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shuuzaar @shuuzaar.bsky.social · 1d

anyways i really like fairies

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 1d

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 2d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Ariel @maskedhero.bsky.social · 2d

I wish that time would stand still whenever I needed to make a decision

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Genel Jumalon ✈️ Twin City Con @geneljumalon.bsky.social · Jun 26

Something Comforting

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zino @zin0.bsky.social · 5d

skink, info below

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Ariel @maskedhero.bsky.social · 3d

Oh this is LOVELY

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Etro 🌸 comms @etroveria.bsky.social · 3d

Aymeric/Sumire YCH commission for @lindoreda.bsky.social 💙💜 thank you so much!!

#ffxivart #commission #VgenComm #aymericwol

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adrienne ✨ Truth Scrapper @insertdisc5.com · 5d

ive heard this game is bad. repetitive, tumblr-ass writing, and get this: it has pronouns

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 5d

In Stars and Time is $12.99 on US PS+ buff.ly/rRaNAcq
$13.99 US eShop buff.ly/yEVXCsd
$13.99 Steam buff.ly/QuQE4ht
$13.99 GOG buff.ly/EOq5DRX

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InkyInGreen 🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 6d

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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Ariel @maskedhero.bsky.social · 4d

working at a game store like this has been really rewarding and fun and I feel so very lucky to be a part of it

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Ariel @maskedhero.bsky.social · 4d

Opened our new location today and it's been amazing but I'm sooo tired lol

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Marko (Nerd and Jock Comics) @markoraassina.bsky.social · 5d

Hang in there, struggling artists

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Tran @traannahh.bsky.social · 5d

My #Guinevere ✨🌌
#KnightsOfGuinevere

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ThePoseArchives @theposearchives.bsky.social · 5d

It's the season of the witch! 🪄
October's Draw This Pose in Your Style! If you wish to take part, tag #DTPYSOCT25 and us @theposearchives so we can share your creations! Other art mediums such as 3d etc are of course welcome!

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Patricia, Wailing "AHH!!!" 👻 @pwallinga.bsky.social · 5d

I am so jealous of little animals who can curl up into a little circle. That's gotta be the best nap you can take.

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Morbi @morbi.bsky.social · 4d

I believe Banjo and Kazooie are in love in a really normal way

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 4d

Brother Herbert's Big Onion

to the tune of Diarrhea Planet's Ghost With A Boner:
SHREW WITH AN ONION!
SHREW WITH AN O-O-O-O-NION!

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Ariel @maskedhero.bsky.social · 4d

In stars and time =w=

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 4d

to be honest I've always found it kinda fun to end up being a little bit crappy at whatever I try to do... Takes a lot of pressure off, and I feel like everyone can tell when you're doing something just for the love of the game

A puppy with rollerblades skedaddles across the screen. The text is written in alphabet fridge magnet letters and reads NOT THE BEST, BUT HAVIN FUN

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 7d

Still from The Good Place with the captions edited.

Top half: Eleanor with her arms out, arguing, “I mean… When did Silent Hill become about feminism?”

Bottom half: Chidi in front of a chalkboard for Ethics 101. A screenshot from Silent Hill 1 on the board. Screenshot is of the head cult lady proclaiming, “My daughter will be the mother of god.”

Chidi argues back: “Silent Hill 1”

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 5d

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

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❤️jamie p!💚 @jamies.page · 5d

you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it

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eggu 🐴🔜 Akimatsuri 2025 @egguv.bsky.social · 6d

oh mein gyatt the art is so pretty

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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 5d

I love a soft, buttery rendering style. A gloopy, velvety, warm and glowy approach, if you will.
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Getting this look right is easier said than done. I created a little step-by-step explainer that shows you exactly how I create it! It's free - sign up here to get it: links.loish.net

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