If you're an NSFWer anticipating your stuff getting kicked off Bluesky next month, casual reminder that Pillowfort is still a thing.

For book lovers: I just finally got around to setting up Library Extension on my browser and now I feel like I'm thwarting capitalism. You tell it your favorite libraries and then when you look for books online it'll hook you up with library copies. www.libraryextension.com

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly. sbgi.net/tv-stations/

if you must be online may i point out that project gutenberg is still around and still has basically every book written before 1910 for free

I just forgot the word 'fleece' so I looked up "How many sheep does it take to make a sweater" and the article started with, "None. Sheep are not used in the making of sweaters." For some reason this is the funniest thing I've read all week. I can't stop laughing about it.

For fans of #Malevolent podcast and/or prompt fests, the #Malevoween 2025 prompt lists are up! SFW #Promptober and #Kinktober editions. There's also a Malevoween AO3 collection! Feel free to add your stuff: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

Small Fandom Bang 2025 is starting up! Author signups are open until Oct 31. Minimum fic size is 10k. The small fandoms close to our hearts deserve love and this is a pretty good way to indulge. Small Fandoms Bang rules link: smallfandombang.dreamwidth.org/338585.html

Hello! I'm Theo, a nonbinary digital artist & theologian :') I mostly draw original characters and TTRPG content ✨ 🍊 — konda.carrd.co

It's my birthday! I only wish to get more eyes on my medieval art 🪶📜

Peter Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn, is on the "not an asshole to trans people" list, yay

The only thing better than a sunburst light magic ancient tome secret book box is one that is RAINBOW colored! thebrokencircle.etsy...

Humble Bundle has the whole Murderbot series available right now, and so last week I read the whole thing. I have seen the light. It's Murderbot-shaped. I'm obsessed with this soggy anxiety-ridden killer android and all its friends it's reluctant to admit it has.

In this week’s newsletter, we revisit C.J. Cherryh’s essay from Wonderworks as we approach the release of the remastered digital edition of my first published art collection. theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/an-introdu...

Okay, Steve- Here's my comic writer version: YOUR COMIC SCRIPT CRITIQUE @stevelieberart.bsky.social

It's a great site and I can't recommend Corgi's unhinged blorbo-posting enough.

Ahoy there researchers. I just checked the ‘libgen’ database used by Anthropic and found the full text of 95 of my scientific papers and one book. It’s super easy to add your details to this class action so you can join with other creative primates whose copyrighted work was taken without consent.

Another cool feature that @pillowfort.social has which seems worth highlighting: You have enormous control over your posts at an individual post level, and can change these settings *at any time.*

As far as I’m concerned this was the actual plot of TROS

Remember folks who do NSFW art commissions and are unfortunately beholden to Paypal: List your artwork as 'digital goods' or 'digital commission' in your invoices. They don't gotta know shit. Ain't their business. Mailman doesn't ask what you got sent in the mail, neither should Paypal.

"This would kill a Victorian child on contact" buddy, that kid grew up with heroin in their cough syrup and arsenic in their wallpaper. A Victorian child would probably kill YOU on contact.

It's time to bring this up again

Man I forgot I drew this (Art for a kickstarter project a few years ago) #OricalconArt🌌

made a tutorial for u

You have to have changed your main fandom platform at least four times AND you must have at least three fandom-related subjects that cause an overwhelming wave of exhaustion to hit you whenever people start arguing over them

The adult content guidelines are just...vague. They don't clarify whether they pertain to 'real' depictions or fictional ones too. I think they can just make this better and clearer. The guidelines aren't long and the comment form is very easy to submit.

So, @prettyarbitrary.bsky.social thought I should be more visibly unwell about my own characters and their tales, so I'm gonna start a weekly #ocsky blorboposting thing to start. +

As an afab of a certain age, this is the article on perimenopause I needed to read, so I'm sharing it as a gift article. It goes into the symptoms people miss, what medicine currently understands (and doesn't), available treatments and reality of the risks involved. www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/m...

I made a quick and dirty anti-censorship cheat sheet to help onboard people and direct their energy in a productive direction. This isnt as comprehensive as various websites being shared around, but it should be easy to share and save. Save the png and repost as widely as you can

I'm getting around to getting a few stories up that I've been dawdling on for a while. This one is a crossover with my guy Ira and @tyrastafr-ttrpgs.bsky.social's Chicago Spirit setting & characters! CW for body horror. www.prettyarbitrary.org/2025/07/20/c...

The hate that rises within me at this dark beast cannot be calmed.

Happy #pride 🌈 NYC

I took this quiz and didn't get a single one right. Which is the article's point. We think we can tell the difference, but we can't. And we don't have time to fact-check every video. When AI can convincingly manufacture the markers of authority with content that lies, how do you navigate that world?

Charge of Duty (1/7) (full comic in thread below) #pride #comic #cremeart #comic #illustration #faithbreaker

I love when I find him after he’s just taken a bath. proud chimkin [ #caique • #parrot • #birdsky ]

Eastern rosella out front in the rain the other day. #birds #canberra #nature #australia #parrot #photography #winter #easternrosella #june #overcast #rain #rosella

I found this weird soggy pinecone on the floor. 🤔 🪶🦜 #parrotSky

a case of THE SOGS #parrotsky

Harvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’ www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

*Ebeneezer Baptist Church of God in Christ on the Mount Gospel Chorus* WE USED TO HAVE MORE PUBLIC POOLS BUT WHITE PEOPLE CLOSED THEM DOWN RATHER THAN SWIM WITH A NEGRO. *tambourine*

Personally I am unfamiliar with any legitimate activity that requires switching license plates, which by the way is illegal.

There's a scam going around where people message you with an apology saying they've reported you by accident and try to get you to click on links to resolve it. Even if an account looks real and you've even talked to them before, always be cautious with links.

sensational

#birdbot

gonna call this one done, I think 🤞

In spite of its owner, I must say the LA Times is meeting the moment with wall-to-wall coverage of ICE kidnappings and so many stories about how immigrants are the backbone of everything great about LA. Its staff has a much clearer view of the city than the New York Times does of NYC.

I love listening to Brian Blessed talking about FLASH GORDON. He LOVES that film. He thinks it's ART. He calls it BEAUTIFUL, and speaks about the purity of Sam J. Jones.

Unmute. This is so good, and in somewhat related news, I’m crying now

🌿 kakapo 🌿