Zines are now a federal crime in the United States. They are setting precedent to go after anyone they want for writing or reading anything they don't like.

Also, Kobo users rejoice! If you’re itching to boycott Prime Day bc of Amazon’s abhorrent labor practices: Kobo does ebooks and is Kindle’s main competitor, and they named THE GHOSTKEEPER as one of their Best Books of the Month for July! 🤗

But for now, developers and supporters of AB-412 need your help! And it’s as easy as signing the petition! ( actionnetwork.org/petitions/le... ) . Let your legislatures know that you support this bill, and in fact want them to go further. Share this around, the more signatures the better! #ab412

Never ever do this. Close the tab. The website has been compromised.

I am free

Tomorrow is Indigenous Peoples Day and it's the perfect time to support the Indigenous community, Native small businesses and artists like myself! I am a queer Kanien'kehá:ka beadwork artist creating handmade beaded jewelry and accessories. You can shop my work on my website 🫶🏼 www.beadworkbykay.ca

Wondering if any other bay area CA artists were interested in partnering with me at a table for Cape & Cowl Con. They do allow adult stuff at the con. Let me know if so www.capeandcowlcomics.com/cape-and-cow...

Hey look! A reminder that Discord still plans on doing this! Raise the alarm bells again!

If Juneteenth is about commemorating that time Texans kept slavery going after the bloody war to end it then it’s at least worth opening our eyes to all of the ways that we continue to keep slavery going across the entire country today.

✨JUNETEENTH MUTUAL AID THREAD ✨ Here’s a thread with Black folks you can support in celebration of #Juneteenth. Do some good - even if you’re sending $3 to a Black person to treat themselves to a dessert or a coffee! Circulate & give to at least one person in the thread if you have the means 💜

this is the result of antifascist resistance, in Minneapolis, Newark, and other cities and to protests against these facilities across the country. as Marisa says, it's a huge victory.

Friendly reminder that it is a BIG deal to accuse an artist of using AI. Make sure you do some digging before making any accusations. Remember that some art can look like AI because AI was trained on OUR art.

I think it is true a lot of Gen Z is unaware that they are using terms that got adopted by Stormfront adjacent areas at least partially ironically, but that doesn't make it any less dire that that sort of language is being normalized.

If you like my comics and drawings, and would like to make sure rocks don't fall onto my head in the middle of making art, please consider commissioning me or donating at ko-fi.com/mayuzane We're not in any imminent danger but the house is not in good shape.

Last doujin pages. Ysayle is too good for Estinien. #estysayle #ffxiv

We call Acians the Mickey Mouse Club and G’raha Tia is Catboy OC Do Not Steal

From my #estysayle fancomic #ffxiv

From my #estysayle fancomic #ffxiv

someone on tumblr said it better than i could

There are currently three federal book ban bills aiming to ban all trans books from U.S. public schools! HR 2616, HR 8705, HR 7661. Please call your representatives and ask them to vote no on these bills! Follow @authorsabb.bsky.social for updates. #bookbans #bookchallenges #HR2616 #HR8705 #HR7661

If you fed a USB stick to Bigfoot, that data would be extremely secure. Because it would be in cryptid.

I've tested this method in CSP and it works!! Share this to save a life!

Made a little poster/flyer for the no ai protest coming up June 27th. Had a lot of fun drawing all the little guys in the crowd ☺️ #noai

been seeing this collection getting promoed by creators on tiktok/insta so just in case people needed a reminder: Moleskine used GenAI for cover art cjleo.com/blog/moleski...

The only way for this AI "competitor" to function is by taking a bunch of work off the internet without consent. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

Today is a good day to cancel your Authors Guild membership.

1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.

I didn’t know what gear sets were and would hide in the bushes when I changed jobs.

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Wow, I had no idea till my sis just told me! techreviewadvisor.com/metas-new-po...

the new crazy taxi is not only backed by microsoft (genocide supporters) but it also has AI all over it. but fret not! lunr.rdio.taxi has neither of those problems, still has taxi in the name and looks 1000x cooler! ʷᶦˢʰˡᶦˢᵗ ᵐʸ ᵍᵃᵐᵉ ᵖˡˢ

wellp the pretense is over ig, feel like there is just gonna be a lot of weird boring shit in AAA until the format dies

I cannot emphasize the degree to which a data center next to a zoo is a massive endless Endangered Species Act violation. If this happens it /will/ be the end of the facility. Air quality issues kill birds. Constant loud noise destroys animal welfare. Both decimate visitorship. The zoo will close.

If you’re if Sacramento or nearby, please consider joining a group of voice actors, performers, artists and writers to demand transparency from GenAi companies with AB-412! Rsvp for more info and please if you can go! Your presence can make all the difference!

Considering getting Estinien Nendoroid just so I can reference armor poses. I think it’d actually be cheaper than taking the time to grind for his armor in game.

Ghost Trick was such a good game that I rec’d it to a friend and he married me.

⚠️⚠️⚠️ heads up to my VGEN artist mutuals to block and not accept any commission requests from the VGEN user MUSHR00MZ as i just saw a post on a different social media where the user is issuing chargebacks to ALL artists immediately after commission fulfillment (and paypal is useless).

If you missed out on getting it in print at Manga Ichiba, I now have my doujin available for a short time alongside an exclusive preorder bonus standee on my shop- thanks for looking ^^ Link below!

hey, so um, i recently made a huge dent on my wallet from just paying for shipping for a bunch of fan/fest exchange stickers, cards and stuff for my brother. shares are super appreciated, once again. if you can't commission, i also have my buymeacoffee for tips. buymeacoffee.com/fuzzyren

Black Forest Labs (like Stability AI) likely took a bunch of work off the internet in order to train their AI. A bill in California would force transparency in their dataset. Want to help it pass? Please sign this petition in support, it'll take you 2 minutes: tinyurl.com/4uxbp963 1/

1/ This company’s models were trained on web scraped datasets (like LAION) and their founders are ex-Stability AI employees who engage in the same thieving practices that led artists like myself to sue Stability. GenAi companies NEED big names to sanitize their exploitation and crippling PR.

🍃 HELLO I've opened preorders for reprints of both chapters of my FE:A doujinshi! preorder period until 6/10 ^o^ >> shop.inktho.com/category/com...

message to all artists who run newsletters/write reviews: STOP USING SUBSTACKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK USE LEAFLET OR SOMETHING GOD

Hi! My MGS comic from Manga Ichiba is now available as a downloadable PDF -- if you were hoping to read it and weren't able to grab one of my books at the con, you can pick up a digital copy here! nyanditry.itch.io/making-peace

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

Happy Pride! You can get the NamiVivi doujin that I made for Manga Ichiba FOR FREE digitally: ko-fi.com/s/27e63f38f5

MY BOYS ARE HERE!!!! the red+ greyscale printed so good. I'm so glad... come get some sad bittersweet knight school boy yaoi at Manga Ichiba friday night 🩸🗡️ (and I'll definitely also have a digital version and/or physical leftovers afterward this summer!)

The first part of my #Medieval Yaoi doujinshi, QUOD AMES, quite coveted at last week's Manga Ichiba, is now available to purchase! #comics Check it out: physical: tomatobird.storenvy.com/products/370... digital: tithe-to-hell.itch.io/quod-ames-so...

Time to delete your Linktree!

Last day to grab my short comic!!