your pal livali
@livali.bonyfish.net
(rhymes with "evilly) noted bog entity
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I wrote up my own experiences with Hiveworks in more detail on tumblr, if folks are interested in reading: https://gothwestern.tumblr.com/post/805585721190760448/the-hiveworks-artist-guild-statement-on-hiveworks
gothwestern.tumblr.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I wrote up my own experiences with Hiveworks in more detail on tumblr, if folks are interested in reading: https://gothwestern.tumblr.com/post/805585721190760448/the-hiveworks-artist-guild-statement-on-hiveworks
This friend was me! They gave me a choice of Kickstarter or Hive's own platform and didn't advise me that choosing their platform would isolate me from the discoverability of Kickstarter's ecosystem.
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✨ Star ✨ (@thestarfishface.bsky.social)
I remember having to personally coach a friend through how to advertise a crowdfunding campaign after Hiveworks staff completely dropped the ball in half a dozen ways. It still makes me livid years later. I was rejected from HW early in Castoff’s run, and it feels like I dodged a major bullet.
bsky.app
January 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This friend was me! They gave me a choice of Kickstarter or Hive's own platform and didn't advise me that choosing their platform would isolate me from the discoverability of Kickstarter's ecosystem.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bnxq7erlfozprjrtcuwvjakd/post/3mcallukbac2o
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While not in HW myself, I have close personal friends who have been affected by many of the things listed here, and have heard numerous other stories from those who spent time with the company.
Worth the read, and please support the artists/writers affected.
Worth the read, and please support the artists/writers affected.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
While not in HW myself, I have close personal friends who have been affected by many of the things listed here, and have heard numerous other stories from those who spent time with the company.
Worth the read, and please support the artists/writers affected.
Worth the read, and please support the artists/writers affected.
My last day of data entry and the database has been down for like half an hour, so I've just been getting paid to watch youtube videos and knit.
January 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
My last day of data entry and the database has been down for like half an hour, so I've just been getting paid to watch youtube videos and knit.
(Context: Holly is crocheting a shawl)
Me: "It grows in breadth and power..."
Holly, pleasantly: "Like a fungus."
Me: "It grows in breadth and power..."
Holly, pleasantly: "Like a fungus."
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
(Context: Holly is crocheting a shawl)
Me: "It grows in breadth and power..."
Holly, pleasantly: "Like a fungus."
Me: "It grows in breadth and power..."
Holly, pleasantly: "Like a fungus."
It's 12:40am, which of course means that I want to knit several sweaters and draw several pictures and code a website but instead I am curled up in bed fighting in vain against the melatonin I took and my early alarm.
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
It's 12:40am, which of course means that I want to knit several sweaters and draw several pictures and code a website but instead I am curled up in bed fighting in vain against the melatonin I took and my early alarm.
For someone who doesn't read much omegaverse fic, I end up in a lot of situations where I have to explain omegaverse fic to people.
January 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
For someone who doesn't read much omegaverse fic, I end up in a lot of situations where I have to explain omegaverse fic to people.
Holly is very unsettled by my shaven face. They're stroking my cheek while tremulously singing the "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" song from Sweeney Todd.
January 2, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Holly is very unsettled by my shaven face. They're stroking my cheek while tremulously singing the "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" song from Sweeney Todd.
Shaved my beard for the new year and Holly says that without facial hair I look "even more like a startled woodland creature"
January 1, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Shaved my beard for the new year and Holly says that without facial hair I look "even more like a startled woodland creature"
We tried to find a chill New Year's countdown and the one Holly found appears to currently be showing a montage of notable people who have died this year
January 1, 2026 at 4:56 AM
We tried to find a chill New Year's countdown and the one Holly found appears to currently be showing a montage of notable people who have died this year
"It's much easier than switching to Linux." - Holly, on picking up crochet
January 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"It's much easier than switching to Linux." - Holly, on picking up crochet
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modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
modesty laws prevented showing even one lousy frame of John Waters' PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) in the trailer, so the only footage in it is of people reacting to a screening they just came out of. every single type of extant queer person is contained in the specific sequences I have selected here
Greetings people of bluesky. The bridge is active once more, so I can deliver to you my important message: catboys
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Greetings people of bluesky. The bridge is active once more, so I can deliver to you my important message: catboys
Me: "Good news, I found a free open source tool I can use to redact this PDF."
Holly, languidly: "You're a free open source tool."
Holly, languidly: "You're a free open source tool."
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Me: "Good news, I found a free open source tool I can use to redact this PDF."
Holly, languidly: "You're a free open source tool."
Holly, languidly: "You're a free open source tool."
Everyone at the vet's office loves my sweet and darling cat so much, the vet came in to let me know that the bloodwork was taking longer than usual because everyone had to stop and coo over her.
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Everyone at the vet's office loves my sweet and darling cat so much, the vet came in to let me know that the bloodwork was taking longer than usual because everyone had to stop and coo over her.
One of those days where I feel perpetually inches away from wearing my computer monitor as a fashionable Elizabethan ruff collar.
December 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of those days where I feel perpetually inches away from wearing my computer monitor as a fashionable Elizabethan ruff collar.
Taking out the recycling during a wind advisory, you know what that means. [I float by like Mary Poppins but instead of an umbrella I am held aloft by an IKEA Sortera recycling bin]
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Taking out the recycling during a wind advisory, you know what that means. [I float by like Mary Poppins but instead of an umbrella I am held aloft by an IKEA Sortera recycling bin]
Thank u to Square Enix for my Chanukah present (FFXIV patch 7.4)
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thank u to Square Enix for my Chanukah present (FFXIV patch 7.4)
Holly, as we're in city traffic: "I don't think that Honda Civic was being very Honda civil."
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Holly, as we're in city traffic: "I don't think that Honda Civic was being very Honda civil."
The Kroger took a break from playing Christmas music to put on Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" and I respect the hell out of that
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Kroger took a break from playing Christmas music to put on Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" and I respect the hell out of that
have you made time to think about catboys today? (tip: thinking about catgirls works just as well)
December 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
have you made time to think about catboys today? (tip: thinking about catgirls works just as well)
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debuff: whatevr this is
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
debuff: whatevr this is
One of those days where it is at the forefront of my mind that my data entry job only exists because of a series of intractable and compounding inefficiencies at every level requiring a small fleet of human brains to manually untangle
December 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One of those days where it is at the forefront of my mind that my data entry job only exists because of a series of intractable and compounding inefficiencies at every level requiring a small fleet of human brains to manually untangle
sighs like a very old dog settling down on the couch
December 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
sighs like a very old dog settling down on the couch