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Anime News Network @animenewsnetwork.com · 04/10/2026

Banned Book Week includes manga, too. Here's Coop Bicknell's discussion with librarians last year about the swath of titles targeted by interest groups.

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Manga in The Crosshairs: The State of Manga Bans in 2025

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you haven't read a recent author whose works have been banned? This is a great week to change that.

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 29/09/2026

Your reminder that Sword of Paros will be the prettiest book you have ever owned and if you pre-order now, you'll get a signed shikishi and a classic tale of queer life, betrayal and love. store.mangamavericks.com/products/the...

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The Sword of Paros (Deluxe Edition)

This product is a pre-order. Orders containing this product are not guaranteed to ship until all items are in stock. Pre-orders from the Manga Mavericks Store also include an EXCLUSIVE shikishi board ...

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Tiffany Morris @tiffmorris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I wanted to share my grandmother’s story but Native people shouldn’t have to share our trauma for non-Native people to care about all the ways Canada has harmed and continues to harm us.

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Kevin (ケビン) @ktnguyen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mild example, but my very first LQA job had text along the lines of "Mark is trimming his beard." Except Mark doesn't have a beard. He has a moustache. But the Japanese word ひげ doesn't differentiate, so I can only assume the translator had no idea what Mark looked like when they were translating.

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Heartbreaking: couple who owns 3-storey Victorian mansion in one of the richest cities on the planet is upset a duplex will render their wood-burning fireplace unusable. The compelling analysis from a realtor that the entire story hinges on? “It’s definitely affecting value... big time."

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Toronto needs more homes. These neighbours say they're paying the price | CBC News

An elderly downtown couple says they’re shocked and upset that the city has approved a duplex next door to their three-story Victorian home that they say will tower metres above their chimney and rend...

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Alfred Reinold Baudisch @alfredbaudisch.com · 25/09/2026

FF7 scenarios with pre-rendered backgrounds were always a mystery to me during childhood; but even to this day it's still something that amazes me. Now you can inspect every single Final Fantasy VII stage, including the 3D path + variations. #FF7 #FinalFantasy #FFVII #PS1 #PSX #RetroGame

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chyronsmaiden 🫀 @chyronsmaiden.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Shoutout to the team that made this issue of Monster High, this bit had me cackling 💀🩷 From Monster High: Howliday Haunt One Shot

Two panels from Monster High: Howliday Haunt. In the first panel is a zombie boy that Frankie made shouting "AI art is a legitimate form of creative expression!". The second panel shows Frankie Stein with a disappointed look saying, "Oh no! He's brain dead."

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theo @theoplum.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

my drawing for the back cover of ex.mag volume V

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 20/09/2026

A real friend never asks you to hide your colors🌈 Some eyes see only two genders, but kind hearts see more. Closed minds and harsh words cannot put out your light. Shine in the way you were born to shine. Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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RednasVGM @rednasvgm.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Deku Palace from Majora's Mask, if The Beatles made it

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The Azure Guardian 🔵🛡️ @theazureguard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Firefox literally just doing this right now by announcing this shit...

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28 Feb - @TheZeldaZone@mastodon...

"Hello, We're Firefox, The Only Browser That Hasn't Hit Itself In The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our un-hammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--"

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HIVVER @g0dplay.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

OKAY i disappeared because the weekend got away from me! SHOP -- all orders made the rest of this month on shop.windywallflower.com we will personally donate 50% of the money made to the cause COMMS -- you have to donate $100 or more and i'll draw you a halfbody that looks like these below

various half-body characters of different shapes and sizes with a flat colour style & limited shading

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Cal C @cdcubed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

they know. they know! no sugarcoating, even! so fucking tell them!!

one question of the survey, with 9 checkbox options:

What concerns, if any, do you have about AI-assisted manga translations? (Select all that apply.)
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1. Lower overall quality
2. Loss of respect for readers
3. Loss of respect for creators
4. Character personalities changing
5. Cultural references being mistranslated
6. Less work for human translators
7. Ethical concerns
8. Legal concerns
Other: (I typed in: environmental concerns, worse than a fresh human translation)

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Vanessa Satone @vsatone.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I like how this sound effect turned out.

a woman is blushing. there's a japanese sound effect that says "kyurun"

same image as before, but the sound effect has been replaced with "twinkle"

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Dawnlight🌞Neni / ART COMMISSIONS OPEN!! @nenilein.com · 09/09/2026

Fun fact: "Reviewing an AI made translation" is more work for translators than just translating it themselves, because AI translations do not pass the sniff test beyond the most superficial. It's a loophole companies use as an excuse to underpay translators, and nothing else.

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🌜Sara Kipin🌛 🔜 LBX Table #629 @sarakipin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today's warmup is a rework of this piece from 2022 🍓

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Carol Cao @carolcao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

their story✨

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𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐝 💫 Game localizers @fromthevoid.net · 09/09/2026

Translating games has almost nothing in common with translating books. - Nothing is linear - You often get the texts in disarray - Different UIs, menus & dialog styles = different contexts - Sometimes you don't even know which character's line you're translating

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Ben Sidi @bensidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Welcome to The Amazing Digital Circus! I'm your Letterer for this series, and I hope you'll enjoy it! Translation by Nova Skipper. Edited by Andrew Bartosh. I'll put some of my SFX in this post! [1/3]

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ovoid animal in Yellowstone National Park

A photo of the back of a very fluffy chunky hefty hound squirrel that is essentially a fluffy ovoid, on the gravelly ground.

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Maarika @themaarika.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My vampire yuri comic That Bitch Stabbed Me is up on itch if you want to own it as PDFs! 🗡️ GET IT HERE: maarika.itch.io/tbsm-comic 🗡️ Contains: - stabbing - women kissing - a vampire with mommy AND daddy issues - girls trying to summon an ancient god - Vlad Tepes if he was a lesbian vampire

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That Bitch Stabbed Me - Comic Collection by Maarika

a dark fantasy vampire yuri comic

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 05/09/2026

An early fright 🐈‍⬛ "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu is coming this October in a gorgeous leather-bound special limited edition from Lyra's Books. I made 14 illustrations that are hand-tipped into each copy. This was a dream project, and I can't wait to share more info in the coming weeks!

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a young blonde girl curled up in bed looking at something out of frame. Two long shadowy hands reach toward her.

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JRho @jrho.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The most absolutely massive flex from the state fair exhibit. This quilt is made of 40 years of prize ribbons from various categories at the New Mexico State Fair won by Carol St. Clair Johnson. She also won a prize for this quilt.

Massive quilt made of prize ribbons in blue, red, yellow, and white

Center square of quilt made of yellow and red ribbons and yellow rosettes

Block of quilt made of blue, yellow, red, and white ribbons. Ribbons state the year. Some have the prize winning object written on in marker

Carol St. Clair Johnson
born 1954; resides Albuquerque, NM

O Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years
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satin ribbons

After unexpectedly winning her first blue ribbon for a sewn cape in 1981, Carol St. Clair Johnson developed an enduring love for the New Mexico State Fair. The quilt Fair New Mexico-41 Fair Years incorporates more than six hundred of the ribbons she won at the fair every subsequent year except 2020 (when the fair was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic). Johnson earned ribbons for needlework, knitting, crochet, pies, cookies, cakes, canning, jewelry, flowers, vegetables, and potted plants. The title of the quilt is a reference to the state song, and the design places the state's Zia sun symbol at the center. The quilt earned Johnson yet another ribbon: Best in Category (miscellaneous quilt) at the 2023 New Mexico State Fair.

Courtesy of Carol St. Clair Johnson

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Hazy/Dusk🌻🍉 @duskvortex.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

hey EU friends, there's a European Citizen's Initiative from stop killing the internet to demand no digital ID and age verification to use the internet. please sign this if you can and spread the word! this needs to go viral! citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...

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Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Increasingly convinced this is the most important post

Twitter post from January 24, 2019, from @Merman_Melville reading

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day."

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Banshee Lover's Rage @annlynzee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Wouldn't mind adding a few video game reviewers to our freelancer pool if anyone is looking to pick up some work. We get codes across the spectrum of releases. ANN's policy is always 2 weeks per review (no overnight embargo deadlines!). Send published examples to Lynzee@AnimeNewsNetwork.com

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Kameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 03/09/2026

The fact that Anthropic was able to cough up a billion dollars so easily reminds me again that we need to be taxing rich people at 90% again.

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Olivia Atwater @oliviaatwater.com · 02/09/2026

It really feels like there's no such thing as uptime anymore. Everything on the Internet keeps going out lately, to very little fanfare and increasingly fewer mea culpas. I just want to make the observation that this was not the norm until recently. Our software infrastructure is decaying.

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Princess Elminia is completely done with being used like a pawn just because she’s a woman. The Sword of Paros is an legendary fantasy epic by Kaoru Kurimoto and Yumiko Igarashi. Bonus: Pre-ordering from our store, you get an exclusive shikishi board: buff.ly/zMn7ljC

The cover features a soft pink background, with ornate golden designs framing the artwork. At the center, there’s an illustration depicting a princess-like figure with long hair, wearing an elegant dress, positioned beside a white horse. The scene radiates a magical atmosphere, enhanced by pastel colors and dreamy floral patterns in the background. The title of the book, "The Sword of Paros," is prominently displayed in a whimsical font, colored in a soft purple and gold.

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네오벨 @neobel1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

축하해-! ##初音ミク生誕祭2026 #初音ミク

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Erica Friedman @okazu.yuricon.com · 31/08/2026

This goes for all of the systems that protected us. Trump has dismantled them all. Food, water, air, safety. We cannot expect any company to care if they are not *made* to care. Surely, we can at least care about each other?

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🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀 @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I genuinely am begging people not to watch the new HP show. Like, also don't buy any branded stuff - she makes money off all that. But especially don't watch the damn show.

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André Guindi 🪷👹🪷 @andreguindi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

this one is especially egregious

A single panel comic hand drawn illustration of Barret Wallace from FF7 gesturing disgustedly to a screenshot from nvidia's atrocious DLSS 5 slop that leaked, showing a photo of what was once Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, but is now a yassified Al model standing in a flatly lit Instagram environment. Barret's text box reads "We're killin' the planet for THIS shit?"

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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you’re tempted to use genAI to brainstorm for writing stories, please just talk abt your story to friends instead! Friends who have good story sense that you trust, writer friends who will give you honest feedback, friends who care & get excited about your ideas with you! I know it’s scary +

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Team Two Dogs @lchanwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Whai does this keep happening to me father

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 29/08/2026

C'mon! Someone on catsky knows someone in New Jersey, New York, or the vicinity who would love these two middle-aged, bonded kitties whose human has passed away. Find them a home!

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Write the stories you want to write, folks. There may be a thousand vampire stories out there, but there's only one that's YOUR vampire story. Write it. It'll find a home and readers someday. Thank you to the editors who have given my stories a chance to get out in the world, tropes and all. 💛

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Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#fanexpo day one! Come get some cool stuff and adopt a brushbuddy!

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MilkyBoxBoy @milkyboxboy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

funny bunny bat spider

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Auuuulet 🍂👻 @aulet.es · 26/08/2026

"LibreOffice 26.8 contains no generative AI features. Documents are not transmitted to remote services for processing, and no component of the suite requires network access to function. This is a deliberate position."

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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hijacker: Everyone stop talking. I am armed and I am taking control of this plane. Guy from the Netherlands: Wow, in Netherlands we just purchase a plane if we want one. But typically we will bike somewhere Guy who has been to Japan once: In Japan planes are rarely hijacked. It's a cultural taboo

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August @regularaugust.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you’re a guy, when you turn 20, you have to make sure to have read a few manga not made for teenage boys or else you’re gonna be arguing about which battle Shonen has more women per page online forever.

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