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Máire Keene

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Making good choices.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be. www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Poverty kills. The level of Jobseeker kills. It is a choice governments make every year. It is a choice the RBA makes when it decides more people need to be unemployed www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Screenshot showing deaths per 100,000 by age


Not on welfare; on Jobseeker
22-34: 17.1; 137
35-44: 30; 288.1
45-54: 83.4; 427
55-64: 201.6; 615.6
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Máire Keene @mkeene.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
That's my baby! Thank you, I love this 😻
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Something has really bothered me about the Gloria Steinem discourse—something that's not really about Gloria Steinem. So, I wrote about it.
organizingmythoughts.org
Grief Is Not a Verdict: This Is Not Really an Essay About Gloria Steinem
We grieve the worlds we’ve known and what it felt like to live in them.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title above the first two panels reads, "Dog Toys".
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a bone shaped dog toy. She says, "Look!"
The second panel shows a dog wagging its tail. There is a speech bubble leading back to Sarah saying "It squeaks!"
The title above the last two panels reads, "Cat Toys".
In panel three we see Sarah again. She says "Come, child."
Panel four shows a cat raising its paws in glee. We see Sarah's hands holding cat nip. We see a speech bubble leading back to Sarah saying "It is time to do drugs".
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 19/08/2026
New zine: pulling together quotes and recommended readings on the importance of thinking critically about AI, especially for people newer to this conversation. This link shares all the quotes/sources, plus a downloadable PDF for anyone who wants to print/share their own copies: guante.info/aizine
A photo of the cover of a zine: "Less A, More I: A zine on the importance of thinking critically about AI" available at guante.info/aizine
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Find Your Spot in the Sun!
A cat poster in the style of a later 20th century soviet propaganda poster. The image is of a close-up, side profile of a cat. The cat is painted in bright yellows and oranges and the background is also yellow such that the cat blends in somewhat with the background. The warm colours are emphasized by streaks of blue in the fur and contrasted with a blue bandana with small yellow star. The image suggests happiness, basking in the sun on a warm day. Below the image are the words in bold: "Find your spot in the sun! We all prosper in the warmth of solidarity and compassion." Signed N.Nun.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is a lovely site which helps remind us of much of what we take for granted in material progress ordinaryabundance.com (HT @aveek18.bsky.social)
ordinaryabundance.com
Ordinary Abundance
A walk through a modern apartment, through the eyes of the people for whom everything in it was new.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Let's make hunger history. Pretty basic, but we are still here.
An ink drawing of a cat propaganda poster. The illustration shows a thin, sad kitten with its paw on the edge of a large empty, shallow bowl between the kitten and the viewer. Text reads "Let's Make hunger History - A Healthy Future for All Kittens! (with all underlined).
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 12/08/2026
For years, I had this gdoc that I'd share with other creative writers - just a big bank of resources related to publishing, promotion, getting gigs, writing a bio, making money, etc. I decided to turn it into a 33-page e-book and make it publicly available; get it via my (free) newsletter:
guante.ghost.io
For subscribers: a new, 33-page e-book sharing career resources for creative writers
A new e-book sharing resources, links, and food-for-thought for aspiring creative writers.
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𝖏𝖆𝖘 @vores.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
the entire point of life is to be kind and weird btw
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 27/06/2026
Can't believe it's the ten-year anniversary of this album: guante.bandcamp.com/album/post-post-race And more on this quote itself: guante.info/2020/11/22/nottheshark Even in this era of sharks, worth remembering: we need structural change, not just nicer rhetoric:
A letterpress design of the quote “white supremacy is not a shark; it’s the water” by Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre; design by Fontlove Studio.
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 15/06/2026
For any other writing teachers and/or liner notes nerds out there, I shared a few thoughts, discussion questions, and writing prompts inspired by the new Olivia Rodrigo album, which is... a very rich text. IG version: instagram.com/p/DZnhr5AFT__/?img_index=1 Blog version: guante.info/prettysad
A cropped version of the album cover for Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love featuring just a shoe and some hair, plus the text “pop music & poetry: a few discussion questions and writing prompts inspired by Olivia Rodrigo’s You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love”
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The soap shop is veronicafoaleessentials.com.au - based in Australia. Flat rate Aus shipping is $9. We do ship internationally (I add countries as they're requested!) but postage can be ridiculously painful because we don't have good options for shipping internationally here.
veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
Veronica Foale Essentials
Luxury Handmade Tasmanian Soap.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Biscuit Makers get it, "Full Bellies! Food For All!" If you like this and want to see more like it, throw me a follow and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com Thank you, Cats of Yore.
A cat poster in the style of a mid-century soviet propaganda poster. A grey and white cat in work overalls has his arms outstretched kneading a large pillow shaped clump of dough. Behind him is another cat that holds a bowl of baked biscuits. They stand in front of a huge red flag behind which is a graphic of rows of conveyor belts of biscuits in a biscuit factory. There is a logo for the "International Union of Biscuit Makers" and bold text at the bottom which reads "The Kneads of the People Come First - Full Bellies! - Food For All!" In smaller type various credits.
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Stacie Dusetzina @dusetzinas.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Without question, the best two minutes on the internet. Take a break from the awful news cycle and enjoy this haircut and....feedback from the internet.
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It Will Please the Crown 👑 (Medieval Barber Gone Wrong)
YouTube video by The Internet Sings
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Monteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Some of you are willing to destroy everything we’ve built, including your own careers and those of your workers, not to mention the fragile ecosystem we all need to live, and to sweep some teen suicides under the rug, all for THIS world-changing tech: www.youtube.com/shorts/IXPLC...
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Next time I’ll do 2 miles
YouTube video by Husk IRL
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Russell Garner @rgarner.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This is beautiful. Don't think I'm wearing my "smart" watch to bed tonight.
terrygodier.com
The Last Quiet Thing
Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.
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Máire Keene @mkeene.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Many foster kittens means a lot of food and litter 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈🐈🐈
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 20/05/2026
BTW, since I've posted a lot about poverty and employment today, I continue to just barely avoid houselessness. I have a new resume if anybody has any leads to a real job possibility in any sort of writing, marketing, or video related fields, I have 15+ years experience in all three, including
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Finally I get to show you the t-shirt design I made for the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. This was for a conference in Toronto, and they wanted a heavy metal tour shirt with the dates being future conferences. I am very glad I got this strange job.
The front of a t-shirt design for the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantations. A huge dragon perched upon/wrapped around the CN Tower in Toronto. Its body is mostly shades of orange with yellow highlights. It has lots of teeth, a horn on its snout, antlers, other pointy protrusions, all the dragony details you'd expect, as it looks skyward with its long tongue curling out. It has big leathery wings, of course, colored shades of pink on the top surface and more purplish on the undersides. In one foreclaw the dragon is holding a black orb inside of which is a glowing image of a human heart and lungs and the orb itself is emanating lightning in all directions. Above the dragon big, orange, heavy metal-like type reads 'ISHLT' and below more type in the same style reads '46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions'The back of a t-shirt design for the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantations. Under similar 'ISHLT' as on the front (but here also shooting off little sparks of electricity) is seen an electric guitar, where the body of the instrument is in the shape of a representation of human lungs and a heart. The heart is red and emanating orange sparks, and the lungs are electric blue, with matching blue electricity shooting off of them as well as off the neck of the guitar. Dates of future conferences surround the guitar as well as an ISHLT logo.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
I talked with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social about hope, backlash, political memory, and how history can help us understand our own power.
truthout.org
Hope Is Not Naive: Rebecca Solnit on Backlash, Power, and Political Memory
“What if changing the world looked more like care than like war,” asks writer Rebecca Solnit.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Workers have the power to make a land of kibble and fish for all. Our sturdy tomcat constructs a bowl. Swirls of abundant milk, fish, kibble, and catnip arise and fill the background. #cat #art
A monochrome cat poster in red drawn like a late 19th-century illustration. A cat in work overalls holds up a hammer ready to strike a bowl he is constructing on an anvil. The background is a swirl of abundant milk, fish, kibble, and catnip. Text within a bordered frame reads "Socialist League - Join Your Local Today"
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Some #mushroom hunting artwork for #repostyourart #art
A small painting of a group of four cats out collecting mushrooms by some fallen trees. The scene is happy and has a nice, community vibe. One has found a particularly large mushroom and is showing it to the others. In the background a dense wood.
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Karen Carpenter’s Halloween @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
In memory of Phil Ochs - singer-songwriter, anti-war activist, father, true patriot - who took his life fifty years ago today m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmb0...
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No More Songs
YouTube video by Phil Ochs - Topic
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 26/03/2026
New zine - action ideas, examples, and resources related to how artists can show up in the ongoing struggle against ICE and contribute to building the world we actually want to live in. Thanks to @forecastpublicart.bsky.social for the printing support. Digital version: guante.info/try
a photo of a stack of zines (small paper booklets) with the title "For Artists, Writers, and Other Creative Troublemakers: Notes from MPLS, 2026" + "find these resources at www.guante.info/try" + a sketch of a whistle
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Maybe It Will Happen Today @today-maybe.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Once again, I am a severely under-employed freelance illustrator/designer. If you're enjoying the nonsense seen in this space a bit of support is always welcome. Stuff I can sell you: octophant.us/buy Just give me money: ko-fi.com/phineasx Open to commissions and paying work etc as well!
octophant.us
Buy things from me on the internet — Phineas X. Jones
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Máire Keene @mkeene.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The wonderful Tasmanian kitten fosterer and soap maker, @veronicaf.bsky.social also makes glorious hand cream. Not only is it lovely on dry hands, it comes in a tin that can withstand cat-science gravity experiments! veronicafoaleessentials.com.au
Renowned gravity researcher, Brigid (a brown tabby cat) commences a new trial, carefully moving a tin of very excellent Veronica Foale Essentials Hand Cream towards the edge of a table using her right paw. Brigid is sitting on an A4 pad of lined paper, in case she needs to take notes. As hypothesised, gravity assisted the tin to make its way to the floor.
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Rob Husberg @artofrob.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
“Claire, the Lunatic” Available as a giclée art print in my Etsy shop! You can find it here: theartofrobhusberg.etsy.com/listing/1003...
“Claire, the Lunatic”
giclée art print 

The crescent moon is poised gracefully on its side atop the garden gate, as if having a nice little rest. Or, is the moon visiting Claire the cat? Claire is a bit eccentric; some in the neighborhood even say she’s mad…downright crackers. In actuality, she’s just on a different wavelength, enabling her to request a social visit from the moon. After all, she sits outside and stares at the moon almost every night, meowing softly, as if in conversation. What do they talk about?
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 17/03/2026
Doing some old-fashioned snail mail booking outreach. If anyone out there is connected to a college program, conference, speaker series, festival, etc. that might be interested in what I do, DM me and I'll send one. More info on my work at guante.info/booking
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I had some FEELINGS last night, but if you would all like a building and personal life update (in long form!) here's my FB post about it. I'm currently avoiding getting out of bed, BC it's cold and dark and I have Milton suffocating me. www.facebook.com/share/p/1SNT...
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Facebook
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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A message from the Cooperative Community Federation: Find Your Spot in the Sun! #art
A cat poster in the style of a later 20th century soviet propaganda poster. The image is of a close-up, side profile of a cat. The cat is painted in bright yellows and oranges and the background is also yellow such that the cat blends in somewhat with the background. The warm colours are emphasized by streaks of blue in the fur and contrasted with a blue bandana with small yellow star. The image suggests happiness, basking in the sun on a warm day. Below the image are the words in bold: "Find your spot in the sun! We all prosper in the warmth of solidarity and compassion." Signed N.Nun.
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
just one left of this limited-edition signed linoprint 👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/lion... #art #artsky #printmaking #witchsky #crow
a white hand holds a linoprint in red. The linoprint is of a stylised winged lion sat holding a front paw over esoteric symbols. On its tail is sat a raven
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
So, uh, my darling friend Mary set up a Go Fund Me. I was putting off crowd funding in case we had no choice, but Mary's generosity is so amazing. Also! Harmony met my other friend Erica today (adopted Muffin and Saffron) and! She didn't run away! And allowed pats! gofund.me/caf942fac
Harmony, a grey tortie kitten inside a cat tree. She's on a purple patterned blanket and you can see her little paws relaxed out in front of her.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
That in 2026 there are still so many "become the first woman to..." things that can still occur is a pretty easy retort to anyone who thinks systemic sexism is not a thing .
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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 15/03/2026
"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world" www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
404media.co
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
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Julia Gulia 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @jrobb773.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
I think about this a lot.
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
@TheRaDR
We need diverse representation not only so every kid can see themselves as the hero of the story, but so that every kid can understand that *other* kinds of kids are *also* the heroes of the story.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Excellent article in @thepointau.bsky.social by @squigglyrick.bsky.social "What if we just gave people money? The economics of time and freedom" thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...
thepoint.com.au
What if we just gave people money? The economics of time and freedom
The idea that there’s only so much money to go around makes a bastard kind of sense to the poor. If impossible decisions abound in their lives, it must be true of governments, too. Certainly, that’s h...
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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Song for the Day: Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag (NSFW) - Country Joe & The Fish youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4?...
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Country Joe Mcdonald - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69
YouTube video by Lidia
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Angus Hervey @angushervey.com · 09/03/2026
No more leprosy in Chile. No more Trachoma in Libya. Malaria vaccines halving hospitalisations in Nigeria. Three uplifting health stories nestled amongst the towering in-tray of inspiration in this week's Fix the News. fixthenews.com/p/329-silica...
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
At night we dance 🥺
A podcaster is saying "There's this beautiful quote from Dan Savage that I think about all the time. He said "During the darkest days of the AIDS crisis, we buried our friends in the morning, we protested in the afternoon, and we danced all night, and it as the dance that kept us in the fight, because it was the dance we were fighting for."The podcaster continues "I think a lot of us are missing the dance right now. A lot of us are stuck in the grief, both because we don't have a society that really makes space for grief, and because the dance really can't exist online. Be we need the dance." The podcaster continues- "It's not wrong to give yourself a break. It's not wrong to reset your brain. It's not wrong to find joy. It's imperative." It is part of the work to heal the world."
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 07/03/2026
Thanks to everyone who picked up our new fundraiser EP! If you missed it, SPRING IS COMING: secretrivers.bandcamp.com Tonight at 7pm central, join me, @seemore.bsky.social and @katparent.bsky.social for a VIRTUAL release show and performance: guante.info/salt
a screenshot of a youtube live scheduled for 7pm on 3/7/26: "salt sounds: a virtual ICE OUT performance and fundraiser featuring secret rivers and skyspiders!"
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Máire Keene @mkeene.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"And when the discourse of the powerful is evil on one side and indifference on the other, let your heart be a whistle. Loud, piercing, taking up as much space as possible, a reminder that the call is not to say something perfect; it is to make noise."
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Kyle Tran Myhre @guante.info · 06/03/2026
[to] the god that lives in your fist when you fight for something worth fighting for, what more could life be for, on the brink? eye of sauron looked right at my city; we made it blink
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frank n furter @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
✨check out this strutting fella: "Skull thief" - limited-edition linoprint on thick deckled-edge Fabriano paper shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/skul... #art #artsky #printmaking #witchsky #crow
a white hand with black nail varnish holding a linoprint in black on thick paper. A stylised crow is strutting along carrying a tiny human skull between two trees and beneath a moon
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Nathan Nun @nathannun.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Hello. Tonight, I'll show one newish poster work and one older traditional painted portrait. Enjoy! If you like what you see please follow me here for more and visit my print shop at nathannunart.etsy.com - Thanks for taking a look.
An early 20th-century cat propaganda poster. A grey cat in worker garb stands in the foreground pointing at a large, empty bowl. In the background is a factory city whose workers are pouring into the streets. The cat asks the viewer through the top text of the poster "The owners have taken our labour, our life. And in return?" It is answered in bold text in the middle of the poster with "Empty Bowls!"An acrylic painting inspired by Starry Night. It is a side view cat portrait of a tabby looking at the moon. In the background are various cattree shaped buildings. The starry sky is painted in moving, swirling strokes.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The perfect headline doesn’t exi…
engadget.com
Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change
Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.
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