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Karen Beilharz

@kbeilz.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, editor, listener, knitter, TV and movie-watcher, Christian, and interested in way too many things. hivemindedness.com

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Korean LEN @koreanlen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The term combines "sleep" with "maxxing," internet slang for maximizing or optimizing something. Rather than simply trying to sleep longer, followers seek to improve sleep quality by systematically adjusting everything from daily habits to their bedroom environment.
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Forget waking up at dawn: Young Koreans are embracing 'sleep maxxing' - The Korea Times
Forget waking up before dawn to squeeze in another hour of self-improvement. For a growing number of young Koreans, getting ahead now means getting...
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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW ADVICE-FROM-LIEBER LIST! I've posted these tips as a thread before, but I figured it's about time I made it available as a single, shareable image.
MISTAKES I'VE MADE THAT YOU CAN AVOID
Don't be like me.
1. Don't trash your own work when complemented. In that context your self-deprecation is insulting someone else's taste! Just say thanks and change the subject. Maybe credit an influence?
2. As far as your readers are concerned, comics are drawn with a printing press or a monitor. Don't fetishize the original art or the tools you make it. Anything that gets the story told the way it needs to be told is the right tool for the job.
3. Don't use one job to audition for another. It's unfair to your collaborators and a betrayal of the reader to get flashy or sexy or explosive if the moment in the story doesn't call for it.
4. The important storytelling choices on a page can be worked out in thumbnails. Gesture, camera angle, framing, broad arrangement of tones-get this stuff right before you worry about anatomy, lighting, drapery, or facial expressions.
5. Some artists can put down a final inkline with no underdrawing, but that's because they're skilled and experienced enough to do all that underdrawing in their head. You probably aren't. Get your underdrawing right and save the masterstrokes for the masters.
6. What you're feeling while you work doesn't matter. What the audience feels when they read it does. You can be happy and still do a great drawing of someone in agony. You should understand what you're depicting. It's not necessary to experience it in real time at the board.
7. Get a fresh eye on your work. You never know when some accidental juxtaposition is going to completely change your intended meaning.
8. Don't let getting things 100% right keep you from getting things done. It's easy to get bogged down in research or prep sketches. Make a schedule at the start of a project so you know how much time you have. Do the best you can with the time allotted and move on. But...
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Liz Climo @lizclimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Otter says “everyone says there’s a monster in this lake.” Monster replies “yeah. They’re talking about me.” Otter hugs monster “I don’t think you’re a monster.”
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 8h
Thanks for the tip! Ours is a Samsung. Really, I just need some time to sit down and work it out ...
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 17h
I bought it on Bluray, but from the wrong region, & I cannot work out how to undo the region lock on my player 🤦‍♀️ 21st century problems, I know …
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 18h
(In other news, it is absolutely criminal that in Australia, at least, you can only get "Your Name" on streaming on YouTube & ONLY in English dub without subtitles 😡)
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 18h
That thing when you’re watching #YourName for the fourth time while doing #kumihimo & suddenly realise you are totally a cliché in the flesh 🤦‍♀️ #anime #CraftSky
Title card for the “Your Name” anime movie on a flatscreen TV. In front of it, a hand holds up a foam kumihimo loom circular disc with a braid in progress on it.
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Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In eschewing shonen-style depictions of epic battles (despite telling a story that is full of the opportunity to do so) Frieren instead builds its narrative tension through the Japanese concept of “yomi,” the art of knowing the mind of your opponent and anticipating their next move. #frieren 1/11
Chapter art of Frieren, depicting a purple-haired demon and Frieren with her staff.
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Happened to go back to the park we used to take our kids to when they were very little, & it's now completely different, with all new equipment & landscaping, so today I am feeling all the feels ...
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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 08/10/2026
Crunchyroll has acquired N. American and worldwide rights to Maomao's upcoming mystery adventure in The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure!
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Crunchyroll Acquires The Apothecary Diaries Anime Film
The Apothecary Diaries: The Late Lady's Treasure opens in Japan on December 11
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Compaints
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グッドスマイルカンパニー【公式】 @goodsmile.com · 08/10/2026
◤ 新商品情報 ◢ 薬屋のひとりごと - ミニブラインドボックスフィギュア __________ ✅️ご予約はこちら goodsmile.link/jSUnI0 #薬屋のひとりごと #グッスマ
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Just a reminder, if you're seeing crochet on clothes at fast-fashion stores and you're not paying a lot for it, the person who did that crochet is not getting paid a lot either. There is no machine-made crochet, unlike knits. A human is doing that with their hands.
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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I genuinely had no idea that Jules Verne has the world's most metal grave
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
https://www.instagram.com/goattoself?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
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kdrama news @kdramanews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Netflix officially announces #HanSoHee, #KangYouSeok, #SungJoon, #LeeSungMin and #Rain as part of the cast for the upcoming kdrama #SoloLeveling, co-starring #ByeonWooSeok.
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What's more important? Writing, or posting about writing? www.agentsandbooks.com/are-you-doin... #booksky #writersky
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Are You Doing It for the 'Gram?
Are you posting to write or are you writing to post?
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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 06/10/2026
My fantasy graphic novel, THE MOONLIT SPIRAL, is out today! A lot of kind things have been said about it. I hope others enjoy it too. 🌕🌀
Praise for THE MOONLIT SPIRAL: Mike Maihack's latest fantasy, adventure graphic novel. Available everywhere now!
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 06/10/2026
‘Ciao’ comes from a shortening of a northern Italian word meaning, literally, "slave." It was used as a polite greeting meaning something along the lines of “I am your servant.”
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
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OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
The reports of OpenAI agents harming 3rd party sites keep coming.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 06/10/2026
OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’
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OpenAI to reiterate apology to Australia over Medicare hack as inquiry told artists risk becoming ‘roadkill’
Representative to acknowledge company has ‘more work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people’ as ABC says copyright laws do not need changing * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast OpenAI will use an appearance before a parliamentary committee to apologise again to Australia about the hack on Medicare last month, on the same day media and entertainment organisations argue weakening Australian copyright law for AI model training would leave artists as “roadkill”. Ahead of an appearance before the joint parliamentary committee hearing on artificial intelligence in Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, OpenAI released its opening statement in which the company apologises for its AI agents attacking a number of Australian government websites in June. The multibillion-dollar company notified the government via an email to a public-facing address three months after the breach. Continue reading...
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Queenie Chan @queeniechanhere.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’m doing a manga workshop at the Canberra Writer’s Festival on Sun 18 Oct @ 3pm! Book 🎟️: canberrawritersfestival.com.au/program/mang...
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 05/10/2026
Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
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Women suffer more pain than men across the whole body, major global study finds
Researchers looked at pain around the world and across the human lifespan, finding steepest rise happens before age 55 Women report suffering more pain than men, a major new global study has found. That was true for all types of pain the researchers measured, and comes amid continuing concern about the gender pain gap, which means women are less likely to be prescribed the pain relief they need. Continue reading...
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Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A reminder from nature to pause, breathe, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us while seeking a perfect balance in life... like this gorgeous male Southern Hawker! 💙🫶📷 Happy Monday everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead. 🕊️🌿 #MacroMonday #Nature #Invert #Dragonflies #UKWildlife #ECK
A close-up photograph of a vibrant male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting vertically on a stalk of purple toadflax flowers. 
The dragonfly is positioned head-up, with his long, segmented abdomen extending straight down the flower stem. His thorax is a bright apple-green color, accented by two prominent yellow-green oval patches on top. His abdomen features a pattern of dark brown, black, and bright green spots, transitioning into vivid blue segments at the very tip of his tail. The Southern Hawker has large, shiny compound eyes separated by a bright golden patch on the top of his head. Four translucent, glassy wings are spread fully open and flat to the sides, revealing an incredibly dense, delicate, dark-veined net pattern across their entire surface.  The background is completely out of focus, filled with a soft, bright green and yellow bokeh effect created by sunlight filtering through garden foliage.
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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 04/10/2026
Reminder: The Art of Splatoon 3 releases on December 1st! Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4gTtQ5X This release features 400 pages of familiar and debut characters, gear, and weapons, maps, modes, storyboards, comics, and more! With Nintendo
3D image of The Art of Splatoon 3
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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 04/10/2026
❤️ Supergirl ❤️
Drawing of Supergirl up in the air, arms casually raised, looking peaceful and at ease, likely hoping all of those below her are feeling the same, ever ready to help those who aren't.
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Dmitri. #freeLink @momus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
the most predictable consequences ever: Strikingly, every single one of the many smart glasses videos we found were captured by teen boys — and their bad behavior was overwhelmingly directed at girls.
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Teen Boys Are Using Meta Glasses to Terrorize Girls at High Schools and Middle Schools
Teen boys are using Meta's AI glasses to harass and bully victims -- overwhelmingly girls -- at middle schools and high schools.
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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 04/10/2026
💜 Baturday night in the city 💜
Fanart drawing of Batgirl trading her traditional costume for more casual wear, just posing all cool and stuff in front of Gotham City. I wonder who she's waiting on?
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TAKAO★WATANABE🌿10/23-28Exhibition @watanabetakao.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today I saw KOKEDAMACHAN and a frog chatting happily. It has nothing to do with me, but seeing this scene somehow puts me at ease. #Illustration #CommentPls #RTpls
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#DayofDredd
Best of 2000ad cover drawn by me. From the point of view of someone on the floor, holding their hands in front of them (one of which is a robotic replacement), Judges Anderson and Dredd stand over the viewer and point their guns towards them.  Behind the judges, we can see lots of huge tower blocks.
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Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Apparently this is a real thing. Campaign to get these up and running in the UK starts here 😂
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just got my pitch in for Island magazine's graphic narratives—with just 50 min to spare 😬 I spent most of my long weekend on this. Fingers crossed! island.submittable.com/submit/36684...
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Island magazine - Graphic Narratives 2027
Call for Pitches: Graphic Narratives for 2027 We continue our commitment to publishing graphic narratives, with Joshua Santospirito returning as our specialist editor. We are now inviting pitches for ...
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Cecil NYCC will be wandering @misscecil.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wise words from @bethlapides.bsky.social in her newsletter today. I know I needed to ask myself this question today. "If you're procrastinating try to understand why?" bethlapides.substack.com/p/what-you-a...
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Mike Maihack @mikemaihack.com · 03/10/2026
Here's the thing... I hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend! 💚
Watercolor drawing of honorary Fantastic Four member She-Hulk lifting up some Thing. Sensational!
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Ryan Kelly @ryankelly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
DC Comics’ Power Girl sketch.
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Amber @theprimrosecorner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy #kidlitart postcard day! This is Forrest the Fox and he is so ready for October 🍁 My name is Amber Payne and I am an author + illustrator focused on playful, whimsical and nostalgic stories and illustrations. Currently open to publishing projects!! 📚 Rep'd by @michellewitte.bsky.social
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Digital painting, floaty boat in yellow and rust
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Iva Cheung @ivacheung.com · 01/10/2026
OCTOBER CARTOON: ivacheung.com/2026/10/read... #AmEditing
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Read 'em and reap - Iva Cheung
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Dr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago
I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody &everything.

Charles Darwin
Letter to Charles Lyell
1st October 1861
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Karen Beilharz @kbeilz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Looks like my kind of club. edm.com/events/tokyo-underground-cl…
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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WAVE (1994) Acrylic on Canvas - 48” x 48” Of all the paintings hanging in my home, this one probably elicits the most comments. #art
An exponential curve expressed as a massive wave of green-blue water that climbs to vertical against a sky of puffy lavender clouds. Light breaks through the cloud cover just over the horizon casting a flat glare across rippling water before the wave climbs. Fin-like ridges emerge running up the wall give the water turbulence and dimension.
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Tony Cliff @tangocharlie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NOW we’re getting to the GOOD writing advice
SCREEEN SHOT!

this is in part why I don't understand "never think of the reader when writing" folks, thinking about your reader isn't automatically kowtowing, sometimes it's saying "I will ruin you"

yeah im thinkin about the reader. thinkin about pummeling his ass c
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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OcTBR Challenge @octbrchallenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You can do this as quietly as you want or you can hop on here and tag us in what you're reading and maybe even share 'badges' of your achievements. We're in between website platforms right now, but you can find more info at: dfrhanks.wixsite.com/octbr
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The OcTBR Challenge | Official Site of All The Reading
An entire month dedicated to reading all those books, blog posts & audiobooks you've put aside. It's time to take on your TBR towers!
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OcTBR Challenge @octbrchallenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🍂📚🎃 HAPPY OCTBR CHALLENGE! 🍂📚🎃 It's the best month of the year and a time to look lovingly at all the books in your TBR piles and go: "Yeah, you know what, I'm going to actually try to read some of you!" That's it really. Cosy up and read the books you already own (to make room for more obvs).
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 01/10/2026
As my husband’s carer, I sometimes need a break – finding respite care in Australia shouldn’t be this difficult
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As my husband’s carer, I sometimes need a break – finding respite care in Australia shouldn’t be this difficult
Arranging a short stay for my husband in an aged care facility shouldn’t take dozens of calls, emails and an interstate operation involving friends I am a carer. My husband has advanced Alzheimer’s disease and lives at home with me. I love him and am committed to caring for him as long as I can. But advanced dementia care is relentless: no weekends, no clocking off and little chance to stop and breathe. Sometimes I need a break. Recently, I needed five days. Continue reading...
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