sentient cloud ☕️
@sentientcloud.bsky.social
I write things and talk about art a lot. I love puns, sorry. 21+ only 🔞. She/her. Ace. Latine. Fonts, cat memes, coffee, existential stream-of-consciousness, ffxiv (villanelle, julien), etc. [not an RP account, but I will blab about my OCs]
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Doc Bullfrog, you smoke too tough. Your swag too different. Your bitch is too bad. They’ll kill you.
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Doc Bullfrog, you smoke too tough. Your swag too different. Your bitch is too bad. They’ll kill you.
Loaf, Lachrymose, Languish
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Loaf, Lachrymose, Languish
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"we need ai to come up with npc text" ffxiv players are currently bonding and paying tribute to a glitched lvl 1 mob with no name
December 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"we need ai to come up with npc text" ffxiv players are currently bonding and paying tribute to a glitched lvl 1 mob with no name
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French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
I remember writing in elementary school (very silly stories) because it was nice to hide and invent my own world. I enjoyed watching adults be charmed or laugh at my writing. But most of all, it let me exist and live somewhere where I wasn’t the weirdo.
With all this awful news going on i wanna ask this question once again to fellow artists and general creatives. What got YOU into art? what sparked that motivation to start writing? what made you wanna pick up a camera and start taking pics? Like share with us your reasons.
December 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I remember writing in elementary school (very silly stories) because it was nice to hide and invent my own world. I enjoyed watching adults be charmed or laugh at my writing. But most of all, it let me exist and live somewhere where I wasn’t the weirdo.
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Yeah, therapy is helpful, but wouldn’t it also be beneficial to my journey of healing to fucking sucker-punch a jerk.
December 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yeah, therapy is helpful, but wouldn’t it also be beneficial to my journey of healing to fucking sucker-punch a jerk.
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I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I try to focus on posting about art and comics and not my complaints about the state of everything but GOOD GRIEF
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Creative people are complex, enigmatic creatures of many multitudes and onion-like layers. But also, someone can say "So cool" on something we created, and the hazy horrors simply dissipate. We grow dragon wings. And shoot magic beams out of our bodies.
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Creative people are complex, enigmatic creatures of many multitudes and onion-like layers. But also, someone can say "So cool" on something we created, and the hazy horrors simply dissipate. We grow dragon wings. And shoot magic beams out of our bodies.
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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You can also hire her to do cover designs, ebook formatting, and paperback typesetting. She can even do those tricky paperback wraparound covers and dust jackets, and charge very reasonable prices! See her portfolio and contact form here. mzakharuk.com
Due to being a refugee, I only get invited to interviews for menial and service jobs. Because of my disability, I can't work those. I live on modest and sporadic freelance earnings and can't afford surgical expenses. Please help if you can 🙏
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
#HelpSky #MutualAid
gofund.me/25003d6e4
Donate to Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery, organized by Em Zakharuk
UPD: Thanks to your generosity, I've been able to book a surgery date. Please help … Em Zakharuk needs your support for Help Emma Get Gender-Affirming Surgery
gofund.me
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
You can also hire her to do cover designs, ebook formatting, and paperback typesetting. She can even do those tricky paperback wraparound covers and dust jackets, and charge very reasonable prices! See her portfolio and contact form here. mzakharuk.com
When a friend from ten years ago reconnects and says they still think about your writing 🥹
December 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When a friend from ten years ago reconnects and says they still think about your writing 🥹
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I am a very offline person compared to a lot of my friends (this is a neutral statement, not judgemental) and I need to stop apologising just because I check discord once a day.
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I am a very offline person compared to a lot of my friends (this is a neutral statement, not judgemental) and I need to stop apologising just because I check discord once a day.
Tonight’s irreverent thing(tm) keeping my brain awake is a list of adorable names I’d give to kittens. Pierogi, Pistachio, Ampersand, Spatula, Vert, Frederick II of Hohenstauffen, Pickles.
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Tonight’s irreverent thing(tm) keeping my brain awake is a list of adorable names I’d give to kittens. Pierogi, Pistachio, Ampersand, Spatula, Vert, Frederick II of Hohenstauffen, Pickles.
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Mistletoe Held Above Meatball Sub
December 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Mistletoe Held Above Meatball Sub
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Refreshing non-clickbaity piece discusses the history of the format and how industry consolidation contributed to its decline.
Mass Market are the smaller, cheaper books, Trade are the larger paperbacks we associate with lit.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Mass Market are the smaller, cheaper books, Trade are the larger paperbacks we associate with lit.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Refreshing non-clickbaity piece discusses the history of the format and how industry consolidation contributed to its decline.
Mass Market are the smaller, cheaper books, Trade are the larger paperbacks we associate with lit.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Mass Market are the smaller, cheaper books, Trade are the larger paperbacks we associate with lit.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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I made my frog festive :)
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I made my frog festive :)
I try to know as much as possible about my characters, down to their most mundane idle thoughts. I prefer to write from this stance and then offer bits to readers—they may end up never knowing all there is to know about my characters, and I may be the only one who ever knows details.
Fiction writers: how well do you tend to know your characters? Are they mostly a feeling and the information you know about them is just enough to support the writing? Or do you know much more about them than will ever be revealed to readers?
December 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I try to know as much as possible about my characters, down to their most mundane idle thoughts. I prefer to write from this stance and then offer bits to readers—they may end up never knowing all there is to know about my characters, and I may be the only one who ever knows details.
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Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Philip K Dick movies all have names like CORTICAL IMPASSE and are based on short stories called like "Let's See What's Going On Down at the Brain Factory"
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Relevant to previous subject, one of the most interesting works I’ve lately read was the absurdist play “The Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco
in which people start turning into rhinoceroses one by one and causing destruction, but everyone’s response to the situation is strangely distracted & tolerant
in which people start turning into rhinoceroses one by one and causing destruction, but everyone’s response to the situation is strangely distracted & tolerant
December 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Relevant to previous subject, one of the most interesting works I’ve lately read was the absurdist play “The Rhinoceros” by Eugene Ionesco
in which people start turning into rhinoceroses one by one and causing destruction, but everyone’s response to the situation is strangely distracted & tolerant
in which people start turning into rhinoceroses one by one and causing destruction, but everyone’s response to the situation is strangely distracted & tolerant