Danielle Anne Baum
@dabaum.bsky.social
right! I have to put a description here don't I?
I'm a queer trans artist on the autistic spectrum that deals with depression and anxiety. I used to be a librarian, might again one day. I curse if you don't like it fuck off.
I'm a queer trans artist on the autistic spectrum that deals with depression and anxiety. I used to be a librarian, might again one day. I curse if you don't like it fuck off.
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Danielle Anne Baum
@dabaum.bsky.social
· Nov 10
just in case someone is curious i use the phrase "oh gods" because 1) i'm a huge fan of percy jackson series, but 2) i choose to follow the greek gods. athena is my mother, lady artemis is my aunt, etc.
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Decent documentary on Tubi. When We Went Mad, a long look at Mad. A fairly shallow doc, basically for people who don’t know the history. But fun interview footage of Gaines, Mecklin, Feldstein, Kurtzman etc.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
When We Went MAD! | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Adam Carolla
m.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Decent documentary on Tubi. When We Went Mad, a long look at Mad. A fairly shallow doc, basically for people who don’t know the history. But fun interview footage of Gaines, Mecklin, Feldstein, Kurtzman etc.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hCyD...
many cat owners feel their cats are more intelligent than these scientists. dog owners agree and suggest that cats and dogs have superior intellect to these scientists
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
many cat owners feel their cats are more intelligent than these scientists. dog owners agree and suggest that cats and dogs have superior intellect to these scientists
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Hey, if you used to have Harry Potter soundtrack music on your holiday playlist because it fits that vibe so well, but now it makes you feel mighty icky, might I suggest grabbing some tracks from Williams' similar soundtrack for HOOK, especially "The Never-Feast"?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7Y...
The Never-Feast
YouTube video by John Williams - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Hey, if you used to have Harry Potter soundtrack music on your holiday playlist because it fits that vibe so well, but now it makes you feel mighty icky, might I suggest grabbing some tracks from Williams' similar soundtrack for HOOK, especially "The Never-Feast"?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7Y...
@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social hey. hey so...I just went through the renewal process for my benefits. yeah. my health care just got wiped out because "I make too much money"...I average $525 a week, before taxes. but that's too much money. so I want you to
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@fetterman.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social hey. hey so...I just went through the renewal process for my benefits. yeah. my health care just got wiped out because "I make too much money"...I average $525 a week, before taxes. but that's too much money. so I want you to
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Incredible ❤️
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Incredible ❤️
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I post a new version of this every other year or so, and every year comic book page rates stay the same. Five years ago, people were getting paid $240 in '25 dollars; today they are getting the same $150 a page.
I finally secured a bookcase (neighbor down the street put it out for free) it doesn't have everything on it...mostly cause I can't fit that many books on but it finally let's me put a lot of my favorite books in arms reach. it's nice
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I finally secured a bookcase (neighbor down the street put it out for free) it doesn't have everything on it...mostly cause I can't fit that many books on but it finally let's me put a lot of my favorite books in arms reach. it's nice
@ssavaart.com this arrived late yesterday for me!
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
@ssavaart.com this arrived late yesterday for me!
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
jeebus fick that was a nightmare I did not want to go into! woke myself up out of it
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
jeebus fick that was a nightmare I did not want to go into! woke myself up out of it
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You wouldn't know this if you lived in the UK because it's not the government's preferred outcome. 😒
A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... & of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Trans care saves lives.
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
You wouldn't know this if you lived in the UK because it's not the government's preferred outcome. 😒
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How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
imgs.xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
hey. hey. people. go. watch two of the best cartoonist in the country talk to each other.
Miss the livestream event with Alison Bechdel and Tillie Walden '16? You can watch the recording here: www.youtube.com/live/LCiBsFg...
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
hey. hey. people. go. watch two of the best cartoonist in the country talk to each other.
fuck. this. shit. this admin can fuck off. again.
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
fuck. this. shit. this admin can fuck off. again.
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No, YOU'RE crying about XKCD
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
No, YOU'RE crying about XKCD
I'll also add...if you're reviewing a book remember that this is someone's work they invested time in. if you didn't like a book explain, without being an asshole, why. just because the story didn't resonate with you, doesn't mean that it won't resonate with someone else. also you can always choose
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'll also add...if you're reviewing a book remember that this is someone's work they invested time in. if you didn't like a book explain, without being an asshole, why. just because the story didn't resonate with you, doesn't mean that it won't resonate with someone else. also you can always choose
I second Steve's recommendation! Ripley is fucking amazingly talented.
also happy birthdays @ripleylacross.bsky.social !
also happy birthdays @ripleylacross.bsky.social !
Happy birthday to my wonderful colleague Ripley LaCross! @ripleylacross.bsky.social Give them a follow for some great cartooning, illustration, and informational hiking comics, and stunning personal comics like this one.
www.ohjoysextoy.com/hello-me-rip...
www.ohjoysextoy.com/hello-me-rip...
Hello Me by Ripley LaCross
Ripley here to get all sappy and poetic about my personal journey with HRT! It's been one hell of a trip, full of ups, downs, snags, traverses, switchbacks, and leaps of faith. All the research in the...
www.ohjoysextoy.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I second Steve's recommendation! Ripley is fucking amazingly talented.
also happy birthdays @ripleylacross.bsky.social !
also happy birthdays @ripleylacross.bsky.social !
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
dear democratic party, the absolute fuck are you doing? I haven't lived in Baltimore in over 20 years! why do you keep contacting me about MD issues??? I know you've got updated information cause you keep emailing my current email address and I didn't have that then!
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
dear democratic party, the absolute fuck are you doing? I haven't lived in Baltimore in over 20 years! why do you keep contacting me about MD issues??? I know you've got updated information cause you keep emailing my current email address and I didn't have that then!
@stephenrbissette.bsky.social @anuncivilphd.bsky.social thought you both might enjoy this one: youtube.com/shorts/VVi2S...
Restoring a 1969 Marvelmania Toys For Tots Poster 🎁
YouTube video by Fourth Cone Restoration
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
@stephenrbissette.bsky.social @anuncivilphd.bsky.social thought you both might enjoy this one: youtube.com/shorts/VVi2S...
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You can argue "death of the artist" and "separate the art and the artist" as much as you wish -- it doesn't mean folks won't see you giving a powerful TERF activist cash for nostalgia. There's no mental gymnastics around that.
There are better fictional worlds out there than her small-minded one.
There are better fictional worlds out there than her small-minded one.
Hey yall not what I wanted to do on my birthday but let it be clear
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
"Death of the artist" is all well & good but you cannot Seperate the art from the artist when the artist is still alive, a terf & every penny they recieve reinforces their beliefs & is used to actively harm Trans folks!
Let it Go!
'Harry Potter' author J.K. Rowling says 'a ton' of fans are 'still with me' after trans remarks
J.K. Rowling addressed her controversial comments about transgender women on 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling' podcast, saying many 'Harry Potter' fans were 'grateful that I'd said what I said,' and ...
share.google
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can argue "death of the artist" and "separate the art and the artist" as much as you wish -- it doesn't mean folks won't see you giving a powerful TERF activist cash for nostalgia. There's no mental gymnastics around that.
There are better fictional worlds out there than her small-minded one.
There are better fictional worlds out there than her small-minded one.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
stumbled across this dude on youtube and he talks about Japanese history and he's awesome. like this video on the drunken master calligrapher. so if you need a spot of humor in your day go check him out.
youtube.com/shorts/lsmfi...
youtube.com/shorts/lsmfi...
Japan’s drunken master calligrapher 🍶😂
YouTube video by Kyota Ko
youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
stumbled across this dude on youtube and he talks about Japanese history and he's awesome. like this video on the drunken master calligrapher. so if you need a spot of humor in your day go check him out.
youtube.com/shorts/lsmfi...
youtube.com/shorts/lsmfi...
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Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
2026 Comics Camp Application
Alaska Robotics Comics Camp
Convention & In-Town Events: May 7th - May 9th, 2026
Camp Dates: May 9th - May 13th, 2026
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Have you attended in the past? Feel free to skip any o...
docs.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Only two more days to get your applications sent in for Comics Camp. I'm happy to answer any questions!
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social
...Although, any s'mores related questions should be directed to @mariancall.bsky.social