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Lucy Knisley

@lucyknisley.bsky.social

I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.

A painted pink, black and white sign that reads:
To Do

Build community
Shop small and local
Speak up and speak out
Practice empathy
Protect the vulnerable
Give to good causes
Care for the earth
Be brave and loving
Investigate
Read and listen
Abide no fascism

November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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Meredith McClaren

@iniquitousfish.bsky.social

A small black and white comic. The comic shows me in four stages.

At the beginning I am lurched over in my office chair, prepared to work hard. A speech bubble says: 'Okay. Time to lock in and-.' My cat's head is peeking up from around my lap.

In the second part, my cat has started to crawl into my space. I look down at her, but am still distractedly saying: 'Time to lock-'

In the third part my cat is starting to make herself comfortable on my chest, where she likes to be. I am succumbing, looking off in the distance saying: 'To-'

By the fourth section, I have fully surrendered. She is sleeping on chest. It's all over.

November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM

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Sarah Lund

@plaidcushion.bsky.social

Hello all! My cat needs a bunch of tests and realistically probably treatment and i do not currently have a job. please help us out and get some cool art in the process!

September 19, 2025 at 6:26 AM

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer

@shingworks.com

Going to the library fucking rules. You can walk in and pick your favorite things and then walk right out without paying anything. It's unbelievable and 100% the kind of thing that won't exist in the future unless you recognize the goodness now before it's too late

Jen @ladyjenpool.bsky.social · Aug 12

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

August 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM

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Daniel José Older

@djolder.bsky.social

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM

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George

@hannahtempler.com

"ai is inevitable" no you are just a weak coward

May 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM

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Abz-J-Harding ☾

@abzjharding.bsky.social

A David Lynch quote for every creative person who may need it today.

It resonated with me when I came across it reading it in Lynch on Lynch.

" No, it wasn't. What makes you worry about things like that is when you start thinking about what certain people might say about it later. Because you're not really sure what they might say. And if you start worrying, you could make some really strange decisions based upon that worry. The work isn't talking to you any more; this worry is talking to you. And you become paralysed. So the trick is: you've got to forget making a hero or a fool of yourself and just try to get into that world. and if you can do that, and you feel good about the decisions that you make, then you can weather whatever good or bad storm comes along. " - David Lynch in 'Lynch on Lynch'.

May 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM

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addi 🦖

@clambatch.bsky.social

i love making stickers

February 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM

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Kim Myatt⁷

@ysvyri.bsky.social

Go make the art you’ve always wanted to make. Write the stories you’ve been dreaming of. Sing your heart out. Pick up an instrument & play. Do the things you’ve been holding back on because you’re worried about what others might think. Just do it. Do it now. Life is short. Life is precious. Please.

January 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM

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Jiikae

@jiikae.com

I wish more creatives would promote how improving your quality of life will drastically help your art

Instead of people sacrificing their quality of life to work on their art

January 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM

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Neal 🏳️‍⚧️

@verdantsculpts.bsky.social

Rampant art theft, inflation, gen AI, incoming tariffs and possible privatization of the USPS…there are a lot of forces working against independent artists. Your support is more important than ever before.

Liana ✦ commissions open @herssian.bsky.social · Dec 16

friends, please remember to support your favorite artists in the coming year if you have the means to. sharing their work, commissions, patreon, anything helps; things have been rough for literally every single one of us. i've been seeing artists get burnout in alarming numbers the last six months

December 17, 2024 at 4:13 AM