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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · 1d

Wow. An ad that’s a full-throated understanding and specific support of the LGBTQIA+ community. I’m impressed to the level of “Can this ad truly be coming from a Democrat?” level of impressed

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning:

www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · 20d

I’ve missed you! Damn, there are stories to tell. Totally reading this tomorrow when my brain is recharged

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · 22d

Wow, this is fantastic! Congratulations and felicitations and all!

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations!

FYI: Your link sent my browser to a white screen with the message “There was an error with your request.”

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Sep 4

So glad you shared this –saving the clip for after work

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Aug 31

*literal snortlaugh*

Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Aug 31

lol I say it correctly but there’s always the Bill and Ted doubt that maybe I’m wrong

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Aug 31

And also hello to everyone else who (if not for autocorrect) would carry a dictionary with perhaps 3 pages for those words they will never never ever spell correctly

My nemesis is “silhouette”

Micah @rincewind.run · Aug 31

hello to everyone else who had no idea how you were supposed to pronounce “foyer” or “hors d'oeuvres” to the point that you heard both of them in real life and didn’t connect them to the words you read in books for years

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Aug 31

former kids who read too many books and didnt know how to pronounce the words you learned gang say hey

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Aug 28

Horrifying

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · Aug 7

I did a zine workshop last month where I also emphasized this as much as possible, someone came up to me to thank me after, saying having 'permission' for it to be messy meant that could get over wanting everything to be perfect, first time in years they were able to finish a creative project

Me: 😭

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Aug 7

i just did a workshop with kids about making comics. emphasized that ANYONE can make comics. you don't have to be a "good" artist. you find a story that matches your art style and you do it and it's awesome. and a kid who NEVER PARTICIPATES got out from under a desk and PARTICIPATED and had a blast.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · Aug 6

The former NFL player's Lumi Story AI, aims to help middle and high school students work with an AI-powered chatbot to write their own stories, comics and graphic novels.

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Aug 7

You’re right, and absolutely one must be ready for those surprise knocks

Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 28

Saving this post forever

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 26

Agreed. In the introduction to the 1981 collection “The People’s Doonesbury,” Garry Trudeau said that the satires of Saturday Night Live will never matter because SNL had no point of view and never stood for anything.

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 24

My head breaks with the state of the world. So this is the state of my art. Undecided about adding color. Ink & paper & various smudges from tree goop. After Max Ernst’s collage.

My ink and paper sketch of two persons. The woman sits holding a nest with 3 squawking baby birds and gesturing up to the severed hand that her lion-faced, military honored companion holds behind her.

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 24

Aside from my appreciation for your article – giving context for Ozzy’s talent – thank you for introducing me to the music of Blossom Dearie

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The Blue Opaque @ SLICE 31A! @bluedelliquanti.bsky.social · Jul 24

I don't want to condemn itch, (who, if the quoted numbers are right, has their library cut down to a QUARTER with this choice), but this is a giant blow for queer comics, including me, who re/built their pdf storefronts on itch because they were one of the few platforms left to sell nsfw work.

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · Jul 24

There are vanishingly few places for adults to sell works of art to adults online thanks to the christofascist policies of payment processors deciding what is allowed. Artists are watching their entire income and livelihoods disappear overnight. Please help us and sign.

Kroox - Home of Bonktober @lekroox.bsky.social · Jul 24

This itch.io NSFW policy change is unfortunately nothing new, the problem isn't the platforms themselves but rather Visa/MC strong-arming these services into revising their NSFW policies.
So if you're eligible I invite you to sign this ACLU petition: action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Mastercard: Sex Work is Work. End Your Unjust Policy.

Mastercard's new policy unfairly targets the adult content industry, making sex workers more vulnerable, especially Black trans women. It must be stopped.

action.aclu.org

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Michael R. Underwood (Mike) @mikerunderwood.bsky.social · Jul 24

Here's a screenshot of the email I sent to Visa about this. Collective action *can* make a difference in times like this, and sending a letter takes as little as a couple of minutes.

Dear Visa team,

I am a small business owner and a long-time visa customer through my Chase Southwest Premier credit card. I do business with this card and have been generally very pleased by Visa's service.

However, as I see payment processors bowing to far-right censorship groups like Collective Shout and that causing retailers to de-list thousands of titles with no notice (https://www.rascal.news/itch-io-delists-bans-games-under-pressure-from-payment-processors-and-an-australian-anti-porn-group/) I grow very worried that Visa may bow to this pressure as well.

If Visa gives in to pressure from hate groups like Collective Shout and forces retailer partners to de-list adult, NSFW, and/or LGBTQIA content, I will be forced to take my business to another company that supports creators like me. I do not want to throw away this long-standing relationship, but I need to know that my financial partners will not throw me to the wolves because of pressure from hate groups. And if I go, I will be loud when I do it, encouraging my thousands of followers to make similar decisions, working with my colleagues across professional organizations to flock to companies that will support us while abandoning those that leave us in the cold.

We live in dangerous times, and it is crucial to stand up against fascistic censorship wherever it rears its ugly head. I implore Visa leadership to vocally oppose and resist this pressure from far-right groups and reap the benefits through sustained and strengthened business relationships with creators around the world that rely on a consistent payment processor partner to be able to share their art and creativity.

Thank you for your time,
Michael Underwood
Baltimore, MD

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 24

Perfect web host for comics, for those of us who don’t want to stick our hands back under the HTML hood
bsky.app/profile/just...

snooze 🌻 webcomic-brained @justsnooze.bsky.social · Jul 24

lrp rly great resource, and to add specifically for comic hosting, rarebit is a 100% free & accessible template that just uses basic html/css + some javascript if you want a comic site independent of places like webtoon / tapas! its not live yet but i use rarebit for my comic site & it works well!!

Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 22

Susan Tyrrell? Not going to lie, that last detail sold me on this movie

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 22

I support this as a pinned comment. As in, I need to pin this comment to my forehead

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 21

Indulging my love of drawing musicians while they play. The darkness of the club made it nearly impossible for me to correct anything I drew. The music was tango, it was incredible. (Drawn with a gel pen, augmented the next day with ink and colored pencils)

My very rough sketches of a tango band in concert, depicting the accordionist, the surly bass player / vocalist, the pianist, and violinists.

More of my rough sketches of a tango band in concert, depicting a disco ball, the accordionist, and the drunk bass player.

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onion person @junlper.beer · Jul 18

this is getting next to no media attention and it’s horrifying. transphobes weren’t going to stop at bathrooms, no hormones for minors, they are going to keep pushing until it’s entirely illegal and no one is standing up for us other than trans people

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jul 15

Am I reposting this thread on ADHD on cooking so my ADHD self can find it again? Absolutely. Thank you for posting this, Nome. I was terrible at cooking for years for all the reasons you talk about

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Oct 21

You know what, this is probably as good a time as any to port over a thread that folks really asked for -

#Cooking while #ADHD.

Because it turns out, cooking is a multi-step process, that requires (often) exact timing, and is full of sensory information. SO NONE OF OUR STRENGTHS.

a man standing in a kitchen with the word dmentality on the bottom right

Alt: A scene from Fresh Prince of Bel Air, where Will is trying to put out a stovetop fire by throwing cupfulls of water from the sink across the room.

media.tenor.com

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Tara Tarantella @tarantella.bsky.social · Jun 28

Unapologetically first-generation long-underwear Tornado goodness

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