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Andrew F.
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🇨🇦 expat and professional photographer in the Seattle area

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chrislhayes.bsky.social
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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michaelharriot.bsky.social
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.

A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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msscvrdrck.bsky.social
Donate to Help Us Cover Emergency Pipe Repair Costs, organized by Raymond Hicks
Thanks to the weekend cold snap two pipes burst under our house. One right at … Raymond Hicks needs your support for Help Us Cover Emergency Pipe Repair Costs
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February 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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andrewflenniken.com
Despite having lived here for 13 years now, I only recently visited the Central Library in downtown Seattle for the first time...

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#Photography #Nikon #NikonCreators #PoetryInTheWild
Color photo. Two mailing labels, white with a thin blue and red strip along the top, pasted next to each other on a metal railing. On them has been written a poem: I miss my mothers cold arms that knew only to survive. Love was merely a tolerance to keep. I grew and grew, only knowing how to be dependant. Looking for love became a selfish act unlike the nature that surrounds my heart and soul, from which I foolishly didn't learn from. And now I sit here finally growing into my own arms so that I too can warm you one day again. Jose D A
February 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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moss-demon.bsky.social
Just a little sketch, trying to explore relationships between compositional elements & storytelling while maintaining believable light & textures.

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#digitalpainting #desertart #sketch
A painting of a sandy desert with distant mountains, rendered in pale light blues and yellow-oranges. In the midground, at an angle, sits an iron cage, large enough to hold a human. A human seems to be in it too, seated on the ground, though it is unclear whether they are still alive. In the foreground, partially buried by sand, are a wooden bucket and an iron ladle leaning against it. Between the foreground and midground, the heat of the day creates a watery mirage that reflects the cage.
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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moss-demon.bsky.social
"Is this farewell?"

Some Endai concept art today!

As always, painted by a human. 💚

#oc #graphicnovel #digitalpainting #conceptart
A man in a white robe sits huddled against the cold--or against his own anxiety--while bathed in blue moonlight. He faces right, and light catches through his pointed ear. His breath mists as he speaks. In the foreground, a person in red, in warmer light, seems to hesitate, stopped by the man's words. We see only their side and their hand.
February 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social
I can't believe we're gonna get to buy our Halloween costumes at the damn Kennedy Center.
February 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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michaelwhelan.bsky.social
ENSIGN FLANDRY (1978)
Acrylic on illustration board - 26” x 16”

Dominic Flandry debuted in print way back in 1966, a decade before I worked on ACE reprints of the series. Early in my career, I was often paired with established authors like Poul Anderson. 1/4
A man in silver spacesuit with bubble helmet peers out off the deck of a traditional wooden sailing ship. He's ruggedly handsome with tousled golden hair, chiseled high cheekbones, and sharp panhandle sideburns. He holds a laser rifle pointed up and at the ready while his knee knifes forward over the rail. He appears poised for action. Next to him stands a lithe alien woman with long raven hair falling over russet, black-striped fur. She holds a long, slender sword at waist height, sliding her offhand up the curving blade. Yellow highlights bristle around her eye in wide outline. In profile, the ring takes the shape of an eagles head with beak descending down over her cheek. She is unclothed except for boots and a belt crossed over her chest. Gold ornament and jewels, however, drape her chest. Other aliens of her race rush to the edge of the ship, the first wielding a trident and snarling to expose pointed teeth.
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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fiveman.bsky.social
10/10 ICE protest sign
Protest sign from MN that says, “DEARLY BELOVED. WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TODISMANTLE THIS THING CALLED ICE.” with a picture of Prince in the left hand lower corner.
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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tweegeemee.bsky.social
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#ProceduralArt#generative
Procedurally generated image.
January 31, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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moss-demon.bsky.social
"No"

Little 2.5h painting in Photoshop of a concept for Endai, my graphic novel in progress.

#conceptart #digitalpainting #digitalart #oc
A man in white robes with red stripes with its hood up sits at a table, a cup in one hand. The light is limited, and beams down from above, illuminating his arms and the table, but leaving his face partially in shadow as he tells the person across from him (not shown), "No."
January 31, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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kenlowery.bsky.social
All in all I'd have to say I don't enjoy being ruled by semi-literate perverts with infinite money
January 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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michaelwhelan.bsky.social
TRIPOD WALKER (2016)

Acrylic on Watercolor Paper - 19" x 13"



Painted on the back of a misprinted Dark Tower image I was using as a mixing palette of mostly white, yellow ocher, and raw umber. 1/4
A beaked horror treads through hazy clouds of a dusty apocalypse. Black legs, nothing more than bone and ligament, are thrown so far in front in defiance of gravity it may as well be sitting on the blocky slope it descends. It tip toes on a trio of bird-like feet. There's a notch in its beak where nostrils would be, and the remnants of flesh of its victims stretches between jagged serrations.
January 31, 2026 at 1:22 PM
droid41.bsky.social
"Sleeping in armor results in poor rest that leaves you fatigued."
-Pathfinder, 2nd Edition

We're all wearing layers upon layers of mental & psychological armor right now, if you're wondering why you're sleeping for shit.
January 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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michaelwhelan.bsky.social
KAIROS (2007)
Acrylic - 24” x 36”

I didn’t want to just call this PRUDENCE 3, so I looked all over for a word that captured the idea of the painting and KAIROS is the only one that fit. 1/5

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#art
On the beach, a shallow ring of water forms around an ammonite fossil. Curled up and naked, a woman lies on her side atop the ridged surface of the spiral. Her eyes are closed as if she's asleep or perhaps lost deep in contemplation. Her arms are a tangle, with one bent to sink fingers into her dark blonde hair. Beneath her, the other arm extends past the point of her knee to hold up the fanned leaf of a gingko tree against the smooth skin of her calf. Small shards crack off the ammonite as the water retreats over smooth sand. In the immediate foreground mossy rocks jut out of the sand. In the background, larger angled rock formations partially obscure the horizon but open enough to provide a view of the frothy surf rolling in.
January 29, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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brandonbird.bsky.social
This machine yub nubs fascists.
An Ewok playing an ICE and Border Patrol drumset.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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weeder.bsky.social
So many bad things have happened that we never thought would happen but when you mention consequences, people love to say "never gonna happen."

Embrace the Anything Can Happen Era
January 29, 2026 at 4:21 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”

And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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lupashines.bsky.social
Hello friends. I’m probably going to fire up the tarot posts again because I will likely do some tarot related fund raisers, and this is why:
Donate to Help Vianne and Her Dad Through This Battle, organized by Lupa Fleming
Near the end of 2018, Vianne was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in the bones of … Lupa Fleming needs your support for Help Vianne and Her Dad Through This Battle
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January 28, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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couts.bsky.social
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
In the last days, there has been an unprecedented attack targeting investigative journalists trying to seize their Signal accounts. This has gone largely unreported. I have been repeatedly targeted by phishing, and I learned that also colleagues from other outlets were targeted, with the attackers unfortunately managing to compromise at least one colleague’s account. What’s worrying: this doesn’t seem like an isolated case. A broader wave is apparently hitting journalists (and some civil society actors) via Signal. How it works: Attackers message you on Signal pretending to be “Signal Support,” warning about “suspicious activity,” and urging you to “re-verify” your account. Once you accept the chat, you receive a real Signal SMS verification code, because the attacker is actively trying to register your number on a new device. If you share that code, you’re handing them the keys. Signal’s extra protection is the Signal PIN. If an attacker also tricks you into giving up your PIN (or you don’t have strong protections enabled), they can see your contacts and networks, potentially join chats going forward, and lock you out by changing settings. Quick protections worth doing today: - Signal will never contact you via a two-way in-app support chat. Treat those messages as hostile. - Never share SMS codes, Signal PIN, or anything called “registration lock.” - Turn on Registration Lock (Settings → Account → Registration Lock). - If you see a “safety number changed” alert: verify the person via a different channel (call/video), not just Signal text. - Report + block suspicious requests, and review linked devices. If you work with sensitive sources: this isn’t just about losing an account, it’s about exposing networks. Please share this with colleagues who rely on Signal day-to-day.
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social
my grandmother, an Auschwitz survivor, was Anne Frank’s neighbor in Amsterdam, and Oma thinks this comparison is perfectly apt
January 28, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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andrewflenniken.com
Lots of cold, bright mornings around here lately, which means I've been waking up to sights like this...

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#Photography #FineArtPhotography #Frost #Nikon #NikonCreators
Color photo. Grass with frozen dewdrops. The grass along the bottom of the photo is in focus, and mostly in shadow. Beyond, the grass is softly out of focus and in dappled sunlight. Wherever the light hits, frost breaks the light into spots of color across the spectrum.
January 27, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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planetoffinks.bsky.social
A lot of Dems are going to take Bovino and Noem being fired as the finish line, and it's very important to make it clear to them that it is a starting line
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
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shipster.bsky.social
The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM