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Myriame・．🦂 @mllepilgrim.bsky.social · 2h

I've reposted many posts made by folks who were recently laid off from Heart Machine, but here is a thread that highlights them all.

I am also including folks who were previously laid off & are still looking for work. I will be linking their Bsky posts, as well as LinkedIn.

Please, share this. 🖤

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29m

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams

The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...

www.thewrap.com

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 20m

When I feel like I'm going to just lose it, Tyra Banks comes to me, saying "Tara's favorite HOT"

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 25m

I've been thinking about this for days, and so I'm glad it's not just me.
Hot. Ice. Cream.

Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 3h

Could not be more excited to be in @defector.com talking about SMiZE&DREAM HOT MAMA Hot Ice Cream defector.com/tyra-banks-p...

Tyra Banks Please Explain What The Hell You Mean By “Hot Ice Cream” | Defector

Tyra Banks’s eyes are wild. Or maybe they were just always that way, her piercing green-gray irises one of many reminders that right, before she was a TV host and an MLM kingpin and a meme, she was a ...

defector.com

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loscharlos @loscharlos.bsky.social · 3h

Not sure if anybody is doing it better than @juliadoubleday.bsky.social —Please read:

“when you shrug off the difficulty.. of practicing COVID safety.. you are casting that burden onto the shoulders of those who are already carrying more than you are. ”

Link: www.thegauntlet.news/p/beyond-all...?

Why not recognize: wow! What a difficult reality we’re creating for anyone who’s been harmed by the virus. That could be me next, since I’m getting reinfected in these bi-annual waves. Instead of complaining that disabled people are asking me to participate in normalizing COVID mitigations, why don’t I acknowledge the absurdity and severity and difficulty of this situation? Why don’t I participate in changing the culture before it’s my turn to suffer as others ignore me?

Yes, it is difficult. It is burdensome. You could call it unreasonable! But when you shrug off the difficulty and burden of practicing COVID safety in the current climate, you are casting that burden onto the shoulders of those who are already carrying more than you are. Who can afford infections less than you can. Who in many cases have fewer resources than you do and almost certainly have fewer safe social outlets than you will.

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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 2h

Greetings, newskies. Welcome to the other, better sinking ship

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 3h

ICE just arrested a singing giraffe in Portland.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 5h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 1d

hi hello #PortfolioDay i’m alex i am an illustrator/cartoonist and i am currently working on a short memoir graphic novel about the time my grandpa died and we partied around his corpse in the basement

not currently looking for work, just attention (unless it’s REALLY cool or pays me many dollars)

Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · Sep 3

Ahoy hoy!!

I'm Alex, a Canadian illustrator on the Prairies.
I do a lot of landscapes, cartoons, comics, and murals, and I sell prints and stickers and stuff! I love colours and shapes! You can't beat em!

🧵 >> comics and murals

shop/blog/portfolio: aplante.com
patreon: patreon.com/alexplante

power lines going down a back lane, silhouetted against a pink and purple twilight sky. the trees and houses along the lane are all cast in blue shadow. the colours are laid out in a way that suggests the bi flag. very bisexual lighting. a street lamp glows, and some birds flying in the distance.

retro risograph-style purple and gold digital illustration of ingredients to make mushroom soup. mushrooms, knifes chopping onions and garlic, broth, lemon juice, etc.

an warm illustration of bald hill at riding mountain national park in manitoba, canada. a cliff juts out into a sea of orange, yellow, red, and green trees. in the foreground is a single rocky platform with a mama bear and her cub.

Digital gouache painting of Sam reich from game changer on dropout standing at his little rainbow podium but make it a little golden book. “I’ve been here the whole time…”

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 18h

Yes thank you, rahaeli is where I got the tips! At the least it won't do anything bad to you, and it would probably help.

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 18h

Aughhhh I'm sorry :( you could try doing the H1/H2 antihistamine protocol (you take one of each kind at double the dosage), it is supposed to help. I did it before my booster and it maybe helped? It allegedly may with infection too

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 18h

Storage

Door open in a wall almost totally in darkness, with a brilliantly lit hallway beyond, gray concrete floors and a bright line of overhead lighting with corrugated white walls. One red wall-mounted box says "FIRE." Light spilling onto the pavement looks yellow, and a white sign reading "please make sure door closes behind you" almost looks like it's floating on the dark open door.

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Brianna Nicole Pail 🎃 @pailbn.bsky.social · 1d

I guess it’s #PortfolioDay today!
I’m Bree, a freelance illustrator and merch artist based in Minneapolis.

My project queue is a bit filled atm, but here’s a few pieces (and a WIP) that I’ve enjoyed the past few months!

Ko-Fi shop: ko-fi.com/pailbn

Comms/Freelance inquires: [email protected]

Watership own inspired wheat paste poster. Hard holding a fiery bottle with text “ all the world will be your enemy and whenever they catch you, they will kill you but first they must catch you”

Princess Mononoke Moro and San front face symmetrical drawing

WIP of Great Mouse Detective inspired fanart of Milo from Atlantis as a mouse stand in on a large book

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CNN @cnn.com · 21h

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’s cuts.

Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN

The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...

www.cnn.com

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Haclif | COMMISSIONS OPEN 🧙 @haclif.bsky.social · 1d

It's #PortfolioDay y'all!

I'm Héctor, a Chilean digital artist doing fantasy/ttrpg #art.

I mostly paint characters and monsters, and I have a soft spot for animal-folk.

🖼️ You can find my portfolio here
☕ I'm open for commissions!
📧 And my email [email protected]

A group of tarot-like cards in a diagonal composition. On them, five different characters can be seen: A dapper-looking halfling, a mounted knight, a bearded lef, a plague-doctor, and a woman holding a pistol and a broken sword.

A digital painting depicting a young, big-eyed, green dragon with an orange bandana frolicking in a forest with a variety of items scattered around his feet.

A digital painting of a monster that is half woman, half snake, with six arms and holding a variety of golden weapons

A digital painting depicting a group of characters running to the right: a rat-person in a hood, a gnome woman casting a spell, a small armored bear, and a plant-person with a staff and a wooden shield

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 23h

(Psst I haven't been online a ton so if we're mutuals and your p-day post needs some love, feel free to reply here and I'll boost ya)

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BoOOOOOoOOoooOOOOoog @das-boog.bsky.social · 1d

OPE #portfolioday again! I'm BOOG, a cartoonist! Main clients these days are comic writers, ttrpg designers and vtubers, but I'm also open to concept art and graphic design/packaging work! Folio is at www.inkandrubbish.com, and at vgen.co/Boog you can find my current halloween commission sale!

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Katherine Lam @katherinelam.bsky.social · 1d

I'm an illustrator who has worked in editorial, publishing, advertising, animation, and games. Recently though I've been drawing mechanophilia in MS Paint 🤖💦 #PortfolioDay

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay! Nice to see you again. My name is Aimee, and I'm a dark-beautiful #DarkArt freelance #illustrator. My current wishlist for projects is: 📚 Book covers and 🃏Trading/Playing card games, but I'm open to anything!
💼: AimeeCozza.com
✉️: [email protected]

An illustration of a person from the chin down. They have both their arms around black wolves, which are asleep and cuddled against the person. Two more wolves are asleep and piled on top. The person and the animals are all smeared and smattered with blood, indicating they had a great meal together.

A man curled over onto his elbows, his head in his hands, amidst green leaves. A glowing, luminous dagger dangles above his neck and spine. His hands are cupped and outstretched towards the sky. Luminous liquid slips through his fingers.

A small child holding a bunny rabbit stuffed animal standing in front of a line of darkened forest. Inside the forest are lots of glowing sets of eyes

An oil painting of a foggy, monochrome forest with a singular man with glowing eyes standing in front of it. Before him are multiple shadows of wolves, their eyes glowing in the darkness as well.

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Justin King @justinkingdesigns.bsky.social · 1d

#portfolioday is amongst us once more! Here are some goodies.

A cardboard wish Dragon I am currently working on for The Magic House Children’s Museum

This is me beside my Csrdboard trex I made for the Worlf Chess Hall of Fame. I came back and did a talk and a craft with the public.

This is Frida Kahlo portrait made of 2961 1” circles cut from recycled aluminum soda cans.

This a alargue group of cardboard animal sculptures made to look like blue and white porcelain. This was at Houska Gallery in STL.

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Deeply sad. So lucky to have met him and told him how much his art meant; postcards from the other world of a film. He'd been lamenting lack of work, and I said I hoped Hollywood remembered how irreplaceable artists are. He laughed but agreed. Draw something for Drew today.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

Just saw on IG that Drew Struzan has died. RIP to the man who painted my childhood.

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by Struzan

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Teeg @teeketch.art · 1d

I am here for another #portfolioday 👋

I am Teeg, and I like to draw a bunch of little weirdos. I am a character artist, illustrator and designer working in video and tabletop games. You can see more of my work and contact me through my site at teeketch.art

An illustration for Heepo the sentient healing potion being ambushed by a large mimic cheat.

The knight from my project knight light walking by an abandoned shrine with paper and embyrd strewn about.

King of demons illustration featuring a small demon boy standing strong in the center surrounded by large faces of hostile adversaries.

The feog swordsman kero standing ready to draw hos blade with the taninki leader in the background lit by the full moon.

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone complained about fake transparent .png, then about .webp, but the REAL scourge is .avif, those suddenly spring Illustrator on you like a mousetrap

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

How many wombats did you put in there

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Avó chinesa muito católica @acexaman.bsky.social · 3d

Meowfeggio 528hz Healing Frequencies ✨️🌌

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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 1d

I'm THIS close to unlocking the combination of things that fixes everything! I just need to not go to bed when it's late and I'm tired ONE more time!

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