Or maybe it's teenage girls having the ability to text from the bathroom, "Hey, this guy is making me uncomfortable, can you come get me?"

Babel by RF Kuang Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro The Fifth Season by NK Jamison It's like trying to pick a favorite child, but these are the first three that come to mind.

An area #Muscovy #duck has returned to brood by a local clinic again this year. (Last year she didn't show up because of construction.) She's well hidden and I only got a blurry photo of her front half. I'm still struggling with feathers! #watercolor #SciArt

More stress management in the form of a couple #watercolor #CelticKnots

When he was little I once took my kid to a doctor who had the same first name. That day my kid had reached the end of his ability to not bounce around but needed to be relatively still for an exam. I ended up using my mom voice a couple times and that poor doctor FLINCHED every time I said his name.

Periodic reminder for artists that NOAA and NASA photos are public domain if you need references for both majestic natural beauty and weird little guys. www.noaa.gov/digital-coll...

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We've got the rice truck guy and the "you don't have the cholesterol to be out here" guy and all these authors procrastinating on their latest novel. It's absolutely the place to be if you like words and/or pet lizards.

When women no longer have to marry for economic survival, the bar men have to clear becomes, "Does my presence improve or worsen this woman's life?" Amazing they think so little of themselves that they believe their only value is economic.

Honestly can't remember the last time I laughed this hard: "Among the titles set to be published by Carlson's imprint is Brand's 'How to become a Christian in Seven Days'" www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

If you think Bluesky sucks, you are not using it correctly. I have curated my feed to be full of DeliciousWeirdos™️ and KingShitposters™️ which means endless nerdiness (complimentary), bangers, and really insightful threads. Sorry you aren't having fun you aren't playing right. Try harder!

Oh, this is gorgeous

my kid and I have t-shirts with art from some of my bluesky mutuals on them, and at the (inevitable) compliments, I always say oh, my friend designed it 😁

Artists, qrp the art vs the reference

QRP with the doctor you'd trust leading the hantavirus response instead of RFK Jr.

I've hung onto my old Oxiclean scoop (from before the company increased its size and marked it with lines to get consumers to unintentionally use several times the amount necessary) with petty determination for DECADES now. I hate the disrespect that corporations treat us with. We're marks to them.

I keep seeing stories about how students aren't learning anything because of AI, and yet. And UCF isn't exactly a progressive bastion, either.

Assholes who'd complain to HR that the lunch they stole from the break room fridge was too spicy.

A friendly guardian for today's #TransArtMay

How is it Mother's Day and my feed is nothing but balls???

While I'm against the human surveillance state, I do love a good animal cam.

It's me. I'm your Bluesky target audience. I was the kid who got in trouble for reading during class, with a flashlight under the covers, and while walking down the sidewalk. Now I get most of my reading material through my library's apps, but I also buy new, used, and occasionally digital books.

Last year, it only took five of us showing up and making public comment at a city council meeting to get the council to restore library funding that the mayor’s office had cut. Just a few people showing up can make a huge difference.

#UglyDogs! There's a Denali sled blob cam!

This is THE anti-incel/MAGA/fascism video. It's an absolute manifesto: Love and joy and art and freedom and mutual respect. Always repost.

Alrighty. The Jedi abduct babies with a special genetic trait who they raise as child soldiers in a monastic order which doesn't allow them to have their own families and reproduce. Doesn't anyone else see the problems with this?

That DoJ can't find enough unethical (and competent) lawyers to enable Trump's full revenge bender is fantastic news🍿 news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Let's pour one out for the gutting of the CDC, thanks to the current administration.

I sat down and made a list of a dozen larger/complex paintings I want to do... and then did another Celtic knot for stress relief instead. #watercolor

It would be amazing if someone showed up at the #MetGala with a Piss Christ themed look in honor of Amazon workers who don't get bathroom breaks. Perfectly on theme!

Something whimsical for the last day of #RepostYourArt and #InverteFest: a #watercolor rhinoceros beetle that I painted to go with an absolutely charming story by @whistberry.bsky.social for the InverteFest Anthology.

Die in my third trimester of preeclampsia.

It's almost inevitable that an AI generated allergen statement is going to kill someone with food allergies.

For today's #RepostYourArt prompt of plant, here's a Minnesota Showy Lady's Slipper. #watercolor #SciArt #BloomScrolling

When you call misogyny misogyny, you're allying with the victims of it and maybe rendering the misogynists uncomfortable, and you're also telling the truth. Whose comfort matters? Matters more than truth? The Times and a lot of the mainstream has been telling us conservative white men come first.

Do I know anyone who knows anyone who might help with a snapping turtle who has been hit by a car and is in rough shape in NY. I'm getting details from someone who doesn't really do social media so it's kind of a relay. 🐢

Just scored an autographed copy of Wolf Worm by @tkingfisher.com at Blinking Owl Books 🎉 (There are several more copies if you're in the area.)

Quite a few (most) of the walnut ink studies are available! Pick out one w/ an order over $100 or name your own price. Every penny I make right now is going towards rent. Was thinking of making some bees next? What else?

RFK Jr has already talked about "wellness farms" (labor camps) for people "addicted" to opioids... and antidepressants and ADHD meds. Recently the NYT both sides-ed women's right to vote. (Access to birth control probably coming soon.) Shoulda listened to the trans folk they targeted first.

Yesterday was #WorldSeaGullDay? Here's a very rough #watercolor Karl the Seagull from #OFMD that I tried painting as a #borb when I found out about the #FandomMarket less than two days before it closed to submissions. (I ended up doing a custom Celtic knot instead.)

So nice when a tiny bit of joy (a delightful new to me word) interrupts the endless horror.

#CrowAndRavenAppreciationDay? Here's a Tower of London raven as a #borb. #watercolor

Almost forgot yesterday's abstract #RepostYourArt, since I posted today's mushroom yesterday. #watercolor

Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading and hope to finish the great Slow Gods by Claire North. What are you reading at the moment?

An #InverteFest twofer: fairy wasp on the left, horseshoe crab on the right. #watercolor #InternationalCrabDay #SciArt

Small sketchbooks recommendation thread!! This one will be a bit longer as I'll go more in details and you'll have to witness my old art lol 🧵 ⬇️ I'll also post tutorials to easy bookbinding! Recs are welcome!

"Three young Barn Owls looking out of the quatrefoil of a church in North Norfolk."

A mushroom for today's #RepostYourArt. After I first started #watercolor, I decided to try a small set of Kuratake paints and they were a smooth pleasure to paint with. Then I bought a larger set, and was disappointed by how badly they mixed.