Isla Catrìona
@islascribbles.bsky.social
Scicommer, illustrator, writer. Secretly a horrible goose. (icon by @korin_st)
https://www.instagram.com/islascribbles/
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The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
‘I had a lot of equipment and ink and I was very very angry’ is a beautiful sentence in this context ( @dansinker.com I think you’ll appreciate this one)
You don’t know your role yet maybe, but we are all finding out just what we have to offer.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
In Minneapolis, one man knew immediately what he could offer and said “Bring me your clothing”.
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
‘I had a lot of equipment and ink and I was very very angry’ is a beautiful sentence in this context ( @dansinker.com I think you’ll appreciate this one)
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Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
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I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
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I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
January 20, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I come with empty hands and the desire to unbuild walls.
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Results show:
- A 900% increase in breeding birds and 500% rise in nightingales
- In some areas, butterfly species have doubled while dragonflies and damselflies have increased by nearly 900%
- A 600% increase in turtle doves, with 22 singing males in 2024 – up from two in 2008
🧵4/5
- A 900% increase in breeding birds and 500% rise in nightingales
- In some areas, butterfly species have doubled while dragonflies and damselflies have increased by nearly 900%
- A 600% increase in turtle doves, with 22 singing males in 2024 – up from two in 2008
🧵4/5
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Results show:
- A 900% increase in breeding birds and 500% rise in nightingales
- In some areas, butterfly species have doubled while dragonflies and damselflies have increased by nearly 900%
- A 600% increase in turtle doves, with 22 singing males in 2024 – up from two in 2008
🧵4/5
- A 900% increase in breeding birds and 500% rise in nightingales
- In some areas, butterfly species have doubled while dragonflies and damselflies have increased by nearly 900%
- A 600% increase in turtle doves, with 22 singing males in 2024 – up from two in 2008
🧵4/5
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After two decades of letting nature lead at Knepp Estate, the species recovery has been phenomenal 🦋
The @kneppwilding.bsky.social story is well known. 20 years ago, Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree's land was managed farmland and the business was struggling.
🧵1/5
The @kneppwilding.bsky.social story is well known. 20 years ago, Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree's land was managed farmland and the business was struggling.
🧵1/5
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
After two decades of letting nature lead at Knepp Estate, the species recovery has been phenomenal 🦋
The @kneppwilding.bsky.social story is well known. 20 years ago, Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree's land was managed farmland and the business was struggling.
🧵1/5
The @kneppwilding.bsky.social story is well known. 20 years ago, Charlie Burrell and Isabella Tree's land was managed farmland and the business was struggling.
🧵1/5
Dr. Rheumatologist, watching me sit down on the exam table: ah, a beautiful demonstration of hypermobility!
Me: I fucking KNEW IT
Me: I fucking KNEW IT
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Dr. Rheumatologist, watching me sit down on the exam table: ah, a beautiful demonstration of hypermobility!
Me: I fucking KNEW IT
Me: I fucking KNEW IT
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
Get you a DM who builds mini games into your dungeon 😂😂😂😂 @whatrobindoes.bsky.social #dungeonsandsragons #dnd #frosties
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Get you a DM who builds mini games into your dungeon 😂😂😂😂 @whatrobindoes.bsky.social #dungeonsandsragons #dnd #frosties
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running sky follower bridge in hopes that more people will stay here instead of the other place
👋 Hi! Please stay, I'm here! :D
👋 Hi! Please stay, I'm here! :D
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
running sky follower bridge in hopes that more people will stay here instead of the other place
👋 Hi! Please stay, I'm here! :D
👋 Hi! Please stay, I'm here! :D
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
Me, who has been clearing out the last vestiges of a decades worth of crap from her house: man now these boxes are gone I really need to go over the forgotten spaces with a magnifying glass and the hoover
Jamie, crawling under the skirting: don’t worry mum I got it!
Jamie, crawling under the skirting: don’t worry mum I got it!
December 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Me, who has been clearing out the last vestiges of a decades worth of crap from her house: man now these boxes are gone I really need to go over the forgotten spaces with a magnifying glass and the hoover
Jamie, crawling under the skirting: don’t worry mum I got it!
Jamie, crawling under the skirting: don’t worry mum I got it!
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Happy holidays one and all -
But especially to the like.. 100 of you who appeared overnight. I assume I've been added to a starter pack somewhere. In the interest of sharing, here's my starter pack for 100% certified human artists:
go.bsky.app/Nw4pFee
But especially to the like.. 100 of you who appeared overnight. I assume I've been added to a starter pack somewhere. In the interest of sharing, here's my starter pack for 100% certified human artists:
go.bsky.app/Nw4pFee
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Happy holidays one and all -
But especially to the like.. 100 of you who appeared overnight. I assume I've been added to a starter pack somewhere. In the interest of sharing, here's my starter pack for 100% certified human artists:
go.bsky.app/Nw4pFee
But especially to the like.. 100 of you who appeared overnight. I assume I've been added to a starter pack somewhere. In the interest of sharing, here's my starter pack for 100% certified human artists:
go.bsky.app/Nw4pFee
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Hey, artists remember this:
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
December 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Hey, artists remember this:
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
No matter how many pieces you made this year you're an artist, even if you only made 1.
If you are super active or if you only have time / energy to pop up once in a while, no matter how big or small, you are still part of the art community 🙌
I love u artists
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NEW DTIYS!!
To celebrate 80k followers on Instagram I have made a draw this in your style-challenge for the new year! You can include your own wishes for the year or not, and remake this drawing (or the one without text in the following post) in your way!! :D
#byJessicaElena80k #dtiys
To celebrate 80k followers on Instagram I have made a draw this in your style-challenge for the new year! You can include your own wishes for the year or not, and remake this drawing (or the one without text in the following post) in your way!! :D
#byJessicaElena80k #dtiys
December 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
NEW DTIYS!!
To celebrate 80k followers on Instagram I have made a draw this in your style-challenge for the new year! You can include your own wishes for the year or not, and remake this drawing (or the one without text in the following post) in your way!! :D
#byJessicaElena80k #dtiys
To celebrate 80k followers on Instagram I have made a draw this in your style-challenge for the new year! You can include your own wishes for the year or not, and remake this drawing (or the one without text in the following post) in your way!! :D
#byJessicaElena80k #dtiys
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I often stop a painting partway bc something feels off in the execution. I pull it apart, put it back together again and the end result is so much better, more focused on the original goal for it.
That's part of the process. If I skip that part, the results are less polished, and less meaningful.
That's part of the process. If I skip that part, the results are less polished, and less meaningful.
the thing that drives me insane about genAI/chatgpt bullshit is that brother, the process IS the work IS the entire thing. no artist comes to art for the final result. the final result is inextricable from the fucking labor that came into making it
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I often stop a painting partway bc something feels off in the execution. I pull it apart, put it back together again and the end result is so much better, more focused on the original goal for it.
That's part of the process. If I skip that part, the results are less polished, and less meaningful.
That's part of the process. If I skip that part, the results are less polished, and less meaningful.
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Was very happy to contribute some thoughts to this excellent article 🙏
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Was very happy to contribute some thoughts to this excellent article 🙏
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
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We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
Reposted by Isla Catrìona
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".