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Steampulp omnitologist. Ludicrology a specialty. Coder in PHP, Go, and JS. Puns ala cart. He/ him. Hear me at @CopperheartPod Anti-fascism. Views are my own, not my employer. Brisbane, Q, Australia vonexplaino.com

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Jellybox Studio @jellybox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UMBERT ACTUALLY! EP 8!!! Why are Queer cartoon characters censored?! #UmbertActually #UnionYaoi #MistermanGuyfella #Jellybox #IndieAnimation
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Laura Woods @woodsiegirl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Well this feels like it should be more widely known?!
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Hare LockwoOoOoOod @harelockwood.com · 30/09/2026
[with gritted teeth] the WHIMSY will be INCREASED proportional to the DIFFICULTIES
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Chris Magilton @chrismagilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Get hyped folks, new AtSaB is nearly here! And if you need your memory refreshed on where the story got to, this recap will get you sorted.
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Unwoman @unwoman.com · 30/09/2026
I’m appearing at this super cool vampire ball at SF’s Verdi Club, next Friday! It’s an eco-fashion show and benefit for the Amazon Rainforest. Use the code UNWOMAN for a 50% discount, and please share with everyone! Ticket Link: bit.ly/sfvampireball
Event flyer with grayscale photo of Theda Bara looking vampish
Verdi Club, San Francisco
Friday Oct 9, 7:30pm
Earth Gala’s Vampire Ball
100 Year Vampire Reunion
Esteemed friends of Unwoman: you are cordially invited to the Vampire Ballto enjoy the Fashion, Fantasy, Feasting & Fun!
Ticket Link: bit.ly/sfvampireball
Every ticket purchased using the code UNWOMAN receives a special 50% discount
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Matt McMuscles @mattmcmuscles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We actually don't hate this administration enough
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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 29/09/2026
Someone at Marvel needs to pay for the Muppet Thor comic to join the current Muppet Takeover Marvel event. www.toughpigs.com/canaan-grall/
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ToughPigs Art: Caanan Grall - ToughPigs
Spotlight on Muppet fan artist Caanan Grall, along with his amazing Muppet/Thor comic!
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The Dansome @thedansome.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Bringing an old DnD character out of retirement for quality reasons. #myart | #alison | #artyom | #dnd
A comic that starts with a DnD party breaking down the door of a villain. Said villain is a fishman dressed in a fancy attire. It’s a close up of him looking off to the sides at the party. Party includes shortstack dwarf mage, Alison; a drow-esque fighter named Artyom; and two more nebulous characters. 

Panel one
Alison: “Your evil machinations here here, Chancellor Killgill! And for your wicked ways, it’s time to turn your birthdays —“

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Highlights Alison n artyom in battle poses
Alison: “—off!”

Panel three
Artyom looks confused.
 
Panel four
Artyom turns to Alison, lowering his sword/
Artyom: “what?”
Chancellor Killgill shouted off screen “Prepare to die, heroes!!”
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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Trash @trashxdiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey man, if you're out there, if your mom wrote this letter to Abigail Shrier about you, please drop a gofundme and we will get you the fuck out of there.
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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊 @dianapho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hold my mustache and suspenders, steampunk is coming back.
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Kambriel 🌿🎻🌔 @kambriel.com · 26/09/2026
Unto this day an Unwoman was born! 💋🎻🗡️ Treat yourself to the reverie of listening (or crying along with, dancing with abandon, exacting revenge, enjoying daliances, or gussying yourself up for the speakeasy) to the soundtrack of her vast catalogue of music: unwoman.bandcamp.com/music
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Unwoman
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Unwoman is a self-produced cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic h...
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Sarcastic Chorus @sarcasticchorus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
been holding this rant back for awhile about fandom entitlement and how showrunners have to coddle their audience only for said audience to get mad at them for not being the person they made up in their head. youtu.be/2AxbnUiff7w
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Writers Were Never Supposed to Babysit Fandom
YouTube video by Sarcastic IRL
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
jesus christ. the new president of the university is closing down the biggest, oldest repository of fossils, specimens and artifacts with a single month's notice because I guess, archaeology is too woke or something? where the fuck is it all going to go? into the bin? get mad about it:
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Among the Stars and Bones @amongstarsbones.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The announcement you've all been waiting for: Among the Stars and Bones is returning October 7. The second half of Season 2 is just two weeks away. We know it's been a long wait, but we're finally here. Get your re-listens of the first half of the season in now.
Announcement text over the podcast's alien skull logo reads, "Among the Stars and Bones will return October 7 to complete Season 2. Thanks for sticking with us!
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 23/09/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/eu_6z... Perfect encapsulation of GenAI
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So it’s a race, a race to what?
YouTube video by Jimmy Rees
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
The Knife Cuts Both Ways A cartoon by me and @postcardsbybecky.bsky.social Lots more cartoons to read here! --> #PoliCartoon Help us keep toonin'! patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows the same scene: Two women on a sidewalk talking to each other. They're standing in front of a storefront. Posters on the storefront read "Peace, Mindfulness, a smaller BUTT" and "YOGA - Because YOU could be BENDIER."

The woman on the left is fat. She has reddish-brown hair, tied loosely on top, and is wearing a green blouse with a floral pattern paired with a brown skirt and low-heeled boots. Let's call her FLOWERS.

The woman on the right is thin. She has blonde hair, cut just above the shoulders, is wearing a purple tank top and blue capris, and is carrying a rolled-up yoga mat strapped to her back. Let's call her MAT.

PANEL 1

Flower is talking on her cell phone, looking annoyed as she tells a story, one fist on her hip. Mat, overhearing, eagerly jumps in, one finger raised high.

FLOWER: My doctor gave me this total sales pitch for bariatric surgery. I told her "hell no."

MAT: Surgery to make you thinner? You should do it!

PANEL 2

Flower lowers her phone, calm but annoyed. Mat keeps on cheerfully explaining, her hands held in front of her, palms-up, in classic "explaining hands" gesture.

FLOWER: Excuse me?

MAT: Why be stuck with your body, when doctors can fix it?  You'll be so much happier!

PANEL 3

Flower puts the hand holding the cell phone on her hip, and makes a negatory "stop" gesture with her other hand. Mat rolls her eyes and holds her hands in front of her in an "all right, all right, I give up" gesture. (There are so many hand gestures! Seriously, I use them all the time, and Becky does too - everyone in our comics talks with their hands.)

FLOWER: I'm fine with my weight. Okay?

MAT: Sigh. Okay.

PANEL 4

Flower talks, for the first time looking eager and happy. Mat looks horrified. Both of them make appropriate palms-up gestures.

FLOWER: What I asked for is gender confirmation surgery.

MAT: Gasp! NO!! You can't let doctors mutilate your sacred body!
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 23/09/2026
I don't therefore I ain't Sounds pretty good right now.
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Heidi Neunhoffer ✨ @neunhofferart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Excited to finally share-- I've been helping with storyboard revisions on Darkwing Duck this past year! I've always been a huge Disney Duck fan since I was a kid, so this project has been pretty exciting! Can't wait for y'all to see the crew's hard work. Let's Get Dangerous!
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 22/09/2026
@mousethedj.bsky.social Happy Birthday month
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
thank you for the kofi! posted new art ko-fi.com/i/IK0J127DGC8
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Click to view on Ko-fi
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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Do not let them take your whimsy. Repost and repost freely.
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RiggStories @riggstories.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
COPPERHEART Episode 69, Part 7 "one" of "STEM" is available now on our Patreon! Episode 67, Part 5 "sIx" is going public September 20th!
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn @rageborngame.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Five moons. One Apocalypse. Our latest Steam News dives into Auspices — the moon-signs that shape Taylor’s path as Garou, with in-game bonuses and consequences. Which moon calls to you? 🔗 bit.ly/4rsqVGc #WerewolfTheApocalypse #Rageborn #WorldOfDarkness
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
also. the thing people hate is not ‘the technology’ it is the tech industry. they hate move fast and break things. they hate having everything they say tracked and processed while companies do whatever they want. they hate every single ideological value that animates silicon valley
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 18/09/2026
I've known for years the forest I walk through to get to and from work had wild echidna. I finally met one. vonexplaino.com/blog/posts/article/… #echidna #colin
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 16/09/2026
I've really got to remember that making time to do some hobbies is good self care stuffs. Painted some PVC pipes copper and brass to make a pegboard holder for the desk, and built a cheap wood-kit gramophone toy from Jaycar. Put me in a better mood and mindset.
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psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh hey the guy in my archery and sword fighting reference pics is a cool dude.
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Being a Xennial is wild When I was 5, I sat next to a woman who lived before the invention of the American gasoline car engine (1893!) She told me what it was like to go everywhere by horse, to not have electricity after my 5th birthday, Mississippi ratified the 19th amendment Now here we are
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BarmE @barmearme.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am sick to death of hearing about capacity in the workplace... We know why there are capacity issues you dogs
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von Explaino @vonexplaino.com · 13/09/2026
@ladyattercop.bsky.social @mousethedj.bsky.social You're back, huzzah! Who's doing your new cover arts?
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Mikel Reparaz @wikiparaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
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Unwoman @unwoman.com · 11/09/2026
OK sorry this is another Bandcamp Subscriber Exclusive BUT! I just finished another original song and it's SUCH a banger. "This is your life and it’s ending one day at a time Not with a bang but a whimpering cry" unwoman.bandcamp.com/track/this-i... (day 239)
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This Is Your Life, by Unwoman
from the album 2026 Subscriber-Only Originals
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Night of the Living Red Durkin @daedsider.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Periodic reminder that your "concerns" about trans people are being beamed directly into your head by a small cadre of incredibly rich psychopaths.
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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
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Jeremiah Tolbert @jeremiahtolbert.com · 10/09/2026
This may be the best thing I've ever read on Rascal. This speaks so much to the power of RPGs and what they can do. This is a MUST read if you're interested in TTRPGs.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”
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Dolly Parton's Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer
"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.
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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our feature artist/tutorial today is this INCREDIBLY USEFUL page on drawing different SNOUT TYPES, by the talented @goldmousestudios.bsky.social! Seeing all these variants side by side is a fantastic way to learn the DIFFERENCES IN SPECIES! #gamdev #animatindev #anine #furry #furries #anthro
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊 @dianapho.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
ICYMI - my Hugo acceptance speech is now available on my website (video & transcript) dianampho.com/my-2026-hugo... Thank you so much for the many people who had reached out in response; I'm truly glad these words have truly resonated!
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My 2026 Hugo Award Speech
Hugo Speech. Clip from livestream. Video edit: Patrick Pho. Photos below credit: Locus Magazine and Viengsamai Fetters. Hugo speech transcript given LA WorldCon 2026 / the 84th WorldCon at the Anah…
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Navy
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And here's a #Dolly one I did last week for cpa.org.au too @floydthek.bsky.social (and I got to give the original work on paper to a massive Dolly fan I know and love)
Title: A Tribute to Dolly
Scene is a woman artist standing next to a big painting with Dolly in the middle. Around Dolly's face are little bubbles saying "Heroine of the Working Class", "lifelong Union Member", "Incredible Philanthropist', 
"Champion of Childrens' Literacy", "Staunch Ally of LGBTQI people" and "Just an all-round legend"
The artists is sayin" And her music was pretty great too"
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🎃Hank Hell's Haunted House🎃 @quetzalcoatl2k.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Captain Hook from Peter Pan and the Pirates with a pencil saying: "Very well. If my work must be scraped, I will encounter obscurity as a bride and hug it in my arms. For I, at least, have built a legitimate art career, prompt jockey! I have made comics in DeviantArt as a boy. I have made Flash cartoons in Newgrounds as a man. I have drawn OCs, various commissions and NSFW of Rouge the Bat with the fattest tits you can imagine! I have been inspired by the finest art communities ever to grace Tumblr, Twitter or Bluesky. In short, I will continue to draw and improve my craft throughout my personal journey. Whereas YOU are a pathetic creature, forever locked in the self-serving egocentricities of generative AI, slowly sacrificing your human cognition in exchange for hiding your pitiful mediocrity and lack of talent. You will NEVER be an artist, and you will NEVER be remembered! So… steal my work now, and be done with it!"
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Yale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Finally got a scan of an older commission, so I can finally share it. Clark + Pete, commission
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Trans News Network @transnews.network · 24/08/2026
"I already boycott The New York Times/don't have a subscription, what can I do?" A lot! You can: * Share our call for boycott. Tell others about the NYT's role in trans genocide * Stop sharing NYT links, even to dunk on them * Pressure the pension/retirement funds invested in the NYT to divest
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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Literally why Mr Burns got shot, the millionaires have learned nothing
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
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Meg @meganroseruiz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Line Art Tips!
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