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Deidra Rayanne

@deedleray.bsky.social

She’s sleepy on the inside,
I’m sleepy on the outside,
Together we’re in dire need of a nap

A drawing of a pregnant mom (me) napping in a recliner chair

February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM

Deidra Rayanne

@deedleray.bsky.social

Did hourlies for yesterday since today was stressful and yesterday wasn’t 😅

#hourlycomicday

A bullet journal comic depicting me and my husband waking up, finding out D&D is cancelled, and getting coffee with a friend

A bullet journal comic depicting a group of friends going to an art supply store and a fountain pen store

A bullet journal comic showing what we ate, a gift I got, and how the day ended with everyone watching Bridgerton

February 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM

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chira 🎋

@artofchira.bsky.social

furries must be protected at all costs

Xerxes @xerxes.gay · 9d

Furries have already achieved the dream of every shit silicon valley technology and in a more ethical and less cringe way

The metaverse: VRChat
NFTs: adoptable fursonas
Typing words into a text box and having art appear: commissions

February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM

Deidra Rayanne

@deedleray.bsky.social

February’s sticker is here! Just a silly lil guy 🌸

The love fool holding up a flower, ready to play a game of “they love me, they love me not”.

February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM

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Stars

@starsinmycoffeeart.bsky.social

🌸💛

A drawing of a mermaid with a blue and pink tail, wearing pink loose clothing, headphones, and hijab. She is holding a fish shaped mp3 player and is sitting. Around her are sparkles, yellow swirls, and a fish.

February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM

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Dan Chibnall

@bookowl.bsky.social

I live in Iowa so if you wanna see a cow up close, you have plenty of opportunities to do so. And when you do you understand exactly why pasteurization is an essential, life-saving process.

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For people who have never seen a cow I'll explain:
Cows are covered in cow shit. All the time. Even clean cows who get bathed regularly have cow shit on them. But listen to me. Normal dairy cows are not getting baths. They have cowshit on them, the splash back from their cowshit gets on udders. So does cow urine.
Also listen mud gets on cow udders, cow hair, bugs, and other nasties will get in the milk. But most importantly: cow shit. There is so much cow shit involved with cows even in the cleanest and healthiest dairies. Cows shit a LOT. Also for some reason cows like to lie down in cowshit. You will have a whole pasture with no cowshit and they will find the most disgusting pile of cowshit you've ever had the misfortune to smell and they lie right in it.
When cows were milked by hand this was a problem- when cows are milked with machinery this is a problem. Cows are animals and they shit. A lot. And it's going to get into the milk. And listen. You do not want to drink cow shit germs in milk. And milk can be filtered all you want and it is- but germs? gotta cook those fuckers out. So you don't get sick from the cowshit.
TLRD: cow shit.

February 4, 2026 at 2:45 AM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Please speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension.

Public pressure works.

If enough people speak up, a life may be saved.

Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE

Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

www.disabledginger.com

February 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM

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pseudonym jones

@pseudonymjones.bsky.social

(doom)
#makeaterriblecomicday2025

A comic. Emma is doomscrolling when Goosie comes up. “mommy… fireworks are scary…” Emma puts an arm around her. “aw goosie, if you feel afraid we could… put on some happy music?” Goosie looks excited. “Can we sing and dance?” Smash cut to Goosie dancing and Emma on her knees, cry-singing along to Chappel Roan’s Pink Pony Club

July 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM

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key-lime pie

@keymonster.bsky.social

Stop using the tools of the enemy. Please, please, please use my protest animals as icons, headers, banners whatever you want to show your solidarity. I have thrown these pieces out there for people to use, partly to give them something to use from an actual human artist.
I give you permission.

Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 17d

Anyone using and sharing those resistance bird icons need to know that some (or a lot) of them were created with genai. 😬

To people who want to make imagery that says something; stop using genai. Please! It's their tool. It represents theft, false and unauthentic images, lies, harm, and wrongness.

January 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".

January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM

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Molly Jeffery, PhD MPP

@mollyjeffery.bsky.social

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

A letterpress card in cream with all caps writing:

R.E.M. GAVE ME UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW I'D FEEL AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM

Deidra Rayanne

@deedleray.bsky.social

No, I don’t think I will

I’m going to eat this whole cake by myself

January 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM

Deidra Rayanne

@deedleray.bsky.social

2026 sticker club season has started! I forgot to post this here so if you sign up by the end of the month I’ll still honor the Bat sticker promise!

Gloomy the bat is January’s sticker club reward! She’s holding a love note

January 16, 2026 at 2:18 AM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Man, I am a cartoonist who makes funnybooks for children! I am not a devoted political analyst or whatever! But I can plainly see that it’s stupid to negotiate from a position of compromise!

January 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM

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Genel Jumalon 🍉

@geneljumalon.bsky.social

For those wondering, the Twin Cities right now is a powder keg about to explode. There are more ICE agents here than there are local police. It's no longer a matter of if you will run into ICE agents but when.

January 12, 2026 at 3:35 PM

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Naomi Kritzer

@naomikritzer.bsky.social

"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"

A list of ideas!

January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM

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Portia

@portianoir.com

Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.

It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.

Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge

Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.

abc7.com

January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM

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Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️(2/23)

@pixiethinkss.bsky.social

ICE killed a Black man, Keith Porter, 7 days before Renee Good, and I hadn't heard about it until today. His vigils went unnoticed. His life came and gone and America forgot to blink.

Two Americas.

January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM