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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For I am a salt-hag. I know gull gossip. I know the calling and quelling of storms. My hair is wind-braided. My lips wear rough salt kisses. I stand on the cliffs and read omens pulled by the tide. Be well and avoid my anger. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #FolkWitchFriday #WitchSky

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Illustory 🌈✨ @illustoryart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Long story short: I’m an asylum seeker in France now. I don’t know how long this process will take, but for I still can’t officially work here. So I’m looking for any opportunity to earn money to be able to pay for rent and food. Please, read and share this post ❤️‍🩹 ko-fi.com/illustory

WE NEED HELP
Please, read and share this!
(text version of the pics above)
We are a group of queer artists, and we are in big trouble.
In April 2025, we immigrated to France, seeking a safe place to live and make art.
Our humanitarian visas expired a year ago.
Since then, we have been trying to get legal status in France.
To be able to work, open a bank account, get health insurance and just have some basic human rights.
We spent a whole year fighting for our lives against Strasbourg Prefecture and we lost.

All this time we couldn't properly work, so we were burning our savings.
In August, all three of us were denied a residence permit.
According to the Prefecture, the only option for us To stay legally in France is to become asylum seekers.
About a week ago, we sent out our applications for the asylum.
Now we are looking at another indefinite stretch of time, before we are summoned to Paris for interviews.
It might be two months, three months, half of a year or even more... no one knows for sure.

We had planned for a year without documents max, and now it's been a year and a half already.
No matter how hard we tried to stretch our savings, they have run out.
Currently, we don't have enough money to pay for rent and food in November.
It's hard for me to admit that, but we are in huge trouble, with all our hopes and plans ruined by the French bureaucracy.
We really need your help and every little bit matters, so I came up with some options for how you can support us.

HOW YOU CAN HELP
❤️ Share this post to bring attention
❤️ Join my monthly Club at Ko-fi
❤️ Participate in my art originals sale this week
❤️ Donate a few cacaos at Ko-fi
❤️ Buy some of our merch (big sale at Ko-fi next week!)
❤️ Order a commission artwork
❤️ Vote in the interest checks for our new projects (soon)
❤️ Go visit our printshops
❤️ If you have a job for freelance illustrators, please let us know!

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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

Oh my God Taskmaster has hit Hulu. I repeat all seasons of Taskmaster are on Hulu. If you've never watched Taskmaster go start watching it literally right now

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026

Happy mushroom season!

A comic titled "Types of mushrooms" with 12 mushroom species. A wrinkly-looking morel is labeled "creepy but tasty". A brownish deadly galerina is labeled "boring but deadly". A witch's butter on a branch is labeled "jiggles if you poke it". A large puffball is labeled "egg". A creepy red-dripping bleeding tooth fungus is labeled "deeply disconcerting". A fly agaric with a green treefrog sitting under it is labeled "frog umbrella". A black chanterelle is labeled "chalice for forbidden elixers". Three straight-stemmed entolomas are labeled "haha, nipples". A bright purple viscid violet cort is labeled "purple is nice". A birch polypore sticking out of a birch trunk is labeled "tree nose". A complex yellow-tpped coral fungus is labeled "cursed citadel where dwells a fairy queen". A Ravenel's stinkhorn is pixellated at the top for your safety, and labeled "NSFW".

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Jonel @jonelstr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

URGENT: #SeattleDog people: The Seattle Animal Shelter needs TWO fosters for TWO moms with neonatal puppies. SUPER cute but not doing great in a kennel environment - Please email sasfoster@seattle.gov if you are able to foster. @cheriepriest.com @nedpyle.com please amplify if you can?

Sweet nursing Pitbull /Terrier mix mom and her 6 puppies, mom is Black and 5 of the puppies look black, one is gray.

Three ADORABLE 5 week old pit mix puppies mom is not pictured - one is tan, one is gray and one is mixed white and gray

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Olaf Falafel @ofalafel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Working as a conductor on the ghost train was all tickety boo.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just so you know - if you're a MM author and you ever decide to do a classic gothic MM romance or a MM retelling of books such as Count Monte Cristo, Jane Ayre, Wuthering Heights, etc... I'm your guy. Like honestly, come to me. I'll make you a cover worth dying for. #mmromance

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Ray Radlein @radlein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

AMERICA! As part of Amazon's ever-expanding "Prime Day," they have apparently put @tkingfisher.com's "Wolf Worm" on sale for Kindle in America for $2.99!

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Wolf Worm

Amazon.com: Wolf Worm eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Books

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Aster Glenn Gray @asterglenngray.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I recently discovered that Amazon now lets authors distribute ebooks to libraries and still keep the title in KDP, and now all my m/m books are available in Overdrive and Hoopla (and also various print retailers).

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 03/07/2025

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 26/08/2026

The FDA just approved daraxonrasib, a breakthrough drug for advanced pancreatic cancer that doubles survival time. This is huge: pancreatic cancer was once thought untreatable. The researchers received a standing ovation when they presented the trial results, unheard of at scientific conferences.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 26/08/2026

The future of Parton’s Imagination Library has become uncertain due to the quiet machinations of Republicans in the Midwest that have sought to unravel public funding for the cause. trib.al/Z9f1GpD

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Haven't watched yet, but as it has a new season let's bring over to Bluesky my cast list for Lord of the Rings using the cast of S1-3 of Ted Lasso. Let's start with an easy one: Aragorn. No fucking second breakfasts for any fucking hobbits or any other fucking muppets with this Aragorn.

Bret Goldstein as Roy Kent glares to the side.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here’s the website. Link to preorder at the top. (Site’s worth a look even if you’re not ordering, imho) therebelloonarchive.com

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The Rebel Loon Archive

The Rebel Loon Archive preserves and shares art speaking out against Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota.

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MPR News @mprnews.org · 14/08/2026

A Stillwater woman archived the art that emerged during the federal immigration enforcement surge. Months later, she has created a 250-page-coffee table book with 300 local, national and international artists. Over 1,225 physical copies and 59 e-books have been preordered.

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'Art tells the truth': New coffee table book becomes an archive of ICE protest art

A Stillwater woman began archiving the art that emerged during the federal immigration enforcement surge. Months later, the collection has grown into something much larger.

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Washington State Democrats @wadems.org · 29/07/2026

SHARE SHARE SHARE

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you can donate, please do. If you were previously not eligible to donate, the criteria have been SERIOUSLY revised: you are no longer deferred for spending time in England/the EU and the sexual risk screening has been replaced with a much more evidence based model.

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.

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chris “bluesky” poster @chrisrd19.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It’s like when your food is taking a long time to come out so your server brings some free bread to apologize for the wait.

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Leanna Renee Hieber @leannareneehieber.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Appreciate this, @catsofyore.bsky.social! Sales at our shop have been SO slow this season, so any interest would be hugely helpful to our fully artistic household! Here are the shop cats of Torch & Arrow! All of our accessories are 1-of-a-kind (save for our Dr. Who lanyards)! torchandarrow.etsy.com

Panel of 6 jewelry pieces, upper left: a white cat pendant on Wedgwood-style blue resin in a neo-Victorian silver-tone scalloped and filigree frame with an 18-inch chain $21.70, to the right, a Black Cat cameo on white resin on a brass frame with a brass rose beneath, large 30x40mm cameo and 18 inch brass chain $23.99, to the right, "Cat Saint Christopher", a cat cameo pendant with a white cat on Wedgwood blue resin with a silver St. Christopher protection medallion below on 18 inch chain, $21.99, below, a pair of silver-tone cat head earrings on vintage silver-tone medallions with black faceted crystals on ear wires, $21.99, to the right, a unique bib necklace assembled from an antique black beaded applique from the late 1890s / early 1900s with a black cat cameo 30x40mm at center, with three black faceted beads below on gunmetal chain, 51.99 free shipping, to the right, a black cat cameo on white resin, 30x40mm cameo with an antiqued silver-tone rose blossom below, on 18 inch chain, $21.90
https://torchandarrow.etsy.com

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best sheep I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each sheep in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

A nihilistic sheep, who, like so many other sheep, just wants to watch the world burn, staring at me insouciantly, moments after it has set fire to a large portion of the United Kingdom.

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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

who was it that wished the replica of Trump’s arch would look like the Stonehenge in Spinal Tap bc I’m about to have great news for you

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chelsea bridge 🩸 @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 21/05/2026

Friends, foes, and readers: A whole BUNCH of my ebooks/estories can now be YOURS on Kindle for the low, low price of $2.99 - including tales that have NEVER BEFORE APPEARED outside of anthologies! So go on, click around and see if anything strikes your fancy 👇 www.cheriepriest.com/blog/adventu...

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Adventures in Self-Production — The Haunt*

Or… let’s say “team production” - since real talk? My husband did all the heavy digital lifting. Long story short: I’ve written a lot of shorter fiction that’s never been seen outside of an antholog...

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Niche Neega @strange.blacksky.app · 09/05/2026

They gave him an award and called him an environmental activist lmaooo

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Alex @axmdoes.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

many oomfs

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

You've probably been wondering: "How many eels is a cottage worth in 14th C. England?" This is a reasonable question. I get it. And happily, I'm here to help! I included a chart showing this kind of equivalence in an article I wrote for HistoryExtra , but here's an excerpt! 🗃️🧪

Table showing cost of items in the 14th C., and the equivalent value in eels. The table has 3 columns: "You want to buy", "It Costs", and "But in eels?" The table shows you that:

2 doz. eggs costs 1d, or 6 eels
A gallon of the best ale costs 1.25d or 8 eels
1 sheep costs 1s 5d, or 106 eels
1 cow costs 9s 5d, or 706 eels
A 2-story cottage costs £2, or 3,000 eels

The d. here means penny, from the latin "denarius." There were 12 d. to a shilling (s), and 20 shillings to a pound (£).

As far as I know, no one was buying cottages with eels. This is more to give you a sense of relative costs. But wouldn't it be interesting if you could buy a house with eels?

This chart leaves unanswered the question: "What about the next-best ale?" and suggests and entire spectrum of ale gradations. Which makes good sense, of course. But also, you certainly wouldn't want to spend your eels on inferior ale!

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Good Omens HQ @goodomenshq.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Absolutely heels over head for Muriel’s retelling of Season 2. #GoodOmens3

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Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. 2026, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood so for eighty years and might stand for eighty more.

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Shivani T’gai Seth @shivaniswriting.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we! Have you: -had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently? -used any calming or grounding techniques you like? -eaten a food? If not, do that now. 💜

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Hulked out nerd @somegayhimbo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Tumblr throwback for April fools.

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/03/2026

Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music Several dozen folks did Some even dubbed music over the original clip. I haven't been able to get this out of my head. So I give you A Bluesky exclusive: Reservoir Ducks 🐣 🪶

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sam³⁰⁰⁰ @samgavin.com · 29/03/2026

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as the Statue of Liberty outside a federal building during a ‘Kings Day’ protest. (Connor Sheets/Los Angeles Times)

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 25/03/2026

A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all

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David Brauer @dbrauer.net · 21/03/2026

Reader, I sighed & then teared up. This is such massive help. $16 million helps 2,750 families cover rent through June. He’s trying to raise the other half. And the dude also delivered laundry during the siege.

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Jan Falk (ThistleArts) @thistlearts.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I'm so proud that my art is among such incredible talent! Support this queer led zine and get yourself a copy with phenomenal and diverse queer artworks! #art #queerart #zine #artistsupport #queer #lgbtq

Cropped digital artwork from "We've always been here" queer lead zine.
It pictures two queer men from Rococo era. One of them is gender non comforming and wearing both feminine and masculine clothes.

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Jay Beeman @waywardfelines.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy Saint Gertrude Day. (the patron saint of cats).

Illustration of Saint Gertrude holding a bible a staff and a cat in her hands/arms.

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