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@gpike.bsky.social

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(they/them), webcomicker, birder, interested in things. Comic: http://www.titleunrelated.com portfolio: artofgpike.com #bunstatus #Art

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · Nov 21

Reminder that if you're trans like me every day you're alive is a protest. If I keep making art that's a protest. My body and heart are broken many times over; I'm not gonna beat myself up about what extra I "could be doing" beyond the help I already give to others. Cis/abled folks can step tf up.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 9h

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Hell Ray-ser @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 2h

Classic tweet from Fred_Delicious:

science defines a baby as "a small smooth poopy man, no taller than a lamp"

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Hayes Brown @hayesbrown.bsky.social · 5h

adhd is dying of thirst and looking over to see the glass of water on the counter you poured an hour ago mocking you

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Potato & Percy @spuddybuddies.bsky.social · 6h

Couch Potato

A very large rabbit flopped out on a large dog bed, looking grumpy as usual, one ear elevated

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 8h

I could build the silliest house

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 8h

I basically try to do at least one thing every day and call that good lol

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C.A. Petrified 🎃 @capetrov.bsky.social · 15h

Fantastic thread, and yes, Bridget made it home.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 16h

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
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Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10h

S O W I D E

(Song Sparrow) #birds 🌿

A small brown and white streaked bird sits in a bird bath, its feathers fluffed out so it looks three times its normal width.

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, definitely! I've grown mushrooms too and the yield from what you can grow a home is very small for the amount of work and space it takes up! Doable, but a pain in the ass to keep the conditions right, especially here where stuff dries out so quickly. Humidity in my house is around 20%.

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 17h

Damn gurl! 😂

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 19h

I didn’t have time to paint this guy today but I REAAAAALLY wanted to so I made it happen. He’s just a little guy!! 🥹

I think I need to do the series of hummingbirds I keep thinking about.

#Birdtober day 14 is the Costa’s #Hummingbird.

🪶 🐡 #ArtChallenge #DigitalArt #Art #BirdArt #HumanMadeArt

A digital gouache painting of an extremely small, extremely fluffy brownish and cream hummingbird with intense purple and magenta iridescent feathers bracketing his eyes and face. He has a long beak and looks right at the viewer, his super teeny feet gripping a thin branch. Foliage and flowers against a blue sky fill the background. His wings are folded in rest.

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Audrey Sargent @stoutheartstudio.com · 19h

Process video!

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 17h

Hear me out: The Monster Club (1981)

youtu.be/PTxr7sx9j6E?...

Monster Genealogy - The Monster Club (1981)

YouTube video by SanctumDorktorum

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🎃 Andy but spooky @a-n-d-y.bsky.social · 23h

Art

ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a recording of the pilot of C-GZPT, a Cirrus SR22, tracing the Jays logo over Nova Scotia

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 23h

I wish I could go on a hayride

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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 1d

New video! Today, I'm talking about how companion animals such as dogs, horses, and rabbits can sometimes also be food animals. How does that happen? Why does it emotionally affect us so much? What can we learn about it? #vetmed 🧪
youtu.be/EopgnXCMOwQ

Friends as Food: Dogs, Horses, and Rabbits as Meat Animals

YouTube video by Zoognosis with Joy!

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Masked J Patrick @michaeljpatrick.bsky.social · 1d

It's especially fucked up that this his happening at a time when sex workers and 18+ artists are being demonetized.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

If I've ever done this for you, please tell me, lol (tell me again if you told me already, I forgor)

'Nathan Boo-goine 👻 🔜 Can*Con 2025 @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 1d

Remember your "first me!" moment? That time you bumped into a character who you connected with—who felt (even in part) like you? How awesome it was?

You might never know it, but you’ve probably written one of those for someone else.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe I'm just not old enough, I only lived through the later 80s-90s version of satanic panic, not the earlier part.

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

No? I'm saying the FEARS about D&D were coming from a completely different place than the fears about people's mental health while using chatbots. If a teen in the early 80s was "losing themself" in ad&d as a coping mechanism that would still be a cause for some concern.

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not saying nobody said that, but the majority of the panic when I was a kid was literally evangelicals who were afraid of basically all toys, games, and cartoons because they thought they were "satanic", so that was the narrative that I encountered most often.

G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

Uh oh...

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

Would it surprise you that the owner of Scientific American's parent company, Stefan von Holtzbrinck, invested $37 million in Inkitt, an AI firm?

What a SHOCK

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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G! (spoopy edition) @gpike.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly!!!

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 1d

do not listen to pundits, even trans pundits, who have given up in their hearts on the dream of liberation, who have preemptively sold out in hopes of becoming part of a world which is already dead and rotting

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