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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 2d

I remain astounded by how many of my Gen X coworkers seem to think that working extra hours or fretting about work over the weekend will pay off in some way. Bro. Nobody cares and you will never be rewarded

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no, whatever will we do without him

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 3d

I have never wanted to procreate (my genes are garbage, as are my partner’s) but I do want kids to have good lives! So I try to be a cool aunt to my niece, take an interest in my friends’ kids, and volunteer at a local school. Options abound.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 3d

I think about this comic all the time. It’s a permanent part of my brain now

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 4d

#Vegeta is babygirl

Combined a couple references for today’s screenshot #drawtober.

Ink drawing of Vegeta wearing a fashionable halter jumpsuit with a gauzy shirt underneath. His shoulders are bare and he’s smirking because he knows he looks fly.

Screenshot of what is likely an AI-invented jumpsuit. It’s brown with a fitted halter top, very full pant legs, and an embroidered crescent moon on the chest.

Snapshot of a spot illustration from the DBZ manga. It’s Vegeta in his older-style Saiyan armor, smirking wickedly.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 4d

I’d like to ask these researchers why they felt the need to go after metered-dose inhalers when *gestures at America’s car-centric infrastructure* is right there

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 5d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 5d

Hell yeah. Ordered!

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 5d

I love daylight horror! Cell being a weird hungry bug is my favorite part of his arc.

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know you can make #brainrot right at home?! It’s even better than store bought! (Sometimes.)
That’s the theme of today’s screenshot #drawtober. This drawing kinda sucks but the ref reminded me of a scene I wrote recently for my OCs, Mina and Angelis.

A drawing in purple ink with a yellow background. A tall, muscular person in a floofy princess dress stands facing a shorter person, their hand on the wall above the other person’s head. The shorter person has big curly hair, is wearing a suit, and has her hands over her face. She is clearly experiencing romantic panic.

A screenshot captioned “Me and my pookie masculine man (If he agrees to be mine forever).” A tall, muscular man with short black hair wearing a blush-pink princess dress stands facing a petite woman, his hand braced against the wall above her head. The woman is wearing a suit and has her hands over her face. She appears to be smiling/laughing.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 6d

people saving people legitimately gets me choked up every fucking time. it's the only way out of this

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 6d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 8d

Found the theme for this #drawtober: Screenshotober. For the rest of the month, I solemnly swear to finally use some of the zillion screenshots I’ve saved for ages because I “can’t delete it until I draw it.”
Today, for day 3: fabulous babes.

A line drawing in ink of two women looking at each other. One is tall and strong-looking, wearing a neoclassical dress, her mane of wavy hair pulled away from her face by a circlet of flowers. The other woman has her back to us. Her tightly curled hair is pulled up into a beehive. She wears a funky dress that is snug in the bodice and legs but puffs out dramatically around the hips. Both women are thinking, “what a babe!”

The inspiration: a cartoon about fashion from the Daily Mirror in the 1930s. The ladies I drew appear in the second panel.

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Rosie Amy 🏳️‍⚧️ @comicsamy.bsky.social · 9d

Happy FullMean Alchemist Girls day!

Scene from Fullmetal Alchemist.
A hand holding a silver pocket watch with "Don't Forget 3.Oct.10" inscribed on the inside.

Scene from Mean Girls.
Lindsey Lohan telling a guy "It's October 3rd"

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 9d

He always knows the right thing to say.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 9d

#drawtober Day 2: #Vegeta on Wheels. I am terrible at drawing vehicles but this electric motorcycle was too cool

A scruffy pen and marker drawing of Vegeta on a motorcycle. He’s not wearing any safety gear because of course he isn’t.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 9d

Now I’m picturing these chickens making the Metal Gear alert sound over & over

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 10d

I always wanna play #drawtober but I can’t stick to just one prompt list, so I’m gonna skip around. From the Badtober list by @ashbadwoods.bsky.social: #1 - Monster self portrait

Two drawings in red wax pencil and 2B pencil. On the left, a hissing, fanged, wild woman holding her clawed right hand aloft. On the right, a cartoon of a small woman cheesing at the camera, which appears to be above her.

A drawing in red wax pencil and 2B pencil of a hissing, fanged, wild woman holding her clawed right hand aloft.

A drawing in red wax pencil and 2B pencil of a small cartoon woman cheesing at the camera, which appears to be above her.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 10d

Will my beloved announcer make an appearance?

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 10d

Oh HELL YES

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 10d

ANOTHER Jubjub biopic? They’re really beating a dead horse

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 10d

That’s precisely the right analogy. I feel light-headed and sick most days now

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 11d

Honestly the slut gnomes of False Berlin sound like something from a China Mieville novel

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Momodriller @momodriller.bsky.social · 22d

#momoart

A cartoon drawing of a fish in water, eating fish flakes that are falling in.
An arrow pointing to flakes says "YOUR COMMENTS ON MY LITTLE PICTURES AND STORIES"
An arrow pointing to the fish says "GROWING FAT AND HEALTHY"
Another arrow pointing to the fish says "ME (ARTIST)"

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 12d

Welcome to withered husk autumn

We’re gonna curl up, die, and become a a sun-bleached shell of ourselves

Then get blasted into the atmosphere by a gas-powered leaf blower

Woohoo

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 12d

Decided on Friday to make a hobbit vest out of scrap fabric. Not sure why. Spent Saturday throwing it together.

In other news, I am increasingly certain I have ADHD

Roughly sewn vest made from red, yellow, green, brown, and black fabric scraps

Back view of roughly sewn DIY vest. Features a piece of embroidered tablecloth

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