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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 3h

Berlin water is straight up evil. 😭

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 21h

What did the dodo look like in life? A reminder of this Tet Zoo article from 2020, which pulls together most of the relevant sources and has influenced at least some recent depictions ... tetzoo.com/blog/2020/7/... #birds #extinct #Dodo

The Dodo in Life — Tetrapod Zoology

dodo, Dodos, Raphus, Raphus cucullatus, Raphidae, extinct birds, birds, ornithology, pigeons, dodobird, extinct bird, bird extinction, flightless birds, flightless pigeons, Erroll Fuller, Julian Hume,...

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 3h

🧡🎃QRP your Pumpkin Art!🎃🧡

Digital art of a red squirrel skeleton sitting up and holding on to a small, orange pumpkin. Red smoke resembling a living red squirrel's fuzzy ears and plume of tail are wrapped around the bones.

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you! 🎃

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you so much! 🎃

Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 15h

precocious pumpkin-lings
#guild11mysterium
#Art

Digital painting of a wild boar with babies in the forest, but they are all shaped like lumpy pumpkins in varying degrees.

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 1d

#Repostober Day 8: Snow Leopard (2023) 💙

#ArtSky #AnimalArt

A digital realism painting of a snow leopard laid on a rock, with its front legs and paws together as it looks to the side. Snow surrounds it. Bright sunlight falls on the leopard and surrounding rocks, glowing off the top of its head and back. A cool shadow covers the side of its body and brightens into a blue rimlight.

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 7d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 1d

can someone just make a "does the dog die" but for "did this movie/series/videogame/book use gen AI" so i can avoid them

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you so much!

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Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been regulating my nervous system this week and warming up for a commission with this new great-horned owl cut paper #collage. It’s likely one of the only #calmtober prompts I’ll get to, though I’m still enjoying everyone else’s illustrations! #watercolor #cutpaper #owl #calmtober25

Great Horned Owl art by Sadee Schilling rendered in watercolor and cut paper collage. The artist holds the finished assemblage with detailed, layered feathers and textured watercolor washes in earthy blues, violets, and browns. A watercolor painting of a tree in a similar color palette peeks out from behind the owl.

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Wild Hunt Books @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social · 1d

*SUBMISSION WINDOW NOW OPEN 5 DAYS ONLY*

We're open to unagented subs from 6-12 Oct. For this submission period we are looking for novellas only (35K-50K). We're specifically looking for novellas that play w horror, mystery, weird & the unusual.

More info 🐐
www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/blog/pop-up-...

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Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 1d

Musicians! #Musicians! My reserves are running low, so if you were thinking of submitting to Other People's Music, it's a great time!

www.etherdiver.com/other-people...

Free coverage of your music to an audience eager to hear independent music in a wide variety of genres!

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Beren's Reverie @berensreverie.bsky.social · Jul 18

A homo neanderthalensis and a homo sapiens. Happy pride 🏳️‍🌈

#berensart2025

two hominids; a neanderthal and a homo sapien, inside a cave. the wall of the cave is full of hand prints and doodle artworks. The two hominids place their hands on the wall, tracing the line of hand prints. they seems to be lost in their own reveries.

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Elisabeth Alba @elisabethalba.bsky.social · 1d

"The Sister"
Art by Elisabeth Alba
Created with ink and watercolor - 10 years ago!

#spooky #halloween #creepy #horrorart #spookyseason #gothaesthetic #tbt #throwbackthursday

Signed prints at albaillustration.etsy.com

Monochromatic painting of a woman dressed in 19th century clothing, staring into the distance with bloodshot white eyes. She holds a porcelain doll, and her shadow has horns and wings.

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 2d

Week 1 entry for #MabsDrawlloweenClub: A Witch and Her Familiar
#Art

Digital art of a young white woman with sandy blonde hair wearing a dress with tiers of chiffon in hot pink, blue, and yellow beneath a black bodice with see-through sleeves. She is wearing a witch hat in the same colors as well, with the blue, pink, and yellow being viscous paint the top point is dipped in. She has arms crossed in front of her in an upside down V shape with a grey cat leaning on her shoulder and arm with tail draped around her neck. The cat has three eyes in pink, blue, and yellow.

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon oct 8:
My WIP is horror from the heart of someone who loves both delightfully disgusting horror full of cherry syrup explosions and cheesy disaster movies. Is this the fault of the grandmother in Dante's Peak? Might be. Might be.

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 8:

What genre is your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 8: Genres.
BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2d

Gavin Newsom fucking sucks, part MCXVII

he still has until the end of the week for the rest of the bills so unfortunately it’s time to suck it up, call his office, and politely ask this living hairpiece to do the bare minimum to protect the most vulnerable among us

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 2d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 2d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:
It starts around 2010 or so. The main character is still really, really catching up on where everyone else is as far as technology usage and clothing trends go for most of the story.

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 3d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 7:

What is the setting and/or time period of your WIP?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 2d

🐾 Mutual aid pet commissions 🐾

Would you like a digital graphite-like drawing of your pet, or that of a loved one? I'm offering £60 commissions to raise money for a community member!

Please DM if interested. Reposts appreciated.

#ArtCommissions #ArtSky #AnimalArt #MutualAid

A graphite like digital drawing of a jaguar, dropping down from a ledge. Text reads, "60 pet commission for mutual aid. Any animal welcome. Style example above. One slot available at a time." Background is an orange, yellow and turquoise gradient.

The previous drawing faded. Text reads, "Commissions are digital art, a high resolution file will be sent. (300DPI for personal printing)

No commercial use. No permission for use to train AI or make an NFT.

Commissions are to raise money for Mari, a multiply marginalised person with severe ME suffering caregiver abuse. I will send the donation info once commission is confirmed and will begin after proof of at least £60 has been shown."

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vanessa maki @theblackbuffy.bsky.social · 3d

need some horror recs with notable black women characters in them? check out my latest for @peliplat.bsky.social 🔪

#horror #horrorsky

www.peliplat.com/en/article/1...

8 2010s-2020s Horror Movies with Notable Black Characters (Women Edition) | Peliplat

Discussing representation in horror should be incredibly commonplace by now, in fact it should be encouraged more and more. Seeing representation across genres,

www.peliplat.com

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 3d

the thing they are trying to manufacture consent for here is LETTING PEOPLE DIE

Coach Jerry (referee 🔵) @gopher33j.bsky.social · 3d

As somebody with asthma who uses inhalers - SHUT THE FUCK UP. THIS ARTICLE IS SHAMING PEOPLE WITH A CHRONIC CONDITION.

"Significantly" My ass. You know what else does? AI Data centers - corporations - cows - asphalt - THOUSANDS OF OTHERS THINGS THAT ARE NOT MEDICINE.

Fuck you - fuck you again.

Inhalers contribute significantly to global warming, study finds

Millions of Americans using inhalers for chronic lung diseases like asthma may be unknowingly contributing to global warming, according to new research.

local12.com

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Noll @nollthere.bsky.social · 2d

Week 1 entry for #MabsDrawlloweenClub: A Witch and Her Familiar
#Art

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Winifred Tylenol Spice Burton @authorwinifred.blacksky.app · 3d

It's why we're called Cassandras, I know, but there's something violent about being treated as mentally fragile for observing objective reality, because that makes people who are in denial feel safer and more in control.

Been here since 2020, but WHEW it's irritating everytime.

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