I want to live in an America where human rights are respected. ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

ICE continues to assault us. We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.

Self Portrait with a Cat, 1928 by Lotte Laserstein, German-Swedish painter #WomensArt

I will be a forever hater of the term “cancel culture,” a truly epic tool of context collapse and reductionism that has only benefited the powerful. Folks are always using this term to talk about critique of a celebrity and social campaigns against the marginalized like they’re the same phenomenon.

“If I were a planetary doctor, I would sit down with my patient and say: ‘Last year, I suggested you change something but you didn’t. (...) So your health is declining further." PIK scientist Levke Caesar on the 2025 Planetary Health Check via @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Any government wishing to roll out ID systems in 2025 has to reckon with two different challenges: 1. The actual policy debate: why now, what does it fix, how much will it cost, what are the safeguards 2. The huge inevitable backlash from the online conspiratorial right, which Reform will embrace

Akechi Rank 8

found a way to watch knights of guinevere without fucking up my boycott thing and um. cant say i was that impressed with it, the pacing wasnt great and it was kinda expositiony. but im intrigued. and since this is just the pilot i hope the full thing gets to have the pacing and time it deserves.

Actually yes. Story time, because as a business who accepts and takes cash, I've actually found that a lot of small businesses... Don't take cash. This is a problem.

its interesting how everyone who harassed & denounced others for defending free expression of sexuality via fiction in 2018/19 is now like “actually freaks are good uwu” yet none seem brave/self-aware enough to say “holy shit i was promoting fascist ideology & i helped create a very serious problem”

Honestly, the best way to make an artist’s day is by being very specific about what you like about a piece. Geek out a lil. Gush over how they use line, color, texture. Every mark is layed down by the artist, so if you can connect with those little moments, it helps the artist feel seen.

the freaks on tv

Hey remember when the 1994 Pentium FDIV bug introduced extremely rare calculation errors into computers? Intel brushed it off as not being serious/ it wouldn't affect most users, and got a huge negative PR backlash because of it? Pepperidge Farm remembers. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium...

once upon a time

a note about the real reason “hallucinations” are an issue, and it isn’t just that they say something wrong. When a model hallucinates while coding, it’s deciding how to solve a problem, which it will choose to do poorly, and even if it succeeds, it will sometimes do inefficient and insane things

The puppy

Make no mistake; If noncon is banned entirely, it’s still going to be posted. It just won’t be tagged as such, which will force me, a survivor, to see things that trigger me. This TOS change is anti survivor.

Bit of a shame that glitch only posts to YouTube. I'm still doing the boycott, but I guess everyone collectively forgot about that. Was to be expected to be honest it was so shittily planned and nobody could agree on how long it should go for.

For all this talk about if fictional porn will turn you into a criminal where is the representation of my fellow “watched a kid’s cartoon when they were 10 and developed a kink out of a completely sfw scene” people

I'm all for fighting the censorship, but I feel like a lot of people are doing it the wrong way. I myself draw NSFW, but I don't want to see it in full glory on my tl, not labeled correctly. Right now, I can't even scroll Bsky in public in peace. Label your NSFW art, guys. Respect the viewers.

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If RFK Jr. didn’t wish to force reluctant/moronic parents into vaccinating their kids, that would be bad enough. But in limiting access to childhood vaccines— denying them to parents smart enough to recognize their importance— he’s sabotaging our health. apple.news/AAKvzMfm1SBa...

SB 627, also called the “No Secret Police Act”, prohibits any law enforcement officer (local, state, or federal) from wearing a mask or facial covering that conceals their identity while enforcing the law in California.

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed the nation’s first bill banning officers from wearing masks. Now let’s work to bring this change nationwide, reach out to your governors and help unmask ICE!

Just encountered a fake captcha on a site so uh, watch out, if you "fail" a captcha and it tells you to press windows plus r and then ctrl plus v that's some shady shit that's gonna run something on your computer so don't do that. Be aware that's a thing that exists to try and trick you.

TW for discussion of rape; After I was raped in my early 20’s and receiving crisis help, my therapist literally recommended that I processed what happened to me through drawing it. That’s not an approach that works for me, but it works for many people. Denying survivors this tool is cruel.

One of the most pernicious cissexual myths is that **trans ppl** are obsessed w gender when the average cis woman would never think of wearing a bow tie and the average cis man gets angry if he has to drink out of a coffee cup w too many dainty flowers glazed on it.

the bone farmer, revisited | patreon.com/lubchansky

you can’t expect a dog not to bite if you keep kicking it

wip!

Bluesky is a wonderful place that has flourished in large part because of its artists and intolerance towards facists/Nazis. The Updated policy currently going into effect Oct 15 could fuck that up and we should be very vocal about it. Here are some specific things to mention in feedback (THREAD)

…I also think weird sex drawings are a victimless crime and overly heavy moderation can completely destroy vibrant online queer spaces. I am old enough to remember what happened to Tumblr.

I'd like to add that they specifically prolonged testing of the covid vaccine to make sure people felt assured that it would be safe. (Hbomberguy had a bit in his vaccines video about it, but I don't know what source he used for that part)

The actions against Disney matter because the only way to mobilize capital against illiberalism is to make illiberalism unprofitable. “We the people” have two types of primary power within our current system: our votes and our money.

i'm against the new TOS because no matter how uncomfortable you are with certain subjects, it's very easy to see how bad-faith interpretations of art could be weaponized, especially against marginalized artists, who are more likely to be targeted for harassment #bskycensorship

On X I used data to show London does not have the highest crime rate in the world. 10 mins later a right winger linked to my book. 10 mins after that I got 40 1-star reviews from unverified accounts (previously 4.9 star avg). Fair play to Amazon - they removed them all. But that's how it works.

Julia Lucey, Squirrel on the red day, 2020, US artist & #printmaker who combines aquatint, etching collage and acrylic #WomensArt #Autumn

Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’

Adding these to all my art from now on to make sure I don't break any TOS :)

What’s the most dangerous bit of a sword?

Trying hard to make time for little doodles... I get upset if I can't draw for too long, even if the reason is bc I've been busy with other art shit... How unfair is that!! #oc #originalcharacter #sketchbook #ocdoodle #traditionalart #ocsketch #ocs #fursona #art

An article everyone participating in #blueskyblackout2025 should read: www.newstatesman.com/science-tech...

Like, It is a disasterously stupid idea to actually pull out. You wanna know whats really fucked up, you wanna? Did you notice how SMALL the number they said was, for people who actually gave feedback? Stand up for whats right and use the platform you have to make as much noise as you can.

Hey reminder that if you defend using degenerate as an insult them you're part of the fucking problem

It doesn't matter when they're told the rationale for why marginalized people or victims enjoy it (not that it should even have to be justified!), because they just go, "Well, I think it will lead to crime. I have no evidence, but I think it will happen." They are pro-prosecution for thought crimes

Since it clearly needs to keep being said: censorship does not keep "icky" content from being posted, it just means the poster labeling it appropriately now has a negative consequence and more people will have to see things they could otherwise avoid with filters. It protects no one.

I don't know about you, but Knights of Guinevere coming out the same day people are mass boycotting and deleting their Disney+ accounts is so perfectly timed and appropriate.

Just in case some people missed the memo: DO NOT USE ULINE. EVER. IDGAF if you think they "have the best prices" or "have the best tape". Buying from them because of one of those reasons just tells me your morals have a price tag. Throw your packaging sources in the comments.

Reminder that Blusky, like Twitter before it, by the very nature of how it functions - fosters digestible & simplified posts that are easy to generate anger & antagonist stances over - even with people you mostly agree with. Remember to try to not make enemies here - unless someone is a clear POS.