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Natalie Christensen @nataliechristensen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I painted this in Procreate for a song, my husband & I collaborated with an artist named Tot on SoundCloud. I wrote & sang the lyrics, (alt text) & my husband mixed my voice. Tot composed all of the music & mixed it. on.soundcloud.com/7LvUmXhMIG2M... #Hope #SensoryArt #heart #music #art #artwork

This is a heart I painted in Procreate. Sometimes I like to paint on my iPad, especially if I am tired, or painting something for music or design. So that I can easily change the colors.
It is supposed to be a heart made out of patchwork of different shapes and patterns sewn together with threads of light. It is in different colours and different patterns on a black background. There are little glints of rainbow coming off of the sides. It was partly inspired by Bluesky earlier this year. It really cheered me up to see everyone’s beautiful posts. Tot sent me this song, (the music) to make up lyrics to, and that also cheered me up. I will put the lyrics down below. I tend to sing songs more on the sad, folky side, but sometimes I like to sing happy songs too. Anyway, if you read all of this, thank you! And thanks for being awesome!

Patchwork Heart

I’m a pattern on a patchwork heart
What am I gonna do with my little part?
Cover up everything that’s dark?
Or shoot light outta my heart

Like a rainbow
Cut through the clouds
Like a rainbow

Shuffling along inside my shoes
Walking on a different road than you

I’m hoping we can find a thread to share

Seems to me we’re really quite the same
Really quite the same
We’re different patterns cut in different shapes

Ooo, are you?
Maybe not, maybe we are
The same thing, underneath this
Ooo, are you?
Maybe not, but what if we are
The same thing, underneath this?

Do you wanna make a patchwork heart?
We are only strong as the thread holding us together
Double seam on the things that we really need
To hold the light in our hearts

Like a rainbow

Cut through the clouds
Like a rainbow

Shoot out my heart
Like a rainbow

You’re in my heart
Like a rainbow

Stick together like a patchwork heart
And shine our light

Like a rainbow
It’s the colour of light

Stick together like a patchwork heart
And shine our light
Like a rainbow
It’s the colour of light

Like a rainbow
It’s the colour of light

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Natalie Christensen @nataliechristensen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Hello! I hope you feel loved today. 💖 I’ve been trying limited palettes, and this is one that I call Whisper Way. If I could coat my world in a custom theme, this is one I would choose when I seek some peace & quiet. #watercolor #landscapepainting #landscapeart #womenartists #landscape #watercolour

This is a watercolour painting, held down by rocks in all four corners placed on my charcoal desktop. It is a painting of a riverbend with a round shrub tree in the foreground, and trees in the background. The colour scheme is pink,mauve, light desaturated, green and dark desaturated green and gray and white. The trees are a combination of pink, mauve, white, gray, and desaturated green. It looks like it’s icy and snowy.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

>"that's just how geoscientists measure time." Not carbon 14 dating?

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

NYT was calling to get her opinion but she was ignoring them. So they commented that if she wasn't going to offer her side of the story, they would just print their story as is. Horrifying eh? /s

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

And the longer they prevent fires near housing and infrastructure the more it turns into a powder keg that will just burn more uncontrollably in the future.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

You can mute or block them. Either action will result in you no longer seeing anything they post, but blocking them will let them know they are blocked.

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SPRAVDI - Stratcom Centre @stratcomcentre.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Russians have brought their culture to the Ukrainian town of Toretsk. Corpses, no signs of life, city razed, survivors having fled west. This is Russia's plan for all Europe.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Cool if true. Hope some truly needy people take you up on your offer.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

"ALL POWER" ...umm except for maybe "white power"? That kinda means something different!

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Wait wait wait... am I supposed to interpret 🦃🧪🦕 to mean that you are currently engaged in an experiment to extract latent dinosaur DNA from turkeys in order to grow an army of therapods and take over the world? Diabolical!!!

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Sorry for being dense, but... huh? How so?

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Any trees or branches not knocked down by the bomb cyclone will likely survive this next storm, so hopefully the disruption will be minimal.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

You didn't seriously fall for... ... oh I see what you did!

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Old weather adage is correct then, because we are bracing for a big storm today

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

"perhaps i'm biased" That's a funny way to spell ignoramus

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Who did you take it from? Maybe you should give it back! j/k Great photo.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

My dogs would go crazy over lamb chop toys we used to get them. Had to stop buying them because they just got shredded so fast.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

How many of those followers were bots though?

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Well that's the fun part... they're going to slash social services too! Can't have federal spending when there's billionaires that need tax cuts.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yikes! What's even more disturbing is that "satanic kosher wh0re" must be a term they use in private because there's no way two of them are clever enough to come up with that independently. Either that or someone was using sock puppets to harass you. Sorry you had to experience that.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I wish for... ... an end to fascism... ... and donuts

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

My fear is that this is a cover for sending "unwanteds" to the gulag. "No we didn't imprison that person because they criticized King Cheeto! It was for a medication addiction that you didn't know about, that they never disclosed to their friends and family... but somehow we know about it"

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

No not from that distance, that would probably be like 200,000 km. I thought about this more and concluded that Saturn must have entered the inner solar system because otherwise we would be frozen if we went to Saturn's neighborhood. So something bad happened and we're in big trouble.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Right now I'm in the bathroom brushing my teeth 🪥

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Well now I'm in the bathroom brushing my teeth 🪥

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

No, Earth could easily orbit Saturn at that distance assuming we were going the right speed. The [Roche limit](en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roche_l...) for Saturn is inside of the innermost ring.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Just be thankful you didn't have to help move it, those things are a beast.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Nice stereotype! Not all autistic guys are obsessed with trains.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looked up while taking the dogs out before bed and saw this... moon halo!

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looks like a Costco rotisserie chicken

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

- employing rage baiting algorithms to drive engagement ANYWAYS... I don't know how to finish off this rambling thought and it's way too long already. Bottom line though: even a monthly fee of $1 would pay for a lot of servers and help keep this place "good".

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

...then THEY get to dictate how things work, and that means one or more of the following: - ads - selling our data - ads - restricting third party apps (may not be possible now?) - ads - selling access to hostile foreign powers - turning a blind eye to bots because clicks = ad views 6/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

It may sound crazy to ask a company to let you pay for an otherwise free service, but the reality of the situation is that they are going to NEED to get money from someone in order to keep the lights on. If WE pay the bills, then WE have more power over what happens. Whereas if someone else pays 5/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I've been thinking about this a lot the last few days and think it would be in our best interest to... now hear me out on this... it would be in our best interest to request that BlueSky start a subscription tier based model where we can pay a monthly fee for access to additional features. 4/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

...that don't share their desire to maintain a positive space that's free from the rage baiting that drives engagement in so many other social networks. If that happens, then it is only a matter of time before the bots and hostile foreign propaganda appear en masse. 3/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I think one of the main issues unfortunately comes down to money. If the growth that BlueSky has seen recently continues, then they are going to require money in order to expand their server infrastructure and staff. If that happens too quickly they may be forced to take on investors... 2/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

If the "goodness" of a social network is determined by the goodness of the people that it is comprised of, then yes you may be being a tad cynical in that you maybe think it inevitable that "bad" people will eventually fester here. That said, I quite possibly agree. 1/7

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Looks like a painting from the 18th century

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

- CloudySky - NotSoBlueSky - ObscuredSky - ???

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I personally hate Apple products but in this instance would have to recommend an iPad, especially if you are wanting to paint or draw using a digital pencil. The iPad pencil and screen tech coupled with software options are probably the best you can get without spending outrageous amounts of money.

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Does that mean there's a branch in the multiverse where my code doesn't have any bugs in it?

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North West Coaster @northwestcoaster.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Isn't it common for new tech adoption to follow an S curve where slow incremental change is eventually followed by exponential growth that finally tapers off with slow incremental growth as adoption reaches saturation?

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