Reposted by GrinsODB @obitron.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026A lotta folk read "privilege" and think of people being served expensive meals in fancy rooms. White privilege is just the promise that no matter what, they're not gunna treat you as bad as they treat us. 1494106
Reposted by GrinsJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW ESSAY on last week's deluge of Dems embracing anti-trans positions. let's stop fixating on trans ppl & instead recognize that Dems have a cisgender problem. pls share! Medium (friend link): juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats... & Substack (no paywall): juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-democra...juliaserano.medium.comOn Democrats Who Cave in Response to Anti-Trans Attack Adsand more importantly: a response to all the cis people responding to the way that trans people are responding to said Democrats’ responses 231226516
Reposted by GrinsMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 485297767668
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026the Good Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collection by Derek M Ballard is now live on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/car... If you like my work consider supporting & take advantage of the early backer discount!kickstarter.comGood Lord! He Done... Up and Quit!? a CARTOONSHOW collectiontake this job & shove it! a lean full color swan song career finale comics cache (maybe?) in 48 pages from America's #1 cartoon dad. 9290196
Reposted by GrinsArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 13/08/2026A recent attack on LiteLLM, an open source tool that streamlines AI-driven software development, has exposed access secrets from Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Samsung, and Salesforce, among others.arstechnica.comTerabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attackThe data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package. 414057
Reposted by GrinsDr Tanner @drtanner.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This feels similar to me to something Marx said about the isolation that capitalism intentionally creates, wherein products appear to simply fall from the sky with price tags attached and with no human hand involved in their creation at all. People are now viewing art in the same way, I think. 110833
Reposted by GrinsBleak⋆Squeak @bleaksqueak.bsky.social · 08/07/2026It seems people are often afraid of liking their own art work due to the worry of being perceived as egotistical or conceited, but you can still love your work and have a huge driving force behind that acting as a love for learning and improving. You can be proud and seek joy while you grow. 62665962
Reposted by GrinsAdam Pritchett @ajpritchett.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Framed this little Black Shuck over the weekend too, who doesn’t love a spectral hound with glowing red eyes? 011239
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 08/07/2026makin' comics for folks that make around $20k per year over here. 212430
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 03/07/2026locked engine 48719
Reposted by Grinstaylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026happy #makeaterriblecomicday2026. i've had night hallucinations for most of my life but this was the first and only time i ever had sleep paralysis. 203104747
Reposted by GrinsThe Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Tsukioka Yoshitoshi aka Yoshitoshi Tsukioka aka 月岡 芳年 aka Taiso Yoshitoshi aka 大蘇 芳年 (Japanese, 1839-1892, b. Edo, Japan) - Komori No Godan (Bats), c. 1880-1883, Woodblock Prints: Ink, Color on Paper 126893
Reposted by GrinsKim Sokol (Open for Commissions/Freelance!) @kimsokol.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal 166812662
Reposted by Grins𝔏𝔬𝔟𝔬 ⛓️ @wolf-kin.com · 21/06/2026happy Indigenous peoples day :] marʉawe, i'm Wolf. i am a two spirit (trans man) Nʉmʉ (Comanche) artist. heres some of my fav pieces i've done! 112565951
Reposted by GrinsDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 18/06/2026"an audit by Lighthouse Reports of public data on the government’s chosen AI provider shows that its tech misclassified more than a third of 16-year-olds as adults and, in some tests, was shown to give the wrong assessment in 70 per cent of cases" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...independent.co.ukHome Office knew AI age checks for migrants were flawed — but rolled it out anywayExclusive: Government advisors describe the tool as ‘hideously flawed’ amid concern facial age estimation has ‘baked-in racial bias’ — and can wrongly identify a 14-year-old as an adult 10234129
Reposted by Grinstao @taoren.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If anyone gives you art, gift or you paid for it, please view it as more than just a picture. Someone is giving you their time and a bit of themselves to you. Their thoughts and feelings are in it. They're vulnerable in front of you. It is not something trivial. Think about it. 3128821181
Reposted by Grinsrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I am tired of pasting dozens of links at people, so I've loaded a bunch of the papers into Paperpile and exported a bibliography. You can find a collection of 34 papers on social media's effects on teenagers (and sometimes adults) and alternate hypotheses here: paperpile.com/shared/smMqS...paperpile.com20 shared papersHall JA Ten myths about the effect of social media use on well-being J. Med. Internet Res. • Dissing AS et al. Smartphone interactions and mental well-being in young adults: A longitudinal study based... 628675
Reposted by GrinsEdd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I am so fucking sick of my website getting scraped. Millions of requests per minute, somehow designed to bypass all my security rules, choking the site until it completely stops loading. If I were paying for bandwidth, it would cost me a fortune. How is this legal? 1318039
Reposted by Grinsbitch princess of everything (batty) @batshaped.bsky.social · 30/05/2025"Just practice" is good and necessary advice, but so frustrating for beginning artists to hear. I think what's missing is the assurance that drawing WILL get more fun. It really will. And the thing that makes it more fun is the control you develop after lots of practice. (thread repost) [tiptag] 22981319
Reposted by GrinsUnfamiliarArts @unfamiliararts.bsky.social · 07/06/2026This leopard sculpture is obvara fired! This technique involves dipping a hot piece right out of the kiln into a yeast solution, creating unpredictable and unique patterns. This sculpture will be available this Friday, June 12th at 8pm Eastern time. 18818246
Reposted by GrinsRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 07/06/2026There's something incredible about an academic paper using the Turing-completeness of goats in Age of Empire 2 to prove that attributing humanity to LLM's requires attributing equal humanity to hordes of Age of Empires 2 goats walking around. arxiv.org/pdf/2605.31514arxiv.org 523856
Reposted by Grinshank hill @freshgarlicknots.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"fiction normalizes—" idk abt any of that but I think social media has normalized absolutely batshit behavior and social conventions that are inconceivable to anyone that is actually well-balanced and thriving in the real world and that's a bigger problem than fiction will ever be 589273993
Reposted by GrinsBisonWares ➡️ AthroSoCal @bisonwares.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Showing off the Arapaima I made! (Pattern also made by me) This was the test of the new pattern and I love her. 🎏💕 10755991413
Reposted by GrinsJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I think people forget the “you can’t change your sex” slogan is a newer line of GC rhetoric with only recent purchase. For nearly a century “sex change” was an accepted term, and while deployed clumsily and poorly, it was also understood as a reality the nuances of which were largely irrelevant. 91034235
Reposted by GrinsJu Li Khaw @juleshortstuff.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Any time a creative turns to this tech, they are saying "I do not respect the people who do this thing. I do not value their creative contribution to my vision. I think they are so worthless, they can be replaced by the machine that ate their work." It's not surprising this is seen as hostile. 32058536
Reposted by GrinsJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 27/05/2026since apparently JKR is spouting nonsense about "gametes" again, here is my in depth primer on why anti-trans groups have become so obsessed with gametes & why the actual science does not support their claims (no paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/why-are-gend...juliaserano.medium.comWhy Are “Gender Critical” Activists So Fond of Gametes?plus my new video “Trans People and Biological Sex: What the Science Says” 17774309
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 13/10/2024just remember 41908565
Reposted by GrinsSataen @sataen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Art isn't illegal, but some of you aren't ready for that conversation huh 6238121460
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 25/05/2026language barrier 08418
Reposted by GrinsMyra Cheng @myra.bsky.social · 03/10/2025AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize. 5544270
Reposted by GrinsRuin Jane @laurenjane.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Porn includes shit like Paleolithic art and is "bad for (this) society" because a bunch of dogmatic fascist assholes use it as a thin edge of the wedge on oppression of all marginalized groups and so. many. leftists. fall for it because they have too much internalized shame send fucking tweet 11156381
Grins @grimalkingrins.bsky.social · 25/05/2026losing my mind at the recycling discourse 😭 just because your country dumps everything in the same bin doesn't mean that's true wolrdwide!!! haven't seen anyone even mention compostables so far smh 010
Reposted by GrinsLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"I thought about how the kids of the future would find me strange for all of my hyperaware survival instincts that had been rendered moot by living in a kinder world." 532954
Reposted by GrinsJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 21/05/2026there is nothing "logical" or "sex-based" about anti-trans bathroom policies. it's about stigma-contamination: *all* trans ppl are "corrupting" or "corrupted" in their eyes, so we are all banned from women's restrooms: juliaserano.medium.com/penises-priv...juliaserano.medium.comPenises, Privilege, and Feminist & LGBTQ+ Purity PoliticsContent Warning: while I will not be describing any actual instances of sexual violence, this issue (and false accusations thereof) will be… 331099
Reposted by GrinsJulia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 14/05/2026seeing ppl discussing "male socialization" in regard to trans ppl. not sure what instigated it, but here's my best online essay on it (with a bit of “Trans Masc vs Trans Fem” discourse as a treat): on Medium: juliaserano.medium.com/on-male-soci... & Substack: juliaserano.substack.com/p/on-male-so...juliaserano.medium.comOn “Male Socialization” and the “Trans Masc Versus Trans Fem” Discourse™It is not uncommon for people who wish to delegitimize trans women and transfeminine people (either as individuals or en masse) to invoke… 11654212
Reposted by GrinsTimothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 01/05/2026Bring back the ancient knowledge 56165097379
Reposted by Grinsbitch princess of everything (batty) @batshaped.bsky.social · 01/05/2026something i really love about bill watterson: his (well-earned) mystique comes from his privacy, not from sharing a notion with many of his peers that art is a divine, magical process. when he DOES speak to the public he distills and clarifies the craft in such amazingly practical, articulate terms 5693192
Reposted by GrinsJoel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 29/04/2026trying to play peekaboo with my child but he's a European diplomat: me: where'd daddy go? baby: we must articulate a post-daddy vision of strategic autonomy me: peekaboo! baby: my historic relationship with my father is stable despite recent troubles 1572471735
Reposted by GrinsRev. Dr. Derek M Ballard PhD @derekmballard.bsky.social · 20/04/2026screen time 016043
Reposted by GrinsFurry Film Burrow (formerly Culturally F'd) @furryfilmburrow.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Furry has been kinky since the beginning as illustrated by these photos from Confurence 1993 (curated by www.instagram.com/d0gfag/) There has always been a demand for adult spaces in furry. The fandom was founded on the idea that adults can use anthro animals and cartoons to express adult interests. 282726912
Reposted by GrinsMolotov🏳️⚧️Cockatiel @youknowmy.name · 11/04/2026an underrated tactic is to just "not get the joke" saying "I don't get it" cues them to try to explain themselves, and then if you stare at them with blank incomprehension when they try to refer to your presumed common knowledge of whatever shitty trope, ask for further explanations. 15113
Reposted by GrinsAdam Koszary @adamkoszary.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post 362582978