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Velvety

@velvety.northsky.social
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AKA TheVelvetyRoom! 🇨🇦 20+ He/They. Here to love art and artists alike. LGBTQ+ rights = human rights. Free Palestine. PFP by the lovely @yurobani.bsky.social and banner by the wonderful @skipdidoo.bsky.social!

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kris @qwiqwiaqwi.bsky.social · 23h
Sketchy comm for the lovely @\wolestinien 💙 #DnD #DnDcharacter
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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h
Remember: ICE lied so often about people posing threats to them, to justify their violence in Chicago, that a Chicago federal judge wrote it was "difficult, if not impossible, to believe almost anything" ICE said. Do you know what it takes to get a Fed district judge to WRITE THAT in a ruling?
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Turns out Ukraine knows nothing about the "energy ceasefire," Financial Times reports, citing a senior official close to Zelensky who says crews are busy restoring power and water in Kyiv right now. "No one has heard of any ceasefire," the official says.
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cen ⚔️🛡️🌿 waiting on merch arrival~! @aiphelix.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Drawing is going well this weekend because I was able to get a new piece of art ready for the November postcard~ more info at that towards the end of October #fma
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glacier @glacier.catboys.cafe · 10/10/2026
a quick stop
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glacier @glacier.catboys.cafe · 09/07/2026
fresh start (2017)
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SPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
the pirate writing meme but with Dante (requested by yours truly @meidotwav.bsky.social <3)
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 10/10/2026
i got custom music playing on the Steam Machine so i popped the Burnout Revenge soundtrack while playing Galactic Racer and it's kind of infuriating how dramatically it's bettered the experience
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maq @crab-milk.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
2nd lieutenant dubois reporting for duty :] #lancer #lancerrpg #ttrpg
A black and white sketch of a woman wearing a Union mech pilot formal uniform. She has a gaptooth and is smiling at the viewer with a salute.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 10/10/2026
The Aqueduct (2025)
Random digital landscape painting of an aqueduct surrounded by mountains, woods and rocky, grassy and flowery fields.
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SPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tether taking a break on her way from work <33
an illustration by Spindle of the character Tether, a woman with black hair wearing yellow glasses, top white button shirt, black skirt and tights. Sitting on a bench looking to the side, while her heels and bag are next to her, as she takes a break from walking
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Pleasebury Doughboy ✨ @plsburydoughboy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Maybe Hideki Kamiya was always right to treat Twitter as full of insects DualShockers guy nuked his entire account BTW
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Kat Tsai @chuwenjie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m at NYCC this weekend, Saturday and Sunday! Come say hi at Artist Alley D-07! #NYCC
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Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
"According to data from LSEG, Japan's three megabanks -- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Mizuho Financial Group -- arranged roughly $80 billion in related loans in 2025, accounting for about 13% of the global total." archive.ph/hlEhi#select...
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Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
As usual, AI investors did this to themselves and caused untold harm in the world. By nation, Japan is second place for the amount of debt supplied for AI data center construction (see MUFG, SMBC, and Mizuho).
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
What the AI bros can never understand is that art is the very locus of our humanity, a sublime and intimate encounter with the ineffable workings of a fellow mind *presses send, plays "Ass N Titties" by DJ Assault*
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Like, put another way, if employees werent getting in the way of management going full AI, exactly what would distinguish harpercollins from some scammer auto uploading 300 slop books to amazon a day
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Its kinda wild seeing corporate management just obliterating the gates that keep them relevant ; namely the assurance that customers are getting quality products made with all the resources and institutional knowledge a corporation entails
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Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
What a sweetheart!!
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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WIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026
More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If my publisher were to hand me LLM back cover copy I would definitely be looking to move.
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Z3zz @z3zzzzz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#四季组 #OC
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Back in 2018-19, you used to get smart Sensible people saying “Well, this wouldn’t happen if” and the bottom line here is: this idiotic bullshit keeps happening because smart, Sensible people simply *will not stop acting the dick*, no matter how awful it gets.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Me: (Head to toe in black, standing in front of a billowing union flag and behind a podium with “Mandatory Remigration Now” written on it) The left’s racial hatred terrifies me, I have to sleep with the light on
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“Clown country”, is pretty much all that can be said here. This is what happens when your ruling class turns to the far right to save them from the left, in short.
BBC Newsnight ®
@BBCNewsnight • 19h X
"You are obsessed with Gaza, you are obsessed with everyone else but the British people."
Reform UK councillor Jaymey Mclvor tells Green Party deputy leader Rachel Millward why he believes the party's brand has been
"very damaged."
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
slight difference in allocation of budget
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 07/10/2026
While paying subscribers are our lifeblood, did you know you can also sign up for a FREE Aftermath membership? It'll get you 2x the free stories per month, as well as newsletters sent straight to your inbox. aftermath.ghost.io/?ref=after...
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Velvety @velvety.northsky.social · 10/10/2026
What mod is this??
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Penny Parker @snapcube.gay · 10/10/2026
installed a mod that gets path-traced hair running on my 4090 and oh my god???? im drooling????
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 10/10/2026
The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival of a centuries-old Palestinian cultural tradition. mondoweiss.net/2026/10/afte...
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After three years of genocide, Gaza’s olive harvest is going extinct
The Israeli army has bulldozed over 1.6 million olive trees in Gaza since the beginning of the genocide in 2023, threatening the livelihood and heritage of olive farming communities, and the survival…
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🍁 Spooky Silvia 🍁 @demonyomsfw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rough Render commission for @morningstararts.bsky.social Thank you so muuch I had so much fun drawing this 💙💙 #ocsky #commissions #art
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good." 

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues  "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ossoff is acting like Trump/MAGA/GOP and what they’ve done to the country is Actually Bad. Charismatic and well spoken, which sure helps. But no “my friends across the aisle,” no acting like the imaginary “Baileys” are the only ones who matter, no “don’t talk values, only kitchen table.” That’s it.
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 09/10/2026
just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
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청 @blaushut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
썸머 메모리즈
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청 @blaushut.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
초록으로 그린 봄
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Jessica the Bestica 🏳️‍🌈Thought Bubble TM Hall A5 ☕Trying My Best @anireal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
🌸OC Emery Vibes🌸
White and pink flowers Orange and white flowersPink flowersPink flowers
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SPiNDLE @spindlesong.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
witchin with @meidotwav.bsky.social
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おいも @oimkimn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
エアリス
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/10/2026
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Ladies and gentlemen, we are in a glorious, splendiferous, outrageous era of crap! Some call it “high-yield,” some call it “speculative-grade,” but to those of us living in the real world, we know…
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Denimcatfish @denimcatfish.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Worked on character layouts for the animation in this film~ can’t wait to see it on the big screen 🔥
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much like your ghosting @mlyp.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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rane | 💚 VGEN @raneblu.com · 09/10/2026
comm
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samijen ✦ 🔜 MSQ 🇸🇬 A37 @samijen.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
my back hurts SO BAD save me salonpas and tiger balm patches,,,,save me
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xuuikie @xuuikie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
"106cm" Samus & Tsunade sketch Warm-up for October.
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🎃GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE🎃 @golikehellmachine.com · 08/10/2026
the only thing more pathetic than being an influencer shilling the pervert glasses is being an influencer shilling knock off pervert glasses
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 09/10/2026
next week on Better Offline: The Hater's Guide To Bonds with @robinwigglesworth.ft.com
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