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25 🪱 he/they 🌱 silly part time artist who loves bugs and other little guys 🍄 transgay & disabled , white and living on Potawatomi & Hochunk land of Milwaukee linktr.ee/h0neymush

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the worm zone @h0neymush.bsky.social · 15d

woahhh we are doing another edition of big little world, this time all about bog creatures + wetland ecosystems!!

A photo of a frog surrounded by cranberries, with a slightly edited caption to read “Frog and cranberries it must be time for big little world: bog babes”
submit at bit.ly/bogbabes
Call for submissions!
Big Little World is accepting submissions for our fall edition, Bog Babes! Submit your art, writing, photography- anything* about bog creatures & wetland ecosystems by OCTOBER 20th
*we do not accept Al generated submissions

Text boxes over a photo of moss and plants: FAQ!
What is Big Little World?
Big Little World, previously Bugs That Craw, is a collaborative art zine about appreciating all of Earth's organisms, big and small, and the diversity of different ecosystems.
What can I submit?
Any piece of art or writing that pertains to bogs and wetland ecosystems! Previous editions have featured primarily visual art, but all forms of human-made art can be submitted! We would love to have more written pieces, including short essays, poetry, and more! We do not accept Al generated work. Unsure if your piece can be submitted? Email Eliot at wormzoneprojects@gmail.com
Where can I view previous editions?
Digital copies of previous editions are available for free or pay-what-you-can at honeymush.itch.io/

the same photo of moss and plants behind a text box
FAQ! pt 2
Will l get my own physical copy?
While we'd love to get a physical copy out to all participants for free, this isn't always feasible; some of the previous editions have been entirely funded and produced by Elliot (@honeymush) and it ends up costing quite a bit to print and mail copies to each participant. Whether or not we can send out free copies this time will be announced at a later date. Regardless, all participants WILL receive free access to both the digital zine AND a printable version that artists are free to print and distribute themselves!
will I retain the rights to my work?
You are free to publish and reproduce your own work outside of the zine- We ask that you wait to publish your submission piece until closer to the zine's release in order to help promote the project's release!

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 9h

Wow this rundown is wild:
"A billionaire asking her fans to buy several editions of the same exact mediocre album is a little hard to stomach."
defector.com/taylor-swift...

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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scare-ron "actual ghost" shanxnywy @thxnywy.art · 5d

precarity abounds
pretty please ponder paying me on ko-fi
rent: i gotta pay it!
groceries: they ain't free!
help me pay for being alive so i can keep drawing stuff!
💸 ko-fi.com/thxnywy 💰

Support thxnywy ❤️

Become a supporter of thxnywy today!

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Jay 🌲 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 10d

(2025 📌)

Hadih! I'm Jay, and I'm an LGBTQ+ Wet'suwet'en artist who makes formline art! Here I share my artwork as well as hyperfixation ramblings and other stuff that catches my fancy! Hope you enjoy your stay!~

📧 [email protected]
www.jazzjosart.com
ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...

A print illustration with a limited green, cream, and dark blue palette. The poster is divided into six rectangular sections. The top left shows a formline design of a raven in flight. The top right shows an illustration of Hornby Island Azhdarchids. The middle left shows a cliff overlooking the ocean, with bird-like silhouettes flying above. The middle right shows a shoreline of the ocean, with bird-like tracks in the sand. The bottom left shows an illustration of a raven. The bottom right shows a formline illustration of a Hornby Island Azhdarchid in flight.

A formline design where the base shape is the mask of Hornet from Hollow Knight. Inside the mask is the formline designs- the torso of a spider across the lower face area, clutching an egg with infection droplets trailing down beneath the eyes. On the mask's left horn is a butterfly trailing upwards, with a chrysalis at the tip. On the mask's right horn is a hornet trailing upwards, with a larvae at the tip. The mask is off-white/pale yellow, and the formline designs range in shades from a light orange at the bottom, to a pale to dark salmon in the middle, to a bright red at the top.

A formline design of a hyena. The hyena is walking, with one back leg and one front leg raised, and it's back is arched forward, with a mane on it. It's head is tilted downward. The whole piece is coloured a near black with maroon and yellow-orange highlights, and the background is a solid bright orange.

A formline Illustration of a blue Glaucus with a circle design behind it. The design is backlit with stars and coloured in shades of dark blue to light teal.

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Jay 🌲 @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 11d

US shipping is back up for my shop!! Specific items that aren't CUSMA compliant (Anything made outside Canada + items like my prints that just don't get covered by CUSMA) have gotten their shipping costs updated!!

🛍️ ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...

#telekitneticart #formline #indigenousart

A screenshot of TeleKitnetic Art's online shop, featuring a formline hornet sticker, a Rainbow Raven art print, and rainbow raven pride stickers.

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 9h

trick or treat #art (wallpapers below!)

A drawing of black cats and Halloween candy

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 2d

#invertober 6, buff tip moth. branch animal

#invertober2025

color block drawing of a buff-tip moth on a backdrop of faint stylized branches and leaves. there is a dark frame around the image, with "Phalera bucephala (buff-tip)" is written at the bottom in white

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 2d

Day six of #invertober
Buff-Tip Moth

#invertober2025

sketchy drawing of a moth. It has brown-grey beige wings, and a floofy brown and grey body.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I’m. So. Tired.

I don’t just want you to pay attention to Chicago because I want you to understand our plight. I want you to see how hard people are fighting and know wtf you’re made of. We’re not just fighting for this place. This is for all of us.

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Ollie @clownrambles.bsky.social · 29d

Flash Sale!

30$ Scene commissions. 1 week completion time!

4 slots open.

I draw all species

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Wuchta @wuchta.bsky.social · 5d

Comic

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encountersltd @encountersltd.bsky.social · 5d

cliff climbing!

An ink pen illustration depicting part of a cliff face, comprised of an eclectic variety of jagged and geometric rock shapes, each with a tall depth. The topmost part of the cliff shown becomes precariously wider than the bottom, and seems to have shape vaguely like a bird's face. Scaling this rock formation (right on the outward egde of it, to our point of view), is a chipper cargo backpack-clad mountain climber: their teardrop-shaped head makes their entire torso, with the tip ending in a hand just as large as the rest of their head, comically enough. This hand pinches onto the lower part of the face-like cliff face's "beak" to hold on as the climber walks up the cliff with their two long, sock and sneaker clad legs (their only other limbs). From behind the cliff and its climber, we can see a very light, muted aqua green sky (drawn with colored pencil), and along the left edge of the drawing is a bar of aqua green that grows darker from top to bottom, like a gradient. At the bottom of this is my signature: "EL" and a skull-esque icon.

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♡⊹˚₊ cake ₊˚⊹♡ @lilcakelet.bsky.social · 6d

hi!! ONE slot for the BEEFCAKE tier has opened up!! I've also added the option that beefcake members can commission me whenever theyd like! even if im closed!

also, if anyone has any ideas to add to the cakelet tier, pls let me know!!

♡⊹˚₊ cake ₊˚⊹♡ @lilcakelet.bsky.social · Jun 13

✨ reminder that my kofi memberships are OPEN!! you get cool things AND you get to support me?? big wins all around!
ko-fi.com/lilcakelet/t...

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the worm zone @h0neymush.bsky.social · 5d

i’m going on a walk at the bog tomorrow for some inspiration!! don’t forget to submit if you have *any* piece of (human-made) work that relates to bogs and wetland ecosystems! plants and animals and fungi and anything!!!

the worm zone @h0neymush.bsky.social · 15d

woahhh we are doing another edition of big little world, this time all about bog creatures + wetland ecosystems!!

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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · Jun 4

Nbd it's just Sam Altman himself was literally bragging about how many young people cannot even make their own decisions anymore bc they rely so heavily on their chatbots

'They don't really make life decisions without asking ChatGPT': OpenAI boss Sam Altman thinks young people turning to chatbots for life advice is 'cool'

The tech bros are apparently so disconnected they think AI can be your best friend, therapist, and life advisor.

www.pcgamer.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

Really. Keep in mind AT&T makes a TON of money both ripping off rural communities with expensive cellular (often the only connection anybody can get), but ALSO ripping off school subsidy programs.

Free government Wi-Fi is a threat to them in multiple ways.

‘There has to be an accounting’: Former AT&T lawyer says company systemically overcharged neediest schools

www.washingtonpost.com

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Daniel_Dutton @danieldutton.bsky.social · 7d

Mini Hornets (which is your favourite?)

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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 7d

This should be a truly massive scandal in the Jewish world. Obviously, many of us knew and assumed this was occurring, but the proof is now out there and it needs to be called out.

We have US-based influencers pretending to speak for themselves but actually working directly for the Israeli govt.

Israel is paying influencers $7,000 per post

Netanyahu referred this week to a 'community' pushing out preferred messaging in US media — and boy are they making a princely sum

responsiblestatecraft.org

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 7d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

www.youtube.com

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Béla | comms OPEN @gruselzirkus.bsky.social · Jul 28

. the wheel of fortune .
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sometimes you'e the skelly on top, sometimes the skelly on the bottom #artsky #tarot #illustration

the wheel of fortune tarot card. in the centre, there's a golden disk with two smiling and two growling faces, all merged in the middle like a Ianus head. in the four corners are a nymph and satyr each, holding the four suits, chalice, wand, coin and sword. two skeletons are circling the face disk, their entrails framing the while scene and draping around the figures.

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CBS News Climate Watch @cbsnewsplanet.bsky.social · 7d

Despite a broken jaw, 32 Chunk has eaten his way to the top of the Fat Bear Week 2025 bracket after two years as runner-up in the contest. As one of the largest bears in the annual contest, Chunk was estimated to be more than 1,200 pounds, according to park officials. cbsn.ws/3WhHO7v

32 Chunk crowned winner of Fat Bear Week 2025

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Prism @prismreports.org · 7d

In Gaza, where children make up nearly half of the population, Israel’s genocide has destroyed schools & playgrounds. While volunteering with the Palestinian NGO Nafs for Empowerment, Esraa Abo Qamar saw how activities can restore hope to children facing impossible circumstances during the genocide.

How a Palestinian NGO is helping Gaza’s children play and heal

While volunteering with Nafs for Empowerment, I saw how group activities can restore hope to children facing impossible circumstances

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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danny! 🐯 @tigerstooth.bsky.social · Jul 28

what then!!

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