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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I just updated my web site with an artist's statement on GenAI, because, FFS. There has been way too much AI fuckery going on lately. marylayton.net/about

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Made By People @madebypeople.secondlife.bio · 10/05/2026

Our May Promo Round is here, and we are proud to promote @maryherself.bsky.social 💖 Ashbourne & Burleigh Couturier present an Edwardian, Art-Nouveau-ish jewellery set, handcrafted using Blender. Unrigged and resizable for most any avatar. 👉 maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/S... #secondlife

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and I want my Trans friends/fam to know I see you, I love you, and you belong! 🏳️‍⚧️🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

Graphic saying "March 31st is Trans Day Of Visibility"

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thank you so much!! I love Terry Pratchett, and have not read this one yet (though I did see the movie version several years ago)!

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

“Don’t vote for Kamala!”, they said. “She’ll get us into an unnecessary war!”, they said. 🙄

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Artists, quote with something silly!

Splatter art by artist Mary Layton of a creature with another creature riding its back giving the British sod-off salute. Caption reads: "Note to self: Don't leave painting things out where the house Elves and their Oliphlumps can get to them."

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I've entered my "Rhiannon" artwork into Threadless's Year of The Horse challenge, if anyone is inclined to rate it! Rhiannon by Mary Layton www.threadless.com/designs/rhia...

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Rhiannon by Mary Layton on Threadless

The Welsh Goddess Rhiannon by mythic artist Mary Layton.

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

ICE murdered a woman in Minneapolis

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jeremy ꩜ @nothingistrue.net · 11/12/2025

Long shot, but does anyone in Switzerland have an emergency Theremin to loan tomorrow night ( Friday 12 December )? #ViaMardot is playing a show in St Gallen, and the airline lost her equipment!!! We can help pay for a courier if needed, please share to get this message out!! #theremin #switzerland

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Botticellibelle @botticellibelle.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2025

The world would be such a better place if we had more people like Jane in it. Rest in peace to an absolute legend. This one hurts. She will be missed. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Go...

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Oh, I hadn't considered that, but I would not be surprised.

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 27/09/2025

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

And, insurance denied my refill of Wegovy because they determined I wasn't losing fast enough. Then turned around & said "Oh, y'know...we're just not going to cover GLP-1s for anything other than diabetes, so go have some donuts or something, I dunno - get back to us when you've diabetes, I guess!"

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

I feel this every time I'm denied medication ("Horrendous menopause symptoms? Oh, sorry no...you're *checks notes*..fat, so you aren't a candidate for HRT"), or quality of life surgery ("Ooooh, end-stage osteoarthritis! That's gotta hurt! Hip replacement would improv...oh, wait, you're fat. Oops!")

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Also, can we have David Bowie, Carrie Fisher, and Alan Rickman back, please?

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Yeah, but, if it's a parallel universe with a decent US President, and some of my favourite authors haven't turned out to be inexcusably heinous, I'll take it.

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Well, fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck. RIP democracy. It was a good run, ruined by the greed of a minority, abetted by the hatred, racism, and misogyny of a 3rd, allowed by the complacency of just enough to have made a difference.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Wow so you’re telling me everyone who cheered on the Iraq war is on board with this now too? And so are the people who opposed the Iran nuclear deal and killed it? You’re kidding.

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The Trevor Project's hotline is still live. But recent fuckery by the T r u m p admin. means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY! So spread this around. They can be texted. They can be called.

Image showing how to text or call the Trever Project hotline. Text "START" to 678-678, or call 1-866-488-7386.

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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

This is terrifying, so please read this as cope: The Wilshire Federal Building is 15 *miles* from the protests in downtown Los Angeles. It is a half-hour drive. You could fit an entire Manhattan, the long way, between them.

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T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Cops shooting a woman at point-blank range for trying to get to her apartment Very protect. Much serve. Cops are great

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

“Authority, when first detecting chaos at its heels, will entertain the vilest schemes to save its orderly facade.” ― Alan Moore, V for Vendetta 8/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The more we stand up for our rights, the harder it will be for them to take them away. If you can't march, contact your representatives, donate to those on the ground, be loud about your opposition to fascism on social media. 7/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Media sources from outside the US are probably going to be showing what's actually happening better than US media can or will, so when possible, follow those outlets. It's dangerous times, so DO be safe. But, don't give in. The more we show our opposition, the harder it will be to deny. 6/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

And why the bot farms are in overdrive. Mainstream media is compromised (and/or complicit) so places like Bluesky and other social media where people on the ground can share real-time video and narrative of what is ACTUALLY happening are about all we have left. They'll probably target this, too. 5/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Ordinary citizens who took to the streets en masse to say "No more." There are more of us than there are of them, and they know it. That's why they're threatening federalizing the NG against citizens. That's why a certain someone is up all hours of the night posting threats and taunts. 4/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

...no one is coming to save us. It's down to us. We're seeing that our elected congressional officials are not interested in being the heroes we need to push back against the regime, either they're too scared, or they're complicit. Even V wasn't the hero in "V For Vendetta". It was The People. 3/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Now, I think of that Election Day watch as a warning, and as a primer. Yeah, I know Alan Moore hated it, but I love that movie, and having read the GN as well, I didn't think the film was that far off the mark. The message came through clearly. When the fascists get power... 2/8

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

On Election Day 2024, I watched "V For Vendetta". At the time, I thought I was watching it as something we were about to make sure never happened. I was wrong. When I woke up the next day, I was stunned to find that we had not averted authoritarianism after all. 1/8

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Footage from the LA protests, where law enforcement intentionally shoot a reporter with a rubber bullet. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjg7MF8X/

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Christopher Golden @cgolden.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Free speech. The right to peaceably assemble. The right to tell Nazis to fuck all the way off. Use them or lose them.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/06/2025

If you want to show solidarity with Los Angeles, the best thing to do is organize protests against ICE tonight/tomorrow in your own cities. Search the web for ICE rapid response networks in your own city / state and sign up. Help your neighbors.

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This is very well said, and applies to visual art as well. 👏

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Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer @princejvstin.com · 15/05/2025

Sharing so you can block it

Google's Gemini AI is here. Let's give a real Bluesky welcome. BLOCKITY BLOCK BLOCK all the live long day

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I don’t want to read about a former President’s mental decline because a journalist got a book deal. I want to read a report about the current President’s mental decline by a journalist brave enough to speak out now.

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Mary Layton @maryherself.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

…Says the person who refuses to read Wendig’s story but is 100% certain it plagiarized some Reddit creepypasta most people have never heard of… oooookaaaay.

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Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

It took like half an hour for it to even occur to me that someone could have done this on purpose because these cars just do that on their own so often.

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