At least as a freelancer, I can enjoy more of my money now since you won’t be withhold-- Really? You need me to complete a W-2? Doesn’t that basically make me your employee? An employee without any health insurance benefits or PTO? Well, thank god for my day rate. Excuse me?

Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), still-life painter from the Northern Netherlands who specialized in flowers, achieving international fame in her lifetime #WomensArt

mushroom path #art (wallpapers below!)

"A collage full of nature 🌱🌷" from Gemma Matthews, contemporary embroidery artist who creates free hand pieces #WomensArt

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

A master.

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

halloween party (2020)

Hen and Dragonfly. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 × 64 mm.

Day 5 of #inktober - the prompt is deer #inksketch #sketch #sketchbook #deer #inktober2025 #inktober2025deer #drawdaily #drawchallenge

Game 2 WNBA Finals🏀!!! Rooting for Phoenix Mercury!!

On one hand, the inevitable AI bubble burst will crater computer parts prices, and we'll be able to grab graphics cards from dead data centers for pennies on the dollar. On the other, it's 17x larger than the dotcom bubble, and according to Deutsche Bank, the only thing propping up the US economy.

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Chiney Ogwumike is very outspoken in her support of the players getting their fair share and I’m HERE for it! It’s time for accountability in the #WNBA

Eyvind Earle (American, 1916–2000) "Winter Village", 1981. Serigraph on Paper, 100.3 × 74.9 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #painters #BlueSkyAr

This Monster Centrifuge Just Hit 300 Times Earth’s Gravity https://gizmodo.com/this-monster-centrifuge-just-hit-300-times-earths-gravity-2000666132

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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

Hope you get the job, Steve!

Amazon Prime with the 🔥 W graphics for the finals. #WNBA #WNBASky #WNBAFinals

お茶と音楽の絵🍵

However, the blue lapel still exhibits some human made elements, such as the white dandruff. Thus far, machines are unable to recreate this effect.

Trade Card of Nathaniel Longbottom, “Supplier of Skeletons in St. Thomas's Street, Southwark,” late 18th century. Longbottom would likely have had interactions with bodysnatchers (or “resurrectionists”) to help him procure skeletons for his shop. Image: Wellcome Collection

animated movies but with xenomorphs: thread

Olive Fell

I FOUND THE FULL RESOLUTION OF THE NEW JWST IMAGE AND I’M SPEECHLESS!!!

Daily bunny no.3067 plays a moonlight serenade

Artist Kate MacDowell explores the interaction between humans and nature through ceramics, porcelain #WomensArt

strange fungi

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

reminded me of you

Vacation paintings - Sheep Lake and woods near Packwood, WA. #pleinair

My painting ORANGE POPPIES

Doggust 30: Coton de Tulear. New painting. 🪵 #doggust #doggust2025

In Which Nadine Amuses a Dragon and Makes Autumn Happen

'House in Shirakawa' - Minagawa Taizo, 1965. #JapaneseArt

Daily bunny no.3063 sees a squall brewing

Dr. Escape-O looked on glumly after yet another of his illusions failed miserably - 14th century, The Morgan Library & Museum, MS G.24, f. 28v

The rear of Micklegate from my office window in York. Started drawing it at lunchtime, lost track of time & had to stay a bit later than usual to make up for the time. When asked what I miss about work since retiring the views from my office windows are close behind my colleagues. #drawing #ArtYear

It’s Friday! So, time for some seriously chonky otters.

“At present, the WhoFi system is a proof of concept requiring some incredibly advanced software to implement. But it’s very real, and the hardware used to develop it wasn’t anything special.”

Pizza King Otterbein, IN

✨ A Sprinkle of JoyousJoyness ✨ The pitterpats! Have a JoyousJoyfulJoyness day! #happy #zoomies #bird #cute #joyousjoyness