Mel -- (MonarchFisher)
@monarchfisher.bsky.social
Artist & Storyteller (HE/THEY). Disabled & Queer. Many a bard, often a cleric, never not worldbuilding.
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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Anyway hii
Uhh pls comment on artists/writers posts even if to you it doesn’t seem important to you
We really appreciate it and it means the world when someone actually does say they like it
It gives us confidence to continue creating btw
Yeah thanks
Uhh pls comment on artists/writers posts even if to you it doesn’t seem important to you
We really appreciate it and it means the world when someone actually does say they like it
It gives us confidence to continue creating btw
Yeah thanks
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Anyway hii
Uhh pls comment on artists/writers posts even if to you it doesn’t seem important to you
We really appreciate it and it means the world when someone actually does say they like it
It gives us confidence to continue creating btw
Yeah thanks
Uhh pls comment on artists/writers posts even if to you it doesn’t seem important to you
We really appreciate it and it means the world when someone actually does say they like it
It gives us confidence to continue creating btw
Yeah thanks
I've been to concerts quieter than my neighbors' frequent backyard parties.
I figured a middle-aged couple as neighbors was gonna be better but nope, they behave like college kids
I figured a middle-aged couple as neighbors was gonna be better but nope, they behave like college kids
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I've been to concerts quieter than my neighbors' frequent backyard parties.
I figured a middle-aged couple as neighbors was gonna be better but nope, they behave like college kids
I figured a middle-aged couple as neighbors was gonna be better but nope, they behave like college kids
When you don't care about human emotions or agency so you turn your dead mother into media for you to consume
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
When you don't care about human emotions or agency so you turn your dead mother into media for you to consume
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"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters
Kamala Harris criticized Joe Biden's Administration, saying they should have been more willing to publicly criticize Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza
The post ‘We Should’ve Done More’: Kamala Harris Slams Biden Admin Over Netanyahu Support and Praises Pro-Palestine Protesters first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"one day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this"
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Current state of the USA: invalidating trans people's passports because MAGA says trans people are a danger to children, while MAGA defends president pedophile because "15yos arent 8, it's different :-)"
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Current state of the USA: invalidating trans people's passports because MAGA says trans people are a danger to children, while MAGA defends president pedophile because "15yos arent 8, it's different :-)"
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I love snow, as much as I love painting it. #digitalart #noai
Unfortunately it isn't snowing much anymore as compared to 40 years ago.
Unfortunately it isn't snowing much anymore as compared to 40 years ago.
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I love snow, as much as I love painting it. #digitalart #noai
Unfortunately it isn't snowing much anymore as compared to 40 years ago.
Unfortunately it isn't snowing much anymore as compared to 40 years ago.
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Happy #PortfolioDay !
I'm an fantasy artist from Switzerland, doing art in my spare time.
I'm an fantasy artist from Switzerland, doing art in my spare time.
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Happy #PortfolioDay !
I'm an fantasy artist from Switzerland, doing art in my spare time.
I'm an fantasy artist from Switzerland, doing art in my spare time.
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A quick study of Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
I took some shrimperties 🦐
I took some shrimperties 🦐
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A quick study of Equestrian portrait of Louis XIV
I took some shrimperties 🦐
I took some shrimperties 🦐
Quote with your food themed art!
I think these qualify :')
I think these qualify :')
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Quote with your food themed art!
I think these qualify :')
I think these qualify :')
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Masking helps stop disabled people like me dying, being excluded from society, and avoids passing on this kind of preventable illness. But if that’s not worth the tradeoff for you, consider protecting yourself. Just think about if you really need your face uncovered while sat silently on a train
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Masking helps stop disabled people like me dying, being excluded from society, and avoids passing on this kind of preventable illness. But if that’s not worth the tradeoff for you, consider protecting yourself. Just think about if you really need your face uncovered while sat silently on a train
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It’s hard to describe the scale of loss and isolation of going from busy and active and healthy to being unable to live independently or do most things.
It's exhausting trying to talk about this, but covid is still around, and the most common cause of post-viral illness like mine--
It's exhausting trying to talk about this, but covid is still around, and the most common cause of post-viral illness like mine--
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s hard to describe the scale of loss and isolation of going from busy and active and healthy to being unable to live independently or do most things.
It's exhausting trying to talk about this, but covid is still around, and the most common cause of post-viral illness like mine--
It's exhausting trying to talk about this, but covid is still around, and the most common cause of post-viral illness like mine--
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I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
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My process of painting sometimes is like:
1. Sketch, values, maybe some colors
2. ??????????
3. Finished
1. Sketch, values, maybe some colors
2. ??????????
3. Finished
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
My process of painting sometimes is like:
1. Sketch, values, maybe some colors
2. ??????????
3. Finished
1. Sketch, values, maybe some colors
2. ??????????
3. Finished
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Bumping this as a reminder NYT leans hard on revenue from their puzzles, games, Wirecutter etc to fund their billionaire apologist headlines, contrarian Op-Ed take havers, and iffy/yikes livetweeting style of journo
Alternatives to NY Times Games & Puzzles 🧵
If it bothers you that your passive games subscription and clicks to the NYT Games cartel is funding their awful OpEd army and "journalism," there are a wealth of puzzle/game options less iffy/yikes complicit, and many are direct clones to your NYT faves.
If it bothers you that your passive games subscription and clicks to the NYT Games cartel is funding their awful OpEd army and "journalism," there are a wealth of puzzle/game options less iffy/yikes complicit, and many are direct clones to your NYT faves.
November 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Bumping this as a reminder NYT leans hard on revenue from their puzzles, games, Wirecutter etc to fund their billionaire apologist headlines, contrarian Op-Ed take havers, and iffy/yikes livetweeting style of journo
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This is the thing that I think troubles me the most about the refusal to mask and clean the air.
The downsides are minimal. The payoff is massive.
The only thing standing in the way is comfort and convenience.
The downsides are minimal. The payoff is massive.
The only thing standing in the way is comfort and convenience.
“Well everyone else was doing it too” is never a worthy excuse. Just because practically no one masks or keeps up with the alarming science on COVID doesn’t exempt everyone from responsibility.
#MaskUp and protect yourself and others. In the future, you’ll be glad you did.
#MaskUp and protect yourself and others. In the future, you’ll be glad you did.
November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is the thing that I think troubles me the most about the refusal to mask and clean the air.
The downsides are minimal. The payoff is massive.
The only thing standing in the way is comfort and convenience.
The downsides are minimal. The payoff is massive.
The only thing standing in the way is comfort and convenience.
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One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
Lot of people are already passing this around with the usual "WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING" shrieks, while ignoring the fact that the article literally says that this is a *significant* decrease from the warming that we were on track for even a few years ago.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
One of the many reasons we have to fight the rise of the far right is the risk they pose to undoing the progress we *have* made.
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Artists Meeting Artists
June 16, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Artists Meeting Artists
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Happy 10th, you magnificent freakshow.
#TheFinalPam
#TheFinalPam
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Happy 10th, you magnificent freakshow.
#TheFinalPam
#TheFinalPam
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My fellow Europeans, I'm once again asking you to write or call your EU representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. They're essentially selling our sensitive data to companies, effectively destroying our privacy and risking our digital well-being.
Check the site!
fightchatcontrol.eu
Check the site!
fightchatcontrol.eu
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
My fellow Europeans, I'm once again asking you to write or call your EU representatives and tell them this is unacceptable. They're essentially selling our sensitive data to companies, effectively destroying our privacy and risking our digital well-being.
Check the site!
fightchatcontrol.eu
Check the site!
fightchatcontrol.eu
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Personally I don't think it's OK to say "I'm not interested in politics, I just want to live my life", because it means you're asking others to hold the line against people who would destroy you.
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Personally I don't think it's OK to say "I'm not interested in politics, I just want to live my life", because it means you're asking others to hold the line against people who would destroy you.
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Desecrated Grounds
Acrylic on panel (original sold)
Acrylic on panel (original sold)
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Desecrated Grounds
Acrylic on panel (original sold)
Acrylic on panel (original sold)
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November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM