Sobbing for my friends 🫶🏼 Reminder: they still have to pay their lawyers, a lot, please donate! @katmabu.bsky.social @michaelrabbitt.bsky.social

Some jerks exploited bugs in ARK survival evolved, to totally destroy everything my partner and I had built over... a very long time... and killed all our dinosaurs. We quit the game and got into making things instead. 👍

The message shouldn't be "taxes are bad," it should be that you should get something for them, it's your money, it shouldn't be going to some rich dipshit's Dr. Claw-ass ballroom or into the pockets of J6 child molesters

Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.

Vulture culture, old world edition!

Goose family we saw today!! 😭😭😭 They're so cute!!

Garden Dragons (2 days left to back Modern Dragons!)

I received a call for illustrators from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. They're looking for someone to draw 5 realistic, color illustrations about lives of free and enslaved Africans and African Americans in New York State during 17th-19thc.

Two more weekends of Tennessee Ren Faire. Thank you so much to everyone who has come to find our booth so far, and to everyone excited about our "no AI" sign. I really really appreciate y'all. You're supporting real humans who just want to make cool stuff to inspire other humans. 💚

Aphid nearly done. Solid 925 sterling silver, pre-patina (and eyes, and honeydew) 🛠️ #sciart #bugsky

I love how wood thrushes and brown thrashers have such similar plumage, but wildly different energy. The thrushes are just kinda vibing while the thrashers are full dinosaur. They could be alter egos of one another 😅

We're open for weekend number 3 at the Tennessee Renaissance Faire! Come see us for refillable notebooks, leaf wallets/ coin purses, bird art, and more! #renaissancefestival

PRE ORDERS are open for new RAGE blanket ko-fi.com/s/779ae8fe97 Anthrocon pickup is available! Please follow the directions in the listing if you’d like to order for Anthrocon pickup! Pre-orders close June 15th! #furry #AC2026 #Anthrocon2026

✨ Quote repost your art that has stars ✨

✨ Quote repost your art that has stars! ✨

Virginia Bill of Rights👀 "whenever any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, a majority of the community hath an indubitable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal."

So what we all have learned from webcomic day yesterday is that there is a FUCK TON of free to read stories made by super passionate artists that you should be checking out 🙂‍↕️ Search the hashtag #webcomicday and find some new comics to read!

I've been stressed out with some life stuff and thus a little quiet online lately. So to reaffirm: I'm staunchly anti-fascist. All good people should be. Fascism is bad and I wish all fascists a very "get pooped on by a heron."

Folks have said it before but the fact that the Supreme Court can do this, corrupted or not, is a PROBLEM. These judges do not deserve lifetime appointments. No judge does really.

Car is fixed and I made it to the fairgrounds in time to get started setting up after the festival closed for the day. See y'all at Tennessee Ren Faire tomorrow!

Proud mama. Cute duckling. What more do we need? 🪶 🐣

Car broke down halfway to Tennessee last night, so I won't be at the Ren faire today. 😞 Luckily it happened right as I was going through a town, so I'm safe and the car is at a mechanic shop. I'm bummed to miss a Saturday of the festival, but this could have been so much worse.

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i love pigeons 🖤🖤🖤 this bumper sticker will be available later this month!

Yes! Attaching a piece I did for Bird Collective below. I do have several other bird illustrations too. Portfolio: sayadaramdial.com And here's few more notable notable bird-enthusiast artists! @talenshi.bsky.social @aliceduke.bsky.social @himmapaan.bsky.social

I need $600 for my rent payment on Wed. I thought I was all set for the month, but food and gas bills just really piled up. Also been paying for CPAP supplies as well as various things for the move. Still gotta pay for uHaul too. Donations are SUPER appreciated as are shares. Thank you 💜

All done with weekend 1 of 5 for TN Ren Faire! You can visit our booth on the "Highland Gap" path, Saturdays and Sundays all month in May plus memorial day! It was so nice to have cool, mostly dry weather for opening weekend!

If every person currently on my free tier shifted to the $1/mo paid tier, I honestly can't even tell you how much cool stuff I would be able to do. It's a LOT. 🫢 Consider supporting today? www.patreon.com/adorkastock

Tomorrow Galaxy: As the World Falls Down by @planetx.bsky.social and @ryehickman.bsky.social is out. I was really lucky to get to read it early. I don’t say this lightly, it is a worthy successor to one of the most important YA comics ever Galaxy: The Prettiest Star. I hope you will pick it up. 1/3

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Less than 800 NSF grants awarded over the first half of the fiscal year for the entire country. Previous years were already over 2-3k awards by now. It is not particularly overdramatic to say we are seeing the death of federally funded science research in the United States.

Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

Here’s a small teaser: a needlefelted barn owl with open wings WIP. It’s meant to hang above a bed and ward off bad dreams. Hoping to finish it shortly.. It's about 1/5 of a real size, but I'm happy with it so far. #needlefelting #art #sculpture #owl #bird #birds #birdart #wip #handmade

I'm begging everyone who is an attendee at events to make a STINK if the event uses ai generated flyers, ads, and web graphics. (Ask a few artists if you aren't good at spotting AI- don't just throw out accusations.) Please tell the organizers it sucks. Please do still support the vendors.

Hello, friends! How about a fancy peony for this last day of #DrawAFlowerADay? What have I learned this month? That flowers can be ridiculously complicated and much harder to draw than I expected when I picked this theme lol, but hope you have enjoyed! (Bonus ladybug for #InverteFest)

This is the most detailed 3D rendering of a eukaryotic cell to date, obtained using X-ray, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and cryo-electron microscopy datasets. 🔬🧪

If you haven’t told your friends about #MaydayStrong do not wait. The corporate media is barely covering it. If you’ve ever said “we need a general strike” this is a necessary step. maydaystrong.org Follow @indivisible.org + a whole lot of labor unions for more info.

I think if ai slop has taught us anything it's to appreciate our art more. I used to stress myself out if my lines didn't look flawless and perfect everytime but now I just leave the imperfections because I made them. it's not a flaw it's a feature, to err is human, ect.

Honing your observation skills is literally one of the best things you can do as an artist. Don't just see a tree, observe what it really looks like: what color is the bark, the texture? Where do the limbs begin, high or low, are they all alive, or are some limbs dead? Do they curl up or down, etc

Intelligent

Fuck gas pumps that play audio while you get gas. Just had one with the volume set so high I went from being ok today to overloaded instantly. It's a fucking nightmare if you have sensory issues. Turn that shit down! FFS.

I don’t “network,” I make friends. Other artists are not my competition, they’re my beloved peers and sources of inspiration. We all have the same goal; to share our art. I’m not gonna corporatize my human relationships with them. I am in my sandbox playing and I hope they join me.

Got a sale yesterday that has put me up to $475/620. This bill is due on Friday. I have more stuff coming up too but I want to focus I getting this paid first. Just $145 to go!

Do y'all know about witch hazel cone gall aphids?? Because I learned about them yesterday after taking this photo, and... That's some "Scavengers' Reign" shit right there. You should read about them if you think bugs are neat. #nature #bugs #insects

I heard a bird (maybe a baby) making a constant sound like a squeaky bike tire going fast. Like this little dude only seemed to take a breath every few minutes. Merlin didn't have a clue what it was. 😅 It had the cadence of a northern flicker, but was higher pitched and went on and on.

Taking photos where one plant or type of plant structure repeats off into the distance makes my brain so happy. It's like a scavenger hunt for a sufficiently dense clustering. The plant ID app I use suggests this is ground ivy- if you know plants and that's wrong, LMK 💚 #nature #spring

#repostyourart day 23: Magic! Life was life-ing too hard for a bit there. Hello again. "The Mage Priest," Karen Swartz/ Talenshi, Photoshop, 2021

Saturday is World Penguin Day. A 2025 satellite study found emperor penguin numbers fell 22% across a third of Antarctica in 15 years, more than double earlier estimates. The driver is unstable sea ice. The fix is emissions. Still time for colonies with a fighting chance. 🐧 #WorldPenguinDay

One more for #showmeyourknits cowl week. This is the puffin cowl I made for a family member. #knitting #puffin #cowl #knitsky #bskyknits 🧶

Theres a key diff between what you want for yourself vs how you wanna be seen & I think some ppl dont truly understand that. It took me a while to understand it tbh Its a very raw, uncomfortable feeling once realized. Perceiving who you wanna become vs who you’ve actually been, then changing course