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Aussie/He/him/Cis/Het β™‹ Single dad πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ ally I draw, I write. AuDHD, PTSD survivor. Anti-capitalist. I like sci-fi and fantasy and comics. I used to draw every day, but that was decades ago. Trying to rediscover that. 🚫AI 🚫NFT 🚫 crypto

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A drawing of a fowldyr character that belongs to Eraili
Fowldyr are a closed species created by Stasanie (me)

A drawing of a winged deer-like creature with a pelt in shades of cream, gold, and brown. His wings are lined with jade coloured feathers with gilded edges. Around his neck is a thick green rope from which many jade beads and tassels hang. He stands in a shallow pond with red lily pads scattered across the surface. Swaying red willow branches streak across the canvas.

A drawing of a fowldyr character that belongs to Eraili Fowldyr are a closed species created by Stasanie (me) A drawing of a winged deer-like creature with a pelt in shades of cream, gold, and brown. His wings are lined with jade coloured feathers with gilded edges. Around his neck is a thick green rope from which many jade beads and tassels hang. He stands in a shallow pond with red lily pads scattered across the surface. Swaying red willow branches streak across the canvas.

Danny & Ross commissioned this scene depicting a tender moment between their dragons - a pothos inspired dragon and a beetle inspired dragon. The larger dragon gently caresses her lady in waiting, putting weight on the leaf to draw her closer.

Danny & Ross commissioned this scene depicting a tender moment between their dragons - a pothos inspired dragon and a beetle inspired dragon. The larger dragon gently caresses her lady in waiting, putting weight on the leaf to draw her closer.

A commission for bardybirdy featuring the OC Errai. A drawing of a dragon posed against a starry blue night sky. The dragon is mostly dark shades of blue and purple with golden accents. She has large feathered wings and a curved crystal horn. Her neck curls around a comet, her golden claws gently caressing the comet's tail. The radiant light of the comet casts serpentine rays that mimic the stylized flow of her mane.

A commission for bardybirdy featuring the OC Errai. A drawing of a dragon posed against a starry blue night sky. The dragon is mostly dark shades of blue and purple with golden accents. She has large feathered wings and a curved crystal horn. Her neck curls around a comet, her golden claws gently caressing the comet's tail. The radiant light of the comet casts serpentine rays that mimic the stylized flow of her mane.

A digital drawing of a pink deer in a stylized forest scene. The grass is glowing shades of yellow, orange, and soft reds. The bushes in the distance are blue, and the night sky is speckled with stars. A pink fawn looks curiously at a glowing star that has fallen from the sky.

A digital drawing of a pink deer in a stylized forest scene. The grass is glowing shades of yellow, orange, and soft reds. The bushes in the distance are blue, and the night sky is speckled with stars. A pink fawn looks curiously at a glowing star that has fallen from the sky.

Today is my birthday!! Would you like to celebrate with me by sharing my art? πŸ’š

06.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 354 πŸ” 173 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 0

AI doesn’t have intelligence and isn’t sentient! Stop it!! We can’t even treat living beings (humans or animals) with empathy and respect. Maybe work on that first.

06.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 453 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed

06.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1380 πŸ” 280 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

06.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 5883 πŸ” 1606 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 58

Yeah, absolutely agree with you there.

06.03.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure how I feel about this,if true. Firefly was great because of the combo of the writing and the cast, but is it possible to catch lightning in a bottle again?

Also, this comes not long after a Blake's 7 reboot was announced, and I'm not sure the world needs both of them to return at once.

06.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Firefly Mystery Deepens as Nathan Fillion Recruits Summer Glau (VIDEO) The Firefly teases continued today as Nathan Fillion recruited Summer Glau to his mysterious cause, with an announcement "coming soon."

"Fillion insists the reunion isn't related to conventions, podcasts, or crossovers."

from bleedingcool.com/tv/firefly-m...

Also, it's "Once We Were Spacemen".

06.03.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Old one from 2015

05.03.2026 12:49 πŸ‘ 687 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
A black and white drawing of Casper, a lurcher, in the sunshine.

A black and white drawing of Casper, a lurcher, in the sunshine.

Casper in the sunshine from 6 years ago today.

05.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 714 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0
Painting by Victoria Maderna, a mole with a straw hat carrying a rake, a wooden shed behind. Text reads: Victoria Maderna - hi@victoriamaderna.com - victoriamaderna.com - represented by Jennifer Azantian

Painting by Victoria Maderna, a mole with a straw hat carrying a rake, a wooden shed behind. Text reads: Victoria Maderna - hi@victoriamaderna.com - victoriamaderna.com - represented by Jennifer Azantian

Hi #kidlitartpostcard! Time to get the seedlings going and the garden ready for planting πŸƒ
I'm Victoria, an Argentinian illustrator based in France, and I'm available for new projects (PB, MG, covers & +).

πŸ–₯️ victoriamaderna.com
βœ‰οΈ hi@victoriamaderna.com
Represented by @jenazantian.bsky.social

05.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 308 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 3

"you need to learn how to use gAI or you'll get left behind!"

counterpoint!

the absolute fastest way to render yourself unemployable is to build your skillset around a tool that does your thinking for you, that everyone has access to, and that one company can change or take away at any time

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 4763 πŸ” 1633 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 45

I try to preach the opposite of imposter syndrome to creative people. Know that you are literally the only person on the planet equipped to tell the very specific stories you have to tell in the way only you can tell them.

05.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 640 πŸ” 203 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 9
Whodle Name that Doctor Who episode!

I'd be happier about getting this in 2 if that second slide wasn't SUCH a give-away.

I got Friday's Whodle in 2 guesses! βœ… Can you?
whodle.dixonary.co.uk/game/2026-03...

06.03.2026 00:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick public service announcement

Just been informed my old Twitter account is back and I want to make it VERY clear it’s not me.

Haven’t posted on that hell site for years.

05.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Optical illusion of a woman bent over some papers. Her sunglasses are pushed up and she is wearing a hair band so the top of her head looks exactly like a Muppet face

Sorry I know the world is in a terrible fix but I've been laughing at this for ten minutes now

05.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 7562 πŸ” 1783 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 90

I try not to post too much about US-related BS, because I don't live there and most of the world isn't the US, but damn, this made me laugh.

05.03.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It'd be good to see everyone ditch all the generative AIs for the sake of the natural environment, but this is a good start.

05.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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These #Cat #Drawings Somehow Capture Pure Chaos in Just a Few Lines - #art by ShouXin #CatArt #graphite

Link: mossandfog.com/these-cat-dr...

And another link: mymodernmet.com/cat-drawings...

05.03.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 3432 πŸ” 401 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 13
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ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, β€œI do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.03.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 5835 πŸ” 2339 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 182
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Trans Girl Scouts Sell 330,000 Boxes Of Cookies In Public Outpouring Of Support The total boxes sold is the highest in the history of EITM's trans girl scout cookie list.

1. In an incredible public outpouring of support, trans girl scouts on our girl scout cookie list have sold over 330,000 boxes of cookies.

Parents report to us that they are in tears from the support.

Subscribe to support our journalism.

05.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 2056 πŸ” 657 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 30

ppl who still commission their favourite artists even in this era where everyone is broke and genAI is being pushed on us at every opportunityβ€”you are appreciated more than words can express!!!

05.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 10473 πŸ” 4152 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 87

Good to see people sticking to their principles against the AI slop invasion.

05.03.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Yes we can avoid further dangerous climate change, we can stop the destruction of nature, we can begin the transformation of our societies so that they live in balance with the Earth system"

Great post as always. That we haven't prevented it doesn't make it unpreventable

05.03.2026 12:15 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Like mitigate climate change.

We are in the climate wars, people. It should be more obvious to everyone that it’s billionaires against the planet.

05.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll second that. Read the text in the pics. It's well worth it.

05.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of people say AI isn't very good for the world and its outputs are routinely unreliable, but these haters fail to see how it's revolutionizing how we incinerate schoolchildren.

05.03.2026 04:43 πŸ‘ 7311 πŸ” 2304 πŸ’¬ 183 πŸ“Œ 50
Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides

Text:

We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.
Why not?
Because people are fucking idiots, Paul.
They're just... incredibly stupid.

Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides Text: We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Why not? Because people are fucking idiots, Paul. They're just... incredibly stupid.

05.03.2026 05:01 πŸ‘ 992 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6

If I was over there I'd be voting Green.

Then again, I vote Green over here anyway, but the Greens over there have a much more capable leader.

05.03.2026 11:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Francesca Albanese, Gaza, and the Military-Propaganda Nexus Behind the US-Israeli War on Iran | Common Dreams The gaggle of for-profit genocidaires is looking to expand its mission from Gaza to other conflicts, seeking to further dismantle international law and the humanitarian community. We can follow Albane...

There are few people alive today I admire as much as Francesca Albenese.

There are few sentences I've read as disgusting in import as this:

"At a major weapons conference in Tel Aviv in December 2025, Israel boasted that their weapons are tested β€œlive on Palestinians” to increase profits."

05.03.2026 11:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure you've got the right one? This one isn't a 12th Doctor story.

05.03.2026 06:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0