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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 3h

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Johannes T. Evans @johannestevans.bsky.social · 4h

Girl flirting with a drider like "oooh, what if you tied me up in your webs?" but she's a jumping drider and she's just softly like. "Um... we don't really do that... but i could jump on you! Really fast!"

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Frog @altidae.bsky.social · 16h

[doujinshi WIP] - taking a break but I'm proud of Him

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The Dragon Prince Official @the-dragon-prince.bsky.social · 15h

Final 24 hours! We're blown away by this community. You've hit social goals, joined Digital Crew Meetings & made your voices heard. Thank you for everything.

The campaign ends for good tomorrow, Oct 15th, at 9 PM PDT. This is your last full day to pledge! #theDragonKing #theDragonPrince

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What’s the Hold Up Pod Dan @jacketdan.bsky.social · 1d

He did it again for the 5 year anniversary

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 14h

EK NO

(I'm glad you got that quickly seen to. The body-horror of 'bone does not go that way' is real)

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ionomycin @ionomycin.bsky.social · 22h

there's something wrong with the rabbits

a character sitting in a room with a moose skull on the wall. black rabbits surround them in the shadow

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 23h

Alexis Flower @alexisflower.bsky.social · Jul 28

made a new comic, JANE ONE OF MANY 🦑☣️💀 You can get it here: alexisflower.com/shop/

~20 pages of these kinda big, wide-screen paintings, like my Moss series, but inspired by Resident Evil & Parasite in City. It's about a soldier making her way through an infested city after an apocalyptic event.

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Alexis Flower @alexisflower.bsky.social · Jul 28

made a new comic, JANE ONE OF MANY 🦑☣️💀 You can get it here: alexisflower.com/shop/

~20 pages of these kinda big, wide-screen paintings, like my Moss series, but inspired by Resident Evil & Parasite in City. It's about a soldier making her way through an infested city after an apocalyptic event.

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hello BlueSky! :) My name is Julie Dillon,and I'm a freelance fantasy artist living in Portland, OR. I like making character focused illustrations that touch on mythological and fantasy themes.
Instagram: @juliedillonart
website: www.juliedillonart.com
email: [email protected]

A minotaur with a sword sunk in his chest and several cuts on his body, but from each cut flowers and flower petals flow instead of blood. His face looks sad and pleading, and he raises a hand as if to fend off an attacker.

A king and his knight steal a quiet moment away together in a hidden alcove. The king leans in for a kiss and the knight subtly draws him close. The yearning is palpable, haha.

Medusa stands proud and regal atop the stone statues of many soldiers that she's petrified.

A sad selkie woman floats below the water, tenderly embracing one of the seals that swim around her.

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

AHHH CREEP SHOTS OF THE QUEEN. (I will dm you. :D)

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

I really dooooo 🖤

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

lmk if you want one. I'll make you a thing and matte it for you. Just tell me colors you like. :)

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! I never thought of them as like 'art' really in the sense of 'this project had intention or a concept!'

The intention was 'brain go brr'

I will not lie. I fuckin' love making these dudes. The movement of the marker, or the lead, blending out pencils, carefully carefully scooting pens

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

Spike this is what my inside thoughts look like. They are... primary colored. XD We love A Shape, Some Shading and A Swirl

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so kindly! Your thread made me think of them, specifically. It can be really easy for those of us that do figurative art to really lock in on our goals and forget the pleasure of just like... coloring! Or sketching, depending on your work! Re-reaching sensations you like is great praxis

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 1d

When I feel far away from art I do these kind of pieces:

I think of them as 'movements my hands love to do'. There is not a goal, there is not an audience -- just color and shape and the pleasure of doing 'a thing' until I feel 'done'. It's a form of meditation (flow).

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Annalise Ophelian @dr-ophelian.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary I made with Miss Major 10 years ago is on Vimeo on Demand. If you want to spend some time with her on screen tonight and learn some abolitionist trans history while you're at it, it's free to rent with the code "shinebright" vimeo.com/ondemand/major

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

vimeo.com

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Kassandra Jo Tomaras @raconteuse.bsky.social · 1d

When a trans woman dies of natural causes, at an age greater than 75, having lived more than half her life as herself, that is cause for celebration, not mourning.

Thank you, Miss Major.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 3d

This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)

For nine nights now, the steady thrum of Black Hawk helicopters has circled over Portland. The sound is constant, invasive; a low mechanical beating above our homes. It’s expensive. It’s intimidating. And it’s unnecessary.

Our protests have been largely peaceful. There is no insurrection here. Yet this federalized military presence makes us feel like we are living in a war zone (the very kind of chaos this administration claims to be protecting us from).

The irony is painful: it is only this occupation that makes Portland feel unsafe.

Each hour of helicopter flight costs taxpayers between $2,000 and $4,000, depending on crew, fuel, and maintenance. Multiply that by multiple aircraft over multiple nights, and you’re looking at hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars burned into the sky.

Meanwhile, the Woodstock Food Pantry at All Saints Episcopal Church — which feeds working families, elders, and people with disabilities — has seen its federal funding slashed by 75%. How can we justify pouring public money into intimidation while cutting aid to those who simply need to eat?

This is waste, fraud, and abuse in plain sight:
* Waste of public resources on military theatrics.
* Fraud in the name of “public safety.”
* Abuse of the communities that federal agencies claim to protect.

Portland is a Sanctuary City. A sanctuary city is not a fortress. It’s a promise — a living vow that a community will protect the dignity and safety of everyone who calls it home. It means that local governments and ordinary people alike will refuse to criminalize survival. That schools, clinics, churches, and shelters will remain safe spaces no matter who you are or where you were born. But the term reaches far beyond policy. It’s an ethic of belonging; a refusal to criminalize need, difference, or desperation.

Sanctuary isn’t weakness. It’s courage. It takes moral strength to meet suffering with care instead of punishment, to believe that our neighbors’ safety is bound up in our own, to insist that safety is not achieved through force but through community, inclusion, and trust. It is living Matthew 25:40 out loud and in deed. It is an act of moral imagination and moral defiance. To hold sanctuary is to say: you belong here.

When we hold space for the most vulnerable — refugees, the unhoused, the undocumented, the disabled, the working poor, the displaced — we become something larger than a collection of individuals. We become a moral body. We do more than offer charity. We offer witness. We declare that the measure of a nation is found not in its towers or tanks, but in its tenderness.

Sanctuary cities are not lawless; they are soulful. They represent the conscience of the nation, a place where the laws of empathy still apply. To make sanctuary is to affirm that the United States is not merely a geographic territory, but a moral experiment: a republic that must constantly choose between fear and compassion, between domination and democracy.

A nation’s soul is measured not by the might of its military, but by the mercy of its people. When helicopters circle our skies in the name of order, while food pantries struggle to feed the hungry, we are forced to ask: What are we defending, and from whom? The soul of a nation survives only when we make sanctuary for one another. Not through walls or weapons, but through compassion and collective will. If we allow intimidation to replace compassion, we will have traded our conscience for control.

Please know that despite the hum of war machines overhead, the conscience of our city — whimsical, creative, stubbornly kind — can still be heard.

Portland is not the problem. Portland is the reminder. A reminder that a city can still choose to be sanctuary. That a people can still choose to be human.

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 2d

Once I get my debt paid down, I might make up for the COLLOSSAL FUCKUP that was my attempt at a shed by getting A BIGGER FUCKING FISH TANK.

I feel bad for my day loach. It is... A LONG MAN. It deserves 11 ft to swim, horizontally. (🫡😅😂)

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nachttour - Mater Lachrymarum @nachttour.bsky.social · 2d

Tofu @tofupixel.bsky.social · Nov 2

I never posted this here, but I made a pretty big write-up over on Tumblr for anyone interested in learning #pixelart!
It's a guide on software, fundamentals, jargon and resources.

Since links are legal on Bsky I can share it: www.tumblr.com/tofupixel/75...
#tutorial

Hope someone finds it useful!

A screenshot of a tumblr post reading:

"Title: So you want to learn pixel art?
Subtitle: Part 1 of ??? - The Basics!

Hello, my name is Tofu and I'm a professional pixel artist. I have been supporting myself with freelance pixel art since 2020, when I was let go from my job during the pandemic."

Two images comparing artistic improvement, the left is of a rudimentary tree, and the right is of a statue in a wall recess surrounded by plants and dappled light.

"My progress, from 2017 to 2024. IMO the only thing that really matters is time and effort, not some kind of natural talent for art.

This guide will not be comprehensive, as nobody should be expected to read allat. Instead I will lean heavily on my own experience, and share what worked for me, so take everything with a grain of salt. This is a guide, not a tutorial. Cheers!"

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Tyumici @tyumi.cc · 2d

What the hell do you mean there's a 3D Print tool box for Blender? AND A FIX MANIFOLDS EASY BUTTON???? Oh I'm saved

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PWITS: Psych Ward In The Sky [Halloween special coming soon!] @pwits.bsky.social · 2d

Want to play a yaoi visual novel with trans guys in it? Uncensored? With dead dove content and BAD endings? Look no more~ 🥺💉

PWITS [Psych Ward In The Sky] is a MENTAL indie yaoi VN, free to play at: www.psych-ward-in-the-sky.com

#PsychWardInTheSky #PWITS #yaoi #trans #indie #visualnovel #deaddove

Psych Ward In The Sky gameplay screenshot: Senj and Leiro smashing in the conference room, censored

Psych Ward In The Sky gameplay screenshot: Leiro, Senj, A-hij, Fox and T.R. in the cafeteria

Psych Ward In The Sky gameplay screenshot: Dr. Vincent informing Fox what his presence is no longer required... bothersome even

Psych Ward In The Sky gameplay screenshot: David W. startled by Xay Tuiren waking up from a nightmare

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JintiGoast @jinti.bsky.social · 2d

Let me reiterate: that shit ain't real.

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...

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