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If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.

submitted 8 days ago • 45 comments

Friendly reminder that Joann Fabrics isn’t closing because it’s a bad business. It’s closing bc it was bought by a private equity firm. This is also what is happening to Hooters and what happened to US Toys R Us and Red Lobster. These companies are being dismantled intentionally.

submitted 20 hours ago • 145 comments

Bezos destroying the post opinion pages is just another reminder: Conservatives think free speech is when they can say what they want and when you can say what they want.

submitted 1 day ago • 156 comments

With the demise of Joann's, I'm going to share a few online resources I've found. It's by no means exhaustive, but hopefully it helps folks find what they need. 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 152 comments

For all the USPS's faults, Americans have to realize: It's one of the best postal services in the world, even after being kneecapped by DeJoy. Fight for our postal service, guys. I know I will. It is an essential public good.

submitted 6 days ago • 72 comments

In traditional European heraldry, there are colors and metals (silver/white, gold/yellow). The rule is you never put a metal on a metal, or a color on a color. It's a rule for readability reasons - you want contrast. You want to be able to read it clearly on a battlefield. That said, it's a rule.

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

history is wild, for eg. if Pythagoras hadn't successfully taken credit for a theorem he had nothing to do with, he'd be remembered as a skeevy af cult leader who claimed he could speak to animals, time travel, killed an asp with a venomous bite and insisted that fava beans are literally evil

submitted 6 days ago • 50 comments

I made a Victorian Rose scented goat milk soap earlier. This is partially for shop restocks and partially for a wholesale client.

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

MAGA Farmer wants us to “come together” now that he’s facing the consequences of his vote. “I didn’t read project 2025 because it was my understanding that wasn’t what he was running on” 🙃🐆 youtube.com/shorts/9LtSM...

submitted 12 days ago • 172 comments

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

submitted 11 days ago • 386 comments

FYI, Amazon will no longer enable the downloading of ebooks to exterior devices starting February 26th. Here’s a tutorial on how to download your ebooks off of Amazon. You can use Calibre (free software) to reformat the kindle books to be used on other devices. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2DQuRqn/

submitted 12 days ago • 125 comments

Okay, so at the request of the lovely @trance.bsky.social , I'm going to tell a story about what happens when a shitty person is "just joking", and then discovers there are consequences. AKA That Time Kat Started An Antifascist Hallway Riot In The Third Grade. Grab your beverage of choice.

submitted 11 days ago • 50 comments

caught the cat in a studious moment

submitted 20 days ago • 3 comments

found a gremlin in the laptop

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Seriously, for the sake of your own mental health, make this a practice. Play with a pet. See a friend. Do a sport. Buy a pastry. Start birdwatching. Compliment a stranger. Watch a comedy special. Dance in your home. Make this a priority.

submitted 13 days ago • 9 comments

The first people targeted by fascist are always queer people, the disabled, and racial minorities. And it never stops there.

submitted 16 days ago • 24 comments

Nature valentines. Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

submitted 17 days ago • 38 comments

New blue sky users: the reason this place is good is because people don't reflexively yell at each other and assume the worst. Online interactions don't have to be so defensive and nasty all the time.Dunking on a bad take just gives that take oxygen. We can all do better but we have to try.

submitted 15 days ago • 7 comments

IT IS GLORY TO BATHE IN THE BLOOD OF YOUR ENEMIES BUT TO ALSO BATHE IN THE SHOWER.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Mal and the radiator, the love of his life.

submitted 16 days ago • 25 comments

Antique dollhouse cat from my collection. Pictured on Francie for no particular reason at all.

submitted 16 days ago • 82 comments

The voluntary recall covers 13 products sold at major grocery stores in 26 states and the District of Columbia. It was triggered by defective packaging that poses the risk of food poisoning.

submitted 16 days ago • 43 comments

why do they even sell cat beds? more importantly, why do I buy them?

submitted 15 days ago • 21 comments

We had a decent blizzard last night - about a foot / 30 cm of snow - and we brought a large bag of snow in for the cats to investigate. This is Sophie of the Toes probing at a bathtub full of snow.

submitted 13 days ago • 11 comments

It feels especially pointed to have the government telling me it’s skeptical of psychiatric medication while the shadow president’s ketamine dealer is being given a job at DOE

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Make no mistake, we will win this fight. While there are lots of folks who don't know trans people well, they are repelled by the immense power of the federal government being brought to bear with such dishonesty and cruelty. Article by Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

This possibly won't receive as much attention as the mess at Stonewall but articles, tours, and other items related to transgender history have been removed from across the nps.gov websites. 🗃️

submitted 13 days ago • 5 comments

Just in case people don't know the context, this is a policy called splitting the letters, developed by fundamentalist Christians to use feminist and queer language and culture to split the T off and then turn the others against each other. You can watch their 2017 conference planning it.

submitted 13 days ago • 41 comments

adding alt text if that's ok

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Please please please please please do not feed your pets raw food right now, period. There is no way for it to be safe at the current moment and it is unlikely to get better in the forseeable future.

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

Earnestly cried about this bird the other day. “To find humanity, simply look for healed bones and toys.”

submitted 26 days ago • 5 comments

I got my latest royalty statement and somehow, beyond all reason, people are still buying HOW TO FIND A FOX nearly TEN YEARS!!! after publication. The best way to keep a book in print is by winning an award, and FOX didn't win anything, so thank you for keeping it alive through sheer force of will.

submitted 20 days ago • 12 comments

a drawing I started last summer and finished up at the beginning of the new year 🌟

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submitted 15 days ago • 6 comments

Calling it done 😤

submitted 14 days ago • 17 comments

Have a timeline cleanse

submitted 13 days ago • 205 comments

Coming along!

submitted 14 days ago • 13 comments

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker in Chile apnews.com/article/chil...

submitted 13 days ago • 67 comments

I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance. Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.

submitted 22 days ago • 182 comments

Anybody positing that the problem with the games industry is that devs are too expensive is gonna get an instant block. For the cost of one EA CEO you could afford 213 devs making $120k apiece. Read the room, my dudes; a LOT of very skilled people are out of work right now. Profits are trickling up

submitted 18 days ago • 49 comments

Witch Hat Atelier has good politics.

submitted 18 days ago • 25 comments

extremely important PSA

submitted 16 days ago • 73 comments

Archive often and archive well. Preserve your memories, art and important information. - save in multiple locations and formats because diversity = less risk - use common formats (e.g png, txt, pdf) - structure and label clearly - use physical media if possible, print your art & photos!

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Amazon doesn't want you to know, but loading epubs into your Kindle is as easy as drag and drop (this way Bezos doesn't get your money). Buy direct from an author's website whenever you can! It's the best way to support their work.

submitted 17 days ago • 16 comments

For anyone who may need it, Pexels is a reference site that does not allow AI imagery on it www.pexels.com

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