omg I found the picture ❤️

ECP@ecppdx.bsky.social · 20h ago

Years ago I coined the milleneuve, which is a unit to measure how horrible the sky color is based on Villeneuve films. Blade Runner 2049 is around 900mn. Today is around 250 I'd say. (It's a very scientific scale.)

welp, i'm overdrafted and need groceries. anything you can give is a huge help ko-fi.com/jnbutlerart

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And for the really bad news? They've put a target on VPNs. Sites are required to identify (and age-verify) any US citizen, regardless of whether they're using a VPN. In fact, the default is to get the ID and biometrics of EVERYONE unless you can somehow prove their not a US citizen.

Mike Stabile@mikestabile.bsky.social · 2d ago

"VPNs are a privacy and security tool used by millions of internet users every day, and their use should not be treated as suspect. It is particularly galling that the SCREEN Act forces users who intentionally take steps to protect their privacy to identify themselves."

Endless cycle

Sometimes you just gotta ask 😏

never thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.

Fun fact: this was unintentional

Maybe: Steven@ikiguy.bsky.social · 3d ago

massive respect for Arakawa-sensei, who set out in her latest series to improve on Edward Elric by making her just the grungiest lesbian

They should invent an ADHD that lets you

The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Rural mississipi farm girl. As the youngest child she was spared the job of raising her own siblings + the brunt of the most difficult farm work lmao, so it would be "corner store sales clerk until the point of marriage, at which point she became a housewife and mother"

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d ago

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Lots of people replying/quoting this with jokes about dinosaurs/jurassic park/etc and it’s a good time for a favorite fun fact: all birds are literally a branch of theropod dinosaurs that split off from other theropods in the Jurassic period. They look like dinosaurs because they are dinosaurs.

Kory Bing@korybing.bsky.social · 4d ago

Today I learned that baby cranes are called "colts" because their legs are so long and they can run around like idiots shortly after hatching. This is delightful, I enjoy knowing this.

if you make art of any kind, express yourself for an audience of others in any way, you are a pornographer. you arent next, you're part of it now.

Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d ago

a bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...

Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan

BIG DEAL on voting rights this morning: Governor Spanberger just restored the voting rights of some 60,000+ Virginians. Her move reverses Youngkin's abrupt decision in 2023 to end automatic voting rights restoration, which brought Virginia back to a system of default lifetime disenfranchisement.

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions - Bolts

This is the only state that, absent action by the governor, bans people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

boltsmag.org

Comic publishers greenlight books about women characters with women creative teams challenge

WE HAVE LESS THAN $350 TO GO BEFORE WE ARE FULLY FUNDED

Zoe Tunnell ➡️ FlameCon E-09@zoewithasword.bsky.social · 4w ago

WE ARE LIVE Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #2! The next chapter in our sapphic vampire noir saga, with Corsica and Florence reunited and on the run from the deadliest Chicago has to offer. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...

not that I ever planned to do anything with the knights beyond sketchbook doodles, but in general telling a creator about your idea for their story or characters is the best way to make sure it will never happen lol (same goes for like Marvel or other public IP writers/characters too btw)

Kim Hu@kim-hu.com · last wk.

see, the thing is everything folks make up about these guys is stuff I won't/can't touch anymore for copyright reasons so in a way people spoiled it for themselves (not directed at you, just in general people tend to do that with creators and they never realize that's burned ground then) 😅

love under green light 💚

It should be illegal for the chemicals in your body to alter your perception of your own emotions. You're telling me I can't be distantly objective about everything I feel in the exact moment I'm feeling it? Who designed this system, I want to register a complaint

You may recall the case where Lynne Freeman sued Tracy Wolff for writing a YA set in Alaska where the male lead was hot and broody, just like in Freeman's book. This litigation went on for three years before a judge finally read both books and said there was zero infringement.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2mo ago

So do you all remember Lynne Freeman who sued Tracy Wolff because Freeman wrote a YA paranormal set in Alaska where the hero was hot and the heroine only learned about her paranormal heritage as a teenager, and so did Tracy?

my blood boiled to read this. so I went and found this contact form www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/ and immediately told them what I think. recommend you do, too

We'd love to hear from you

If you would like to get in touch please fill our the form below and we will get back to you as soon as we can.

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Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · last wk.

Hugely hugely concerned by this archive.ph/2026.07.27-1...

theres this one tumblr post ive seen talking about that phenomenon but w fiction writing that I think about often

For anyone who ever wants to read (or re-read) @trungles.com's Pride & Prejudice readthrough commentary w/o having to slog through needing to constantly expand the original thread, I put it all together on a google doc! 135 glorious pages! 💙📚 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pride & Prejudice Commentary by Trung

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thoughts of a dragon... With a cute little heart-snout, clearly friend shaped!

Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices. If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.