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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 9m

Forced to be at an #AI training for work. I have no intention of using #LLMs at work or anywhere. I would rather spend the day digging a hole

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 11h

I love that this exists. It’s beautiful

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 15h

The only thing that works for me is being outside, picking a thing to look at, and then really focusing on that thing. I highly recommend watching bugs

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 15h

This is perfect.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 23h

I often think of myself as a bell ringing ceaselessly, but maybe I’m more like chrysanthemums swaying

The heading, in all caps: “If you’re not chicken post this on your page and see what people rate you!!!!!” Followed by a numbered list of 24 items: Lizard man, Illuminati pawn, closet alchemist, the desert wind, a howling dog, Annunaki, endless waves of chanting, mania, the hunters’ song, black ink from a squid’s belly, a dream within a dream, time’s cruel persistence, the illusions of youth, blue moonlight on the red earth, clarity in all its terror, a whisper passing through dust in an empty room, the finality of dusk, boats swaying ceaselessly, chrysanthemums swaying ceaselessly, a cocoon, a heart full of contempt, what light reaches the floor of the ocean, a bell ringing ceaselessly, weariness like a suit from which one cannot undress.

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 23h

People are weird here & overly serious but I enjoy your posts. You seem like an actual human being, and I like that

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Dr.MRO/ Axel Folio @isasaxonists.bsky.social · 2d

Obligatory post in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. Have a blessed one (unless you're a racist, then you can go to hell).

Bad Place characters in two panels
Top panel: Fun fact: Columbus is in the bad place
Bottom panel: because of all the raping, slave trade, and genocide.

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Taylor Joan Carlson @teejcarlson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 2d

Behemoth!!

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 4d

I remain astounded by how many of my Gen X coworkers seem to think that working extra hours or fretting about work over the weekend will pay off in some way. Bro. Nobody cares and you will never be rewarded

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no, whatever will we do without him

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 6d

I have never wanted to procreate (my genes are garbage, as are my partner’s) but I do want kids to have good lives! So I try to be a cool aunt to my niece, take an interest in my friends’ kids, and volunteer at a local school. Options abound.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 6d

I think about this comic all the time. It’s a permanent part of my brain now

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 7d

#Vegeta is babygirl

Combined a couple references for today’s screenshot #drawtober.

Ink drawing of Vegeta wearing a fashionable halter jumpsuit with a gauzy shirt underneath. His shoulders are bare and he’s smirking because he knows he looks fly.

Screenshot of what is likely an AI-invented jumpsuit. It’s brown with a fitted halter top, very full pant legs, and an embroidered crescent moon on the chest.

Snapshot of a spot illustration from the DBZ manga. It’s Vegeta in his older-style Saiyan armor, smirking wickedly.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 7d

I’d like to ask these researchers why they felt the need to go after metered-dose inhalers when *gestures at America’s car-centric infrastructure* is right there

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 8d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 8d

Hell yeah. Ordered!

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 8d

I love daylight horror! Cell being a weird hungry bug is my favorite part of his arc.

laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 9d

Did you know you can make #brainrot right at home?! It’s even better than store bought! (Sometimes.)
That’s the theme of today’s screenshot #drawtober. This drawing kinda sucks but the ref reminded me of a scene I wrote recently for my OCs, Mina and Angelis.

A drawing in purple ink with a yellow background. A tall, muscular person in a floofy princess dress stands facing a shorter person, their hand on the wall above the other person’s head. The shorter person has big curly hair, is wearing a suit, and has her hands over her face. She is clearly experiencing romantic panic.

A screenshot captioned “Me and my pookie masculine man (If he agrees to be mine forever).” A tall, muscular man with short black hair wearing a blush-pink princess dress stands facing a petite woman, his hand braced against the wall above her head. The woman is wearing a suit and has her hands over her face. She appears to be smiling/laughing.

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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social · 9d

people saving people legitimately gets me choked up every fucking time. it's the only way out of this

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 9d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 11d

Found the theme for this #drawtober: Screenshotober. For the rest of the month, I solemnly swear to finally use some of the zillion screenshots I’ve saved for ages because I “can’t delete it until I draw it.”
Today, for day 3: fabulous babes.

A line drawing in ink of two women looking at each other. One is tall and strong-looking, wearing a neoclassical dress, her mane of wavy hair pulled away from her face by a circlet of flowers. The other woman has her back to us. Her tightly curled hair is pulled up into a beehive. She wears a funky dress that is snug in the bodice and legs but puffs out dramatically around the hips. Both women are thinking, “what a babe!”

The inspiration: a cartoon about fashion from the Daily Mirror in the 1930s. The ladies I drew appear in the second panel.

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Rosie Amy 🏳️‍⚧️ @comicsamy.bsky.social · 12d

Happy FullMean Alchemist Girls day!

Scene from Fullmetal Alchemist.
A hand holding a silver pocket watch with "Don't Forget 3.Oct.10" inscribed on the inside.

Scene from Mean Girls.
Lindsey Lohan telling a guy "It's October 3rd"

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 12d

He always knows the right thing to say.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 12d

#drawtober Day 2: #Vegeta on Wheels. I am terrible at drawing vehicles but this electric motorcycle was too cool

A scruffy pen and marker drawing of Vegeta on a motorcycle. He’s not wearing any safety gear because of course he isn’t.

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laulaucarcar @laulaucarcar.bsky.social · 12d

Now I’m picturing these chickens making the Metal Gear alert sound over & over

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