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illbleed for sego dreancas @impemboganecue.bsky.social · 13h

For the new users, please understand that there are bots all over this website too but instead of being Nazi bots they’re weird liberals that post incoherently annoying replies all day. Also like 30% of them aren’t bots at all but Gen X posters. You can’t tell the difference

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

dude said "RIP to him but I'm different"

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

[This is playing into the bit] WOOOOW way to make it about you AND try to separate yourself from criticism, now THAT I'd never do, smh [/This is playing into the bit]

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eli yudin @eliyudin.com · 1d

between g-fuel and protein powder it turns out the young male right-wing movement might just be lead poisoning

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Maru🍉 @maru-illo.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #Portfolioday! I’m Maru, a Nicaraguan-Egyptian Illustrator/designer based in the US. I have a Ba of S in Industrial Design and love to draw vibrant characters and creatures! I’m available for full time design & illustration work
🌟 [email protected]
💫 maruillo.com

a tit bird in a wintery setting sitting on a branch staring directly at the viewer, it is content

Three dogs in circus get up are performing a show, the central clown has his head poked through a paper circle, his companions are juggling and gesturing to him. There is a star spangled backdrop with swirling bands of gold and teal

Norwegian forest cat with a starry constellation of Virgo. There is a crescent moon in a night sky

a blue magpie jay looks about on the branch, it is about to take flight . it’s is backed by a circular silhouette of green and blue that look almost cloud like

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Lauren Dombrowski and I'm a comic and cover artist! My primary area of professional experience is in romance, but I have an interest in working with general fiction and fantasy as well.

📧 [email protected]
🎨laurendombrowski.com

Page excerpt from short comic "The Graveyard Shift" written by Zoe Tunnell and lettered by Jodie Troutman

Book cover for Catered All The Way by Annabeth Albert

Book cover for Ice & Sweet by Charlie Novak

Internal illustration for "Magic, Monsters, and Me" by Tim Tong

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carson thorn @carsonthornart.com · 1d

heard something about #PortfolioDay so here’s my stuff:

im carson, an illustrator and a cartoonist, predominantly working in comics and book covers.

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Helen Mask 🔜 Seattle oddities🔜Pdx oddities 🔜kumoricon @hemask.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay I'm Helen, A freelance Illustrator inspired by art nouveau. I love mythology and folklore, dark creepy things, and Queer love.

I'd love to work on more TTRPG, Book covers/comic book covers, Posters, packaging illustration

Portfolio: helenmask.com
📧 [email protected]

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 2d

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Zoe Tunnell. Written for BOOM, Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse and Tiny Onion on originals like BLADE MAIDENS as well as licensed properties like GODZILLA, POWER RANGERS, BLACK CAT and more! I've got projects set for 2026 but am still open for work!

Zoetunnellwrites @ Gmail dot com

The game art variant to Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Lucas Werneck's cover for Marvel United: A Pride Special

Dani Pendergast's cover for Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special

Valentine M. Smith's cover for Blade Maidens

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michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 1d

hello #PortfolioDay !!! on the lookout for wfh comic and illustration work 🫡

michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 11d

hello I’m MICHIUMS, freelance comic artist, merch designer and digital producer! currently full time freelancing as I lost my day job in Oct 2024 + open for WFH 💫

🎨portfolio: michiums.carbonmade.com
🛍️ michiums.bigcartel.com
☕️ ko-fi.com/michiums
☘️ www.patreon.com/michiums
💌 michiumsart @ gmail!

illustration of yaga and their skeleton lantern heads with a rainbow colored sky

Achilles and Patroclus in a field of flowers

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

having 8 book covers done in the past 3 months that I can't post for portfolio day cause they're not out yet is like wow... blessed but also dangit

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Lauren Dombrowski and I'm a comic and cover artist! My primary area of professional experience is in romance, but I have an interest in working with general fiction and fantasy as well.

📧 [email protected]
🎨laurendombrowski.com

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 1d

I knew about these fellas mostly peripherally by existing on tumblr in the 2010s and even with only that I completely get it. That shit was Gaylor before Gaylor

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d

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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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 2d

I'm an ✨️ally✨️

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 2d

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 2d

I saw a woman carrying a stalk of these like the Olympic torch at the farmers market this past weekend and was delighted

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 3d

With the holidays upon us, don't give to Salvation Army. Not even change. It's a scumbag "charity" run by anti-gay zealots.

Habitat for Humanity is great. Your local Food Bank is great.

So many "charities" are for-profit scams. Use Charity Navigator to vet them. www.charitynavigator.org

Fascist Dem Tracker @fascistdemtracker.bsky.social · 4d

Fun fact about the Salvation Army: they use a form of substance use treatment called work therapy. Oh, and by treatment, I mean they have people who have been convicted of drug charges work for their stores & warehouses in exchange for room, board, around a $1 a week, and minimal actual therapy.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 3d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 3d

This is all the serotonin I need for the rest of the year.. like wow.. things are really good sometimes

Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 3d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 5d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 5d

That fossil Durbin can get it right sometimes, I guess.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 6d

1. A new journal report in the prestigious Medical Journal of Australia eviscerates the Cass review, saying it is filled with fallacies and launders anti-trans disinformation.

It methodically goes through each problem in the review.

The latest from S. Baum.

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New Journal Report: Cass Review “Echoes Fallacies Promoted By Anti-Trans Disinformation”

While American lawyers pushed the anti-trans Cass Review this week, Australia’s top scholars rebuked it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Lauren @callmekitto.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, it's more an existential/psychological comfort in terms of pushing back against the idea that Everyone Hates You. Which, at the very least, isn't *nothing* in terms of morale.

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