Friends, if able, please consider a donation to help Elise with bills while she recovers. Every donation, any amount, helps immeasurably. Please share and spread the word. gofund.me/a69c7cd26

Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

hello. friends if you're reading this, you're likely a Friend of The Deadl… Sean Markey needs your support for Help Support Elise While She Recovers

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this october instead of donating to us, THE DEADLANDS we're asking you to please considering donating to help our #1 editor in chief @ecatherine.com with the bills stemming from her ongoing hospital stay. no coin fundraiser only fundraising Elise 🖤🖤 pls join us + spread the word

Tonights live set! archive.org/details/2026...

Elise Tobler, editor of the fabled SHIMMER magazine and now THE DEADLANDS is hospitalized after cancer and an infection. She made SFF an inclusive, interesting place and broke out many authors. Help if u can gofund.me/6ea1bf7a4

Donate to Help Support Elise While She Recovers, organized by Sean Markey

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Independent animation is going to be even more indispensable in the coming decade. Skydance is 100% shutting the taps off.

Opening THIS Saturday 10th October: ‘THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY’ by Chet Zar. Opening at Copro Gallery alongside Phil Tippett's 'ARTIFACTS OF A MAD GOD: AN EXCAVATION', Gabe Leonard's ‘TOTALLY UNDER CONTROL' + Katie Gamb's 'Grounding'. Email coprogallery@live.com for more information. #art

I was just reading a fairly interesting job listing, which then popped in with, "help staff understand the benefits of AI tools." Nope, fuck off.

Book festivals, please, PLEASE don’t use AI to write author bios and book descriptions. Currently, I am being advertised as attending a festival next month for a talk about a book that doesn’t exist…

So I made a comic about my struggle with depression. It was a tough one but I feel loads better now that I've got it out of my system. I hope you may be able to find hope in it if you're struggling. treebeerdstuff.com/2026/10/05/d...

DEPRESSION

A comic about depression.

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Pileus [PY-lee-us] (n.) 1. The cap or expanded upper portion of a mushroom or similar fungus. 2. A brimless felt cap worn in ancient Greece and Rome, especially associated among the Romans with manumission and liberty.

Later, private translations were circulated around Tiananmen Square during that movement. (Incidentally, I cannot visit China, even as a tourist, thanks to my role in bringing the book into English.) You can read more about the book here.

The Book That Sparked a Revolution: An Interview with Lee Jae-eui, Author of "Gwangju Diary" - Gwangju News

Written by Wilson Melbostad Photographs by Sarah Pittman and courtesy of the 5.18 Archives   As most residents of Korea will tell you, Gwangju isn’t just the name of a … Read More

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I'm thinking about entering some photos into a local art show exhibiting Florida's biodiversity next year, and the hardest part is choosing which of my vast assortment of silly creatures the people need to see Like this perky Geolycosa 🖤 #EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

What happens when your puppet comes to life and steals yo gal

daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️@hypercubexl.bsky.social · 2d ago

Evelyn 2026

I've loved Artemisia Gentileschi's work for a long time, and this might be my favorite. When I was blogging for Apex back in 2013, I actually wrote about her, Millicent Patrick, and centuries of mistreating women. www.rhdickerson.com/2014/08/miso...

Misogyny and schadenfreude: 500 years of treating female artists badly - The Many Words of Russell Dickerson

I’ve written many a bio in my nearly 20 years of published work, and all of them together don’t necessarily add up to the whole. I’m an illustrator, a fine artist, blogger, sculptor, fiction author, n...

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Kristie@knairn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today I got to see this painting in person in Florence. It’s one of my favourite paintings in the world. It’s called Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. If you don’t mind I’d like to tell you a bit about it.

Allan Douglas Davidson, British (1873-1932), The Sorceress, 1912, oil on board, 30 x 23.5 cm, private collection

I have been using it for a year and I LOVE IT. It just... lets me write stuff. And save to my computer. Imagine.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 3d ago

Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...

Gonna be honest, @threadless.bsky.social artist shops aren't the easiest things to configure, but at any rate - check out my new listing for "Styracosaurus Jungle" on Threadless! I'm trying to utilize them more after Design By Humans sailed into the west. alaskanime.threadless.com

Raven Amos's Artist Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more

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Sculpting a new face ! Sculpted with Monster Clay

I've loved Artemisia Gentileschi's work for a long time, and this might be my favorite. When I was blogging for Apex back in 2013, I actually wrote about her, Millicent Patrick, and centuries of mistreating women. www.rhdickerson.com/2014/08/miso...

Misogyny and schadenfreude: 500 years of treating female artists badly - The Many Words of Russell Dickerson

I’ve written many a bio in my nearly 20 years of published work, and all of them together don’t necessarily add up to the whole. I’m an illustrator, a fine artist, blogger, sculptor, fiction author, n...

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Kristie@knairn.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today I got to see this painting in person in Florence. It’s one of my favourite paintings in the world. It’s called Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. If you don’t mind I’d like to tell you a bit about it.

Today I got to see this painting in person in Florence. It’s one of my favourite paintings in the world. It’s called Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. If you don’t mind I’d like to tell you a bit about it.

Medieval Massacres That Were Like the Red Wedding www.medievalists.net/2026/10/medi...

Medieval Massacres That Were Like the Red Wedding - Medievalists.net

From deadly banquets to wedding betrayals, discover 15 medieval massacres and murders that recall the infamous Red Wedding.

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Preorders convince retailers to stock my stuff. They make a huge difference. Please consider visiting eatf.art and preordering one or all of my upcoming books and card sets.

This is all hands on deck! Pneumatic plague is airborne and nearly always fatal if untreated. Wiped out 150 million, half of Europe, way back when. Treatable with antibiotics, but we don't have enough antibiotics. Also from a lab in Russia, where they still have weaponized plague. Total nightmare.

Reports of a plague outbreak in Russia follow the death of a researcher

Several hospitals in the Irkutsk region have been shut down and up to 200 workers have been quarantined.

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Today, Oct 4, is the feast of St. Francis of Assisi: the day when you can bring your pets to church for a blessing.

This Halloween book sale launches in less than 3 hours (the host is on UK time). Be sure to check out all the books including some from RDSP. devilsrockbooks.com/halloween-20...

... get the complete box set here... kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Clay Pot Shards From Dwelling Of Earliest Known Klutz https://theonion.com/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-clay-pot-shards-from-dwe-1827116788/

We make these comics full-time, and Patreon is what makes that possible. Even a small pledge helps more than you'd think. And you'll get some pretty cool stuff in return. www.patreon.com/warandpeas

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