Ben Milne
@arcanistblackwood.bsky.social
25, 🏳️🌈Non Binary (They/Them)
Artist, Animator, TTRPG Enthusiast, VERY Amateur Musician
Occasional NSFW art 🔞
Artist, Animator, TTRPG Enthusiast, VERY Amateur Musician
Occasional NSFW art 🔞
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Ben Milne
@arcanistblackwood.bsky.social
· Aug 14
COMMISSIONS OPEN!!!
If you’d like to acquire some art made by yours truly, then go ahead and DM me with a request!
Any reposts are greatly appreciated, tell your friends!
If you’d like to acquire some art made by yours truly, then go ahead and DM me with a request!
Any reposts are greatly appreciated, tell your friends!
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#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#SaveSpeech
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
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LET'S GOOO AUSTRALIA
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)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
LET'S GOOO AUSTRALIA
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For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
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Its time to stop letting business men running game companies or any art related industries tbh...
Im sick of these gross old men whose brains only care about cutting cost to maximize profit without having any knowledge or respect to the art and its fanbase
Im sick of these gross old men whose brains only care about cutting cost to maximize profit without having any knowledge or respect to the art and its fanbase
Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC
The publisher is researching “Game QA Automation Technology” with the University of Tokyo…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Its time to stop letting business men running game companies or any art related industries tbh...
Im sick of these gross old men whose brains only care about cutting cost to maximize profit without having any knowledge or respect to the art and its fanbase
Im sick of these gross old men whose brains only care about cutting cost to maximize profit without having any knowledge or respect to the art and its fanbase
Just got back from seeing @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein in cinemas. The man has mastered the “gothic fairytale,” if you have the opportunity to see it on the big screen, please do so! You won’t be disappointed!!
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just got back from seeing @realgdt.bsky.social’s Frankenstein in cinemas. The man has mastered the “gothic fairytale,” if you have the opportunity to see it on the big screen, please do so! You won’t be disappointed!!
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"Under the guise of technological inevitability, companies are using the AI boom to rewrite the social contract — laying off employees, rehiring them at lower wages, intensifying workloads, and normalizing precarity. [...] AI is not the cause of the layoffs but their justification."
"Countering Big Tech will require a political project to reclaim democratic control over the use to which the products of human intelligence are being put." jacobin.com/2025/10/arti...
The AI Gold Rush Is Cover for a Class War
The tech giants behind the AI boom have become too big to fail and are using their position to mount an assault on labor.
jacobin.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Under the guise of technological inevitability, companies are using the AI boom to rewrite the social contract — laying off employees, rehiring them at lower wages, intensifying workloads, and normalizing precarity. [...] AI is not the cause of the layoffs but their justification."
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Need some commissions to make ends meet this month <3
COMMISSIONS OPEN!
Info: lustycomic.com/commissions
Contact: Lustycomic@gmail.com
I have 1 slot in my queue open at the moment!
Please share 💗💛💙
#commissions #commissionsopen #artcommissions #nsfw #nsfwart #tits #boobs #porn #hentai #ero #lgbtq #monsterfucker #furry #BDSM #tentacles
Info: lustycomic.com/commissions
Contact: Lustycomic@gmail.com
I have 1 slot in my queue open at the moment!
Please share 💗💛💙
#commissions #commissionsopen #artcommissions #nsfw #nsfwart #tits #boobs #porn #hentai #ero #lgbtq #monsterfucker #furry #BDSM #tentacles
October 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Need some commissions to make ends meet this month <3
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When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.
When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.
When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
When we write or draw porn or erotica, we get banned from having a bank account and our livelihoods get seized even if we give it away for free.
When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.
When billionaires steal what we've written or drawn to churn out a slop-approximate of porn, they're allowed to charge for it.
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The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The product is just dependence on mind poison. Study after study has shown people using GPT think they are more productive but are empirically not. It is just a button you press that delivers hits of dopamine completely unrelated to the world around you.
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I'm sad to see a lot of artists I know saying it's super hard to get sales. And it really is. So I wanna promote them here again.
Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.
Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.
I made a pack for non-US artists shops!
Let me know if you want to be added (with a shop link) or removed!
go.bsky.app/KgkXQns
Let me know if you want to be added (with a shop link) or removed!
go.bsky.app/KgkXQns
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm sad to see a lot of artists I know saying it's super hard to get sales. And it really is. So I wanna promote them here again.
Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.
Go check them out and buy or tip them if you can. This is the non-US shops list but I'll post other lists as well.
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the list of things that needs to be done to repair this country is extensive but high up on it is breaking the power of the tech lords
they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion
they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion
Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
the list of things that needs to be done to repair this country is extensive but high up on it is breaking the power of the tech lords
they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion
they are convinced they are untouchable feudal barons whose money allows them to dictate everyone else's life and they must be disabused of that notion
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Folks on here probably already know this but Asmongold is a part owner of Mad Mushroom games and OTK (who occasionally runs “direct” style showcases) - he’s no friend to the industry and his labels really ought to be fully shunned
October 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Folks on here probably already know this but Asmongold is a part owner of Mad Mushroom games and OTK (who occasionally runs “direct” style showcases) - he’s no friend to the industry and his labels really ought to be fully shunned
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Australians! Yall have 2 days left!
CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA!! y'all all have official petitions targetting paypros censorship!
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email!
CAN
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
AUS
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
IF YOU LIVE IN THESE COUNTRIES, SHARE THESE AROUND AND SIGN THEM ASAP. And verify by email!
CAN
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
UK
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
AUS
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Australians! Yall have 2 days left!
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Welcome to this year's #hardtober2025 challenge! This time with promo art by @lussluss-art.bsky.social
All information can be found on this page. Please let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help! :) Have fun!
uploads.spiridude.com/hardtober2025/
All information can be found on this page. Please let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help! :) Have fun!
uploads.spiridude.com/hardtober2025/
#hardtober2025
Welcome to the #hardtober challenge of 2025.
uploads.spiridude.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Welcome to this year's #hardtober2025 challenge! This time with promo art by @lussluss-art.bsky.social
All information can be found on this page. Please let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help! :) Have fun!
uploads.spiridude.com/hardtober2025/
All information can be found on this page. Please let us know if you have any questions. We are here to help! :) Have fun!
uploads.spiridude.com/hardtober2025/
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Rowling and Emma Watson's argument is painful to watch😢
Good-hearted transgender people never intend to hurt anyone else.
They just want to love who they want to love and live according to their soul's direction.
Chiitan stands by the hearts of good-hearted transgender people.
I love everyone
Good-hearted transgender people never intend to hurt anyone else.
They just want to love who they want to love and live according to their soul's direction.
Chiitan stands by the hearts of good-hearted transgender people.
I love everyone
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Rowling and Emma Watson's argument is painful to watch😢
Good-hearted transgender people never intend to hurt anyone else.
They just want to love who they want to love and live according to their soul's direction.
Chiitan stands by the hearts of good-hearted transgender people.
I love everyone
Good-hearted transgender people never intend to hurt anyone else.
They just want to love who they want to love and live according to their soul's direction.
Chiitan stands by the hearts of good-hearted transgender people.
I love everyone
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this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
It’s official: EA is going private.
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
The leveraged buyout will be financed by a staggering $20 billion of debt, which likely means some *aggressive* cost cutting is ahead for EA in the coming months and years.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
this business model should be flatly illegal
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
taking on a bunch of debt to buy a company and then burning the company to the ground to service that debt while paying yourselves huge fees is a purely destructive practice that has never once had a positive outcome
ban it completely
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i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content
September 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
i think this picture, from a public promo stream for a video games starring one of the most popular comic book characters of all time owned by the disney corporation, should be used on every single story about storefronts taking down lgbt content
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as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?
September 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
as a fan of noncon, dubcon and under/non-negotiated cnc this is honestly one of the most straightforward explanations of this i've ever read?
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what fucks me up about the Bluesky TOS update is fucking
every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO
every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
what fucks me up about the Bluesky TOS update is fucking
every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO
every adult creator i know wants MORE labels and filter options. we WANT more granular control over the labels and spoilers we can put on our work so people who want to curate their timeline to avoid us CAN DO SO
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A cis white man killed a cis white man and everyone in the world are catching heat for it except cis white men.
The FBI is preparing to label transgender people as “violent extremists” in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/fbi-readie...
FBI Readies New War on Trans People
“We’re looking at the entire web”
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A cis white man killed a cis white man and everyone in the world are catching heat for it except cis white men.
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LFG
BREAKING: Luigi Mangione scored a major legal victory on Tuesday as a judge dismissed the two top state charges against him: first-degree murder and second-degree murder, both of which prosecutors had argued were terrorism crimes. The ruling is already circulating under #FreeLuigi.
#healthcare
#healthcare
Judge dismisses two top charges against Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting
Man accused of killing Brian Thompson will not face state terrorism-related murder charges but others will stand
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:46 AM
LFG
Emma Frost, The White Queen
I’m so incredibly happy with how this piece turned out!!! She’s my favourite hero in rivals and I’ve been wanting to draw her for ages but couldn’t figure out a pose or idea for a piece that I actually liked, but luckily @trueref.bsky.social has amazing reference to use!
I’m so incredibly happy with how this piece turned out!!! She’s my favourite hero in rivals and I’ve been wanting to draw her for ages but couldn’t figure out a pose or idea for a piece that I actually liked, but luckily @trueref.bsky.social has amazing reference to use!
September 16, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Emma Frost, The White Queen
I’m so incredibly happy with how this piece turned out!!! She’s my favourite hero in rivals and I’ve been wanting to draw her for ages but couldn’t figure out a pose or idea for a piece that I actually liked, but luckily @trueref.bsky.social has amazing reference to use!
I’m so incredibly happy with how this piece turned out!!! She’s my favourite hero in rivals and I’ve been wanting to draw her for ages but couldn’t figure out a pose or idea for a piece that I actually liked, but luckily @trueref.bsky.social has amazing reference to use!