"What exactly do you expect Carney to do / not do?" A thread of 50 specific items (with links, and not in any particular order), a large fraction of which are in line with warning signs we pointed out early on and were told to be quiet, wait and see, or trust his 4D chess acumen. 1/??

Trying to make happy art again... I added another family of stargazers off in the distance. I was at Crater Lake once and wondered if animals took time to enjoy the beauty of their surroundings and at that moment a pika climbed to the tip of a volcanic spire and just looked out at the valley.

Nail art is basically my only therapy these days so here are some recent therapy pieces.

I have a young friend who is almost 6, obsessed with sharks (and megalodon lol), and her grandfather keeps finding bad AI slip for her. Any suggestions for better places to look @whysharksmatter.bsky.social? Id have DMed but maybe some of my other followers will have good ideas too!

Finished up this wave painting! Will be varnishing it to bring out the richness but want to let the paint fully dry overnight before applying. This one is up for grabs. Size: 6.5x11" Acryla gouache on paper $600 (US shipping including) DM to claim

Giant Leopard #Moths, Hypercompe scribonia, were frequent visitors to the bug light this year. What looks like black markings from a distance, is revealed to be a rich iridescent blue upon closer look. Some have spots, and some have rings. #MacroPhotography #Mothmas #Invertefest

Going to a (slightly belated) Boxing Day party this evening, so needed an appropriate* manicure for the occasion. *Note for people from non-commonwealth countries: this is not actually what Boxing Day is all about.

How can you say Avatar has no cultural impact? I've been hearing that Na'vi Dad song nonstop for weeks

I haven't been taking many pictures the last couple of weeks, (and today it's pouring rain), but here's a photo I took on Christmas Eve three years ago, of a single green lacewing egg in my garden. Think of it as a wrapped present with a bug in it. 🎁🌿🐙📷 #bugsky

Okay it’s officially Christmas. The Chelsea buns are done.

#ArtAdventCalendar is technically done, but I’ll leave with one last manicure - the one I’m wearing right now. Happy Santaween, y’all!

Our Squirrel of the Day for December 25, 2025 is a little Christmas angel #sqrlpix

Merry #Crustmas to all who celebrate! Hoping you are firmly attached to people you love, are able to scoop up large amounts of food, and can hide in an impervious shell when the social situation requires it ❤️

Day 16 - one very happy snake plant who started with some leftover watercolour ink and then just grew from there. I really want to make prints of this in 2026 #ArtAdventCalendar

#ArtAdventCalendar 22: a tumbling-blocks geometric #RugHooking work-in-progress. Started in February 2020, IIRC.

🌲🎄🌲 #artadventcalendar #artyear #artsky #artshow #art #illustration #illustrator #artist #drawing #cartoon #design #visdev #ink #childrensillustration #kidlitart #penandink #festive #whimsy #winter #mouse #christmas #christmaseve #christmastree #reindeer #rabbit #bird #tree #forest #woods #moon

#ArtAdventCalendar 2025, Day 24: Icons for items in the cooking system of a cozy, story-driven game in development. I liked these and was pretty proud of them. :) Medium: Pixaki for iPad. #gameart #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

Victoria, B.C. Harbour Waterfront. Oil with Cold wax medium, pastel knives, archival paper, 12 x 12 inches. Day 24 #ArtAdventCalendar #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArt #WaterScenery

I managed to miss day 24 of #ArtAdventCalendar because I was busy spending my entire day in the kitchen 😂 Glad my mom passed on her baking skills and quite a few recipes. She also taught me to sew a bit, but I never got much into that one. For day 24, here’s a quilt she made me, in manicure form.

Finished our LEGO Holiday Express Train kit! @brianwolven.bsky.social

Day 23 Türchen 23 #ArtAdventCalendar #AnimalStreetart #Streetart Montpellier, France 2021

Day 23: #ArtAdventCalendar Sharing a new small painting from my Lighting the Dark series today. Tisha Mark ©2025, Light the Way No. 2502, oil on gessobord, 7"x5" View the series here: tishamark.com/lighting-the... #art #painting #TraditionalArt #SciArt #bsnm

Time for a #painting. "Stone Walls, No Sheep III" was the 3rd in a series of 4 paintings that came out of loving landscapes especially those with stone walls and those with sheep but accepting that sometimes the sheep just aren't there. #art #Speirghorm #ArtAdventCalendar

Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar Waiting for Christmas be like #watercolor #watercolorsketchbook #skeletons #christmasart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23 GIVE THE ALGORITHM WHAT IT WANTS watercolor with pigment, 2023

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 23: gold filagree Hand knit brioche cables in wool 🧶

If I suddenly stop posting, know I was possibly murdered in my sleep 😂 #MerryChristmas #Catmas #CatsOfBluesky #Unamused #Cats

Today I'm sharing one of my favorite drawings I did this year. It's ink on watercolor paper, and is inspired by kelp. vis.social/@kristinHenr... #ArtAdventCalendar #SciArt #ink #drawing #art

#ArtAdventCalendar day 23 is a cloisonné cuetlaxōchitl (poinsettia) manicure. Mom always had these around to decorate the house during the holidays. Did you know the red “flowers” are actually leaves, and the true flowers are the teensy yellowish things in the middle? Hand painted in nail polish.

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 22, a deceptively simple manicure inspired by the JWST “Cosmic Cliffs” image of region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. I used a polish that was itself inspired by the same image to create the “cliffs” and cremes for the sky and stars.

For Day 21 #ArtAdventCalendar A Little Night Magic 32 x16 81x40cm Oil on Canvas 2021

#ArtAdventCalendar, Day 21! An all-time favorite of mine. In the new year I'd like to keep more of this looseness and ambiguity in my art. Yo-Yo mixed media on 18 x 24" canvas 2020, Sold #art #artist #ArtSky #ArtistSky #BskyArt #BskyArtists #PDXArt #ExpressiveArt #WeirdArt #ArtOnBlueSky #paintings

Astronomical winter begins today, which usually means it’s been winter for weeks already here in the Twin Cities. (first attempt at using salt in watercolor- shadows are wonky but I had fun) #solstice #artadventcalendar

Grandfather sun sends greetings ✨ (and so does Grandpa rabbit) #HappySolstice #seasons #nature #art #artist #life #joy #drawing #illustration #ArtAdventCalendar #HappyHolidays ✨

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 Happy Solstice everyone. Acrylic/canvas 20 × 24 (in.) the dark silhouette of a twisted, bare tree whose trunk takes the shape of a woman, transmuting the energy, with gnarled branches reaching. A tension, both intense & unsettling, comes as we transmute energy.

Illuminating Solstice Day

For day 21 of #ArtAdventCalendar, a nail meme i painted on my nails! The original imagery for the meme is taken from Disney’s Fantasia, when the demon Chernabog is summoning ghosts and fire demons.

Merry Christmas from me, @vexedmuddler.bsky.social and Darth Ginger! (…and CinnaMom)

Dec 20: Christmas Baubles #watercolour #watercolor #Holidays #Christmas #ArtAdventCalendar

It's #artadventcalendar day 20! Here's one of my miniature paintings; this one is 3"x4" and was sold at the Royal Miniature Society show in London last month. It was my favourite because it's my house! #day20 #art #painting #acrylicpainting #stilllife #miniatureart

#ArtAdventCalendar no17 Mein erstes Weihnachtsmotiv vor ein paar Jahren. Wie immer mit Finger auf Smartphone gezeichnet, kein AI.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20: These Mexican pitted-stingless bees chose to make their nest in the mouth of a sculpture I was checking out on a Belize boat dock. "Why is its mouth moving?" was a question with a delightful answer for me, an extremely creepy one for everyone else around! #bugsky #bees

Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar is an acrylic painting from August 2021

The northern cardinal look happy and excited🎶🎄 #ArtAdventCalendar #BirdArt

If those other filters want to be cleaned they should try being less gross 😤

For #ArtAdventCalendar day 20, a fun little number done as part of a group project in which everyone was assigned characters from the Rocky Horror Picture Show to translate into a manicure (I got Columbia). Hand painted with regular nail polish.

Winter King Acrylics and Gold Leaf on Linen #wren #birdart #kleineKunstklasse #ArtAdventCalendar

First time trying out a drawing tablet without a display, and honestly it was more straightforward than I expected This rock study was done using a wacom bamboo and rebelle 🪨🌊 #ArtAdventCalendar #art #BRart

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 ‘HOPE’ thread and sequins on canvas - handstitched and framed circa 2020 #FiberArt #HandEmbroidered

14. Spiny oakworm moth. This saturniid moth comes from a different part of the world to me, but it's fluffy and colourful and I just think it's neat. #SciArt #ArtAdventCalendar