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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 23d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · 23d

Ah, Inktober. The season in which I try to do 31 of these and end up doing 4.
#inktober2025 #inktober #penandink #pentel #inking #pokemon #pokemongo #pokemontcgcommunity #pokemonfanart #pokemonart #suicune #スケッチ #イラスト好きな人と繋がりたい #イラスト #イラストグラム #絵描きさんと繋がりたい

A Pomemon Trainer wearing a hoodie standing next to Suicune.

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · 29d

Is the McRib out already?

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Jim Demonakos @jimdemonakos.bsky.social · Jul 15

Whelp, looks like I’m deleting my WeTransfer account and you should too, unless you’d like to give up your IP rights to these shitheels to train their LLM

Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · Jul 14

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Jun 13

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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · Jun 12

I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf

The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.

A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.

A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.

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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · Nov 6

New this morning

Graffiti that reads "protect each other" with a rainbow flag and sun

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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 27

Artist Always Carries Around Sketchbook In Case He Feels Like Making Someone Uncomfortable
theonion.com/artist-...

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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social · Apr 23

Never meet your heroes

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Shoalfield @shoalfield.bsky.social · Apr 18

Chozo statue

#art #artwork #painting #illustration #metroid #fanart

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alice @aliceduke.bsky.social · Apr 18

these ridiculous little guys are out there

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Apr 19

Skate Punk
#art #artfeedupdates #myart #penandink #makecomics #comicart #comics #sketching #drawing #illustration #originalcharacter #oc #ocs #ocsky #traditionalart #ink #inking #pentel #スケッチ #イラスト好きな人と繋がりたい #イラスト #イラストグラム #絵描きさんと繋がりたい

Ink drawing of a kid with a Mohawk holding a skateboard.

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Apr 8

I just needed to get some paint down in the sketchbook. I have no clue where this is going, but I’m along for the ride.

#art #artfeedupdates #myart #makecomics #comicart #comics #sketching #painting #illustration #originalcharacter #oc #ocs #ocsky #traditionalart

Guy with long hair wearing a cloak. Various colors of paint all over the piece.

Guy with long hair wearing a cloak. Walking holding a broken sword. Various colors of paint all over the piece.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Nov 22

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

lady of sophistication @janky_jane
Props to anyone who tries to be fashionable in ireland i wore a red beret once in waterford and someone called me super mario
Andrew Beatty V @AndrewBeatty
Replying to @janky_jane
I once ordered a taxi in Belfast for a night out. The driver pulls up to my house and just says "yer not going out like that. Go back in and change, I'll turn off the metre." | swear I was wearing normal jeans and a normal jacket.

Matthew @MrWeir
Replying to @janky jane
I once wore a silver jacket to college, turned up late for class, said 'sorry I'm late', lecturer said, 'that's ok' then waited til I was halfway across the front of the full class before following up with 'trouble with the spaceship again was it?'.
Replying to @janky _jane
My sister was in France sporting a new trench coat, thought was so stylish, but went into an Irish bar and got called Inspector Gadget by the first guy that saw her
15:53 • 8/16/21 • Twitter Web App

was wearing my super-fashionable short trench coat. My friend took one look at me wearing the jacket and said,
"Where are we off to now. Columbo?"

Eoin O Neill
@eoinjoneill
Replying to @janky_jane
Was wearing a vintage nike jacket in a very long que for drinks at a boxing match when a Belfast lad goes "furk me this is taking forever, your man has been here since the 80's"

Loic Wright
@dufflest
Replying to @janky jane
I wore a suit with a matching tie and pocket square to my first day of work at an advertising company (I thought I was going to be in Mad Men I guess) and the staff sent around and signed a communion card for me with a fiver in it.

Eóin O Coileáin
@L20_MTN
Replying to @janky_jane
I wore a white, wool turtle-neck jumper to the match once and a fella in the pub said 'Where have you parked the U-boat?'.

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Christopher Perkins @chrisperkinsdnd.bsky.social · Apr 4

Today I retire from Wizards of the Coast after 28 years. With D&D’s 50th anniversary wrapping up and the revised rulebooks doing gangbusters, this is the perfect fairytale ending for me. I can’t wait to enjoy D&D purely as a fan again, knowing the game is in good hands. See you in the Feywild!

a cartoon character is holding a sparkler and a green ball is flying in the air

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a sparkler and a green ball is flying in the air

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Mar 16

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Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · Mar 13

Gang, this was a straight-up *attack*

Brad Guigar — Follow my #HaHaHaHalloween Countdown 🎃 @bradguigar.com · Mar 13

Join us as we show you The Wrong Way to draw Garfield — and the right way to roast your friends! youtu.be/kaMgYSeqRWk?...

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Typo Queen❌ @angie4hope.bsky.social · Mar 13

Jewish activists hold sit-in in Trump Tower For Mahmoud Khalil

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Mar 6

Working on something for my portfolio site.

#art #artfeedupdates #myart #paint #drawing #animeart #manga #traditionalart #backgroundart #graffiti

Textured cyan and magenta spray paint in a grey surface with indistinguishable white writing.

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Brian Michael Bendis @brianmbendis.bsky.social · Mar 1

incredible episode for us comedy nerds podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The SNL 50th Recap

Podcast Episode · The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast · 02/28/2025 · Bonus · 56m

podcasts.apple.com

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Alex Gruber @omenwood.bsky.social · Mar 1

It seems we’ve forgotten who the good guys are. I stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #United24 #Zelenskyy #war #news #world 💙💛

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rstevens 🐳💨 @rstevens.bsky.social · Feb 23

your outie lives in a functioning democracy

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✦ maddy ✦ @madeofline.bsky.social · Feb 22

✨💌USEFUL LINKS FOR ARTISTS🎨🍊:
A 200+ link spreadsheet of some of the best references and websites out there, for free on google sheets! This blew up on twitter ages ago, and I just went through and tested all the links and added more. send to ya buds <3
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

USEFUL LINKS FOR ARTISTS

docs.google.com

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