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Apollo @poliaths.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
nice hair manticore
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 03/08/2026
Kitten: "Hehe"

"Gender Expression" -> card board box

"Not Hehe"

"Gender Roles" -> Cat carrier.
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Rowan MacColl @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I don't know if I ever posted this on Bsky, but it's certainly seasonal!
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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
An example of ‘accuracy’ not being an essential part of good storytelling.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
not now, world mental health day, not now
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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 10/10/2026
You tell 'em, disinterested Go Nagai dressed as Dracula!
A disinterested Go Nagai dressed as Dracula, from his introduction to Go Nagai's Scary Zone (1989).

He is saying, "In this world, there are people who've seen UFOs and ghosts."
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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
So, happy 89th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians—and someone concussed him with a brick
A man in a suit, standing on top of a van with loudspeakers on it, flinches as projectiles are hurled at him
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Oh Donald,
There’s not going to be any Russian diesel you stupid slut
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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I feel like we don’t talk about millennials in particular, hitting our 40s - in earlier generations many of us would be reaching the peak of our careers, but because of disaster after disaster, locust after locust eating our industries, many of us are on our 3rd or 4th fresh start.
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Softies Webcomic @softiescomic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#PaneloftheDay from Episode 2-1, "Do Not Fine" softies.net/comic/book2-...
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Toppie @tophatting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Squinting at the car in front of me trying to figure out which spiky haired final fantasy character is in their iridescent vinyl sticker cutout The spiky hair is a crown of thorns. It's jesus
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josh mckenzie @amonns.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
you may have noticed that animation has never been more in-demand & in the zeitgeist and yet, seemingly, never have media conglomerates been less willing to produce it. you may also notice these guys get multimillion dollar severance packages after they gut a studio. there is probably no connection
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American Century of BOO-miliation @johnperich.com · 07/10/2026
The political challenge of my adulthood is that, every 7-8 years, something takes a sledgehammer to one of the pillars of the postwar consensus and roughly doubles the ambient apathy / despair / solipsism of a system that requires true believers to operate.
The World Trade Center in NYC burning on 9/11/2001.An employee carrying a box of personal items out of Lehman Brothers in 2008.Donald Trump descending an escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy for President. In 2016, he won the election.Employees in a mostly empty row of cubicles, one of whom wears a face mask and the other of whom has one dangling from their collar. The inset reads "Published 2022" and features the New York Times logo.
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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 06/10/2026
Every hour on the hour, a huge truck, made entirely of pressed ham, lumbers its way across dog heaven—and all the car chasers can decide for themselves whether or not to participate.
Every hour on the hour, a huge truck, made entirely of pressed ham, lumbers its way across dog heaven—and all the car chasers can decide for themselves whether or not to participate.
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nrcgray.bsky.social @nrcgray.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Alice in Wonderland: (with a keyblade)
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I still remember getting my first email address as a freshman in college. It was the coolest thing ever and no one was screaming YOU BETTER ADOPT THIS OR WE’RE ALL DEAD.
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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid
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✂️ Alex - Fold Up Toys ✂️ @folduptoys.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
here's a tiny articulated papercraft ✂️
A papercraft of a small articulated person.A papercraft of a small articulated person.A papercraft of a small articulated person.A papercraft of a small articulated person.
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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Foggy morning in Late Pleistocene Patagonia. #Art #SciArt #artbyjulio
A scene depicting the Patagonian scrubland in the early morning, dotted with araucarias and framed by foggy mountains in the background. A pair of Macrauchenia, four guanacos and a patagonian mara are seen among the grass. A Megatherium walks by further away and a crested caracara flies over the scene.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can confirm. This, for example, was at the top of my “for you” feed when I logged in to find an old post the other day.
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USAGI 🐇 @usagiboots.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Loish @loish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Dang yall, thanks so much for the support 😭 Usually I ignore the random AI accusations but I wanted to take the chance to talk about how important it is to do your research in times like these. Didn't expect to get soooo many kind comments though! We gotta stick together, my beloved art community ♥️
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Tred @tredlocity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
Diagram of absorption of emf by water. There's a gap right that dips in the 500 nm range
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cactuarjoe.bsky.social @cactuarjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interesting thing, Lichtenstein makes a couple of choices in composition that frame THE GUY rather than the woman, while the original is more clearly framing HER. (he removes the lines overlaying the guy's face, the guy's head is just straight up LARGER in the painting, etc etc)
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evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i dislike the whole project but his paintings have always overwhelmingly struck me as NAIVE in a way that he doesnt seem to intend-- he's treating the illo as lowbrow and authorless and making a joke of putting it into Fine Art, but all i can see is man this fucker had no grasp of drawing at all lol
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chadzia dax 🔞😷 @m00psy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
there are growing concerns that eating lead paint chips can damage cognition. here are some useful tips on how to consume lead and stay sharp! 🧪
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rod Serling was a king. WWII paratrooper in “The Death Squad,” TV pioneer, LOUD critic of McCarthyism who knew his status as a war hero put him in a privileged position to call shit out. Wrote critiques of racism into his scripts, created The Twilight Zone to escape the censorship that brought on.
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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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snake or worm like fantasy creature is black on top, blue and red in the middle, and yellow on the underside. it is laying on the ground
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Artists have to get ahead of shifting online spaces CONSTANTLY Youtube changes its algorithm to favor longer content? Animators suffer. Social media pushes video content? Artists have to make videos now. Tumblr goes on a censorship purge? Artists self-censor. Now Ai is forcing us to prove we're REAL
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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🌙🦇 @dungeonlust.com · 02/10/2026
Art by • Tyler Pennington
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Ben Towle @benzilla.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stephen King by Naoki Urasawa. Neil Young t-shirt is a nice touch!
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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
John William Waterhouse (1847-1917) British “ Envious Circe” 1892 Oil in canvas 180 x 37 cm Art gallery of South Australia. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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cactuarjoe.bsky.social @cactuarjoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I just assumed there was some sort of Satan-mobile involved in the presidential motorcade. Felt, y'know, thematically appropriate.
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Zé Burnay @zeburnay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Malignant Crown
A malignant crown on an elk
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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of my favorite pages from Luxury Ball (2016)
Cover of the Luxury Ball zine. Roselia in a flowing formal gown, sitting on a pokeball, with the words “Luxury Ball” in aggressively loopy cursive. James from the Pokemon anime in heels and a strapless sequin dress, sitting on top of his partner Weezing. Deoxys in its speed an attack forms. Deoxys speed wears a form-fitting romper with a cape, Deoxys attack wears pearl earrings and tiara and a flowing single-shoulder dress. Sableye wears a cowl dress and several jeweled accessories. She’s sitting on top of a Probobass, who seems unbothered.
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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It’s October 1st
David Lynch. Next to him is a graphic with a Halloween jack-o-lantern and the text, “Devil’s Night.”
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Nah man she was with me the whole time and I'll testify to that in court, so
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 01/10/2026
There’s this weird phenomena that, best I can tell, is only on Bluesky, but is people certain that “no one told Harris and Walz to stop saying ‘weird’, that’s a myth.” It’s not, and there’s named sources in CNN articles about, from August 2024.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 30/09/2026
I’ve been asked to weigh in on the debate over whether to bring an iced coffee to an interview. It doesn't matter. Iced coffee is NOT why it's hard to land a job right now, and it's NOT why Gen Z can't get ahead. Our economy is rigged. We need to change that.
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Minovsky @minovskyarticle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Even a terrible translation needs that human touch to be memorable.
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ミズノシンヤ/mzn @mznbs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ロボ!
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
SHE IS ALL BUT QUEEN www.oneletterwords.com/weblog/?id=8...
"She rules this earth and conquers the air, the herpicide girl! with herpicide hair.  She is all but queen."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1911
Advertisement Illustrated with a black and white image of a stylish woman piloting a very early airplane cloth wings no cockpit
Herpicide was a hair tonic meant to get rid of dandruff and prevent baldness
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Fiona the Gayest Tiefling @thatgaytiefling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Man it sure is weird all these rogue promptings are getting the AI companies more data and not for example deleting their own data. It sure is weird that the outcomes are indistinguishable from the companies just hacking other companies for data and then lying about it. Truly a mystery.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Privaty Business @wanwanattack.qtbrewer.moe · 28/09/2026
Genuinely, this completely rules
-Recently, the game has been going viral on X for its beautiful undressing animations. I’ve even read in one of your previous interviews that the development team practiced stripping themselves as reference for the undressing animations. What was the process behind making the animations actually like?

Matsui:

I’d love to know how far that story has spread. It’s true.

First, we write a plot for each undressing scene, then draw storyboards, exactly as the original team did. Then the real work begins, because the animation is essentially all keyed by hand. A designer moves the clothing’s 3D model, frame by frame, manually. It really is pretty much like the claymation method I mentioned.

We did try automating it with physics simulation first, but it was a total failure. The cloth moved in a physically correct way, but had absolutely no allure. We learned a profound lesson: accuracy and sensuality are two unrelated properties. In the end, we accepted that humans would have to do all of it.

Then VR adds its own weight. In a normal game, if something becomes awkward, you can cut away or swap models between scenes. In VR, the player can look from any angle at any time, so none of those tricks are available. The same model has to undress convincingly no matter where you’re standing. When I described this to a designer at another studio, he said, “I would never do that.” I’ve chosen to take it as a compliment.And then, yes, the part you’ve read about. The undressing motions themselves use motion capture, but the deeper problem was that nobody actually knew the correct rhythm and order in which a person takes off clothes. So, the directors gathered and undressed themselves as reference. “That zipper is coming down too fast.” “She’d pause once before slipping her shoulder out.” These were serious, sober discussions. For compliance reasons, the Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns team works in a walled-off section of our office – and that was the moment those walls truly earned their keep.
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Em-vira, Mistress of the Dark @spacequeenemily.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Cohost of the podcast pmcTRILOGY: every year my wife posts this so that a bunch of anime youths can see it and every year they think it's realYOUNG GENDO IKARI: Every year my wife posts this so that a bunch of anime youths can see it and every year they think it's real.
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THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org · 27/09/2026
God at His computer
God at His computer
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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
The Great American Bubble Machine - Molly Crabapple, 2013 www.mollycrabapple.com/fine-art/she...
A fairy made of bubbles wearing a squid for a hat floats above a crowd of fat cats in top hats all busily inflating.
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