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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, Tron was a game about being sucked into a video game before most people had easy access to video games.

of course it's like a strange artifact now. I think we had a modern Tron movie this year. It was called Minecraft.

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 1d

The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Andrew 🐻 @awd.bsky.social · 1d

Rest in Peace, Drew Struzan

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 1d

One of the all-time greats has passed.

gizmodo.com/drew-struzan...

Drew Struzan, the King of the Movie Poster, Has Died

The beloved artist, who illustrated iconic posters for 'Star Wars', 'Indiana Jones', 'Back to the Future', and more, was 78.

gizmodo.com

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James Bennett @jamesbennett.bsky.social · 1d

Secondary worlds in Fantasy novels are actually real. All of them. When you close the cover, everyone in that world dies screaming. They die screaming over and over again.

That's on you.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 1d

I'm helping a friend with medical bills before mid-November. They're almost at their goal but still short about $700.

I'm opening 2 slots for (human) character portraits, $300 each. Upfront payment via Buy Me A Coffee. More details here:
www.patreon.com/posts/141108...

Personal Commissions OPEN! | Eva I.

Get more from Eva I. on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Eva, a South Asian illustrator and designer, mainly looking for publishing opportunities from mid-2026.

I also have 2 urgent comms open for a good cause. See next post for details.

🎨 isthiseva.carrd.co
✉️ [email protected]

#GraphicDesign #Illustration #BookCovers 📚💙

A full wraparound book cover for Stories from the Deep, The Chronicles of Nerezia – 4 by Claudie Arseneault. The cover depicts a massive yellow-and-teal kraken locked in battle at sea with someone with water powers. Along the shoreline is a wagon, from which two people are bursting out to view the battle.

Book cover for The Distance Between Stars and Salt by Alex Harvey-Rivas. It's a dark blue graphical cover, framed by an hourglass motif composed of stars. The top half of the cover is taken up by the title, which is drawn to include the Maltese cross motif. The bottom half depicts a luzzu tossing on a turbulent sea, below which is the author's name. In the background are subtle constellations.

Portrait of a Black woman smiling as she gazes into the distance, her lips slightly parted to reveal two sharp fangs. She has dark skin, dark hair styled in an undercut and twists, and pointed, elfin ears.

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 1d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 1d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Rigorous, Fred-based Reporting @thefred.bsky.social · 2d

Or maybe, just maybe, what was obvious in 2024 was correct: Netanyahu fully backed Trump and would not deal with Biden because Trump would give him a free hand to escalate the starvation, bombing, and do full ethnic cleansing. Which he then did, until Netanyahu embarrassed him by bombing Qatar.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 2d

youtu.be/DUlj48Rvp1c?...

A Scottish Woman Reacts to the death of Margaret Thatcher

YouTube video by Reddebrek

youtu.be

matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, I think there is something about having a band. Tons of rock and metal singers have done some seriously dodgy stuff but they seem immune to the large scale cancellation that other artists seem to experience.

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 2d

If you can download the files, if they are in an incompatable format, I use this to convert pics from my iphone when I need to.

HEIC to JPG | FreeConvert.com

Best HEIC to JPG converter. Convert HEIC to JPEG in the highest quality in seconds. Supports live mode (multi-image) HEIC files. Online & free.

www.freeconvert.com

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 3d

I did almost think it was Korvac for a moment. Stranger things have happened though...

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cprf...

OZZY OSBOURNE - "No More Tears" (Official Video)

YouTube video by Ozzy Osbourne

www.youtube.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Jazzy Oliver - Voice Actress @ladyjazzington.bsky.social · 4d

BUT HEY!

THAT'S JUST A Segway to remind you that the FNAF creator/this movie's screenwriter, Scott Cawthon, donates the money he makes from FNAF stuff to far right politicians, many of whom are currently trying to make things worse for everyone, specifically trans people. Don't support this film.

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 4d

MatPat has been cast as Toy Bonnie in ‘FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDYS 2’

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A.M. Boone is in rewriting hell @ambooneauthor.bsky.social · 4d

Here's my website, where you can sign up for novel updates and the like. ambooneauthor.com

Thanks for hosting, this was super fun to do!

#QueerWritersChat

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👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 4d

#queerwriterSchat

is here! (Hences the apple wine)
My fav short story Ive written i. The last severl years is in here! 😁

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I've just launched my (very bare bones) website!

Subscribe to read the first chapter of my YA/New Adult Contemporary Fantasy with an Asexual Protaganist.

Updates and previews coming soon!

#QueerWritersChat #QueerWriters #writesky #writers

im-writing-fantasies.ghost.io/lost-talent-...

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 5d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 5d

So! I have a very barebones website now! Here is the first chapter of my debut novel: Lost Talent, which I will be self publishing in spring 2026.

Please subscribe if you want to know more!

im-writing-fantasies.ghost.io/lost-talent-...

Lost Talent Chapter 1

Someone had swapped the labels on the potion bottles, and of course it was Mina’s job to sort it out. It was lucky Mr Bergamot had recognised that ‘Abington’s Peaceful Slumber’ shouldn’t have been a s...

im-writing-fantasies.ghost.io

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Ticky🏳️‍🌈 @drac.at · 5d

came up with a new meme let me know what you think

Image of John Madden’s face in an inscrutable smile-like expression with pixellated text “MADDENING” underneath.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 5d

I do wonder if the rather generic sounding name held Guns of Fury back, it really doesn't sell you on the kind of fun you're in for.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 5d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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matthewspalmer.bsky.social @matthewspalmer.bsky.social · 5d

Well, I feel called out (in the best way).

Eva I. @isthiseva.bsky.social · 5d

Ever since I've gotten into the habit of asking clients to send me references in a PowerPoint, I've been receiving increasingly elaborate presentations of their books in my inbox and I am so here for this.

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Hawklorddragon @cimerians.bsky.social · 6d

Rebels vs The Galactic Empire by Sean Cooke
#StarWars

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