Ok this thing is real close to done! For every donation in the next 45 minutes, I will draw on my up close & personal experience with the democratic process and post one (1) meme that embodies the experience of running for office Just in case any of you were thinking about it lmao

Stand With Irene Grimes: Legal Defense Fund

Irene Grimes told the truth about an attempt to fire Cumberland County's elections director behind closed doors, and now the same partisan majority she exposed is trying to remove her from the board.

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RE: https://sunny.garden/@wess/117356203366849272 This is a great idea! Would be interesting to see where everyone is now, who originally joined the forkiverse. So, everybody out there, if you are an ex-forkizen, give us a toot! #exforkizen #forkiverse #theforkiverse

Ahead of the release for “The Ascendants”, and given the recent share about Operation Blooming Onion, I wanted to shine a bit of a light on the human trafficking that still happens in the agricultural industry, and the people out there trying to fight it. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2022...

Blood Sweat & Tears — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER

For the eighth installment of the “Crop Cycle” series, Shane Mitchell peels back layers of historic abuse in the fields of southeast Georgia.

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Yeah the biggest human trafficking bust in 21st century US history went down in 2021. Operation Blooming Onion. They took down a $200 million slavery ring in Georgia. 100% H2A visa workers who immigrated legally. This was HUGE NEWS for anyone who was paying attention to farm worker & labor issues.

Ian Comings 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈@seedofcheif.bsky.social · 3d ago

I mean, a shit ton was done in '21. It's just that none of it was really aimed at alleviating these particular issues because the de facto slaves don't vote and none of the blue voters particularly care about them. There is/was no constituency for this issue, so we need to make one ourselves

Starting on some rough drafts of the storyboards for “Ampere’s Daemon: 1920!” I wanted to set up an establishing shot of the Daemon’s room, and all the things he might have in there. #AD1920

This week from #AnimationObsessive how Rintaro gambled on bringing Katsuhiro Otomo into anime. Great, fully sourced research. animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-katsuh...

How Katsuhiro Otomo Entered Animation

A story from the 1980s.

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Neuroplasticity. As one of a gazillion writers who have had their books hoovered up by AI, I am 💯against using AI to create a first draft of just about about anything. Writing is thinking, and it is by critical thinking that a writer develops “new” “original” thoughts and perspectives informed by…

Even if you think it does nothing for you? Who's in power makes a huge difference to millions of people who feed you. Mutual aid is great! But it won't, like, change the fact that slavery is getting more & more legal in this country. That's what laws & elections are for. So let's use them.

“People would often respond to me with a generosity that I think was not extended to my brother. And the same fancy private school where I was the graduation speaker, my brother was arrested in the parking lot for just standing there.” An eye opening interview. Sometimes, you do what you can.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3d ago

Kelly McWilliams is biracial, and she was raised to be proud of her identity, but when she walks into a room, a lot of people perceive her as a white woman. And when she does tell people she’s Black, the situation can get uncomfortable — even scary — very, very fast. nyti.ms/4e5ZQmq

If we want to fix the economy, we need to legalize gambling for toddlers. Our focus groups found that the 12-36 months demographic is exceptionally talented at accumulating mass amounts of debt. We just need to give them the right tools to do so.

Excited for everyone to see episode 2. I have the rare privilege seeing behind the scenes since Amber has been diligently working on it from home. Same with the rest of the team! You’re all in for a real treat Oct. 9! Here’s a little backstage themed fanart to celebrate! From the AD’s #1 fan

Software is eating the world, so now anything that has to do with software development becomes everyone's problem. In a more sane timeline AI would have been huge news in the tech industry and mostly ignored outside of it.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6d ago

Technology enthusiasts severely overestimate the average person’s desire or willingness or capacity to build and use AI agents. I understand some work roles that could mandate or encourage it but that is no way a tech revolution. Agents are best for structured, clearly delineated tasks.

From the 5-min pilot of "Redline", directed by Takeshi Koike 7 years before the film's release (and not reused in the film). It's still just as rare to see such long proof-of-concepts produced for Japanese animated films projects. Full video >> www.catsuka.com/player/redli...

Asked ai to write a simple program. Take in user input and do some math and return an output. Took half an hour and several null pointer exceptions to give me a program that crashes when you open it. Can’t seem to program the simple stuff, so I’m still cautious to use it in actual development

A blog post about AI art, and how we should be thinking about it. Falsely accusing others of using AI to create art hurts everyone more than it helps. There are parts of the internet that want a witch hunt, with AI being the new excuse. Lets leave some room for nuance. www.tumblr.com/sirfrogswort...

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💬 62  🔁 10212  ❤️ 11705 · IMAGE SHARING SITES STEAL MORE FROM ARTISTS THAN AI. · Looking at some of your work, it is stunning but it is very similar in style to AI artwork, do you have any recommen…

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I love how @ani-obsessive.bsky.social was able to document the films at OIAF. In an age of AI use, it’s always good to know that there are people pouring their hearts and talents into the animation medium. Check out some of the films mentioned in this article! open.substack.com/pub/animatio...

The Films Proving That Animation Is Alive

Plus: news.

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From "Witch Bunny : The Day We Met", an upcoming indie short film by Fernanda Dias. New clip >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nRa...

“All U.S. ticket sales will be donated to The Dollywood Foundation to support its flagship program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library” 📚 variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ Returns to Theaters With Ticket Sales Donated to Dollywood Foundation After Star’s Death

Dolly Parton's '9 to 5' movie will be back in theaters for charity after her death, with proceeds going to the Dollywood Foundation.

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The best of birthday wishes to actor Mark Hamill - best known as Doobie on the 70s sitcom The Texas Wheelers... [checks notes] ...best known for his role of Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, and as the voice of Batman foe The Joker in animation and video games - born on this day in 1951.

New look at Luz and Amity in the Owl House novel. Out this Tuesday.

- Social media brain rot where we've failed to see that we are human beings connected to other unique human beings and therefore, just because something doesn't reflect my experience, it doesn't mean it's wrong or "bad" or something you can't still read/watch/play, etc.

context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.

Julie S. Lalonde@julieslalonde.bsky.social · last wk.

The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.

Ill give this a look because Id like to see more independent comics sites i can read stuff off of. And one dollar digital books are a nice deal.

Sweet Shop@sweetshop.app · last wk.

We are so incredibly proud to carry the undeniable @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social on Sweet Shop. To celebrate our launch and them, we're having a sale where all their books are $1. sweetshop.app/publishers/i...

I want to give an shoutout to the trans people I’ve interviewed in order to maintain accuracy. I can only hope to write a character that accurately describes their experiences! 🏳️‍⚧️ The prologue to Ascendants: Volume 1 should be out by next month, stay tuned! the-ascendants.ghost.io

The Ascendants

An unlikely team of superheroes must band together to protect Eden City from organized crime and general chaos.

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From the opening of "Tattooani", an indie Mexican project by Kaiser Animation studio, inspired by pre-Hispanic mythology. Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR5r...

Tapas is gone, and Webtoon is boiling the frog. Artists, as long as your put your hard work on a proprietary service, this will keep happening. You NEED to own your own work and audience!! It’s NOT hard to do! You don’t need to code and you can still be discovered! Use Leaflet! leaflet.pub/about

The next episode of ‘KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE’ will screen at the AIF Festival on October 16th. Details on the official release date will be revealed soon.

This is my new favorite thing.

I must once again emphasize that if you are putting art on the internet, you need your own website in case some fucking management ghoul decides the platform they paid too much money for isn't worth how much they paid for it

Swords | The Webcomic@swordscomic.bsky.social · 2w ago

End of an era

There are no words to describe how much I hate New Jerseys’ urban planning choices