Valerie Herron
@valerieherronart.bsky.social
PNW based illustrator of the mythic, the macabre, and the absurd. She/her. Support Human Artists. Anti-fascist, anti-racist.
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Mystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
Mystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
www.valerieherron.com
Hi, folks! I’ve received some new followers lately. I do plan to start posting here primarily from now on. In the meantime, you can check out my work on my website: www.valerieherron.com
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Don’t pirate books! And if you do, stfu about it and stop pretending it’s some kind of moral or Marxist or revolutionary stance. Just be brave and own the fact that you don’t care that you are a thief who doesn’t care about artists.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Don’t pirate books! And if you do, stfu about it and stop pretending it’s some kind of moral or Marxist or revolutionary stance. Just be brave and own the fact that you don’t care that you are a thief who doesn’t care about artists.
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Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Anyway please enjoy this pumpkin I saw yesterday
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that getting vaccinated against shingles- a painful and debilitating condition that can flare up years after infection from varicella zoster virus- not only LOWERS the risk of infection, but can also PROTECT against Alzheimer’s disease!
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People have accused my macro photos of being AI which is such a bummer. Like yeah man bugs and crabs are weird but they really do act like that. That’s why nature is cool. AI has ruined weird little guy photography.
The amount of people I see harassing real artists and even wildlife photographers with accusations of AI is genuinely disheartening, and sadly this is just the beginning
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM
People have accused my macro photos of being AI which is such a bummer. Like yeah man bugs and crabs are weird but they really do act like that. That’s why nature is cool. AI has ruined weird little guy photography.
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Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely cannot wait to bust down the doors for a drink made by a company whose unionized workers are on strike in a store that doesn’t want to hire minorities anymore.
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So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
November 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
So I say this as a proud academic labor union member who believes deeply in the importance of tenure to the academic mission:
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
FIRE
LARRY
SUMMERS
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Del Toro not only saying "fuck AI," but putting his money where his mouth is by commissioning several original paintings for Frankenstein.
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Del Toro not only saying "fuck AI," but putting his money where his mouth is by commissioning several original paintings for Frankenstein.
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A girl from the Medici family in 1545. Don't know who she is but I've always liked her. By Agnolo Bronzino, who was born on this day in 1503.
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A girl from the Medici family in 1545. Don't know who she is but I've always liked her. By Agnolo Bronzino, who was born on this day in 1503.
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It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for.
We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Happy Birthday Sandahl Bergman! ⚔️
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy Birthday Sandahl Bergman! ⚔️
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the average salary of tens of thousands of games industry professionals is actually now $0, hope that clears things up
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the average salary of tens of thousands of games industry professionals is actually now $0, hope that clears things up
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La Resistencia invites community members to show up and demand that King County Airport's Vision 2045 Airport Plan include the end of ICE deportation flights in our county!
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
La Resistencia invites community members to show up and demand that King County Airport's Vision 2045 Airport Plan include the end of ICE deportation flights in our county!
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
#AbolishICE #AbolishGEOGROUP #ChingaLaMigra #ShutdownNWDC #FreeThemALL
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When multiple supernova explosions and stellar winds combine, you get something super!
Below is a raku vase inspired by the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble, where smoke, flame, and drifting starlight meet on clay.
#space #astronomy #pottery
Below is a raku vase inspired by the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble, where smoke, flame, and drifting starlight meet on clay.
#space #astronomy #pottery
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When multiple supernova explosions and stellar winds combine, you get something super!
Below is a raku vase inspired by the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble, where smoke, flame, and drifting starlight meet on clay.
#space #astronomy #pottery
Below is a raku vase inspired by the Orion–Eridanus Superbubble, where smoke, flame, and drifting starlight meet on clay.
#space #astronomy #pottery
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🎶 I’m feeling great unease
Demand for food, fuel, and feed
And also wood, it seems
It’s leading to a great land squeeze
With all the love from me
With all the dyin' trees, I scream
The angels in my dream, yeah
Have found solutions like these, yes please 🎶
Demand for food, fuel, and feed
And also wood, it seems
It’s leading to a great land squeeze
With all the love from me
With all the dyin' trees, I scream
The angels in my dream, yeah
Have found solutions like these, yes please 🎶
How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore
By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...
www.wri.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
🎶 I’m feeling great unease
Demand for food, fuel, and feed
And also wood, it seems
It’s leading to a great land squeeze
With all the love from me
With all the dyin' trees, I scream
The angels in my dream, yeah
Have found solutions like these, yes please 🎶
Demand for food, fuel, and feed
And also wood, it seems
It’s leading to a great land squeeze
With all the love from me
With all the dyin' trees, I scream
The angels in my dream, yeah
Have found solutions like these, yes please 🎶
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
Happy Exploding Whale Day, everyone
55 years ago today, the Oregon State Highway Division had a whale of a problem on its hands. How it solved it is the stuff of legends.
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
In other words: Happy Exploding Whale Day!
The Exploding Whale: An infamous moment in Oregon history creates a strangely beloved icon
YouTube video by KATU News
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November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy Exploding Whale Day, everyone
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Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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i love when public radio tells me about omens and portents
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans? n.pr/3WNy2KL
Wait, what? A RAT caught and ate a BAT? And there's video! What does it portend?
Scientists filmed bats to see how they communicate while swarming. They found a surprise: In urban settings, rats attack bats. What are the implications for bats ... and virus spread to humans?
n.pr
November 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
i love when public radio tells me about omens and portents
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Cyber Fuc*ed.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
April 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Cyber Fuc*ed.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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#OtD 5 Nov 1916 at least five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union were massacred by police and bosses' thugs in Everett, WA, after a ship carrying union members from Seattle was fired on. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
#OtD 5 Nov 1916 at least five members of the revolutionary Industrial Workers of the World union were massacred by police and bosses' thugs in Everett, WA, after a ship carrying union members from Seattle was fired on. More in our podcast: workingclasshistory.com/2018/12/02/e...
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2025 so far🔥 With one more book to come.
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
2025 so far🔥 With one more book to come.
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
This has been our most ambitious, heartburn-y year so far, & only most of it was self-induced.
But no one died. That's key.
If you missed any of these badass titles, well you know they're gonna be Weird. Hail the Tenebrous Cult.
store.tenebrouspress.com
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November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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time to step away from the starbucks drinks, y’all. do not cross the picket line.
unions are how we fight back. corporate monopolies are heavily consolidated right now. it’s a large part of why prices are high and wages are low.
unions are how we fight back. corporate monopolies are heavily consolidated right now. it’s a large part of why prices are high and wages are low.
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
time to step away from the starbucks drinks, y’all. do not cross the picket line.
unions are how we fight back. corporate monopolies are heavily consolidated right now. it’s a large part of why prices are high and wages are low.
unions are how we fight back. corporate monopolies are heavily consolidated right now. it’s a large part of why prices are high and wages are low.