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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/09/2026

It absolutely feels like authors are the people in this process everyone wants to steal from, which is hilarious given we are largely the people with the least money.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 06/09/2026

If you're wondering why authors are getting so rabid here: First Anthropic stole our books. Then we got denied compensation because of US unjust copyright law and publishers failing to meet their contractual obligations. Then publishers and agents apparently claimed author shares. Now this.

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The entire thread as one post, for sake of ease. Link: www.patreon.com/only_jaws

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Tiny Moments 2025 Marshall and Francess

Character studies of a couple interacting with one another

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

for my non uk friends, what's happened is the fascist leader has resigned his seat as an mp just to run for it again in order to dodge investigations + seek attention other parties arent falling for the stunt so arent running against him, so his only opponent will be a man with a bin on his head

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Monster-Bulge @monster-bulge.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Members of the queer community who say things like "I hate those kinds of gays, and this is coming from a gay ma-" Unfollow me and get some fresh air...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 08/07/2026

(shared with permission from the Vote Binface subreddit that already exists)

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

When I write anything new, I always save it locally and to a cloud account. Being super paranoid, I also send a copy to a web-based email address. I keep a folder of all those copies throughout the process in the email account. It *used* to be that I would subsequently delete all the backups... 1/?

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The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The interest sale is now live! 🥳💚 General sale will take place tomorrow at 12pm BST 🐗

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Finally made a proper master post about the flag's origin. Open to all: www.patreon.com/posts/160420...

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tobias 🍃🎐🌱 @godbirdart.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

some time back i found myself in a situation so miserable it snuffed out my artist spark and nearly had me quit my career. still grieving and recovering from a not-safe-for-life situation, many days i couldn't even open an email at long last i am out from under that cloud my spARK is BACK i am FREE

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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 23/04/2026

Hey this looks bad! We all have tailored our image posts specifically around the 4 image tile format. Now when you look at my page you get a super different vibe than you used to. This is going to ruin so many posts retroactively.

my pinned portfolio post with the new image carousel update

my pinned portfolio post before the image carousel update. Way easier to see the kinds of art I do here

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James @orsoithought.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Good for you, Hungary ❤️ Trying not to get too excited for what this could mean for the EU + Ukraine but good news is so rare atm

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Sweet Child O'Mine 2026 Teen Marshall

A drawing of a teenage boy drinking a soda from a paper cup

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James @orsoithought.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

There are so many moments like this where JD forgets what his character should say and improvises something so bizarre like he’s Yes, Anding for an improv group

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Kevin Hearne @kevinhearne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Today there’s a one-day flash sale of A PLAGUE OF GIANTS in Ebook—perfect poor to dive into the Seven Kennings trilogy! Just $1.99 to get into a (gasp!) completed epic fantasy trilogy with giants & krakens & all sorts of critters that’s anti colonial and anti authoritarian, etc! Check it out, eh?

Myself holding a paperback copy of A Plague of Giants. I have clearly had lots of coffee

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James @orsoithought.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

My hope is that the latest threats are just a way for Trump to look like he scared Iran into a deal, rather than the war just ending up there because Trump trapped himself and couldn't afford to keep going. Idk. I'm not gonna be able to sleep tonight either way. This is the dumbest fucking shit

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

THEN PERHAPS STOP FORCING IT ON EVERYONE

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

How To Catch a Metal Dude 2024 This was the very first strip I drew of Marshall. At the time he was simply known as MD (Metal Dude) - I designed him in the comic, drawing it on stream over a couple of hours. As a joke. Joke's on me as I rapidly grew deeply attached to him <3

A comic strip of a little shark character attempting to catch a large metal man with a bug net.

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

IKEA 2024 I still really love these silly strips with Marshall and the shark. This was around the time when I initially created him <3

A comic strip showing a shark character disguising themself as an IKEA Blåhaj in the hopes that a big metal dude will take them home

A comic strip where said metal dude shows up and actually does pick the shark because it's weird looking

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

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Elbi @elbi.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too

Screenshot of me blocking the attie.ai account

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Gotta say it's *astonishing* the extent to which all of bsky's higher ups seem to actively loathe their user base and what we actually want?

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Girlfriends 2026 Theo and Will

A drawing of two women embracing one another while resting

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 27/03/2026

Shocked to see some artists saying that using ai slop as reference is ok. It's really fucking not. Not only are you still using the mashed-up uncredited work of the rest of us artists, but it degrades your whole visual library because it hallucinates. If you do this I do not respect you

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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Incredibly funny that the president of the United States can do this and retain command of the American Armed Forces, but I said it about a literal Nazi and got fired from a job writing superhero comics.

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🌿CozyFaerie🌱 @cozyfae.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Moo and Mootwo hehehe

the pokemon Mew and Mewtwo but they look like cows

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Victor LaValle @victorlavalle.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Now it's official. THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER is coming to you. I can't begin to express how proud I am of the show we made. It's a story of systematic evil, unjust imprisonment, abuse & the need for ALL to fight together to beat the devils who prey on us. Get ready!

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

You absolutely cannot separate the artist and the art without contributing to the persecution of trans people. Boycott everything Potter.

Advocate: J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization.

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Fantastic news in the UK today - the government has apparently ditched its plan to force creatives to 'opt out' if they don't want AI companies training on their life's work. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog... 🧵 1/4

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 16/03/2026

I was asked to give my thoughts on generative AI usage in games - here they are!

From the article:
"I think that until the bubble bursts, AI will be used by quite a few game companies, and perhaps even beyond the bubble," says Brandon Sheffield of Necrosoft Games, which released the RPG Demonschool last year. "Look, I am not a fool – I understand that AI has some uses. Primary among those being the devaluing of work, the cheapening of labour, the laying off of creatives, and the generation of busywork for humans to fix whatever AI generates."

"It's also useful for burning through water, raising the prices of RAM and chipsets globally, and poisoning anyone near the data centres that run them. So there are a lot of use cases for AI. From spurring on the death of the creative endeavour to dissolving our economy, AI is absolutely gangbusters at what it does. We don't use it in our studio though."

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James @orsoithought.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Oh shit... The overframes aren't really for me but this is one I might have to get

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Wes Streeting is planning a Cass review for neurodivergency. We are the latest group targeted for public punishment in Labour's vain quest for rightwing support. Lives will be ruined and lives will be lost if they get their way. Please sign this petition. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

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Petition: Stop mental health, ADHD & autism services review. Adopt report recommendations

Scrap the review into rising demand for Mental Health, ADHD & Autism services. Instead fund & implement the recommendations of the 'Time to Deliver' (Autism Act Committee) & ADHD Taskforce Part 2 repo...

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Srutis 🔞 @srutis.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

gaze upon thee

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Revy but spoopy @catgirlfingies.quest · 13/03/2026

This is so accurate

sara @sarasoci.al
they/she

transsexual: hey i'd like to take this harmless drug that makes life worth living

america: fuck you *starts a world war*

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Oliver 💙 @oliverniko.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

'Gazing Upwards' Soft pastels on dark blue pastel paper #SciArt #Cats #TraditionalArt 🐈

A loose soft pastel drawing of a long haired grey cat. It looks upwards, its face hit with a warm light that streams upwards, with long white whiskers. Golden light illuminates the chin.

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shardcore @shardcore.org · 12/03/2026

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

nigel farage tweet:

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes.
This is the definition of woke.

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David Meyer @superglaze.eurosky.social · 12/03/2026

Huge trans rights ruling from the EU's top court - if someone moves to another EU country and transitions, their home country can't refuse to amend their registration details to match their lived gender identity

CJEU press release:
Member State legislation which does not permit the amendment of the
gender data of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to
freedom of movement is contrary to EU law
A Bulgarian national was registered at birth as being male, with a name, personal identification number and identity documents corresponding to that sex. She currently lives in Italy, where she has begun hormone therapy, and now presents herself as a woman.
She instituted proceedings before the Bulgarian courts seeking a declaration that she is a female person and to have her civil status data amended on her birth certificate. Despite the medical opinions and legal assessments confirming the gender identity claimed, her request was rejected.
According to national legislation, as interpreted by the plenary assembly of civil chambers of the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation, the term ‘sex’ must be understood in its biological sense, excluding any amendment of the particulars relating to sex, name and identification number. The public interest, based on the moral and/or religious values of Bulgarian society, thus prevails over the interests of transgender persons.
Hearing the dispute, the Bulgarian Supreme Court of Cassation has doubts as to the compatibility of that legislation with EU law and has referred the matter to the Court of Justice.
In its judgment, the Court holds that EU law precludes legislation of a Member State which does not permit the amendment of the gender data in the civil status registers of one of its nationals who has exercised his or her right to move and reside freely in another Member State.
The Court emphasises first of all that, while the issue of identity documents falls within the competence of the Member States, they must exercise that competence in compliance with EU law...

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David Dalglish @ddalglish.com · 11/03/2026

The second book of The Astral Kingdoms Trilogy now has both a name and a cover! DAUGHTER OF DESTRUCTION Thank you so much, @magalivilleneuve.bsky.social, for such incredible artwork. I could not have envisioned a more perfect representation of Isabelle.

Cover for Daughter of Destruction by David Dalglish - tagline, Blood is thicker than water.

Cover shows an armored blond woman drawing a sword with a winged-eye as its hilt. She stands before a red stained glass window showcasing an angelic being with multiple eyes.

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👁️Leovincible🩻 @leovincible.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Don’t worry, Kelling will take of it. She eats the problems away.

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Babanasaur @babanasaur.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

A marten character I made a bit ago.

multiple images featuring a yellow throated marten character with blades

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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

The House of Lords Digital & Communications Committee just published their report on AI, copyright & the creative industries, and their conclusions could not be clearer. 🧵 1/5

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James @orsoithought.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

It's interesting how often the unelected House of Lords comes in clutch to call out an elected government's bullshit

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