ladyiolanthe
LightNews LightNews
banner
ladyiolanthe.bsky.social
ladyiolanthe
@ladyiolanthe.bsky.social
71 followers 95 following 220 posts
Magister of Museum Studies, nature lover, sometime artisan, and geek. She/her.
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
homemadehorrors.bsky.social
Use only ONE piece of art to convince folks to follow you. :D
#art #artdoll #handmade #furryart
A white stag art doll, prances. Its body is a soft ivory with a thicker mane and a brilliant blood red patch at its throat. Its antlers are multi-tined, and translucent with a soft blue shimmer. Inside, are two swirled drops of heart's blood red.
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
karinww.bsky.social
Sunday, November 23 - 10:30 AM
Alberta Legislature
Transgender Day of Remembrance rally

“We gather to honour those we’ve lost, to uplift our trans community, and to stand united in the face of harmful legislation and escalating attacks.
The UCP’s attacks won’t stand. Alberta is better than this.”
Image in trans colours with information on a trans support/anti-Bill 9 protest on Sunday Nov 3 at 10:30am at the Alberta legislature
November 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
davis.social
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
cinema_nasties 1d Al defenders are so embarrassing j.paulmonter 2h All you are saying is that you want to gatekeep creativity. That's not good. drachelbarr & 20h • •• Neuroscientist here... creativity is a process. A process. A FUCKING PROCESS. Not an output. Nobody is gatekeeping the process - Al simply invites you to skip to the end, to the output. Which, as mentioned, is not creativity. Nobody cares if the output is aesthetically pleasing, because the process, the act itself, the limitation of a single human mind and the resulting creations that capture that one single inimitable human experience... is what makes a creation worth paying attention
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
kristadb1.bsky.social
Edmonton's WILDNorth is having an auction!

WILDNorth covers Edmonton and all of Northern Alberta, helping injured and orphaned wildlife, providing vet care, emergency services, etc.

www.32auctions.com/organization...
2025 Fall Online WILD Auction
Silent auction '2025 Fall Online WILD Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
felipegaonar.bsky.social
I love this.
An exchange on twitter. controlla.xyz: If you hate Al you probably just hate art and expression It's an infinite mashup of all the best art ever made by humans lesliejandersonwriter: If you hate the juice at the bottom of a restaurant dumpster you just hate food and cooking. It's an infinite mashup of all the best food made by humans!
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
janette.bsky.social
A contrast to Platner’s Nazi tattoo:

www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/10/lase...
Laser clinic offers major discount to get rid of Harry Potter tattoos: "I hate JK Rowling" - LGBTQ Nation
"Around 16% of people regret getting a tattoo," the offer reads, "less than 1% of people regret gender affirming surgery.
www.lgbtqnation.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
karinww.bsky.social
🎃Edmonton friends! Get your spooky season started and support local music on Saturday Oct 25 at Montrose Hall! Choir & live band at 8pm, dancing at 10pm. Also tarot readings, and @trickweekes.bsky.social will be reading runes and “dice blessing/curse removal”. $30

www.astralprojects.ca/cthulhuchoir
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
jeremykaplowitz.com
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
longpig.bsky.social
And here are a couple I bought for myself; unironed because I am an animal (bear)
A hanging tea towel, folded over the handle of an oven door, showing a brown bear holding a seagull in its mouth A hanging tea towel, folded over the handle of an oven door, showing a repeating pattern of salmon in a tattoo art style, wrapped in a banner that says, 'swim, spawn, die'
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
longpig.bsky.social
More
mockup of a tea towel showing a brown bear and a small cub driving a convertible car with a salmon on the side. caption says 'Get in Loser, we're going Grazering' mockup of a tea towel showing a large brown bear with a crown, taking a nap. Caption reads, 'King Otis' mockup of a tea towel showing a repeating motif of salmon in a tattoo inspired art style, wrapped in a banner that says, 'swim, spawn, die' mockup of a tea towel showing a brown bear walking with a dead seagull in its mouth, with a caption that reads 'Wing Night'
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
longpig.bsky.social
Some mock ups (I can only put 4 in a post)
mockup of a tea towel showing a brown bear reclining with the caption, 'no pants, no problem' mockup of a tea towel showing a very large and fat brown bear with a scarred nose, captioned 'CHUNK' mockup of a tea towel showing a black and white high contrast image of a bear on its hind legs, with red lettering in the style of the 'Scarface' movie poster, that says 'Scarsnout' mockup of a tea towel with a pop art design of repeating, multicoloured bear heads
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
longpig.bsky.social
Alrighty gang! With the holidays approaching, I've decided to offer Fat Bear Tea Towels, for a limited time only! There are 8 different bear designs to choose from so far! I may be adding more, so check back later too!

saltwife.bigcartel.com
Saltwife Creations
saltwife.bigcartel.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
kithrup.bsky.social
I have decided to subscribe to bsky.app/profile/did:... and use it for blocking, not just muting. If there's ever a regime change, I'll reconsider, but right now I *do not want to see this fascist crap*.
October 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
mattfnwallace.bsky.social
Like it, love it, want more of it.
October 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
makkon.bsky.social
a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"
October 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
johannahodonnell.bsky.social
Hello! I'm a working artist/art instructor. I love painting cat portraits (and ST portraits). Open for commissions!
www.johannahodonnell.com
A painting of Spock from Star Trek: The Original Series, holding a black cat A painting of Data from Star Trek: the Next Generation, holding his orange Tabby, Spot
October 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
aidanmoher.com
A meme of an angry Don Draper saying, “That’s what the taxes are for.”
September 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
greatdismal.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
ladyiolanthe.bsky.social
Love this. This project started in my hometown just a few years ago.
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
Once unhoused, residents of this tiny home community are now entrepreneurs
A tiny home community in Fredericton offering safe and affordable housing to people who would otherwise be homeless is giving its residents a fresh start as entrepreneurs.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ladyiolanthe.bsky.social
Cool seeing Shan pop up on my feed - people used to mistake me for her when we both lived in the same city, ages ago. I didn't know she'd made a career writing, but am not at all surprised.
johnniejae.bsky.social Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · Sep 24
Join acclaimed horror writers Shane Hawk & Shantell Powell, and journalist Johnnie Jae, for a chilling exploration of Indigenous storytelling traditions in the horror genre.

This conversation will dive into how Indigenous horror reshapes the genre. Register at flights-of-foundry.org/registration/
Registration – Flights of Foundry
flights-of-foundry.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
susankayequinn.bsky.social
They've lost the 9yos
JA Westenberg @Daojoan@mastodon.social My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.” Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner Kiddo: that’s AI Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
cemurphy.bsky.social
holy carp, this is *incredible*
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ladyiolanthe.bsky.social
This is the way.
scottsantens.com Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · Sep 23
Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
For every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return The net cost of the BIA pilot went from €105m to under €72m due to tax generated and savings on social welfare payments It also finds that recipients’ arts-related income increased by over €500 per month on average, while their income from non-arts work decreased by around €280. Dependence on social protection declined, with recipients receiving €100 less per month on average, and 38 percentage points less likely to receive Jobseeker’s payments.
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
grackle.space
dudes rock
Tumblr post from every-lemon Sep 8 so my spouse is part of a weirdly intense but mostly benign men's workout group that meets at like, 5:30am outside every day, even in winter. they do a lot of burpees and lugging cinder blocks up hills and stuff. they take turns leading the workouts and tomorrow is his turn. I asked what he was planning. he handed me a sheet of William Carlos William poems from a large stack he'd printed. I said "what" and he explained, helpfully, "it's a William Carlos William themed workout." I asked what inspired it and he said "l've been planning this for months." Follow up tumblr post every-lemon Sep 9 it was a smash hit. a dozen guys showed up (more than usual). spouse brought a red wheelbarrow and they took turns bringing cinder blocks up the hill with it. then they broke up in teams and did a relay with an "icebox" (cooler filled with 40lbs of ice). at the end he opened the cooler to reveal it was full of beach plum lacroix and all the guys cheered. they drank sparkling water as he read 'approach of winter' out loud. he was home by 6:30am.
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by ladyiolanthe
womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Kimika Hara, contemporary Japanese embroidery artist #WomensArt
#September
Embroidery of sixteen different coloured and shaped toadstools on a reddisn background
September 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM