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Allan Lorde

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He/Him. Illustrator. Squirrel fan. Winnipegger. Bluesky user no. 196,104. Not into NFTs/crypto, or AI imagery. VERY anti-Gen A.I. TERFs & nazis – fuck off. Thanks. Re-skeets appreciated. https://linktr.ee/MisterLorde

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 11d

If you're telling anyone that reference is cheating, I don't believe you've actually created anything in your fucking life.

A drawing of Allan Lorde pointing angrily with his mouth open on a pink background. Underneath him, it says: “Anyone who tells you that using reference to create art is cheating is not your fucking friend.”

The initial sketch of Allan Lorde shouting angrily.

A hand sketch based on the photo reference.

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 4h

thank you for the outpouring of support!

those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.

Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin

More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover

www.gofundme.com

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Chloe Brailsford @comixbychloe.bsky.social · 8h

Anaïs

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せきはん @sekihang.bsky.social · 3h

Good morning~🐇今夜は一年のうちで月がいちばん大きく見えるスーパームーンなんだって。 #今日のらくがき

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · 3h

I must confirm that I am *not* Superman, and I have no idea what's happening.

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 3h

I must confirm that I am *not* a rock. Neither am I an island.

Nostalgic Things @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 4h

I must confirm that I am *not* every woman.

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1h

Visiting Tower Records Shibuya was one of the highlights of my 2009 trip. It was an absolute delight.

Patrick Macias @patrickmacias.bsky.social · 3h

TokyoScope News: #TowerRecords Shibuya is getting a major five-floor makeover with a new “Oshikatsu” zone for #Japan’s booming fan culture and a craft beer bar. The revamped store opens Feb 2026, proving music retail still rocks in the streaming age. Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/tower-reco...

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1h

Loftis blows my mind every time.

Character Design References @characterdesign.bsky.social · 3h

The Art of Cory Loftis → bit.ly/2IHROlE

#artist #portfolio #illustration #art

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1h

Love this. Thank you.
Filed under “vehicles I need to draw.”

Wendy O'Rourke @wendyo.bsky.social · 2h

The Suzuki Carry L20V Japanese kei van from the Suzulight Carry series (1966)

Part of the second generation of the Suzulight Carry series produced from 1965 to 1966. It is characterized by its small size.

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jess m. @jametc.bsky.social · 1h

I told you he got that bodega cat endorsement

demotivational speaker. 💕 @heysita.bsky.social · 4h

Damn, even the cat voting?

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Meredith McClaren @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 2h

OH WOW.
IT'S LIKE WE ALL SAID THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 6h

New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.

In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.

By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

www.wired.com

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Babs Tarr @babsdraws.bsky.social · 2h

🖤🖤🖤
#sirenslovehurts

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gal fawkes @mel.bzky.team · 16h

man now i regret that *i* didnt steal anything from the louvre

Perry Areolar @perryodontal.bsky.social · 1d

the password to the louvre surveillance server was "louvre"

www.thesocialpost.it/2025/11/02/f...

according to the liberation newspaper, documents dating back to a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for the Security of Computer Systems reported a staggering detail: "the password of the louvre's video surveillance server was simply " louvre. "

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Jim Valley FKOR @jimvalley.bsky.social · 1d

Watching 90 Day Fiance - aka my wife's pro wrestling.

A couple goes cake tasting then, suddenly, the guy comes clean about a dancer at his bachelor party. 🙄

Make fun of wrestling fans all you want, but at least we can tell when a cake in the face spot is coming a mile away.

#wrestlesky

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Francesco Francavilla @ffrancavilla.bsky.social · 1d

GODZILLA
By Darwyn Cooke and me.
I miss my friend...
#GodzillaDay

Drawing of Godzilla tearing down power lines

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Jeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social · 1d

Dang, in a little less than a year, we lost Alice (Linda Lavin), Polly Holliday (Flo), and now Dianne Ladd (Belle), who also originally played Flo in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, the film that ultimately spawned the long-running sitcom, Alice.

Sitcom People @sitcompeople.bsky.social · 1d

Dianne Ladd 1935-2025 RIP

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

This is lovely! ❤️

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せきはん @sekihang.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning~🍂起きたらめちゃくちゃ寒かったので漫画作業用裏起毛パンツをポチりました。 #今日の過去絵

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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 1d

I'm so tired of people being shitty about boundaries, and the entitlement of so-called "people in positions of influence". I do not owe you my attention or my knowledge and you don't deserve to see me, especially if you are incapable of discerning the existential threat to humanity that genAI is.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 1d

Blocking hatemongers is one thing but this trend of using mass block lists to avoid hearing from people who might or might not hold points of view you expect to disagree with is unhealthy imo and hurts the platform.

Bluesky was better off with folks like Margaret Mitchell and Giada Pistilli on it.

Margaret Mitchell, who was famously fired from Google after co-authoring the seminal "Stochastic Parrots" paper, has been posting on X lately because she is caught up in mass blocklists of AI industry people on Bluesky, making the platform borderline unusable for her.

Here she's on X quote-tweeting fellow AI ethics researcher Giada Pistilli, who is in the same boat.

Pistilli said: I really wanted 🦋 to work, but it looks like I’m on the worst block lists out there. Oh, well.

Mitchell said: I think what many 🦋 Bsky users may be overlooking is that they’re blocking people in positions of influence *who want to listen to them*. As someone influentialish in AI ethics, it’s important for me to know what creators, critics, Luddites, etc., are thinking and seeing.

Mitchell added in a second post: I’m an advocate in tech directly aligned with a lot of their values in the very spaces where decisions that affect them are being made. I need the stats, articles, hot takes…all the deets they can give me so I can be prepared when talking to regulators,academics, techies, etc

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

100%. This is troubling news.

Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · 1d

Teen Vogue firing its entire politics staff is grim. One of the few groups actually covering the past 10 years somewhat accurately.

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

My condolences. ❤️

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 1d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

Yeah, I think we were all waiting for the other shoe to drop with Canva owning them and this was how it happened.

Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

I felt the need to speak on this, because @cartoonist.coop has decided to distance itself from Affinity/Canva, and I fully understand why. The sus vibes can’t be shaken. bsky.app/profile/cart...

Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 1d

The Cartoonist Co-op is no longer affiliated with Affinity due to their recent integration of AI tools.

You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/

Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)

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Allan Lorde @allanlorde.com · 1d

I just found out that not only can you ignore Canva AI bullshit (which was the plan), you can turn the button OFF.

youtu.be/e4OmDaUgX_w?...

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