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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open!

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Demiaroace e genderqueer. Escritora, ilustradora e game designer. 🇧🇷 / PT-BR & ENG maybarros.carrd.co 🇵🇸 please help my friend, @ommmmmar.bsky.social: https://tinyurl.com/y47v3zs5 #art #BRart #indiedev #indieauthor #commission #fanart #autora

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · Jan 14

New year, new #PortfolioDay!

I'm May, a queer Brazilian artist, writer and game dev! I focus on fantasy stories with queer characters!

My commissions are open!

✨ patreon.com/naiveheart
✨ ko-fi.com/maybarros
✨ vgen.co/maybarros
✨ catarse.me/maybarros
✨ naiveheart.itch.io
✨ naive-star.itch.io

Illustration of Marcela, a goth necromancer gótica with white skin, black short hair wearing black shorts and a black t-shirt with a skull print; Solis, a pink haired, white skinned fairy, with pink transluscent wings, wearing simple green pants tied with rope and a simple one-shoulder shirt; and Talita, a black princess with dark curly hair, in a green dress with shimmering jewelry; the three are walking in the woods holding hands.

Art of a woman with dark skin and green hair, wearing a floaty blue dress, flying among the clouds with two eastern dragons, one red the other purple. Atop the clouds, a castle with white walls and blue roofs.

Illustration of a girl with white skin in a sailor scout outfit with golden small gloves with green trim, golden bodysuit, green collar and a green bow, green miniskirt, dark green shorts and green boots. She has short green hair and green eyes. She is wearing a dark green mask

Illustration of the Greek Goddess Selene as a fat black woman with silver hair, eyes and dress, wearing a silver crown with moon motifs and holding magic moon symbols that glow with a blueish tint. The background is a starry sky.

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

I support nonviolent action. It's literally what I do. But telling people that allowing themselves to be harmed to demonstrate the character of their enemy will be politically transformative denies the desensitized reality of the present.

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Art SilverGlass ~ Sophie Grunnet @silverglass.bsky.social · 2d

I just re-opened commission slots for personalised Tavern Signs 🍺

Check it out if you missed it last time
sophiegrunnet.etsy.com/listing/1748...

Line art format, $26, You gain all rights of the illustration, both for personal or commercial use.

Shows a handful of fantasy tavern signs I have made in the past.

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key-lime pie @keymonster.bsky.social · 1d

Another example of a UBI adjacent experiment working for the benefit of all people. Imagine what would happen if straight up UBI happened… universally.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 1d

Quick reminder I'm slowly restarting my patreon and you can subscribe here for recipes, excerpts, and nerdy deep dives
www.patreon.com/aliettedebod...

Also my newsletter is here if you'd rather
www.aliettedebodard.com/newsletter
(reposting because borked link)

creating Speculative Fiction

www.patreon.com

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 1d

Your monthly reminder:

Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.

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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 1d

#tbt pro unboxing que a querida @estantedagabyh.bsky.social fez do livro físico de Estudo sobre Magia e Cristais!

youtu.be/nS72S55YVSY

UNBOXING: ESTUDO SOBRE MAGIA E CRISTAIS

YouTube video by Estante da Gabyh

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maya kern @mayakern.com · 1d

#store
My gemstone skirt is in-stock in most sizes in the US and UK stores! These printed midi skirts have pockets big enough to fit my water bottle, my Switch, or two cans of Dr. Pepper!

store.mayakern.com || www.mayakern.uk

close-up of maya wearing the new gemstone skirt in 2XL-3XL

maya pulling a nintendo switch 1 out of the pocket of her gemstone skirt. she's wearing size 2XL/3XL

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Dani Finn 🏳️‍⚧️ 📚 @danifinnwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s a bit of trans joy if you need it: a 5,000-word trans Pied Piper retelling inspired by a shitpost on here.

Best news: it’s absolutely free!

danifinn.itch.io/the-witchs-f...

The Witch's Flute by danifinn

A trans Pied Piper retelling

danifinn.itch.io

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Rodrigo Ortiz Vinholo @iamrodrigo.bsky.social · 1d

PASSAMOS DE 60% AEEEE
Bom dia
benfeitoria.com/projeto/marcha

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 1d

Friends, please help keep The Deadlands alive. Er, you know what I mean.

The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 2d

it's here, The Deadlands fundraiser 💀

buy your very 2026 coin for the ferryman and help support us

we've got signed books, deadlands issues + psychopomp book bundles, and more coming soon!

please like + RT this to help spread the word

psychopomp.com/the-deadland...

behold!

Illustration of a white skull partially obscured by colorful mushrooms and plants. Different fungi sprout from and around the skull, including red mushrooms with white spots, yellow fan-shaped mushrooms, gray cluster mushrooms, and orange bulbous mushrooms, with green and purple plants filling the background. A ribbon at the bottom of the skull reads “ADMIT ONE.”

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Sapling 🌱 Print shop open! @sacredsapling.bsky.social · 5d

Some close ups! I really wanted to focus on how people with an ASPD diagnosis are almost never given support, because even self-help is all about how loved ones handle people with ASPD.

In reality, Gabriel's just a kid who was neglected by his parents, physically abused by his uncle, and adapted.

A close up on the first panel, of Gabriel stomping around his room, with his monologue reading "trouble—ASPD Diagnosis—mean for me and my family? My baby sis—therapist said it's per... These episodes of...forever?? Terrible! Nasinsilyo my life! No one will trust me. Even Nico. That's over...will my parents call the cops on me again? Put me down—like uloi—."

A close up of the second panel, of Gabriel pacing again, with his inner monologue reading "I blow up—in front of—forbid from ever...having kids? Nasuk—lang ko ganiha an—they loved me in—back in juvie. Fuck this label—I'm not a sociopath. And—am then it's all...they left me with...and expected he would...make me violent too. Be better than‚has to be something—help me not destroy my life."

A close up on Gabriel googling "ASPD support" and the articles that are coming up, one from Everyday Health, are "What is a sociopath?" and "7 ways to cope with someone who has ASPD." Also Gabriel's nails are painted an adorable pink.

A close up on the scatter phone screens, showing more of what Gabriel googled. For ASPD coping, the articles are "Living with a person with ASPD" and "Coping with Sociopaths (ASPD)." The first one is from BetterHelp. Under his search for ASPD dating, the articles is a Quora forum asking "Are there any good points of dating a person with ASPD?" with the top results being "Hell No" and "Sucked into abuse." Other articles read "Dating a Sociopath: What to be Aware of." and "I think I'm dating a 'Sociopath.'" There's a list of "People also ask" with "Can people with ASPD feel joy? What is wrong with ASPD?" and "Can people with ASPD love?"

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Underpalewater @underpalewater.bsky.social · 2d

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

Everyone deserves healthcare.

Everyone deserves housing.

Everyone deserves education.

Everyone deserves food & clean water.

This should not be controversial. They’re basic human rights.

We could provide them to everyone if we abolished the billionaire class and taxed corporations properly.

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

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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From Create Mode
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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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May Barros 🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ 📚💙 @ Commissions open! @maybarros.com.br · 1d

Can Ireland take me, plz?

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Nazih Fares | نزيه فارس @nazihfares.com · 1d

Today marks two ongoing years of the Palestinian genocide. 67,000+ killed, 20,000 children, families pushed from home to road to rubble. Lost distant relatives, friends, and many people with dreams all because of an apartheid zionist policy. Free palestine today and forever ✊

Nazih Fares | نزيه فارس @nazihfares.com · Oct 15

Dear gaming industry: I got to speak now, as the siege on Gaza is entering its 8 day. I always thought this industry wanted to be better, most of us would consider ourselves liberals, critical thinkers, and hell even artist. But let me tell you: I'm ashamed of your silence.

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 6d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

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All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

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France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

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Visa

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Phone (outside US): click here

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johncito | leia ou ouça Grão no Skeelo 🥖 @johncito.bsky.social · 2d

já pensou em receber uma arte erótica por apenas R$12 reais por mês??? apoie meu trabalho com a recompensa “catuaba” ou acima lá no catarse.me/mejohncito

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paseador de hombres lobos 🇵🇸 @johnatan.bsky.social · 2d

o mais próximo que eu chegarei de um OF é vender arte erótica no meu catarse, já apoiam????

johncito | leia ou ouça Grão no Skeelo 🥖 @johncito.bsky.social · 2d

já pensou em receber uma arte erótica por apenas R$12 reais por mês??? apoie meu trabalho com a recompensa “catuaba” ou acima lá no catarse.me/mejohncito

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ilustralu @ilustralu.bsky.social · 2d

Tá aí uma capa que eu fiz com gosto. Amo o desenho da pisadeira.

Sabrina Roman @sabrinaroman.bsky.social · 2d

Ei, você que tem uma criança em casa! Dá livro de assombração pra criança!!

* você que não tem criança em casa: lê livro de criança! Tem assombração!!

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

Infanto-juvenil | O Mistério do Carneiro de Ouro - Thiago Lee | CLN 20

YouTube video by Cem Livros Nacionais

www.youtube.com

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Melissa Sue Stanley 🌿✨🍄 IX Showcase, October @melissasuestanley.bsky.social · 2d

"Morning in the Garden" is the cover art for my new book, Shackling ~ Tales from Baba Yaga's Garden

(KS launches tomorrow!)

Flatlay style photo on a black desk. There is a graphite drawing with some pencils around it and two flowers in the upper-right hand corner. The drawing is of a lady in a black dress standing in a garden, with four little Baba Yaga huts around her like chickens. There is a vague, larger Hut in the background. It's pastoral and sweet I guess?

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Luduvicu @luduvicu.bsky.social · 2d

Ter a clareza de não sucumbir à possibilidade de se fazer protagonista de uma história que não é sua é uma qualidade bastante incomum

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 2d

Greta Thunberg in Greece:

I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me, but that is not the story.

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TrueRef by Abbey Esparza @trueref.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a lot of smarter people saying smarter things than I could about Bsky resenting their users.

So I’ll stick with pointing out that Bsky posted SEVERAL memes welcoming the swarm of ex Twitter users. They loved it. They celebrated it. They encouraged it.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 3d

Listen. If you didn't want to be seen as the Twitter escape pod, you shouldn't have deliberately fostered a community of people so united by their contempt for arbitrary authority and love of absolute free speech that they were willing to abandon a platform they'd been using for 15 years

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Lula @lulaoficialbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

O Estado de Israel violou as leis Internacionais ao interceptar os integrantes da “Flotilha Global Sumud”, entre eles cidadãos brasileiros, fora de seu mar territorial. E segue cometendo violações ao mantê-los detidos em seu país. (+)

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 2d

This right here. I love my art friends and art community, but I'm also trying to run a business as a freelancer/selling products and I need the reach! Every time we scatter to different platforms it's a little harder to exist as a working artist whose primary visibility is only online.

Up On Goblin Hill @upongoblinhill.bsky.social · 2d

As much as folks might not want to believe it, artists who sell their work cannot survive exclusively on platforms that cater to primarily other artists. The Circulating The Same Five Dollars™️ model can't feed us or pay bills for long. We need places where we can be seen and discovered.

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