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Anfor

@anforsorrow.bsky.social

These two tiny tiny figurines were found in Gonur Depe, an early Bronze Age settlement in modern Turkmenistan. They were made between 2400 to 1600 BCE, by the Oxus Civilization (or BMAC).
Look at the finger behind them to see hoy tiny they are!

A golden ram and stone lion, found in Gonur Depe. The finger in the background shows how tiny these figures are.
Photo: Kenneth Garrett.

January 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM

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soleil ho

@soleilho.com

here, I am calling upon all of us to not leave Minnesota in a lurch. it's time for us to do the work to build up to a nationwide general strike so we can finally abolish ICE www.coyotemedia.org/what-we-owe-...

What We Owe Minnesota

We solve this together or not at all.

www.coyotemedia.org

January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM

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Michael Barrett

@mechabarrett.bsky.social

GOBLIN WEEK: Crab Goblin (Croblin)
#illustration #goblinweek2026 #goblin #pendrawing #CRAB

January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM

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Trung Le Nguyen

@trungles.com

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM

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korraiko

@korraiko.bsky.social

#art #darkart #Illustration

Black and white digital illustration. The illustration depicts a warrior in a fur coat, holding a sword and a pickaxe in his hands, opposite the warrior stands a large humanoid monster with a large sword. The scene takes place in a snowstorm

April 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM

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Matheus Graef

@omiosures.bsky.social

Heavily inspired by Morrowind, Planescape and 70's Star Wars with a dash of bronze age and art nouveau. The mood? Conan after Conan: all the heroes are dead and this is the world they built.

That's OMIOS URES, my weird fantasy RPG. And it's FREE on itch.io!

matheusgraef.itch.io/omios-ures

A black robed wizard, embroided with stars, stands on top of a stone peak. Behind him, the vastness of the world. The early morning creeps amidst the ravines, painting the world in coy lilacs and deep purples. A city of horned spires jolts from the stony wastes, illuminated in bright cosmopolitan oranges. An alien zeppelin flares out its floodlights at the rooftops and beyond.

The wizard stares at the viewer, though we do not see within his cloak and hood. Blackness. From the void creeps out two marble-white hands, old as time, covered in rings, gesturing in unknown signs.

OMIOS URES

Two Carverine (orc-like humanoids), a male and a female, ride alongside eachother, on top of war hippos. They hold each other's arms. With the other hand, the female orc displays a freshly decapitated head - the enemy king. While the male lifts his axe up in prideful show. Both orcs have red hair and pinkish-gray skin, similar to the hippos they ride upon. The carverine have long, elephant like tusks, and wear minimal bronze armor.
Two Carverine (orc-like humanoids), a male and a female, ride alongside eachother, on top of war hippos. They hold each other's arms. With the other hand, the female orc displays a freshly decapitated head - the enemy king. While the male lifts his axe up in prideful show. Both orcs have red hair and pinkish-gray skin, similar to the hippos they ride upon. The carverine have long, elephant like tusks, and wear minimal bronze armor.

a drawing of a gnome in a wizardly outfit, holding a lit candle - the gnome is half colored, half sketched. The gnome has blue nails, pointy shoes and an art nouveau walking stick. above him is in the text "GNOMOS" in an orange, art nouveau font.
a drawing of a gnome in a wizardly outfit, holding a lit candle - the gnome is half colored, half sketched. The gnome has blue nails, pointy shoes and an art nouveau walking stick. above him is in the text "GNOMOS" in an orange, art nouveau font.

A giant cyclops. Slender, female. Her armor is golden bronze, made of large plates with shield-sized domes protusions, which help veer off attacks. She wears a golden diadem, golden earrings, and her single eye is bright blue. Her armor shines from the warm light that trickles into the large chamber, pouring in from an off-scene oculus. Her face partially in the dark, tall that she is, only illuminated partially by the bounce lighting of her armor. Her right arm adjusts her belt, while her left arm is lifted, underneath it; we see a shirtless servant on top of a tall staircase, tying the laces of her bracer. The staircase is built of beige stone. The bracer is almost the size of this person. By the cyclops' feet, we see two other servants donning her greaves. One of them holds the giant slab of bronze in place, while the other, behind the cyclops' calf, ties up the laces. The floor is a white marble tile, giving the entire scene a slight reflection.

Did you know a single greave of this Cyclops weighs around 150 kilos?

Behind the Princes Warrior, we see a 2 story tall greataxe. It is brightly illuminated by the single shaft of light that brightens the entire room. In fact, the entire scene is illuminated either by the natural light, or the bounce lighting of the cyclops' armor, giving the entire painting a warm look.

The chamber is large and tall, made of stone, to accomodate the Princess Warrior. A small brazier burns incense, permeating the room with a pleasant odor of cloves. Behind the Cyclops and her servants, three noble folk overlook her befitting from a balcony. The balcony sits at the height of the Cyclops' head. One woman smokes, the man in the middle lifts a goblet with a grin, and the leftmost woman looks simply bored. There's a glass pitcher hewn with gold half-filled with wine next to them.

January 12, 2026 at 9:24 PM

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Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

BTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.

January 25, 2026 at 2:32 AM

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molly conger

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social

this reminds me of the way i’ve seen susan bro speak about her daughter, heather heyer. when a fascist murders your child, you aren’t allowed to just grieve. you have to defend their memory, even their very grave.

Jeff Rueter @jeffrueter.bsky.social · 2d

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

“We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

January 25, 2026 at 1:10 AM

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Evangeline Gallagher

@egallagher.bsky.social

January 24, 2026 at 10:49 PM

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molly conger

@socialistdogmom.bsky.social

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM

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TAKAO★WATANABE

@watanabetakao.bsky.social

I drew fan art of my favorite artist. It's nice to do this kind of art once in a while.

#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls

January 24, 2026 at 12:02 AM

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Tom Bloom

@orbitaldropkick.bsky.social

KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS killsixbilliondemons.com MAJOR SPOILERS FOLLOW

January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM

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The Public Domain Review

@publicdomainrev.bsky.social

Lepus leaping.

From the Aratea, a 9th-century manuscript on astronomy featuring constellations comprised of words. More here: https://buff.ly/34uIsEa

January 21, 2026 at 8:45 PM

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🏔️ deli 🏔️

@deliciest.bsky.social

NEW FMP! PAGE 🐺
Shhhh, be quiet...
#comics #webcomics
Latest page 🔽
fullmoonpanic.com/?p=1157
From the beginning 🌝
fullmoonpanic.com?p=589

January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM

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every day is monday

@whoismonday.bsky.social

SYSTEM ERROR risograph print !

risograph print of a three-armed woman holding a many-legged translucent alien cat, superimposed over a background of different illustrated and labeled UFO varieties. forum posts are visible in french and english discussing the search for alien life. the image is encapsulated by a window labeled SYSTEM ERROR with 'OK' and 'cancel' buttons in the lower right hand corner

November 5, 2024 at 11:50 PM

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💀🐺🌱ArtofMaquenda🍄🩸

@artofmaquenda.bsky.social

Get Out

January 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM

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Ethan M. Aldridge

@ethanmaldridge.bsky.social

Today on SABLE: A GHOST STORY, Teddy sees a ghost. Sablecomic.com

An ink and watercolor panel from a webcomic. Teddy, an anthropomorphic stoat, weeps black ink as more of it spews from his mouth

January 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM

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Munkao

@munkao.bsky.social

I got to do the interior art of @directsun.bsky.social's remaster of his old adventure, The Seers Sanctum.
The remaster is part of the upcoming crowdfunding campaign for his new adventure!
Pretty stoked about everything - the layout, the cover, the upcoming adventure (Heard it's real good!).

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 7d

It's been 5 years since Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum was released. It now has tighter text, fresh layout by @slimemindstudio.bsky.social, cover by @jacobfleming.bsky.social, and art and handouts by @munkao.bsky.social.
If you already own Seers, you own the remaster. Cheers!
#osr