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manda @mandabotanic.bsky.social · Jul 5
i should probably make an intro post finally lol

i'm manda, an illustrator and landscape designer 🌱
Portrait of a stoic androgynous character with medium skin, dark green hair and big, brown eyes. They are wearing a dark gray scarf. a light watercolor painting of a woman with curly auburn hair and a floral tattoo on her arm, wearing a pink ruffled dress, staring down and to the side. she sits amongst tall purple and blue flowers. Copic and watercolor drawing of a woman with short, dark brown hair, wearing a dark cropped cardigan over a tight red dress, patterned with florals on the bottom half. There is a scar across her lip and chin. She is wearing a lot of glittering gold jewelry, and is posed to show it all off. Star Trek tarot card, "The Star", featuring Wesley Crusher and his orange sweater. He is semi-transparent, standing in front of a dark window, and is confidently operating a bright and complex tabletop of control panels.
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homeforinfinitelosers.online
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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andreatorti90.bsky.social
Ahmad and his family could really use more help right now 💕💸🍉

#helpsky #signalboost
December 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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secase.bsky.social
Hey I forgot to say anything but did you know that this is the 600th page of Rigsby??? That is a lot of pages!! And they’re all free to read at Rigsbywi.com !!!
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
A reminder that Iron Circus is gonna get WALLOPED with Baker & Taylor bankruptcy backdraft for the next several months, turning our usual distro payout into bills.

If you'd like to help a small business making weird-ass comics weather the storm, a 💥30% OFF💥 sale is on now!

store.ironcircus.com
Iron Circus Comics
Iron Circus Comics is the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest, a small-mid house built from the ground up by founder C. Spike Trotman.
store.ironcircus.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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smallbu.bsky.social
SmallBu is looking for a freelance BG artist for a new animated project!

-multi month job
-must have significant prior experience working professionally on animation/game BGs
-must have several examples available online portfolio
-no students

Link your portfolio of BG work here if ur interested!
a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
ALT: a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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nimasprout.bsky.social
Added these cuties to my shop.

I'm working on mailing out existing orders (fyi if you want to add to your existing order with new stuff just message me for a free ship code)

nimasprout.shop
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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bibiblossoms.bsky.social
It costs 0$ to share a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale.

Get 10% off using code BIBIPINSSALEWEEK on almost everything in my store!! Ends Dec 5th at 11:59PM MST. I rarely have sales.

These bags can be worn in many ways!

Store: Bibipins.com
Fairy and Bat Convertible Bags Fairy Convertible Bag attached to a wheelchair
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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zacharyberger.bsky.social
Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word!

RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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caseymongillo.bsky.social
Maybe if they pull stuff like this, just maybe, they should lose the license to that property, and it should go somewhere else where it'll actually be well taken care of.
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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ironspike.bsky.social
No-strings-attached, zero-means-testing, no-questions-asked cash payouts have been proven, over and over again, to be the most effective form of charity/aid going.

It gets people in housing, and it saves the state money. We know this. It's fact, not theory.
streetroots.bsky.social Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · 17d
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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everydaymerlin.bsky.social
hi everyone! i’m going through some financial hurdles so it’d really help me if you shared this post promoting my brushes, maybe consider gifting them? it is the season 🫶

you can find them here:

🫶 www.patreon.com/MerlinGG
✨ ko-fi.com/everydaymerlin
✨ merlin2g.gumroad.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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mayakern.com
hey y’all our sale is still ongoing and ngl as a small business that uses certified ethical labor we could really use the sales 😅 it’s been a damn rough year
mayakern.com maya kern @mayakern.com · 8d
#store
My astronaut midi skirts, along with all my non-November releases, are 25% off through December 10th!

My skirts:
•Have HUGE pockets
•Are made in a SEDEX & OEKO-TEX certified factory
•Have art drawn by humans
Maya is wearing the astronaut midi skirt in size 2-3xl The skirt has astronauts on a dark blue background
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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jeannetheoharis.bsky.social
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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aplante.com
took this stance real early on, have been paying close attention, and i have yet to see a single thing that manages to challenge that opinion even a little bit, rather than solidifying it into diamond-hard conviction
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Jul 8
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.

No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.

Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.

But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?

No.
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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mayakern.com
#store
Most of my store is 35% off for SBS, and new releases are 10% off!

My small woman-and-queer-owned business sells cute and whimsical clothes that fit sizes XS-6XL, and everything is made with certified ethical labor!

US/CANADA: store.mayakern.com
UK/INTERNATIONAL: www.mayakern.uk
Devin wearing the horseshoe crab socks in one size A close-up of the goldfish design. This design features various fan-tailed goldfish in white and orange against a black bubbly background devin is wearing the bubbles button-up shirt in size small
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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quietsnooze.bsky.social
I’m Vanessa, a disabled comic artist, writer, crafter, and #dnd creator! I make books of art and of prose, I write and sell content for fellow game masters to use, and on top of all that, I also have portrait commissions open!

Shop or drop some appreciation: ko-fi.com/quietsnooze

Or follow along:
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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oakfrogs.bsky.social
escapism through channeling a medieval manuscript illustrator
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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jysexton.bsky.social
This is one of those things that rarely gets talked about that has had a massive effect.

As fields like journalism, art, and academia were collapsed and living expenses skyrocketed they came to skew increasingly toward people whose families could afford to supplement their income.
laurajedeed.bsky.social Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 12d
If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic

That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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riibrego.bsky.social
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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nimasprout.bsky.social
Still time to get your pre-orders in (and comes with free random bonus sticker!)
nimasprout.bsky.social Nicole aka Nimasprout @nimasprout.bsky.social · 20d
2026 Mushroom House Wall Calendar is now available for preorder now thru Nov 24th.

They will ship first week of December so they still can be given as gifts!

nimasprout.shop/products/202...
View of calendar cover, back with each moth Illo and full page spread of January.
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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telekitnetic.bsky.social
#telekitneticart #indigenousart If you weren't aware already, this is the unfortunate hand I've been dealt this holiday season: having to job hunt in the winter while a potential recession is on the horizon.

ko-fi.com/telekitnetic...

RBs on this post are really appreciated <3
A drawing of TeleKitnetic's fursona making the shinji chair meme post. The top text reads "I got laid off from my day job", the bottom text simply reads "Bottom text". "After my final shift for the week last Thursday, my boss pulled me aside and told me I'd been let go (termination without cause) with severance in lieu of a two week notice. That day job paid for all of my rent, plus most of my expenses. The severance I got will cover most of my rent + expenses for one month, but that's it. And it's a very difficult time to be looking for a job right now (my last big job hunt took almost three months for a minimum wage position). My family has offered to lend me a hand for expenses if I need it, and I'm going to be looking into options like EI and art grants to keep me afloat, but other then that, my monthly income is now almost entirely dependent on my artwork. And it's obviously a very difficult time to be trying to make a living as an independent artist right now." I know it's a pretty rough time (understatement) for a lot of folks right now, but if you're able to give some money to help me out while I'm trying to get through this rut, it'd be greatly appreciated. 1. I have a monthly ko-fi membership (Tip Jar) where you can get occasional private WIP updates for as low as 4$ CAD (about 3$ USD) per month! This is great if you don't have the change for a commission or shop items/shipping but want to pitch in a little bit to me! 2. I have an online shop on the same ko-fi! It has stickers, prints, pins, and keychains of my formline art. US shipping is available and prepaid duties (tariffs, derogatory) are factored into the applicable product shipping cost. Great if you're looking for stocking stuffers this holiday season! 3. I take custom commissions for formline art from time to time! The reason I list this last is because comms take the most physical and mental strain of all these options, and the last thing I want to do is burn myself out when I'm already struggling. If you can't support me financially, that is fine! Reblogging/sharing my posts, shop listings, and art helps more then you think! A screenshot of TeleKitnetic's ko-fi shop.
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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thorbee.bsky.social
Me after every social interaction
Arthur, from the hit PBS show of the same name, sits at a grand piano, covering his eyes with his hands and crying saying “I must have made at least fifty mistakes”
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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mauraquint.bsky.social
It's the time of year again -- time to do your holiday shopping from independent artists. It's more important than ever to support people actually making stuff!

If you're an artist or craftsperson of any kind, please reply to this with what you make and a link to your store and I'll share it!
October 31, 2025 at 1:31 PM