A year ago today, we had a really terrible election night, and because I know how people fall into despair I sat down at 11pm and wondered what I could tell you. I told you:
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Oooh love a good QOL update!* I'd been wanting this feature Procreate has #clipstudiopaint #csp www.clipstudio.net/en/dl/releas... I generally hate updating. Usually screws things up → hours of work-time lost to fixing. Thus, getting July update in November xD *On that note, our new Mayor too 😄🎉
Whew, this is a tough one! I've been digging into this today and haven't definitively made up my mind, but here are a few resources to consider... 🧵
Brendan@brendanmcginley.bsky.social · 10mo ago@gregpak.net You are the sanest person on Bsky. What should I read prior to voting on NY's 2025 ballot proposals since the titles are always lies?
Friends in NYC, please do EVERYTHING you can to help get out the vote for Mamdani. Cuomo will throw the door wide open for the ICE Gestapo. Sign up to canvass for Mamdani here: www.zohranfornyc.com/gotv?r=uf_Vq...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 10mo ago🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style. Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Since we can’t rely on the HHS, CDC, or FDA to say it, I will: MAKE SURE YOU ARE VACCINATED AGAINST MEASLES. GET YOUR MMR. Measles cases have reached their HIGHEST point since the disease WAS ELIMINATED from the United States in 2000. We are at the tipping point for the return of ENDEMIC measles.
🇵🇱🇷🇺🇧🇾🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Since 1 am, our military tracked the movement of Russian drones toward the Polish border. This was not an accident or a mistake, it was deliberate. Russia used both Ukrainian and Belarusian territory to enter Polish airspace.
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
You also need to say this shit when people get fired for mentioning their personal gender or get roughed up for looking at ICE the wrong way. Come the fuck on. If you believe this, believe it for everyone.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 11mo agoChris Murphy: "Our entire democratic experiment is going crumble if people don't believe they are safe when they express their political views."
PSA: The fact that RFK Jr doesn’t believe that healthy children need the COVID19 booster doesn’t change the fact that previously healthy children are continuing to have devastating outcomes from COVID19 infections.
Ukraine's air force has warned Poland that Russian drones have entered its air space and Zamosc is under threat, Reuters reports.
Poland has the luxury of a NATO-protected airspace — Ukraine doesn't. As a result, multiple Ukrainian cities have been struck tonight, including Lviv.
04:09 in Ukraine. More drones are coming. Lviv, please stay in the shelter.
Updated COVID vaccine availability map 9/9 It's most difficult to get a shot in these states, which require prescriptions and have no MinuteClinics: ME, OR, UT, WV These states require prescriptions but do have MinuteClinics: AZ, DC, FL, GA, LA, NC, VA In all other states, no prescription needed
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Cosmic Timeline - Olena Shmahalo
Science Illustration / Infographic • Scientific American • 2025
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Just some hungry chickadees I drew for a Nature article D: share.google/images/v3VFN... www.nature.com/articles/d41... #SciArt #graphics #neuroscience #chickadees 🧪 🐦 🧠
In Florida alone, a 15% decline in vaccinations against measles over 25 years would lead to 1 million measles cases. www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/h...
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xD this is what I do to overcome this problem. PureRef. It's the best.
Littleevil0ne@littleevil0ne.bsky.social · 2y agoI've been saying "nipples stomach hand" over and over to myself because that's all that's left on this painting and it's accidentally turned into a weird mantra help
As a former acrylics-enjoyer & hater of oils & watercolor, I think I'll probably like acrylic gouache. But still wonder if I should buy like 1 "real" gouache tube just to see... Ya know, to torture myself a bit 😂
ヤッホー Japan! I'd love to visit again someday. Even if I can't for now, at least my art can travel there via Newton（ニュートン）magazine! 👋 #3Dart #SciArt #illustration #physics 🧪 🐡 ⚛️ 🔭
Olena Shmahalo@natureintheory.bsky.social · 2y agoFinally finishing this! — Breaking down the 3 sections: Right: The evolving universe in three stages: 1. primordial soup, 2. current distribution, 3. further expansion. Surrounded by dark matter/primordial BHs. Full info in ALT and www.olenashmahalo.com/project/p5 #3Dart #SciArt 🧪 🔭 ⚛️
Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹
As a former acrylics-enjoyer & hater of oils & watercolor, I think I'll probably like acrylic gouache. But still wonder if I should buy like 1 "real" gouache tube just to see... Ya know, to torture myself a bit 😂
Your reminder that 99.99% of the artists you interact with are sustained by a second job or spouse/family, and followers do not actually translate directly to dollars
Nathan Daniel Hernandez@natedhernandez.bsky.social · 11mo agoI've made it guys.
