Amelia K. Bates @ameliakb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026One of my coworkers wrote about the late Wendell Berry and I jumped on the chance to do a portrait of him. I don't often get to do portraits at work, so being able to draw this (and with traditional media!) was a pleasure. 100
Reposted by Amelia K. Batesteagan white @teaganwhite.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Echoes • 16” x 30” • gouache & watercolor on paper Based on my 2024 residency in the wilderness of Minong (Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior) 13868245
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesReports From Unknown Places @clever-reports.bsky.social · 22/08/2026We report: last week, we stood outside at night for hours on end during the peak of the Perseids. Tonight, the sky is even clearer, and we would do it again - had the temperature not dropped by half since. Even our jacket feels a little flimsy after a few minutes of staring up. 013349
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesOlivia When @oliviawhen.com · 21/08/2026I feel sad I can’t make other people understand what I find endearing about unpolished things and human fumbling. I feel like people gave up so much it can’t even be properly accounted for, and for what? 336968
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesOlivia When @oliviawhen.com · 21/08/2026Doggust day 20: Some things lost to AI. 📝 #doggust2026 43427819
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesLucy @lucyxiv.boontavista.com · 21/08/2026exploding a data center is not enough. I need to hear ChatGPT die while saying it’s afraid like in 2001 161787495
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesSamantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Now that Pomona is settling, the financial crunch of her illnesses has hit my bank account. We are down nearly $2500 after all the vet visits, which is a little mind boggling So I'm hosting a "We Love Pom" 25% off everything sale at my shop: samanthamash.etsy.com Please share if you can🧡 3360267
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesSamantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Did this piece recently for Mother Jones for their article "Should We Kill One Kind of Owl To Save Another?" You can read it here if you wan to learn more about this issue that is impacting wildlife in the Pacific Northwest www.motherjones.com/environment/... 7703185
Reposted by Amelia K. Batesmothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Shan't be doing anything. 342541154
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A lot of people don’t realize the dust bowl wasn’t a natural phenomenon. It happened when agrobusiness interests dramatically transformed the plains without regard for drought, and created vicious dust storms that choked whole families to death. That’s what I think of when I read about data centers. 352232976641
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 20/07/2026MULDER [slapping down plane tix]: Hope you packed your rain coat, Scully. SCULLY: Seattle? Mulder it's the weekend, what- MULDER [handing her a file] Confirmed sightings, Scully. This is big SCULLY [eyes wide]: My God Mulder, what am I looking at here? MULDER: The locals are calling it.. JIMOTHY 4375571671
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesMatt Emmons @secondatbest.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Oh to be an opossum getting a hug from a ghost 3615184
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 06/07/2026Heat waves. Thanks to @climateadam.bsky.social's most recent video, which helped inform this comic and gave me the kick I needed to make it. 2126811543
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Hot take: lecturing people about their a/c use and commercial airplane flights is a psyop to make us feel climate doom instead of climate rage 9510184
Amelia K. Bates @ameliakb.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I've followed Samantha's work for years & I'm so happy that she was available to work with me on this project. She was a delight to work with, so patient with the many edits that happen with these kinds of projects, & the art is just stunning. I hope we can work together again in the future! 110
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesCarey Pietsch @careydraws.bsky.social · 24/06/2026No, seriously, #makeaterriblecomicday #makeaterriblecomicday2026 271595556
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesReports From Unknown Places @clever-reports.bsky.social · 23/06/2026We report: there is a warm bit of wind tonight, but in comparison to the daytime temperatures, it feels like a crisp one. We find goosebumps on our arms. All of the outside smells have been stripped down to their earthiest components: hot dust, dry grass, salt. 013543
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesKasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 20/06/2026What the fuck is it good for? Im asking sincerely. Medical people say its shit for diagnosing, its utter garbage for creative fields, it cannot teach and hallucinates false answers, programmers have to fix its code half the time, businesses find it doesn't help productivity and it causes psychosis. 15547432046
Reposted by Amelia K. Batesalice @aliceduke.bsky.social · 11/06/2026nest builder process - without the hours of dithering about lighting 14111
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesThe Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 02/06/2026It’s pride month. Time to hire my trans ass and buy my trans art linktr.ee/thesunxix #art #illustration #pride #shopsmall 25519
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesRóisín 🏳️⚧️ @roisin.northsky.social · 02/06/2026In an unexpected move, Mohammed Ben Sulayem's FIA have decided to celebrate Pride Month by removing straight zones for this week's Monaco grand prix. No straight mode allowed this weekend in Monaco. Happy Pride!gpfans.comWhy is there no straight mode for the Monaco Grand Prix?Straight mode has been a feature of F1 in 2026 so far, but it will not be present at the Monaco Grand Prix 07221
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesThe Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Happy Pride, fuck the police, prisons shouldn’t exist, borders are stupid, wars are even stupider, resisting colonial violence with violence is resistance. Queer people are the most revolutionary out of all peoples. #pride #illustration #art #queer 0441173
Reposted by Amelia K. Bates🌜Sara Kipin🌛 🔜 LBX Table #629 @sarakipin.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I think we’re long past the “ai bad because of stealing” argument and fully in the “ai is also actively and tangibly destroying our planet why are you even trying to use it as an art tool at this point” stage 6786703734
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesMarianne Martin @mariannemartin.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Artists, it looks like Adobe might be doing very questionable things at the moment by auto-enrolling you into a more expensive AI-heavy "pro" plan (potentially even charging you for opting out after the fact, which I should hope is illegal). Be vigilant 🧵 see further posts below 4823632
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesBrandon “Bouncing Beebles" Kirkman @kirkmanbrandon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026I feel like this one image alone solidifies why I’ll never understand AI: this little guy was made by a human, centuries ago, but but now their art still exists. They’ve personified their love of making a little guy for people to still experience, this was a part of them they made and lived on 6518157
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Do donate, however, directly to member stations, which is where much of the journalism happens anyway. 316980
Amelia K. Bates @ameliakb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026probably the silliest and most fun illustration I've done in a while, thanks to @trueref.bsky.social. I'd forgotten how much I love figure drawing and it was so nice to enjoy drawing (for myself) again #TrueRefDT013 432168
Amelia K. Bates @ameliakb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026latest freelance work: some #sciart for a postdoc to use in presentations. because of a lot of work I've done for Grist, I am now an infectious disease artist 030
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesDBJ @deadblossomjesse.bsky.social · 06/05/20267 dollar gas. Well, I guess I'll buy an electric car. Oh those are 60 thousand dollars? Well at least electricity is cheap. Oh the government won't build solar panels because it's "Too transgender"? Well at least wages are going up. Oh the idea of jobs is fake now? Well at least everyone is happ 361161063788
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesOlivia When @oliviawhen.com · 02/05/2026Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨ 81175415577
Reposted by Amelia K. Bates𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Not that either of the options is good or healthy but frankly I think using ai for inspirarion and reference is even worse than letting it render stuff out. I think the initial kernel is the most personal thing, what you choose to depict and how; fighting your improficiencies to get it out 14675135
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 24/03/2026if Anita Bryant was still alive and promoting Florida orange juice, you couldn't pay me enough to drink it. how is Harry Potter any different? here is a timeline of JK Rowling's transphobia: web.archive.org/web/20241225... & here is where her HP money is going: www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...advocate.comJ.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organizationThis is where "Harry Potter" profits are going. 3123811115
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesGretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 16/03/2026boiling the planet and all of us alive to make games look more like those cellphone apps that steal your data while showing you airbrushed catalog models saying "I'm pregnant, and it's the king's!" 8815187
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesDREW WISE @drewwise.bsky.social · 07/03/2026🩷 ɪᴛ'ꜱ ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴇꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ! 🩷 71178544909
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 04/03/2026A massive bloom of rimu berries in New Zealand fueled a mating surge among the critically endangered Kākāpō. spklr.io/6044E87xp 📸: New Zealand Department of Conservation 191420334
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesKim Myatt⁷ @ysvyri.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I need another 2000 views on my videos in the next week to remain monetised after I took time off to grieve for my dad. Here's a link to my most popular video, so you might enjoy it if you give it a watch; youtu.be/n-mCCaaxQH8 11364192
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesHartford Yarn Works @hartfordyarnworks.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Just me? Loving this as one of the new styles of subversive Crosstitch kits we just got in…. Feels relatable. Hartfordyarnworks.com #Crosstitch #SubversiveCrosstitch #ShopSmall #FiberArts #SmallBusiness #Subversive #Craft #Crafts #Needlepoint 14610
Amelia K. Bates @ameliakb.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Show your range ✨ (silly portrait of my dog vs. scientific illo for work vs. embroidery art) 020
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesHartford Yarn Works @hartfordyarnworks.bsky.social · 02/03/2026We’ve restocked several styles and added a bunch of new styles of Subversive Cross stitch kits!!! Find them at hartfordyarnworks.com #Crosstitch #Subversive #SubversiveCrosstitch #crafts #shopsmall 3550187
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesThe Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Hope this happens soon ☺️ (This is the illustration for March’s A6 print for the Patreon mail club!) #illustration #digitalart #art 24419
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesRemember the LMAO @ass.golf · 28/02/2026Demented Old Pedophile Assaults Iran To Distract From His Pedophilia 320743
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesHarriet - Pumpkin Spite @akaharriet.bsky.social · 15/12/2025we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫 246228798269
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 14/02/2026I strongly feel that fundraisers should rely more on pettiness. 1138889
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesPip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Happy Valentines day! 🩷🎀✨️ Aside from the people in my life, my biggest love has always been the creatures on our planet 2320127
Reposted by Amelia K. BatesKoboldscrossing @koboldscrossing.bsky.social · 14/02/2026happy valentines day send this to your lover or someone you hate 210220