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J. B. Bartram
@jbbartram.bsky.social
Illustrator, ceramicist, graphic designer, studio gnome. She/her.

Pottery shop: heywitch.bigcartel.com
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Hi there, #portfolioday ! I’m an illustrator, graphic designer, and potter who specializes in book illustration (currently illustrating my 5th kids book & working away slowly at a graphic novel) & design/illustration for NGOs & other similar organizations!

📖 www.jessicabartram.ca
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Secure your own squid first before helping others.

(I'm disproportionately proud of this drawing.)
February 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
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A Black-capped Chickadee showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory.
January 31, 2026 at 11:12 PM
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Let's GO!
Official Poster #1 for OCAF designed by Rebecca "Beccs" Champagne! @beccschampagne.bsky.social
We have three illustrations made by stellar local artists! ✨️
Spot 'em around the city in these coming months.

#ottawa #ottawacomics #ocaf2026 #ottawacomicsfestival
February 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
All set up! It is so cold in here!!
January 31, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Grumpbeak
January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Also, I’ll have a bunch of mugs and the market is called 613flea 👍
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Oh yeah, this is done now! And I am SO in love with it???? It’ll also be on my table at my upcoming market this weekend (see my last two posts for details!) even tho I don’t want to sell it, I just want to keep it in my house & stare at it forever.
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Oh yeah, this is done now! And I am SO in love with it???? It’ll also be on my table at my upcoming market this weekend (see my last two posts for details!) even tho I don’t want to sell it, I just want to keep it in my house & stare at it forever.
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Also, I’ll have a bunch of mugs and the market is called 613flea 👍
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Oop, I’ve been slow to post about my rescheduled market this weekend — I’ll be at Aberdeen Pavilion (Ottawa) from 10-4 this Saturday, January 31st & these are some of the pals I’ll have with me!
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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ceramic grubs in their gribs (grub cribs) receiving their legs and soon to get more decor and become grub effigies
January 29, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day — and with masked troops in our streets, law-abiding neighbors being disappeared, a president othering and dehumanizing entire communities in our country, and big mysterious prisons awaiting his scapegoats, history is speaking to all of us.
Hitler, Jews, and the Holocaust
Hitler blamed Jews for Germany’s problems. Over the years, the Nazis targeted Jews with increasingly evil treatment, leading to the "Final Solution" — mass extermination. We visit the Auschwitz-Birken...
classroom.ricksteves.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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We decided to drop the paywall for this Heated Rivalry essay by @katelynburns.com so more of you could read it: www.theflytrapmedia.com/icy-hot-heat...
I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”
'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?
www.theflytrapmedia.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Excuse the terrible camerawork (I was busy marvelling at how close it was), but!!! Raven finding a snack in a snowbank!!!!!!!!! I love living in a city with year-round ravens!!!!!!
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Here it is: My thoughts on Heated Rivalry's fantastic adaptation of romance genre storytelling - and why this is such a bizarrely rare phenomenon on TV.
"The real question here isn’t why Heated Rivalry is a hit—it’s why this kind of romance series is so rare in the first place."

The great @gavia.bsky.social returns to Fansplaining with an incisive piece on Heated Rivalry, romance publishing, and the TV industry. Read or listen to an audio version:
The Success of Heated Rivalry Should Not Be a Surprise — Fansplaining
Romancelandia understands why the show is a hit. Why is it so hard for Hollywood to get the message?
www.fansplaining.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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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
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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is it too late to call Bryan Fuller's Hannibal "Eated Rivalry"
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 25, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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let’s be primitive horses with mama
January 24, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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Not in Minnesota & want to help? Check this out:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...

In MN & want to help? See:
naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...

It's very cold! Help our unhoused neighbors:
linktr.ee/sanctuarysup...
How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
naomikritzer.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:54 AM
This protein panic is so funny as someone who was vegetarian for a decade and had to field one million concerned questions about whether I was getting enough protein. The stuff is not hard to get (especially if you are a cheese fiend like me!!)
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
This jar is sosoclose to being done (just needs to be glazed!) & it feels like a true labour of love.
January 23, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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What’s funny about the Oscar race this year is the CHUDs are mad at One Battle After Another because it’s “woke” and makes fun of white supremacists but they can’t derail it from winning everything because then the big winner would be SINNERS which is woker and makes more fun of white supremacists
January 23, 2026 at 1:53 AM
I’m currently unable to donate due to comically low ferritin (boooooo stupid weak blood), so please go in my place!!!!
Canadians go here! www.blood.ca/en room was v empty at my donation last week, plz go donate a bag of your wets if you are able
January 22, 2026 at 4:40 PM