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ᗩՏᕼEᑎᗯᗩᐯE✨Comms Open! @ashenwave.bsky.social · 20h

Hi #PortfolioDay

I'm Gema, I'm an illustrator from Spain who likes drawing colorful, whimsical worlds and characters.

I love sci-fi, fantasy and playing with original concepts. I’m always searching for bold colour combinations!

🌱Portfolio: colorfuelcreations.carrd.co
🌿My links: ashenwave.carrd.co

Burnout. Illustration of a winged creature of humanoid shape with a flaming head. They're crying as they crouch, using a hand to draw with ashes on the ground. Their wings are extended behind them surrounded by disembodied open eyes.

Cosmic Geometry. Colorful illustration of an astronaut floating in space, making first contact with an unknown entity in the form of a giant ball of convulsive energy.

Mute. Portrait of a face with no mouth. In its place grow plants, algae and corals. They are looking straight at the viewer, trying to communicate something.

Jellyheart. A green skinned mermaid with long dark hair floats at sea, surrounded by a big group of jellyfish of all colours. Her skin is translucent, her empty ribcage clearly visible through it. She is holding a small pink jellyfish against her chest that symbolizes her heart.

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Sarah Smith - Nature Artwork @doedryadart.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hello #Portfolioday 🌼
I'm an oil painter inspired by nature, and I especially like painting animals and plants. I have a wildlife biology degree and enjoy detailed work. I sell originals and prints and am interested in illustration!
lostthicket.etsy.com
ko-fi.com/doedryadart
[email protected]

An 11x14" oil painting of a mossy forest, viewed from the shadow of a large tree.

Painting of a bighorn sheep perched at the edge of a cliff overlooking a vast canyon landscape.

Painted turtle sunning itself on a worn branch in the middle of a swamp.

Hare hiding in the undergrowth surrounded by detailed foliage.

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Toby Fox @tobyfoxart.bsky.social · 19h

It’s #PortfolioDay 💖🎨

Hi I’m Toby, I work mainly in the TTRPG and CCG space. I love world building and fantasy, and I’m particularly interested in projects with diverse characters and cultures

🌐 www.tobyfoxart.com
✉️ [email protected]

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SPOOKYDEAD💀SKELEHEAD @mikeluckas.bsky.social · 1d

Anya, Mouthwashing 💊 #art #halloween

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ネヲ @newo1022.bsky.social · 18h

ポチエナと一緒！

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Snacko Racko @snackoracko.bsky.social · 1d

Remember it is important to not only take care of yourself but your plushies too!

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trasgernder @gemma.transwrites.world · 17h

good thread and yeah no I've been hesitant to get ground news for myself despite their great pitch specifically because of the issues in this thread.

@groundnews.bsky.social had better not quietly tidy this up. prove your integrity by explaining what has gone wrong and how it will be fixed.

Viridian Lakes @viridianlakes.bsky.social · 18h

@groundnews.bsky.social So, guys, I gotta ask... Is it policy to now list mass shootings under your "transgender" tag? Because if it is, I'm going to have to discuss this.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

Rest in peace, Miss Major.

We will carry the bricks forward.

ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The trailblazing transgender rights activist Miss Major has passed away at the age of 78.

Miss Major was a lifelong organizer and participant in the ballroom scene. She took part in the 1969 Stonewall Riots and was injured by the police — but she kept fighting.

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Lackofa @lackofa.bsky.social · 10d

This art is a year or two now but I'm still really proud of it. Pigeons!! I sell these lil guys as prints https://www.lackofa.com/shop

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Mr. Cato @thestoopidcato.bsky.social · Aug 19

KEEP DRAWING!

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학랑 @hagrang.bsky.social · Oct 30

OC

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Dominique Ramsey 𓃥 @dominiqueramseyart.bsky.social · 1d

The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return

Marker, colored pencil, and ink pen.
11 x 14in

Illustration of a green deer hugging a hare, with the hare is hugging a mouse. All three animals hugging form the silhouette outline of the deer.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

boost your user satisfaction and growth with this one weird trick (removing the shit everyone hates that you added for no reason)

r/SaaS
u/soasme
I deleted ALL AI features... and user growth went UP.

Everyone's busy adding Al to everything.
I did the same for indie10k.com but it didn't work.
I removed all of fancy Al stuff - Al coach, Al growth ideas, Al "personalized" advice - everything.
Guess what?
I see more registered users and higher retention.
That actually make me wonder why now i have one page with one button, without all that Al thingy, but it does better?
Here's my question:
Is Al feature actually helping SaaS grow?

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 1d

Per Reddit: Steam adult developer in the UK is sitting on a USD equivalent of six figures, can’t find a bank to take his money because the developer creates adult games

www.reddit.com/r/UKPersonal...

r/UKPersonalFinance
3 hr. ago
Previous-Camera1641

I develop adult video games on Steam. I can't find a bank that will actually let me withdraw my money from Steam. Can I get some advice?
Game has sold quite well on Steam. I've got almost £90,000 ready to withdraw after Steam's cut + VAT taken off.

However, it's been 2 months now and I can't find ANY bank in the UK who will let me withdraw my money from Steam.

I've been banned/refused/unable to get a business account with:

Wise
Revolut
Monzo
Monese
Chase
Starling
Nationwide
Halifax
Barclays
Lloyds
RBS

It always comes down to, "Where did you get this money from?"

"It's coming from games I sell on Steam."

"Can we see the store page?"

"Sure."

"I'm sorry, we can't do business with you at this time."

It keeps coming down to a commercial decision purely because I make adult content.

What the hell am I supposed to do? I've pretty much exhausted the whole banking system. I just want to be able to be paid for products I've sold.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Weird to try and dodge this when "no, it is very biased" is an easy as hell response.
And have you tried not talking down to trans people from your place of ignorance? Start by reading: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban

This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mossforatu @dinolich.bsky.social · 1d

Finally got one of his good high fives on camera

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Ban Jesse Singal and free Link. Posting through it won't make people forget your vile, hateful conduct

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Out of curiosity, do you think the internationally discredited and psuedoscientific Cass Review, the basis for the PB ban that is directly causing severe harm to trans youths, is unbiased?

Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Ad hominem. It's an article about a FoI request. But you can't be arsed to listen to trans people in the slightest, so naturally you tuned out when you saw it was an article written by a trans person who opposes transphobia.

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Jeremy Anninos @anninosart.bsky.social · 1d

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Further reading: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban

This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

www.tandfonline.com

Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

While there may not be an "official policy", intentionally denying care with the full knowledge that it *will* cause severe harm and potentially suicides to trans youth is very clearly malicious. The function of a system is what it does.

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Illusn @illusn.bsky.social · 1d

Then why are trans kids being subjected to conversion therapy on the NHS, with the full knowledge that it will cause suicides?

terfwatchbrighton.substack.com/p/update-nhs...

Update: NHS Sussex acknowledge “increased risk of suicidal ideation” and “negative impact” on patient experience due to WellBN investigation

Following a Freedom of Information request by TERF Watch, NHS Sussex ICB has published the Equality and Health Inequality Impact Assessment (EHIA) and Quality Impact Assessment (QIA) for the investiga...

terfwatchbrighton.substack.com

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