EU court orders states to recognise trans citizens’ gender in landmark ruling ➡️ https://bit.ly/4uqmSej 📷 Envato

A lucet fork is a tool dating back to the Viking & Medieval periods, when it was used to create cords that were used on clothing or to hang items from belts. Lucet cord is square, strong, and slightly springy. I'm using my tiny lucet to make a draw string for the sweater I'm currently #knitting.

Anrealage "GHOST" (Paris Fashion Week FW/2026). Fashion designer Kunihiko Morinaga paying tribute to Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost in the Shell" movie. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELF8...

I deeply agree that I want more people from the RPG world working with mainstream publishers. I don't want to frame it as something people can just decide to to. Working with a large corporation is always a situation where the artist has very little control over what happens.

Cool little thing: the way the little black dots at the edge of the bus window cast a shadow

Noting for clarity that a lot of people working in software, including software engineers and designers, have a bad understanding of the software design process.

On Sunday I helped unveil an inspiring Women Life Freedom mural in Edinburgh, honouring the courage of the Iranian people who have stood up against decades of mass arrests, killings, censorship and repression by a brutal regime. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2589745... @edinburghgreens.bsky.social

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

How I arrived on Bluesky.

I'm 38, I grew up with a Labour party that abolished section 28 when I was at school, introduced the minimum wage so I could get paid properly when I went to work and set up Sure Start that helped my younger siblings. Now look at them. That's the betrayal.

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

3 months to go. greens.scot/join/standard-membership

📺 The STV News at Six North programme is currently broadcast from Aberdeen but Ofcom has said it is minded to allow STV to move presentation from Aberdeen to Glasgow. 🗓️ The consultation closes on 9th February 2026. Once it's gone, it's gone. 🔗 ofcom.savestvnorth.com/ 2/2

The government's Joint Intelligence Committee identified 6 ecosystems critical to our national security. All 6 face collapse, starting as early as 2030. Every time we roll back environmental protections or delay action, the future costs get higher and the damage more severe.

The amount of big name software that would benefit from being in "maintenance mode" only - allowing users to perfect their workflows and software knowledge. But this would require big tech to admit to their product's economical maturity, which I understand they don't want for some reason?

Reminiscing about doing watercolour and linework for the "Fearsome Foes & Fables" @crowlandwrites.bsky.social released on Pathfinder Infinite. Crazy to think that was only 4 years ago.

every time adobe does stupid bullshit people come out in droves to post a list of software alternatives that only maybe have 1 or 2 basic functions in common, and it always reminds me of a kid's cookbook i had that said "why toast marshmallows over a campfire when you can dip cupcakes in sprinkles?"

This is amazing and not Al: youtu.be/ovzoNbUkg6k?...

Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock

Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.

A Big Mooncake for a Little Star by Grace Lin explains the phases of the moon in a witty, sweet and quietly joyful way. Inspired by the Chinese Autumn Moon Festival and its central food - the mooncake - it focuses on the loving relationship between mother and daughter.

Wishing everyone a cosy day full of light and laughter as Christmas night washes across the timezones.

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

Happy cheese-eating singing horse ghost to all who celebrate.

This is a lovely review and shows the bit I love most about running a small Etsy shop for my art: Making peoples' day with my drawings feels great. ❤️🫶 natrowlandart.etsy.com/listing/7303...

someone said "I want to be able to draw but I didn't want to learn anatomy." The desire to draw is your catalyst towards learning more about the world around you so that you may replicate it. It's not just anatomy but geology, botany, zoology, meterology, everything you learn helps you draw better

walking my fish

I tried to do the lifted chin Frieren and i Fell Into A Trap. Oh well. Good fun still 🫶 Oh. Oh. Bluesky wants a content warning on this one. 😭😭

Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays: Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink. If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business. Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.

I like to write a short story ~800 words that sets up the character's premise going into the adventure... There's no time to build something big and extravagant, but you can get the first domino to fall. And I reread it to remind myself of the character's voice after a long gap between sessions.

Today's observation sketch. 🫶 It feels good to draw.

Thinking of all the little back-up heaters being put to hard work this week as temperatures dip towards 0° Celsius. 🙏

A few of us designers have been privileged to follow along while @stoutstoat.co.uk chipped away at this project for the last few years. It's something new. An interactive history book like the kind you'd maybe read as a kid, but with the combined powers of archaeology and game design.

Something black and white 🎱✒️

So many books have influenced me, and I think it's honestly rare the book that doesn't at least entertain me (when I get the reading mojo/time&focus, which was plentiful in my tween & teenage years) 1/2

"why don't you lie down on the sofa while daddy finishes his tea, then we'll go to the park" Literally the most successful attempt at a nap (still no sleep, but staying still! Lying down even!) since the cot sides came off this kid's bed.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Same!

QRP with your Fanart 🫡 (A lady Oscar study sketch copying a panel from the manga Rose of Versailles.)

#bluey fandom time to get some epic crossover Fanart on the go! (I'd do some myself but I'm crushed under a far too daunting backlog.)

@marielareveuse.bsky.social bluesky wants my details for DM privileges, so you're getting this link on main for your entertainment www.tumblr.com/rox-and-pros... (Its English language nerdery.)

I wrote a massive TTRPG setting guide encyclopaedia about the ancient Scotland and the Picts who lived in it. It covers everything scholars currently know about life in the 7th century, from landscapes to kingdoms to faith, magic, settlements, and so much more. Check it out! carvedinstone.scot

Rogatons Rediffusions - 30/01/2024 - "E-Conomie" Source: www.bouletcorp.com/rogatons/202... LES ALBUMS ! Tome 1: www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/l... Tome 2: www.exemplaire-editions.fr/exemplaire/l...

(7/7) Glatisant launches on Kickstarter on Tuesday, Sep. 16. If this kind of game design means as much to you as it does to me, follow the project! You can get a limited edition linocut print if you back in the first 48 hours. tinyurl.com/bd949nbv

Happy accident. 🫶

A small sketch of a tennis player from 2019, because why not. #drawing