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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 9d

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 16d

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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SAJAN @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 16d

Opened up my physical shop again for prints, Second Spine and THIS ohhaiku.bigcartel.com/product/alas

Alas (ships October onwards unless you're from the US then some indeterminate time in the future)

20 page comic about a Grey, a Gnome and a Shakespeare escapig from jail. Contains Gore. Winner of the 2025 Minicomimcs award (humour category),...

ohhaiku.bigcartel.com

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Clord TC, Comics Guy @clordtc.bsky.social · 16d

Story’s all completed on fast furiously 3 (being the fourth movie)

started on the journey to it being printed, hopefully will have it for MCM

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Qewie🥝 @qqqewie.bsky.social · Sep 6

Ms. All Sunday

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · Sep 6

UK folks! Youve got your own petition now! You know what to do!!!

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · Sep 6

U.K. residents, could this be your chance to stop paypro censorship in the country? Please sign this petition

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition
Ban payment processors stopping services based on objections to legal content
Government should legislate that payment processing companies may not place stipulations on use of their services regarding sales of otherwise legal content and, if they do so, must face legal penalties and must remunerate platforms and individuals for lost income until service is restored.
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Darren M. A. Calvert @dmacalvert.bsky.social · Aug 31

Using this piece by @reallygoodwizard.bsky.social in my introductory lectures for my design students.

An image of a robot with a "NO" circle around it and the text "AI IS FOR LOSERS! REJECT FASCISM! THINK FOR YOURSELF! I CAN MAKE ART THAT'S UGLY AND BAD ALL BY MYSELF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!"

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · Aug 23

Hobo symbols. From the early 2oth century. Drawn on trees, fenceposts, bridges, and buildings to offer directional guidance to other destitute travelers with warnings of what may or may not lie ahead.

File away for future use.

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Nikko (Kill The Music) @nikkoguy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Kill The Music releases next week! (Aug 21)

It'll be priced at $9.99 USD with a 20% launch discount! (so $7.99)

store.steampowered.com/app/3093050/...

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Nathan Hillustration @nhillustration.bsky.social · Jul 28

Good luck! Hope it's fun!

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Nathan Hillustration @nhillustration.bsky.social · Jul 26

Patchwork Knight chapter 4 started this week!

I'm back on the grind and you can read it for free here:

m.webtoons.com/en/canvas/pa...

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Nathan Hillustration @nhillustration.bsky.social · Jul 16

Happy Birthday! Hope it's a good one!

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · Jul 12

It’s that time again for my favourite genre of summer TikTok videos: Americans, Australians, East Asians and Africans who now live in England going “I am sorry I laughed at you and thought you were making it up when you said how hot it is here”

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · Jul 12

I do think not enough people know this - everything after a question mark in a URL is garbage. You can delete it all and the URL still works fine. Strip that shit out when sharing anything.

Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

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Nicholas Kole @nicholaskole.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Chris H. 🍄🌛 @sutexii.bsky.social · Jun 24

Beings Born of Rotten Blood 🌙🍄🩸

✦ #art #illustration #fantasy #monster #creaturedesign

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Martin Tomsky @mtomsky.bsky.social · Jun 12

More little woodworks shipped out. Pete the Snake, Musical Godlings, Fair Weather Shrine and Afterlife Adoption.

www.martintomsky.com/shop

#art #woodwork #illustration

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Nathan Hillustration @nhillustration.bsky.social · Jun 12

No problem! 👍

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Nathan Hillustration @nhillustration.bsky.social · Jun 10

Go vote for @carlydraws.bsky.social !!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · Jun 9

The #IgnyteAwards for Outstanding Artist recognizes contributions in visual speculative storytelling. Congratulations to the following artists:

Finalists for Outstanding Artist

Alyssa Winans

Carly A-F

Micaela Alcaino

Tran Nguyen

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chainsawroll🍉🌮 @chainsawroll.bsky.social · Jun 8

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T RiP PY @spectramis.com · Jun 8

AH WOW! I cannot recommend this Clip tool enough!! I always have to break panel frames on my comics the long way by just drawing above all my other layers and having to leave the original panel behind but this tool lets you make the panel the shape you need!! assets.clip-studio.com/en-us/detail...