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Dane 🔜 Planet Anime KC #1030
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Space/Science/Pop Culture #Artist. Pro Con Artist. Creator: BORBS & more. He/him. Clients: Netflix/Disney/AppleTV. link.space/@monkeyminion
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Dane 🔜 Planet Anime KC #1030 @monkeyminion.com · Nov 11
I suppose I could do a station identification:

I’m Dane. I’m an artist and with my wife @ashliehammond.bsky.social run Monkey Minion and we go around the country selling art and arty accessories at comicons.
I skeet/reskeet a lot of art related stuff & progressive politics. I block all AI/NFT/MAGA
Monkey Minion Home
Monkey Minion is a 2 person team based in Wichita, KS creating art, books and merchandise featuring space, science, nature and pop culture themes. Geeky goodies made by and for geeks.
www.monkeyminionpress.com
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Vaccines save lives.

And no, they do not cause autism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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ragonia.bsky.social
Behold: the first thing I doodled when I got this new bigger iPad: chaos clown (and tiny frog friend)
🤡 🐸
A digital drawing of a clown with blue skin, green eyes, three party hats, a black/green/purple jester outfit and a big red nose. The clown is simultaneously lunging and kneeling, and patting the head of a tiny frog clown sitting below them. The clown’s left leg is contorted impossibly with their red sock-covered foot pointed up to the sky like a little table. Sitting on top of their foot is a tiny green martini with a tiny tomato on a toothpick.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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reeddraws.bsky.social
I wasn't feeling great at the start of this one, but I really warmed up to it as I worked and pretty happy with the end result
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Daily drawing 2247

#naturelandscape #digitalart
Digital painting of a forest landscape reflected in a lake. The trees are warm, fall colors.
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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hbcompass.bsky.social
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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plagiarismtoday.com
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.

www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...

#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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braverobynart.bsky.social
Unsolicited artist advice of the day: if you're a freelancer with no back up devices or storage, remember to pick a few things up in the black Friday sales. Even a pen drive to back up your projects so if you have a catastrophic hard drive failure you wont lose everything..learn from my mistakes. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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jametc.bsky.social
TIL, unsplash and istock images forbid any and all AI on their sites as well as letting AI train on them, ahhhh

sometimes it's nice to just scroll those sites and revel in not fucking worrying about getting duped
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
monkeyminion.com
Just signed up to vend at our first Birding Festival next year. San Diego! We’re coming back in February!
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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rincewind.run
good work guys you picked a fight in which Dems can stand up out of their permanent defensive crouch and go “our guy is a fucking astronaut and you’re an alcoholic tv host”
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
Gallego to Hegseth: "You will never ever be half the man that Sen. Kelly is. You, sir, are a coward. And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. I can't wait until you are no longer the secretary of defense."
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
Nemik from Andor
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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katrafiy.bsky.social
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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goingmedieval.bsky.social
I am afraid this take is just a result of the fact that a lot of people who aren't good at cooking try to do something technical exactly once a year. Turkey *is* good. You just have to do more than "put it in the oven and cross your fingers".
ashwinrodrigues.com Ashwin Rodrigues @ashwinrodrigues.com · 6d
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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eskiworks.bsky.social
Portland area artist pals, check it out!
sarahmackattack.bsky.social Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 3d
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
A picture of a frog on a leaf with the SICB and Skype a Scientist logos on the bottom right with the following words on top: "Call for Artists!" Learn about the latest animal research adn create art inspired by the science at the SICB meeting in Portland, OR. Deadline to apply: dec 12, Project dates Jan 3-7, Stipend $1000"
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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notablyuncool.bsky.social
To everyone who transitioned later in life:

Thank you for reminding us that life doesn’t run out of chances.

You’ve shown that new beginnings can happen at any age.

And that happiness can still find you, no matter when you start.
October 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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doodlemancy.com
hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage: doodlemancy.dreamwidth.org/20757.html

🚯 #NoAI #HumanArtists #ArtistsOnBluesky
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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authorwinifred.blacksky.app
Chat was infiltrated the old fashioned way, app was not breached.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”

Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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serophous.bsky.social
Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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asherelbein.bsky.social
Recently finished up my last freelance work of the year before moving on to a mad sprint of book writing, so —rather earlier than usual — it's time for my year in review! Here, in no particular order, are the features I'm proudest of.
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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mrtylercrook.bsky.social
It needs to be said more often that the world is a better, more beautiful and more enriching place BECAUSE trans people are a part of it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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headlab.bsky.social
One of the first people I met in vertebrate paleontology. A terrific guy and a fantastic artist. Gone far too soon.
nataliajagielska.bsky.social Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 12d
Got informed about some sad news. Garfield Minott, a prolific dinosaur modeller, special effects and palaeoartist, recognised for contributions to the description of dinosaur binocular vision, passed away at age of 58.
A man with a huge to-scale model of a Carcharodontosaurus head
November 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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konekodesu.bsky.social
Yes, there are legitimately good uses for AI, and no, big tech is not really investing in that because it doesn’t make them money, both of these things can be true. 🥲
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 5d
Ugandan conservationist Mwezi Mugerwa is using camera traps and AI algorithms to save the African golden cat, one of the least studied big cats on the continent.

Read more: https://cnn.it/485dd2r
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
If you think you know the puncher

NO YOU ABSOLUTELY DON’T
goad.bsky.social Goad (Legal Expert) @goad.bsky.social · 6d
J6er Jake Lang got punched yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan during his anti-Muslim march.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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lauropea.bsky.social
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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refrag.bsky.social
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Nerdy kid at keyboard: Hi guys, I've noticed that it is International Men's Day today, and I'm confused. Why do we need a day to talk about men? We're not a marginalised group like women, queer people, or people of colour. The media is already full of stories about men. Big buff shirtless dude at keyboard: I'm glad you asked, champ. Whatever your view on men's place in society, it's still true that we face a lot of issues - like social isolation, risk of suicide, health problems, and attitudes towards sex and child rearing. Having a day to talk about those doesn't take away from anyone else's problems. In fact, having a day to talk about them helps us be more mindful, and listen better at other times. Second shirtless buff dude on a couch at his laptop: The chief here is really on to something. I want to echo what he said, and also point out that the idea we should remain silent about our problems actually contributes to a lot of our issues. We are human beings, with human needs. Seeking mutual support and understanding isn't the same thing as placing a burden on others. Especially if we're providing it for each other. Third buff dude at his laptop: Right on, my fellow kings. We've inherited a social legacy of competition and division, and a lot of what makes a man in our era is under question. IMD is a chance for us to examine and rethink what we are together, and build the bonds of solidarity and support that will make a better way possible - like in this meme. Because in our hearts, we're all curious kids and buff guys on keyboards.
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM