i'm firmly of the belief that everyone should have a creative hobby. even if you aren't "good" at it. it keeps your critical thinking skills engaged, it reminds you that you're still capable of learning and growing and improving at things, it helps you connect to other people. you gotta make stuff!

It's very true. Not that you shouldn't read/watch things in your medium but inspiration can come from anything and the more things you experience & are interested in the more rich your stories will be.

This post went viral recently on IG/FB because it was blowing Gen Z minds that this is how jobs used to work. And this is precisely how we were able to have such helpful store weirdos: Being a vacuum cleaner weirdo at Sears was a legit lifelong career!

TEXAS — “A data went up across from his farm… 2 straight years no new calves. Stillbirths.” @nashvillezoo.bsky.social @nonewdatacenters.bsky.social

a dream come true to have my work exhibited in japan. this piece will be printed and on display at boji gallery in shibuya in early august, as part of their “peace and tranquility” exhibit. inked traditionally, watercolors digital. a tribute to my most beloved missy cat.

the fuck it will

—I’ll settle for the ghost of you… #mdzs #wangxian #lanwangji #weiwuxian

Improve at the WHOLE process

Devs only do this work out of passion, and players only want to buy games made with evidence of developer passion. If your only passion is money and the stock market, get out of games and go sell oil or beer or cars or some other boring shit. GTFO. We don't want you.

You don't need me to tell you this, but trans athletes deserve the dignity and respect to pursue their athletic hobbies/careers, both casually and professionally. Fuck these eugenicists that say otherwise. And don't even get me started on how much this bullshit is gonna affect cis women of color.

resharing some art of my vieras!! raphael and apollo 🐇🐇 #ffxiv

"And he does, indeed, go on." When I start a rant, there's really no stopping me, and apparently I ranted enough during my chat about AI with @woodwould.bsky.social that he was able to write an entire other article about it. 😅

The KIDS Act [containing KOSA] has passed the House This sucks, but its not the end. It still has to pass through the Senate committee and then be voted on by the Senate itself Please continue contactimg your Senators and demanding they oppose the KIDS Act & KOSA www.congress.gov/members/find...

Before anyone begins doomposting: There are still two stops it has to pass before it gets into law. And the senate doesn't like the House version of KOSA so there's a chance it doesn't pass. But don't just assume.

Reminder that there will be motion on KOSA and the KIDS ACT on monday Please contact your representatives literally right now of you can and demand censorship/surveillance legislation be opposed

RIP to a legend ▫️Survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki ▫️Pioneered drag culture in Japan and was one of the first openly gay celebrities there ▫️Had a relationship with Yukio Mishima and became his muse ▫️Delighted Hayao Miyazaki in the recording booth for Princess Mononoke #voiceacting

a true knight fights for everyone ⚔️🏳️‍⚧️ (chivalry is gay!! happy pride!!)

“my passion is graphic design”

Experts are more competent than clippy, who'd have thunk

Happy #PrideMonth! Enjoy a Tesla getting smashed by a light rail train with a pride flag.

‼️ Bad Internet Bills, disguised as “kids safety” bills, are moving through Congress again ‼️ It's time to get those phones in Congress ringing off the hooks again w/ one simple message: we refuse any bill that age restricts, censors & surveils the Internet. : www.politico.com/live-updates...

Generative AI is not only fundamentally based on the rejection of consent, but also *standards*. Artists have been micromanaged and hounded over individual pixels, academics fighting to defend every minute detail of their thesis, etc, and then are tossed away in favor of the get shit wrong machine.

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

Time to bring back my most liked art post, now with prr prr prr

México! México!

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

Mako sharks 🦈~ #art #sharks

oceanic whitetip sharks and various plushies! 🐛🦖🦕

Crazy how this is one of the best most consistent mental health aides we've ever seen

Something I told myself a lot when I was younger and still remind myself from time to time now as well ^^ It's hard when you're comparing yourself to others! But, ultimately your art is always changing and improving and it's just so exciting to see what it might become <3

The death of subtext is very very bad for textual representation by the way. It only reinforces and feeds into narratives of how to be queer and trans in the "proper" way, and dislocates queerness and queer readings from not-explicitly-queer texts. If something can only be read queerly in one way,

Happy Juneteenth! It costs 0$ to repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, compression gloves, artist gloves, back braces, knee braces, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags & more! Store: Bibipins.com

TODAY IS JUNETEENTH WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO MARK THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT THAT IT NEVER ACTUALLY ENDED, IT JUST MORPHED INTO THE INDUSTRIAL PRISON COMPLEX WHERE MILLIONS OF MOSTLY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE USED AS FREE LABOR IN DANGEROUS WORK E.G. CONSTRUCTION AND FIREFIGHTING.

I just learned that Daveigh Chase passed - and if you're a millennial, I guarantee you that at least *one* of her roles had a huge impact on you. 35 is so unbelievably young.

Fundraising time: A Minneapolis-area Liberian mother, who has been in the US since she was a child in the ‘90s, was taken by ICE 4 weeks ago and is still detained Her family, including 4 kids ages 8-17, need $2000 to cover the legal fees to bring her home I’ll match 1st $500 Venmo @wrigleyfield

Great article on generative AI in game dev by @woodwould.bsky.social, for which he interviewed me as well as many other devs. Give it a read! Real journalism! Whoo!

Casting directors for some inexplicable reason when they hear an attractive deep textured voice coming out of a femme presenting character:

how it started -> how it ended ❄️🐹 #moshang

Coffee and cat lovers, where are you 👀 I'm making my first ever knit pullover and these are for you! They're 100% cotton and are super cozy and comfy with an oversized fit :3 If you want one, you can pre-order until July 1 for 15% off! birdietam.art/collections/...

the entire point of life is to be kind and weird btw

Mexicans dancing and singing GANGNAM STYLE with the South Koreans in Mexico after South Korea's victory in the World Cup

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Elezens and birbs

painted drift wood

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that this game is a union project with all its AI protections~ The team is strongly against generative AI in all its forms, and the effort and care to make it happen makes this game a head-and-shoulders-above-the-rest kind of game.

People are so hungry for cool weird original things and we would have an endless buffet if people had any kind of stability to work from. Its so frustrating that there maybe 10 guys holding back what could be an insane artistic, cultural, and economic renaissance and we get nothing in return

TONIGHT WAS INSANE HOW DOES ANYONE FIND THIS GAME BORING LMFAO