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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman

@qwilman.bsky.social

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qwilman.carrd.co patreon.com/qwilman Animator! I used to enjoy coming up with goofy profile summaries but facetiousness doesn't feel like authenticity anymore so I feel like a man without a country. He/him.

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · Oct 22

Hi, I'm the artist! Meet me!

You can find my full portfolio at qwilman.carrd.co, or just look at this post's thread for a bunch more of my stuff.

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 13m

oh god, trying to time jumping into a BIOS is a fucking nightmare these days

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SpaceCase64 @spacecase64.bsky.social · 1h

This whole movie is so good.

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τreez🦇 10/22🎂 @zoetreez.bsky.social · Feb 9

Don’t think I ever shared the black and white variant that this was originally made as 🖤🤍

(colors were later added with gradient mapping and some tweaks)
#pixelart #art #darkart

Pixel art by ZoeTreez
a portrait of Frankensteins bride in black and white. Her eyes are staring blankly into the distance to the right. There is textured pattern drawn in the background

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Savannah Pooler indie Comics Expo @savspice.bsky.social · 1h

So proud of our poster for next Friday’s SPiCE Fall 2025 🎃

This masterpiece is by Local Artist John Golden @jpegolden.bsky.social 👑

Friday October 24th here in Savannah GA

savspice.ticketspice.com/savannah-poo...

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 51m

it's all nepotism, you need to be born a bang brother

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 1h

I'm a Manga Video dub loyalist for this movie but a Tony Oliver dub is VERY intriguing, ngl

Discotek Media @discotekmedia.bsky.social · 2h

Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro is up to pre-order!

The steelbook has a brand new English dub w/ the much-loved cast of Tony Oliver, Richard Epcar, Michelle Ruff, Lex Lang, & Doug Erholtz and plenty of extras!

Exclusive to the Crunchyroll Store.

store.crunchyroll.com/products/lup...

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 1h

heartening

Erika @raddishh.bsky.social · 6h

My mom has been substitute teaching and in one class the teacher had already provided her a PowerPoint. When it showed an AI image, a kid said "Aww man, not the AI!" So yeah, even some kids are over this bullshit already.

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piper @roodypatooti.bsky.social · 2d

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doug @goodkid-saadcity.bsky.social · 2h

every Palestinian interviewed in this article has since been banned from bsky

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

www.theguardian.com

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 2h

If you need data by the way, there was a study that showed KN95 actually "were no more effective than cloth or surgical masks [...] because they don’t conform to the face well". So yeah, consider upgrading to N95 unless you are getting a tight fit. sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...

Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19 | University of Maryland | School of Public Health

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive “duckbill” N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infec...

sph.umd.edu

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 5h

okay that censored version kinda rules though. if i was the artist, i don't think i'd even be mad

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · May 21

bringing this back. Sears in Quake

retro game art screenshot of an abandoned Sears store rendered in Quake 1

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Rum 🔞🫟 Commune Whore @rumrumaart.bsky.social · Apr 7

Taps the sign

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 5h

smiling friends fan character

Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 6h

god i LOVE a cracker-thin pizza, i'd fuck this up

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 16h

Design sketches for Hilda from Horus: Prince of the Sun (1968), dir. Isao Takahata, Toei Doga

Art by Yoichi Kotabe

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 7h

Should add really that if you're a smol newsletter bean who would dearly love to NOT be on Substack, then I will happily roll (and manage) a Ghost install for you for cost + a small maintenance fee.

I'll talk you through setting up your own mailgun and stripe. Do that and you keep ALL your revenue.

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 7h

Okay, Ghost V6 integrated with Tinybird for analytics is pretty damn filthy.

Been running @theupfront.media on Ghost for a while as part of our "No Nazi platforms" stack. Very happy with it (and with our Germany-based email hosting instead of Google Business)

The technology you use is a choice.

In many instances, the choice of platform or technology that a publisher makes can no longer be seen as neutral. Nowhere is that more clear than in journalism in the 2020s.

We are proud that The Up Front and all of our supporting digital infrastructure (like our email servers, data storage and collaboration tools) are either self-hosted and managed, or use trusted third parties who have policies that align with our values.

We reject platforms and technologies where our use would represent tacit support for — or tolerance of — the views of their owners or major funders where we disagree fundamentally with those views and the impact they have on the world.

We’re very selective in the socials we operate: we’re on Bluesky as our network of choice and use its atproto as our commenting system, curating a community of thoughtful feedback on our work and elevating other voices. We also have a LinkedIn page, because we understand its importance for our industry audience.

Perhaps more importantly, we don’t use toxic socials like Instagram, Facebook, Threads or X, which drive really unproductive behaviour in media outlets, journalists, readers and companies.

We choose our technical backend and partners carefully, selecting independent European vendors rather than US-based Big Tech, for ethical reasons, for data privacy, and because we care about supporting the good parts of the digital sector in the same way we know our subscribers care about supporting the good parts of the media sector.

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Karli For Hire @karlicartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Happy #portfolioday ! I’m looking for work :]

Karli For Hire @karlicartoons.bsky.social · Jun 18

By the way, hi, I'm Karli (they/them)! I'm an Animate CC/Harmony animator on the search for a new union gig.

💪Prev work: Beavis and Butthead, Rick and Morty, Solar Opposites, The Midnight Gospel, and more!

💕 [email protected]
📝 karlicartoons.com/resume

⬇️ DEMO REEL ⬇️

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Lady Foxglove (Ivy) @ladyfoxglove.bsky.social · 15h

Still accepting all offers on this beauty! We’re approaching pay what you can territory lmao so dm me and let’s see if we can work something out.

Lady Foxglove (Ivy) @ladyfoxglove.bsky.social · 7d

Still trying to offload this beauty, unfortunately. We need to come up with about $1200 or else we are in trouble. Be on the lookout for more sales posts. Shares and whatnot appreciated. DM me with offers.
**whole deck is also for sale if anyone interested**

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 8h

There's a point I get to in games where when I lose I get angry and when I win I feel neutral. That's when I know it's time to pack it in.

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Shaun Mooney @mooneysart.bsky.social · Apr 17

Potential art-book/project thread! Please read below!! 👇👇

Can i first ask that you please retweet and comment your thoughts on this? I need as many eyes on this as possible to gauge if its a viable side project worth pursuing!

RETROGRADE - A catalogue from from a future that never was!

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 19h

in all the discussion (and sometimes tokenizing) of Portland protests being a creative spectacle that neutralizes law enforcement, don’t overlook:

Alissa Azar @alissaazar.bsky.social · 21h

Members of the Unpresidented Brass Band were bull rushed & brutalized in the middle of playing "Ghostbusters." One was sent to the hospital and another tackled, arrested, and taken across state lines where she is still being detained.

Read more about Sunday's protest in Portland here:

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Matt "Matt "qwilman" Bixler" Bixler, aka qwilman @qwilman.bsky.social · 19h

what the fuck

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bitch princess of everything (batty) @batshaped.bsky.social · Oct 20

kelpies

[Originally posted August 14, 2015 and October 25, 2015]

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Rob MacWolf, Werewolf Hitchhiker @robmacwolf.thevoice.dog · 1d

When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.

When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.

Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 1d

Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.

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