Hephaestus
@thinkingsideways.bsky.social
Just a random stranger on the Internet trying hard to be the person who my dog thinks I am.
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Battle Princess
Painting study
Painting study
February 1, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Battle Princess
Painting study
Painting study
My beloved wife and I were at Trader Joe's this afternoon. We had the pleasure of watching a woman who was exactly the sort of character who Catherine O'Hara would have played.
Weaponized cluelessness layered with haughty stiffness.
Weaponized cluelessness layered with haughty stiffness.
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
My beloved wife and I were at Trader Joe's this afternoon. We had the pleasure of watching a woman who was exactly the sort of character who Catherine O'Hara would have played.
Weaponized cluelessness layered with haughty stiffness.
Weaponized cluelessness layered with haughty stiffness.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
The best wine that I've ever had was the house wine in a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Here’s a topic outside the news.
What’s the most unlikely place you’ve ever had the best particular food or drink you’ve ever had?
Like, not the best steak at the world’s top steakhouse. Something weirder.
Best burger I’ve ever had? Fresno airport.
Best cup of coffee? Crater Lake Lodge.
What’s the most unlikely place you’ve ever had the best particular food or drink you’ve ever had?
Like, not the best steak at the world’s top steakhouse. Something weirder.
Best burger I’ve ever had? Fresno airport.
Best cup of coffee? Crater Lake Lodge.
January 15, 2026 at 6:54 PM
The best wine that I've ever had was the house wine in a hole-in-the-wall pizza joint in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
How to Legally Protect People in Your Home from ICE | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
Get more from Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland on Patreon
www.patreon.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
ICE agents love to wave around paper that looks official. Most of it is a scam — administrative forms signed by ICE supervisors, not real judicial warrants signed by judges. Let's go through what that scam paper looks like versus a real judicial warrant.
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‘Dueling Banjos’
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
‘Dueling Banjos’
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
A silly thing I painted 11 years ago and apparently haven’t posted here before
Just my semi-occasional reminder that Anne is not just an illustrator. She also does book and magazine layout, business identities, and all of the other bits and bobs that a professional or small business needs.
She's smart and great to work with. You won't regret it.
She's smart and great to work with. You won't regret it.
Hello #PortfolioDay!
I'm Anne, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Germany. I'm looking for work primarily in publishing, with artists, writers, musicians, and small businesses!
✉️ hello@inkythoughtsart.com
🌐 inkythoughtsart.com
I'm Anne, a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Germany. I'm looking for work primarily in publishing, with artists, writers, musicians, and small businesses!
✉️ hello@inkythoughtsart.com
🌐 inkythoughtsart.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Just my semi-occasional reminder that Anne is not just an illustrator. She also does book and magazine layout, business identities, and all of the other bits and bobs that a professional or small business needs.
She's smart and great to work with. You won't regret it.
She's smart and great to work with. You won't regret it.
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@ my self-pub authors out there, is there an actual need for professionally designed/laid out book interiors i.e. for paperback publishing? like, is that an item you'd be willing to spend some money on?
January 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
@ my self-pub authors out there, is there an actual need for professionally designed/laid out book interiors i.e. for paperback publishing? like, is that an item you'd be willing to spend some money on?
I want to play in the campaign that ends with this boss battle. This is brilliant.
Done. How much chaos can I cram into a painting? All of it. First image created at @helioscopepdx.bsky.social
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
"The Encounter", 12"x18" acrylic on panel. #elricofmelnibone #AdventureAtSea #redsonja #octopus #tallships #helioscopepdx
January 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I want to play in the campaign that ends with this boss battle. This is brilliant.
May your season be well greeted, regardless of what you believe or how you celebrate.
Happiness is not a zero-sum game; another person's joy shouldn't reduce your own. Take care of yourself and each other.
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s
Happiness is not a zero-sum game; another person's joy shouldn't reduce your own. Take care of yourself and each other.
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s
White Wine In The Sun (2021) by Tim Minchin: BACK
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
May your season be well greeted, regardless of what you believe or how you celebrate.
Happiness is not a zero-sum game; another person's joy shouldn't reduce your own. Take care of yourself and each other.
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s
Happiness is not a zero-sum game; another person's joy shouldn't reduce your own. Take care of yourself and each other.
youtu.be/x1rw1fx170s
I'll say it again, if you're not hiring Inky to do your illustrations, it's your own fault when people mock your publications. She's talented and professional.
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'll say it again, if you're not hiring Inky to do your illustrations, it's your own fault when people mock your publications. She's talented and professional.
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Attack on Weathertop.
Frodo attempts, and fails, to resist the Ring as the Nazgul close in. I love finding atypical moments like this to illustrate!
Will of the Ring
14" x 11" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper
Frodo attempts, and fails, to resist the Ring as the Nazgul close in. I love finding atypical moments like this to illustrate!
Will of the Ring
14" x 11" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Attack on Weathertop.
Frodo attempts, and fails, to resist the Ring as the Nazgul close in. I love finding atypical moments like this to illustrate!
Will of the Ring
14" x 11" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper
Frodo attempts, and fails, to resist the Ring as the Nazgul close in. I love finding atypical moments like this to illustrate!
Will of the Ring
14" x 11" Watercolor Pencil and Chalk on Toned Paper
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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Let's get #ArtAdventCalendar rolling!
It's December 1 somewhere right now.
Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40in 81x102cm
Oil on Canvas
2019
#Art #Painting
It's December 1 somewhere right now.
Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40in 81x102cm
Oil on Canvas
2019
#Art #Painting
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Let's get #ArtAdventCalendar rolling!
It's December 1 somewhere right now.
Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40in 81x102cm
Oil on Canvas
2019
#Art #Painting
It's December 1 somewhere right now.
Saskatchewan Supercell 32x40in 81x102cm
Oil on Canvas
2019
#Art #Painting
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
## Important
Do not use Google Lens to identify medications. The AI results are wrong.
This used to be very reliable, taking you to websites with images and the correct information, but now it's AI slop.
Do not use Google Lens to identify medications. The AI results are wrong.
This used to be very reliable, taking you to websites with images and the correct information, but now it's AI slop.
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
## Important
Do not use Google Lens to identify medications. The AI results are wrong.
This used to be very reliable, taking you to websites with images and the correct information, but now it's AI slop.
Do not use Google Lens to identify medications. The AI results are wrong.
This used to be very reliable, taking you to websites with images and the correct information, but now it's AI slop.
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Decided to do yesterday's meditation sketch in colored pencil.
"Argethea the Wonderer" (now in Technicolor)
"Argethea the Wonderer" (now in Technicolor)
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Decided to do yesterday's meditation sketch in colored pencil.
"Argethea the Wonderer" (now in Technicolor)
"Argethea the Wonderer" (now in Technicolor)
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Making camouflage nets for the War Department, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, Calif. Dorothea Lange, 1942
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Making camouflage nets for the War Department, Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, Calif. Dorothea Lange, 1942
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
In 1942, Lange was commissioned to photograph the U.S. Government’s imprisonment of Japanese Americans. Her negatives were impounded by the Army; she did not see them until 1964.
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Hey US-ians (and anyone else who wants to brave high shipping costs)!
#INPRNT has a major sale going on so if you want some quality art prints of mine, now is the time to grab some!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/inky...
#prints #PrintSale
#INPRNT has a major sale going on so if you want some quality art prints of mine, now is the time to grab some!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/inky...
#prints #PrintSale
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hey US-ians (and anyone else who wants to brave high shipping costs)!
#INPRNT has a major sale going on so if you want some quality art prints of mine, now is the time to grab some!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/inky...
#prints #PrintSale
#INPRNT has a major sale going on so if you want some quality art prints of mine, now is the time to grab some!
www.inprnt.com/gallery/inky...
#prints #PrintSale
Paisley was 18 years and 1 month old on VE Day. Thatcher was 19.5 years old.
I'll gladly piss on their graves, but not for this reason.
I'll gladly piss on their graves, but not for this reason.
Rather enjoy those old Remembrance Sunday photos of Callaghan and Heath with their wartime service medals which highlight how the two flag-wavers next to them, Paisley and Thatcher, while old enough to have earned some themselves, had none.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Paisley was 18 years and 1 month old on VE Day. Thatcher was 19.5 years old.
I'll gladly piss on their graves, but not for this reason.
I'll gladly piss on their graves, but not for this reason.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Some more sketches from FACTS
November 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Some more sketches from FACTS
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We say:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
November 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We say:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
AI is theft
Diversity promotes innovation
If you won't fix this planet, you don't deserve a new one
There is no such thing as a "self-made man"
Extremes of wealth encourage madness
Reject terror
Defy censors
Remember, you are here:
As a San Diego Wave FC supporter, I extend my admiration to the Valkyries for their position.
We may cheer for different teams, but we share the same values.
We may cheer for different teams, but we share the same values.
The Angel City Valkyries strongly condemn the op-ed piece from Elizabeth Eddy yesterday. We call on Angel City FC and the NWSL to take swift and forceful action against this despicable rhetoric.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
As a San Diego Wave FC supporter, I extend my admiration to the Valkyries for their position.
We may cheer for different teams, but we share the same values.
We may cheer for different teams, but we share the same values.