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Morgan Bryn Lees
@larkaloke.bsky.social
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they/them | comic creator, writer, artist | races karts and in iRacing

Webcomic (complete!): cornerthemaze.net
Website: morganbrynlees.com
Newsletter/blog: https://scattered-leaves.ghost.io/
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andrecarrington.bsky.social
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
One panel comic with one person saying to another: Philip K Dick, Ray Bradbury. Like so many others in tech, I draw inspiration from completely misunderstanding those authors
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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nataliebsketching.bsky.social
Support us dry dry humans
A two-panel comic drawing. The first panel says “why use water-hungry AI…”, accompanied by an abstract drawing of a dark cloud extending fingers into Earth or water. The second panel says “when you can support dehydrated artists?”. The image is of a skull next to a paintbrush and a palette. The skull says “we’re very low impact”.
December 2, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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abegoldfarb.bsky.social
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Scene from OFFICE SPACE with Michael Bolton replying to Samir Nagheenanajar: “No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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priver.dev
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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emilylorange.bsky.social
a meme showing two men, one (RGB) in vibrant blue, magenta and yellow about to be stabbed, and the other (CYMK) in the same colors desaturated, about to stab him
November 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Update on Scattered Leaves (my newsletter/blog, where I post a variety of things usually about once a month, including updates on what I'm doing)
Getting Back in the Swing of Things
After some hitches (including a rather literal run-in with a deer on the way back to Michigan once), I'm all moved and settled in Chicago and slowly I'm getting back into things. I've had to spend mor...
scattered-leaves.ghost.io
November 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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brandonlionhearted.bsky.social
Relearning how to social media again. But luckily, still been chipping away at Autumn Wing Chapter 7 (albeit much slower than usual for me). Here's a lil preview for the cover and first few pages XD #autumnwingcomic #webcomics #spiderforest
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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ernie.tedium.co
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Update November 22. We’ve updated this article after realising we contributed to a perfect storm of misunderstanding around a recent change in the wording and placement of Gmail’s smart features. The settings themselves aren’t new, but the way Google recently rewrote and surfaced them led a lot of people (including us) to believe Gmail content might be used to train Google’s AI models, and that users were being opted in automatically. After taking a closer look at Google’s documentation and reviewing other reporting, that doesn’t appear to be the case. Gmail does scan email content to power its own “smart features,” such as spam filtering, categorisation, and writing suggestions. But this is part of how Gmail normally works and isn’t the same as training Google’s generative AI models. Google also maintains that these feature settings are opt-in rather than opt-out, although users’ experiences seem to vary depending on when and how the new wording appeared. It’s easy to see where the confusion came from. Google’s updated language around “smart features” is vague, and the term “smart” often implies AI—especially at a time when Gemini is being integrated into other parts of Google’s products. When the new wording started appearing for some users without much explanation, many assumed it signalled a broader shift. We’ve revised this article to reflect what we can confirm from Google’s documentation, as it’s always been our aim to give readers accurate, helpful guidance.
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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queermedieval.bsky.social
a world without trans people has never existed and never will
a medieval style digital drawing of an androgynous brown-skinned knight on horseback on a hill, stabbing a long gold spear into a blue dragon on the ground. the knight has a gold halo behind their head and wears a suit of silver armor with a nonbinary flag striped tunic and a trans flag as a cape. their horse is white, with blue tack with trans pride trim. there is black gothic text at the top and bottom of the image reading “A world without trans people has never existed and never will.” there’s an ornate pale blue border around the image, filled with pink and blue scrollwork, gold hearts filled with colorful flowers, a smiley bat, two smiley moles, and two smiling frogs holding up trans flags.
April 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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eigenvogel.bsky.social
"It's not my goddamn planet! Understand, monkey-boy?"
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
The union is asking that you not patronize any Starbucks, even ones that aren't unionized, for the duration! Time to find your new favoriteocal coffee shop. To donate to their strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Ithenrael studying in the tower library at night, gold pseudodragon near.

#rpgcharacter #art #fantasy
A pale elf with silvery hair and gold eyes, wearing a dark mage robe, studies at a table in a library tower at night, a gold-scaled pseudodragon at their side.
November 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket
tlecaque.bsky.social Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · Oct 13
Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.
October 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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elisecutts.bsky.social
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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spiderforest.bsky.social
We're ready to go for SPX Day 1! Our creators are in the B and J islands this year, be sure to give us a visit and support our work!

#spx #smallpressexpo
SpiderForest Webcomic Collective at SPX 2025 - B6a, B2, and J5-6 are circled with highlights to various webcomics
September 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: key lime or cherry
Best ice cream: coffee or maybe mint/fudge swirl
Best donut: plain with dark chocolate frosting
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: cheesecake
Best other: chocolate mousse
goingmedieval.bsky.social Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · Sep 13
Everything is awful so why not?

Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: pumpkin
Best ice cream: butter pecan or just really really high quality vanilla
Best donut: old fashioned
Best bar: lemon
Best cake: coconut
Best other: sticky toffee pudding
anxiousrage.blacksky.app Anxious Rage @anxiousrage.blacksky.app · Sep 13
Dessert mode ACTIVATE:

Best pie: Sweet Potato
Best ice cream: Butter Pecan or Salted Caramel
Best donut: Devil's food
Best bar: Lemon
Best cake: Carrot
Best other: Reese's PB cups
September 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Vethryn (one of my BG3 characters) with Astarion.

#art #rpgcharacter #bg3
A dark elf with purple-grey skin, ruby red eyes, and pink-tinged short hair in demonic armor and red cloak stands with another elf - Astarion, with pale skin, red eyes, and short white hair in leather - behind him putting a hand on his shoulder and whispering in his ear.
September 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Ëarilin (one of my MERP characters) enjoying some time at sea under the stars.

#art #rpgcharacter
An elf with pale skin and light blond hair perches on the mast of a ship holding a map, against a starry sky above the sea.
September 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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tadethompson.bsky.social
Did you or a family member once reside in Innsmouth?

Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA?

You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit.

Email: Obed@MarshDagon.net and attach results of the DNA test.

(We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)
September 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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nyazsche.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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merriam-webster.com
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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gaxix.bsky.social
Shin Godzilla シン・ゴジラ
July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
larkaloke.bsky.social
Started this a while ago now, but finally got around to finishing it; Vesper Thorne (my Dragon Age: Veilguard character) resting with Davrin and Assan in the forest.

#dragonage #art #veilguard
Two elves and a griffon rest in a forest glade; one of the elves is Davrin from Dragon Age: Veilguard, the other is pale skinned, dressed in Grey Warden garb, and has shaggy black shoulder-length hair.
August 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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octowillow.bsky.social
Nonagesimus !!

#tlt #thelockedtomb #harrowtheninth
August 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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remmukh.bsky.social
Imrryr, The Dreaming City
July 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM