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AbstractPhoenix
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I draw & paint stuff. https://linktr.ee/abstractphoenix_firebirb
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markhisted.org
Excellent. Yes. The asymmetrical media environment helps explain the destruction that happened in science this year.

Thanks to @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @volts.wtf for highlighting our tendency to ignore the info environment. I wrote about that from 🧪 earlier this week. 1/
volts.wtf David Roberts @volts.wtf · 12d
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 31, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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stim3on.bsky.social
You may have seen pictures, but have you ever seen video of a gigantic jet #TLE from space?

Astronaut Jeanette Epps captured this incredible sequence on July 20th, 2024 for the DTU/@science.esa.int Thor-Davis experiment. 🧪🔭

youtu.be/xN2J7_rOBJY

Credit: ESA/NASA/J. Epps
Processing: Simeon Schmauß
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
cara.app/post/cff59a8... Happy #dino day. It's #PrincessDonut with her pet #Mango and uh.... #Carl pants. I honestly didn't feel like drawing a person in there. #DungeonCrawlerCarl fanart.
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
I don't care how bad this is. XD Happy #dino day. It's #PrincessDonut with her pet #Mango and uh.... #Carl pants. I honestly didn't feel like drawing a person in there. #DungeonCrawlerCarl fanart.
cara.app
January 31, 2026 at 1:21 AM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
cara.app/post/ce2017b...
Was testing #penpressure and ended up #doodling #Valentino from #HazbinHotel
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Was testing #penpressure and ended up #doodling #Valentino from #HazbinHotel
cara.app
January 27, 2026 at 4:57 AM
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magdalenaskipper.bsky.social
RIP Gladys Mae West, a US mathematician best known for her foundational work on GPS systems.

At @springernature.com we remember her every day as a major communal space in our London offices is named after her
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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kelper60.bsky.social
A little bit of exercise before lunch!
Rockhopper penguins..
January 25, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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catchthevoid.bsky.social
More animation of our restless kitty in action 😼
He’s busy spreading fur across the entire mansion.

#gamedev #indiedev #Spine2D #WIP #indiegame
December 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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kstoooone.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day! I designed this year’s Valentine’s poster and acrylic charms — I hope you all like them! Click to visit the Sharkrobot website and get them!
#HelluvaBoss #ValentinesDay
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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coreybrickley.bsky.social
great point by bestie @teastainss.bsky.social in this article on banning AI at comic-con: with corporations, politicians, institutions: ALWAYS BE ANNOYING. At best they gravitate towards doing nothing and continue to do nothing until a fire is lit under their asses

www.404media.co/comic-con-ba...
Comic-Con did not respond to 404 Media’s request for comment, but Oreglia said she did hear back from art show organizer Glen Wooten. “He basically told me that they put those AI stipulations in when AI was just starting to come around and that the inability to sell AI-generated works was meant to curtail people from submitting genAI works,” she said. “He seems to be very against genAI but wasn't really able to change the current policy until artists voiced their opinions loudly which pressured the office into banning AI completely.”
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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artologica.net
Seriously, you should read this 🧪🐦 it's so interesting
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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linda1024.bsky.social
うまい！
January 18, 2026 at 11:29 PM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
cara.app/post/2ea5b62...

Drew a box... put a #bulbasaur in a box. Then drew #vox from #hazbinhotel holding the #pokemon
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Drew a box... put a #bulbasaur in a box. Then drew #vox from #hazbinhotel holding the bulbasaur.
cara.app
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 AM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
cara.app/post/db61877... Drew #stolas and #Blitzo together while thinking about #octavia ... They are sitting in front of a #cresent moon. I had a lot of fun with shading them, and decided to just color block them in instead of sketching them with lines. #helluvaBoss
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Drew #stolas and #Blitzo together while thinking about #octavia ... They are sitting in front of a #cresent moon. I had a lot of fun with shading them, and decided to just color block them in instead ...
cara.app
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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weatherishappening.com
DO *NOT* USE STICKERMULE
kgarriguesart.bsky.social ✨ Kato Garrigues (He/She) ✨ COMMS OPEN @kgarriguesart.bsky.social · 27d
The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).
A Facebook post by Sticker Mule's owner Anthony Constantino. The post says "I support ICE ICE BABY. If you want a FREE T-shirt DM me your email". It has an image linked of a black shirt with ice-looking text reading "I support ICE ICE Baby"
January 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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goldcanines.bsky.social
Stay aware, alert, and prepared.

Iceout.org is an informative site where you can see real time witness reports of ICE and their locations: observed, active, and critical.

It is more important than ever to share these resources. Do not ignore what is happening.
January 14, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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kaiserneko.bsky.social
I got this email back from them.
An email from the Comic Con Art Show Head: Check the art show page - you'll see that the rules have been changed, and that AI is no longer discouraged, but is banned. Those 2 sentences have been in the rules for a few years to make people not want to put AI art in the (since there would be no way to sell), from a time when AI was just starting to rear it's ugly head. It has worked - no one has put AI artwork in. But the issue is becoming more of a problem, so more strident language is necessary: NO! Plain and simple. Notices started coming in yesterday afternoon, but I haven't said anything till the office updated the web page (I do not have access to it). My wife is an artist, so I have no love for regurgitated AI artwork. As an art show director, I wish the biggest problem to be telling the artist to stop calling prints of originals as originals. I may not be able to control what goes on outside, but I can keep a tight leash on the art show. Thank you for your time. -- Glen Wooten San Diego Comic-Con Art Show
January 15, 2026 at 4:39 AM
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chiro.fish
nah what the hell!!!! If you use shopify and don't want to be part of this ai nonsense make sure you turn it off in your admin settings 😭

worth noting: you're being automatically enrolled in this, there is the implication of there being associated fees later
screenshot of a shopify official email saying the following: "Starting January 26, your products will begin to be available to purchase directly in AI channels like Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot, through Agentic Storefronts. How Agentic Storefronts work Shopify will syndicate and surface your products in participating AI channels, making them instantly available for purchase directly in their experience. Orders will be processed through your store’s checkout on Shopify and flow directly into your admin. You remain the merchant of record with full ownership of the customer relationship." Screenshot of a shopify email saying the following: "Agentic Storefronts will be automatically enabled in your store. You can turn off individual channels at any time in your admin settings, and you control which products are available for purchase in those channels. If a fee is charged by the channel, you must opt-in to continue selling after a free trial period has ended."
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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watchinthesky.bsky.social
#Feathers&Form is the theme for #BirdOfTheDay.
I thought this hummingbird’s feathers were worthy as their feathers diffract the sunlight into a rainbow of colors.
#birds #RainbowWings
A backlit hummingbird is caught flying. The wings and tail feathers break the light into rainbow colors.
January 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
cara.app/post/1d1c2f6...

What would be #blizto favorite #pokemon? Well a #horse of course. Drew him riding #rapidash

#HelluvaBoss #HelluvaBossFanart #unicorn #HorseYear
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
What would be #blizto favorite #pokemon? Well a #horse of course. Drew him riding #rapidash #HelluvaBoss #HelluvaBossFanart #unicorn
cara.app
January 7, 2026 at 4:43 AM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
Drew #vox with a #motocycle based off #shockwave design in #hazbinhotel.

cara.app/post/e4ae3a3...

#hazbinhotelfanart
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Motorcycle shark design based off ShockWave.
cara.app
January 4, 2026 at 5:15 AM
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marsha8of9.bsky.social
Happy New Year friends... my first bird of 2026 was a Northern Cardinal, heard when I took the dog out this morning. But my bird of the day is this American Goldfinch who hasn't quite molted away his male identity. #birds #birding #nature #photography #wildlife #eastcoastkin
Center frame, an American Goldfinch sits perched on an iron shepherds hook, looking and facing right. Note the black found on their face, indicative of a male, not usually noticeable until early spring. Photo taken 12/30.
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
Did some #Gesture drawings today. One of them turned out pretty good. So I added a tail and some horns. cara.app/post/c9a142e...
AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
#deer girl? Another #study with a few added things.
cara.app
January 1, 2026 at 7:18 AM
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nokanol45.bsky.social
potential EME alert 🚨- apparently the Japanese are signing up to bluesky in droves. If you check the newskies feed 99% of posts are now Japanese

cc: @surfdude29.ispost.ing @laurenshof.online
bluesky post languages (15m MA) - by day. graph shows the light blue line (Japanese) rising significantly in the last few hours
December 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
December 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
abstractphoenix.bsky.social
#Studying clothing and fabric folds. Playing with some of the #matalic and #watercolor brushes.

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AbstractPhoenix (@abstractphoenix) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
Clothing #study while playing with some #watercolor brushes and #metalic brushes.
cara.app
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 AM