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Marianne Martin

@mariannemartin.bsky.social

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[she/her] Opinions my own - https://linktr.ee/mariannemartin - Art Director, concept artist/illustrator with a penchant for spooks. Horror, beauty, escapism!

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 8d

If you see this, show off them mouths 💋

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A.L. Kaplan @alkcomics.bsky.social · 8d

Strange Illumination

Dark drawing with screen tones of two people floating with bubbles. One holds up a cellphone camera, beaming light. The other has their hand pressed up as if against glass.

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 18h

I couldn’t agree more, it’s just that I always feel like telling them we find joy in creation is like giving them a gift. I think they revel in the thought of taking it away. They are jealous and malevolent beings.

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 18h

It bothers me that our first reaction is often about pleasure.

AI ghouls never cared about fun: their perfect world is exploiting you or eliminating you once they are done picking your carcass.

My disgust is not about fun. It’s that the machine is using our blood to make shitty soylent.

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Jon Munitz @jonmunitz.bsky.social · Jul 24

Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached.

They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others.

Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further.

#UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

Aw jayyy, love u too! 💜 Thank you

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

YOU FOUND IT, hahaha

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

*proceeds to move to London immediately *

Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 2d

THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 2d

Drawtober Day 7: Vampire
(Used ball-point pen for this Them)
#drawtober #Halloweenie

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

a close up of a man 's face with the words `` that 's all i have to say about that '' above him .

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe I shouldn’t say here, which is an interesting aspect of social media eh?
But we can play charades or something!

It starts with W and ends with K!
And it’s the thing you go back to after a vacation!

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

We need saving, get it done, foxes!!

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

Goodness graciousss! 🥰🥰🥰

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

I am struggling. I am struggling and I don’t care who knows it!

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

A perfect pet!! 😱💕

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

What an extremely desirable item indeed! 😱

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 2d

I envy you Emily, enjoy!😍 and I love this lil guyyy! 🥰

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DaddyJew @daddyjew.bsky.social · 2d

really banking on this supermoon to solve all of life’s current problems

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 2d

Let's go make out on the bloomin' onion

Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d

biblically accurate couch

A round couch (or very large chair) in a gross burnt orange velour with like 20 small pillows arranged along the back

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

Perhaps they should be granted just about as much personhood as a Labubu, so that we can create a degree of separation. Because yikes!

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

What I understand from this is that some humans are limited enough for this to be their assessment.

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

Ear worms with constant gas!

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

I salute this.

Mine: I don’t know what Taylor Swift’s music sounds like.

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

Or when saying violent people are “animals”. Animals are smart and extremely nonviolent, avoidant of conflict unless necessary. So… some humans suck so much that we fail at finding insults, I guess. We try, and we’re like “oh shit, everything is better than we are” 😂

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 3d

Dr Jane Goodall, a force for good, her powerful message. 💚
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From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: Dr Jane Goodall recorded this interview in March 2025 with the understanding that it would only be released after her death.

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Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 4d

I’m proud of this one.

Marianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 4d

They are the least important, the least celebrated cogs. It’s like the anus congratulating itself on the miracle of digestion.