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麥月明 🎨 they/them 🕊️ long live int'l solidarity! treaty 1 🌷🐟 illustration & comics~!! but i mostly blog... ٩(*•͈ ꇴ •͈*)و ̑̑❀ eSims 🫒 https://chuffed.org/project/crips-for-esims-for-gaza 🪷 https://nataliemark.ca 💌 [email protected]

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · Aug 30

hey party ppl!! ICYMI i got my hands on a riso machine locally. hoping to launch this project and service in a few months thanks to the wonderful space provided by Take Home BIPOC Arthouse and I want to play around with more art - YOUR ARTWORK 🫵

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · 4h

they need to make tablet sized laptops. why do they keep getting bigger

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✨jess🔮yuri wizard✨ @witchazard.bsky.social · 1d

another #wip theyre just so……

bianca taking a photo of samantha lying in bed

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · 10h

i have like a mentorship networking thing later should i bring some tiny stickers or bookmarks to give out ? 🤠

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lovers only 𓁿 @folcanta.bsky.social · 19h

he actually said that

folken fanel escaflowne time of monsters gramsci stencil. he said that you son of a bitch

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · 18h

i have been using this quote a lot recently LOL

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

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snow @snow117.bsky.social · 2d

I've been working on an essay about The Struggles of TTRPG Outreach and Fandom but I think this tumblr post just captured the whole sentiment im like 100 words.

Fact: Apart from pure recognition factor, one of the major reasons your fanart gets more eyes on it than your OCd is because people are perverts for narrative context, and your OCs don't have any.

Corollary: you don't actually need to write a whole-ass graphic novel to achieve that narrative context. You do need to know what your OC's story is, but once you do, you can literally just draw contextless snapshots from that story that raise more questions than they answer and people will fill in the blanks.

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jade 🫀 comms closed @yellghoul.bsky.social · 27d

all of them ⚔

compilation of 5 swordtember illustrations

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 1d

I think people feel the most comfortable defending old books bc they're "canon" bc we've made the mistake of trying to defend each book on its merits-- when it's not about the books at all. They're banning good books and mid books and bad books bc they want to defund public education 😤

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

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Hannah Lock @hannahlock.bsky.social · 2d

Psyduck visits a haunted house 👻

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Kate Draws 🌈✨️ @tacticiankate.bsky.social · 3d

Posting the geezers again because EMERALD AND PERCY ARE GETTIN MARRIED NEXT SESSION OR SESSION AFTER LETS GOOOOOOOOO 🥳🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
#art #oc #exalted

A black and white drawing of Emerald and Percy, both dressed very fancily like they're going to a gala. Percy is kissing Emerald's hand while Emerald watches shyly.

A black and white drawing of Emerald and Percy. Emerald is smooching Percy, who is covered in red cartoon kiss marks and is letting it happen.

A pink-tinted black and white drawing of Emerald and Percy, based off a photograph. They are embracing each other and both look overjoyed.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 3d

There are many goals—to undercut authors working from the margins, to take access away from young readers who do not yet have full agency over their lives, and especially to dismantle institutions that empower and provide access for the public! They’re all worth addressing!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 3d

I get frustrated with best-selling authors being like “It’s banned books week, buy my book” because one major portion of the project of book bans is administrative overload! It’s to make the job of being a public librarian or teacher feel exceedingly difficult and not worth the trouble!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 3d

It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

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George @hannahtempler.com · 3d

I purchased from Abi's shop because every random cheapo artist glove I've ever bought has fallen apart within weeks and I'm tired of it! I like buying things that are cute and made with care and will last– it's economically sensible AND less wasteful to support individual craft. what's not to love

🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 3d

This isn't towards those who are broke.

I've noticed that people devalue my work. I could have hundreds of reviews raving about my products. But people only wanna support me if they feel they're getting a VERY "cheap" price. While so many other creators can charge whatever for their products.

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · 3d

update my phone and now the batter drains super fast 😭

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · Mar 7

this world is difficult for a... gentle soul such as yours to bear

#VisionofEscaflowne #FolkenFanel #art

art study of folken fanel from vision of escaflowne with sparkly stars across the image.

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 4d

Portland Frog updates about getting pepper sprayed in his fan intake 🐸🫡

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 4d

“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”

your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

This exchange is a perfect example of why you can't reform the Democrats. They can't admit they were wrong. Ever. They will always blame the very people who predicted that the situation they're currently upset about will happen. They're not interested in fixing anything.

Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 4d

The whole empty, centrist Dem scam is collapsing in real time.

This is a leg sweep, followed by a quick boxing of Schatz’s ears. These hacks need to go away. They are killing us in so many ways.

An exchange from Twitter where Brian Schatz is bemoaning ICE and Adam Johnson points out Schatz voted to double their budget just last year.

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natbu @floodkiss.bsky.social · 4d

i literally want plastic surgery someday to have elf ears it's a dream... i take any excuse to wear themmmmm

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plæst[이]k @plaest2k.bsky.social · 4d

taylor swift is the mr beast of music

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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 11d

This whole section really.

Finally: AI cannot do your job, but an AI salesman can 100% convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that can't do your job, and when the bubble bursts, the money-hemorrhaging "foundation models" will be shut off and we'll lose the AI that can't do your job, and you will be long gone, retrained or retired or "discouraged" and out of the labor market, and no one will do your job.
AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations:

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