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KiraD
@aeskah.bsky.social
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Queer artist(2D/3D), slush reader, engineer, and writer... She/Her, and cat-slave to many cats
AO3: http://tinyurl.com/yab8xo74 (active KH fanfic)
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aeskah.bsky.social
Good set of thoughts in the linked article. Sums up some of the 'critiques' I've seen in video game spaces over the last few years.

Also helps clarify my utter dislike of CinemaSins, etc.
eddierobson.bsky.social Eddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 6d
The paragraph about TV Tropes is spot on. I can't bear that approach to criticism where the main aim seems to be asserting superiority to the work. People who'll identify an influence and be like "Ah, rumbled!" episodes.ghost.io/art-criticis...
You are not smarter than the art you critique
Here's my best advice for young critics: Don't presume you know better.
episodes.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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indivisible.org
Next week, join us in hitting pause on buying from corporations that enable Trump’s fascist agenda: weaintbuyingit.com?utm_source=b...
(above images of the Target, Amazon, and Home Depot logos that have been crossed out) We Ain't Buying It Target Companies This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration's biased attacks on DEl; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts.
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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obsofdeviance.bsky.social
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy

A collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the nonprofit Dust-to-Digital Foundation

laist.com/news/arts-an...
Thousands of rare American recordings — some 100 years old — go online for all to enjoy
The project, which will include some 50,000 songs from private record collections, is a collaboration between UC Santa Barbara and the Dust-to-Digital Foundation.
laist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
aeskah.bsky.social
The part that got me was this, quote: "some companies using AI may still be unfamiliar with the expectation of informed consent and the concept of data sovereignty."

*deep breaths*

Look. I realize the internet makes everything 'feel' free. It's not.
nabelew.bsky.social nabelew @nabelew.bsky.social · Nov 15
This is a good article about data sovereignty, AI grift, the marginalization of Indigenous languages, and how these and many other things converge to wreak superfluous harm on Indigenous communities.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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stinasdemons.com
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy

(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
HEADLINE: CREATIVE WORKS CAN NO LONGER BE MINED BY AI WITHOUT CONSENT IN AUSTRALIA NEW REGULATIONS PROTECT ARTISTS' RIGHTS IN THE AGE OF AI
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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kellydmcc.bsky.social
This all the way to the bone marrow. Find things that bring you joy and cling to them like the life preserver they are in the stormy seas of our present moment in history.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Nov 8
I saw someone on my timeline shaming someone else for posting about college football in a time like this.

Folks, if we're going to survive a time like this, we're going to need to avoid burning out from an attitude of 24/7 vigilance and constant outrage.

Let people find joy where they can, please.
November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
aeskah.bsky.social
Be savage about the joy you find each day, kiddos. This fucking timeline is trying to break us. Be determined to punch it in the face with a shit-eating grin and fistful of flowers.

Make life take the lemons back.
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
aeskah.bsky.social
Making some delightful re-finds of blue bird account holders I used to follow here in the 'sky. Glad to have a semblance of my old feed back.
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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marissavu.bsky.social
Last hours!!! At $22,500, we unlock drabble submissions with drabbleking & editor, the wonderful @kaidelmas.bsky.social ! Currently at $21,249 ~ so close!!
apexmag.bsky.social Apex Magazine and Book Company @apexmag.bsky.social · Oct 30
Our Kickstarter ends in just 24 HOURS! This is your LAST CHANCE to shop our catalogue of new ebooks, author critiques, and exclusive merch before it's gone for good. Check the 🧵 to see our full selection!

Thank you all for supporting another year of Apex. 🖤👽

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
Cow piloting a UFO. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 24 HOURS Next Stretch Goal: $1,294 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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silverpebble2.bsky.social
If you’re struggling with uncertainty, low mood, struggling to like yourself today or are just exhausted & overwhelmed by everything, hey, me too, you’re not alone-this photo’s for you and your brain. Sending love 🌿
A collection of flowers I grew in my garden in the East of England, arranged as a rainbow on a chipped black enamel box.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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apexmag.bsky.social
It finally feels like autumn in our neck of the woods, and you know what that means — our Kickstarter exclusive hoodie has arrived! 🧥✨

Bundle up in our 2026 design, featuring an eco-inspired take on our iconic alien head logo 🍄🌿👽 Available only on Kickstarter! ⬇️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
"KS Exclusive Hoodie" A black zip-up hoodie with a small upper righthand design, and a larger back design, both in white. Details of the back design: the Apex alien head logo mid-decay, one side blooming with mushrooms and ferns, the other side melting away. On top of the design reads: "STRANGE - SURREAL - SHOCKING - BEAUTIFUL" A closeup of the right breast-pocket design: A celestial Hercules beetle on top of the text: "APEX MAGAZINE"
October 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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coleskiiiiii.bsky.social
shit ain’t over til it’s over
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
This entire article was a really good read for this Monday morning

www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Near the start of the second Trump administration, a friend sent me a story I was not familiar with from World War II. I was dealing with my own issues of despair and feelings of futility and pointlessness, and my friend thought this might help. It concerns a B-17 pilot whose plane was shot up over Nazi Germany. The bomber was hit directly in the gas tank, not once but numerous times, but for some reason the tank did not explode. The pilot felt blessed by God. After an investigation, it was revealed that the shells that hit the gas tank had no explosive charge in them. Instead, inside one was a note, written in Czech. It read: “This is all we can do for you now.” It might be that all we can do right now is to harass and document ICE’s goons as they try to kidnap and abduct people from our block, or courthouse, or house of worship. It might be that all we can do right now is to make sure the trans kid is invited to the birthday party, and cheer for them as loudly as we’d cheer for our own children when they get a hit in the game. It might be that all we can do right now is to call our congressperson so often that their constituent manager knows our name. But doing all we can do right now to oppose this regime is, frankly, the least that should be expected of us.
September 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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rsagarcia.bsky.social
THIS ALL DAY.

When I was coming up in writing, I learned 2 things from my elders.

Cream rises to the top. You never have to worry about losing out if you're always trying to be your best self.

There's always room at the top. Readers read more than one writer. Someone's success won't hurt yours.
September 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
aeskah.bsky.social
Look, sometimes you have a day where you just need to sit and listen to the soundtrack to A Goofy Movie three times in a row, okay?
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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frankstrong.bsky.social
“This is who the 5th Circuit is harassing: a mom of four with a Diet Coke in her hand, doing this while her kids are at school. This fight is everyone’s—it belongs to every individual American.” Great quote from my fierce colleague @laneyhawes.bsky.social

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Home Field Advantage
These grassroots advocates uphold the freedom to read on their local turf.
www.publishersweekly.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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ianmcque.bsky.social
Generative art tools
Pencils, sharpened
August 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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amybrown.xyz
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
aeskah.bsky.social
It appears I joined (old) Twitter and made my first post on Jan 24, 2011. There was more on there than I expected to see.

/1
November 15, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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xtop.bsky.social
PSA: you have six days to pull off any big heists and/or capers currently on your to-do list before bisexual visibility month negates all cloaking spells
August 25, 2023 at 9:31 PM
aeskah.bsky.social
As appropriate, first post on a new social media must begin with cats.
It's a blessing (or a warding) of a sorts now, I think.

Anyway, here's Widget.
Long-haired black cat named Widget sitting on a cat tree and looking at the camera
August 21, 2023 at 6:29 PM