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Hal O. Ween 🎨COMMISSIONS OPEN🎨

@nickkuecken.bsky.social

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Autist Artist, my Special Interests are Sonic the Hedgehog & Tokusatsu.

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Hal O. Ween 🎨COMMISSIONS OPEN🎨 @nickkuecken.bsky.social · Oct 17

Kicking off my fresh start on Bluesky with my latest full-blown illustration. Alexander seconds before "Henshin."
I really gotta finish the companion piece with his sister.
#OriginalCharacters #Tokusatsu

Alex here, along with his twin sister Sandy, are the Main Characters of my OC story "Zenith Knight" If you couldn't guess by the name, it's heavily inspired by Tokusatsu shows such as Kamen Rider & Super Sentai.

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A Puzzle Oddball (ART COMMS OPEN!) 🧩 @apuzzleoddball.bsky.social · 1h

Kaboom of the Kremling Krew 🐊💥 #donkeykong #dk #fanart

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Hal O. Ween 🎨COMMISSIONS OPEN🎨 @nickkuecken.bsky.social · 1h

Nintendo Music literally pulls game titles out of a pillow case to decide what to add. Any actually recent and relevant soundtracks are "Special Releases" of like 5/100 songs.

I shouldn't be surprised, they do the same thing with the emulator apps, but still.

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2h

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7h

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.

Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

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Jacob Harris @jacobharr.is · 3h

The allure of this technology is skipping the learning curve but then you don’t actually know how to do it

Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 4h

Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.

AI’s Invasive Species

The slop is winning.

www.theatlantic.com

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Arlo @arlostuff.bsky.social · 3h

youtu.be/MmbgB-4Hzo8

How Hollow Knight: Silksong Disrupted an Entire Industry

YouTube video by Arlo

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 12h

UIC United Faculty released a statement outlining recent UI system anti-DEI directives and now they are demanding to bargain

UIC United faculty statement where they are describing the ways the UI system is cutting back on DEI in promotions and other facets of campus life

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Woah maaan @woahmaaan.bsky.social · 3h

silly shadow

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Hal O. Ween 🎨COMMISSIONS OPEN🎨 @nickkuecken.bsky.social · 3h

Notice he says "and then you're 30" which means that feeling stops.
You realize you're not dead yet, you still have your life, your passion, your dreams, and if you're lucky, the means to pursue them.
Take it from someone turning 31 in less than a week: It's absolutely a second wind.

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 4h

I love Guillermo del Toro calling ages 19 to 29 "sublime confusion"

The full quote: "I think the sublime confusion is from nineteen to twenty-nine. You think you are late for everything, you're a has been, nothing is happening, there's no opportunity for you, the world is closed, everything is a disaster, you wanna die. And then you're thirty. "
"You young people are in the exact age of desperation. I never felt more done and old than in my twenties. I'd say 'life has passed me and I did nothing.' But I'm here to tell you that's not true: you have a lot of fucking time."

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Kelly McKernan is launching an oracle deck 10/31 🔮 @kellymckernan.bsky.social · 1d

Keep shaming every company you see using AI “art” to market themselves. Tell them it looks bad, shows they lack integrity, and tell them you don’t support stolen labor. Be relentless about it, remind them it’s unacceptable, get yourself blocked.

Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.

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Chan Chau @aluhnim.bsky.social · 7h

Was happy to get some groceries with the funds I've received! It means a whole lot. I'm getting orders ready for shipping today, but there's still plenty of time to get an order in when you want to.
Featuring the bookmarks today! They're my favorite product besides my comics.

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The Princess Formerly Known As Prince @nataliereed84.bsky.social · 5h

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 4h

Survivors of domestic violence who went to prison for crimes related to their abuse have for years asked California lawmakers to make courts take that abuse into consideration. For the third year, California killed such a reform.

For Third Year, California Kills Bill to Help Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors

Advocates in California have pushed for relief for people convicted of harming their abuser, hoping to build on states across the political spectrum that have adopted such reforms.

boltsmag.org

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Sonic the Hedgehog @sonic-official.bsky.social · 5h

Cute, spooky, and full of Chao~rm! Get into the Halloween spirit with the Chao Tales Halloween collection exclusively on Amazon. Available in US and EU.

View the collection today: amzn.to/4owuFDX

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Kobalt Network| Commissions Opened @kobaltfox.bsky.social · 6h

Our existence makes them uncomfortable. Our joy makes them afraid. They don't want us in their stories and at the same time they don't want us to tell our stories. So they try to create a fantasy where we don't exist. Their "escape from reality"

D.J. Kirkland @ohheydj.bsky.social · 6h

They want us to “make our own stories” but when we do, this is how they act. There’s no denying that a vast majority of people have deep rooted racism and specifically towards black people.

*ೃDiniೀ⋆ @dinixluna.bsky.social · 10h

There's absolutely nothing anyone can say to convince me that the world doesn't hate Black people. Not a fucking thing.

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MultiSketch @multisketch.bsky.social · 6h

Went back this past week and worked on improving some older art pieces for portfolio reasons. I think my art has grown a lot in the past five months!

#sonicthehedgehog #sth #sonic #sonicart #sonicartist

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Jane Willis @whattodo57.bsky.social · 6h

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🎃 DEVAUNBEAST 🎃 @devaunbeats.art · 5h

Of all the things that don't exist and have never existed, this is the thing that doesn't exist the most.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h

“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.

Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Archie Sonic Online @archiesoniconline.bsky.social · 8h

#Sonictober2025 Day 20! Theme: Planet. Who says you can’t conquer time? Mr. Bad’s taken over the wrong neighborhood, but the trouble only makes you run faster! You can do anything if you believe in yourself, so find the power deep inside and make it happen!

Art by @hollietaylor.bsky.social

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 5h

I will not react to the rage bait headline, I will not reac…

Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 8h

Can the Manhattan Project avoid building the nuclear bomb?

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Dylan Macri, Cadhla182, Commissions Open @dylanmacri.bsky.social · Jan 2

Frieren is about an aroace woman wishing she could have felt the same way about an allo man as he did about her.

Spy X Family as about two a spec people faking a marriage to defraud the government.

The short person in both is autistic.

daria argento @mommywiseau.bsky.social · Jan 2

ok sure gundams about autism. what's next. is evangelion about being transgender. is dragon ball about being a gay man

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Amelia Emberwing @thatwitchmia.bsky.social · 7h

A tax pro recently say down with CCA members about this: The answer to both is no.

A direct quote: "The biggest mistake that people make is incorporating way too soon. An LLC provides no tax benefit whatsoever, just legal benefits."

Additionally, you only need an S-corp if you make $100-$150K

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Hal O. Ween 🎨COMMISSIONS OPEN🎨 @nickkuecken.bsky.social · 7h

I can finally remake my Dark Wing from the ONT. It'll be even better this time with the Shadow friendship decals!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 7h

Absolute bombshell from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social:

Meta's internal research found that Instagram's algorithms preferentially displayed harmful content to vulnerable teens.

I'm glad I left Instagram back when I did, even if it was for other reasons (their anti-LGBTQ policies).

Exclusive: Instagram shows more ‘eating disorder adjacent’ content to vulnerable teens, internal Meta research shows

Meta researchers found that teens who report that Instagram regularly made them feel bad about their bodies saw significantly more “eating disorder adjacent content” than those who did not, according to an internal document reviewed by Reuters.

www.reuters.com

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