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ananth @ananthhirsh.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: We launched the Kickstarter for the ✨ BARBAROUS Chapter 6 book ✨ this morning! And we're rapidly approaching goal!! You guys are the best! So psyched to get this into your hands!

Check it out:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/746...

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calanthe milton @melodioustear.bsky.social · 2d

eternally grateful for how enthusiastic and curious my wonderful supervisor is. for someone who knows nothing about TTRPGs, she has immediately leapt onto all of the exciting patterns and interesting points I've been finding in my research.

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Ciaránavirus @sarklor.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't been able to write professionally since April, and that last time was worse than pulling my own teeth out because support for disabled people in Ireland is so bad.

Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really hard to describe to people who are not artists how survival mode does *not* inspire creativity, as the myth would have us believe. It suppresses creativity as you try to limit every possible risk – and the opportunities that come with them.

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

It turns out building habits and stuff actually requires not being in survival mode, who knew?!
(Yeah yeah I did)

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Celnoda @celnoda.bsky.social · 3d

You can check out one of @melodioustear.bsky.social articles at the Polyphony. Any support, be it boosting visibility or donation to her kofi, is appreciated. Thank you!

Madness, Control and Agency in Video Games

Researcher Rebecca Milton explores the unique ability of interactive video games to represent experiences of Madness

thepolyphony.org

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Celnoda @celnoda.bsky.social · 3d

Hi all. I'm doing a pound-matching donation at the end of the month (October) for @melodioustear.bsky.social 's kofi goal. She is a disabled PhD candidate at the University of Kent researching embodied Madness in interactive media--video games, visual novels, fanfiction and roleplaying games.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 7d

Talking image-text relations in class today - great opportunity to share Ibn Al-Rabin's seminal “Le Verbe Prophétique” alongside the always brilliant @tomgauld.bsky.social to demonstrate how the seemingly simple can be bewilderingly complex - things that can only be done in comics!!

A six panel comic of a man and a woman where their word balloons are actually other panels (there are no words) indicating future actions and explaining why they did what they did.

a three panel comic about Søren Kierkegaard in which the text of the man reads backwards and the dog forwards "Life can only be understood backwards" and the dog "but it must be lived forwards"

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Kriti | Armed with A Book @armedwithabook.bsky.social · 7d

✨ Author interviews help me connect more deeply with the voices behind the stories I love. Ariel and I had the absolute joy of chatting with @premeemohamed.com about the concluding book in one of our favorite series. A dream come true! Interview and book discussion is live on the blog. 💙📚

Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 8d

Oh hey interview is live! Thank you so so much to @armedwithabook.bsky.social for letting me talk excitedly about THE FIRST THOUSAND TREES -- out tomorrow from @ecwpress.bsky.social !

"Nothing stays a wasteland forever. People hit and roll, and then they get up again."

Premee Mohamed, author of The Annual Migration of Clouds - Interview - Armed with A Book

Come chat with Premee Mohamed about The Annual Migration of Clouds series, its finale, and what it means to bring this story to a close

armedwithabook.com

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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🌸Bibi🌸♿ (formerly bibicosplays) @bibiblossoms.bsky.social · 15d

It's wild that me talking about the intersection between disability and race has so many white disabled people upset. I'm not minimizing your experience when I talk about the added struggles of being Black on top of being disabled. I face extra barriers. I'm allowed to talk about it.

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Celnoda @celnoda.bsky.social · 20d

I hope you find a solution that works for you! I had a similar situation and ended up going to a tailor. They may quote extra to redo the elastic because of the good quality construction of the skirt, but you can ask them about options like the drawstring instead.

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 23d

We already have 1000+ reasons to hate """artist""" James C Mulligan (see below), but it was extra enraging to see him stealing and taking credit for the work of actual Bambi artist and all-around Disney legend Tyrus Wong, so here's a mini Ted Talk 🧵

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Feb 22

You'll lose to me again
And again
And again!
Because you want a "happy ending"
Because you "love your friends"
Because you "never give up"
Isn't that delicious?
Your "DETERMINATION"...
The power that let you get this far...
It's gonna be your downfall!

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Undertale, drawn 2018 for my brother

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Emily Pitts Donahoe @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social · 28d

I overlapped with the instructor, Melissa, as grad students in Notre Dame's English department. One of her former ND colleagues has started a GoFundMe for her: gofund.me/3f5b12078

Donate to Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague, organized by Angel Matos

Recently, our colleague Melissa McCoul was fired from her position as a S… Angel Matos needs your support for Help Support Our Children's Literature Colleague

gofund.me

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calanthe milton @melodioustear.bsky.social · 28d

it's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. suicide is not a choice; suicide is a place anyone can end up at as the result of suffering, esp being systemically failed. if you do anything this day, let it be educating yourself on non-carceral forms of support like this list from @projectlets.bsky.social:

Crisis Support — Project LETS

projectlets.org

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · Sep 3

How to apologize: a short thread.

So. You've fucked up. You did or said or wrote something that angered and/or offended and/or hurt someone or many someones. You need to apologize--either because you were wrong, or because people are telling you to apologize. Which one is the case doesn't matter.

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calanthe milton @melodioustear.bsky.social · Sep 6

weeklyish reminder that due to disability, divorce and the decimation of humanities research, I'm going to be unable to pay my tuition fees for my PhD next year (and the year after) unless I get some help. please consider helping me continue my research on Madness in interactive media <3

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Celnoda @celnoda.bsky.social · Sep 4

I need to buy this as a poster and post it somewhere reasonable before my friends buy it as a poster, paste it onto my monitor, and prank me by making it my desktop wallpaper too.

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · Aug 31

DOES ANYONE FEEL LIKE A GOOD CRY

WE GOT OUR HANDS ON FRANCESCA SANTA MARIA TONFAMECASCA KITTEN

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genice @genicecream.bsky.social · Aug 10

UNSHRIMP URSELF🫵

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Clockwork Banana🧡Commissions OPEN! @clockworkbanana.bsky.social · Aug 15

At long last! I'm going to be opening up #commissions for the first time in a long time! I only have a limited number of slots available to begin, which I'll be keeping track of via my Ko-Fi.

[ #AkiArts #digitalart #portraits #pets #emotes ]

A sleepy trainer dressed like the Gen 3 female hero rests atop a sleeping Charizard. The picture contains a list of Clockwork Banana's Commission Prices for Trainer Doodles. Digitally made Simple Style slice of life interactions featuring trainers and partners in flat color with no background are listed at a base price of $60. Complicated mons/creatures will increase the price.

An image of Clockwork Banana's Commission Prices for non-digital Pet Portraits. Three portraits of animals (two cats and a capybara) are used as examples. Clockwork Banana offers Acrylic paint pen portraits of any animal on 3 inch by 3 inch canvas board for $60. The price includes shipping and handling for those in the US.

Clockwork Banana's Commission information sheet regarding Custom Emotes. They are offering a first and limited time offer on Streamer & Discord friendly emotes, digitally made with base colors and a clear background. Single emotes are $25, if you buy Two emotes you can get them for $40. The mega deal is on the 10 for $100 emotes, the caveat being that the price only applies to a single character (or something simple like a pride flag etc).

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Aug 1

okay okay okaaaaay

one more preview, as a treat

. . .

GAZE AN EAGLE BLIND coming very soon

🔽 bookmark/sign up for the newsletter 🔽
gazeaneagleblind.com

#GazeAnEagleBlind

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Celnoda @celnoda.bsky.social · Jul 28

Oh gosh. I just learned from IMDB that he worked on Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and Treasure Planet too? I love those too.

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JesteniaS @citrusfoam.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #Portfolioday!
My name is Jestenia! I'm a children's book illustrator and character designer based in Boston. I would love it if you kept me in mind for any viz dev or picture book projects
🌱Portfolio: citrusfoam.com
🌱Contact: [email protected]

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Christina Gardner @christinagardner.bsky.social · May 8

I think I haven't posted Joy on her own here yet.
This is Joy~

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MossyPine 🍂🍄 Cozy Art @bymossypine.bsky.social · Jun 30

Tomorrow is Art Fight time 🔥💅

Don't forget to save your bookmarked references as the website will be difficult to reach on the first day!

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