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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 4d

Our National Parks are at risk. ⚠️

From the rugged Lakes to the sweeping South Downs, these landscapes define us and our future. They sustain wildlife, communities and our wellbeing - and they must be protected.

A future that puts them at risk isn't what anyone voted for.

A scenic view of a National Park landscape with a winding stone path leading through green hills and valleys under soft sunlight. In the centre of the image, bold black text on a red-and-black hazard-striped background reads: “DON’T WEAKEN NATIONAL PARK PROTECTIONS.” Below it, in white text, is the hashtag “#NationalParksMatter.”

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 5d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Haley Rose-Lyon @haleyroselyon.com · 8d

It's wild that we still don't have a commonly accepted comic script format. Basically every script I get is different from the next, with varying levels of technical or layout issues. (But hey, we're all out here doing our best.)

Keep your letterer happy with these tips from @blambot.bsky.social 🥰

Tips from comic book letterer Nate Piekos about how to prepare a script for lettering use. These include writing in sentence case and sending the script in Word or other text-based format.

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Mike Armstrong @mike-armstrong.com · 8d

#RONTOBER day 4: Wind

A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat standing outside on a windy day. He has been hit in the face by a leaf.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 10d

If you’re involved with making comics in the UK, please, please, please take 10 mins to fill this out. It’s such vital information!

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 10d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 10d

The image is Brian's face with the text Arachnophobia is dumb let spiders get married

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Kat Calamia @NYCC L-21 @comicuno.bsky.social · 27d

PAID WORK - CALLING COMIC CREATORS!

Lifeline Comics - Creators of the Ringo Nominated Transphoria and Hairology are opening submissions for our next anthology WOMEN SPORTS!

DUE DATE: OCTOBER 19th 11:59 PM EST

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 17d

WE ARE FUNDED. Worrywart is happening! So yeah, prepare yourselves!

Lane! Draws! Comics! @lanedraws.bsky.social · 17d

If this gets funded, I'll draw a sexy Condiment King pinup for everyone to use as a phone background.

Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 18d

At least your family feuds aren't as bad as the ones in Worrywart.

Unless your mother has hired a heavily armed killer to murder your pet magical imp. Sorry to hear that if so.

Only a week left on Kickstarter, nearly 90% funded! Don't risk forgetting!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · 18d

Anyway, I was very excited today to realise that it's now possible to book for a flu vaccine this year. Love being sneeze proof 💁

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 18d

we really do need to worry about what Reform might to do to our medicines and vaccine regulation if they get into power

christinapagel.substack.com/p/how-vulner...

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · 18d

Oh nice, thanks for the link! Hope you get headspace to catch up with stuff 💃 also nice on the honorary Yorkshire title, that one's gonna be a real hard one to earn, esp from an actual miner 😆

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · 20d

Will we get "reviews" of these when you're done reading, or are you not interested in doing them? 🤏🤓 I'm an exceedingly slow reader, so opinions are always grand

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Tim Krief @timkrief.com · 26d

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Sep 11

Damn, look how many of you have filled in the survey in its first week! (Yes I *have* made a respondent-meter like it’s a village hall fundraiser - let me have my little whimsies)

If you have ten mins to join in the fun, the link is here: ukcomicscreators.org.uk

A meter showing how many people have responded to the uk comics creator survey 2025. So far it’s at 289! The minimum target is 380 to be statistically representative, and 623 responded in 2020

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · Sep 10

Also Anki decks with audio for word retention, but I come at it from a learning the language TO learn the language perspective; not just to be able to knock about and order food. Depends on how far you want to go!

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · Sep 10

Practice makes perfect for French (especially the grammar one) are a good book series if you're interested in those. They have really good explanations beyond anything I've ever seen in an app, especially for grammar and self teaching.

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Hanna @hannagwynn.bsky.social · Sep 8

I've been able to find them by going on desktop/desktop mode and really specifically clicking the number of reviews that's like (###) SOMETIMES, but they're absolutely being obfuscated and just leaving the useless overall star rating.

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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · Sep 6

This takes 10 mins or so to fill in. The data can help lead to more institutional support and grants for comic creators. A pretty good trade imo

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby!

Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something.

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

A promotional image for the survey, reading “we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in?” Above a series of illustrated raised hands in various styles. At the bottom is the url ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hivemind, anyone know any Leeds/Yorkshire based comic writers? It's for a fantastic project that the British Library has been working on with care experienced and looked after children in Leeds, making a comic about their experiences.

I would love to get some people down to support the launch.

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Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · Aug 29

I want to explain a few things and then it might be clearer why UK trans people are upset.
In 2001 I married my wife, Sylvia.
In 2005 I started medical transition. (1/13)

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Calling all Black visual artists! Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 covers! Artists should submit portfolios or work samples which illustrate an understanding of composition, and feature fantastical elements and/or can be categorized as fantasy, science-fiction, horror, & their related subgenres./+