I don't like or eat hot dogs of any kind, whether meat or veggie, but if I did, it'd be a Chicago dog (mustard, sweet pickle relish, chopped onions, tomato, dill pickle spear, sport peppers, and celery salt).

An Anarchist Who Tried Her Best@nataliereed84.bsky.social · 2mo ago

quote post with thy preferred hot dog toppings so that thou may be judged by thy peers

Five living writers of color who I've read more than five books by: Aliette de Bodard Zen Cho Nghi Vo P.Djéli Clark Premee Mohamed

Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂@nwhyte.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Five living writers of colour who I’ve read more than five books by: Samuel R. Delany Zen Cho N.K. Jemisin Aliette de Bodard R.F. Kuang

Five living women writers who I've read more than five books by: KJ Charles T. Kingfisher Sarah Monette/ Katherine Addison Naomi Novik Liz Williams

Nicholas Whyte 白怀珂@nwhyte.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Five living women writers who I’ve read more than five books by: Lois McMaster Bujold Jacqueline Rayner Lindsey Davis Juliet E. McKenna Jo Walton

Will Bite.

Spike Feeder Alex@alex.spikefeeders.com · 4mo ago

Tag yourself. I'm "Do not spin"

David Bowie Prince They Might Be Giants REM Gang of Four Violent Femmes Pink Floyd Concrete Blonde Elvis Costello Psychedelic Furs

Steve Ammidown@stegan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live: Indigo Girls Jonathan Richman Broken Social Scene Kesha The Mr. T Experience The Wedding Present Jawbox Luna REM Tori Amos (I did also see the Monkees! With Peter Noone!)

I draw flowers well, and I'm not bad at birds and insects. Media-wise, I'm best at pencil and pen and ink, though I've done some decent acrylic abstracts.

Alejandra Pinal (commissions open)@alejandrapinal.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Artists, I think we're all too comfortable sharing our imposter syndrome. I would love to see you step out of your comfort zone and confidently state what you think you're actually really good at. No self deprecation, just what you think you're the strongest at Is anyone brave eniough? 👀

#PortfolioDay Do you need cool nature artwork for your org/company/yourself? Send me an email let's make it happen 🪶 birdillustration.contact@gmail.com www.bird-illustration.com

#PortfolioDay Artshare time! Let's get those posts seen! 💚 Link your Portfolio Day post 💚 Repost for visibility 💚 Share and support one-another, invite a friend too 💚 Will repost for 24 hours💚 🚫 SFW and human-made art only🚫 #artshare #art #ocsky

#portfolioday, unless it was yesterday. I'm an artist and designer, currently specializing in #patterndesign. I work in a mix of traditional and digital techniques, with absolutely NO AI. I can make it look like crap on my own, thanks.

I know that time is an illusion, but I didn't realize that it had been a year and a half since I'd updated my Behance portfolio. www.behance.net/gallery/2399...

Wow, Threads sure did a thing:

Everything about this is fantastic. It would seem that carters are a species of animal (that says "ó ó ó"), and infants are born in oyster shells, or possibly that's an infant oyster.

@michaelmcneil.bsky.social · last yr.

If you know anything about me at all, you'll understand why I find this delightful.

This is the kind of quality content I like to see.

National Trust@nationaltrust.org.uk · last yr.

It's the content you didn't know you needed: the A - Z of National Trust bums. From Apollo's muscular behind to a porcelain figure of Zeus's derriere, we hope you enjoy 🍑

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip and everything by Anne McCaffrey that I could get my hands on.

Gwenda Bond@gwenda.bsky.social · last yr.

Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are. Flowers in the Attic. Also, a lot of others.

"Turn the Page" by Bob Seger. It isn't humanly possible for me to turn it off fast enough.

Jonathan L. Howard@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · last yr.

Anything by Wham! Absolutely anything by Wham! I am fine with George Michael's solo stuff, but Wham!'s self-regarding, ersatz "fun" Club 18-30 shittery makes me consider violence.

This is cool as hell. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

A New Video Game Allows You to Repatriate African Artifacts by Looting Western Museums

Earlier this month, Nyamakop unveiled Relooted, a new video game where players stages heists to take back stolen artifacts from Western museums.

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I was having an emotion, and I hate that.

That's for damn sure.

Fawnlen ✏️@fawnlen.bsky.social · last yr.

Muttering ‘ ᶠᵘᶜᵏⁱⁿᵍ ᶜʰʳⁱˢᵗ ‘ to yourself but you keep drawing anyway is actually so important to the artistic process

A new body of work by Andrew Salgado unfurls from a central premise: we are the books we read. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/andr...

Things like this make me feel su^rgen, though I'm also assoured, révoltive, and nausaged.

cait (and adonis)@cait.bsky.social · last yr.

a friend of mine shared this ai-generated "emotion wheel" and unfortunately i have been laughing my ass off at it for like 15 minutes now. today i am feeling Fnliinneon

"Brown Stewe" is just rude.

For this week's @spoonflower Palm Springs challenge, I wanted to do something reminiscent of the prints that were worn in its 60s heyday, using iconic images of the time. So we've got palm trees and cacti and breeze blocks, of course, plus big plastic beads and big teased hair. #patterndesign

"but what can I do I don't have the skills to undermine a fascist regime" — if you are a bluesky user YES YOU CAN

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 2y ago

Discover the CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual: A Timeless Guide to Subverting Any Organization with “Purposeful Stupidity” (1944)

I just learned about Muhammad Ali's "voodoo drawings" and I'm absolutely fascinated. news.artnet.com/art-world/ar...

Art Bites: Did These Drawings Help Muhammad Ali Win Fights?

The drawings of Muhammad Ali have gotten some hype the past few years, but did you know they helped him win fights? Learn more on Art Bites.

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May I offer you a cozy culinary pattern in these trying times? Both the French and Italian are available from Spoonflower in all four colors, if you like that sort of thing. #patterndesign #surfacepatterndesign

And ye maye aske yowerself, 'How do Ich werke thys?' And ye maye aske yowerself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?' And ye maye tell yowerself, 'Thys nys nat my fayre castel!' And ye maye tell yowerself, 'Thys nys nat my swift goshawk!'

So many good ideas here.

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 2y ago

So hey, let’s start off 2025 maybe making somebody’s life better in a small tangible way. What is a small practical thing—object, lifehack, whatever—that solved a small annoyance for you? For me, did you know you can buy clips with elastic specifically to hold the corner of your fitted sheet on?

Today is for mezes puszedli, Hungarian soft gingerbread cookies with an egg white and powdered sugar glaze. I used a recipe I found online from a site called Kabi's Kitchen, just adding a pinch of salt and doubling the spices, and they turned out to be fantastic. 10/10 will make again.