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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 12/06/2026

As passionate as I am about space exploration, I would sacrifice all of SpaceX and its sci-fi rockets in a heartbeat if it could save even one person in a faraway country. Now, all of that is associated with too much cruelty and bloodshed, an indelible stain that has turned the X into a gravestone☠️

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SUPERhumanHERO: Page 5 Cops police

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SUPERhumanHERO: Page 4 Fwoosh smash fling clang shpwow zwooop

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SUPERhumanHERO: Page 3 Some kind of robot anime?

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SUPERhumanHERO: Page 2 Some jerks appear!

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

SUPERhumanHERO: Page 1 A normal day in Centropolis.

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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

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Tracy King @tracyking.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

8) Nothing worth achieving can be done without crossing an ocean of cringe. Kill your fear of cringe.

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Rest in peace, Jim Lovell. Thank you for teaching me that we go to heaven when we're born. Fair winds and following seas.

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John Jakala @jjakala.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I already thought this pencil portrait Jack Kirby did of his wife Roz was great but then I read the caption: "A drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier." DAAAAMMMMNNN!

THE MISSUS —
MY GORGEOUS BABE —
DRAWN IN A FOXHOLE
Feb. '44
France

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Anthony Clark @nedroid.com · 28/07/2025

In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:

"There are three kinds of magic," said Wizzler, handing us each a balloon. "You can control tigers, you can shoot tornadoes from your fingers, or you can fly by holding your breath. The color of confetti inside your balloon will reveal which kind of power you have."
I felt the panic rising in me. What if my confetti turned yellow, indicating that I was a Tiger-Talker? My family, a long line of proud Tornado-Fingers, would disown me. Could I ever return home, bearing such shame?
I tried to calm myself as I readied the ceremonial safety pin. Green, I thought, willing my hopes into reality. Please be green.
I popped the balloon, involuntarily shutting my eyes. When I opened them, would I see the green I hoped for? The yellow I feared? What if, gods forbid, the confetti were blue?
I opened my eyes, seeing shock on the faces of my classmates. Wizzler himself stared at me, wide-eye. Looking down, I saw myself covered in confetti... purple confetti.

“I don’t understand,” I growled, my body trembling with pain. “I combined eighty percent Earth-elemental mana with twenty percent Fire-elemental mana (Type B), focused through a twenty-four-sided icositetragon made of yellow topaz. This, in conjunction with my blood type, star sign, sense of humor, and nickname, should have produced a blazing column of lightning to vaporize my enemies. Instead, it made a big bubble that smells like fresh laundry. Why?”
Skullgrumbler began to laugh. “You fool! You don’t even realize…” he squealed. “You’re facing east!”

“It’s whatever you want,” explained Magemaster Grampledog. “Magic is just whatever you want.”
I knew he was speaking in riddles, but I couldn’t grasp his hidden meaning. “So the rules are…”
Grampledog lit a sliver of smokereed. “No rules. You say some words and you wave a stick and whatever you want just happens. You don’t even need the stick.”
His wisdom still eluded me. I stared into his face, trying to decipher what he was really saying.
“No, listen.” Grampledog snapped his fingers and his desk turned into a pile of chicken nuggets. “I didn’t even know that would happen.” His hat then came alive and began to yodel.
“It’s pandemonium,” he explained. “It’s complete nonsense.”

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 20/07/2025

Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return

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Aliiwa @aliiwa.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

there are only two moods as an artist

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Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 30/06/2025

where does internet come from? the answer may surprise you

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

My educational background: mechanical engineering My art background: lol, lmao even What this means: I can rotate shapes in my head all day but I do not know what a color is

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

that’s MISTER Sparkle Eyebrows to you, buddy

Microscope shot of the face of a Eupholus weevil, displaying his exquisitely sparkly eyebrows

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Toniko Pantoja @tonikopantoja.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

A bro short I did a while back about artists that pursue NSFW lewd art. Pokes fun at the stigma, the money you can “make” doing it, and the skills needed for it. Not as funny as the sketchbook bros short, but still had fun boarding it!

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

what makes NYC one of the greatest cities in the world in the same way London and mumbai are is that nothing ever fazes the people in these places. A guy dressed as a rat carrying a slice of pizza bigger than the average child? Sidestep, take the railing go about your day and never think of it again

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

i promise you that every person who makes comics started out by "just making a comic." it was probably kinda bad and yours will be too. but the reason it's the advice everybody gives is that it's the only advice we really CAN give, /until you've made a comic/

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Centurii chan @centuriichan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

the first conspiracy.

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Mike Berg, We 🧡 Games @weheart.games · 14/05/2025

I've never seen "running government like a business is bad, actually" illustrated as plainly and clearly as this:

Screenshot of a post from weaselle from Jun 18, 2024:

I've said it before and i'll say it again: what we want is for these things to be run like a HOUSEHOLD... a home. A household still has a budget and an income and resources to manage; all the moving parts are the same but the focus is different.

A business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend it's last dollar to keep the people in it safe and healthy.

A household will use money as a resource to add value to the lives of the people in the household. A business will use people as a resource to add monetary value to the business.

We don't want a government run like a business, we want a country run like a household. Because we live here.

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Meg Syv @megsyv.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Mega Bonus Points for this too:

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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 08/05/2025

HAHAHAH IT WORKED!

Google search for "what is ai engorgement"
AI Overview:
In the context of Al, "engorgement" refers to a situation where an Al model becomes overloaded with incorrect or misleading information during its training process, leading to a degradation in its ability to produce accurate or logical outputs. This "overfilling" of the model with misinformation can cause it to generate nonsensical results or exhibit unexpected, bizarre behaviors...

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

A watcher... The heroes of this setting are by and large Not Having a Great Time. It's a tough job. #oc #ocart #ocsky #superhumanhero #angeleye

Character sheet of a petite woman with pale skin and light blonde hair. Her left eye is blue, and her right eye is multicolored and iridescent. She weara a white supersuit with blue accents, goggles, and a quadrotor-inspired helipack on her back. She appears discontent.

Alias: ANGEL EYE
Name: Madison Ward
Age: 2
Height: 5'2"
Ability: Hypervision (Right Eye)
Smile: Unconfirmed
Affiliation: AEGIS
Status: Active
Role: Support (Spotter)

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this excellent set of notes on SKIN TONES by @deluxepeach over on the blue bird :) #conceptart #gamedev #animationdev #gameart #tutorial #indiegame #comicart #characterdesign #illustration

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Kody @kodyisover.com · 28/04/2025

what happens when you put four webcomic creators in a Zoom room and shake em all around?! guess you'll have to tune into our @cartoonist.coop Nib & Ink Fest panel to find out 😌 Come join me, @byelacey.bsky.social, @bob-artist.bsky.social, and @itsnero.com as we talk webcomic process!! #NIF2025

A graphic announcing "Making of a Webcomic" for the Nib and Ink Fest 2025 on May 17th, 2025 at 4:00 PM EST on Zoom featuring panelists Kody Okamoto, Lacey Brannen, Bob, and Nero Villagallos O’Reilly. The panel description reads, "Join 4 webcomic artists as they chat about the different ways they approach crafting their webcomics. Each artist will share snippets from their process at varying stages: from script and thumbnails to pencils and inks and finally to the finished product that is shared online. This casual panel is perfect for anyone interested in starting their own webcomic or for any creative who wants to see the what the process other cartoonists are working with!" An anthropomorphic inkwell and an anthropomorphic both holding comic pages decorate the graphic.

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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I need 600 more people to follow me by midnight tomorrow to make something funny happen.

Screenshot showing 41.4 k followers on my account

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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Toniko Pantoja @tonikopantoja.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

So I started animating this stupid joke about these two types of digital artists

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Fantishow @fantishow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Orson Welles and Baha Blast Voice by @ganglemanva.bsky.social

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bea!! @yoloft.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

daily reminder to write your bad story right now!!! draw your bad picture Right Now!! trust me im a real human doctor and im prescribing these things for your soul

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Fellas, you should keep your eyes on the webcomic travelogue! It's got some really cool community sourced blog posts ON TOP of being a badass place to find so many comics to read!

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Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Listened to a thing the other day that was like "the sooner you realize you'll never be "caught up" the sooner you can decide to just start the thing you want to start" and I'm mad about it. Entering my forties and still clinging onto the belief that one day I'll finally be "caught up" lol

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 17/03/2025

webcomics... fucking rule

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MechanicalBrain @mechanicalbrain.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Wishing I was a tree so I could connect to the wood wide web. I need to know what the trees are posting about. See the dank tree memes. Treemes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrh...

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Mycorrhizal network - Wikipedia

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 🔜 NFC @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

FINALLY I can post the french Cancan on Bluesky!!

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Just saying- planting native plants does not need to be hard. You don't need to entirely re-landscape your whole yard. Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine! Here's a place to buy plants: www.prairiemoon.com

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