We spoke to Black women who started the Target boycott & who sustained it for a yr+. They'll likely never go back. Teacher Laverne Mickens put it like this: “[Black women] will say if & when it’s over. And I can tell you right now: That will be the 15th of never ever.” 19thnews.org/2026/03/targ...

Another vidcall game "Reacting to cool scientific discovery" Artists: @deloctyte.bsky.social, @undergrounddawniii.bsky.social, @psshaw.bsky.social, @dykebeast.bsky.social, solidagold.tumblr.com, @tickfleato.bsky.social, @ibenkrutt.bsky.social, graveyardfish.tumblr.com, & zygote.pudding!

Superb reporting from @katherineeban.bsky.social for @rollingstone.com on the scandal around the RFK-fueled, unethical HBV vaccine study in Guinea Bissau that horrified CDC staff, scientists and ethicists around the world. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

And here's a version with the scientific names. @exuvialremains.bsky.social was before me; I have to thank them for introducing blue-footed boobies into the chain because it made me think of this video I saw once of a fish market in the Galápagos, and then it all clicked... #Turbophone2026

My part of 24h Turbophone! #turbophone2026

My piece for the #turbophone2026. We each had just 24 hours to make our piece before sending it on to the next in line. I was team Red. A nice romantic scene, just in time for valentines day. ascalaphid.com/

open mic night at the coolest bar in town [ my piece for #turbophone2026 run by @ascalaphid.com - each artist only had 24 hours to work on their piece before passing it on ]

I got to participate in #turbophone2026! ascalaphid.com/telephone/tu... One originating picture, three teams, each person had 24 hours to draw something based on their predecessor. It was a wild ride and the results are astounding! (I got to be Team Green #13, where things got hellishly surreal.)

My favorite digital storefront ain't getting a dime from me until they sort this out. What the hell.

(For the curious.)

woagh hello #portfolioday i didn't see you there. my name is Blue, my site is artbyblue.com, and i make scifi and fantasy illustrations for print and animation and maybe You.

one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is

For all the new artists joining Bluesky: 🎨 You don't have to censor words such as commission, Patreon or Ko-Fi. 🎨 You can share links and your post will not be de-boosted. 🎨 You can take time away from Bluesky and come back whenever you feel like, there's no algorithm to punish you!

SEASON'S GREASONS

Christmas shopping at tescos

Multiple sources have confirmed that ICE/Border Patrol is headed back to the Raleigh and Durham areas for undefined deportation actions. We've heard 50 ICE agents, charter flights and hotels booked for all of them in the Raleigh area. Let us know what you hear.

Still riding high from my time at PAX Unplugged. I met some fine folks in the flesh, played some published games, put some concepts in front of new eyes and even got to try a fledgling RPG. Yeah, I'm riding high going into the holiday season

Not to be the fun police but I do hope people know that Arc Raiders does use generative AI for voice acting, and by supporting the game you're letting higher-ups know that this is an okay practice. They try to downplay this on the Steam store page by describing the AI usage as vaguely as possible.

I missed this until today but want to share it because it’s great. I’ve been increasingly conscious of anti-AI witch hunting, as well as the conflations and equivalences tarring legitimate creative tech with the same brush. It’s gonna hurt the fight against Regurgitative AI. Reel that shit in.

Facebook's "memories" tool is perfectly designed to make you feel like you're crumbling to dust. What do you *mean* my attempts to make a court intrigue game is a dozen years old q_q 🎲✂️

Well, that's my final #Inktober done. I had a great time but Nlnext year I'll have to find a set of challenges that don't come with the kind of baggage this one has. So, without further ado, here's my collection of doodles from November! Day 1-4: Mustache, Weave, Crown, Murky

In an effort to not be the ultimate lurker, I'd like to share some good news. The latest game I worked on just closed its crowdfunding campaign on ~1.5 mil! To see so many fans respond to our hard work with not only joy but by trusting us with their hard earned cash neber ceases to amaze me. Thanks!

Can we talk about how companies are now actively making it harder to give them money? Whose clownshow of a business decision resulted in this nonsense? Let me just buy gifts for my friends abroad! I'll pay extra, I literally do not care, Steam!

pretty sure the french revolution was totally bloodless and the reign of terror was called that as like. a joke

If you ever run into a game that very clearly uses LLMs on @boardgamegeek.com, the best way to combat it is to tag it under “Family” as “AI Generated Illustration” It would be great if we had a category for generalized LLM usage—but at the least we can kick all of the garbage to the same space. 🎲✂️

In a case of "In order to make an apple pie from scratch", you sometimes you just have to make little guys in order to test out your board game idea.

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

Here's a video that I think we can all agree, says nothing controversial.

Gencon 2025 was a blast! I didn't get too much time on the show-floor, but I got to see a couple of games, most made or recommended by friends and acquaintances who were a delight to meet.

The script to oppose KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) AKA The Big Bullshit Censorship Bill is now up on @5calls.org We’ve already seen the results of this over the last few days in the U.K. with their Online Safety Act (OSA). Let’s make sure it dies off again. Call your reps ☎️

feminine ideal . #imaginativerealism #fairy #illustration

Oh hey! I participated in this neat art thing: psshaw.tumblr.com/post/7880867...

predrawns available for the 26th and 27th in Brooklyn! DM or go to the booking form in my bio to claim one! . #tattoo #tattooartist #pridetattoo #nyctattoo

this is like worse case scenario for me and many other trans people on medicaid. i will likely not be able to access life saving care if this goes through. can't state it any more - they're trying to eliminate us from existing. please call your reps now

painting digital again?? maybe?? this committee went soooo quick painted on my phone

listen pal i don't care how "great and powerful" you are, that thing is at least a dozen segments over street legal, and it just destroyed a crate of good seasonal fruit! made for @ascalaphid.com 's latest Art Telephone game, more info below Prints: www.artbyblue.com/store/that-t...

Get ready for a giveaway!! Win a complete and in-the-box (but punched and played) copy of Red Rising and one other prize of your choice. To enter: Be following me here, and repost this skeet to be entered. Quote repost with your choice of secondary prize for an automatic double entry. 🧵 1/2

oh hey #portfolioday ! i'm blue, an illustrator and tattooer looking for work! books, albums, or concepting, i love everything scifi & fantasy (especially dragons, apparently!) www.artbyblue.com

Been playing through the Bioshock games with my SO, and we just got to Infinite's Killworker moment. Good god, it didn't just age like fine milk, this was bad even back in 2013.

KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!

Could someone in the US just roll into a gov agency with a small army of 20 year old nerds with laptops and start taking over the place? Tell them you’re with DOGE and start deleting ppls student and medical debts. Seems foolproof tbh

i love squid transgenderism and phantom opera types

The Beneficence of Magic . #fantasyart #illustration #painting #beaniebabies #magic #dragon

Bernie Sanders posts an 8-min video that explains what’s happening, steps for short term strategies, and steps for longer term stuff. One example: he reminds folks the GOP has four vote majority. They are weak. He suggests calling your reps. Be mad It works. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8YLQGLu/

This is effectively a trans travel ban. Content Warning: Trans person unable to get a new passport- with previous or ANY gender marker. www.tiktok.com/@gentlereali...

it's threshold day, they shoulda had some balls and let her keep the kids