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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · 2d

This is why luddites were smashing new factory machines

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Ash G. (the G is for Ghost) @kilomonster.art · 5d

I will gladly draw all of the frogs as a symbol for the movement, explicitly to take them back from the fuckers who co opted Pepe for their nazi shit.

A cheery, cute frog looking up and flipping off the camera while saying “fuck off, fascists.”

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · 5d

Very cool queer creative team making stop motion animation! Watch their short “A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian” on youtube and support their upcoming project :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/god...

God is a Pelican

Two queer middle school girls start a religion. In stop motion. From the creators of “A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian.”

www.kickstarter.com

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 8d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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Rowan MacColl @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social · 26d

Apple Cat

a black and white pen drawing of a black cat on a branch surrounded by leaves and apples

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 6d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 8d

OH THANK FUCK IM PAYING OUT THE ASS FOR THE THING I HATE. THE THING THAT IS ACTIVELY MAKING MY LIFE WORSE AND MY ENTIRE CAREER OBSOLETE. JUST WHAT I FUCKING WANTED.

Valiant 🏳️‍⚧️ | Follow BOOM Goes the Bride on Backerkit! @valwrites.ca · 8d

AI data centers are driving electricity costs up across the board. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

www.bloomberg.com

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生田目和剛(Nabatame Kazutaka) @nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social · 10d

Donut
(2021)

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George @hannahtempler.com · 10d

veggies

A simple digital sketch of some goofy looking vegetables with little faces on them. The sketch is in blue pencil, and filled with orange watercolor

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · 11d

Examining my copy of Watership Down (which was clearly chewed on) and having a moment of thinking that I should maybe get a nicer copy but then realizing that this is the how the book was meant to be. Partially eaten by little critters.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 17d

🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · 18d

This one goes out to the weebs

Closed business with a sign that reads Miku Grill

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 26d

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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is where cats come from 🌸

#art #cuteart #gouache #caturday

Traditional art - a stylized gouache painting of a flowering plant. The blooms are pink, and 3 of them have white cats sitting in the middle of each, as if they had grown out of the flowers.

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Camila 🌷 @nekomori-art.bsky.social · Aug 11

Dreaming of Fall 🍂

[ #art ]

Illustration depicting a small bunny sitting alone on an oak branch, their head turned to the side and smiling. The leaves on the branch are turning orange/brown with the season and softly fluttering in the wind.

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🦇☥𝙎𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙝𝙖☥🦇 @softyuniverse.bsky.social · Aug 10

Peixes na sua tl

#traditionalart

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temmie @tuyoki.bsky.social · Aug 7

making donut

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

I had my first ever teeth falling out nightmare last night, maybe there’s something in the air….

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · Aug 4

Really sucks to have convinced myself after a several month art block that I have no imagination and creativity only to finally get to the start of a vacation and immediately spend it drawing, collaging and making ice cream. Turns out, not liking your job really CAN kill your soul!!

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Engawa @engawaillustration.bsky.social · Mar 14

🤍🤍🤍

#ホワイトデー

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smokey @sjmokey.bsky.social · Aug 2

I spy….a raccoon

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🅑🅞🅧🅔🅡🅑🅤🅝🥊🐰@NYCC K32 @aquiboni.bsky.social · Jul 30

More than Meets the Eye🌱

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Sar Cousins @6knifes.bsky.social · Jul 29

Lemon pig ....please... bring us good fortune this year
(Nother new sticker design)

Cartoon of a lemon pig holding a two pence coin on an orange background. Text around her reads: We're all counting on you Lemon Pig!

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World Central Kitchen @wck.org · Jul 25

After a five-day halt due to a lack of supplies, our team at WCK’s Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen has resumed limited hot meal service in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/3)

World Central Kitchen | WCK Resumes Limited Hot Meal Service in Gaza After 5-Day Pause

After a five day pause, limited cooking operations resumed today at World Central Kitchen's Deir al-Balah Field Kitchen in Gaza. This marks the second time in 2025 our hot meal program has been force...

wck.org

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