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Liam Tasker

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 9h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 10h

Me ignoring the mahjong minigame in every Yakuza.

Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Dec 26

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 11h

👀

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 12h

Anbernic RG DS coming soon (under $100 - dual screen handheld) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvlp...

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 13h

How did Dan Ryckert hack Hovin's account?

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Spice 💕 @spicedyde.bsky.social · 1d

🐶: “Very spooky! A corpse is a dead body.”

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Polluxery @polluxery.bsky.social · 1d

supergirl

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 1d

One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats' which is out now in the UK, USA, Canada, France and Germany. Order from your local bookshops or online: www.tomgauld.com/

Two beetles on a stick.
One beetle says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out to reveal that they are in a glass case with two scientists studying them.
One scientist says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
Zoom out into space. Abouard a spaceship, two aliens watch the scientists on a screen.
One alien says to the other "Do you ever get the feeling we are being observed by another lifeform"
The aliens turn to look out at the reader.

Text below the cartoon reads:
From 'Physics for Cats' by Tom Gauld. Preorder it at www.tomgauld.

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Kaola Rivas @kaola-rivas.bsky.social · 1d

Slime knight and Wrecktor!!

#gootober+2025 #dragonquest

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 1d

Every app on my phone went dark mode.

I'm sure it's fine.

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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 2d

brambles

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 2d

Whole house and she sits here.

A cat sitting on my chest.

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Jean Caden⚡️Art @johncaden64.bsky.social · Aug 24

Tifa

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ONSTA ☕️ VTUBER💫✨ @onsta.bsky.social · 2d

The two icons of Okinawa... they would get along so well... 🥺✨

✨ #art 💫 #chiikawa 💫 #yakuza 💫 #🎨 ✨

Kiryu from Yakuza and Shisa of Chiikawa together! "Welcome to Okinawa" is written in front of them!

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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 4d

The Vinland Saga artist seems as cool as you'd hope he'd be.

Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · 4d

Also, Makoto Yukimura said trans rights.

io9: Your portrayal of Indigenous and transgender characters—like the Lnu tribe and Cordelia—stands out in a media landscape where such representation is still rare outside of series like Golden Kamuy, Skip and Loafer, and Paradise Kiss, where they’re often mishandled. What impact do you hope these characters have on expanding the narrative terrain? How do you see your storytelling challenging the ethnocentric lens that dominates much of mainstream media when it comes to that representation?

Yukimura: I did have written characters in [Vinland Saga] from a marginalized ethnic group [and] who are LGBTQ featured here. I actually wanted to portray a character with a disability in the story, too. However, because of the setting, I really couldn’t find the right place to incorporate such a character into the story. One thing I really don’t understand, though, is why do people attack such folks? Is it because they’re different? Why do they just focus on bad things about these groups and generalize them? I truly don’t understand why people do such things. I plainly feel sad when it comes to the way people treat each other.

To me, it’s quite normal for people to have uniqueness. It’s almost needless to say that we all individually have a uniqueness that might be considered different than what is the majority. For example, I grew up in an era where higher education was considered to be the most important thing in society in Japan. You almost had no paths in life outside of that structure. I actually do live outside of that structure, and I’m living perfectly fine. I really want to say that uniqueness is okay. I don’t understand why people are making those judgments to say, “This is okay, but this is not okay.”

I haven’t really thought about what this type of storytelling or character would have an impact on society at all. I’m just writing, drawing, and portraying society as I see it and what I think is normal from my eyes in the manga. If people don’t agree with that version of what I think is a normal society, then oh well. (Laughs) That’s too bad. Those people don’t have to read my manga.

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 3d

(I'm listening to the Ania Magliano episode of Off Menu)

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𝕲𝖆𝖝 @gaxix.bsky.social · 4d

Full Metal Alchemist 🔥
www.inprnt.com/gallery/gax/...

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 4d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 3d

GET OFF MY SHOULDER DEVIL

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 3d

Fighting that craving to just buy a whole cake and eat it myself.

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 3d

It feels so wrong seeing it in one image.

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 3d

After finally figuring out how to get into Saffron it was incredible to be rewarded with a city that I would get lost in.

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the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.social · 4d

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 4d

Almost as good as Charlotte's!

Liam Tasker @liamtasker.bsky.social · 4d

Started Alan Wake 2.
Didn't expect to run into Charlotte from Traitors.

Alan Wake 2 screenshot. Two people standing in front of a sign for Elderwood Lodge.