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Karen Beilharz

@kbeilz.bsky.social

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Writer, reader, editor, listener, knitter, TV and movie-watcher, Christian, and interested in way too many things. http://hivemindedness.com

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · Nov 21

For newbies: Hello, I'm Karen from Sydney, Aus!

In my day job, I edit podcasts & text. In my night job, I write comics & prose, knit, read/watch/listen to stuff, table at events, & occasionally edit for others.

This is what I'm into:

bsky.app/profile/kbei...

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · Oct 10

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 things you're into:

1. Writing my novel in libraries & cafés

2. Making comics with other people

3. Basque cheesecake

4. Asian dramas—particularly long xanxia series where the fate of the world is determined by the love story

5. Lace knitting

Gary Proudley @garyproudley.bsky.social · Oct 9

Get to know your mutuals. List 10 things you're into!

1. Comics
2. Mythology and folklore
3. Star Wars
4. Cooking (but not baking, can't bake to save my life)
5. Lord Of the Rings
6. Overwatch e-sports
7. Walks in nature
8. Korean BBQ (so good you guys)
9. Books
10. TV/Movies

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 1d

Tabling at Geek Markets Wollongong today!

The comics half of my table, featuring print copies of “Katrie and the Tale-Bearer”, “Monsters”, “Kinds of Blue” and “Like Mothers”.

The prose part of my table, featuring my novella “The Dating Program”, and a short story called “Elise” that is modelled on the story of the wild swans.

View of the con floor from the other direction.

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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Mr Squiggle, Blackboard and Gus the Snail: inside the wonderful world of puppet-maker Norman Hetherington

An exhibition pulls back the curtain on the artist’s most famous creations, and a large cast of other characters he prepared earlier * Mr Squiggle and Friends: The Creative World of Norman Hetherington runs until 13 October at the National Museum in Canberra * Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Zerii 🍡ゼリー @zeriichan.bsky.social · 2d

Sunny Day 🤍☀️🖤

#satosugu #gojosatoru #getosuguru #jjk #jujutsukaisen #art

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 2d

🚀 Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business is out NOW! Book eleven in the best-selling comic series drags our cute chaotics up into space, as the fate of the whole world depends on them!

✨ I really hope you like it ✨

(Published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social)

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 3d

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

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Centre for Christian Living @c4cl.bsky.social · 3d

On the latest episode of the CCL #podcast, Tony Payne and Peter Orr dispel confusion and sharpen our understanding of faith and its place at the foundation of the Christian life.

ccl.moore.edu.au/resources/po...

#Christianity
#Christianethics
#Christianlife
#faith

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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 3d

Masami Nagasawa is fierce and unforgettable as O-Ei, the woman behind ukiyo-e master Hokusai, in Tatsushi Omori’s gritty historical biopic.

‘Hokusai’s Daughter’ captures the ferocity of a forgotten painter

Masami Nagasawa delivers one of her most compelling performances yet in Tatsushi Omori’s historical biopic.

ebx.sh

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 2d

Are you friends with anyone who does framing? Maybe you could come to some reciprocal arrangement where you pay them in art??

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently arts degrees are so worthless they need to be stopped, yet the product of those degrees is so valuable paying for it would bring down an entire industry.

Make it make sense.

Headline screenshot. The leader of the Conservative Party saying we need to "Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English."

Headline screenshot. The former leader of the Liberal Democrats, also former Meta employee, claiming that asking artists for permission to use their work (i.e. paying for it) would "kill" the A.I. industry.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 4d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 2d

On the plus side, I am now packed for Saturday's con!

I even managed to locate my hi-vis vests for bump-in 😬

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh: today is not a good day. I forgot about two things I agreed to do with friends—only one of which made it into my calendar. But then it had a question mark next to it, which meant we hadn't confirmed a time, so it wasn't completely my fault??

Anyway, this is very uncharacteristic of me ...

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 2d

Today I’ve managed to do a weights class (the first on in almost a week!), grocery shopping, four loads of laundry (plus folding & putting away), remake all the beds, prepare lunch & dinner, do a bunch of food prep for future meals, stack the dishwasher, & NOT pack my con suitcase ☹️

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

Including The Boy & the Heron.

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

All of them 😊

Dani✨ @danisdiary.bsky.social · 3d

#Ghibli movies checklist. Share with the community how many have you watched!

Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

All of them 😊

Dani✨ @danisdiary.bsky.social · 3d

#Ghibli movies checklist. Share with the community how many have you watched!

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 3d

KODANSHA teases new international manga award in 2026

At the editor panel at Kodansha House, editors from Kodansha Japan discussed ways for mangaka outside of Japan to get published.

KODANSHA teases new international manga award in 2026

At the editor panel at Kodansha House, editors from Kodansha Japan discussed ways for mangaka outside of Japan to get published.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 3d

Day 8: OTTER 🦦

#SuperBatober #Inktober #inktober2025

SUPERBATOBER 08: OTTER -- Batgirl finally has her own pet sidekick and it's an... otter? Really thought it would be a bat. But gotta listen to the prompts! Regardless, Supergirl seems pleased. Streaky seems curiously apprehensive.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 3d

I went to Gosh comics today and painted the window. Just in time for the release and launch party for Physics For Cats. Come along and get a book signed tomorrow (Thursday) 7-9pm!
pic 1. In progress (from inside)
pic 2. The complete window, just waiting for the books.
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...

Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window.

Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window of a comic shop. The text reads 'Physics for Cats: Science cartoons by Tom Gauld"

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

I got to know people I wouldn’t usually meet because they live on the other side of the world, & following them for something like 15 years helped me to get to know them. (I’ve met in some in real life as well.)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

Altman claims the company didn’t anticipate people not wanting their deepfakes to say “offensive things or things that they find deeply problematic,” which sounds like a lie but is also indicative of how they recklessly release tech into the world.

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

www.theverge.com

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

That performance gave me chills. Ejae is so SO GOOD!

kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.social · 3d

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami perform at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

#KpopDemonHunters

youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.social · 3d

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami perform at The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

#KpopDemonHunters

youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 3d

I finished the Given #anime over the weekend & now can’t stop listening to the soundtrack:

https://music.apple.com/au/album/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3-the-best/1776644659?l=en-GB

It is also probably fuelling thoughts about the novel I have no time to write, so that’s not exactly helpful …

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Joshua Santospirito @joshuasantospirito.com · 4d

Pitches open at Island magazine for comics to be published in 2026: islandmag.com/submit #comics #graphicnarratives

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Jin Chan Yum Wai @jazzyjin.shrinecomics.com · 4d

Hey everyone! My name is Jin and I am one of the co-founders of Shrine Comics an indie manga publishing platform that will be relaunching it's new app this weekend.

Please give @shrinecomics.com a follow!!

#manga #indiecomics #anime