Ariel Slamet Ries
@arielries.bsky.social
Trundling sentient eggplant. Comics makerer, Ignatz award-winner, author of witchycomic.com
Buy Strange Bedfellows and find me elsewhere: https://www.arielries.com/links/
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Buy Strange Bedfellows and find me elsewhere: https://www.arielries.com/links/
Repped by @lindacamacho.bsky.social
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Ariel Slamet Ries
@arielries.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Hi! I’m Ariel Slamet Ries, an Australian-Indonesian cartoonist, illustrator, and eggplant. Prone to doing Bits. Interested in de-westernising SFF. My new graphic novel Strange Bedfellows is coming out in March 2025! See my socials and preorder it here: www.arielries.com/links/
Projects in thread ⬇️
Projects in thread ⬇️
not sure if god exists because why would he let dogs go blind but not make it so other dogs intrinsically understand what blindness is <-- guy whose family dog suddenly went blind and his dog best friend is upset because she doesn't understand why his demeanour changed abruptly
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
not sure if god exists because why would he let dogs go blind but not make it so other dogs intrinsically understand what blindness is <-- guy whose family dog suddenly went blind and his dog best friend is upset because she doesn't understand why his demeanour changed abruptly
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Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
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Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it, the final day:
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it, the final day:
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Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
people are so sensitive these days you can't even multiply an odd number by an even number without it becoming another even number anymore
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
people are so sensitive these days you can't even multiply an odd number by an even number without it becoming another even number anymore
British food rightfully gets made fun of a lot but they did really go hard with crumpets
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
British food rightfully gets made fun of a lot but they did really go hard with crumpets
briefly pondered if i was overestimating the importance of sweet chilli sauce in australian cuisine but then i remembered in ireland they call chips with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce "aussie style"
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
briefly pondered if i was overestimating the importance of sweet chilli sauce in australian cuisine but then i remembered in ireland they call chips with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce "aussie style"
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
if ikea Australia doesn't restock their green frame Platsa units again i might have to walk into their office w a gun to my head
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
if ikea Australia doesn't restock their green frame Platsa units again i might have to walk into their office w a gun to my head
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Hi everybody I'm making a new comic called God's Bastards and I would love to know your thoughts. You can read it for free rn on my Patreon! No membership needed. link below.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Hi everybody I'm making a new comic called God's Bastards and I would love to know your thoughts. You can read it for free rn on my Patreon! No membership needed. link below.
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Looks like I got taken in by that article, sorry about that. I guess it's possible that Google isn't being honest about this, but nothing in the setting says anything about Gemini/AI and I think the reason it turns off tabs and filtering is because those are the only features it controls
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Looks like I got taken in by that article, sorry about that. I guess it's possible that Google isn't being honest about this, but nothing in the setting says anything about Gemini/AI and I think the reason it turns off tabs and filtering is because those are the only features it controls
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Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it day one:
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it day one:
not gonna lie i feel like im really cooking with my current book. i need to make a post about it but I'm really happy with how it's turning out. almost done thumbnailing 😤
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
not gonna lie i feel like im really cooking with my current book. i need to make a post about it but I'm really happy with how it's turning out. almost done thumbnailing 😤
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Sadly, all the Learn Blender people were right. You couldn't pay me to go back to Maya or 3Ds Max. And I couldn't pay me either, because their license costs are insane
Support Blender today!!!
Support Blender today!!!
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sadly, all the Learn Blender people were right. You couldn't pay me to go back to Maya or 3Ds Max. And I couldn't pay me either, because their license costs are insane
Support Blender today!!!
Support Blender today!!!
nonbinary person who insists anyone attracted to them is straight
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 AM
nonbinary person who insists anyone attracted to them is straight
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I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
#SaveSpeech
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Ana's situation has gotten more severe. This is blatantly targetted debanking and [extremely unfortunate] proof that these call campaigns are getting under paypros skin
Keep calling Visa and MC and demanding they stop discriminating against adult content!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I'm watching an adult creator get systematically cut off from every income stream by payment processors and now debankment could be on the table. She makes legal content. They are trying to shut her up and hope that we'll shut up too.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
We must get louder. Call Visa and MC. Tell them this will stop.
www.kobo.com/us/en/list/b... Strange Bedfellows also made Kobo's best graphic novel of the year list alongside some heavy hitters, if you needed more reason to check it out 👀
November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
www.kobo.com/us/en/list/b... Strange Bedfellows also made Kobo's best graphic novel of the year list alongside some heavy hitters, if you needed more reason to check it out 👀
Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it day one:
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Sharing the opening pages of Strange Bedfellows to convince you to buy it day one:
2075. The car height arms race has reached a tipping point. Cars are now minimum 100 feet tall
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
2075. The car height arms race has reached a tipping point. Cars are now minimum 100 feet tall
[snorting derisively] that's not very walkable cities of you
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
[snorting derisively] that's not very walkable cities of you
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🏳️⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.
With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.
Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
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i was mentally prepared for the okama stuff in one piece i just wasn't expecting oda to be kind of dark woke about it. wdym there's a gender ascendant utopia inside the prison led by a drag queen with hormone powers. and she force femmes her ops
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 AM
i was mentally prepared for the okama stuff in one piece i just wasn't expecting oda to be kind of dark woke about it. wdym there's a gender ascendant utopia inside the prison led by a drag queen with hormone powers. and she force femmes her ops