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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

JIMOTHY IS GOING TO SCHOOL! Here is a sticker I made for my August patrons! If you would like one, you can check out my Patr30n!

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! My name is Honour! I'm an illustrator seeking representation! I do colorful paintings and I'm currently pitching a middle grade graphic novel! You can see more of my work at honourharry.com #kidlitart #mushroom #fairy #camping

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Here's the cover for Pocket Munchies, the latest unofficial cookbook from Jobjob based on Pokemon!! This was a really exercise: drawing food from the Pokemon franchise while translating it into Ken Sugimori's art style!

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Merry Christmas! I drew a friend's DnD Character for a Secret Santa event! Here's hoping this lil' postman delivers your gifts soon! (Sorry for disappearing, friends! Thanks for sticking around!) #furry #werewolf #chibi #kidlitart

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 06/10/2025

this felt too informative not to share

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

@panootsart.bsky.social Hello! Your Garten of Banban stream inspired my sibling to make a Banban x Silent Hill fan game! They just finished it; It's made entirely in Scratch. If you want, you can check it out here: strawberryrainbow.itch.io/opilla-hill

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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.

Ethan Evans, former Amazon VP

As VP of Prime Gaming at Amazon, we failed multiple times to disrupt the game platform Steam. We were at least 250x bigger, and we tried everything. But ultimately, Goliath lost. Here's why:

The 15+ year long attempt to challenge Steam started before I was VP of Prime Gaming, but we never cracked the code. Not under my leadership or anyone else's.

The first way we tried to enter the online-game-store market was through acquisition. We acquired Reflexive Entertainment (a small PC game store) and tried to scale it. It went nowhere.

Then, after buying Twitch, we created our own PC games store. Our assumption was that gamers would naturally buy from us because they were already using Twitch. Wrong.

Finally, we built "Luna," a game streaming service that let people play without a high-end PC. Around the same time, Google tried the same thing with their
product "Stadia." Neither gained significant traction. The whole time, Steam dominated despite being a relatively small company (compared to Amazon and Google).

The mistake was that we underestimated what made consumers use Steam

It was a store, a social network, a library, and a trophy case all in one. And it worked well.

At Amazon, we assumed that size and visibility would be enough to attract customers, but we underestimated the power of existing user habits We never validated our core assumptions before investing heavily in solutions. The truth is that gamers already had the solution to their problems and they weren't going to switch platforms just because a new one was available

We needed to build something dramatically better, but we failed to do so. And we needed to validate our assumptions about our customers before starting to build. But we never really did that either.

Just because you are big enough to build something doesn't mean people will use it

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

think about you favorite artist(s). how their work inspires, or something they did is a core memory of who you are, or how whenever they post something you drop things immediately to give it your full attention if you're a creator, your someone's favorite artist. they feel that way about you.

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Gingkotober Day 7: Marzipan There are a few treats that are made with marzipan that are sometimes offered on Ofrendas, including the candies De La Rosas! #inktober #marzipan #diadelosmuertos #ofrenda

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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Can I just say it’s nice to see a frog used as a mascot and taking power from the one used and twisted by the right. Big difference takes balls and humour to be them frogs on the line compared to a faceless person behind a racist meme.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

in a session with my therapist, she was commenting how she can't draw a stick figure -- then recalled a time when she could envision exactly what she wanted and it came out easily on the canvas. and she had no idea how she did it. I was like, yeah, the flow state. you know, like athletes and gamers

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

to most people, creativity in of itself has no reward. it's all grind, and usually capped off by burn out, what's the point. capitalism validates that belief. so why not just outsource the process and just get to the part they need and that's horrifying, tragic, and deeply angering all at once

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform: - no more spam texts and calls - smaller cars with weaker headlights - imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Ginkgotober Day 6: Moon I made this little drawing for my students during a Chuseok celebration! I had intended it to not be a part of this series, but now I think I figured out a way to incorporate it into the series... stay tuned! Thanks for your patience! #inktober #rabbit #chuseok #harvestmoon

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Gingkotober day 5: Patches Yeah, I'd trust this guy with my clothes. SORRY I'VE FALLEN BEHIND! I was worried I got a bit sick there, but it's all good! We'll be catching up soon! Thanks again for stopping by! #inktober #gingkotober #halloween #patch #scarecrow #frankenstein #sewing #patchwork

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Day 4 of Gingkotober: Chrysalis You never know what you'll wake up to these days! I thought it would be neat if fairies hatched from them like woven nest or something... #inktober #chrysalis #fairy #cocoon #kidlitart #kidlitartpostcard #blackandwhiteart #ink #trees #dailyart #fantasy #halloween

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Brianne Drouhard @briannedrouhard.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

I work in animation by day, on weekends I make comics! Briannedrouhard.com Harpygee.com

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Yeah, sure, just throw whatever in. No one at the potluck will care. I had a lot of fun with this! The older witch's outfit was inspired by my friend. Thanks for stopping by! #inktober #dailyart #ink #kidlit #kidlitartpostcard #witch #concoction #goth #potion #cauldron #graphicdesign

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Day 2: Candle Having a little chat, are we? Phew, I caught up! Thanks for stopping by! #inktober #inkart #dailyart #kidlitpostcard #fantasyart #candle #mouse #drawtober

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Gingkotober Day 1: Encore! Give 'em a Round of Applause! This was an old idea I started last year, but I thought it was a great intro into the process again for this year! Thank you for stopping by! #inktober #halloween #ink #blackandwhite #jester #theatre #encore

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

ho-ho! It's that time again! October is my favorite time of year and It's always a delight to do drawing challenges like Inktober, so I'll be once again creating my own prompts to challenge myself. Keen observers may notice that some of these prompts are repeats from last year's. IDK I like them!

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Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 19/09/2025

Support local artists, support independent artists. With pocketbooks that are being hurt by a tariff war that absolutely nobody asked for, your support could help make a difference in a down year

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folk tune stan account 🎻 @folktunes.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times. (1/3)

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Carpathia received Titanic's distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours.

(Californian's exact position at the time is... controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic's distress rockets. It's uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.)

Carpathia's Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic's aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it.

All of Carpathia's lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her.

He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once.

I don't know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope.

Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out.

By this time, many of the passengers were awake-prepping a ship for disaster relief isn't quiet-and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets.

And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support.

Here's the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms-which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors.

He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she'd done that, he asked her to go faster.

I need you to understand that you simply can't push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless-it's difficult to maneuver-but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can't do it. It can't be done.

Carpathia's absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can't-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half.

No one would have asked this of them. It wasn't expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a responsibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Babbling in sign language to her deaf grandparents: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

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Katie Aki ✶ @katieaki.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

My Guardian Angel Wears Birkenstocks #art

a kewpie-esque drawing of me (a femme with a black bob, black dress, and cowboy boots) praying. On a cloud above me is my butch husband (with a little mullet, sleeveless tee, and Birkenstocks) as an angel, lounging on a cloud. Butchfemme!!

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Beo Risfang @beomech.mow.haus · 03/07/2025

With the awful news from the last couple hours, this post from the political optimism subreddit helped to break through a bit of the despair fog. Repubs know this is political suicide, ICE's support is crumbling despite the budget increase, and there's a myriad of ways to fight back. Keep strong.

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Clord TC, illustration creaturo @clordtc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Watto introduces Anakin to his fam.

Watto’s family members, all dressed as regular people, named wheretto, whotto, howtto, and whytto. Watto tells anikin they dont know that he trades slaves fso “be cool”

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سيف | 🇵🇸 @chanafehs.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

‘Don’t want any smoke on her’ { #art #sinners }

Illustration of Annie from sinners holding her baby in a embroidered white dress. She is standing in a lake near plants and tree branches. She is looking down at her baby happily with her mouth open, as if humming or singing a song to her.

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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Art community! If you are able please consider donating whatever you can to the incredible SuperAni artist and educator, Peter Han! He’s on a very long road to recovery from Miller Fisher Syndrome, and in the meantime unable to work. Please let’s help him rest and recover without worry🙏

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Donate to Support Peter's Recovery, organized by Amber Huang

Hello everyone, My name is Amber Aki Huang. I'm making this gofundme on behalf of my husband, P… Amber Huang needs your support for Support Peter's Recovery

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"We have to pull back on palestine support" "we have to pull back on trans rights" "Dems should be more centrist" EAT HOT ASPHALT YOU FUCKING LOSERS!!!

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

#makeaterriblecomicday2025 Leave the Crypt (1/2) I had initially planned on doing something lighthearted from the other day, but this felt relevant...

Panel 1
Ink drawing of a mummy with a hole through its chest and a sword piercing the hole.
"I've been Going through it. I think we all have. Overwhelmingly so."

Panel 2
Ink drawing of mummy sitting up, the sword is still going through the hole in its chest.
"Its been hard to get up in the morning sometimes, especially when daily stuff like Work and Bills has started feeling...hollow. Compared to everything else.

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Gingko.Ghost @gingko-ghost.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Maybe I can do it (and you can do it too)

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

i wrote up a quick tutorial on customizing keyboard shortcuts (and more) in Clip Studio Paint www.portablecity.net/customizing-...

a screenshot of the keyboard shortcut editing window in clip studio paint

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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

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Alex T Singer, Arbiter of Bagels @moonsheen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

My family and I went to see my art teachers sculpture today: Pointing the Way to The Future. It replaced a Columbus monument. It was made both as a tribute to Italian Americans, but also immigrant families in general. Kind of important to remember this day and age especially.

A photo of a bronze sculpture in a green park, representing an Italian family first arriving in the US. the father is holding his son. The mother is holding his arm. And their daughter is clutching a book as they all gaze out in the distance. They are clearly immigrants, carrying luggage with their Ellis Island tags around their necks.

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

May today be a day to get a good stretch before you stand for something you believe in.

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` ⊹ 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫 ⚜ @cryhollow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I keep forgetting to post about these here, but hey, got you guys some two-toned brushes for CSP! 🔗 in replies [ #CSP | #Brushes | #Brushpack | #cspbrushes ]

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

The grocery store Nettó is trying to find this thief, now caught on camera, who has repeatedly stolen bags of dry, salted fish, which per kilo is the most expensive product they stock.

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Harðsvíraður harðfisksþjófur herjar á Nettó

Nettó lýsir eftir harðsvíruðum þjófi sem gerir ítrekaðar tilraunir til að ræna harðfisk úr nýopnaðri Nettó verslun í Glæsibæ.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

A friend asks me for advice on writing team books, which made me realise I had an essay about this I could lob on Tumblr. It's Five points. Here's the first. #comicadvice www.tumblr.com/kierongillen...

1) Killing artists.

More than any other kind of book, the chance of breaking an artist on a team book is highest. You have a bunch of characters, which often do some stuff together. So you’re writing a 6 person team? That’s 6 people together. They’re in a fight? Maybe another 6 people against them.

So call your shots carefully when they’re together. Don’t call for shots of everyone in the same panel, unless you’re really giving it the space to land for the reader and you absolutely need it.

Worth noting sometimes you do: at least part of the team book is folks want to see a team doing the thing. That said, there’s exceptions to that…

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Emberwick (Play Tales from Myriad!) @emberwickart.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Well y'all, im looking for work! Im a 2d illustrator and concept/costume artist. Ive done work for Smite, book covers, various ttrpg projects, and helmed my own ttrpg called Tales from Myriad. portfolio: cara.app/emberwick contact: emberwickart@gmail.com

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Graham Cluley @grahamcluley.com · 13/06/2025

Denmark’s Ministry of Digital Government is phasing out its use of Microsoft Office.. to switch to open source alternatives like LibreOffice instead. Why? Because relying too heavily on a US tech giant for your nation’s digital infrastructure is starting to feel a bit... well, risky.

Denmark switching from MS Office to open source

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Anyway, now is as good as time as any to link Panic Volkushka’s “Couples Therapy.” Y’know, in case you’re in the mood for an alternative grown-up Bobby Hill. Honestly, THE best fan comic I’ve ever read. www.tumblr.com/panic-volkus...

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💬 313 🔁 75803 ❤️ 103409 · Clients’ names and personal information have been omitted to retain their privacy. You can read the sequel here: LINK You can buy a digital copy of this and the sequel…

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Riki @luck-e.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

I watched this entire play and I understood *everything* despite sucking at that type of English Shakespeare wrote. This cast and crew understood the source material so, so well. As a lit graduate, this was god tier.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

any support at all would be kind. regardless though, thank you for being here and I appreciate all of you. ko-fi.com/artofchira

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Support Chira🎋

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