

i was born. happy to still be here! 🥳

in a few weeks, baby Mila will be born. her parents, Aya and Abod, are excited to welcome their second child, a little sister for Leen! they deserve to be safe and healthy so they can take good care of Mila.

for my birthday, i wish for my friends to help the Hajjaj family prepare for Mila. just $5 or $10 will help a lot, and sharing this post is another easy way to help! link below 👇

if you are feeling overwhelmed about the state of the world right now, the best thing to do is focus your care on one thing at a time. today, you can help a family in Gaza buy diapers for their baby. next week, you can check your local library for community events and resources (yes i am biased, but for good reason-libraries are free!)

next year, i hope we can can celebrate a free Palestine before i turn 29 and before Mila turns 1. thank you! 🍉

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Yaso 🦋🌼 @orangeblossombitch.bsky.social · 3d

Now more than ever

Yaso 🦋🌼 @orangeblossombitch.bsky.social · Oct 28

Long live the Intif@da!

#art #palestine #embroidery #trees #flower #arabic

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 3d

I am Jewish. Israel is a country where sexual assault and child murder are core tenets of the culture. This country should not exist. They act with such extremity because they know when you tell people what they actually do, it's so bad it registers as unbelievable.

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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 3d

it is october 7. for two years hamas has been offering to return israel's hostages in exchange for an israeli withdrawal from gaza to which benjamin netanyahu has said "no," ignoring the hostages' families demands and prioritizing the destruction of gaza over saving the hostages lives.

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 4d

adoption fees for cats and kittens are waived today and tomorrow in celebration of francine, there has never been a better time to barnacle #womensupportingwomen

Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · 13d

for now...if you're in RVA looking for a senior cat...i am very emotionally invested in miss barnacle richmondspca.org/how-you-can-...