Sola Balisane
@balisane.bsky.social
It's okay, we're professionals.
Fully grown. 3D sculpt and print enthusiast. The rest at discretion.
Yes the net.goth one.
Tips and cat treats: https://ko-fi.com/balisane
Fully grown. 3D sculpt and print enthusiast. The rest at discretion.
Yes the net.goth one.
Tips and cat treats: https://ko-fi.com/balisane
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I finally gave in to the long-time requests and put up a tip jar.
I've been looking for a new job since summer, but recent signal is that that's more urgent. 💀
That and several Very Large bills on my head and the ongoing uncertainty with the house: anything helps for stability.
ko-fi.com/balisane
I've been looking for a new job since summer, but recent signal is that that's more urgent. 💀
That and several Very Large bills on my head and the ongoing uncertainty with the house: anything helps for stability.
ko-fi.com/balisane
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Do you think every organization is going to give him a Peace Prize? Like Arby’s?
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Do you think every organization is going to give him a Peace Prize? Like Arby’s?
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On Pale Horses
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
On Pale Horses
Sometimes I think about the fact that my only living relative genuinely, in his heart of hearts, thinks that I am 1) mentally handicapped and 2) an abuser.
I'm gonna have to go to therapy about that in particular. Definitely need a new job if even just to pay for those sessions.
I'm gonna have to go to therapy about that in particular. Definitely need a new job if even just to pay for those sessions.
December 7, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Sometimes I think about the fact that my only living relative genuinely, in his heart of hearts, thinks that I am 1) mentally handicapped and 2) an abuser.
I'm gonna have to go to therapy about that in particular. Definitely need a new job if even just to pay for those sessions.
I'm gonna have to go to therapy about that in particular. Definitely need a new job if even just to pay for those sessions.
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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
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🛒✨mini sh0p update just in time for the holidays!! just posted a couple new + restocked stickers and charms, so if you're itching for some weird medieval goodies go check them out!
(stickers make great stocking stuffers but you didn't hear it from me...)
🔗https://www.etsy.com/shop/beetlebards/
(stickers make great stocking stuffers but you didn't hear it from me...)
🔗https://www.etsy.com/shop/beetlebards/
December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
🛒✨mini sh0p update just in time for the holidays!! just posted a couple new + restocked stickers and charms, so if you're itching for some weird medieval goodies go check them out!
(stickers make great stocking stuffers but you didn't hear it from me...)
🔗https://www.etsy.com/shop/beetlebards/
(stickers make great stocking stuffers but you didn't hear it from me...)
🔗https://www.etsy.com/shop/beetlebards/
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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Setting up commission slots!
I can make 3d characters for print or for realtime use (games/vtubing). I have additional info in my pinned post, but feel free to reach out for a quote or if you have any questions.
I also have simpler printable sculpt options available.
Thank you for any shares.
I can make 3d characters for print or for realtime use (games/vtubing). I have additional info in my pinned post, but feel free to reach out for a quote or if you have any questions.
I also have simpler printable sculpt options available.
Thank you for any shares.
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Setting up commission slots!
I can make 3d characters for print or for realtime use (games/vtubing). I have additional info in my pinned post, but feel free to reach out for a quote or if you have any questions.
I also have simpler printable sculpt options available.
Thank you for any shares.
I can make 3d characters for print or for realtime use (games/vtubing). I have additional info in my pinned post, but feel free to reach out for a quote or if you have any questions.
I also have simpler printable sculpt options available.
Thank you for any shares.
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INCIDENTALLY you should know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is currently ranked #700 for 'Mystery and Thriller' at Libro and I *know* we can get that up to 666
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
INCIDENTALLY you should know THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is currently ranked #700 for 'Mystery and Thriller' at Libro and I *know* we can get that up to 666
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I kiss cold marble, wishing it was you
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I kiss cold marble, wishing it was you
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We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The Duchess of Death
May 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The Duchess of Death
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A deserter is forced to return to the Noble Lands, an enormous pit that houses the elite of the witch-kingdom Zaedoreth. He is to deliver the head of an executed prisoner to the queen... but finds his target is still alive.
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The Nameless Prisoner launches next week! (or now if you're on patreon)
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The Nameless Prisoner launches next week! (or now if you're on patreon)
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A deserter is forced to return to the Noble Lands, an enormous pit that houses the elite of the witch-kingdom Zaedoreth. He is to deliver the head of an executed prisoner to the queen... but finds his target is still alive.
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The Nameless Prisoner launches next week! (or now if you're on patreon)
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The Nameless Prisoner launches next week! (or now if you're on patreon)
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hi everyone! i’m going through some financial hurdles so it’d really help me if you shared this post promoting my brushes, maybe consider gifting them? it is the season 🫶
you can find them here:
🫶 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG
✨ ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin
✨ merlin2g.gumroad.com
you can find them here:
🫶 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG
✨ ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin
✨ merlin2g.gumroad.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
hi everyone! i’m going through some financial hurdles so it’d really help me if you shared this post promoting my brushes, maybe consider gifting them? it is the season 🫶
you can find them here:
🫶 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG
✨ ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin
✨ merlin2g.gumroad.com
you can find them here:
🫶 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG
✨ ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin
✨ merlin2g.gumroad.com
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I've added some seriously great (and very non-typical) super high res and cleaned scans of #Zelda 1 fairies to the gallery:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I've added some seriously great (and very non-typical) super high res and cleaned scans of #Zelda 1 fairies to the gallery:
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
www.flickr.com/photos/histo...
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Hi. Hey. Hello.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Congress is attempting to fast track KOSA and more than a dozen bills that would restrict internet access, censor speech and increase surveillance under the guise of protecting children.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Committee hearings begin tomorrow.
Lawmakers to consider 19 bills for childproofing the internet
KOSA is back, along with more than a dozen other bills that will erode free speech and privacy in the name of protecting kids.
reason.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Hi. Hey. Hello.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
Yeah.
Fascism. This is happening.
America. Can you... can you stop this please.
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I wrote about the private, intimate, often ridiculous agonies of working for a man who think you’re a monster nymag.com/intelligence...
Doughnuts and Bullets: The Absurdity of Working for RFK Jr.
What happens when your new boss thinks you’re a child killer?
nymag.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I wrote about the private, intimate, often ridiculous agonies of working for a man who think you’re a monster nymag.com/intelligence...
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...