After taking some needed time away, I’m back seeking new TTRPG Narrative Design work! I love writing character-focused & somewhat macabre stories, and am looking to collaborate on writing with creators who wish to build games with equal parts intensity and compassion in mind ☀️ 🔗 below to contact!

thanks @comicartsmaineport.bsky.social for another lovely show! And thank you again to everyone who sent me pictures of their sweet animals to draw portraits of—here's a few I did yesterday ✍🏼

riso'd this to have at CAMP in a few weeks!

binglin@binglin.bsky.social · last yr.

蒲公英 (dandelion) an autobiographical comic poem I created for Pride, shared in collaboration with the Baturu Cultural Festival I'm sharing a few of the first pages in this thread, but you can download the full PDF for free (or tip/pay what you want/can) on itch: binglin.itch.io/dandelion 1/17 ✍🏼

Once again.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. tcpipeline.org

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com · 5mo ago

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum. Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.

Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉@scumbelievable.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams

If you need something positive to do to help your community right now that will cost nothing but time, go give blood. Someone is always in need. (A family member's life was saved by donated blood.) For a list of blood donation centers & blood drives within 20 miles of your zip code, search AABB:

Physicians for a Healthy Democracy@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 6mo ago

abcnews.go.com/Health/red-c...

Nation's largest nurses union repeats calls for ICE abolition, pledges to do "everything in our power to vote out any elected official who supports funding for this all-out assault on the health, safety, and civil rights of our people."

🌈😈@satansjacuzzi.bsky.social · 6mo ago

www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nation...

i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand. just a steady beat.

Love Notes

docs.google.com

“I live on a rural island in Alaska, reachable only by plane or boat. In our little town, 50 to 100 people stand outside each week at our town's roundabout to protest and hold vigil and stand in solidarity with you. We hold signs supporting Minnesota and demanding ICE Out.” Rachel, Alaska

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 6mo ago

i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand. just a steady beat.

Prints are available—all proceeds will be donated to Neighborhood House: rubylith.bigcartel.com/product/abol...

Abolish ICE Loon

Available in 8x8 or 12x12 inches. **Besides shipping/tax, all proceeds from sales of this print will be donated to Neighborhood House MN, an...

rubylith.bigcartel.com

oldhead advice from an oldhead. every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown" and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work gotta build for long term

HEY PUBLISHERS: pay attention to this entire thread; and recognize that a HUGE part of the problem is assigning comics projects to editors with no comics knowledge or experience. Editing comics is a discrete discipline, and when you don't recognize that, you fuck both creators and yourself over.

Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder@nilahmagruder.com · 7mo ago

I've had to explain that no, I cannot pencil and ink a 260-page GN in two months, do you even understand the words you're saying to me? I've been asked to design characters, pencil, ink, and color a 200-page GN myself in eight months (I said no).

I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.

Another post from a Venezuelan friend:

A very long and important THREAD - The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974. And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself. Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

Orthoceras (big) and Lituites

100% yes!!! The essay "We Are the Mountain" by @laviecestmoi.bsky.social gets into this; I'm constantly recommending it to folks because it's such an important reframing! psychopomp.com/fantasy/augu...

Nic Anstett@nicanstett.bsky.social · 8mo ago

There is a very solid argument to be made that this idea stems from writing from a position of privilege where the idea of individual choices having tangible effects on the world around them is second nature and not a rarity.

"I am open with my sexuality to anyone who asks in the hallways of Merrimack Valley, which leads me to wonder: Should I be removed from the school if parents find the topics I speak about inappropriate?" Whew, this teen's editorial is GREAT. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/12/12/m...

Opinion: A student's perspective on the removal of inclusive literature - Concord Monitor

The removal of 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' from a high school curriculum sparks debate on the importance of including LGBTQ+ experiences in education.

concordmonitor.com

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

"There’s a freedom people are craving because they’re feeling so constrained, surveilled and, frankly, threatened in so many other spheres." Zines have made a resurgence as communities seek to share information on everything from ICE raids to local elections.

Gen-Zine: DIY publications find new life as form of resistance against Trump

theguardian.com

we’re on season 3 of yugioh

tapping the sign

Ro Salarian@rosalarian.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A lot of creators essentially saying "My work might contain nudity and sexual situations, but it's NOT porn. My work is important and artistic, while their work is dirty, which is still okay to hate and censor." But guess what! The purity squad makes no such distinction.

I made something a little silly 🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎

I bead-embroidered some trans pride pins, which are now up on our shop. Take a look! 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 seatoad.bigcartel.com/product/tran... #transpride #art #cybermonday #beading

I like him

Ashanti Fortson@ashantifortson.com · 8mo ago

My spouse and I have been watching through Yu-Gi-Oh for (more or less) the first time, and I’m struck by how much Pegasus looks exactly like this in every other shot

My spouse and I have been watching through Yu-Gi-Oh for (more or less) the first time, and I’m struck by how much Pegasus looks exactly like this in every other shot

Goddess of the Wolves Totem 🐺✨ My piece for the upcoming Giant Robot Store - Totoro Show celebrating all things Ghibli! My piece will be available 11/29 at 11am PT on their site here: www.giantrobot.com/collections/... (She does have very minor damage to her mouth shown here) #art #pottery

an interesting conversation from an old sketchbook/journal, still very relevant, today and forever