we NEED to foster the joy of reading because if i, your annoyingly verbose friend who commonly uses words like “diegesis” and “ontological”, can read a book and STILL run across a word i’m unfamiliar with, imagine all the incredible words the US literacy crisis is stealing from these high schoolers

ICE in northeast LA, including Cypress Park, Glassell Park, and Atwater Village

Keep hearing devs say that they only use ai for "pre-concept art" There is no pre-concept art. There is concept art. That's where the idea starts. With the concept. You're using ai for concept art.

hey so this is blatant false information punishing people for doing the right thing. no, it was not a "grabber". it was a reputable survey site that discord has used previously for limited surveys. nothing can """grab""" information if you dont provide it, which an anonymous survey didnt ask for.

Second Harvest is one of the suppliers for Joyce Uptown Foodshelf (joyceuptownfoodshelf.org), who I volunteer with. Joyce is referring shoppers to a local church making deliveries to those who can't leave their homes. Whoever you donate money or time to in the chain, they're helping South Mpls.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

the best antidote to blackpilling is remembering that every video you see of an ICE thug abusing their power was recorded by an American who volunteered to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of people they've likely never met and never will

it’s a little early to say i’ll be able to keep up with it, but i’m attempting to uphold a daily reading habit and log this year, and i do enjoy seeing it all laid out like this. (so far almost everything i’ve read has been for podcast prep, but i’m gonna expand out soon)

wonderful video, perfect accompaniment to baking lemon crinkle cookies

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A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.

Worth noting that Minnesota Public Radio is NOT doing that. They're interviewing people on the ground, chasing down witnesses and facts, and treating ICE statements with the appropriate amount of skepticism.

Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"

Commissioners and artists, be aware of this if you use the PayPal

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

excited to announce that ai will not only be making all art going forward, but will also be experiencing that art as well. this should give you more time to provide shareholder value and do chores: www.eurogamer.net/sony-has-pa...

one of my favorite LPs of all time

frustrated by the way threads work on bsky...i really like the idea of having all my dailies for the year in one big ever-updating daily thread, but then threaded posts don't show up on my profile page, so people HAVE to either click into the pinned thread or check my media tab to see my art posts

A dear friend is Sbux union leader through Workers United and she clued me into 3 things. Starbucks has not signed a contract with the workers for 4 years. Starbucks has more union violations than any other company in the US. Shareholders are demanding they settle. Keep boycotting.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well: go.bsky.app/8daQmpX

This is a good week to appreciate the massive posters of the Beehive Design Collective, which for years have portrayed the extractive colonial-capitalism that allows the US to prey on and dominate Latin America by force. Shown: detail from Plan Colombia, beehivecollective.org/beehive_post...

you there boy, what day is it? what day? that would be AGDQ day, sir! Then I haven't missed it!

if you happened to see me delete and repost my daily sketch for today because i realized after pressing send the first time i’d written the wrong date on it…no you didn’t

2026. I will draw, even if it’s bad. I will draw, even if it’s challenging. I will draw, even if it’s been done before. I will draw, even if it’s imperfect. I will draw, even if someone else is better. I will draw, even if I have much to learn. I will draw because it’s fun. Because I’m human.

I'm seeing a lot of posts to call your reps but little on actually how. 5calls.org is a great site where you can put in your zip code and get numbers for your house representative and two senators. You also can get a script if you're like me and stumble over your thoughts.

#artvsartist but this time it’s me vs 8 of the 365 self portraits i drew in my planner throughout 2025

y’know, sometimes you remember a tradition you had as a teenager of drawing two specific OCs right after midnight on jan 1st, and the power of the new year compels you to scrounge through your desk drawers for art supplies and reconnect with that long dormant instinct. #scoutdraws ( #dailysketch )

told myself when i woke up this morning that i was gonna take it easy, but i in fact spent the first 7 hours of my day doing tasks from my “mild to moderately stressful” task list. which i’m proud of myself for, but also, i’d better take it easy this afternoon or i’m gonna kick my own ass

EVERYONE GET MORE INSANE ABOUT YOUR OWN OCS NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you have the experience necessary to help guide a non-profit that will independent cartoonists get their comics into libraries, and get readers more diverse stories, check this out.

As we enter the New Year remember fear of making bad art is holding you back. Fear of people not liking your work is holding you back. Rejection is holding you back You'll make bad art, you'll have people not like your work, and you'll be rejected. Moving past it is half the job of being a creative

all of the 2026 long reads we picked in our Christmas episode we'll be doing a long read episode every 2 months, including 3 different Fullmetal Alchemist episodes!

one of my absolute favorite things we’ve recorded this year. i had a wonderful time exploring comics from the ShortBox Expo - which i’d somehow never heard of before this year! - AND, honestly, i haven’t been able to stop thinking about my long read pick for 2026 since the in-recording reveal…

Gay and trans robots. It's the law.

my #artvsartist 2025! looking through the year’s art to compile this left me…pleasantly surprised, and a little heartened. the worst of the burnout has hit me the past few months, eroding my perception into “i didn’t do anything in 2025”. but i did! it was, in fact, hard to choose only 8 pieces!

We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier. Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder. thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...

an assortment of sketches done during a dnd session last week. 🌖💫 #scoutdraws

Why We're Boycotting Xbox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybj1...

hire mine friend

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

re: my last two reposts. as someone who’s done a lot of commissions and taken a lot of verbal and written instructions, i have two points to reinforce via a short thread:

If you want to communicate your idea to an artist all you need is 30 seconds and the basic ability to grip a pen

Physically impossible #orufrey

I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.

#ai #mozilla #firefox #fuckAI #genAI #fuckGenAI