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Brad M
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Folklorist. Nerd. Hermit. Las Vegas. Those really do sum it up. he/him 🏳️‍🌈
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ABSOL

✦ #art #pokemon #fanart
Illustration of Absol with an uncanny human face. A decorative border features the regional bird pokemon, skwovet, and slugma
January 27, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Excalibur.
February 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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New Past Lives: Maddalena, the Medici, and Slavery in the Renaissance. Slaves are nearly invisible in the Italian Renaissance, but there were thousands: Maddalena, the enslaved concubine of one of Europe's richest and most powerful men, Cosimo de Medici, was one of them. www.pod.link/1852618120/e...
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February 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists.

2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).
Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists
The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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ウォークの
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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Picture of Mary Elizabeth Bowser. Picture of Bowser's gravestone, which reads Mary Elizabeth Bowser Born 1840 Union military intelligence agent She risked her life and liberty So that all could know freedom This right here is Mary Elizabeth Bowser and she is James Bond levels of dope. She was born a slave in Richmond, Virginia in 1839. We don’t really know anything about her parents or her childhood because she was born a slave in Richmond, Virginia in 1839. We do know that the plantation owner, John Van Lew was wack as hell, that we can be sure of. Don’t worry though, because John Van Lew dies in 1843, and his wife Eliza Baker and daughter Elizabeth Van Lew decide to be semi-decent and “free” all their slaves. Many didn’t want to leave, because what were they gonna do, pick up some shifts at Applebees? No, this is pre Civil War Virginia! Many of them chose to stay, and those that did were paid for their service. Mary Elizabeth Bowser chose to stay, either because of the promise of pay…or because she was five. Either way in 1855 a noticeably bright Mary is sent to the Quaker School for Negroes in Philadelphia. Upon graduating in 1860, Mary moves back to Richmond and meets a free brother named Wilson Bowser. Because of racism, we don’t know a lot about their courtship, but I’m sure it was fire because they were married the next spring, just four days before the beginning of the Civil War! So, Mary’s still working for Elizabeth Van Lew, and one day Elizabeth says to her: “Look, I know that the Civil War just started, and as an unmarried, land owning, southern woman in 1861 I seem like an unlikely participant, but I want to tell you that I am in fact the leader of an elaborate Union spy ring that has already infiltrated the Confederate Capitol, and I want you on my spy squad!” And Mary’s like: “Well, I have to think abou-YES, I’M ABSOLUTELY IN!” So Mary heads to the “Confederate White House” to pose as a servant. These Confederate dummies would come and be like “It’s a good thing no one’s here but these negros! Now we can talk in depth about our super secret plans! There’s no way we’re gonna lose!” So when the Civil War ended, a lot of records detailing Union spy efforts were burned so that no butt hurt confederate sympathizer could seek retaliation! Unfortunately, that means details of Mary's post war life are largely unknown. What we do know is that in 1995 the United States army finally gave Mary Elizabeth Bowser her props by inducting her into the U.S. Army Intelligence Hall of Fame. Oh, and we also know the name she posed under, are you ready for it?…It was Bond, Ellen Bond! Because of course it was! She was perfect!
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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I wrote about underwater adventures in D&D. Aquatic environments have everything you need in a D&D game - dungeons & dragons (in turtle form). Why don't we go there more, & how might we change that? Did you know about The Deluge in the ancient past of AD&D's implied setting? I didn't! #AD&D #OSR
Underwater Adventures: D&D's Forgotten Realm
Underwater adventures are grossly underutilized in D&D. Even simple nautical or seafaring adventures (where the main mode of wilderness trav...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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awaiting tribute | fantasy pet portrait (2023)
2023 limited tone fantasy pet portrait in red and greyscale, a cat sits licking blood from his paw atop a stone alter. Behind him a fire burns, incense produces a thick black smoke, and bowls are stacked around him. In front of him is a large incubated egg, several smaller broken egg shells, scattered feathers, and a bloodied ceremonial knife
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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New Testament [Luther Bible]: The Woman Clothed with the Sun and the Dragon 1524. (Revelation, 12:1-5)
February 11, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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the full bard. you guys deserve this
woman wearing a kind of dress made of ropes & light fabric. she is playing a strange musical instrument.
October 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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post a mage
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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#ダンジョン飯 #deliciousindungeon
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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#Bloodborne #ブラッドボーン
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Baylen the Haymaker | mtg proxy commission(2025)
2025 Limited Color MTG Proxy Commission A golden hare rests in a battle field, offering his meager lunch to a feral rabbit emerging from a stump.
January 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Daily bunny no.3225 had a late night brew
Two hyper bunnies run around a table where a pot of coffee sits. They each tip over their own mugs of coffee, although it is the dead of night. A third bunny, more relaxed, sips a cup of decaf tea
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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lemon sharks 🍋🦈
#art #shark
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
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Powerful magic
Pigeons in center of a magical circle
February 9, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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Horsea looks like he's really working those waves! Either that or he thinks he is while that drake flies by 😄

#pokemon #horsea #mtgalter #magicthegathering
February 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Johan Christian Dahl, 1825. “Megalith Grave near Vordingborg in Winter”

#painting #1820s #JohanChristianDahl #megalith
February 7, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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Feast on the Riverboat | ROOT RPG commission (2025)
2025 limited color group commission Inside a smokey dining room aboard a river boat pirate ship, a group of adventurers blow off steam. From left to right, an anxious squirrel has drunken to excess, a spirited otter teases them and toasts. A paternalistic skunk with a metal arm scolds them, while a delirious herbalist rabbit offers a solution, and the groups tinkerer, a sparrow, sits with an impulse of a food fight within reach.
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Cairn: Barebones Edition is now available as a digital download!
Print editions coming soon!

yochaigal.itch.io/cairn-barebo...
Cairn: Barebones Edition by Yochai Gal
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February 9, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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people are always like "hey man how's it going" and I'm always looking at them from behind the frosted glass of the amulet's gem listening to the wizard speak for me
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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I think that more people should be drawing Stella from Dragon Quest IX
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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An attempt at Mari ‘ing up the Caldwell Higgins picture
A mari in caldwell higgings style with bubbles and flowers and stars manifesting her cloak
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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adventurer and familiar portrait
2025 limited tone fantasy commission a child leans against the body of a large cat, raising his bugcatching net reflexively as he glimpses a lady bug in a foggy wood.
April 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM