Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.

Im going to be honest. Seeing NSFW artists uploading NSFW and CHOOSING not to tag it makes me very sad. That’s a commonly used argument for censorship; the fact that artists won’t commit to tagging nd allowing others to opt out of content. Please don’t fall into that trap. I understand the sentiment

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

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There’s only one person he cares about.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

Nine to Nine - Photo shoot https://www.tigerknight.com/99/misc-58

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Thoth and Sobek

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

You're going to start hearing a lot of talk about moving in to crypto as a way to bypass payment processors and what I need all of you to understand is that Anybody Saying This Is Trying To Scam You. They Have Potentially Millions Of Dollars In Crypto They Can't Cash Out Unless You Buy It From Them.

People on this app get really angry every time I point out that social media manipulation is a real phenomenon that we are all stewing in and that’s having real world consequences and I’m sure part of that is engagement farmers who do that manipulation not liking people talking about it

How activism attracts hateful disordered freaks because it allows them to perform maximal public cruelty under a banner of justification.

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

Happy Cinco de Mayo to those who celebrate

Socialism is what they called public power.  Socialism is what they called social security.    Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.   Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952

“Wolf Dreams“ Painted in Clip Studio Paint with the Round Mixing brush, some DAUB brushes, and hints of @devinellekurtz.bsky.social fur brushes.

A word from your favorite bird ❤️ #HelluvaBoss #HelluvaBossStolas @vivziepop.bsky.social

Who would’ve thought we’d be living these books out? We are in perilous times.

I wrote an open letter to my fellow book ppl because no one is coming to save us. We have to save us. And I am weary of waiting for my colleagues to join the fight. Any fight. I chose book bans, but you don't have to www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/4/17/an-open-letter-to-my-fellow-book-creators

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a NEW peptide antibiotic that targets a broad range of disease-causing bacteria INCLUDING those RESISTANT to existing antibiotics. This discovery marks the first potential new class of antibiotics in NEARLY 30 YEARS. 🧪🧵⬇️

Abolish ICE is not an absurdity statement. ICE was created in 2003 as a response to 9/11 - we do not need it. We already established that following orders isn't an excuse.

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Scripps Research Institute have developed a groundbreaking UNIVERSAL coronavirus vaccine that triggers STONG immune responses AND shows promise in neutralizing MULTIPLE coronaviruses, including those responsible for causing COVID-19, MERS, AND even the “common cold.” 🧪🧵⬇️

⚡️ US funding for abducted Ukrainian children program restored temporarily, White House still terminating initiative. At least 19,500 Ukrainian children have been confirmed as abducted by Russia, with only about 1,200 returned.

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One of the more unlikely celebrities in Ukraine is a stork named Hrytsko who, on March 22, returned to his home nest in the village of Lelyaki, Poltava Oblast, to await the arrival of his girlfriend, Odarka.

Kiss kiss bang bang! 💥🔫 It's my birthday today~! 😍 It costs nothing to repost my art and it would make for a marvelous birthday present, to help me reach a wider audience! 🥰

Dorky response to a suggestive comment. Jesse, the lovable fluff of a demon mousie made the comment of it being tank top weather. She went with Abrams over Challenger. #MacroMarch

This bears repeating. The whole, ‘good for your immune system’ rhetoric is nonsense generally, but it’s PARTICULARLY dangerous when it comes to measles 👇

uk! the government is running a consultation on it’s proposed reforms to health and disability benefits which could cut off vital, life saving support to thousands of people. here’s your chance to feedback, or, if disabled yourself, let them know how this will impact you- www.gov.uk/government/c...

Polly & Dan (Part 2) - Gator Days

The war in Ukraine is not just a fight for sovereignty, but a battle against the global rise of oligarchical capitalism, with the future of democracy and economic justice at stake, writes Graden Keller in his recent op-ed.

dear cis people. please learn the phrase "assigned sex" biological sex is not an immutable trait, it is something that is assigned at birth, and more arbitrary than you realize. You can change your sex, many people do

Trump admitted the real reason he got mad at Zelensky. It is because he was saying "negative things" about Putin. This triggered Trump because Trump is trying to conduct trade negotiations with Russia right now and does not want to offend Putin. Trump just wants Ukraine to surrender to Russia.

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

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Lineart raffle to celebrate 1000 followers ^.^

This. This. This. And that message carries across a huge range of circumstances.

This is a very good visual for how talking about artists helps us. If you’ve commissioned, bought from or worked with an artist, please talk about it. It helps us a lot.

Bringing it to 🦋 by request: People hate their own art because it looks like they made it. They think if they get better, it will stop looking like they made it. A better person made it. But there's no level of skill beyond which you stop being you. You hate the most valuable thing about your art.