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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34

@monkeyminion.com

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Space/Science/Pop Culture #Artist. Pro Con Artist. Creator: BORBS & more. He/him. Clients: Netflix/Disney/AppleTV. link.space/@monkeyminion #art NO AI I vet all follows. I block liberally. I cuss a LOT.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · Nov 11

I suppose I could do a station identification:

I’m Dane. I’m an artist and with my wife @ashliehammond.bsky.social run Monkey Minion and we go around the country selling art and arty accessories at comicons.
I skeet/reskeet a lot of art related stuff & progressive politics. I block all AI/NFT/MAGA

Monkey Minion Home

Monkey Minion is a 2 person team based in Wichita, KS creating art, books and merchandise featuring space, science, nature and pop culture themes. Geeky goodies made by and for geeks.

www.monkeyminionpress.com

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 24m

people are going to post AI slop...sometimes they just do not realize it at the time and have the good graces to delete it

but if they are told and keep posting it your safest action is just to block them because they will continue to spread it

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 40m

This is a real video of a journalist in Chicago being arrested.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 23m

Ok, that’s fine. It’s still been pointed out that it’s a fake AI video many times in same comments and the post is still up.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 26m

If she’s just gotten tricked and taken it down, sure. But she left it up and killed comments, which says she knows and doesn’t care that it’s fake. She just wants engagement.

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Mike Schnier @mikeschnier.bsky.social · 32m

There's nothing more loathsome than generating viral video hoaxes when there are real people in the same situation who depend on the public knowing what's happening to them.

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Gaia_BentosZX5 @bento-bongos.bsky.social · 29m

AI is being used for insidious content farming as a distraction, as the example made by this b-hole. Not only does it confuse viewers, but also undermines actual reporters as they continue to provide coverage in actual cities like Portland.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 28m

I hope they’re enjoying all the sweet, sweet engagement they’re getting off this.

a cartoon character with the word liar written on it

Alt: a cartoon character with the word liar written on it

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 34m

I’m a big fan of how the bg folks are like “sharing is caring” and just swap limbs with each other.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 47m

Oh fuck you turning off comments this is AI generated the windows on the building arent even consistent

Jenn Budd @jennbudd.bsky.social · 1h

Seems like they are going after reporters who are women. They hit one w/pepper spray ammo in her car, the WGN reporter and now this.

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Butlerian Jihadist of House Slytherin @shimminykricket.bsky.social · 1h

Real. Lol

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1h

“If I had my way, this person and everyone who’s rt’d this to humble brag about cheating on their homework would have their degrees revoked.”

Clitasaurus Rex 🦖 @naiijah.bsky.social · 5h

what did the last person you blocked say to get blocked?

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

Here’s the rest of the series, so far. I have plans for Shuttle (which will be interesting bc there’s no Greek mythology to tie back to for that) and Artemis. www.monkeyminionpress.com/products/gem...

www.monkeyminionpress.com/products/mer...

Art nouveau style poster of two women holding a titan 2 rocket.

An art nouveau style poster of a woman holding a Mercury headstone rocket.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 6d

New art: Apollo Nouveau! I’ve been working on this piece to go with my Space Nouveau series off and on for nearly three months. It’s finally here and I’m so pleased with it. I’ll have these at NYCC table L-34 and LightBox Expo table 313! @newyorkcomiccon.bsky.social @lightboxexpo.com #art

An art nouveau style image of a woman holding a Saturn V rocket while a raven holding a laurel branch looks on.

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🎃 Scary!!!!! 👻 @kobayashimaruu.bsky.social · 3h

LINK

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 3h

The revolution in PDX will be inflatable.

Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 3h

Last night when I looked at this listing it said "200+ sold in last month". This morning it said "300+ sold in last month." Now...

Screenshot of amazon dot com listing for the inflatable frog costume currently known as the Portland Frog. It says "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." Then suggests that you might like other items and shows partial images of axolotl and gnome inflatable costumes

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Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 3h

If you want to use ANY artwork an artist has made. Many of us are very happy to license an image for your use.

Artist's know that you like it.

Thank them with payment.

Artist's know you found it on the internet.
No, it's not fair use.

Reverse image search. Email them. PAY THE ARTIST.

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Allie Briggs @alliebriggsart.bsky.social · 3h

It might not seem like much. But if ANYONE use ANY artist's work to distribute product for profit or not for profit, without the artist's permission, it's stealing.

I know there might be some people who will say, "but it's exposure!"

No. Full stop. PAY THE ARTIST.
#art

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The_Z @ninjamonkey.bsky.social · 2h

I've created a blog exclusively for my Ninja Monkey comic because I know I'm a bit of a reposting pest. If you watch me just for the comic, I hope this makes things a little less noisy for you. I appreciate comments, reactions, and especially shares.
bsky.app/profile/ninj...
Thanks in advance!

bsky.app

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Gaia_BentosZX5 @bento-bongos.bsky.social · 6h

And with that, perfect time to block Newsweek, now that they are on the platform. Give them the adobe treatment.

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Meredith McClaren at ROMICS Oct '25 @iniquitousfish.bsky.social · 8h

Look.
The frogs work.
The frogs are brilliant.

Are they shitposting?
Abso-fucking-lutely.

But you gotta make the other guy feel so stupidly ridiculous.
You gotta make him wake up, every morning, and go 'Today, I gotta lay out an inflatable frog' and experience the worst kind of existential dread.

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✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 4d

Pay what you want is still open!

✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 17d

I’ve set up a goal on Ko-fi for food and necessities while I’m job hunting. My disability case in in the appeals process so I won’t hear back from that for months. Comms and donations are what I rely on atm. Anything is appreciated! Thank you! 💖

ko-fi.com/aorticinkwel...

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 8d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 2d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.

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Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 9h

She used to. Then Perseus visited their island.

Daily OC questions @dailyocs.bsky.social · 11h

Does your OC have siblings?

#dailyocs

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 9h

When I was in college, I got into foraging and mushroom hunting. My parents, who had never sent me money before, heard I’d been “scavenging” and bought me a bunch of boxed microwave meals and dropped them off at my apartment. People are weird.

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