We're thrilled to announce Pillowfort now has a mobile app! Download the Progressive Web App directly from our browser site and it'll behave the same as any other app. Check out the following guide for installation instructions and more info about PWAs: www.pillowfort.social/posts/5881832

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BREAKING: The Muslim dating app Salams (6M+ users) was quietly acquired by Match Group — the company behind Tinder, Hinge, and more. Their new CEO? 😳 A man who bragged about helping American Jews fly to Gaza… to fight for the IDF. 🇮🇱💸

🚨 Facebook is selling apartheid. Meta is running paid ads that: 🏠 Sell homes in illegal Israeli settlements Read more 👇

GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references. Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.

🚨 A ceasefire isn’t justice. The bombs may have stopped, but apartheid and oppression in Palestine continue daily. Brands like Starbucks, McDonald’s, and Caterpillar are still complicit, funneling profits to systems of oppression. Don’t let the ceasefire fool you—our boycott matters more than ever.

I'm gonna start highlighting some links I have here; Make Your Own Website: Jake Chirak's simple guide on making your own site jakechirak.com/howto/makeyo...

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

🚨 UN’s Francesca Albanese Demands Global Medical Boycott of Israel after its destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system and the detention of a hospital director. 🏥 Gaza’s last hospital is gone. Thousands are suffering without care. ✊ Stand with Palestine: Demand justice, boycott complicity

This is the language of genocide btw. Claiming an entire people as fundamentally false, fake, ephemeral, liars as to their true identity. It's about erasing them as a people. Genocide. I know this because there's like five different versions of it for Jews

Don't these children deserve to live like the rest of the world's children, far from killing, hunger and wars? They lost everything, even their childhood. They lost it to them. Donate even a little - donation link in bio - gofund.me/56f89529

📚 7,000+ authors just dropped the mic—and Israeli apartheid. Oh, you like The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini? Maybe Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman? SAME. Now imagine the people behind these books are boycotting Israeli publishers for their complicity in apartheid.

🇮🇪 Ireland Stands for Justice! 🇵🇸 Israel is closing its Dublin embassy after Ireland: ✊ Recognized Palestine as a state. ⚖️ Backed an ICJ case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. 🌍 Condemned apartheid and collective punishment.

🚨 Google and Apple are funding apartheid. 🚨 Both tech giants are matching employee donations to: 💸 Israeli military units attacking Gaza. 🏠 Illegal settlements built on stolen Palestinian land. 💣 Groups fueling forced displacement and human rights violations.

🚨UK People🚨 1/7 Your government is proposing a HUGE change to copyright law, where they give away YOUR works to Tech companies to profit from for FREE! A disgusting overreach that will cause irreparable harm to ALL creatives and beyond .You have one chance to stop it, read how below👇

Catly is 10000% AI Generated slop be serious 💀 - When asked directly they dodged the question - Named after AI Generated Cat Bitcoin - The founder (Kevin Yeoung) scrubbed his data from linkedin. But he has a history in "finance" - No actual gameplay

🚨 Chevron and Siemens are fueling apartheid and the climate crisis—it's time to act! 💥 Chevron funds Israeli apartheid with billions from fossil gas extraction. 💥 Siemens builds infrastructure that supports illegal settlements on stolen Palestinian land.

So many Gazans just had jobs like so many of us- working on creating things on a computer. Just regular old jobs. And now they are struggling to find anything to eat. There’s no nearly as much distance between you and them as you may think.

Always a great joy to see a dictator fall. Syrians have suffered enough. The task now is to ensure they do not suffer more, as the Iraqis and the Libyans did after the fall of their dictators. To that end, foreign powers, Western and non-Western, must also be kept at bay.

I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.

🌍 The world is waking up. We’ve always known Israel’s actions in Gaza are genocide. Now, Amnesty International has finally said it out loud. This isn’t just a statement—it’s a turning point.

You can also just do it manually by using the [text](link) syntax just in case pasting isn't working! The link between () needs to be a valid http/https and you can't put mentions or hashtags in the [] part!

💬 Here’s what you need to know: 🔹 AI bots like “Fact Finder” & “X Truth Bot” are built to manipulate the narrative. 🔹 They target pro-Palestinian posts with misinformation and gaslighting. 🔹 Developers behind this effort are backed by big tech & Israeli ministries.

🤖 Is Israel using AI to argue with YOU online? Leaked reports reveal AI-powered bots flooding social media to silence pro-Palestine voices and spread disinformation. These bots pretend to be neutral, but their goal is clear: justify war crimes and discredit activists sharing the truth about Gaza.

This is a scam that’s prevalent on Bluesky so please be aware. The scammer will copy an artist’s profile & create a nearly identical handle. They block the artist & reach out to their followers asking for money. If you’re contacted by a scammer let the artist know then report the scammer please.

For those unaware: Autism Speaks is a hate group that treats autism as a disease to be "cured" and autistic people as inferior. No autistic people are at the top of this org, and they support dehumanizing "therapies" to "get rid of" autism. The puzzle piece wrt autism is also a hate symbol. Block

Are you a social media manager running an account for an organization or high-profile individual? Or do you own a website and want a simpler username? On Bluesky, you can verify your account by setting your website as your username. We just refreshed our how-to guide:

ART THEFT LABELER @arttheft.bsky.social This has the potential to make bsky so much nicer for artists and help eliminate customers from being scammed by fake artists Let me show you how it works ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Are you looking for inspiration, references, and tips for your art? Check our handy free visual library! characterdesignreferences.com/visual-library #characterdesign #illustration #artreferences #artblock #bookmarkthis

💡 Tip: You can set your website as your username on Bluesky! This is one form of self-verification, and we especially encourage official organizations and brands to do this! Examples include @npr.org @react.dev @duolingobrasil.com.br. Here's our guide for how to do this:

Hi Newskies! We created a starter pack for folks who are also members of the Pillowfort Community! go.bsky.app/H3gUPFx If you want added to the starter pack reply below with a link to your Pillowfort account! It's that easy. #promosky #pillowfort #bluesky #newskies

🧵A thread of comic advice & tips for newer comics for no particular reason #Comic #Advice 1) Lettering is more important than you think. You can have the most beautiful art & stellar story & if it is hard to read then nobody will. Recommendation: follow letterers & font makers (I like Blambot)

🧵 Thread of articles and research on taboo sexual fantasies 🧵

Time for an intro post! We are the Collab Carnival! A collective community of writers & comic makers that puts creatives and their stories first~ 🌐More info on us on the website~ collabcarnival.weebly.com ⬇️Check the thread for more details on our community~

On twitter, Mirna El Helbawi has posted an urgent call for eSIMS for Palestine because they are so low they're rationing distribution to medical staff, journalists and students. You can donate via connecting-humanity.org gazaesims.com/donate/ chuffed.org/project/crip... twitter.com/Mirna_elhelb...

Exactly ONE YEAR since the Comics Devices Library comicsdevices.com opened!! Thank you to everyone who has used the library for their educational or creative work - especially those who sent suggestions, feedback, new devices! And thank you Sequential Artists Workshop for supporting its development!

Please use the shield icon next to the post button if your post is Not Safe For Work (AKA NSFW): Flagging your art NSFW isn't a judgment of your character. It's not bowing to corporate. It's not even a statement on your feelings about Yaoi. It's just considerate & it's very appreciated! Thanks!

If you’re upset by folks asking for alt text, help make accessibility the norm so no one has to ask. If you’re unfamiliar, learn via the links and images below. Enable the “require alt text” setting. If you’re unable, the Alt4Me hashtag will summon help. If you’re unwilling, go back to Twitter.

PSA ARTISTS: SCAMMERS ARE ALREADY APPEARING ON BSKY! If you get a comm asking "can you draw a portrait of my child/pet" and offer a large sum of money upfront IT'S 99% A SCAM They will pretend to pay you more than what was owed and try to make you pay the difference, or send a phishing link!!

A thread with all the helpful posts, tools etc. I find around bsky/web to improve your experience on this site! I'll update this as I find more, so if you know of anything I haven't included, please let me know! Reposts are very welcome so more people know. [ #helpfulbskypost ]

Artist friends, this thread has lists of pro-genAI accounts to subscribe to so you can block them.

Do you post photos/video here? You should "subscribe" to this list that auto-blocks content scraping accounts that steal content and regularly post it without credit. The fewer eyes they have on them, the less power they have (and thus the more original content we'll see). bsky.app/profile/did:...

I came across an outdated guide on image grid sizing crop/proportions for bsky earlier, and I felt it was important to create an updated version! Please use this new guide instead!