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Ariel Slamet Ries

@arielries.bsky.social
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Trundling sentient eggplant. Comics makerer, Ignatz award-winner, author of witchycomic.com Buy Strange Bedfellows and find me elsewhere: www.arielries.com/links Repped by @lindacamacho.bsky.social they / them

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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 2h
have so many ideas for original illustrations but unfortunately can't justify using my limited creative energy rn to do my job but unfortunately i also can't really do my job because of ongoing fatigue and exhaustion from my near death experience #myneardeathexperience
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🌸Petal Crash 2 is OUT NOW!!🌸 @petalcrash.com · 29/09/2026
🌸Petal Crash 2 is OUT NOW!!🎉🌸 The freshest in arcade puzzle action blossoms again! The Early Access release has lots to enjoy, including a single-player Arcade Mode, local multiplayer, and a built-in puzzle editor! Check out the game on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/2697670/...
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
kind of itching to replay og pokemon mystery dungeon because now that I've played shiren the wanderer i feel like i could blast through it and beat the 99lvl dungeon
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ok this is a list that I'm somewhat happy with but not entirely satisfied with either LMAO
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
at first i was like i can't possibly think of 9 games but now having seen more and more people's 9 games I'm like i can't possibly narrow down my list to just 9 games
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Deepcut News @deepcutnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Albanese's proposal to water down Australian copyright to appease AI companies is a "terrible betrayal", writes Richard Flanagan in a blistering piece. "A government that doesn’t understand its nation’s culture is a government incapable of leading the nation." www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-great-...
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The great betrayal? AI imperialists and Albanese – Richard Flanagan
Australians should be furious that Anthony Albanese has opened the floodgates to American AI companies
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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟 @deltahead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i am so beyond thrilled to launch my new webcomic: PRAYERS TO THE FUTURE! it's a muslim-themed post-apocalyptic adventure about coming together to breathe life into a struggling world. the first update is now live at prayerstothefuture.com - the comic is free to read + updates every monday. ENJOY 🧿
an illustration for the launch of my (iasmin omar ata) new webcomic PRAYERS TO THE FUTURE. the main character, irfan, poses with an obsidian sword. the rest of the comics cast (a mystery for now!) is depicted in various shapes behind her. the title of the comic is written outside of a circle behind irfan, with "by iasmin omar ata" written on the underside of the circle. within the circle, a post-apocalyptic desert is shown, with a tall obisidan obelisk at the center and a giant crystal floating atop it.
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Anna Krasner | Wishlist Uncanyon @slothysunday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're looking for publishers to help our broke asses finish Skinscribing. Featuring words by lovely @nadiashammas.bsky.social,art by incomparable @valkwise.bsky.social, music by majestic @davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social and code by me. Wishlists help! store.steampowered.com/app/4462890/...
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Skinscribing on Steam
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation...
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desperately seeking suzn @suzn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the panel that makes me quit doing brainchild again (no jk i live for this kind of stuff)
colored panel of nosilla standing shadowed in a mix of both native and invasive common roadside new england foliage INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: catalpa, black locust, norway maple, japanese knotweed, phragmites, cattails, and my absolute GOAT staghorn sumac
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
hey if i accidentally put a metal fork in the microwave for a minute and it didn't do the scary zappy thing what the fuck is the fork made of
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
just started playing the silver case (1999). hey is that good
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seosamh dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
everybody loves when queer and trans people get mocked by the press because it has the same weight and value to them as enjoying some second/thirdhand vagueposting. teeheeing with our newest ally against the tenderqueers, Fox News
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Uboa @uboatheflesh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
George has another banger article about ME. ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS and EDS are all neglected illnesses by our systems. ME can kill. It's like brushing AIDS under the radar. Look after the people with ME in your life. Believe them. Give them mutual aid. Even if they cannot speak, be there for them.
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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot
Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Charlot Kristensen @zolwia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We've only received 4 donations, at this rate we might not meet the goal. Yasmeen is due to start the training course on the 10th Oct & ideally we would need the funds by end of this week to allow time for the transfers. Pls I don't want Yasmeen to lose a chance to support her family financially
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 24/09/2026
the reporting on this stuff is a form of pareidolia. all this is explicable by a set of automatons stochastically exploring a state space and host environment with whatever predictive capacity an LLM affords them. absolutely no intent is required, they do not "know" what they are doing
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taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A mysterious Lady, a run-away train, and friendships as strained as ever... all aboard for FATE'S RUN, the unstoppable sequel to HUNGER'S BITE! Releasing April 27th, 2027! Pre-order at your favorite book retailer! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/taylo...
the hunger's bite cast pose in front of the cover of Fate's Run like it's a movie poster and they're all actors. text reads "releasing april 27th, 2027"
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The arts in Victoria are in crisis. A key reason is the state government has slashed arts funding. A group of artists and small cultural organisations have got together to campaign for better policy dontbreakourarts.org
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Don't Break Our Arts
Don't Break Our Arts : Make a donation today to support Don't Break Our Arts
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Screen Tones Cast @screentonescast.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hello fellow webcomickers! We've heard the news about Tapas, so we've updated our list on where to HOST your webcomic. Come check it out! screentonescast.com/view/116 It has info cards on what we've gathered from multiple options for you to consider!
an info graphic card that explains the pros and cons of hosting with the website comic furyan info graphic card that explains the pros and cons of hosting with the website/ app webtoonsan info graphic card that explains the pros and cons of hosting with the website The Duck Webcomicsan info graphic card that explains the pros and cons of hosting with the website Nami Comi
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Landeg @landeg.world · 22/09/2026
It's a fresh Australian Werewolf Wednesday and it's time for another #Silver&Iron update! Sorrel & Heliotrope's big night out continues :) ... :(
Cropped panels of Heliotrope saying "Um- I didn't mean that in a bad way-" and Sorrel saying "Don't be daft! I am old! And proud of it! Sometimes, I'll even glamour myself to look more like my real age." before doing just that.
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desperately seeking suzn @suzn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
brainchild.suzannegeary.com/comic/prolog... you should read my webcomic; I'm currently in the coloring stage for the remaining 36(!! whoa!!! so many!!!) pages of ch. 4 and expect to start updating the main site with them come november. but what's already there is awesome and beautiful and free.
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 22/09/2026
Got notified an artist was located, hired, and paid for work through HireHumanArtists.com and I couldn't be more thrilled Pls hire more artists through here!!! Support human made! #hha
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Find an Artist Who Doesn't Use Generative AI | Hire Human Artists
Looking for an artist for your next project? Our human artist directory is full of over 400 artists who have pledged not to use gen AI.
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
they should never have let video games be bigger than 2 gb
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
anyway i woke up at 6:30 am to a fruit fly crawling into my ear and getting stuck and dying. so that's how my day is going
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Watched Dark Star over the past couple of days. Went in mostly blind so enjoyed that it was a "what if you had coworkers in space" movie. it's not really a *good* film but it's so full of really good scifi ideas that are occasionally executed very well.
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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
hi so this is a lot and we’re simply not keeping up with donations please let people in your life who have a lil extra know! this is for a hospital and for many students! #ConnectingGaza
“Activity overview / eSIM and SIM voucher package spending and insights.” 

"$317,421.30 CAD” 

Purchases up to $5000CAD between Sept 2024 to August 2026, showing the highest purchases being the present going up to $5000, and a pause with no purchases between Feb-April 2026.
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pen, watercolor, black & white charcoal pencil.

Another featured piece from the Spooky Pants book.

A man in a sweater stands with his hands on his hips looking out of a large window with the curtains open. Things aren’t looking good outside, reader. A massive winged demon is emerging from the clouds as dozens of little ghosts and bone demons rip through the sky. On the ground below we see townsfolk running through the grass. Our man in the window is in no mood for this. He lets us know, “Oh, I am in no mood for this.” His dog looks out the window as well, wagging its tail. 

Fantasia (1940) inspired drawing. I think I could’ve gone a little heavier with the chaos outside but we’ll try again with fresh drawings this October. I like how the clouds turned out. Trying to balance my sloppy lines with more detail can be tricky but I think we achieved a good result.
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Saw a really cool dog today
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026
Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...
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The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State
These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.
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Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again @jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My daughter’s latest masterpiece
A painting of a round cat with small ears in a McDonald’s fry bag
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
New from 404 Media: humans are reading ChatGPT conversations. OpenAI has hired an army of contractors who read real ChatGPT users' chats. I've seen internal docs, the review system, and real user prompts. Sometimes they contain very personal and sensitive information www.404media.co/inside-proje...
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Inside ‘Project Lily’: The Humans Reading Your ChatGPT Chats
Humans are reading ChatGPT users’ prompts to improve OpenAI’s models, and those chats can include sensitive, personal information, according to leaked internal documents and real prompts seen by 404 M...
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
tfw you are cooked #surfacetension
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tfw you are cooked #surfacetension
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The new Avatar is (maybe) an interesting example of what happens when you pay closer attention to representation and identity politics than actual geopolitics because it seems apparent to me that the team genuinely was like "oh it's bad how in the original series we said it was based on Asia but--
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e.k. weaver @bigbigtruck.com · 10/09/2026
Front cover reveal!! Huge shout out to Sunny Lee for her masterful design work on the titling and layout
Front cover of SHOT AND CHASER, showing Tre and Olly in front of a storm cell
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Kiku @ SPX W15A @kikuhughes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Please help get this film about Kiyoshi Kuromiya to the finish line! Not only does it tell an important story in the history of gay rights, AIDS activism, Asian American and Black solidarity during the civil rights movement, but it also looks at his organizing strategies and gofund.me/5a1a75855
Black and white drawing of Kiyoshi Kuromiya, a Japanese American man, smiling from the screen of an old computer monitor.
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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🐺DARLIN' AND HER OTHER NAMES🐺 🩸Today's Update: darlincomic.com?pg=32#showCo... 🐺Read from the beginning: darlincomic.com?pg=1#showComic ❤️Mirror Sites: darlinandherothernames.thecomicseries.com | darlin.webcomic.studio
New Update 
DARLINCOMIC.COM
Comic panel illustration of a fuzzy black silhouette with glowing yellow eyes.
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
seasonal affective disorder is so embarrassing like oh you feel recharged in the light of a yellow sun. okay superman
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
beautiful women named Jacuzzi Bath and SpinyRush keep emailing me
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
sun's out who wants to spin around and lie in the grass in the park with me
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norman emailer @maximumchips.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Guys go and buy heaps of stuff from Amplify books, a good radical bookstore in naarm and wonderful people — they’re getting dogpiled and review bombed by white supremacists, full blown racist harassment campaign, people showing up in person, all cheerled by the putrid dog drew pavlou
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I've been playing the original SNES shiren the wanderer and the rng is like genuinely bad in a "just not smart game design" way but that just makes me want to beat it more
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
look i do want to be optimistic about the state of queer books in america but also just in case does anyone want to buy 10,000 copies of my trans gay book about dreams and the specter of your high school crush www.arielries.com/books/
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#surfacetension
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Fanfi 🥛💦 thinking about men with tits @fanfi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
the Big Bastard is finished, 38 pages of anti-AI, cheap and easy creating. 18 tips just for you *blows kiss* www.patreon.com/fanfi/posts/...
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/09/2026
this is a common question and the answer is that a lot of companies actually do track piracy numbers when it comes to gauging interest in an IP so if you really want to send the message that Harry Potter is toxic: no, you should not pirate it either
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
i need silicon valley to stop inventing useless rent-seeking tech bullshit and START inventing GROUT that doesn't MOLD
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Landeg @landeg.world · 01/09/2026
Happy Werewolf Wednesday! It's a break week for #Silver&Iron, but please enjoy this illustration of the Lovell brothers and some (metaphorical?) dogs. #OCsky Silver & Iron: Part 4 launches next Wednesday, September 9! See you then! 🐺🌙
Colour art of the three Lovell brothers from the webcomic Silver & Iron, each of them posing with a different dog. Clemence, the tallest, is in the back, standing in profile with a small smile as he reaches back to pat an Afghan hound which is looking searchingly in the distance. Maddoc, grinning in the middle, is punching the air with one hand while slinging his other arm around a caramel-coloured American pitbull. The pitbull is panting happily and looking to Maddoc. Ashley in the foreground is smiling at the viewer mid-stride; beside him a cocker spaniel is bounding forwards, tongue out, floppy curly ears billowing. The title "Silver & Iron" appears in the top right corner.
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
taking my hat off in the park to reveal my head of curly hair, immediately a magpie flies down from its perch to take a look at me, lovely curly hair perfect for magpie nest, i put my hat back on
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vesta z | play angel diaclasis 🪽 @godaughtr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
From the creators of Orangepeel, Onionskin... 👼 ANGEL DIACLASIS awaits. 👼 -38,000 word 18+ #yaoijam VN, by me and @pepperbloom.bsky.social -An original dark fantasy setting, dripping with atmosphere -Gay domestic drama, tragedy, & water inflation...? FREE/PWYW: pepperbloom.itch.io/angel-diacla...
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Ariel Slamet Ries @arielries.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
making pancakes kind of the ultimate breakfast because if you are sufficiently competent at making them, while you wait for each one to cook you can do the dishes, empty the dishwasher, even fold some laundry. and then you have delicious food and also you've crossed off some chores for the day
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