✨bootleg aphrodite✨
@minzemage.bsky.social
miniaturist and human mimic | they/them
live from the underside of the sink 🖌
#minipainting | #cleoposting
live from the underside of the sink 🖌
#minipainting | #cleoposting
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some recent(ish) minis i finished, figured i should have something more than just my cat to show for myself here 🤔 #miniatures #minipainting
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The condition of our housing market is “Rich people are too rich and poor people are too poor.”
As it happens, that’s the root of a lot of problems in our society.
As it happens, that’s the root of a lot of problems in our society.
“Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Nearly 1,900 affordable Portland apartments sit empty while thousands need homes
“Even affordable rents are too high,” one affordable housing provider told The Oregonian/OregonLive.
www.oregonlive.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The condition of our housing market is “Rich people are too rich and poor people are too poor.”
As it happens, that’s the root of a lot of problems in our society.
As it happens, that’s the root of a lot of problems in our society.
gulliver successfully re-shot 🎯
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
gulliver successfully re-shot 🎯
shot down gulliver's UFO for the first time in this town on my lunch right before i had to go back to work and my DS died between then and when i finally got home............... cruel hateful world
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
shot down gulliver's UFO for the first time in this town on my lunch right before i had to go back to work and my DS died between then and when i finally got home............... cruel hateful world
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To
More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.
www.wsj.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”
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Finished commission for Liz! Thank you for your continued support!!
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Finished commission for Liz! Thank you for your continued support!!
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boar’s head products are basically biohazards at this point lol
“Grated cheese sold under four brands has been recalled at various stores nationwide, including Walmart, Sam’s Clubs and Target, after testing found listeria.
The Ambriola Company’s FDA-posted recall notice said the recall is limited to grated Pecorino Romano cheese”
Boar’s Head among cheese brands in listeria recall from Walmart, Target, others
The recall is limited to grated Pecorino Romano cheese made at a New Jersey facility.
www.mcall.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
boar’s head products are basically biohazards at this point lol
i need there to be new terms for wavy/curly haircare because "plopping" sounds like something you should be telling your doctor about
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
i need there to be new terms for wavy/curly haircare because "plopping" sounds like something you should be telling your doctor about
forgot how fossils are almost impossible to find in ww sometimes, this is evil
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
forgot how fossils are almost impossible to find in ww sometimes, this is evil
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No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
Is John Carpenter’s THE THING A Christmas Movie? Have Your Say
Should John Carpenter's THE THING be officially classified as a Christmas movie? Let your voice be heard!
dlvr.it
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
No. The Thing is a movie about a bunch of people who all distrust and hate each other trapped in one building as the tension between them slowly builds until it reaches a breaking point. It's a Thanksgiving movie.
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The new Ursula K. Le Guin exhibition at Oregon Contemporary is a sprawling love note to Portland's most far-out visionary.
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
Oregon Contemporary’s Le Guin Exhibition: Earthsea Maps, Cat Drawings, and a Full-Scale Reproduction of Her Writing Room
A Larger Reality: Ursula K. Le Guin isn’t a typical exhibition. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin wasn’t a typical artist. Curated by her son, Theo Downes-Le Guin, the new show installed at Oregon Contemporary i...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The new Ursula K. Le Guin exhibition at Oregon Contemporary is a sprawling love note to Portland's most far-out visionary.
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
The exhibition compiles her hand-drawn maps, and features a reproduction of her NW Thurman writing room... plus doodles of cats!!
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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What's happened to book covers is simple:
The title has to be READABLE on a thumbnail image on a phone to make a sale. It has to look good in black and white.
Which means san serif fonts in bright colors in large type with wide spacing/kerning over a dark background.
The title has to be READABLE on a thumbnail image on a phone to make a sale. It has to look good in black and white.
Which means san serif fonts in bright colors in large type with wide spacing/kerning over a dark background.
The thing I find very odd is how little most authors seem to care about their book’s covers, & not just ones that have been created with AI
If you want to make a case for the decline & fall of civilisation then comparing older book covers -especially sci-fi/fantasy- to modern ones is a good start
If you want to make a case for the decline & fall of civilisation then comparing older book covers -especially sci-fi/fantasy- to modern ones is a good start
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Wilson said it was also upsetting for the production and design team, who had worked hard on the books."
I would have thought "working hard" might involve bothering to get an actual cover artist to do actual art for the covers but that's just me
"Wilson said it was also upsetting for the production and design team, who had worked hard on the books."
I would have thought "working hard" might involve bothering to get an actual cover artist to do actual art for the covers but that's just me
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What's happened to book covers is simple:
The title has to be READABLE on a thumbnail image on a phone to make a sale. It has to look good in black and white.
Which means san serif fonts in bright colors in large type with wide spacing/kerning over a dark background.
The title has to be READABLE on a thumbnail image on a phone to make a sale. It has to look good in black and white.
Which means san serif fonts in bright colors in large type with wide spacing/kerning over a dark background.
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
when you have to trust the process but the process sucks 💀
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
when you have to trust the process but the process sucks 💀
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"Ma.K. tamagawa meeting 14"
Maschinenkrieger exhibition.
Nov. 2025.
My work "Hide & Seek" 1/35 scale.
先日開催のマシーネンクリーガーの展示会、
#タマミー ことMa.K. tamagawa meeting。
私も参加してきました。
とりあえず今日は自分の展示作だけ…
"かくれんぼう" 1/35スケール。
#scalemodel #模型 #プラモデル #プラモ
#maschinenkrieger #マシーネン
#modelbuilding #マシーネンクリーガー
#ジオラマ
Maschinenkrieger exhibition.
Nov. 2025.
My work "Hide & Seek" 1/35 scale.
先日開催のマシーネンクリーガーの展示会、
#タマミー ことMa.K. tamagawa meeting。
私も参加してきました。
とりあえず今日は自分の展示作だけ…
"かくれんぼう" 1/35スケール。
#scalemodel #模型 #プラモデル #プラモ
#maschinenkrieger #マシーネン
#modelbuilding #マシーネンクリーガー
#ジオラマ
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Ma.K. tamagawa meeting 14"
Maschinenkrieger exhibition.
Nov. 2025.
My work "Hide & Seek" 1/35 scale.
先日開催のマシーネンクリーガーの展示会、
#タマミー ことMa.K. tamagawa meeting。
私も参加してきました。
とりあえず今日は自分の展示作だけ…
"かくれんぼう" 1/35スケール。
#scalemodel #模型 #プラモデル #プラモ
#maschinenkrieger #マシーネン
#modelbuilding #マシーネンクリーガー
#ジオラマ
Maschinenkrieger exhibition.
Nov. 2025.
My work "Hide & Seek" 1/35 scale.
先日開催のマシーネンクリーガーの展示会、
#タマミー ことMa.K. tamagawa meeting。
私も参加してきました。
とりあえず今日は自分の展示作だけ…
"かくれんぼう" 1/35スケール。
#scalemodel #模型 #プラモデル #プラモ
#maschinenkrieger #マシーネン
#modelbuilding #マシーネンクリーガー
#ジオラマ
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SNAP recipients have to provide documentation, be interviewed, frequently recertify, and are subject to onerous restrictions and made to jump through hoops.
Yet we’re accused of fraud and our lives threatened by people who provide not one shred of evidence.
Yet we’re accused of fraud and our lives threatened by people who provide not one shred of evidence.
They are already downsizing (not rightsizing) SNAP via back door administrative means. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-big-be...
Rollins on why Americans will have to reapply for SNAP: "Clearly there's a right-sizing that needs to happen. The unintended consequence of the Democrat shutdown is now the spotlight has been shined on and we have to make sure we're able to make sure it's going to the right people."
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
SNAP recipients have to provide documentation, be interviewed, frequently recertify, and are subject to onerous restrictions and made to jump through hoops.
Yet we’re accused of fraud and our lives threatened by people who provide not one shred of evidence.
Yet we’re accused of fraud and our lives threatened by people who provide not one shred of evidence.
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anything that makes someone findable in any way by contact information that can be obtained outside this platform is a doxxing risk and a danger to DV survivors and anyone who has ever been stalked. no one uses phone numbers for contacts anymore anyway.
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
anything that makes someone findable in any way by contact information that can be obtained outside this platform is a doxxing risk and a danger to DV survivors and anyone who has ever been stalked. no one uses phone numbers for contacts anymore anyway.
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freaking epic that's what
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
freaking epic that's what
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The quiet of the snow. ‘Northern Lights & Taubanesentralen’ 16”W x 12”H x 16”D Mixed media: polymer clay, wire, foam, fabric, wood, brass, copper, chipboard and found objects. Available if interested: www.rednosestudio.com/puppets/nort...
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The quiet of the snow. ‘Northern Lights & Taubanesentralen’ 16”W x 12”H x 16”D Mixed media: polymer clay, wire, foam, fabric, wood, brass, copper, chipboard and found objects. Available if interested: www.rednosestudio.com/puppets/nort...
for the first time since 2005, my wild world town has a shampoodle and i can finally change my hair 🙏 as an isolated kid i had no idea the last nook store upgrade required someone else to come to your town and buy something, so....................
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
for the first time since 2005, my wild world town has a shampoodle and i can finally change my hair 🙏 as an isolated kid i had no idea the last nook store upgrade required someone else to come to your town and buy something, so....................
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homeowners associations are so annoying. what do you mean the incessant noise pollution from lawn care 200 times a week is preferable to growing ecologically beneficial and pretty wild grasses and flowers. shut the fuck up!!!! i hope whoever invented leaf blowers is rotting in hell!!!
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
homeowners associations are so annoying. what do you mean the incessant noise pollution from lawn care 200 times a week is preferable to growing ecologically beneficial and pretty wild grasses and flowers. shut the fuck up!!!! i hope whoever invented leaf blowers is rotting in hell!!!
if i had a dollar for every time i've walked into a villager's house in wild world and they were just blair witching it in the upper left corner of the room, i could probably buy a second cartridge
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
if i had a dollar for every time i've walked into a villager's house in wild world and they were just blair witching it in the upper left corner of the room, i could probably buy a second cartridge
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I finished her and she is so darling
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I finished her and she is so darling