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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙

@themoonkestrel.bsky.social
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Photosensitive Fox. Book lover. Blogger. Artist. Nerd. Engineer. Writer. Gamer. Aerialist. Geek. Streamer. She/her. 'May your ink never mix with your tea.'

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angel💀 @sabattons.com · 07/10/2026
one of the best decisions you can make as an artist is to stop talking about your artwork from a position of defending it. the artists statement should be a tool of pride, community, and conversation, not an appeal to those who had no interest in (or ability to) understand it in the first place.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 10h
I think the Bureau would disagree on eating the mold.
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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Moth 🔦 first picture in my October series!
A digital illustration of a giant moth fae with glowing yellow eyes clinging to a lighthouse. At it's base, a lighthouse keeper emerges from his house to investigate.
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Alli Shaw @allidrawscomics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Disney has used its resources to gobble up competition instead of investing in skilled storytellers and it shows. They are cheaping out and playing it safe wherever possible. A cheap half-assed reboot will never excite anyone the way your unhinged yaoi melodrama will. Go be weird, hotties.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Control Resonant is superb. And I'm enjoying Zoe's Mixtape tracks so much. Still playing it, still enjoying it.
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.
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AuThom🎃🏳️‍🌈 @mongreldog.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
one of the things people don't tell you is that you can un-give up. So while it is better not to give up, even if you do, blam, just un-give up. You don't need permission, it's doesn't matter. you used to try and do something but you gave up? it's not permanent. take a break n try again if you want
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Moon Reads: Mt Draco a take into the damsel in distress with a dragon, but what if instead you were the maid of said dragon? buff.ly/dFq1Gem
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Edward scissor hands. I don't remember much except it terrified me and it was a film school had decided was fine for kids to watch 😂 I haven't watched it fully ever and don't intend to
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh I loved this one so much, it was a delight!
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🌺 Giulia Valentini | Artbook PDF on KoFi!! @kurocyou.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
become the beast [ #oc #ocsky #dndoc #dndart #circleoffate #KuroArt #illustration #fantasy ]
Profile illustration of Fley (a green tiefling with long black hair), seen from the shoulders up. They are leaning foward, teeth bared in a snarl. Their fangs are elongating in a snake-like fashion, and reptilian scales are appearing on their skin.
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Emmett Nahil @emnays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
the crazy thing about making time for any creative pursuit is that you literally have to do what you have a gut-deep yearning to do or else you'll see other people doing it, and it WILL make you insane.
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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 26/09/2026
talent is a lie
a cartoon picture of a frog throwing a crooked looking clay vase with the words “talent is a lie, just do it anyway”
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Faith @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Happy #swordtember⚔️
Ink drawing- a woman sits in a tree with a sword on her hip. She is eating an apple from the tree. There's a face in the tree!! Woah!
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Littledigits @littledigits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
being in animation, its not from AI. the streaming bubble bursting cuz everyone hopped on the grain cuz it undermined unions, less regulations and more mergers are what lead to the loss. AI is just what people think but it started way before that
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Moon Hauls: Stories Within Stories Illumicrate, the last of 2025! buff.ly/8Cgc9QN
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Sophia Babai @swingingstorm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please take care of yourself, take breaks from social media whenever you need to, and don't mistake posting for morality. You don't need to weigh in on everything, especially when that thing cuts into your personal traumas.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Exciting, but now I am afraid... 👀
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something.
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Joanne Hall @hierath77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Humans are messy and imperfect and emotional and funny and they pour that into their art. Why would anyone want to outsource that to the planet-killing plagarism machine?
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The story is superb, I've spent most of my time on side quests and exploration until I needed to unlock new abilities and ran out of things that aren't the main quest to do 😂 and I'm loving that. @remedygames.com keeps making superb games.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Control Resonant has me in it's grip and I am super happy with their assist mode options (like a difficulty setting, they have a few presets, but you can also tweak it to make it more or less challenging) which takes the frustration away (I still lose fights, just not 10+ times, but once or twice).
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I was blissfully on a retreat doing circus stuff while the Cornell stuff came up, and I am pretty much going to be ignoring most of social media for my own wellbeing. But summon me and I will gladly interact.
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Almost TOLKTOBER!
Teal and orange RISO print illustration of various Middle Earth scenes/characters as a stamp set. Included are Treeboard overlooking Isengard, Winged Nazgul, Minas Tirith, Rivendell, Barad Dûr, Gandalf riding Shadowflax at dawn on the third day, Minas Morgul, Grishnâkh the orc, The Hollin gate of Moria, Boromir, Bag End and Galadriel.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Moon Reads: Star Friends Energy Thief, a gifted copy from Little Tiger UK for a lovely series with magic, friendship and animal companions. buff.ly/95tAjLP
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👀 I will make my despair last that long then
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm enjoying driving around West Wales quite a lot.
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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MAKE ART! MAKE BAD ART! BAD ART IS BETTER THAN AI ART! YOUR WORST IS STILL BETTER THAN THE SLOP!
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
there is a certain undercurrent of something that can only be described as puritanism on this site, where understanding a bad thing must mean you're into that thing because apparently the only way to battle bad things is to yell loudly they are very bad someone else better fix them but not like this
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The best thing about being someone who loves reading is you want to read everything, everywhere, all at once. The worst thing about being someone who loves reading is you want to read everything, everywhere, all at once.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Well the next book is still far away and no spoilers for anyone but damn, definitely despair
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Moon Reads: All Hail Chaos by @sarahreesbrennan.bsky.social , another masterpiece to this series. buff.ly/apU5OPI
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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BAKER @fuckyoubaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MUCH RESPECT TO PEOPLE NICER THAN ME
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In comparison my professional cyr wheel coach isn't bothered by us testing things, exchanging tips and tricks and teaching each other (he will add corrections if we are wrong but he trusts us too). Teaching environment can impact heavily the results.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On the bright side, now that I've figured it's a skill and confidence issue, I'm not doubting myself and just taking her class with a grain of salt. But this does tempt me to go "maybe I should start teaching this thing"
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Now, I don't expect teachers to be the same as me, but if you're not letting your most advanced class test poses and be curious, and you're scaring them when there's no reason to, you maybe need to rethink why you're doing that.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It was very obvious to ne last class. We did a move I've covered loads through fabric theory, and she scared everyone saying that if they didn't do exactly x they'd all fall. Two if us said, no you won't. And it wasn't until the other person proved it that she begrudgingly accepted it.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Turns out we both have significantly more experience than her, and what we think is that overall, despite teaching at multiple levels, she's not actually confident on her skills (she can certainly muscle herself into things but she doesn't understand the technique).
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've been struggling with feeling like I've regressed in hoop (circus/aerial) but a friend and I chatted about it and we both had the same feelings. Common denominator was the teacher and that outside of her class we both are strong and able. It's only in her classes.
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/09/2026
As someone who majored in applied maths (essentially algorithm design) and computer vision (essentially "teach a computer to interpret a picture like a human but better"), yeah, all of this. On top of everything else LLMs are making the "AI" research field poorer
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Oh mood, neural networks, trees, nodes. I also don't put it in mine, despite knowing all of the ancestors.
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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
nero's guide is awesome, and concretely helped me with making a website as somebody who doesn't have the brain for this stuff 👍 if you're an artist of any sort, making a website for yourself is one of those things that hugely pays off the extended effort time and again
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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i feel like people who grew up on web 2.0 don't realize websites aren't supposed to be social media. they aren't supposed to trap you and keep you on there with constant engagement and interaction. websites are supposed to just Exist as an index or archive for you to look at only as much as desired
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Moon Reads: Bless, a review for the start of this manga series focused on makeup and modelling. buff.ly/apf3VLm
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

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AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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RADINSKY 🏳️‍⚧️🪬 @thisisradinsky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Truly the best, and most sanity-saving, way to live is to engage with the world with the same sort of adoration and reverence Sir David Attenborough has for it
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's vastly more comforting to believe in an imminent robot apocalypse than the truth: the things that will destroy us are extensions of the unsexy but obvious problems all around us. We are not doomed in one grand way, but a thousand petty small ways.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Reading The Summer War by Naomi Novik and listening to Agnes Obel's new album (The meaning of flowers) is a match made in heaven.
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Moon Kestrel 🦊🌙 @themoonkestrel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Moon Hauls: Academic Rivals Illumicrate from November 2025 (we're getting closer to catching up). buff.ly/xMTjDXm
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