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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 12h

they should make a kind of body that is functional, imo

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Julian Plum @julianplum.com · 5h

It's #portfolioday!!

I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ illustrator from the foggy Finger Lakes of Upstate NY. I work in traditional gouache & promise I know colors that aren't green. I'm rep'd by Naomi Davis @ BookEnds Literary!

🌿 julianplum.com
🐌 [email protected]

#kidlitart #picturebooks #illustration

A lush, intricate gouache painting featuring many leaves in different colors and textures, plus native birds, insects, flowers, and seeds.

A gouache painting featuring a grasshopper sparrow sitting among a riot of pastel wildflowers. Behind it a gray birch reaches into a blue sky.

A crop from a painting featuring a windswept brown-haired girl gently holding an egg, looking up in the direction of the wind at the legs of a crane taking off above her.

Gouache painting featuring a cross-section of a garden: above the earth, radish leaves are covered in ladybugs; below the earth, radishes, roots, and earthworms are visible in the dirt.

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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 5h

So far TODAY Israel has:

- bombed Gaza City
- bombed Khan Younis
- shot and killed five Palestinians in Gaza City
- refused to open the Rafah border crossing
- announced they would once more block aid

This is what a "ceasefire" with Israel looks like. This is what it has always looked like.

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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🌿viktor aleksander🌿 @ commissions open! @nooskadraws.bsky.social · 9h

good morning #PortfolioDay !

i'm viktor, a trans gay illustrator, looking for work in books, ttrpgs, and comics. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 historical fiction, fashion, and fantasy is my cup of tea ✨🌿🌸🍵 would love to work with more queer authors and fantasy book boxes!

🖼️ www.nooska-art.com
✉️ [email protected]

A digital illustration of a scene from AV Wilkes' 'All the White Spaces'. Jonathan, a trans man and the protagonist, stands in the centre, facing the viewer. He stares ahead in horror, his right hand clutching his throat. From his left eye, strands of bleeding red aurora stretch outwards. These auroras show visions of Jonathan's brothers on the Western Front of the First World War:
- A moustached officer smokes a cigarette in a trench, looking away.
- A soldier is twisted in the remains of barbed wire.
- Three soldiers wear gas masks, emerging from clouds of mustard gas.
- No Man's Land exploded to all hell. A tank is submerged in a shell hole in the distance.
- A skull pressed into the earth.
- A soldier holds a rifle and makes his way across the strait of No Man's Land.

Two portrait aligned digital illustrations of book covers.
Left: An illustration of Afaeran and King Galdor from the webcomic Wundor. They stand in the centre, facing each other. They are bordered by Ancient Greek inspired white columns and an arch above them. The columns are covered with grapevines, vine leaves, and hanging purple grapes. Afaerun is an oche skinned elf with flowing light pink-white hair, and wears a curved silver and ruby tiara, he smiles as he looks at King Galdor. King Galdor is a purple skinned monarch with a single white horn growing from his head. He has flowing dark purple hair, and wears a red leaf laurel. He holds Afaerun's cheek in a romantic embrace.
Right: Two male characters stand in front of each other, staring at the other. One is shorter, and wears a mustard yellow jumper, looking annoyed. The other is taller, with frizzy blonde hair, a purple hoodie, and looks smug. A border of cat toys surrounds them. A cat lies down, arching over the two men, and has a smile on his face.

2 different portrait illustrations side by side.
Left: Alder is a green skinned eladrin elf paladin. He stands nude in a forest. He wears a gold crown of laurels on his head. He looks down at the ground. He holds a sword in one hand, and a sprig of alder branch in the other, he has a shield attached to one arm. He is surrounded by green trees and yellow flowers.
Right: A digital illustration inspired by the pairing Hansry (Hans Capon and Henry of Skalitz from the game series Kingdom Come Deliverance). The illustration is influenced by a scene in the 2005 film Pride and Prejudice. It is separated into 3 panels.
Panel 1: Hans Capon looks behind him in quiet shock at his bodyguard Henry.
Panel 2: Henry has touched Hans' ungloved hand with his gauntleted one in a gentle hold. The panel is surrounded by blooming flowers: herbs and plants that Henry can forage on his journey. Marigold, St John's Wort, Valerian, Sage, Chamomile, and Dandelion.
Panel 3: Henry meets Hans' eyes with an unreadable expression. He quietly yearns beneath it.

A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."
A double page spread of a comic. The first page shows a twisted tree in the centre, the space between each branch a panel showing a plague blighting a kingdom. The protagonist called Wolfgang is engulfed in the blighted roots of the twisted tree in the throes of a nightmare. A voice tells him "Take heed, young Durward. These lands know only death, and within its centre, a horror festers. It feasts on all its roots can teach, and what life remains dwindles."
The second page shows a close up of the branches of this twisted tree. Between its panels are images of rot, bodies in body bags, dead fish floating, and the branches are infested with maggots. The voice continues "Soon, there will be naught to satisfy its hunger. But for every poison, there is an antidote."

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 15h

Congrats!!!

J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 22h

If I am abruptly out of a job again, it will be because I said no to using genAI in publishing or worked to the point of burnout, and that's a J Yang guarantee.

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 22h

jane eyre is a bluebeard story

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 2d

No. No. No.

(Nothing against Steven, I used to do this too until I learned that it was a bad idea.)

Swim goggles hit by a projectile (like a tear gas canister or pepper ball) can direct force to the area around your eyeball and pop it out of your skull.

NOT desirable.

Steven W. Thrasher is finishing The Overseer Class @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 2d

Pro tip to reporters and protesters: always have swim goggles in your pockets or bags. They’re small, $10 and if tear gas is used, slip them on & no matter how much you cough, you’ll still be able to SEE without burning eyes.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...

t.co

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

hi consumer-facing “A.i.” is a tool for racist, fascist propaganda - ban it from you lives!

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 3d

They're literally installing Racism Dial bsky.app/profile/numb...

Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · Jan 15

vox populi

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3d

The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”

OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT

GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.

www.theverge.com

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 3d

and by half the time, i mean most of the time.

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 3d

and half the time, they don't even sell well enough to justify the advance! unless you're one of the obamas

BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 3d

Weird confession time: I always get mad when politicians (regardless of affiliation) publish memoirs because they get enormous advances for predictable slop that people are, at most, going to pretend to read. Publishers could be using that cash to fund dozens of authors who are actually talented. 🤷‍♀️

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BOO!ky Robison 👻 @rebb003.bsky.social · 3d

Weird confession time: I always get mad when politicians (regardless of affiliation) publish memoirs because they get enormous advances for predictable slop that people are, at most, going to pretend to read. Publishers could be using that cash to fund dozens of authors who are actually talented. 🤷‍♀️

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 3d

pro-labor gamechanger fans, wya

Screenshot from Gamechanger with Sam Reich saying "Congratulations, players, you've unionized." On the screen behind him is a colorful graphic that says "Congratulations! you've unionized" in stylized font

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J Yang 🍊📚🐱 @jamteayang.bsky.social · 3d

friend who i was in a union with for a hot second (🥲♥️) mailed me a gamechanger magnet and i love it

Orange tabby cat covering her little face while modeling a magnet that reads "congratulations! you've unionized"

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Kelly McCullough @kellydmcc.bsky.social · 3d

The economics of AI (LLM) data centers continue to be utterly unworkable. This whole thing is going to crash sooner rather than later and leave a giant smoldering crater where a big chunk of the economy used to be.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 3d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Mike W @gekido.bsky.social · 3d

so Google just added a bunch (more) AI bullshit to Chrome

Go through these steps to disable it:

opus.ing/posts/how-to...

#chrome #aibullshit

How to Remove AI From Your Google Chrome Experience - Opus

Follow these steps to resist the AI-pocalypse in your everyday web browsing.

opus.ing

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 3d

My book about gay vampires solving crime comes out NEXT WEEK ahhhhhh

Rosiee "Captain" Thor @rosieethor.bsky.social · 8d

Got my finished copies of Dead & Breakfast!! They are so cute and I’m obsessed with the spine!

Have you pre-ordered yet? Remember you can grab a signed copy with preorder goodies (stickers) from Always Here Bookstore!

www.alwaysherebooks.com/product/dead...

Paperback copies of Dead & Breakfast next to a teal tea pot and black tea cup. The cover shows two men holding hands. On the left, a white man with graying hair wearing a suit and tie holds a cup of coffee. On the right, a shorter man with long dark hair, pale skin, and a ruffly cravat holds a goblet of blood with a silly straw. They both have vampire fangs. Behind them is a field of flowers and a large house with a cat perched on a sign that says “welcome. Over the top is the title “DEAD & BREAKFAST” the tagline “come for the vampires stay for the scones” and the byline “kat Hillis & Rosiee Thor.” The spine shows the title text in blue and the byline in red with a black cat curled around a goblet of blood with a silly straw.

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L @banalplay.bsky.social · 3d

non euclidean ass cat

Bampy contorting herself and looking at the camera while Pishi minds her business behind her

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 4d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 4d

Research is a skill! Here is a great guide from Bookriot on how to become well informed about your local elections. Maybe the way you help protect the right to read is by taking these skills & making a voting guide or candidate scorecards to distribute to your neighbors.

Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now: Book Censorship News, October 10, 2025

Elections in several states will be coming up throughout the months of October and November. Here's how to be a pro-library voter.

bookriot.com

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