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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 12h

@goldienewt.bsky.social and I have been texting back and forth with links to auctions for items that are either really awesome or really horrible. She sent me this one, my response, "They want $24 for that damaged Backrooms-ass abomination of a rabbit brooch?!" shopgoodwill.com/item/279200848

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Used Vintage Karu Fifth Avenue Figural Rabbit Face Rhinestone & Faux Stone Brooch

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The Ken In Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 15h

I will simply say I am seeing exactly this situation play out right now in a different field. Work that would have taken about 3 weeks start to finish via traditional methods is now into week 6 and still in what amounts to first draft territory

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Shubbabang @shubbabang.bsky.social · 21h

Another classic, not sure if I've already posted this one here.

The image is a six panel black and white comic.

Panel 1 - a girl sits at her desk in front of a computer, looking disheartened. She says, "I dont know if I should post this art, who would even want to see it?"

Panel 2- A new person bursts through the door in the background with a loud BAM

Panel 3- The new person pushes the girl out of the way, smushing her face in the process, while slamming their fist down on the keyboard.

Panel 4- The computer shows that the art has been posted

Panel 5- The person makes direct eye contact with the girl while pushing their finger against their own phone screen

Panel 6- A motion blur is added to the last panel, enhancing the impact of the new notifications on the new post. It reads, "(Friend) Liked Post just now" Followed by "(Friend) commented 'I FUCKING LOVE THIS AND I LOVE U'"

Underneath the last panel is a watermark that reads, Shubbabang

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Lesbian Death Bed: The Bed that Eats Pussy (pro orph) @bitterkarella.bsky.social · 16h

not surprising i guess, people are already getting mad that in "Quaint Folk" there's a sexually attractive fat character, but here's the thing: if they can make you feel bad for being horny, they can control you. don't let hem

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Laird Barron @lairdbarron.bsky.social · 18h

I wouldn't send them jack shit

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Jessi D @gothydellamorte.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maybe we should just feel and process instead of turning everything into a performance for capitalism.

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 21h

To put this in perspective chestnut trees used to be dominant species in the United States. Billions of trees were killed by fungal blight and now fully grown America chestnuts are functionally extinct. There is no getting them back. Ever. All for a data center. www.gadgetreview.com/one-of-ameri...

gadgetreview.com

One of America’s Last Chestnut Groves Is About to Be Destroyed for a Data Center

A rare 200-tree American chestnut grove in West Virginia may be cleared for data-center development, but the project denies the site is on its land.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If you enjoyed FROGMAN and FROGMAN RETURNS, Anthony Cousins is preparing to make a Kentucky Goblins film! I'm thrilled, I find the Kentucky goblins extremely creepy and I love the practical effects in FROGMAN. www.kickstarter.com/projects/202...

kickstarter.com

The Kentucky Goblins

You'd better watch out for what's crawling down the chimney...

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 22h

More and more convinced that the reason AI is being pushed so hard is that it allows tech CEOs to do things that a person would be sent to jail for doing, but with the excuse that it was the robot that did it on its own

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

“Testers spent up to an hour discussing suicide, self-harm or eating disorders on more than a dozen new accounts registered to 13- to 17-year-olds. After dangerous discussions that went as long as an hour, only a handful of alerts were sent to the accounts registered as the users’ parents.”

latimes.com

ChatGPT’s teen safeguards failed to alert parents during suicide conversations, report finds

Common Sense Media says ChatGPT for Teens fails on parental alerts, crisis referrals and age checks, urging OpenAI to keep minors off the platform. OpenAI disputes the findings.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22h

“These signatures are maybe the most on the nose reminder of how AI models were trained on a vast corpus of writing, images, videos, and artworks that were scraped without permission.”

futurism.com

ChatGPT Caught Putting Signatures of Real Cartoonists on AI-Generated Comics

ChatGPT is churning out New Yorker style cartoons and slapping the name of real artists on them without permission.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Cthulhu (R'lyeh exsurgebit ubi astra parata sunt) Liv Rainey-Smith Woodcut plus hand-tinted and gilded artist proof One of my older pieces, I avoided making Cthulhu art until I got an idea I actually liked. Very much made in the spirit of "let's mash together different animal parts into one monster"

A black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. A simple black outline encloses a vertical rectangle. Text in a blackletter font fills the top of the scene reading in Latin, R'lyeh exsurgebit ubi astra parata sunt. This translates as "R'lyeh will rise when the stars are right. Seated below is a squid headed humanoid with bat-like wings, crab claw arms, and frog-like legs. One claw points up to stars on the left, and the other reaches down towards a city rising out of the waves. The being sits cross-legged on a black rock with waves breaking beneath it.

The previously described woodcut print, except the stars are now gold, cthulhu is green with red wings, the ocean blue, and the city in browns.

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Pumpkin Spice Dracula Enthusiast @kmfao.latinsky.app · 05/10/2026

This is what I mean about imposter syndrome. Quaker is over here pushing a narrative that its customers are going to have a conversation about oatmeal on twitter and you think it's annoying to repost your art more than once.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

jeez can ya keep it down out there, some of us are trying to sleep

orange cat peeking his head out behind a blanket looking half asleep

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.

, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.

As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Businesses really are embracing fraudulent claims these days.

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 05/10/2026

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

forbes.com

Knobs Returning To Some Automakers’ Vehicles, To The Relief Of Many

Auto companies are listening to the complaints of consumers, who want their knobs and buttons back.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

My tunic here is from @morningwitch.com and they're having their big holiday sale RIGHT NOW. I wore at least one Morning Witch item Friday through Sunday, so if you liked what I wore at HPLFF, you should check them out! shop.morningwitch.com

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Morningwitch Shop

Apparel featuring lush botanicals and little critters!

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

kickstarter.com

The Kentucky Goblins

You'd better watch out for what's crawling down the chimney...

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Holy fucking shit, shipping a single 7oz print to Washington from Portland, Oregon via USPS Ground Advantage is $7.70 right now. Yes, my customer paid for the shipping, but that rate is obscene!

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Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have been a guest at conventions where, during the pre-con walk through, my handler has pointed out the bar and mentioned how some guests are "more fun" and "get asked back," then names only men. Because a lot of female guests aren't comfortable hanging out around alcohol with strangers.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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toilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately

Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.

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[My name]
Chief Bone Inventor
Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
Hartford HealthCare,
The Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

over the years I swear I've had 10+ people ask my permission to get this pic as a tattoo, but not a single person has followed up with the actual tattoo photo surely one of you is out there? you actually did it, yeah? not just a bluff?

painting of two squid, one in bottom left corner, one in top right corner, touching appendages in the middle, a parody of the creation of adam

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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Happy pub day for my debut book of comics. I am assembling a suit

Me in a battle suit armor constructed from my books

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Is your house overrun with singing, dancing skeletons?

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Kindra Crick 🧩 @kindracrick.com · 06/10/2026

In 2016, I used blue light for my 'Cerebral Wilderness' neuron art installation as nod to optogenetics! ✨ Why blue light? The foundational experiments by @deisseroth.bsky.social that launched the Nobel Prize winning technology of optogenetics in 2005 used blue light at ~ 470 nm #sciart 🧪

Detail of ‘Cerebral Wilderness’ which highlights the structures of Perineuronal Nets. Neuronal dendrites wrapped in netted fabric illuminated by blue lights.

#contemporaryart

Illuminated blue neurons in a full room installation called Cerebral Wilderness

#artinstallation

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your pal uly @uscocksman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

got this mailer today and i can’t stress enough that this photo is intended to be flattering, like they picked it from several presumably worse options

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

grandpa doesnt feel safe enough sleeping in his fortress at night so the rest of us get to live like this

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H.B. Tyson @hbtyson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Weird art is always needed.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I had a blast at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival! Caught 3 feature films, did two panels, saw Soriah perform, hung out with old friends, sent a bunch of art off to new homes, and basically did my part to Keep Portland Weird! #HPLFF

Photo of a black tunic-clad woman in front of the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival step and repeat backdrop. Her tunic grey floral embrodery around the neck and arms, and two skeletal dogs howling upwards at the bottom. She is wearing a mask that looks like a stained glass window that completely obscures her face. The mask is topped with a black veil. She's flashing the peace sign and looking cute?

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This cat is up for sale again, apparently whoever bid over $1800 for it didn't pay for it. If you've been yearning for a freaky gold mutant cat brooch, now's your chance! shopgoodwill.com/item/279384179

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Used 18K Yellow Gold Cat Brooch with Blue Glass Stones 17.38g

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.

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Rob Cruickshank @robcruickshank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"We need some new designs for our Kleenex boxes" "How about 'Frogs that just had sex?" "Good, write that down"

Kleenex box with a delightful illustration of spawning frogs, one frog is upside down and looks really blissful

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"

politico.com

Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI

The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.

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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 04/10/2026

I often think about how the real thought-leaders and futurists are the ones who looked at -Internet of Things -NFTs -Metaverse -Gen AI and said, “nope, that’s terrible” in the face of hype cycles and industry-pivots. Many “innovation agencies” are just following the pack.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Living my best weird life at the longest running horror film festival in the US. #hplff

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll be a vendor and panelist at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland, Oregon October 2-4th! My table will be in middle of the upstairs lobby with a large selection of original woodcut art as well as reproductions, cards, bookmarks, and other weirdness! #art #woodcut #hplff

A hand-colored woodcut print reproduced on maple wood veneer. The art resembles 16th century woodcut illustration, but depicts Cthulhu, a character created by H.P. Lovecraft. This hybrid humanoid sits cross-legged upon a black rock jutting out of the sea. One crab-like arm points to the stars, and the other down to a city emerging from the waves. It has dark batlike wings spread behind it. Above the figure are the latin words R'lyeh exsurgebit ubi astra parata sunt. .

A black ink woodcut print on cream colored paper. A simple black line frames a vertical rectangular scene of a blobby humanoid perched on a mound. It has no eyes and the mouth ends in tentacles. It plays a flute with stubby fingers. A black crescent moon is in the upper right and bog plants including a Sarracenia pitcher plant grow below its clawed feet.

A monstrous figure fills a black background. This woodcut print has been hand-colored in a rainbow of hues, from red at the top, to purple below. Depicted is a creature with a sharp tooth filled grimace, tentacle limbs, a long thin tail, and fins like wings containing numerous eyes.

A black woodcut reproduced on maple wood veneer. A simple black line encompasses a scene of a monstrous giant dancing inside a ring of black stones. The giant holds a key in one hand and gestures to a doorway in the cloud with the other. It has a scaled chest, tentacled hips with two crude eyes, furry legs, and sauropod feet. Two tiny humans gesture in the corners near bonfires, and birds fill the sky.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today at the Hollywood library in Portland, Oregon!

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll be part of two panels on Sunday the 4th at the Hollywood Library in Portland, OR. 1-2pm The Art of Cosmic Horror: with Theoddra Monster, Aunt Gore, and Nick Gucker. 4-5pm "Cult" Like it's a Bad Thing: with Adam Scott Glancy, Cody Goodfellow, and Josef Wilke hplfilmfestival.com/hplfilmfesti...

A poster in art deco style featuring a yellow figure with a black halo and sunburst behind it. Text reads: The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Multnomah Libraries present: cosmic horror, weird fiction, and the King in Yellow. A weekend of author readings and panels with special guest Philip Fracassi. Free to the public Saturday and Sunday October 3 and 4 at the Hollywood Library (main meeting room). Scan for details followed by a qr code.

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Living my best weird life at the longest running horror film festival in the US. #hplff

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

OMG there are Fresno Nightcrawlers in Frogman Returns! #hplff

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Liv “Leev” Rainey-Smith @livraineysmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Last night at H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival a figure in yellow was spotted lurking on the rooftop across the street from Hollywood Theatre. We could sort of see them from the vendors room, but a tree was in the way. Today we confirmed it wasn’t just our imagination. King in Yellow confirmed! #hplff

Photo of a planet fitness across a wide busy street. A yellow hooded and robed figure is standing in the rooftop parking lot.

Closeup of the ominous King in Yellow on a sunny Portland day.

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Has anyone out together how Arby’s is putting out limited-time “steak nuggets” and just recently the US was said to be importing millions of pounds of mystery beef?

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We need to rephrase the whole discussion in terms of hazardous products, instead of "minds". And then we need to make sure that there's liability. A model hacks someone? Put a C-suite guy in jail. A model produces sexual harassment material? Put a C-suite guy in jail. Watch how fast things get safe

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