Terfs trying to claim Terry Pratchett as their own are just... Grasping at straws. Would he have been the perfect ally? No. He came at trans rights through first principles - ie people need to self actualise, they need to be able to control their own destinies, which includes names and pronouns.

"Let there be goblin hordes, let there be terrible environmental threats, let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope. It may be a grim, thin hope, an Arthurian sword at sunset, but let us know that we do not live in vain." - Terry Pratchett

"Evil starts when you begin to treat people as things" -Terry Pratchett, via Granny Weatherwax And conversely, evil also starts when you treat things as people. This abhorrent bill does both.

Nobody who has ever used BlueSky could say with a straight face that Terry Pratchett is at risk of being forgotten

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died. - Terry Pratchett, Going Postal

You let me near a rock painting table, I *will* paint an octopus. #octopus #🐙 #artsky #rockpainting

The Government Has Taken More Taxes Than I Expected! As a result I am not going to be able to pay rent for the rest of the summer until my job kicks back in. In light of this, and in order to fulfill my previous fundraiser responsibilities, Vivian Must Pay Rent! (Starting June 15th 12:00pm EST)!!

BEAT THE TIME with Guy Smiley! (The fun game where everybody has lots of fun!)

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After hearing about it (via @ani-obsessive.bsky.social blog) and watching & loving it (in the absence of proper uk distribution, a good copy is on youtube), I keep recommending this to basically everyone - & of the people who then watch it, it has a 100% response rate of "yes, that was really good"!

interesting article. this is how my weather app decided to pitch it

I made a zine! I will bring to Tokyo COMITIA!! @blastingcompany.bsky.social

obligatory Preacher panel I think of every time Stephen Miller goes off about white supremacy or some shit

All stories about people hopping on the AI bandwagon are undisclosed paid promotion unless triple-confirmed otherwise

Sky High!

The reason why you’re seeing so many directors show their whole ass over AI is because getting funding for a movie right now is near impossible but making a movie with AI unlocks instant tech VC money.

Second annual Pride Book Fair starts June 1 and runs through June 8. This year there are four bundles where you can get a mix of LGBTQIA+ books from various authors across multiple genres. In this bundle, you can get 37 queer books, zines, and other publications for just $40 itch.io/b/3675/pride...

The Mighty Thor #marvelcomics #digitalart #thor #fanart #janefoster

THE MIGHTY THOR & EARTH-2 SUPERMAN! Jane Foster & Val-Zod unite to battle The Hydra! Art by Vasco Georgiev #ComicSky #Thorsday

A drop of dream fuel - Something Wicked This Way Comes by Brian Froud

"I Am Frankelda" is coming to Netflix on June 12. A Mexican stop-motion feature film by Arturo & Roy Ambriz (Cinema Fantasma).

Feels like Helen Lewis should read Terry Pratchett

I hate to do this, but between bills, school, and now I guess trying to plan a trip to the states so I can be at my grandma's funeral, money is really tight right now. If anyone can contribute anything to make it less stressful I'd greatly appreciate it ko-fi.com/ladyemilypre...

I would be remiss not to point out that "Tricking Milli Vanilli into performing a concert for a dictator" is LITERALLY a storyline from the 1990s 'Super Mario Bros 3' cartoon 🙃

Statements like this (from Rosenbaum) are intentional propaganda. There are no working writers today who do not know how much the majority of their peers are revolted by the use of this technology. The goal of stating things like this is to convince the general populace that it is normalized.

I am in this at some point! You weren't doing anything else today, were you? www.youtube.com/watch?v=klBh...

It’s not only in Hollywood it is part of the American culture now. It’s fucking disgusting the way these companies get away with exploitation, corruption, and just being shitty to their employees.

please help one of my sweetest pals!!

"Café-Confiserie", created in 1974 by the Hungarian artist Béla Czene (1911–1999).

Wrote an article on the film myself. bsky.app/profile/cult...

My little fish charms are done! I like them and I’m keeping one for myself.

Hollywood execs are some of the dumbest motherfuckers on the planet. Not just out of touch, but also have the attention span of sleep deprived toddlers. David Goyer talking about this particular studio note he got on Man of Steel breaks my fucking brain www.gamespot.com/articles/man...

“You could meditate on the historical shift to monotheism by reading a weighty biography of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor. Or you could do it by reading Small Gods, which has jokes in it.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I know that everyone is (rightfully) pouncing on this practice, but I have a pounce, too: Breaking that point of old reference helps a young reader build empathy. A character may otherwise be like them in many ways, but their points of reference and day-to-day are separated by the context of the...

A rare longnose batfish galumphed its way into the Coral City Camera Catalog of Fishes this morning as a brand new species of fish (Number 220) we’ve never seen before after 6 plus years of observing! 👃🦇🐟 #longnosebatfish #batfish #coralcitycameracatalogoffishes #coralcitycamera #elegantoddball

Reform MP under fire for helping 'Britain's biggest benefits cheat' who swindled £740,000 secure bungalow in now-deleted video www.lbc.co.uk/article/refo...

"JAPAN: Yeah, We're Kinda Leaning Into It"

Oh my God. Doctor Who IS a British equivalent of a tokusatsu show. Holy shit.

Getting this one out of the way:

• No, everyone *isn't* using AI to do their writing for them. • Modernizing kids' books demonstrates massive contempt for kids. And for books. • He *is* an ugly fuck, and he should shut up. Have a nice day.

No discussion of Hollywood is complete without discussing this revolting trend. The people who make what art are running out of places to work, and their slices of pie are being handed to useless, out of touch executives.

lavishly commission like 5000 high end horror artists, furry pornographers, mecha nerds, indie cartoonists and every other artist with wildly different styles and repertoires from my own to draw some little redwall ass shrews just to see how they'd do it. i think it'd be fun for everyone involved.

Just saw this guy walking around Bristol and of course had to draw him because mirth

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I agree with this, but fucking *LABOUR* getting upset about Islamophobia is the kind of hypocrisy that makes me want to throw a chair through a window.