Fuck this so much. How long before all of our media runs through one or two companies? It's not just bad for entertainment. It's dangerous when only a few voices control the flow of information and ideas. Look at how timid and lifeless the news industry has become.

Finally got around to getting a photo of this to show off the metallic shimmer!

A huge part of the reason ADHD assessment wait lists are so long is that the NHS will take any excuse to refute an already made diagnosis, including: diagnosis made abroad, in childhood, privately, or through RTC. Which means that people are having to seek a second or third diagnosis. (🧵)

The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!" Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"

Trans women are women Trans men are men Cis folks-don’t gatekeep. Hold the door open and support these transfolks that are being targeted and harmed.

The reason I believe in royalties on digital goods that can forever be resold “infinity” products- the labor required to make them is never going to be proportional to an estimated wage. The churn and burn contract state of the games industry is a chief example. Games have never been more

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

Never forget: Art matters.

The fact anyone thought this was a good idea...

Cakejumper - Kyofuu All Back Dr Ph Martin's Bombay india ink and Tom's Studio acrylic ink on Clairefontaine Triomphe paper Congratulations to @cakejumper.bsky.social for the first ever Gaeilge cover of a Vocaloid song in the world! #cakejumpart

retweeting this just so i can find it later. i don't think this is news to bluesky

TWRP - Starlight Brigade Wearingeul Anubis in Pilot Parallel fountain pen, on Rhodia Touch paper Sadly the scanner doesn't pick up the little metallic particles in the ink, which is a shame!

Dear Gods.

www.twitch.tv/tharrick Setting out into the sky to find the great Starlight Brigade! Breaking out the fountain pen to test another new ink - come and join me! Going live at 7.30pm UK time for my regular Monday stream

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

Fun Fact: Did you know that in Japan & Europe, Neon Genesis Evangelion was called Neon Mega Drive Evangelion

wait why have Evian not done an Eva promotion Neon Genesis Eviangelion

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!

Good morning

Love this youtu.be/Jufjxo3izUQ

John Clare - November Dr Ph Martin's Bombay Sepia India Ink on Clairefontaine Triomphe paper Streaming a seasonal piece tonight!

Please check out my new manga series, "Help! I Can't Go to Another World Because My City's Pedestrian-Centric Traffic Planning Means No One Gets Hit By Trucks!"

www.twitch.tv/tharrick Wending our way through November with some classic poetry! Come and join me as we explore the season with a piece by John Clare, and practice our blackletter calligraphy!

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

Ghost - Square Hammer Dr Ph Martin's Irridiscent Copperplate Gold on mixed media card Little personal project for me :)

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.

I'm working on the print format of this strip! I'm sorry it took so long, I'm a tired thing. Looks awesome tho✨️

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information" They want people to assume this means game info or assets. But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to: 'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"

So I've been playing The Outer Worlds 2 and my opinion of it is this: it would've been better if it were worse. This game is shockingly mid in just about all respects other than the visuals.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my works, which you can find on my Patreon or Subscribestar, links available in my bio

Know your subgenres, Cracking open a cold one with the fellas: buddy comedy Cracking open fellas with the Cold One: dark fantasy Cracking open one fella with a cold: medical drama A cold open with one cracking fella: sitcom One cold fella with the open crack: public solo porn in winter

Toughest choice you have to make every morning when getting dressed.

It’s his day.

@aviators.bsky.social - Lunarblood Dr Ph Martin's Aqua India Ink on Rhodia Touch paper Aviators has a new EP out, and I have a new ink... Happy Halloween!

my name is ozymandias, king of kings: click like to look on, click subscribe to despair

Nightwish - Elan Dr Ph Martin's Bombay Sepia India ink on Rhodia Touch paper Last week's stream piece, which I have only just got around to scanning to post! ...a week-long migraine ruins all sorts of plans :(

It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security. The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government. You won't win him over with another conference on AI

Shakespeare - Sonnet 18 Dr Ph Martin's Black India Ink on Rhodia Touch paper Done as a commission, which has now been delivered, so I'm posting it up for other folk to see :)

Started up on twitter last night so gonna simul-post it here too A wooper a day returns! This will be the 4th wooper a day project (heres the other 3) and I have no plan outside of just wanting to draw wooper again

Turn off Gemini in Google! It's been turned on by default. Go to your Drive, click the gear icon, click settings, go to "manage apps" and uncheck that nasty "use by default" box. www.zdnet.com/article/how-...

Shakespeare - Song of the Witches (from Macbeth) Dr Ph Martin's Van Dyke Brown Bombay India Ink on Rhodia Touch paper Back on stream tonight after a couple of weeks off due to COVID!

www.twitch.tv/tharrick The Scottish Play comes to us tonight! Samhain is just a few days away, so let's get spooky with the Song of the Witches!

An incredibly animate plant; it resembles a dog, if a dog were made of leaves, wood, and vines. It follows you around, looking like an exquisite bit of topiary when at rest and like an absolute terror when it decides someone is bothering you, sprouting thorns and barbs. #WhisperingInfinities