jodyvanb
@jodyvanb.bsky.social
Watercolour Artist/Illustrator. Nerd. Night Owl. She/Her
Shop: jodyvanb.etsy.com
Email: edwardsjody@hotmail.com
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Email: edwardsjody@hotmail.com
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jodyvanb
@jodyvanb.bsky.social
· Jul 29
Dr.Teeth, taking a moment. “I see I’ve attracted some wanderin’ admirers.” #Muppets
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
Christ, just had a mutual’s post come across the timeline where they were encouraging using A.I. to “extend“ scenes in a film. By all means,feed your beloved film into the plagiarism machine and ignore the decisions made by Ivan Reitman and László Kovács that made it what it was.
WTF
WTF
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Christ, just had a mutual’s post come across the timeline where they were encouraging using A.I. to “extend“ scenes in a film. By all means,feed your beloved film into the plagiarism machine and ignore the decisions made by Ivan Reitman and László Kovács that made it what it was.
WTF
WTF
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
I’m sorry, but this just unlocked a memory for me.
When I was a kid, my Aunt told us that girls don’t “fart”, they “fluff”. Guess I haven’t used that word in many MANY years.
When I was a kid, my Aunt told us that girls don’t “fart”, they “fluff”. Guess I haven’t used that word in many MANY years.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I’m sorry, but this just unlocked a memory for me.
When I was a kid, my Aunt told us that girls don’t “fart”, they “fluff”. Guess I haven’t used that word in many MANY years.
When I was a kid, my Aunt told us that girls don’t “fart”, they “fluff”. Guess I haven’t used that word in many MANY years.
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The shipping company this auction uses knows what’s up. Cowabunga!
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The shipping company this auction uses knows what’s up. Cowabunga!
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Oh no, another cursed John Byrne drawing of a child
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Oh no, another cursed John Byrne drawing of a child
We still have our “land-line” for our home number and lately I’ve just been answering it by picking up and going, “Ghostbusters”.
It’s old school, no call-display, so I don’t know WHO is going to be on the other end, but that’s half the fun.
The 18yo was home for lunch when the phone rang.
It’s old school, no call-display, so I don’t know WHO is going to be on the other end, but that’s half the fun.
The 18yo was home for lunch when the phone rang.
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We still have our “land-line” for our home number and lately I’ve just been answering it by picking up and going, “Ghostbusters”.
It’s old school, no call-display, so I don’t know WHO is going to be on the other end, but that’s half the fun.
The 18yo was home for lunch when the phone rang.
It’s old school, no call-display, so I don’t know WHO is going to be on the other end, but that’s half the fun.
The 18yo was home for lunch when the phone rang.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
If you see this, post your bird art.
They didn’t call me “The Feather Girl” for nothin’
They didn’t call me “The Feather Girl” for nothin’
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
If you see this, post your bird art.
They didn’t call me “The Feather Girl” for nothin’
They didn’t call me “The Feather Girl” for nothin’
We’re getting our first snow of the season. The koi pond in the backyard is covered up until Spring.
November 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’re getting our first snow of the season. The koi pond in the backyard is covered up until Spring.
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Cowabunga! This was the first set I had the privilege of writing creative text for, and I’m so excited I can finally talk about it. So much fun to dip my toe back into the world of TMNT, and contributing to Magic: The Gathering has been a dream! 🍕🐢 #MTGxTMNT
magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Cowabunga! This was the first set I had the privilege of writing creative text for, and I’m so excited I can finally talk about it. So much fun to dip my toe back into the world of TMNT, and contributing to Magic: The Gathering has been a dream! 🍕🐢 #MTGxTMNT
magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
magic.wizards.com/en/news/feat...
Just went and got two of the snow shovels from the garden shed, which means we won’t actually get the snow they’re predicting.
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just went and got two of the snow shovels from the garden shed, which means we won’t actually get the snow they’re predicting.
If you have A.I. art in your banner or profile pic, you get the block. Thems the rules.
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If you have A.I. art in your banner or profile pic, you get the block. Thems the rules.
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Pterosauria tree (vintage edition) ~ 🦅🌳
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Alongside my ‘black edition’, I have also tested how my pterosaur illustration would look with a ‘vintage’ natural history illustration background’
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What do you guys think? Which version do you prefer? The black or vintage background?
#paleoart
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Alongside my ‘black edition’, I have also tested how my pterosaur illustration would look with a ‘vintage’ natural history illustration background’
.
What do you guys think? Which version do you prefer? The black or vintage background?
#paleoart
November 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Pterosauria tree (vintage edition) ~ 🦅🌳
.
Alongside my ‘black edition’, I have also tested how my pterosaur illustration would look with a ‘vintage’ natural history illustration background’
.
What do you guys think? Which version do you prefer? The black or vintage background?
#paleoart
.
Alongside my ‘black edition’, I have also tested how my pterosaur illustration would look with a ‘vintage’ natural history illustration background’
.
What do you guys think? Which version do you prefer? The black or vintage background?
#paleoart
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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it's a secret so don't tell anyone, but I painted an orange last year
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
it's a secret so don't tell anyone, but I painted an orange last year
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The competition show offers LGBTQ+ players the chance to be complex, strategic, vulnerable, and victorious. Also: it's camp as hell.
Why Is Survivor So Queer? - Pop Heist
The competition show offers LGBTQ+ players the chance to be complex, strategic, vulnerable, and victorious. Also: it's camp as hell.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The competition show offers LGBTQ+ players the chance to be complex, strategic, vulnerable, and victorious. Also: it's camp as hell.
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Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Teens need access to COVID vaccinations to help prevent Long COVID as well as acute COVID infection.
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
➡️New study shows 36% reduction in Long COVID for teens who had been vaccinated prior to infection. buff.ly/oaW4SIA
#medsky #pedsky 🛟😷🧪
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Important thread
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Important thread
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Always a breathtaking view,from the brink. #NiagaraFalls
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Always a breathtaking view,from the brink. #NiagaraFalls
The Nikola Tesla statue in Niagara Falls needs a pigeon.
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Nikola Tesla statue in Niagara Falls needs a pigeon.
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Remember, artists: when people say, “I’d buy a print of this,” they don’t mean it. That sentence itself is just a weird compliment that rarely converts to an actual print sale. It’s like if someone ate a very good hot dog and then said, “I could eat 10,000 of these right now.”
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Remember, artists: when people say, “I’d buy a print of this,” they don’t mean it. That sentence itself is just a weird compliment that rarely converts to an actual print sale. It’s like if someone ate a very good hot dog and then said, “I could eat 10,000 of these right now.”