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maddi

@quasimaddi.bsky.social

I'm resisting a quote dunk! I'm resisting a quote dunk! Here are some Venmo accounts collecting rent aid and other various supplies and help for Minneapolis citizens:

centralcaresteam
supporteastside
canmn
colectivabilingue

January 21, 2026 at 3:04 PM

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉

@scumbelievable.bsky.social

My friend Sama'a goes without so that her little girls have food and warm clothes. She has been through things the rest of us can't imagine. Please give what you can to help.

mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 6d

I am a mother from Gaza with two daughters, ages 3 and 4 months.

They have no fault in war, destruction, hunger, or cold. All I want is to save their childhood and provide them with safety, medicine and milk.

Your support is not just a donation, it is life.

- Sama’a 🤍

chuffed.org/project/157569

Sama’a and her daughters in front of a red sheeted wall. She is smiling, wearing a black hijab and a white Mickey Mouse sweatshirt, holding baby Talia in her arm, who is swaddled in a white blanket and wearing a white headband with a bow. At her hip is 3 year old Julia, wearing a green and blue plaid dress with a white collar, smiling with her dark hair pulled up into pigtails.

Sama’a kneeling in front of a table with her two daughters, Julia and Talia sitting in front of her. Sama’a is wearing a black hijab and makeup with burgundy lipstick and has a proud smile. Julia, three years old, is wearing a green and blue plaid dress with white stockings and white shoes with big rose gold flowers. her dark hair is pulled up into two pigtails. Talia, four months old, is wearing a fuzzy hooded white footie onesie.

Sama’a is standing outside on a dirt road in front of a wall, with an encampment behind them. She is wearing a black hijab and a long sleeved flowy black pantsuit. She is holding baby Talia in her arms, who is wearing a pink shirt, denim pants, and white socks. Julia is standing next to them in a white sundress with ruffle sleeves, a white shoes and white headband.

Three year old Julia and 4 month old Talia sleeping together under an orange blanket. They are cuddled and facing each other. Julia is on the left wearing a purple fleece sweater, her dark curly hair in pigtails. Talia is wearing a brown sweater with a white turtleneck underneath, her hair short and curly, her face very chubby.

January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

I watched phenomena yesterday (the dario argento film) and I have a lot of thoughts: spoilers ahead of you care

January 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

I have pet portraits open, please go to my ko-fi if interested
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#illustration #petportrait #dog #cat #commission

December 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

pose study for #TrueRefDT0010 went a little magical/witchy with it

illustration of a woman sitting cross legged while holding a cup of purple swirling liquid w/ a wand in it and twirling her hair. she looks at tiny faeries hovering around her head

November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

the first four days of retro supply’s fright-fall
#illustration #characterdesign

A young werewolf pup is excited to see a gum ball machine full of skulls

a cat is tormented by the ghosts of dancing mice

a haunted house with ghosts skeletons pumpkins and other monsters

a devil holding marionettes of a person being tormented by an imp

October 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉

@scumbelievable.bsky.social

Once again, Bluesky has deleted my friend Sama'a's account.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-baha-...

October 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

almost forgot to post this here as well, my entry for this month’s character design challenge
#CinemaMonsters #characterdesignchallange

an illustration of the bride of Frankenstein, she stands in front of a church window in a torn black Victorian dress, holding a bouquet of nettle marigolds and nightshade, her lips are curled as she stumbles toward the viewer

October 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM

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Claire Willett

@clairewillett.bsky.social

on today's episode of "Claire's beloved friend got fired from his church job for posting about Gaza and racial justice," he just posted on Insta about how the (white) pastor said to him straight out "if I'd known I was hiring an activist, I wouldn't have hired you"

FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Sep 27

a few lovely people asked me yesterday if there was a way to offer Ike and his family direct support, and a parishioner has now set up a GoFundMe for them. please consider donating if you can 💕

September 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM

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Mx. Moz

@mleelunsford.com

#KnightsofGuinevere I told you

Andi, Frankie, and Guinevere from Knights of Guinevere in a parody of the Weekend at Bernie's poster.

September 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM

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jess m.

@jametc.bsky.social

I feel like a spartacus moment is the only thing that might stand a chance against the encroachment onto free speech is such a brazen way
like... I guess we all have to openly be like, fuck charlie kirk, rest in piss, you racist sack of shit, you brought this on yourself. Am I allowed to say this?

September 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

I’ve gotten back into more traditional art and im working on my first lino print since college, it’s nice to have fun creating art again
#linoprint #artprint #illustration #halloween

a photo of a lino block print. A pumpkin headed ghost floats in air as small squash and gourds dance beneath it. a few leaves swirl around the ghost. everything is colored in muted oranges and browns.

September 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM

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Iron Circus Comics

@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world.

Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight.

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job!

Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

September 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM

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Indrapramit Das

@indrapramitdas.bsky.social

Palestinian families like Hammam's are being starved to death in Israel's genocidal famine & siege. Please help by sharing & donating if you've anything to spare:

August 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM

Ash G

@asmagarr.bsky.social

trying to extract the line work from a photo was interesting, but I had a lot more fun doing traditional lines and digital colors (plus all the textures)
#illustration #summerween #characterart

a retro style illustration of a woman’s face looking surprised as a mountain of ice cream covers the top of her head. It’s decorated with little skulls, jack o lanterns and bats. ghosts have also been swirled in and are floating around as well. all with a skull cherry on top.

August 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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Indrapramit Das

@indrapramitdas.bsky.social

Palestinian families like Ahmad's are being starved to death & displaced once again in Israel's genocidal famine & siege. Bsky keeps deleting him. Please help by sharing his latest account & donating if you've anything to spare:

August 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM