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Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 3d

Fucking rad. Given Anchorage's population dude is probably an actual bush pilot, too

A post on the Blank Check podcast subreddit of a guy at the Anchorage No Kings protest dressed like notable antifascist Mtlyazaki character Porco Rosso

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 14d

Witchy crows 🐦‍⬛

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 6d

Check out my partner's updated portfolio site ✨

C. R. Legge @crlegge.bsky.social · 7d

I'm a little late for #PortfolioDay, but I haven't gone to sleep yet so I say it still counts.

I'm Chris, a TTRPG designer and artist (primarily photography). I tend to gravitate towards an abstract style.

I just got my portfolio site up and running, so feel free to check it out!

ChrisLegge.com

An orange and green leaf subtly has an eye closed in the middle of it.

A wavy yellow leaf comes into focus in front of the green and blue background behind it.

The back of a hand, near a knuckle, with a very shallow point of focus.

A brown leaf curls up into focus over a blue background.

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Raven Amos (Skeleton Dragon Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 7d

Entire communities in Western AK have been displaced by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

Please donate what you can/share if you cannot. Many of these places are off the road system & rely on subsistence resources, which have now been disrupted or washed away. alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Raven Amos (Skeleton Dragon Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 7d

The subtext of this story is because we aren't launching as many weather balloons and as a result of the deep cuts to NOAA, weather forecast models didn't see that Typhoon Halong was going to take a different track than predicted:

theconversation.com/typhoon-leav...

Typhoon leaves flooded Alaska villages facing a storm recovery far tougher than most Americans will ever experience

‘As the storm approached Alaska, everything went sideways,’ leaving people no time to evacuate and little time to prepare. An Alaska meteorologist explains what happened and the challenges ahead.

theconversation.com

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 10d

Stitchalong WIP status: Crow has a face.

A photo of a cross-stitch in progress: A black crow from the breast up with a purple beak and a beady purple eye on fabric in shades of blue and purple wit opalescent flecks. Near the upper right edge of the embroidery hoop, there's a star-shaped needle minder. A threaded needle rests upon it.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21d

Does anyone care is almost never the right question. People care. The issue is that people don't know what to do.

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C. R. Legge @crlegge.bsky.social · 24d

16. Maenam

#photography #art #abstract #leaf #macrophotography #crleggeart #ostranenie

The edge of a leaf crosses the image from corner to corner with a water like blue color behind it.

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 27d

Sometimes you read an article that makes you feel like... idk... 15 years ago, some of us got on an express train and saw what was on the tracks ahead. And now we're on a call to the people on the slower train, now approaching, and they cannot comprehend the landscapes we describe as familiar.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27d

ICE shooter Joshua Jahn's politics aren't what's being reported, three longtime former friends tell me.

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-ice-sh...

The ICE Shooter’s Motive

Joshua Jahn's friends speak

www.kenklippenstein.com

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 27d

Current WIP is a stitchalong with family. 🐦‍⬛🌙 I ice dyed some opalescent Aida and picked up COSMO floss packs for the occasion. We're only working on it when we meet up and started recently, so… here's a tiiiny bit of progress + the floss.

A photo of cross-stitch in progress. A few rows of black stitches on fabric in shades of purple and blue with opalescent flecks. Seven skeins of thread in teal, black, purple, and bright green are partially visible at the bottom.

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Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 28d

I haven’t seen a lot of cis people I usually see pushing for calls, etc. doing so about these rules provisions, which would devastate trans people nationally.

Calls need to be made to all electeds and a firm stance taken ASAP, with ten times the fervor of the Kimmel/D+ event

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28d

1. Trump has dug in on anti-trans provisions in the shutdown fight this morning, cancelling a meeting with Dems unless they cave on trans people.

His post to Truth Social is a clear indication that Republicans are making targeting trans people a priority.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

Trump Digs In On Anti-Trans Provisions In Shutdown Fight Message

The provisions are becoming a key sticking point in the ongoing fight to keep the government open.

www.erininthemorning.com

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 29d

Happy autumn equinox 🍁🍂✨

A crow perched on a roof as seen through the slats of window blinds, the leaves of the tree in the background are a mix of greens to reds.

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 29d

Happy autumn equinox 🍁🍂✨

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 29d

Now, if I could convince others to mask up, too…

M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · 29d

A few hours of socializing drains all my energy, lately. Yesterday was worth the inevitable crash nap and day of recovery, but oof.

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nonetoon.bsky.social @nonetoon.bsky.social · Sep 20

Art motivation 💪

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C. R. Legge @crlegge.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hey! If you were one of the backers of Lethe, you should absolutely keep an eye on your email for a surprise...👀

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · Sep 3

☕️

Two-panel comic

First panel
There's a laptop and a mountain of paperwork.

Second panel
An axolotl is looking at it, doing nothing
but just drinking coffee.

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Jessie Seiler @jessieish.bsky.social · Sep 3

I think it's worth pointing out that using the past tense to refer to the pandemic is a way of stigmatizing those who still mask indoors in public, who test before seeing loved ones or before flights, and who still feel a strong obligation to community care.

Arielle Duhaime-Ross @adrs.bsky.social · Aug 20

I will die on this hill:

it isn’t hard to say “at the height of the pandemic” or “at the start of COVID” during a podcast interview. Producers, hosts, don’t let your guests say “during COVID” like this thing is over. Correct them. Ask them to say the sentence again. This is your job.

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M.A.D. @timidcryptid.bsky.social · Aug 30

Found some miniature embroidery hoops, so. Tiny cross-stitch hearts.

Two small cross-stitch hearts on separate pieces of ice dyed dark blue Aida. One heart is pansexual pride colors (pink, yellow, blue) and the other is asexual pride colors (black, grey, white, purple). A miniature embroidery hoop is next to the cross-stitch.

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · Aug 30

Current vibe

The skeksis gathered around their dying emperor

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C. R. Legge @crlegge.bsky.social · Aug 28

Friday Tea has less than 8k to go! Please donate if you can to help them out.

If you do, DM me a screenshot of the confirmation and I'll send you itch.io codes to all of my paid ttrpgs. Which just so happens to include a game that uses drinking tea as its main mechanic. crlegge.itch.io/witchs-brew

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just a heads up. I was able to schedule my COVID vaccine appointment. Online it will ask “do you have a condition that puts you at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19 virus.”

Click yes and it will allow you to schedule an appointment.

No questions asked.

No proof required.

Pass it on.

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Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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