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35+ | they/them | artist | graphic designer Part-time cryptid, full-time anxious 💀 https://aethyne.com Buy me a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/aethyne https://linktr.ee/aethyne

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Aethyne @aethyne.com · Jul 1

Hi! I'm Aethyne. I live in a shack in the mosquito infested woods, and I draw stuff (mainly men) and yell at things. Not necessarily in that order.

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Dark hooded figure in a mask/helmet that is breaking, revealing the darker skinned person underneath. They are lit by neon purple light on the mask.

Portrait illustration of an Awoken/blue-skinned man with a scarred face, smirking at the viewer while motioning (saluting?) with his pistol. He wears a black leather moto jacket with white and blue scalemail detailing, vaguely resembling the coloration of a magpie.

An illustration of a humanoid figure draped in black gathered fabric with an iridescent sheen. It seems to have two glowing turquoise eyes, and is bleeding upwards from its forehead. It has a silver crown. It is accompanied by eyestalks looking in various directions.

A sci-fi styled character sheet for "Hal Lang". There are 4 squares of information: facts about Hal, a close-up of a jacket design depicting a lone wolf with gold gingko, a gold and black ring, and a greenish-metal gun with calcification on it. A full body shot of a tall Asian man (Hal) with cybernetics, wearing a red sukajan-styled jacket and dark jeans, is next to the squares, off to the right side.

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Max @boca-al-lupo.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder that you’re in complete control of your fandom experience. Although every community has its bad actors you are 100% in control of when you walk away from them and how much you let it bother you.

You’re always in control. Regardless of what the creator likes/dislikes, you can still

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heaven ✩☾♡ semi-hiatus @shimmeringardor.bsky.social · 4h

it's because white people view racism as an interpersonal issue rather than a societal one, so asking them to look inward at how they perpetuate it is an attack on the self rather than an interrogation into their own views of people of color.

Persephius™ 🏳️‍🌈 @ new visual novel! @persephius.bsky.social · 11h

I have a genuine question for white folks

How come when white people talk about racism they’re seen as brave or enlightened and applauded, but when BIPOC speak about racism we’re maligned and considered belligerent or tiresome?

We all notice the double standard. What gives?

zoraal ja's psychoanalyst @zoraalja.bsky.social · 1d

2.) "but youre nicer"
no im not. i am being patronizing. on purpose. thats not Nice. every bipoc on your tl is explaining everything like you are an adult of the same caliber as them. if you treat my white, patronistic coddling as "nice" and nonwhite people's respect as aggression, That Is A Racism

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 21h

Happy #diwali to all who celebrate! 🪔

#kidlit #kidlitart

Cover of Shubh Diwali by Chitra Soundar and illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two south Asian children in festive outfits holding lamps. In the background are colorful decorations.

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Teabree Shark @nurse.fish · Mar 16

Reminder that za/um is made up of businesspeople that stole disco elysium from the creators, kicked them out of the company, are currently suing them, and are making a mobile game of disco elysium

Do not pay money for DE, and do not give za/um a cent otherwise

www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 22h

A Black man got arrested for the crime of sitting, and Leslie Jones is asking America why this keeps happening

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

“So you’re saying we should bully companies that use AI?”

“Yes absolutely.”

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eve 🐇 @ninehydras.dev · 23h

important:

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Crimson 💀 (spooky) @crimsontentacles.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to me. Listen. If you're making images that will only be displayed on screens, YOU HAVE TO LET GO. You can calibrate your screens perfectly, but then 25k people will see it on their shitty $50 monitors or cracked phone and its out of your hands. Don't think of it. Achieve enlightenment.

Tweet by @night margin "digital artist woes" image of the same color gradient on various screen (monitor 1 appears very grey purple, phone appear VERY pink, monitor 2 appears a more saturated purple, laptop appears brownish red, family's phone appears much darker and bluer etc.)

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 13d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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It’s Lyn @lyneartt.bsky.social · 1d

Another chromatic abberarion study, 3/5 complete.

GLTCH_3
Glitch//Mortem Series

#traditionalart #painting #acrylicpaint #skullart

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Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social · 1d

Idc, "4 people disguised as construction workers heisted the Napoleon family jewels from the Louvre in 7 minutes by rolling up to the second-storey window on a basket lift" is an objectively hilarious event

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jeremy kaplowitz @jeremykaplowitz.com · Aug 3

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

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Savyir 🦐 a known wizard @savyir.bsky.social · 9d

Command
#art #destiny2art #destinytober25

A digital drawing of Commander Zavala from Destiny 2, a bald middle aged man with blue skin wearing full armor, kneeling and pointing a gun in the middle of a battle, surrounded by fire.

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Kate 🍄 @kateammann.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜

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Leigh @newbabyfly.schism.org · 1d

Oh wait, it's #AceWeek ?

Reminder that Sly is demi af, and also ace people can and do still have intimate relationships that may or may not include sex and that they're all valid and do not negate an Ace identity. 🖤🤍💜

#art #ocs #ocSky

Digital portrait of a man looking left. Sunglasses and cigarette, framed with purple, white and grey flowers and wire

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Lydia @coyoteprince.bsky.social · 2d

Highly recommend: throwing any and all creatives a DM/comment/email to let them know how their work touched you, whether now or in the past.

I never expect a reply. But doing this regularly not only helps others see their art is valued, but improves your own confidence & connection.

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Lordyan(Commissions Open) @lordyanyu.bsky.social · 2d

camera👉robot girl

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 2d

Thicc crocodile 🐊🌈

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

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Kim Herbst @kiwifruitbird.bsky.social · 3d

I made this illustration back in 2016 or so, still relevant. ⚖️

Illustration of blindfolded Justice holding the White house on her scales with a sword held in her other hand. Text reads Where Law Ends Tyranny Begins

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 2d

Canadian friends, your government is seeking commentary on GenAi strategies and policies.

Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇

Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership

Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...

ised-isde.canada.ca

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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 2d

In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.

Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d

Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 2d

that actually rules a tubthumping revival is perfect for our current moment

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba — I get knocked down, but I get up again.

amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 2d

Portland ICE facility now.

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Savyir 🦐 a known wizard @savyir.bsky.social · 6d

Eyes
#destiny2 #destiny2art #art #destinytober25

A digital drawing of Brother Vance, a blind man wearing slightly torn black and yellow robes and yellow shades (in a shape of a single circle with 1/3 cut out of it on the bottom), holding a white cane and a leash attached to a sleek futuristic robotic dog, Archie.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 2d

If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.

Covid is not over.

You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.

People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.

We need to protect each other.

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