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Michelle Travis
@samuraiko.bsky.social
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Tech writer.
Gamer.
Game designer.
CITY OF HEROES/RIFT video geek.
Critter.
Hates fascists.
So smart I'm stupid.
She/her.
Same handle on FFN and AO3.
PFP by @morgankit.bsky.social
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Michelle Travis @samuraiko.bsky.social · 25d
An awesome 🧵, especially w/ current fuckery.

Also recommending 4 cookbooks:
* YOU GOTTA EAT by Margaret Eby
* THE SAD BASTARD COOKBOOK by Zilla Novikov and Rachel A Rosen
* THE POORCRAFT COOKBOOK by Iron Circus Comics
* GOOD AND CHEAP by Leanne Brown

Nab from library or get online PDFs if you can.
trance.bsky.social Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · Apr 3
Dear people who may soon suffer food insecurity

Listen up, it super fucking sucks and will do lasting psych damage the rest of your life. This is not a joke or exaggeration. What you have on hand will forever after be a source of anxiety.

SO. To help you in the coming days here's some tips
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secondlina.com
Medieval vibes ✨️
Two drawings, one of a medieval crow, the other of a cartoony crow, are face to face with the caption "time has changed me. But I'm still here." Crow and tit bird are standing on the pole holding up a flag featuring a stylized crow on a field of purple. The crows exclaims "dude, these guys flippin' love me!" The crow now wonders (refering to the flag and people liking him) "is it weird that this makes me want to turn my life around?"
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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officiallotro.bsky.social
LIMITED TIME: A Coffer Collection Celebration!
The Rakish, Rohirrim, Homesteads and Harvests, and Whimsical Coffers are back at a 20% discount for Black Friday!
Take your pick through December 2! #LOTRO
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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tkingfisher.com
AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
jilliandavid.bsky.social Jillian David @jilliandavid.bsky.social · 2h
TAPS SCREEN

For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
caradelaney.bsky.social Cara N. Delaney 💖💜💙 @caradelaney.bsky.social · 1d
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.

It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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magicalscope.bsky.social
Three more slots left for Drawcember next month - any item with any elemental effect combined! Here are some examples from previous months too!
Slots 13, 14 and 15 still open! Rules: - 150 USD to preclaim - choose an element and an item/weapon type - (optional) send an OC ref for color and vibes reference - design specifics are up to artist - comes with a layered PSD file - PayPal invoice only A thigh chain with a serpent and sun theme, capable of summoning a fire-breathing feathered snake. A mandolin blessed with darkness magic. A cane/gun/sword combination weapon with radiant element. The head is shaped like a bird skull, and 'eats' crystals as fuel for its magic.
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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iliadele.bsky.social
Once upon a time me and my buddy @asterismi.bsky.social went to the dollar store and I impulse bought colourful ballpoint pens.
The sketchbooks would never recover
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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officiallotro.bsky.social
Black Friday Deals in the LOTRO Market:
Get up to 85% off select expansions in the LOTRO Market!
See the full list on LOTRO.com: https://www.lotro.com/news/lotro-black-friday-2025-en #LOTRO
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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magicalscope.bsky.social
Rosy Compass
Pocket watch and a compass in one
Owner: @keys117.bsky.social

[ #fantasy #item #design #dnd #dndart #homebrew #pathfinder #huevember #red #watch #rose #compass #magicalscope ]
Pocket watch with a rose lid, hiding a compass within.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
samuraiko.bsky.social
It's a flatout tie between LOOM and PHANTASY STAR III.
ikexpastel.bsky.social iKE PASTEL @ikexpastel.bsky.social · 7h
I would like to know! 🤓👾
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
samuraiko.bsky.social
NEVER underestimate the value of kindness.
fieldexplores.bsky.social FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 14d
Thank You (Part 2/2) - Gator Days
Thank You (Part 2/2) - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Gwen is in the kitchen making dinner for her brothers and father. Her mother is probably going to be home late again. She's chopping up something green. Everyone knows that a proper meal has to have something green in it. It's science or something. Gwen's youngest brother comes in to see what she's doing. Tanner: Are you making dinner? Gwen: Yeah. Tanner: You must like to cook. Panel 2 Gwen keeps on chopping but responds honestly to her brother. The microwave in the back says "ERROR". It still works but no one knows how to make it stop saying "ERROR". Gwen: If Mom or Dad won't do it then someone has to. Panel 3 Tanner: Oh... I'm glad you do. Thank you. Gwen stops chopping for a moment. Tanner's words mean a lot to her. Panel 4 Gwen: Thanks, Tanner. Tanner: But I didn't do anything. Gwen: You're kind. That's something. Life is difficult. Life is unfair. But Gwen feels the appreciation from her brother and that makes it a little better.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Relax - Gator Days
Relax - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Polly is attempting to relax at a coffee shop. Unfortunately, her mom asked her to bring her little sister along. Polly just wants to sit and enjoy her coffee but Olivia will be having none of that. Olivia: Why do you like coffee shops? Polly: The relaxing ambiance. I honestly don't know whether I should spell it ambience or ambiance so I'm spelling it one way in the comic and another way in the transcript. Panel 2 Olivia is not finding this relaxing at all. It's just boring. Olivia: What's relaxing? The bad music? The old people? Polly: It's the vibe. There is an older woman standing nearby and Olivia has said what she said in a loud enough voice to possibly offend. Fortunately for her, this old person has ruined her hearing. Please remember to bring ear protection to loud concerts, places with loud machinery, and coffee shops that play bad music. Panel 3 Suddenly, Olivia starts vibrating. She somehow managed to get the staff to serve her coffee. Olivia: I'm not relaxed! I'm shaking! Polly: I told you to get decaf! Panel 4 Perhaps this isn't as boring as Olivia originally thought. Olivia: And you don't look relaxed. Polly: BECAUSE OF YOU! Olivia is not going to sleep tonight.
November 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
How to Food - Gator Days
How to Food - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 August has a variety of ingredients on the kitchen counter. Including "Meaty Sodium Strips", cheese, eggs, an onion, a tomato, and what one might assume is olive oil but the bottle says "All of Oil" so honestly, I don't know what it is. Gustopher is unsure what this is all about. August is wearing his "COOKING PAPA" apron. Gustopher: Are you making omelettes? August: I'm teaching you how to make them. Panel 2 Gustopher is surprised. His Dad has always taken care of the majority of cooking. The Meaty Sodium Strips are just chilling on the counter. Gustopher: Really? You always make breakfast. August: I won't always be around to make it. Panel 3 Suddenly, Gustopher is hit with an overwhelming sense of dread. He's not really registering what his dad is saying. The Meaty Sodium Strips sit menacingly on the counter. August: And learning to cook is important. First we should- Panel 4 Gustopher flings his arms in the air and yells out- Gustopher: I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE! It occurs to August that he probably could have phrased his comment about not being around to make breakfast a little better. The Meaty Sodium Strips want you to know that one strip contains five hundred times your recommended daily allotment of sodium.
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
Sweet Incentive - Gator Days
Sweet Incentive - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 Ember is on the ground drawing random colorful shapes. She is an artist, although she prefers to referred to as the creator and destroyer of worlds. Her mother is preparing to go out and take care of some things. Fern: Ember, I have errands to run. Want to come? Ember: NO. TOO COLD. Panel 2 Ember continues drawing and her mother continues talking. Fern: Okay, I'll just be going to the post office and maybe the bank by the bakery. Ember looks up momentarily when she hears the bakery mentioned. Panel 3 With no mention of going into the bakery, Ember continues drawing. Fern: They have a new teller there. She's nice. Panel 4 Fern: She keeps out a bowl of candy. Ember: LET'S GO! Ember gets her coat on with remarkable speed. She's going to get some candy and we all know she deserves it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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bpal.bsky.social
Before we start hyping this Yule launch, it behooves us to inform you about the free gifties we’re chucking into every order placed this Friday thru the following Monday.

Four pie-themed 1/32oz perfume oil samples which are impossible to obtain any other way! Gift ‘em or keep ‘em, we won’t tell.
A photo of four 1/32oz BPAL sample bottles, or “imps’ ears” as we like to call ‘em, arranged on a blue and green sequined fabric and surrounded by an odd bunch of cheap little plastic toys — an angel, a deep sea diver, a purple crystal, a baby, a yeti, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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atg.wa.gov
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is warning consumers to be on the lookout for undisclosed “hidden” fees this holiday season. Hidden fees are merchant charges that are not included in the advertised price of a consumer good or service and are not otherwise disclosed to the consumer in advance.
A digital graphic with a dark blue background and red text at the top reading: "CONSUMER ALERT! Hidden fees continues to increase" Below the text, a person's hand is hovering over a smartphone displaying a glowing, stylized shopping cart icon with the number '8' next to it, set within a glowing square frame. This imagery is surrounded by several digital elements representing warnings and security issues: -Multiple red and black triangular warning signs with an exclamation point. -Gold-colored padlock icons, some open and some closed. At the very bottom of the image is the seal of the ATTORNEY GENERAL STATE OF WASHINGTON.
November 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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samuraiko.bsky.social
An awesome 🧵, especially w/ current fuckery.

Also recommending 4 cookbooks:
* YOU GOTTA EAT by Margaret Eby
* THE SAD BASTARD COOKBOOK by Zilla Novikov and Rachel A Rosen
* THE POORCRAFT COOKBOOK by Iron Circus Comics
* GOOD AND CHEAP by Leanne Brown

Nab from library or get online PDFs if you can.
trance.bsky.social Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · Apr 3
Dear people who may soon suffer food insecurity

Listen up, it super fucking sucks and will do lasting psych damage the rest of your life. This is not a joke or exaggeration. What you have on hand will forever after be a source of anxiety.

SO. To help you in the coming days here's some tips
November 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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bpal.bsky.social
Sorry to have neglected the ‘sky for a while — it was the overwhelm of preparing Yule 2025 (and several secret projects). But now that it’s launched we’re back, and posting hole on main!
blackphoenixalchemylab.com/shop/
The label for BPAL’s Gingerbread Glory Hole perfume oil, which features a photo of a hole bored into a wall from a gingerbread house, with a pierced and black leather-clad gingerbread person smiling as it peers through from the other side
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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marcswint.com
Perfectly good time to remind 🦃,

fats/grease/oils congeal around solids and wreck sewage systems. Let grease cool and scrape it into the trash or freeze it in a plastic container and chuck it on trash day.

Your pipes will thank you. 🚰💕
neorsd.org NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 1d
what we don’t have in turkey fryer explosion videos, we make up for with 10-pound grease ball pics.
bowling ball size of grease next to a man’s foot/workboot (for size reference) a ball of grease larger than a bowling ball, resting atop a 5-gallon bucket
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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tyleraking.com
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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stv-armstrong.bsky.social
A nice piece of pie for all of my American friends and family celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow!

#Sketch #Drawing #Doodle #pie #pumpkinpie #Thanksgiving #HappyThanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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aimeekitty.bsky.social
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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indicreates.bsky.social
New art in the oven

A new emotional piece for my emotional art collection
A new magical world for my Portals collection
2 smaller pieces for winter
A box!! It will be magical 🧙

Which are you most excited about?
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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queenira.bsky.social
For anyone not on the Hellsite. This account took information from an IMDB of someone claiming to be in said dubs but also had credits like a Viz redub of MHA and posing in Demon slayer. Please be careful with credits you see and look for official sources and use ANN
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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mahoukarp.com
bottled sharks 🦈
#sharks #art
Illustration of sharks in bottles. Inside the bottles are zebra shark, hammer shark, whale shark, mako shark, sleeper shark, and another mako shark
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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indicreates.bsky.social
Sharing my work until it finds a new home ✨

Flow like water 💧
A pairning about tranquility!

If you want her, look below for more info ✨🩷

#oilpainting #art #whimsical #dreamy
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM