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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 13/09/2026

Donate today to help raise funds for women and girls experiencing violence from men! This is a men's issue; stand up and encourage your bros to do so as well.

Thanks so much for supporting kon Karapanagiotidis in Walk for WAGEC to help call for an end to violence against women and children.

Your generous donation will help ensure women and children can access safe accommodation and vital support services to help them heal from trauma and rebuild their lives.

You've put a big smile on kon Karapanagiotidis's face. 😄

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/09/2026

Just uploaded the first drafts of the last of 107 maps for an historical atlas and my #cartography muscles are aching! Gonna have to take a week (to work on other projects) before I hit the corrections. Time for some drinks. Map-makers out there, this shot's for you! #maps #mapping #celebration

A map of the campaigns and conquests of Timur the Great, 1360-1405. The lands conquered by Timur are coloured in shades of brown, with campaigns picked out with coloured lines.

A can of Brookvale Union Ginger Beer, and bottles of Bailey's Irish Cream, De Kuyper Butterscotch Schnapps, and Ned Australian Whiskey.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 04/09/2026

While I, a south-east Australian, have an accent apparently closest to New Yorker!

Test results from mydialect.us, showing 47% of my answers to a dialect test match those from New York. There's a heat map, with the New York/New England area in reddish tones, with California and Florida in mid tones, and the rest in blue tones.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 21/08/2026

Oh look! Something has gone wrong with my @paizo.com preorder of Impossible Magic... just like, well, almost every time. It's so frustrating trying to order #Pathfinder products to Australia. Paizo shipping is prohibitively expensive, but supplies to distributors are always unreliable. Catch-22.

Start of a disappointing email re: a purchase of a Paizo Pathfinder 2 product: "Oh no! Something has gone wrong and our supplier is now out of Pathfinder Impossible Magic (Pathfinder Second Edition. For this reason, we have cancelled this title from your order"

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 25/06/2026

There's still time to make a tax-deductible donation to the ASRC and get it matched by VMG!

A thankyou note from the ASRC for a donation, reading "Thank you! For keeping our safety net strong."

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 18/06/2026

Joshua Williamson writing & Hayden Sherman on pencils for new Legion of Super-Heroes in September! Let's goooo! I still miss my Reboot Legion but I'll give this one a go. Has to be better than the Bendis Legion or a rehash of the Preboot Legion again. #LSH #DCComics #LegionofSuperHeroes #comics

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 29/05/2026

Chonky #Pathfinder Quest box has arrived! (Poppy shown for scale.) Can't wait to play! #pf2e #boardgame #ttrpg @paizo.com

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, begrudgingly sits next to the massive game box for Pathfinder Quest

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, succeeds at a Stealth check to sneak up on a grey dragon miniature from the Pathfinder Quest board game.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 16/05/2026

This is our Poppy! Poppies of the world unite!

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 16/05/2026

Is @libro.fm broken for everyone or just me? Getting an "We’re sorry, an error occurred on checkout." error whenever I try to purchase an audiobook with credits, regardless of if I use Android or PC. ☹️ Just finished a book and I need another! 😩 #help #techfail #books #audiobooks #librofm

Error text from libro.fm, reading "We’re sorry, an error occurred on checkout." in white text on a pink background.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 13/05/2026

Finally! The #Pathfinder books that I ordered in (checks email) August have arrived. It's frustratingly difficult to find a reliable supplier for @paizo.com products in Australia. #pf2 #rpg #ttrpg

Pathfinder 2 products - Monster Core 2.and the Draconic Codex - propped up against magenta a yellow cushions on a grey couch.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 26/04/2026

Quote with your four elements! Air💨 Water🌊 Fire🔥 Earth🏞️

A quadrytch I painted a few years ago using acrylics on canvas. It was vaguely elemental themed, with the elements in clockwork from top-left: Fire (a campfire on a dark night), Water (a frozen waterfall in a cherry blossom wood), Air (lightning emanating from storm clouds), and Earth (a Monarch butterfly on a thistle).

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 17/03/2026

From the official Paizo account on reddit.com (full text in alt-text)

Comment from the official Paizo account on reddit.com

"Hey everyone! Thank you for giving each other a heads-up on this! We are experiencing issues with our subscription payment processor and are currently investigating. We hope to resolve this soon and have subscriptions processed and PDFs released as quickly as possible."

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 01/02/2026

This is who runs this account

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, sits on a grey dog bed in front of a tiny laptop. She is looking guilty.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 23/01/2026

Why do you lie so much, ArcGIS for Adobe "Keep me signed in" check box? You never work! #ESRI #ArcGIS #Adobe #Illustrator #techfail

The sign-in dialog for ArcGIS for Adobe, with a comment stating "LIES!" pointing at the "Keep me signed in" check box.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 02/01/2026

I am doubtful but hopeful about my supposed 2026 word.

A screenshot from a gif created by Merriam-Webster dictionary, stating that my word of 2026 is "Blissful".

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 02/01/2026

Trying to work out who this actor is from Pootie Tang that appeared as an uncredited 'man on the street'. Voice was immediately familiar, but I can't work out who they are. Film came out in 2001, so they're born around 1980? Appears in the film at around 1:21:20 #FilmSky #HelpMeFind #BlackSky

Young black actor from Pootie Tang that appeared as an uncredited man on the street.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 30/12/2025

Hello #Dogsky, it's Poppy's 3rd birthday today! Let's wish the schmelliest dog in all the land a happy trip around the sun. #DogsofBluesky #Pets #Dogs

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, waits for her birthday present!

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, with one of her presents: a fake stick!

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, is resting after all the excitement of her birthday.

Poppy, a caramel spoodle is all tuckered out and dozing atop the couch.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 26/12/2025

POV when you look under the Christmas lunch table #hungrydog #DogsOfBluesky

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, sits on a cushion under a table with a hopeful expression.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/11/2025

Sounds like it's time for a nap

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, is resting her head on a couch cushion.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 10/11/2025

Poppy says: If your groomer isn't handing out free bow ties then what are you paying them for? #pampered #DogsofBlueSky

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, sits to proudly display a white and pink bow tie. No wait she's actually waiting for a treat and doesn't care about her fashion accessories.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 05/11/2025

I got to meet a happy capybara up close at Taronga Zoo this weekend. If only we all had such a chill and content life as Pedro. #capybara

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 02/11/2025

Currently enjoying 1.21 gigawatts of musical power! #backtothefuturemusical #BTTF

A splash screen reading Back to the Future the Musical, with blue electrical styling.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 18/10/2025

Poppy says it's time for a nap. Obey Poppy. #DogsofBluesky

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, has found a sunny spot on top of the couch and is contemplating a mid-afternoon nap.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 29/09/2025

Oh well. Get rid of your fascists and people might not hate you any more.

Bluesky notification:
@streetscrypt.bsky.social has added you to the "Americanophobia" moderation list

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 28/09/2025

Those wonderful three or four days of the year when our cherry tree is something other than a bundle of sticks or a shambling mound of leaves.

An ornamental cherry tree in full blossom, with a couple of herb planter boxes in the foreground, and a brick house in the background.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/09/2025

Accidental purchase while picking up a $10 GM screen for #Pathfinder... Poppy presented for scale. #Hellboy #boardgames #DogsofBluesky

Poppy, a caramel spoodle wearing an orange sweater, sits uncertainly on a fluffy grey dog bed next to a huge box containing Hellboy the Board Game.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 16/08/2025

Just a sneak preview from a little #rpg product I'm working on... #PF2 #pathfinder #ttrpg

A gold coin etched with the image of a shooting star falling over a mountain lake. Under the water of the lake, tentacles are reaching upwards. The coin rests upon purple reptilian leather.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 14/08/2025

Sam Altman Space School

A screenshot from The Simpsons, showing a door with a poorly-written sign that reads "Lanley Institute of Monorail Conducting".

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/08/2025

Loving this picture by Giorgio Marangolo of #Superman, #Supergirl and #Krypto from the amazing film by @jamesgunn.bsky.social

A picture by Giorgio Marangolo of Superman, Supergirl and Krypto. Superman stands with arms crossed and a confident smile, while Supergirl has her arms raised to show her biceps and a cheeky squint on her face. Krypto approaches in the air between the two of them. A cityscape can be seen in the background, and lens flare is being created by the sun in the top-right corner. The picture has a 50s photorealistic feel, as if taken by an old camera.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 02/08/2025

Globey says no to the Manosphere.

Globey is a happy rainbow ball that wants the best for everyone. Be like Globey.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 31/07/2025

I have a problem... Running out of space! #Paizo #Pathfinder #PF2

My full shelf of Paizo Pathfinder 2 products.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 29/07/2025

Unsurprising 🤓 (The test is here for those interested: www.idrlabs.com/jock-nerd-pr...)

My results from the Jock-Nerd/Prep-Goth Test at: https://www.idrlabs.com/jock-nerd-prep-goth/test.php

I am 28.2% Goth, 50.9% Nerd, placing me in the True Nerd category.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 25/07/2025

No cheating post the most recent pic of your pets > Poppy knows better than to mess with the Dice Goblin #Pathfinder #DogsofBlueSky #PF2

Poppy, a caramel spoodle, rests her head next to a plush green dice bag in the shape of a Pathfinder Goblin's head.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 19/07/2025

If you want to look at this through a purely capitalist lens, GenAI has no business model, no clear product, and a user base that often rejects being forced to use it. It relies on training data that it's running out of and it isn't making money. www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/

"As I've written about previously, OpenAI's other problem is that generative AI (and by extension the model GPT and the product ChatGPT) doesn't solve the complex problems that would justify its massive costs. It has massive, intractable problems as a result of these models being probabilistic, meaning that they don't know anything, they're just generating an answer (or an image, or a translation, or a summary) based on training data, something that model developers are running out of at an incredible pace. "

https://www.wheresyoured.at/subprimeai/

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 19/07/2025

Learning from the work of others usually involves compensating the creators. GenAI models are built on countless stolen or uncompensated works of art. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...

"At no point did Meta seek permission to use the authors' works to train its AI systems, or offer compensation."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-28/authors-angry-meta-trained-ai-using-pirated-books-in-libgen/105101436

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 19/07/2025

The energy/water requirements of GenAI are almost an order of magnitude greater than non-AI-assisted tasks. news.mit.edu/2025/explain...

"“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir, lead author of the impact paper, who is a Computing and Climate Impact Fellow at MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC) and a postdoc in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)."

https://news.mit.edu/2025/explained-generative-ai-environmental-impact-0117

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 17/07/2025

Broken brains accept broken viewpoints theconversation.com/why-many-ame...

Brain imaging studies show that people with fundamentalist beliefs seem to have reduced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex – the brain region responsible for cognitive flexibility and analytical thinking. When this area is damaged or less active, people become more prone to accepting claims without sufficient evidence and show increased resistance to changing their beliefs when presented with contradictory information. Studies of brain-injured patients show damage to prefrontal networks that normally help us question information may lead to increased fundamentalist beliefs and reduced scepticism.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/06/2025

The countdown to #Superman has begun! 🦸🏻 Tickets booked in Gold Class for July 10. Gonna have to do a rewatch of the previous films... 🤓 (Yes, even Superman: The Quest for Peace and the Snyder grimfest.) #DCComics #films #comics #movies

The poster for the 2025 Superman film; Superman is looking up and flying upwards, and the background is blurred red and blue like his suit. The poster reads "A James Gunn Film" at the top, "Look Up" in the middle lower, and "Superman" at the bottom.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/06/2025

Quote post with the Fantastic Four comic that came out the month you were born.

The cover of Fantastic Four 171 from June 1976. Sue Storm is being held by a yellow ape demon called Gorr, while Ben Grim grows to punch it. Mister Fantastic stretches through its legs to reach Sue, while Johnny Storm flies under to blast it with fire.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 12/06/2025

Proud to have created the maps for this title from Lonely Planet: The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide! 🏳️‍🌈🗺️🏳️‍⚧️🌏 shop.lonelyplanet.com/products/the... #PrideMonth #cartography #publishing #maps #mapping #GIS #Illustrator #travel

A map of Cape Town from the Lonely Planet LGBTQ+ Travel Guide: the water is blue, the land is light orange, and the parkland areas are dark orange. It shows LGBTQ+ friendly locations, each marked with a + symbol.

A map of Malta from the Lonely Planet LGBTQ+ Travel Guide: the water is blue, the land is light yellow, and the parkland areas are dark yellow. It shows LGBTQ+ friendly locations, each marked with a + symbol.

A map of London from the Lonely Planet LGBTQ+ Travel Guide: the water is blue, the land is light green, and the parkland areas are dark green. It shows LGBTQ+ friendly locations, each marked with a + symbol.

A map of Melbourne from the Lonely Planet LGBTQ+ Travel Guide: the water is purple, the land is light blue, and the parkland areas are dark blue. It shows LGBTQ+ friendly locations, each marked with a + symbol.

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cartotastic @cartotastic.com · 08/05/2025

Quote with your red art🫀

Dex-Starr, a grey cat with a Red Lantern ring on his tail, floats in a red and magenta nebula, sleeping in a ball. He wears a red and black jumpsuit with the black & white horned symbol of the Red Lanterns on his chest.

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