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Lucy Knisley

@lucyknisley.bsky.social

"Haunted"
#IceOut #IceOutComics

A comic in black/white/blue.
Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence.
Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence.
Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?"
Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!"
Lucy: "Have a good one!"
Crew member: "You, too!"

Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat.
Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing.

Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone.
Lucy is reading messages on her phone.
Messages:
Alert: black SUV
Sighting: be on alert for...
Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates...
We tried to get them inside, but it was too...
...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today.

Lucy is riding her bike home.
Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?"
*Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org.

Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors.

(Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern)

Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted.

Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence.
Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build.

The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too")
Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend.

Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted?
(Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)

February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM

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🌱 MK/RET

@retquits.art

so don't get too comfortable.

#art

A digital painting of an ice cube, followed by several hands closed over each other with water pouring from them. Bold text on the art reads: "ICE MELTS".

January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM

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david ehrlich

@davidehrlich.bsky.social

THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025

A Video Countdown

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THE 25 BEST FILMS OF 2025: A Video Countdown

to watch previous video countdowns please visit: https://www.videocountdowns.com/ this year's video is once again in support of the Palestine Children's…

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January 20, 2026 at 2:00 PM

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Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

Call your reps!! 📣
#art

A siamese mix cat at a desk dialing a number on a smart phone. He has a blank look. On the desk are various cat toys (spring, mousey, chew stick) mixed with writing tools. The bg is a bright yellow.

A more zoomed out view of the cat yelling loudly into the phone. The bg is bright red, and filled with the text "AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" in white block lettering. On the desk now you can see some ink bottle, a quill pen, post it with an exclamation point, and papers.

April 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM

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B A R S U K

@barssuk.bsky.social

Espeon 🔮

January 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM

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Catsuka

@catsuka.bsky.social

Origami horse animated by Parallel Studio for Cheval Blanc hotels.
www.instagram.com/parallel_stu...

January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM

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Letterboxd

@letterboxd.social

Stellan Skarsgård wins Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for Sentimental Value 🏆

#GoldenGlobes

January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM

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Emma Kidwell | Looking for work ✨

@emmakidwell.bsky.social

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🕯 full time gig 🕯

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January 5, 2026 at 5:57 PM

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Sara ✨ Concept & Visdev

@saralanart.bsky.social

Prob the last sketchbook page of the year ☕️

Sketch of the inside of a rustic coffee shop

Photo of the sketchbook held up next to the inside of the shop

December 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM

Ellen Lee

@eoulla.bsky.social

The hot priest cameo 🥹

Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social · Nov 17

Final trailer! Wake Up Dead Man is in theaters 11/26 and on Netflix 12/12. Can’t WAIT for you all to see it. #wakeupdeadman

November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Ellen Lee

@eoulla.bsky.social

Crazy that I was in Japan around this time last year 😭 Take me backkk

November 10, 2025 at 3:11 AM

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Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

After a brief vacation my store is open again! Now with a few signed copies of this book! 🐶📖
oliviawhen.com/store

Hand holding up the children's book "The Day Leap SOARED" in front of a flowering bush. Hand is somewhat covering text at the bottom that reads "Words by Blair Braverman Pictures by Olivia When". The cover shows a young alaskan husky (Leap) leaping over a snow bank at sunrise. Six other tiny huskies in harnesses on the right, and the musher and sled on the left are all cheering her on.

November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM

Ellen Lee

@eoulla.bsky.social

Baseball just hits different

November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM

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Rik

@slightlyonfire.bsky.social

It’s getting spookier by the minute as the Bandai Tamagoras / Egg Monsters Skeleton wakes up ready for Halloween! This egg is bad to the bone though luckily all the contents leaked out through the ribs so the smell isn’t too nasty

A Bandai Tamagoras / Egg Monsters Skeleton rests in the grave…

… though not for much longer as the boney egg starts to crack open in a a skeleton!

October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM

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Linnea Sterte

@decassette.bsky.social

shouldn't post him, but

weevil-faced little bug person in a cloak. hood down, hood up.

October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM

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Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

It's the release date of The Day Leap Soared!! To celebrate here are all the dogs doing some interpretations of "reading."

A brown and cream Alaskan husky (Jenga) is sitting at a table with her head resting on a closed book. The bg is a bright yellow, and she has a red "...?" above her head. Is this reading? Not as exciting as expected.

A big dark brown and white husky with freckles around his mouth (Colbert) is sitting while chewing on a book. It already has a chunk missing. His tail is curled in, and he appears pretty satisfied.

A dark grey and cream husky with brown ears (Leap) is jumping over an open book on the ground and looking at it as she passes by. She looks interested, but probably only read a couple words on this pass.

October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM

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Olivia When

@oliviawhen.com

Huge thank you @blairbraverman.bsky.social for trusting me with your dogs and Leap's story!! 💕 As a longtime uglydog, I couldn't be happier. Easily some of the best reference photos and videos I've ever gotten.

A dark blue and grey husky with speckles on the grey (Grinch) is lying upside-down with his head pressed into a book. He is absorbing it, he's pretty sure.

A grey white husky with mauve nose (Donut) is standing with her front paws on the pages of an open book. A red fox is peeking out from behind one leg to read too. Both look shocked, and Donut is yelling, as indicated by many action lines around them. On the pages looks like a little picture of a grey dog and red fox.

A dark brown and tan husky with big sticky-uppy ears (Boo) is lying down with his paws on on an open book, speed reading. He has a stack of 8 books behind which he will be done with in no time. He has some little round glasses on, which is how you he's serious about reading.

A pale yellow husky (Refried) is lifting her head to narrate a song in the open book on a desk. Next to her a brown and gold husky with grey eyes (Hari) is listening happily.

October 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM

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JENN! ✨

@thekeythief.bsky.social

WE GOT APPROVED FOR A PLACE!!!! Now we just gotta make the security deposit 😭❤️ boosts appreciated!

JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · Oct 7

Tl;dr: life comes at us fast & I’ve abruptly been displaced from my home & need $$$ to find immediate housing

@charcubed.bsky.social made me a gofundme to help 😭 I’m probably the worst person when it comes to asking for help but anything would be very appreciated 🫠❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/thekeythief

Donate to Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund, organized by Char C

Hi everyone! My name's Char and Jenn is one of my best friends :) Jenn's i… Char C needs your support for Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund

www.gofundme.com

October 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM

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JENN! ✨

@thekeythief.bsky.social

Good news: We found a place that might actually work out??? 🙏⁉️

Less fun news: We gotta come up with the 4k deposit (first months rent + security deposit) 💸‼️

So any and all support would be very much appreciated!! 🥲❤️

JENN! ✨ @thekeythief.bsky.social · Oct 7

Tl;dr: life comes at us fast & I’ve abruptly been displaced from my home & need $$$ to find immediate housing

@charcubed.bsky.social made me a gofundme to help 😭 I’m probably the worst person when it comes to asking for help but anything would be very appreciated 🫠❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/thekeythief

Donate to Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund, organized by Char C

Hi everyone! My name's Char and Jenn is one of my best friends :) Jenn's i… Char C needs your support for Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund

www.gofundme.com

October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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Matías Bergara

@matiasbergara.bsky.social

Kiki's Delivery Service

October 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM

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binary sunrise

@clarascintilla.bsky.social

Herons

October 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM

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JENN! ✨

@thekeythief.bsky.social

Tl;dr: life comes at us fast & I’ve abruptly been displaced from my home & need $$$ to find immediate housing

@charcubed.bsky.social made me a gofundme to help 😭 I’m probably the worst person when it comes to asking for help but anything would be very appreciated 🫠❤️

www.gofundme.com/f/thekeythief

Donate to Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund, organized by Char C

Hi everyone! My name's Char and Jenn is one of my best friends :) Jenn's i… Char C needs your support for Help TheKeyThief Get Keys — Jenn's Housing Fund

www.gofundme.com

October 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM