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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 3h

Wait a second.
Steel Ball Run anime airs next year.
*looks at the main villain for SBR*
*looks at the current events of a certain 🦅 country*

I see, what a coincidence 🤭🤭🤭

💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 4h

SHIT IT'S OCTOPUS DAY, I SHOULD'VE POSTED MY MARINA ART FOR TODAY AND BLACKTOBER, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 6h

After I finish CinGray (most likely between today or tomorrow), I wanna slow down with watching anime.
My other hobbies are being neglected, especially gaming.

At work, I can work on writing + read manga/novels in my free time and at home, I can draw + game.

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The Hi Nay Podcast @hinaypod.bsky.social · 9h

The aim of this project is to ensure Filipino artists, who are historically overworked and underpaid (like, $50 a week underpaid) can get paid for their art, which makes up half of this Kickstarter's goal!

The other half is to cover printing and delivery~

Help us hit 20% before the weekend!

The Hi Nay Podcast @hinaypod.bsky.social · 1d

15%! We're just about to clear 15%! Let's keep that momentum going and make this horror comic happen!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mot...

#horrorcomic #indiecomic

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Monstrous Productions @monstrouspod.bsky.social · 9h

Let's goooo I'm so excited for this project and it deserves every bit of your support. Please, if you can't pledge yourself, share it so others can!

The Hi Nay Podcast @hinaypod.bsky.social · 9h

The aim of this project is to ensure Filipino artists, who are historically overworked and underpaid (like, $50 a week underpaid) can get paid for their art, which makes up half of this Kickstarter's goal!

The other half is to cover printing and delivery~

Help us hit 20% before the weekend!

The Hi Nay Podcast @hinaypod.bsky.social · 1d

15%! We're just about to clear 15%! Let's keep that momentum going and make this horror comic happen!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mot...

#horrorcomic #indiecomic

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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 7h

Should I finish this piece or wait till the summer or maybe spring...?

Hrm....

💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 7h

I can't even return to this piece anymore cuz it's not summer for me nor is it THAT hot anymore 😭😭😭

💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · Jun 19

[ OC , WIP ]

Amari is melting, chat.
Save her.

Bust illustration of my OC, Amari, in a tanktop with their hair up and sweating profusely due to heat.
They have a bored expression on their face with a green popsicle in their mouth.

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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 7h

YES YES YES
IT'S HER IT'S HER IT'S HER :)

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Not Your Negress @notyournegro.blacksky.app · 2d

“This is happening, needless to say, already, and all around us”

Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 3d

James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:

Or, to put it another way, as long as white Americans take refuge in their whiteness— for so long as they are unable to walk out of this most monstrous of traps-they will allow millions of people to be slaughtered in their name, and will be manipulated into and surrender themselves to what they will think of-and justify—as a racial war. They will never, so long as their whiteness puts so sinister a distance between themselves and their own experience and the experience of others, feel themselves sufficiently human, sufficiently worthwhile, to become responsible for themselves, their leaders, their country, their children, or their fate. They will perish (as we once put it in our black church) in their sins—that is, in their delusions. And this is happening, needless to say, already, all around us.

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 3d

James Baldwin to Angela Davis in 1970, discussing white Americans:

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autumn @waveprism.bsky.social · 2d

really awesome that there's legit just no online safe space for trans people en masse. it feels like every single time one is *about* to be, the mod team bends over backwards to protect the people who hate us and something fucking stupid like this happens

Vergil @ ✊🏽🏳️‍⚧️ @vergiliaux.art · 3d

BSky hid @asukafield.xyz's transphobia mod list. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

Blue Sky's interface for hidden moderation lists, saying the following: "This list, created by @asukafield.xyz , contains possible violations of Bluesky's community guidelines in its name or description." Offered choices are to unsubscribe or go back.

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Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 2d

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

No One Was Helping Black Transgender Youth. So These Parents Stepped In.

A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.

capitalbnews.org

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"I am Dina, I have two children, and my husband is a prisoner @dinaalshaer865.bsky.social · 2d

My daughter is sitting beside the tent, her little eyes full of sadness and need. Every day I try to protect her from this harsh reality, and every bit of support from you gives her a chance for life and a smile amid this pain😭😭💔💔. redcarsfonds.com/Dina.html @mommunism.bsky.social

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Dina. Dina’s husband was taken by the occupation when the family was displaced from Rafah last May. She has two small children Jouri, 9 and Zain, 6. She is all on her own trying to keep them alive in a shoddy tent.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Fuck Gavin Newsom. I will never vote for him and you shouldn't either.

Excerpt from an article discussing LGBT+ protections in California legislation. It states that Governor Newsom neither signed nor vetoed certain bills. One bill strengthened protections under Sen. Scott Wiener’s “State of Refuge” law. The highlighted portion reads: “At least four bills directly addressed trans protections,” followed by examples such as healthcare and patient confidentiality, streamlining legal name and gender changes, nondiscrimination in health insurance, and inclusive homelessness programs.

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nym™️ @arettee.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re calling Newsom about trans and gay bills you should also call about SB 79 bc passing that is going to help literally everyone

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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nym™️ @arettee.bsky.social · 2d

if you'd like to list out the specific bills in your message or phone call, here's the short list without descriptions or anything:
- AB 82/ SB 497
- AB 1084/ SB 59
- SB 418
- AB 554
- AB 727
- AB 678
- SB 590
- SB 450

If you click through the quote you'll see the article describing them in detail!

🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 2d

CALIFORNIANS!

you can help make our state better and safer for trans people RIGHT NOW by telling Newsom he needs to sign these bills!

We need you!

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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✪ daniel barnes ✪ @danny8bit.bsky.social · 12h

Me and ENDLESS FANTASIA got a cool spotlight article from Black Love!

Check it out!
blacklove.com/read/family/...

Comics and Literacy – ENDLESS FANTASIA: The Educational Power of Comics

Discover how comics and literacy go hand in hand through Daniel Barnes’ new ENDLESS FANTASIA comic series, inspiring kids to read and learn.

blacklove.com

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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 11h

Omg thank you, I love added her blushes :3

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💫Marques💫 @ 🤎 BLACKTOBER TIME 🤎 @himarsaka.bsky.social · 21h

[ Blacktober | Bleach ]
Day 8

I ADORE drawing Rukia, she's so undeniably pretty 🐰
#Blacktober #Bleach #Artsky

Sideways bust art of Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) looking at the viewer with a smile

Bust art of Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) with a neutral expression

3/4 body art of Rukia Kuchiki (Bleach) sitting down, looking down and holding a giant Buneary plushie with a content expression

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👻 Spooky Mew | Vgen Artist 💀 @sailormew.bsky.social · 5d

#poketober day 3 - fire 🔥

[ #poketober2025 | #vulpix | #pokemon | #furryart | #mewart ]

A vulpix is looking curiously up against a a light green background

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alondra 🍓 @constarlations.bsky.social · 16h

Nemona and friends go to Kalos cause I said so 🏙️

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Read the book Starting Somewhere @jphillll.bsky.social · 15h

Classic big tech. It’s not enough to destroy the planet, everyone else has to subsidize it too.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15h

37 states have passed legislation specifically granting sales tax exemptions for data centers.

Among the beneficiaries of these exemptions are Amazon, Meta and Google, all companies worth over $1 trillion.

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