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Marisa Kabas

@marisakabas.bsky.social

it’s breathtaking to see how this country is in decline by every possible metric

Devastated to learn that Univ of Texas at Austin is closing the American Studies dept. The years I spent there earning my PhD were formative, making me the teacher, thinker, and writer I am today. I've passed on what I learned at UT to thousands of students over the past 20 years. Just awful.

February 16, 2026 at 2:55 AM

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princession octobr

@alicepian.bsky.social

#プリオケ

February 15, 2026 at 1:29 AM

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LYCAN! 🐉💌🌈

@whimsicaldragon.bsky.social

Unown taur moment #pokemon

December 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM

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ash s. (LOOKING FOR WORK!!)

@housegoblin.bsky.social

love your friends, let your friends love you

A little cat sits in the left corner of the screen with their face scrunched up. A jagged word bubble coming out of their mouth reads, “A SINGLE BODY ISN’T MEANT TO PROCESS SO MUCH MISERY AND FEAR”

January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM

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Jacob Geller

@jacobgeller.com

Idk what's going on with the PR strategy for this game but I have talked to multiple games press people who have never heard of it and it's QUITE GOOD!! Way more of a crowd pleaser than something like Cronos and yet is getting 1/100th the promotion.

And it's less than $20?????

Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 2d

Really surprised I haven't seen more buzz about Crisol: Theater of Idols! Couple hours in and it's polished, mechanically neat and has a ton of style.

February 14, 2026 at 7:05 PM

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maya kern

@mayakern.com

Items that have all or most sizes in stock, with a lot of our top-selling sizes): #store
-crystal cluster skirt
-thistles skirt
-ocean cotton maxi skirt
-black petticoat
-dungeon delver button-up shirt
-gallery skirt
-butter cookies skirt
-ocean sunswept maxi dress
-hiss button-up shirt

Hey y’all. I haven’t talked about this much publicly, but for all of January and part of December and February, I was knocked out by a truly gnarly sinus infection and the worst bout of burnout I’ve ever experienced.

Between that and the store getting royally screwed over by multiple factors at the end of last year, things are pretty rough right now. I’ll go into more detail another time, but the TL;DR is that the majority of the garments we were supposed to have in stock for the holiday season were so late that they only became ready for sale in the past few weeks.

I know a lot of people are struggling right now, everywhere. And frankly, with ICE still very active in my city, it feels incredibly selfish to ask for help when I know others have it much worse. But I’m not really sure what else to do. We have a lot of bills due, and because we received the bulk of our inventory four months late, we don’t currently have the funds to pay them.

The good news is: we have a lot in stock now. And it would mean the absolute world to us if you would share this.

The clothing in my store is made with certified ethical labor and designed by a queer, neurodivergent three-person team. We carry sizes S–6X in some garments and XS–8X in others. We specialize in mid- and plus-size clothing and pride ourselves on extensive fit testing to ensure our clothes actually fit properly. We think about and accommodate things many retailers forget — like the way belly curvature affects length, the need for wider sleeves and necklines, the reality of thighs and fupas existing. And our clothes have real, usable pockets.

We ship domestically from the US and the UK.

As a bit of a Hail Mary, we’ll be running a sale next week. Some items are already very low in stock and are expected to sell out on the first day.

Thank you, truly, in advance for your support. It means more than you know. 💛

February 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM

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This Machine Kills Hair Bands

@she5los.bsky.social

People don't talk about acrylates in UV-cured resin NEARLY enough! Gel polish isn't the same as nail polish and getting it on your skin is a VERY serious allergy hazard you never really hear about! Gel polish is a professional product that's packaged and marketed like a household product.

Diana Soreil @silencedrowns.com · 2d

once again (due to seeing an otherwise really cool cosplay tutorial that made this mistake) I am reminding all craft people that uncured gel polish or uv resin is EXCEEDINGLY DANGEROUS. Do you want to develop severe allergies to everything from shampoo to dental work and bone cement? Cause yeah.

February 13, 2026 at 11:35 PM

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Walfie

@walfie.bsky.social

Hello fans of nonograms/picross games!! Introducing my latest game, Walfie's Nonograms, a free Game Boy Color game featuring 150 puzzles!

Play in browser, in a Game Boy emulator, or on a real Game Boy (via flash cart)!

February 13, 2026 at 6:46 PM

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Hauke 👁️

@bircheswatching.bsky.social

Images you can hear

Retro Game Corner @retrogameboy.bsky.social · 2d

3D Pinball: Space Cadet (1995)

February 14, 2026 at 1:11 PM

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kelly knowles art

@kellyknowles.art

happy valentine's day! 💖

a digital redraw of gustav klimt's "the kiss" where a green wireframe man embraces a demure android woman, kissing her cheek. classic windows 98 UI styled patterns adorn their clothes. the man's drapery features a bunch of overlapping windows, all with gibberish text and inverted colors. the woman's dress is filled with lots of different desktop icons in varying sizes. there's a faint glitchy cloud texture over the background, and the hill they kneel on is covered in circuit patterns and loose plugs.

February 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM

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サミファー⚜️Samifer

@lysandre.me

troisième homme (4/6) #art #pokemon #legendsza #perfectworldshipping #perfworldweek2026

Six pages long digitally drawn fancomic for Pokémon Legends Z-A/Pokémon X&Y. This is the first page.

An older Professor Augustine Sycamore is sitting next to L on a low wall. There are trees and bushes behind them, and a little cabin. They are looking at each other. Sycamore is smiling, a little uncomfortable. L's face is neutral.

L says, "I was told you'd be the best person to ask. What was he like?"

Sycamore replies, "That's... kind of a loaded question, isn't it?"

Six pages long digitally drawn fancomic for Pokémon Legends Z-A/Pokémon X&Y. This is the third page.

Sycamore is shown on the left of the page, superposed over three more panels. The first panel shows Lysandre's left hand with his Mega Ring on. Sycamore says, "He was a fascinating person, to say the least."

The second panel shows Lysandre shaking hands with someone who's obscured by the speechbubbles. Sycamore goes on, "A good man, working to make the world a better place, no matter the toll it was taking on him."

The third panel shows Lysandre in the foreground, smiling and gesturing with his hand while Pokémon X&Y-era Sycamore looks at him in the background. Sycamore continues, "I admired him for that.

Six pages long digitally drawn fancomic for Pokémon Legends Z-A/Pokémon X&Y. This is the fourth page.

The first panel shows Lysandre cut into two. The first half is him smiling, holding his hand in front of him. Sycamore's commentary goes on, "Despite the constant exposure, and the time he spent surrounded by people who followed him and needed him..." The second half of Lysandre is shrouded in darkness, his face completely obscured. He's crying. Sycamore finishes, "I came to realize he must have been incredibly lonely."

The second panel shows Sycamore, his head bent forward with a pained expression. L is still looking at him. Sycamore adds, "My only regret is not trying hard enough to be there for him when he needed it."

February 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM

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Foltey!!!

@swamptrogg.bsky.social

February 14, 2026 at 2:50 PM

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Pina ✨ ADHD Alien

@adhd-alien.bsky.social

I'm done hating myself, I just wanna sleep

adhd-alien.com
patreon.com/adhd_alien/

Panel 1: The ADHD Alien character stands against a pink background, looking determined. She says: “I’m done constantly having to better myself!” A caption adds: “I’ll keep taking responsibility for my actions and growth,” and below: “but I’m tired of having to prove to the world that I’m not lazy about my ADHD symptoms.”

Panel 2: Split scene. On the left, she points and shouts: “Read more books!” and “Think of how your ADHD affects others!” On the right, she is on all fours, struggling under a heavy stack of books. Panel 3: Warm, glowing scene labeled “To myself.” A gentle, glowing figure speaks to her: “You are enough, right now. Face situations as they arise,” and “keep growing from a place of love, not of feeling not good enough.” A small heart floats between them.

February 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM

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mossworm.bsky.social

@mossworm.bsky.social

*pictures harry potter land/seaworld/disneyworld/etc being rapidly sucked into an immense man-made sinkhole* no, wait, let him cook or whatever

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 4d

Oh for fuck sake. How is anyone still falling for this bullshit? You can’t just dig tunnels in Florida. Our unofficial state fish is the sink hole. Anyway. RIP Harry Potter land, swallowed by Elon Musk’s giant unfinished hole in the ground probably.

Elon Musk’s tunneling company tapped to link Universal parks

The company is best known for creating the underground Las Vegas Loop. But little is known about how The Boring Company intends to proceed in Central Florida, including how it might approach constr…

www.orlandosentinel.com

February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM

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cosmic ⭐ bug

@meyecy.bsky.social

doyou like him you have to say yes or he's detonating the charges

February 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM

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Andraste Sideyr

@andraste.fuckbgp.com

forgot the most important of the genre

fuck the moon
@fuckthem00n

fly me to the moon
let me kick it's fucking ass
let me show it what i learned
in my moon jujitsu class

February 12, 2026 at 11:31 PM

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Tim Ellis 🍁

@djdynamic.ca

That is an incredible pull quote from Meta, jesus. Masks fully coming off.

Ben Ewen-Campen @benforward3.bsky.social · 2d

Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.

Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”