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Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open!
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I write and do art things, just your average local gay | he/she/they | 🚫 AI/NFT 🚫 | don't steal my stuff I'm watching my socials (and comms info): https://tcsmith.carrd.co/ I wrote a sequel: https://books2read.com/scarsoftheraven
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 5d
We all like indie books here yeah? Good news! We have a mega bundle of relatively unknown indie books that deserve more readers! You can get the whole thing for just $38:

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚
A graphic featuring some of the books in the under-rated books bundle, surrounding some text in the middle. Text reads: "itch.io under-rated bundle. oct 9th to 13th. bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." two rows of five stars can be seen above and below the text.
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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 1h
The bone buddies are still having a blast outside, celebrating the fact that they're skeletons.
Here's a lovely pic of five bone buddies (small plastic skeletons). One is standing on their head, one is doing the splits with their arms up, one is dangling by their legs from an outdoor chair, one is climbing the back of the chair, and one is waving while sitting on the chair.
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Spooky Saba 🏳️‍🌈 @ace-of-dragons.bsky.social · 12h
oh Ridani, always on my mind 🫶🏻

(she/they)

#DnD #OCSky #SupportArtists
digital art of a person with wavy, fiery hair leaning forward with one hand braced on one leg. she is wearing a red and gold crop top with matching, loose-fitting pants. from her ear hangs a single blue feather earring
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danhawk333.bsky.social
Dan H Artworks @danhawk333.bsky.social · 1h
The Sanctuary
11x17 pen and paper
#surreal #macabre #PenAndPaper #TraditionalArt #DarkSurrealism #DarkArt #Art #InkSky #GrimDark
Pen drawing of a tall, slender feminine being made of black space with white symbols showing on the body and white ellipses in place of the face with an upturned crescent moon shaped headdress or horns with another circular one over the head in a 2/3 halo. This being is standing among several jet black tentacles in front of a large stone ruin with cathedral like overtones and lurking between the columns is a tentacled eldritch horror with several tentacles wrapped around and oozing between the columns with a gas giant looking planet several times the size of the moon in part of the sky visible in the upper right corner.
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zupiz @zupiz.bsky.social · 1h
Common raven (𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘷𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘹) ✨
#birds #birdart #illustration #sciart
Illustration of a common raven perched on a branch. The bird is rendered in detail and shown in profile, looking slightly toward the viewer, with its legs staggered on the branch. The branch is only lightly sketched in, and a solid, light grey-blue rectangle frames the bird. The bottom of the piece reads “COMMON RAVEN.”
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Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 22m
Mister Mistoffelees says everyone should buy Mom's books because they're good but, more importantly, because he needs his super fancy foods to keep his finicky digestive tract working
Super close-up shot of a tuxedo cat with a heart shaped spot, called the boop button, on his nose
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carminequeme.bsky.social
CarmineQueme @carminequeme.bsky.social · 4h
Commission

🔻𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: #CQueme
🔻My links and comm form in bio

#commissionsopen #commission #art #digitalart
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eliseswritings.bsky.social
Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 21h
I've made some new Diverse Book feeds.
-Trans & Nonbinary Books 📚💙💕
-Black Booksky 📚🖤
-Black Queer Bookworms 🌈📚🖤
-Disabled & Neurodiverse Books ♿📚

They're linked with emojis & or keywords they pick up/to put your posts on them, in this thread🧵👇

Also in thread: Queer SFFH 🌈📚🪐. Aro & or Ace Books
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jpohlmanwriting.com
Jesse Pohlman (He/Him) @jpohlmanwriting.com · 1h
Lots of good authors here.

Could maybe use a @anotherindiewriter.com :)
understatesmen.bsky.social
Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 3h
You wanna follow some cool trans writers? I gotcha.

go.bsky.app/VaypaqC
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#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1h
A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 16, 2025: #GRID

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity
Digital painting of a hawkfish, a fish that is white with an orange grid-like pattern along its body and a long nose swimming in fanciful teal-colored water.
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 1d
how happy we’d all be if this was all the internet was for
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Marigold 💠🌸✿🌸💠 (palette princess) @fraumarigold.bsky.social · Jun 10
"I am a h̶̢̦̆u̵̟̫͑ṇ̸̢̤͌t̷̢̟͈͌̾̎e̶̟͗̓r̴̪̠̝̋͋, and I came here to k̶̝͚̳̈̃͝i̴̱͛͜ḻ̵̓̾-̸̢̄̕f̶̫͍̘̜̊͆u̴̩͌ć̴̡͕̮k̷̹͈̳̆ the dollmaker"
a woman dressed in a leather hunter outfit, embraced by the many hands of a spider-coded doll, wearing doll making tools. The hunter is bound in silk like threads like strings/spiderwebs/shibari rope.
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adamholcombe.bountyink.com
Adam Holcombe @adamholcombe.bountyink.com · 14h
Oh hey, look at the day! It's release day!

If you want an action packed, sci-fi adventure that meshes the heart of Guardians of the Galaxy with the weird of One Piece and the vast galaxy of Mass Effect wrapped into a love letter to Star Wars Legends, then look no further than Bounty Inc!

Out now!
Graphic featuring a mockup of Bounty Inc with text reading "Out Now!"
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hausofdecline.bsky.social
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 12h
A woman says "hi, I'm here for the Magic: The Gathering tournament." A man at the registration booth says "of course. and ma'am I hope it's not too presumptious of me to say that your transition is going incredible." The woman says 'uh... I'm cis actually." Another man comes up and says "hi... wow ma'am your transition..." The first man interrupts him shouting "Tony! No!"
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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 10h
The Morning Monty cannot be contained.
Fluffy gray tabby stretching back while he lounges on a cardboard window chaise. We are getting two sunny days in a row, and he is NOT wasting them.
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 10h
periodic reminder to kindly fuck off if you use AI, I do actually check most accounts that follow me
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alchemistssketches.bsky.social
Adurna ✨Comms open✨ @alchemistssketches.bsky.social · 20h
Hello #PortfolioDay!
I’m a Greece-based illustrator and printmaker who loves experimenting with colors and different media 🌟

✉️ [email protected]
🎨 annat.crd.co
☕️ ko-fi.com/alchemistssk...
A woman with light greenish skin and seaweed-like hair walking in a swamp, surrounded by animals. A fox standing on an outcropping by a blue fiery lake, its eyes glowing orange-red. A linocut print of a seagull flying against a bright blue backdrop with clouds. A linocut print that reads “Love is the only reason to do anything in this life.” In different fonts
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 21h
#WritingCommunity
A meme of a koala halfway through eating some leaves, looking shocked. caption reads "authors when they discover they have to write their book to publish it"
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birdko🦇🎃 @birdko.art · 1d
commission for a first-time client of their lovely moon druid elf character 🌿🌙

[ #art #artcommission #OCart #DnDart #TTRPG ]
Digital illustration of Mira, a woman with elven features, medium-brown skin, hazel eyes and wavy dark-brown hair, wearing a green gown with leaf embellishments and translucent sleeves, sits on a moon overgrown with ivy vines, amid a field of glowing golden blossoms beneath a starry night sky. She is calling forth magic from a glowing blossom floating between her hands. Mira belongs to swetha.duggi on Instagram.
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lykus.art
Lykus 🪶 Comms Open @lykus.art · 1d
Happy #portfolioday !! I'm Ly, and I am a fantasy artist and character designer, who loves TTRPGs! ✨

Portfolio & Commissions: lykus.art
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/lykusart
VGen: vgen.co/LykusArt
Email: [email protected]

#fantasyart #digitalpainting #art
A light pink tiefling, with long magenta hair and white curly horns, blue eyes. She has a capuchin monkey on her shoulder who she is looking at fondly A blue-green landscape of a forest and waterfall. Branches frame a party of 3 finding their way through the fog. A minotaur in a fighting ring, covered in blood and holding the horn of his dead brother in front of him. An elf with curly red hair, casting a spell out of her book. She wears a dark teal dress and leather armor. A portrait of her is on the right, smiling and big round glasses framing her eyes. In the top right is written, "Samandriel - Half Elf Wizard"
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NeonSlushie 🌴 @neonslushie.com · 1d
Happy #PortfolioDay! 💙

I'm an illustrator, merch creator, adoptable designer, & fursuit concept artist.

I'm also a hobby naturalist with a fascination of fungi, invertebrates, & every single animal. I hope to share my passion for the amazing natural world through my work!

www.neonslushie.com/shop
A digital illustration of a white anthropomorphic cartoon weasel wearing a brown weasel onesie. They have one hand lifted to examine a large monarch caterpillar, the other hand grasps a stick. They carry a basket full of honey mushrooms that is slung over their shoulder. A small dusky slug sits on top of the mushrooms, and a pillbug is scurrying past their paws. The background features a forest scene with mostly green leaves, but a few have begun to show bright orange autumn colors. 🎨 #FurryArt A collage of 4 pin designs, all on top of green square backer cards. The pins are a tiny green caterpillar, rubber ducky isopod, firefly, and snail. The backer card features an outline of a critter keeper with sticks and leaves in it that the pin is seated inside. Text on the backer card reads 'Lil Buddies - collectible pin by neonslushie' 🎨 #FurryArt #FurSale A digital image of 3 different closed species alien character designs. All have very long bodies and cartoon dragon-like appearances. 🎨 #FurryArt #ProjectXero A digital reference sheet for an anthro furry coyote character named Skyline. He is blue with a white belly, fingers, and toes and orange on his limbs and nose bridge. A black stripe runs down his back and his black hair is tipped in a bright blue. 🎨 #FurryArt
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 1d
They installed my mural at the North Conway Walmart!

#Art
A large digital drawing of two people walking with skis and snowboards in hand down a path towards a mountain, surrounded by colorful autumnal frosted trees.
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 1d
damn, imagine needing an AI to play out your sexual fantasies because you can't get laid in real life
mattburgess1.bsky.social
Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d
When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.
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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases. In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing). In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Kai Zeal 🐱📘🔮 | Author of Riyati @kaizeal.aquakatpublishing.com · 1d
Hey you. Yes you. Do you want some traumatized teenagers in your life? Well have I got the book for you, fresh to your ereader on Nov 14th and ready for pre-order!

Direct: riyati.ink/store
itch: riyati.ink/itch
Other retailers: riyati.ink/ripple

📚📢📚💙 🌈📚🌎 🪐📚⚔️🌈🚀 #queerAdultSFF #QueerSFF
Header text that reads, “Every act of defiance steers you into the person you were always been meant to become.” A 3d mockup of an ereader with Riyati Ripple’s cover is on the left. On the right, the following bullets are listed: Third book in series Dark Fantasy Contemporary & low fantasy with urban fantasy elements Buffy x Persona 4 Vibes 1st Person & Multi PoV Classism & effects of generational poverty Demi, ND fMC Found Family Reincarnations Intricate Elemental Magic Childhood Friends Slow Burn 97k words (~320 pages) Retailers Logos for the itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle are listed. Underneath says "+ more @ riyati.ink/ripple" There are faded yellow particles and a yellow faded glyph on a black background. On top of the particles and glyph is text that reads: I just needed the damn piece of paper. That’s all that mattered. I could do this, would do this. Yet despite telling myself that more than once in the past few weeks, I still wondered if this had been nothing but a massive mistake. I pulled my jacket tighter around myself. Outside was like a humid swamp hell, but they must’ve had the AC running full blast inside. It worked for the best since I preferred long sleeves, but outside of work, I hadn’t been in an AC’ed environment in weeks now — nearing a month. It brought me back to the question I’d asked myself so many times now: how was I going to do this?   Just as predictably, there was only one answer as well: it didn’t matter; I had no other option.   -Maya On the bottom left, there is a picture of a teenage girl with dark brown hair and light emerald eyes pensively looking to the side. To her right, retailer logos are listed as follows: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos. There are faded yellow particles and a yellow faded glyph on a black background. On top of the particles and glyph is text that reads: When I’d started back in May, I’d been happy that I didn’t have to learn the damn registers and talk to people like Elaine did when she worked checkout. I’d since realized maybe that’d have been better ‘cause being stuck unloading the damn trucks and then stocking shelves’s boring as hell. But ‘cause I ain’t eighteen, couldn’t touch the cash, they said. So I got to do every damn other thing instead — like right then, was stuck breaking down yet another damn box after filling that shelf with canned beans. Didn’t get why there’s seriously nine different flavors of the same brand. Did anyone even buy all this goddamn shit? They must’ve, since I was restocking multiple hours a day, near every damn day of the week for weeks now.  Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Elaine brush past me. We never spoke here. Hell, barely spoke at home either, in all fairness. She went behind the back desk counter, but I couldn’t see what else she did; likely’s going on break since she loved those.   -Jordan On the bottom left, there is a picture of a teenage boy with olive brown hair and light blue eyes pensively looking at the viewer. To his right, retailer logos are listed as follows: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos. There are faded yellow particles and a yellow faded glyph on a black background. On top of the particles and glyph is text that reads: Mom had been an anxious wreck, as bad as when I’d come back from being kidnapped by Asuza. But unlike then, there was no Sia to block emotions; I knew how terrified and exhausted she felt, how she cried when she didn’t think I was awake to hear.   If I’d just died back then, she could’ve moved on, not be put through this again and again.   Instead, all I could do was lie in bed, barely able to go to the bathroom without her trying to help me. Really, it was worse than after I’d been kidnapped because I couldn’t even sit at my desk to work on stuff and had no Sia to talk to, only my thoughts that never stopped anymore. Exercising was definitely off the table with my actually non-existent injuries, something further destroying any sense of normalcy I might’ve had. Mom had requested emergency leave, had groceries delivered in, never left. How much stress had I put on her? How many lives had been destroyed because of me? I’d finally managed to sneak my spell book into bed with me, hidden it to my right, underneath my comforter. But after having it beside me, I lost any drive to actually skim through it despite knowing I needed to figure out what that “anti-magic” thing was. Another sign of disrespect to those that’d died and suffered because of me.  -Kylie On the bottom left, there is a picture of a teenage girl with reddish-brown hair and teal eyes anxiously looking at the viewer. To her right, retailer logos are listed as follows: itch.io, ko-fi, Campfire, Payhip, Apple Books, Smashwords, Google Play Books, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon Kindle. A plus sign with “more @ riyati.ink/ripple” is under the retailer logos.
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chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 2d
Last chance to grab this! Go forth and support my fellow indies 🔥

#BookSky 📦📚
chiefwritesbook.bsky.social
Chief (T.C. Smith) || comms open! @chiefwritesbook.bsky.social · 5d
We all like indie books here yeah? Good news! We have a mega bundle of relatively unknown indie books that deserve more readers! You can get the whole thing for just $38:

itch.io/b/3305/under...

#BookSky 🩵📚 📢📚 📦📚
A graphic featuring some of the books in the under-rated books bundle, surrounding some text in the middle. Text reads: "itch.io under-rated bundle. oct 9th to 13th. bringing attention to the best books you've never heard of." two rows of five stars can be seen above and below the text.
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