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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 18/09/2026

Artists Now have opened bursaries for UK artists to put towards their professional development. If you're not already a member of Artists Now you can sign up and apply for the bursary. ➡️ More info: www.artistsnow.com/resource/art...

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @ Nuit Blanche 12 Hours Comics Event! @jpawlik.com · 23/09/2026

I was commissioned by @filthyfigments.bsky.social to draw up a BRAND NEW RSS COMIC! With all the Tapas news, I thought this would be the perfect time to post the full comic. This is an up-to-date comic with what I'm using, how I'm using it, and how you can too! #Comic #RSS #Webcomic #Art

Digitally drawn comic with black choppy lines and a purple tone over the colours. The comic is set in space with Jey, a white nonbinary person with short black hair and a chubby build; Ember, a chubby blond white woman with goggles on her head and two heart shaped pigtails; Pomona, a thin black woman with dark purple hair wrapped up in a heart-shaped bun and then in a braid from that. The three of them are sitting in a space ship, all looking at their hologram tablets. Jey says "Hell yeah, that new comic on Filthy Figments" just updated!" Ember looks surprised and asks "WHAA?! How'd you know that? I didn't see it yet!" Pomona responds "Yeah, what's up? I don't see any posts about it on socials." Jey points to their hologram tablet and says "Oh I got the notification on my RSS reader as soon as the page went up!" Ember looks confused and asks "R-what-what?" and Pomona says "Sounds sexy, do tell~" Jey explains "RSS, or Really Simple Syndication", is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a blog post, comic page, or anything else, that feed is updated. Pomona and Ember then ask "Okay cool, but how do we access that feed? I'm no hacker or anything!" Jey points up to the URL of the feed and says "It's really simple~ heh" All you need is: the feed url from the site, usually a button or a link (ie. filthyfigments.com/comic/feed) and a feed reader! Pomona asks "Do you have any sexy ready recs, Jey? ❤️" Jey responds excitedly with "Oh, I sure do! I've tried a whole bunch out, and every reader is a little different so try out a few to see what fits you best." Here's a few I've tried: Feedbro Feedbin (paid, but worth it) Feedly (was good but got into AI) Thunderbird Ukagaka Ghosts (the most fun) Jey presents these to Ember and Pomona and says "I like Feedbro the best for my needs~"

Copy the link and add it to your reader of choice: The image shows a mouse copying the url filthyfigments.com/comic/feed and pasting it into the feed reader, which then turns in to a feed of posts and images for the user. The feed shows blog posts, subscription posts, and image posts by people on their own websites, blogs and a tumblr. Jey shows the finished feed off and says "And VOILA! You've got a feed of JUST the sites you add." Pomona grins and says "Ohh, it looks just like a social media feed~" Ember excitedly clasps her hands together and asks "But-- without algorithms?!" Jey replies with a cheeky little grin "You got it! Your feed reader wont' ever give you posts from sites you don't follow, it'll always be in chronological order and WITHOUT ADS!" Ember throws her arms up in complete shock saying "NO ADS?! Are you serious? SIGN ME UP!" The three are sitting together on the space ship again with their hologram tablets. Ember excitedly says "Hey, I got the update ❤️" Pomona sits back satisfied saying "Ahh RSS is bliss~" A comic by Jey Pawlik jpawlik.com for filthyfigments.com using the site's mascots Ember and Pomona.

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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

this is fantastic and I learned something new

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever

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Breana Navickas @breanimator.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's Bisexual visbility month. Indie Animation with a Bi black lead in a bi4bi romance? The Three Tomes. a Queer YA coming of age romantasy about a bi black magical girl teen witch, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fXF... #indieanimation #ocsky

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough: Art supporters, Art commissioners THANK YOU! Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly Artists can LIVE!

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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary'

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Chris the Legendary (🚨SHARE PINNED THREAD- EMERGENCY) @dinesvisual.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨 THE GOAL WAS NEVER MET & TATI'S HEALTH IS WORSENING Days without food and losing shelter are triggering severe health flare ups, risking hospitalization. She urgently needs a room and meals. $70 secures a stay now ($150 for 2 day room/ food) Donate here to help! PP: shockofthequeen16 #MutualAid

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We're just normal men @wejustinnocentmen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We’re just innocent men

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 20/08/2026

Money spent on South of Midnight now supports its developers, not Microsoft aftermath.site/compulsion-sou...

the main character of south of midnight wielding cool magic

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✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 08/08/2026

I’m so tired of this Not only is it trans erasure, they’re all black related too

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

#BluePit is here for summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on July 13th, 2026! #BluePitHype starts July 8th! (TOMORROW!) #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

#BluePit

A STORYTELLING HYPE/PITCH EVENT

An event designed to uplift storytellers of any media. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage (e.g., Drafting, Editing, Querying, On Submission, or Published).

#BluePitHype Q&A Schedule

Limit 3 posts per WIP/Published work
Use appropriate tags (see Tag list)
No AI. images must include ALT text.
Everyone is encouraged to like and repost
Agents, editors, and publishers welcome!
Use #BluePit feeds to find pitches to support!

Questions?
BluePit.Carrd.Co
@zprospero.bsky.social
Join us starting July 8th!

JOIN US JULY 13th 12-12 EST!

@bluepit.bsky.social

#BluePit TAGS

MEDIA
#💥 - Comics
#🎮 - Game Dev
#🎲 - TTRPGs
#📖 - Writers

STAGE
#W - Work In Progress
#Q - Querying
#OS - On Submission
#P - Published

AUDIENCE
#PB - Picture Book
#MG - Middle Grade
#YA - Young Adult
#A - Adult
#NA - New Adult

GENRE
#F - Fantasy
#R - Romance
#H - Horror
#SF - Sci-Fi
#M - Mystery
#PN - Paranormal
#C - Crime
#HS - Historical
#SP - Speculative
#PO - Poetry
#NF - Non-Fiction

REPRESENTATION
#OV - Own Voices
#LGBT- LGBTQIA+
#DIS - Disabled Creators
#WF - Women's Fiction
#POC - Person of Color
#ND - Neurodivergent
#TR - Transgender

GAME SYSTEM
#D20 - D20 based
#D6 - D6 based
#D100 -D100 based
#NAR - Narrative based
#DUN - Dungeon Crawler
#RO - Rogue-Like

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Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

It gets worse when you find out that Black cartoonists were used *specifically* for parts of the constitution that referred to our rights (emancipation proclamation, etc). It's ICKY and it makes it feel like I'm saying "I'm black and I support whatever the founding fathers were thinking about me👌🏾"

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Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I really am not surprised if D&Q would turn the other way wrt stealing other people's works (LRT) since they did it to me for Constitution Illustrated. "Fair use" was their excuse for tracing wholesale.

The interior of Drawn & Quarterly's Constitution Illustrated of the kids of Heart of the City in a wooden wagon.

The kids of Heart of the City in a shopping cart with the Philadelphia skyline behind them.

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Agui!🌻 @aguichart.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

If buying isn’t ownership, piracy isn’t theft

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Lem @kelseeeeeeeeeeeeey.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Free link to the online version of Morpho. Gives artist tutorials and directions on drawing fat and skin folds for fat bodies. Now you don't have an excuse to not draw fat bodies. #fatisfine #fatart #plussizeart www.scribd.com/document/616...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/07/2026

Given trans people are less than 1% of the population, getting it wrong 4% of the time means you are 4x as likely to misgender a cis woman than spot someone is trans. This is without accounting for the effects of hormones, surgery etc. Absolute madness from the EHRC chair. A "human rights" body.

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Clarkisha Kent @clarkishakent.blacksky.app · 09/06/2026

GOOD NEWS: We won our landlord case!!! BAD NEWS: The Clerk’s office is holding our money hostage 😭! Please read my thread for more.

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Bea Eli 🏳️‍⚧️ @msbeaeli.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

✨JUNETEENTH MUTUAL AID THREAD ✨ Here’s a thread with Black folks you can support in celebration of #Juneteenth. Do some good - even if you’re sending $3 to a Black person to treat themselves to a dessert or a coffee! Circulate & give to at least one person in the thread if you have the means 💜

Image colours: Orange, green, yellow with some black text and white background reads:

“JUNETEENTH”
“MUTUAL AID THREAD”
Date : “06.19.2026”
“In celebration of Juneteenth, give to / tip / support Black Americans!”

Illustration: Hand holding up a ribbon with the following colours: orange, yellow and green

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Matt Caulder (They/He) @mattcaulder.com · 15/06/2026

A reminder with #SteamNextFest starting: You SHOULD install the extensions that pop up the AI Disclosure in Steam and ignore any game with it.

A screenshot of the AI Disclosures extension in effect: A pop-up with the AI Generated Content Disclosure from "The Unclosed Case"

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Christopher Wade ✊🏿 @itsmechriswade.com · 14/06/2026

THE THREE TOMES will finally launch on KICKSTARTER to fund another episode about a Witch, two cute vampire boyfriends and more magical teenage romance! Come support a unique, relatable fantasy show filled with heart and yearning, this Friday, June 19! 💖🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

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Coming soon: The Three Tomes: Episode 2 - A Vampire Romantasy Animatic

A queer YA coming-of-age story about a black teen witch girl in the 2010s, fighting monsters and falling in love with vampires.

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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 03/06/2026

Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵

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Kandy @kandyelmo.northsky.social · 08/04/2026

found the post of all time for the shit I be feeling lately, oh my fucking god

Tumblr posts from problemnyatic:

"the most valueable skill a white leftist can ever learn is how to take an L with grace."

"You gotta be able to take an L if your moral and ethical belief systems are to be capable of guiding you. Otherwise you just have an idealized self where you get really mad and scared when anyone points out it isn't actually you. How the fuck are you gonna walk the walk if you can't handle being told when you are not, in fact, actually walking it"

"you cannot just socially transition into being a good person you are going to have to settle for being a messy human being who has to try and fail and keep trying to get better like everyone else. yeah even when it's embarassing and sucks for you a lot."

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Sex Matters and their fellow transphobes want to see trans and non-binary individuals entirely excluded from society. Fortunately most people don't. Overwhelming majority of people who use these ponds want them to be trans-inclusive. It is great they are remaining so. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Hampstead Heath ponds to stay trans-inclusive with new upgrades

The ponds will stay trans-inclusive and will receive upgrades for more privacy for women.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Cuba has run out of diesel and fuel oil, energy minister says, as US blockade pushes island to brink

Minister Vicente de la O Levy says ‘Cuba is open to anyone that wants to sell us fuel’ as rolling power blackouts increase

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 27/04/2026

The third annual Comic Worker Survey is finally HERE! This is the time to support your fellow comics workers. Your answers will help address pay disparities for a more transparent and equal comics industry. Take the survey here: cartoonist.coop/2026comicwor... Art by @urnash.com

Inkling, an inkwell, is standing atop a pile of gold bars, gleefully waving a fistful of money in the air. Nibford, a dip pen, is clutching a single nickel to their chest and trying their best not to cry, Floating text urges you to TAKE THE 2026 COMIC WORKERS SURVEY! because PAY TRANSPARENCY HELPS US REACH PAY EQUALITY!

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bunnie 晓梦 Strawbeary plushies 9/29! @strawbunnycake.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

keep making art, don't give up on it, your art will always be better than slop by default, so keep going!!

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Gale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hey cartoonists, do not sign on for this. If they aren’t paying animators or authors, they sure as hell aren’t paying livable graphic novel advances. And also, it sucks.

Screencap from article. Text:

The first project planned for development is Friendship List, based on Lisa Greenwald's popular YA series of the same name, with HarperAlley to publish an accompanying graphic novel based on the animation.
HarperCollins was not able to provide a timeline for the project.

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HarperCollins said the process will be "creator-led," per the announcement, but declined to address how authors will be involved and whether they will receive royalties.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Reminder that ANYBODY can nominate a work for the Le Guin Prize. Not only can you nominate your favorite books of last year. You SHOULD.

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 24/02/2026

Available SOON: the Cartoonist Co-op is launching the Anti-Censorship Comix Anthology tomorrow! Check out this collection of protest comics centering taboo topics in the face of ongoing censorship against transgressive art. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. Art by @firecatrich.bsky.social

A graphic announcing the Anti-censorship Comix Anthology. Text reads, "The Cartoonist Cooperative Presents The Anti-censorship Comix Anthology. Available tomorrow February 25th. Viewer Discretion is advised! " Art shows the Co-op's mascots Inkling and Nibford reading an unseen comic; Nibford blushes while Inkling turns completely red and involuntarily tosses some ink into the air. Also featured is the cover of the anthology another colorful image featuring a peach covered in white fluid and text that reads "FUCK CENSORSHIP"

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Diana TS☀️ @daitsaisan.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I need about $400 left for my tuition that’s due on the 18th 😬 which is exactly a week from today, so all my tutorials are on a 75% sale!! ko-fi.com/daitsaisan/l... Any shares are highly appreciated

Tutorial page talking about realistic skin tones not being as saturated

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Andrew Cherry @kolektiv.xyncro.com · 28/01/2026

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

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AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub

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JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

In addition to the yelling about “abolish ice” and “prosecute ice” (which I agree with!) here is a nice thread with some tangible actions with corresponding risk assessments that can create positive impacts in your community.

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Dora B @heyitsdora.com · 21/01/2026

In a world of AI slop shortcuts in gaming, I am reminded that for The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa, the developer's 60 year old father learned pixelart in MSPaint to help make the game If it matters enough to you, you can always learn too, even at 60

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist and his friends loitering under a bridge at sunset

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist walking with the caption "hold r to be in delinquent mode"

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist playing pingpong on a rooftop

A screenshot from The Friends of Ishikawa, showing the protagonist and his friends lazing around a messy apartment

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Rascal News @rascal.news · 19/01/2026

Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.

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Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart

Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.

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~Tanisha Cherislin~ @tani269.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Does anyone know where I can research how to make a graphic novel pitch pdf? I’m following the guidelines from publishers I want to submit to but I wanna guide on how artists actually pitch themselves for reference…?

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 24/12/2025

You can sponsor the annual Minicomic Awards! The $50 tier gets your banner image displayed during the awards ceremony livestream. The $100 tier gets your ad read aloud during the stream. Want to know more on how to sponsor the awards? Email us at minicomic@cartoonist.coop for more details.

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Feeling helpless about what's going on in Minnesota? Here are a lot of versatile and well-vetted ways you can help from wherever you happen to be! (h/t @sigridellis.bsky.social) www.standwithminnesota.com

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Stand With Minnesota

A directory of places to give to as Minnesota defends itself from ICE occupation

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!

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Chimera Comics Collective

A webring, for webcomics

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 12/01/2026

The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at: cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

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Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

WHEELS & ROSES: The Animation Process! Wheels & Roses Created by: Orange Blossom Studios Animation by: NuBoom Studios #IndieAnimation #MagicalGirl #Animation #Anime

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thethreetomes.bsky.social @thethreetomes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

While making a short horror film, best friends Tammy and Sia, get swept into a world of witches, magic books, and spirits. Will they get through it all and will Tammy's romantic endeavors with two vampires be more than she can handle? Pilot: youtu.be/5fXFD58D51A?... #indieanimation #thethreetomes

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Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

OUR #WheelsAndRoses trailer is HERE✨🌈🛼 LOVE MAGICAL GIRLS? LOVE ROLLER DERBY AND ROLLER SKATING? LOVE QUEER GALS AND THEY THEMS?? Look no further!!! WE'RE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY SHARE OUR TEASER TRAILER WITH THE WORLD!!! youtu.be/sT23E5MyZKQ?... #IndieAnimation

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

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shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits! Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f... Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop

too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees

our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK

this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up

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