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musubeemu @musubeemu.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Made this Chatot figurine!

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eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I find this stuff fascinating; this is basically the animation world's equivalent of how pixel art games were designed to be played on glass tube TVs. The "imperfections" created in the process of publishing the work are part of the planned end product.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

everything happens so much, but somehow the one thing I actually want to talk about is the fact that I have finally started watching farscape

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

incredible and hilarious that I get to reserve a chunk of my time for the next handful of months to work on writing and drawing about... time travel! unionisation! digital decay and the 💓 public postal service 💓

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 24/08/2026

Cartoonists United is delighted to introduce MB Carvalho as our next Cartoonist-in-Residence for our Digital Comics Residency! Read more about our resident and their winning proposal here: journal.cartoonist.coop/the-2026-dig... (art by MB Carvalho)

An 11-panel comic featuring anthro cats in a punk band called Catastrophe.

A one page comic featuring a human silhouette of a figure in front of a dandelion, a bird, and a snake.

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JimBrin ✧ 𝖓𝖊𝖔𝖓UFO @neonufo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is a multimedia piece I've been wanting to do for months, character is painted in acrylics on a digital photo manipulation printed background. Also, it's been a while since my monthly experiments had a more playful tone!

Multimedia painting on vertical canvas
Theme: Fantasy / Dark fantasy / Experimental
Character: My OC Lubi, he/him, transmasc
#Artsky #QueerArt #TransArt #DarkFantasy #SwordAndSorcery

This is a mixture of digital and traditional process. First I edited a photo background and added a digital line sketch, which I got printed on imitation canvas, and then finished by painting the character with acrylics. The piece is pretty big - 104 x 139 cm.

The background is a photo of an old wine basement, appearing like a cave with brick walls. I edited it to get a blue and green-yellow palette.

The character is sitting on the floor in the center of the cave, grinning. The nose, mouth and eyes are the only other part of this piece that was done digitally, as I was unsure if I could paint the sharp edges of the design.
He's wearing a hooded cape, which gives the impression of an invisible coat, as its colours reflect the colour of the background in a blurry way. He's wearing a black shirt which extends into a loin cloth with a green, zig-zag edge. The shape of the hood covering his face is a heart. His face is partially shadowed, while red fiery hair is sticking out on the leftside.

He's wearing gauntlets, which are shaded in much more delicate detail than the rest of the character. The metallic shading also extends to the wavy-bladed sword. His boots are red and black, with a somewhat checkered pattern.

Behind him is a wall which is transparent in the middle, having a dreamlike impression. On the wall of the cave which took on the greenish-yellow tint in the photomanipulation process, I painted a torch with a green flame. On the upper left part of the painting is a yellow moon crescent.

Lastly on the top right edge of the painting are a couple of crystals, catching the colours of their surroundings, which makes them almost invisible until you notice them. I really love how these turned out.

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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 22/08/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #ColourfulCharacters, any bird with colourful plumage. In the right light even a magpie can be glorious. #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #putney #magpie

A magpie sitting in a tree showing off the rainbow iridescence of its feathers.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

every day they are torturing people from information sharing cultures (gossips) because of silly little things like scheduled announcements

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

queueing up some books on the subject, and already fascinated with how american writers arrived at their particular mode of interacting with text (through guidebooks and workshops). something that was very consciously built, in a very specific moment of history, but that was built to seem "natural"

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

soon it'll be the one year anniversary of the diagnosis that turned my life on its head and told me that I'd better learn to live upside down. I am not sure if this down is up existence is sustainable long term (modern medicine, please come through soon) but I have certainly learned a lot from it

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I’m glad that there’s been more coverage of this, but I must also point out that we - the actual Lebanese - have been saying that Israel’s goal is to make south Lebanon unliveable for nearly 2 years. I said this myself multiple times. We are simply not believed *because* we are Lebanese.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

need this one in my evil hands asap

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Walt Spookman @waltshitman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

“Fantasy author” is a fake job created by Big Hat to sell big black hats.

George R. R. Martin wearing a black fisherman’s cap

Sir Terry Pratchett wearing a big black hat

Robert Jordan wearing a really big black hat.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Concept art by Nizo Yamamoto for Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989), dir. Masami Hata and William Hurtz, TMS

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Usman T. Malik @usmantm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sheila was also one of few SF people who reached out to me privately and extended her support to the cause publicly when people in SF started unfriending/blocking me for my stance on G. I will never forget that. Her service to SF and humanity is immeasurable.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

listening to limetown again after... years, and I had forgotten how good it is. so creepy, so much fun sound design

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Kort Duce @kortduce.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A turkey vulture perches high in a dead snag along St. Vrain Creek as the moon sets in Longmont, Colorado. •Focus stack of two images. #StunDay #BirdOfTheDay #bird #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky #BirdsSeenln2026 #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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A turkey vulture perches high in a dead snag along St. Vrain Creek as the moon sets in Longmont, Colorado.

In this horizontal color photograph, a turkey vulture perches atop the forked branches of a dead snag, its head turned to the right as it surveys the landscape below. Positioned in the left side of the frame, the bird stands against a brilliant blue sky; a signature of Colorado's more than 300 days of sunshine each year. In the upper right corner, a Waning Gibbous Moon hangs above the horizon. This lunar phase follows the Full Moon, with the illuminated portion gradually decreasing each night.

This photograph is a focus stack created from two separate images. The first photograph was focused on the turkey vulture, while the second was focused on the moon. When using a super-telephoto lens, it is not physically possible to render both the nearby bird and the distant moon perfectly sharp in a single exposure because of the extremely shallow depth of field. By carefully combining the two images during post-processing, both subjects appear in sharp focus.

An incredible portrait of a turkey vulture perched along the riparian corridor of St. Vrain Creek with a setting Waning Gibbous Moon; a scene that highlights both the beauty of Colorado's natural landscapes and the habitat so vital to this remarkable scavenger.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

reviewing my Clarion notes and finding a lot of value in what I jotted down re: american responses to fiction that is explicitly not american and not particularly interested in working within american narrative frameworks

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 03/08/2026

Situation was apparently more extensive than we thought. Our podcast also went rogue and is spreading our stories in audio form. We continue to investigate how it managed to escape our sandbox, but suspect that this modern RSS technology is exhibiting signs of awareness. The industry is concerned.

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

best friend just reached out to ask how I was doing now that clarion west has ended. answered them with: I slept. then I ate. then I slept. and I see even more sleep in the horizon. but underneath all that, I think the feeling that remains is just gratitude

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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Here's a recommended book-list-interview, for a UK publication. For everyone who has had enough of discourse (as I certainly have): it has a tiny mention of Nolan as the hook, but then we move on to some reading. www.countryandtownhouse.com/culture/emil...

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‘Homer Is For Everyone’: How Emily Wilson Elucidates & Obfuscates In Equal Measure

Classicist Emily Wilson has made headlines in recent weeks for slating Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey – for which the director,

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

this ghost has been stretched nearly to his limit, but there is one more thing to do before curtain call

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

MP3 cyberterrorism bottom surgery alt-pop flesh-eating bacterium

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

pseudo pod opening for submissions... do I dare... am I enough of a sicko to ask to sit with the deranged and the cool...

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

of all the things clarion has given me in these handful of months, the one that will probably always humble me the most is having access to the stories of so many talented, funny, brave voices

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

god damn it I was minding my own business listening to some music and ignoring my deadlines, and now I have Yet Another Ideia for a story

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 26/07/2026

Emily Wilson argues that while Homer’s Odyssey might seem the perfect source material for Christopher Nolan, the ancient Greek poem also excels at many things the director isn't so good at. On the podcast, Wilson joins Tom Jones to talk through the new adaptation: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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Nolan vs Homer

Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 26 July · 52min

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

and now, instead of writing, I will go into mike davis' late victorian holocausts properly. productive procrastination! educational procrastination!

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

this werewolf girl story is now about immigration, folk catholicism and the dictatorship. is it about any of those things in an interesting or coherent way? I have no idea

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Indrapramit Das @indrapramitdas.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Ahmed urgently needs $350 for rent so his family's not on the streets. He's tired from 3 yrs of having to survive by asking strangers for help, everyone in Gaza is. But his family has no choice--they're trapped in Israel's genocidal siege, homeless, starving, sick, & without income:

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Urgent appeal: Help Ahmed and his family in Gaza

Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Al-Madhoun, 25 years old, studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, fourth level, at Al-Quds Open University. I was supposed to graduate, but unfortunately the war pre...

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

after Clarion is done, it's back to fully facing the horrors and trying to get minimally organised before the elections (despite the demons in my bones) but god, am I depressed whenever I think about what is coming

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

the cohort has no idea of how evil I can be about magical realism... how demonic...

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Ichor Magazine @ichormagazine.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Announcing Ichor Magazine, an amateur magazine of sword and sorcery touched by the sublime. A home for new authors dipping their pen into the violet ink of unknown horror. Not ready for a NESS submission yet? We may be your perfect intro market. Opening for subs September 1st 2026

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 24/07/2026

Five years ago, I ran across a piece of stock footage that defied all conventions. It was beautiful and textured. It was *memorable*. But what can this single video tell us, in context of an entire industry designed to be generic? youtu.be/k3bkCTy9rLk

Jacob's head on one the classic "hide the pain harold" stock images

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

have not watched Odyssey Dark Knight yet (will do when a ship accidentally lets it fall overboard in the atlantic and it floats ashore near my hauntings), but ig I will have to thank my life long nemesis mr nolan for reminding me of the penelope centric epistolary thing i started two years ago

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mb carvalho @mb-carvalho.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

what if instead of finishing this story that's already well on its way... I put it aside and ✨ wrote about something else completely different ✨

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