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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 4h

Advanced animation to put my prompts together (screen recording wiggling around a digital sticker.)

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 4h

#Birdtober25 ‘A‘o and #Angeltober Beacon.
Quick ones today, but stay tuned for the follow up.

Ink brush pen sketch of an ‘a‘o, a Hawaiian black and white seabird soaring with its wings spread out.

A marker and colored pencil drawing of a white lighthouse with a red roof. It is shining forward at the viewer, and there are three sets of angel wings on the top.

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tage 🌒 @ghostsessions.bsky.social · 15h

$74 left to go !!

tage 🌒 @ghostsessions.bsky.social · 3d

hi friends, i'm in need of help paying two bills by the 15th as i'm still looking for work. i need $119 for both, as one is $50 and the other is $69. any help is deeply appreciated. please boost if you're able to. thank you all so much. 💜
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Go to paypal.me/dogsnarls and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Lindsey Strode @lindseystrode.bsky.social · Jul 30

Seal studies in graphite 🦭

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 1d

Staying on the AlohapostHI and Birds, Not Mosquitos prompts for a bit. Nēnē and Black Mamo!
#artOnBluesky

A tan paper and a grey paper with ink block print of two geese with a chevron border, and the original pink rubber block print stained with ink.

A red ‘I‘iwi bird and a Black Mamo in similar poses on two branches next to each other. They are each perched on their own branch with leaves and red flowers on the end right behind it.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Lina Svärd 🐻 Commissions open! @softlywool.bsky.social · 4d

Day ten of 31 Days of Fungi 🍄
This is Pig's Ear 🐷

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 3d

Invertober - Flamboyant Cuttlefish and Birdtober25 by Alohapost HI / birds, not mosquitos - Kākāwahie + Fire

Three watercolor paintings of flamboyant cuttlefish, mostly black and white cuttlefish with some purple and yellow accents.

A watercolor and ink piece of an orange Hawaiian Honeycreeeper bird taking off into flight and there are flame illustrations around it in an Asian stylization with swirls and cloud-like shapes.

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for all the love on this! It’s quite a fun one

Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 7d

#Invertober day 7 - Scaly-foot gastropod is also called the sea pangolin, and the incorporate iron in their shells and feet(?)

Marker and ink drawing of a snail, the body red, and the shell and scaly, rock-like feet are grey. The floor and thermal vents are green, yellow, coral, and blue color. The deep sea around is dry, streaky black ink with blue, green, and red behind it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

Is it an effort or is he just doing it? I expect more Democratic electeds to be indicted.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d

A federal grand jury reportedly indicted Letitia James, Trump’s latest effort to weaponize the Justice Dept. to punish political rivals

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 5d

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 7d

Japanese Sea Nettle, and Red Banded Leafhopper
#Invertober #Invertober2025

A dapper looking red banded leafhopper on green.

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 6d

Giant Green Anemone, and Palmetto Weevil! #Invertober #Invertober2025

A giant green anemone underwater, on sand, near what might be coral or red seaweed.

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Janosch H. Irrlichtwinter @irrlichtwinter.bsky.social · 10d

Day Three of #invertober
Giant Green Anemone
This one was super challenging to draw! It turned out more colourful than the reference... 'Twas fun, though. And anemones are so pretty 💚

#invertober2025

picture of a round anemone with colourful tentacles

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 7d

#Invertober day 7 - Scaly-foot gastropod is also called the sea pangolin, and the incorporate iron in their shells and feet(?)

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inspectorbeans @inspectorbeans.bsky.social · 7d

little bittern ~

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 8d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 8d

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RAPIDPUNCHES @rapidpunches.itch.io · 8d

I have updated the site again :) Soft deadline is mid-October but hard deadline is the day before Halloween. oct31zine.neocities.org

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 8d

Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 8d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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XX Dovelin ⚡️ @xxdovelin.bsky.social · 8d

Artists!! This is where I got my cute sailor moon glove 🌙✨☺️

Artist glove with sailor moon Usagi bed pattern of bunny moon on lavender

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Spooky ✨ burnout @spookynest.bsky.social · 8d

It’s the season of GOURD!!!

Little crow holding pumpkin yelling “I crave the gourd”

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Pandakong @pandakong.bsky.social · 9d

Artober/drawtober/birdtober/Invertober going on
#artOnBlueSky

A small watercolor and ink piece on a paper with a printed border of a red-orange ‘I’iwi bird flying. It is red with an orange beak and feet, grey wings, and dark tail feathers. The paper is taped down with blue painters tape.

A colored pencil drawing of a giant green anemone on black paper; the top of a sea anemone, its mouth and many tentacles displayed. Colored pencils are laid by the drawing on yellows, greens, blues, white, cream, black, and violet.

A drawing in brush pen ink and colored pencil of the front half of a Wyandotte chicken that is golden laced (orange-brown) with bold outlines in black and violet-blue on the feathers. The eyes are expressive.

Two pen and ink drawings of po‘ouli birds, extinct honeycreepers with black mask markings.

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Bee @beegabberel.bsky.social · 10d

today i am 37 years old, which means its the fifteenth time i have made a birthday gift for you, the internet

this year: A Decadent Year, a zine with 3 recipes developed for an 8-inch cast iron skillet

download the pdfs (to read online or print) here: beegabberel.itch.io/a-decadent-day

a picture of the physical copy of A Decadent Year, a zine

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 9d

Michael Lutz's classic tweet:

AMERICAN FASCIST: Your going to the camps
AMERICAN LIBERAL, CHUCKLING: *You're

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