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Rain_Spout
@rainspout.bsky.social
Part-Time SB Artist, Full Time tired.
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I'd say I'm "the cold makes hand/wrist joints hurt " years old but this has been true since i was a teen soooo

Lol
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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late to the party, but this face angle is something i've ALWAYS loved and practiced endlessly
November 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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AND supporting your local library is super important! If you actually DO want books to be available to everyone, the library *already exists* and is staffed by the people who are deep in the trenches of fighting censorship! Supporting the library is doing actual good for your community!
TAPS SCREEN

For like the zillionth time: Libraries are FREE for you, but WE still get compensated for our work!!
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.

It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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1/3 Massive efforts are being done to ensure states do not regulate GenAI.

Regulations like CA’s AB-412. A transparency bill that terrifies Big Tech!

On Dec. 8th, there is a major hearing on this bill.

We need as many folks to show up! Come join in support of creatives!

Rsvp link in thread!
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Think one of my shrimp might have or is about to have some eggs??

Finally?
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
All these cute clothes things i would like to get good enough to make/wear some day but i dont live somewhere cold enough to wear most of it
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Finished pieces!!! Will have at MFF :3
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Knit a Hat That Looks Like a Bob Ross Painting ... everyone LOVES this hat, designed by Camille Descoteaux! 🌲❤️

Pattern: 👉 ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Gradient Yarn: 👉 tidd.ly/3Tt5oNk (Chroma Fingering)

#knitting #handmade #ravelry #giftideas #KnitPicks #affiliate
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Support Native American-made cartoons! After 100+ screenings around the world, you can now watch Pow! for free, from the comfort of your home on FNX - First Nations Experience! Watch Pow!, share it and help us dethrone A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving as the most popular November cartoon!
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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creators share 90% of their work for free, so what ends up for sale is a small fraction to gather income and support. treating creators like they aren't already sharing freely riles me up.

also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”

Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Is it hard because cotton or hard because hard?
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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The best way to combat the negativity and horror of the world is to retreat into community and creative energies. Todqy I get to do both at the same time 😁
November 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Current one? I had transferable technical skills from animation and am generally good at people (irl) so now I'm in "tech". Wasnt earning enough $ at art and it never got better so I do this now.

Got into visual art because I am a storyteller and drawing lets me do that in a dyslexia friendly way
What’s the lore behind choosing your career path ?
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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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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Another of my FOM builder, Oriane
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lol just spent an hour trying to put stitches in a magic ring
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Here's the bit to check (or uncheck) to stop trawled by AI
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Another of my FOM builder, Oriane
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Whoa. Cicada brooch by Marta Mattson #sciart
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM