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Bonkalore

@bonkalore.bsky.social
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30+|She/her Former DreamWorks story artist and doing freelance. NO GEN AI! Most of my art is on tumblr! bonkalore.tumblr.com patreon.com/bonkalore

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 25/08/2026
🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:
BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting.
What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. 
Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.
Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. 
This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. 
No Contract? No Coffee.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/08/2026
MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE NOW. SCOTUS just allowed the Trump admin to move forward, for now, w/major new restrictions on mail voting ahead of midterms. The order requires states to provide voter lists to the feds & could restrict USPS from delivering mail ballots to voters who aren’t on those lists.
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TQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
they know we don't want it. they do not care.
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Trevor Henderson 🍉 (commissions closed) @slimyswampghost.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
buddy i have never used it. i don't know how to use it. i don't know if it's an app or what. i will never use it. if it disappeared today i'd go out and celebrate because it being gone would be instantly great for the planet and humanity
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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 05/08/2026
THIS IS WHY!!!! WE CALL!!! GREAT JOB EVERYONE 🩷 KOSA did pass the house but remember the senate has a conflicting version. Keep calling, it matters!
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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
hating your art is not a virtue, it's a sign of burn out or mental illness. the same way your muscles ache if you exercise too much or your stomach hurts if you're starving. learn to identify it as a sign you're pushing too hard or expecting too much of yourself somehow and check in with yourself.
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I know im goin on about this a lot but please contact your senators about opposing KOSA and the KIDS Act. Please make friends and family aware of how this will effect them and their privacy.
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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Reposting because they still have a ways to go to meet the goal. This is horrifying bullshit on top of a lot of already horrifying bullshit.
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Wake up, guys: time to badger your Congressman again. This is the latest version of the crappy KOSA bill: "push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications."
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Soen Ordo 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @soenordo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Before any of you all go "BuT tHiS wOn'T aFfEcT mE", yes if will. It will affect EVERYONE. Not jusy here on bluesky, on EVERY. FUCKING. WEBSITE. You would have to give up your fucking ID info just to use ANYTHING on the internet. It's mass surveillance. theintercept.com/2026/06/28/a...
theintercept.com
Online Age Verification Law Could Kill Whistleblowing
The KIDS Act, ostensibly aimed at protecting children, will raise the risk for journalists, dissidents, and whistleblowers.
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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
when it’s the perfect ship dynamic but it’s a rarepair and you’re alone thinking about them:
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Tavya🔞 @tavya.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
that was an XXL #ffxiv #zenos
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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
this was a fun little process vid to put together.
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frog @ read BtG @frogletcomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
your favorite online creators aren't ur friends and there's a fine-line between friendly behavior and genuine friendship. too many weird things have been said to me lol
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Zuka @nmzuka.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Bet you thought I wouldn't be doing a anniversary pic this yr! Even tho I haven't been drawing as much I still wanted to make sure I at least did this Not as involved as my previous #ARMSIVERSARY pics but at least something #NintendoARMS #ARMSNICE #ARMS_9TH #ZukaArt
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xervidae 🔞 @xervidae.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This is fucking HUGE 🙌
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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
South of Midnight was the first time I saw my peers talk about the South as something beautiful and worth seeing. That game did something I didn't think was possible; it was a love letter to a region I believe we should fight for, and for once, my peers got to see the beauty and magic that I see.
butwhytho.net
REVIEW: 'South Of Midnight' Is A Love Letter To An Overlooked Community - But Why Tho?
Compulsion Games has created a love letter to the South, to its beauty and its stories in South of Midnight.
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Bug🌻🪓 @noisyghost.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
when industry professionals say shit like "we're just using AI to generate concepts and ideas, it won't be in the finished project" all i hear is "we think concept artists are worth nothing and we do not value their time or insight" but also you are building a house on rotten foundation jesus christ
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 03/06/2026
Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈
A rainbow colored box turtle looking nervously out of a drab gray shell. There is text above him that says “It’s OK if you’re not ready yet.”
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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
if it isn't clear, I'm with the 18+ artists. don't think because the majority of my art is market friendly that it means I am. fuck censorship, fuck fascism, fuck puritanism. people should have the choice to decide what they want to see, not have the choice made for them.
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Kastia| The Farmer And The Wolf @kastiakbc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Still Evergreen
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Ian Pathwell (BLFC) @ianpathwell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
"Made it with AI" Invisibly appearing over my head:
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lou 🦋⚙️ @raatmastic.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
happy day to everyone with a complicated relationship with this holiday
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💀Jubi 💀 @jubilations.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
i go insane when queer people go after queer people because they don't meet their standards of being queer. You think THEY are the op??? Right now? that's where you're putting your energy??
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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
I'm mostly saying this to convince myself: making something bad isn't the end of the world. Even the best book/movie/etc you've ever seen that moved you to tears and changed your life has detractors and haters. So like you might as well just do it
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Kira Elric 🏳️‍🌈Comms Open 🏳️‍🌈 King of the Puffs @kiraelric.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I need you to know that being proud of yourself and your art and your life and not hating yourself is an extremely loud form of rebellion that the system does not like. They want us to hate ourselves so we're easier to control and they want us to hate our work so they can pay us less. Don't do it.
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celli @aliascelli.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Passing this along - fucking scammers leveling up, here's a new one to pay attention to.
tedcromwell.com
That "Pending PayPal Charge" Email Is a Scam — Even Though It Really Came From PayPal
If an email recently landed in your inbox with a subject line like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 for account activation. Questions? Call 855 629-1161" — don't c
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KoL 🔞 @koladopts.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Offers close in 24 hours! <33
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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 26/04/2026
You LOVE to see it, good work everyone, keep up the relentless dunks on AI, all these bros deserve a wedgie/swirlie combo and they are not allowed to sit at our table ever again.
newrepublic.com
The AI Industry Is Discovering That the Public Hates It
If there was any doubt over the brewing public backlash to this technology, the last few weeks have erased it.
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FonsCordi Art @fonscordi.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I just saw this on Tumblr. Not sure how true it is, but please be careful out there. Some artists say it happened on vgen too. #vgen #artsky
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My Name Is Dandy Caine. I Am Your B- @notsweetdandy.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
All AI User Babies Will Be Beaten Senseless By Every Abled Bodied Person In The Bar
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 24/04/2026
descend upon them: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings... you are a gremlin in the comments now go be a paladin in the public comments
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Claudia Ponto- Open for commission @claudiaponto.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Scarlet Witch was another suggestion that was given some times ago. i like this version, maybe i'll start watching the x men series. #digitalart #illustration #fanart #halfbody #scarletwitch #xmenevolution #wandamaximoff
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
bluesky, we're a bit rocky right now, but this carousel thing instead of a mosaic of images is going to effectively make every photo you post that isn't the first one, invisible. nobody is going to be swiping for every post they see. please consider that not being the default display, please
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Michael Ruocco @michaeljruocco.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Looking forward to August!
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Minerva is Blue @partydemoness.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
BIG SIPPY
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
If youre a UK resident you have a prime opportunity to push back against the Online Safety Act and online surveillance. PLEASE take a moment to fill this out and share it around
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Sarah 💜 @vyletbunni.com · 15/04/2026
the fact that legislators are trying to say that computers are devices that require id verification and tracking to use should put fear into EVERYONE. FIGHT AGAINST THIS.
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Lum @brokentoys.social · 13/04/2026
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Devastated to hear the entire Marvel Studios’s Visual Development team has been let go. This was my old home but more importantly, the home of so many incredible artists and peers. Absolutely heartbreaking 😔 Sending all my impacted peers my love and support. Please reach out if you need anything!
forbes.com
Disney Layoffs Hit Marvel Studios Hard
The Academy Award-winning artists behind some of Marvel's biggest hits are among the casualties from company wide staff reductions.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)
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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
A photo of David Lynch in front of a burning house. The text over the burning house says " The World
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My Economy
My Future
My Love Life
My Sanity"

And the text over Lynch says "Me making a stupid little comic maybe 5 people will read"
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bri ⚔️💕🕊️ recharging 🪫 @floralchemies.etheirys.social · 09/04/2026
hey i’m being real fucking serious right now call your reps. this is insane. he already had thousands of jobs removed from the us fish and wildlife service. dismantling the us forest service will have a devastating impact on habitat protections. im too mad for words.
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💀Jubi 💀 @jubilations.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
can WE PLEASE IMPEACH THIS FUCKING WORM?????????????????????????????????
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Claudia Ponto- Open for commission @claudiaponto.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
in the original sketch it should be Poppy near Zirko, but i decided to add Smidge because i wanted to have the excuse to draw another troll. #digitalart #illustration #fanart #dreamworks #trolls #oc #poppy #branch #smidge #changeling
The scene features, starting from the left, Poppy and Branch discussing a plan to allow Zirko to move near their village. Poppy says, "Branch, this can't work." Branch responds, "Why? I've expanded
the boundaries to allow him to move 5% free.
This leaves us with a good 95% of safe space."
On the right, Zirko listens with an amused smile to a comment from Smidge, who says, in a low voice, "Don't worry, he has nothing against you: it's just that caution is his favorite sport."
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