Stephanie Ruble
@stephanieruble.bsky.social
I draw and paint animals, mostly cats. I also sell art and stickers.
Shop & Site: http://sruble.com
Also: @srublenews.bsky.social
Pronouns: She / Her
Shop & Site: http://sruble.com
Also: @srublenews.bsky.social
Pronouns: She / Her
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Happy #NationalCandyCornDay!
Candy corn reminds me of Halloween, so I re-imagined it as a Halloween cat!
I think this would make a great spooky season puzzle. What do you think?
#Halloween #candycorn #cats #spookyseason #kidlitart #puzzleart #holidays #OriginalArt
Candy corn reminds me of Halloween, so I re-imagined it as a Halloween cat!
I think this would make a great spooky season puzzle. What do you think?
#Halloween #candycorn #cats #spookyseason #kidlitart #puzzleart #holidays #OriginalArt
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Some Tuesdays you really want a #kidlitchat with your Bluesky friends, don't ya? Well, good news! We are chatting about #kidlit today at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific right here. (And, actually, we do that EVERY Tuesday.) I hope you'll join us tonight!
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some Tuesdays you really want a #kidlitchat with your Bluesky friends, don't ya? Well, good news! We are chatting about #kidlit today at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific right here. (And, actually, we do that EVERY Tuesday.) I hope you'll join us tonight!
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The House GOP doesn't have it in them to pass an extension of the ACA subsidies before they go home for the holidays and costs skyrocket for millions of Americans...
But they do have time to attack trans kids.
Call your Rep and demand they vote NO on HR 3492 & HR 498 👉 5calls.org/issue/gender...
But they do have time to attack trans kids.
Call your Rep and demand they vote NO on HR 3492 & HR 498 👉 5calls.org/issue/gender...
Protect Funding and Access to Gender-Affirming Care (UPDATED 12/15) - HOUSE VOTES THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates December 15, 2025: The House has scheduled floor votes on two bills this week seeking to ban and criminalize gender-affirming care for …
5calls.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The House GOP doesn't have it in them to pass an extension of the ACA subsidies before they go home for the holidays and costs skyrocket for millions of Americans...
But they do have time to attack trans kids.
Call your Rep and demand they vote NO on HR 3492 & HR 498 👉 5calls.org/issue/gender...
But they do have time to attack trans kids.
Call your Rep and demand they vote NO on HR 3492 & HR 498 👉 5calls.org/issue/gender...
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This is Kenny.
He’s in foster care in CA at www.apurposefulrescue.org/adoptable-dogs
Kenny loves everyone. Cats too.
He’s in foster care in CA at www.apurposefulrescue.org/adoptable-dogs
Kenny loves everyone. Cats too.
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is Kenny.
He’s in foster care in CA at www.apurposefulrescue.org/adoptable-dogs
Kenny loves everyone. Cats too.
He’s in foster care in CA at www.apurposefulrescue.org/adoptable-dogs
Kenny loves everyone. Cats too.
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All this to say if YOU 🫵 are a small press (or individual artist) and want to hire me to make something beautiful as well as make your life easier please reach out. I can have very reasonable rates that work for your life. I can chat paper and color with your printer!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
December 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
All this to say if YOU 🫵 are a small press (or individual artist) and want to hire me to make something beautiful as well as make your life easier please reach out. I can have very reasonable rates that work for your life. I can chat paper and color with your printer!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
I’ll help make cool things!!!
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We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
We’ll probably never again see such a casual, celebratory, & memorable gathering of Jim Henson’s family of characters as is found in 1987’s A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS…
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it's me, I'm part of a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts!!
while discord & y'all have got me pretty well handled for shipping money & filament, there are lots of folks who are doing a TON of work without as much support, so donating here will help all of them!
while discord & y'all have got me pretty well handled for shipping money & filament, there are lots of folks who are doing a TON of work without as much support, so donating here will help all of them!
Just a quick update that the whistle fund is now focused on supporting a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts who are shipping whistles to any community in the US.
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f
If you’re interested in receiving 100-1000+ free 3D printed whistles, email whistlerequests @ proton [dot] me
gofund.me/14eb7ac4f
Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren
Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!
gofund.me
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
it's me, I'm part of a loose coalition of 3D print enthusiasts!!
while discord & y'all have got me pretty well handled for shipping money & filament, there are lots of folks who are doing a TON of work without as much support, so donating here will help all of them!
while discord & y'all have got me pretty well handled for shipping money & filament, there are lots of folks who are doing a TON of work without as much support, so donating here will help all of them!
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I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
Our gorgeous #WakeUpDeadMan end credit portraits, painted from life by Isabella Watling. We’re still in theaters, see my pinned post for a theater finder!
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I love love love that they hired a painter to do these portraits and then acknowledged her by name. Artists of all kinds supporting each other is so beautiful.
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In the sixth month
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
In the sixth month
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
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Will YOU be in NYC next Monday? WE NEED YOU! Come to Union Square at 3:30 for your rally to get the governor to sign the NY Freedom to Read Act. This is a joint effort with several organizations (including @authorsabb.bsky.social) and we need it to be BIG and LOUD! Please share!
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Will YOU be in NYC next Monday? WE NEED YOU! Come to Union Square at 3:30 for your rally to get the governor to sign the NY Freedom to Read Act. This is a joint effort with several organizations (including @authorsabb.bsky.social) and we need it to be BIG and LOUD! Please share!
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Dotty likes to decorate for Christmas with a big star, colorful lights, and ruby red hightops.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I love to draw fun and playful animals. Looking for #kidlitart illustration opportunities for board books and picture books.
#kidlit #birds #christmaslights #birdart
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I love to draw fun and playful animals. Looking for #kidlitart illustration opportunities for board books and picture books.
#kidlit #birds #christmaslights #birdart
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Dotty likes to decorate for Christmas with a big star, colorful lights, and ruby red hightops.
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I love to draw fun and playful animals. Looking for #kidlitart illustration opportunities for board books and picture books.
#kidlit #birds #christmaslights #birdart
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I love to draw fun and playful animals. Looking for #kidlitart illustration opportunities for board books and picture books.
#kidlit #birds #christmaslights #birdart
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Morning, y'all! Be sure you check out the #KidLitArtPostcard tag on Bluesky, Flashes, and Instagram today! Lots of kidlit illustrators sharing their hard work, which takes guts. A like or repost goes a long way towards keeping them going. 🤗
December 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Morning, y'all! Be sure you check out the #KidLitArtPostcard tag on Bluesky, Flashes, and Instagram today! Lots of kidlit illustrators sharing their hard work, which takes guts. A like or repost goes a long way towards keeping them going. 🤗
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Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
www.ginaperry.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tomorrow is the last #KidLitArtPostcard of 2025. My holiday wish is for #kidlit editors, agents, and art directors to connect with illustrators right here on Bluesky. I can't wait to see everyone's art tomorrow! Learn more at: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
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It’s also well to point out how anti-capitalist this is. Products expand because there is money to be made. It’s not a movement.
Black people are in ads because they buy things. Bad Bunny is playing the SB because he has millions of fans.
The change-haters are the anticapitalist ideologues.
Black people are in ads because they buy things. Bad Bunny is playing the SB because he has millions of fans.
The change-haters are the anticapitalist ideologues.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s also well to point out how anti-capitalist this is. Products expand because there is money to be made. It’s not a movement.
Black people are in ads because they buy things. Bad Bunny is playing the SB because he has millions of fans.
The change-haters are the anticapitalist ideologues.
Black people are in ads because they buy things. Bad Bunny is playing the SB because he has millions of fans.
The change-haters are the anticapitalist ideologues.
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Just once I want one of these victim-blaming headlines to be phrased accurately: “Everyone With Any Real Power Over The Economy Has Purposely Made it So Young People Have No Spending Money”
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Just once I want one of these victim-blaming headlines to be phrased accurately: “Everyone With Any Real Power Over The Economy Has Purposely Made it So Young People Have No Spending Money”
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For the first time in it's 111 year history, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court.
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
bit.ly/48KAPLm
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
bit.ly/48KAPLm
For the first time, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For the first time in it's 111 year history, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court.
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
bit.ly/48KAPLm
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
bit.ly/48KAPLm
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This is what blows me away every time. There's no one who NEEDS predictive text machines. It's not curing cancer or feeding people or producing clean energy. It's just sucking up resources, convincing CEOs to fire humans who do better jobs than it can do, and allowing founders to siphon VC money
"will require a breakthrough energy source" my dude, it requires nothing because it doesn't need to exist. you WANT a breakthrough energy source to keep playing, and you can get in line behind the people who actually need it #comemierda
«Le monde se dirige en fait vers une très grave crise énergétique à cause de l'IA, à moins que nous ne résolvions quelques problèmes» [EN] futurism.com/sam-altman-e...
January 31, 2024 at 1:54 PM
This is what blows me away every time. There's no one who NEEDS predictive text machines. It's not curing cancer or feeding people or producing clean energy. It's just sucking up resources, convincing CEOs to fire humans who do better jobs than it can do, and allowing founders to siphon VC money
Thread on OpenAI ruling and what it means for writers:
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thread on OpenAI ruling and what it means for writers:
Heads up for the New York folks who follow me:
ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Heads up for the New York folks who follow me:
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Remember when people on the board of OpenAI staged a coup to oust Altman because they said he couldn’t be trusted with this technology? Maybe, just maybe, everyone should have listened to them.
I deeply despise these people, need for this buble to burst ASAP, and want this man underneath a whole entire jail. This entire country is ghouls akimbo
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Remember when people on the board of OpenAI staged a coup to oust Altman because they said he couldn’t be trusted with this technology? Maybe, just maybe, everyone should have listened to them.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Have you discovered a kid who LOVES baking? Meet Ivy! Books make great gifts for the holidays--and any days! #kidlit
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Have you discovered a kid who LOVES baking? Meet Ivy! Books make great gifts for the holidays--and any days! #kidlit
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I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
I imagine LLMs are less useful for expert wordsmiths like Mr. Scalzi.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
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Interesting video about the state of Pinterest and where else to look for references. This seems to be targeting knitters and I suspect it got pushed to me because just yesterday I was looking for Nordic textile references online (and struggling.)
youtu.be/kFknMA4cWKM?...
youtu.be/kFknMA4cWKM?...
I analysed 1000 Pinterest pins... and deleted the app
YouTube video by Steph Sewn
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Interesting video about the state of Pinterest and where else to look for references. This seems to be targeting knitters and I suspect it got pushed to me because just yesterday I was looking for Nordic textile references online (and struggling.)
youtu.be/kFknMA4cWKM?...
youtu.be/kFknMA4cWKM?...
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None of us asked for any of this crap. THEY chose to integrate it into every area of life. THEY put it in search results.
My FIL now asks his phone “chat GPT, show me a picture of a 57 Chevy” instead of looking it up. Then asks ten more times because it’s wrong.
This is on them. No bailouts.
My FIL now asks his phone “chat GPT, show me a picture of a 57 Chevy” instead of looking it up. Then asks ten more times because it’s wrong.
This is on them. No bailouts.
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
None of us asked for any of this crap. THEY chose to integrate it into every area of life. THEY put it in search results.
My FIL now asks his phone “chat GPT, show me a picture of a 57 Chevy” instead of looking it up. Then asks ten more times because it’s wrong.
This is on them. No bailouts.
My FIL now asks his phone “chat GPT, show me a picture of a 57 Chevy” instead of looking it up. Then asks ten more times because it’s wrong.
This is on them. No bailouts.