I'm honestly really excited to see what kind of fun messy stuff people come up with as part of the initiative, there's so much creativity and heart in the local arts scene, it's gonna be great

The biggest local maker's market has been using AI posters and social media graphics for stuff even though they have plenty of funding they could use to hire people. In response, one of the small indie markets said people can make posters in exchange for a free booth, even 'low effort' ones

I need to replay hollow knight so goddamn quick aaaaa

this is the wildest feeling in the world like what do you MEAN people live like this ?? all the time??

That's awesome, they're all such lovely plants and it's so cool that your aunt had so many of them on hand!! "My" swamp milkweed (peeking out through my neighbor's fence line but I keep re-seeding it there) had a visitor earlier this season c:

That's so cool !!

I've never seen one of these bugs before, what a cool find! Thanks for sharing c:

seconding this big time!!!

(tbh Googy lens does half the work for me, it's definitely not infallible because it's just pulling up visual matches and I need to check that against actual verified IDs on bugguide or iNat but it usually points me in the right direction!)

Hell yeah glad the bug people liked the weird girlie!!

This was such a cool read and I loved getting to see the evolution of the design and the final lockups, especially the patch. Thanks for sharing!

RAUCOUS APPLAUSE !!!!!