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MechanicalBrain
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Mechanical engineer and aspiring artist. 34, he / him / hey nerd. Webcomic definitely coming eventually probably
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garethwatkins.bsky.social
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
MJ: Peter, get OFF the internet! Peter: NO! I'm almost ENJOYING my anger!
August 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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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
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
Airplant bloomed!
Six tillandsia airplants clustered together in a red china bowl on a black table. The largest is blooming, its leaves flushed pink and two delicate tube-shaped flowers emerging from the center.
August 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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tracyking.bsky.social
8) Nothing worth achieving can be done without crossing an ocean of cringe. Kill your fear of cringe.
August 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
Rest in peace, Jim Lovell. Thank you for teaching me that we go to heaven when we're born. Fair winds and following seas.
August 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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jjakala.bsky.social
I already thought this pencil portrait Jack Kirby did of his wife Roz was great but then I read the caption: "A drawing of Mrs. Kirby done, from memory, on the back of a piece of German stationery picked up off a dead enemy soldier." DAAAAMMMMNNN!
THE MISSUS — MY GORGEOUS BABE — DRAWN IN A FOXHOLE Feb. '44 France
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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nedroid.com
In my experience there are three kinds of fantasy magic novels:
"There are three kinds of magic," said Wizzler, handing us each a balloon. "You can control tigers, you can shoot tornadoes from your fingers, or you can fly by holding your breath. The color of confetti inside your balloon will reveal which kind of power you have." I felt the panic rising in me. What if my confetti turned yellow, indicating that I was a Tiger-Talker? My family, a long line of proud Tornado-Fingers, would disown me. Could I ever return home, bearing such shame? I tried to calm myself as I readied the ceremonial safety pin. Green, I thought, willing my hopes into reality. Please be green. I popped the balloon, involuntarily shutting my eyes. When I opened them, would I see the green I hoped for? The yellow I feared? What if, gods forbid, the confetti were blue? I opened my eyes, seeing shock on the faces of my classmates. Wizzler himself stared at me, wide-eye. Looking down, I saw myself covered in confetti... purple confetti. “I don’t understand,” I growled, my body trembling with pain. “I combined eighty percent Earth-elemental mana with twenty percent Fire-elemental mana (Type B), focused through a twenty-four-sided icositetragon made of yellow topaz. This, in conjunction with my blood type, star sign, sense of humor, and nickname, should have produced a blazing column of lightning to vaporize my enemies. Instead, it made a big bubble that smells like fresh laundry. Why?” Skullgrumbler began to laugh. “You fool! You don’t even realize…” he squealed. “You’re facing east!” “It’s whatever you want,” explained Magemaster Grampledog. “Magic is just whatever you want.” I knew he was speaking in riddles, but I couldn’t grasp his hidden meaning. “So the rules are…” Grampledog lit a sliver of smokereed. “No rules. You say some words and you wave a stick and whatever you want just happens. You don’t even need the stick.” His wisdom still eluded me. I stared into his face, trying to decipher what he was really saying. “No, listen.” Grampledog snapped his fingers and his desk turned into a pile of chicken nuggets. “I didn’t even know that would happen.” His hat then came alive and began to yodel. “It’s pandemonium,” he explained. “It’s complete nonsense.”
July 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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samgavin.com
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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aliiwa.bsky.social
there are only two moods as an artist
July 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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osaka.zone
where does internet come from?

the answer may surprise you
June 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
My educational background: mechanical engineering

My art background: lol, lmao even

What this means: I can rotate shapes in my head all day but I do not know what a color is
June 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
How do you like your coffee?
feat. the blorbos
#makeaterriblecomicday2025
How do you like your coffee? Panel 1: Infernus HOT. That's not what- As hot as possible. (mug: FIRE CHIEF) Panel 2: Shade Black. (mug: DON'T TALK TO ME) Panel 3: Psy-ko (wordlessly opens a 2L bottle of GAMER SAUCE) Panel 4: Star (pouring sugar and creamer in with reckless abandon) (from offscreen:) Ok, sweetie. Taylor, that's enough. Taylor! #makeaterriblecomicday2025 (mechanicalbrain)
June 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
that’s MISTER Sparkle Eyebrows to you, buddy
Microscope shot of the face of a Eupholus weevil, displaying his exquisitely sparkly eyebrows
April 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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tonikopantoja.bsky.social
A bro short I did a while back about artists that pursue NSFW lewd art. Pokes fun at the stigma, the money you can “make” doing it, and the skills needed for it. Not as funny as the sketchbook bros short, but still had fun boarding it!
May 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
what makes NYC one of the greatest cities in the world in the same way London and mumbai are is that nothing ever fazes the people in these places. A guy dressed as a rat carrying a slice of pizza bigger than the average child? Sidestep, take the railing go about your day and never think of it again
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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adwills.bsky.social
"what's your writing process like?"

my writing process:
May 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
i promise you that every person who makes comics started out by "just making a comic." it was probably kinda bad and yours will be too. but the reason it's the advice everybody gives is that it's the only advice we really CAN give, /until you've made a comic/
May 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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centuriichan.bsky.social
the first conspiracy.
May 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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weheart.games
I've never seen "running government like a business is bad, actually" illustrated as plainly and clearly as this:
Screenshot of a post from weaselle from Jun 18, 2024: I've said it before and i'll say it again: what we want is for these things to be run like a HOUSEHOLD... a home. A household still has a budget and an income and resources to manage; all the moving parts are the same but the focus is different. A business will let every person in it die a terrible death if it makes the business profit. A household will spend it's last dollar to keep the people in it safe and healthy. A household will use money as a resource to add value to the lives of the people in the household. A business will use people as a resource to add monetary value to the business. We don't want a government run like a business, we want a country run like a household. Because we live here.
May 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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megsyv.bsky.social
Mega Bonus Points for this too:
March 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM
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deoxy-diamond.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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valdevia.art
HAHAHAH IT WORKED!
Google search for "what is ai engorgement" AI Overview: In the context of Al, "engorgement" refers to a situation where an Al model becomes overloaded with incorrect or misleading information during its training process, leading to a degradation in its ability to produce accurate or logical outputs. This "overfilling" of the model with misinformation can cause it to generate nonsensical results or exhibit unexpected, bizarre behaviors...
May 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
mechanicalbrain.bsky.social
A watcher...

The heroes of this setting are by and large Not Having a Great Time. It's a tough job.

#oc #ocart #ocsky #superhumanhero #angeleye
Character sheet of a petite woman with pale skin and light blonde hair. Her left eye is blue, and her right eye is multicolored and iridescent. She weara a white supersuit with blue accents, goggles, and a quadrotor-inspired helipack on her back. She appears discontent. Alias: ANGEL EYE Name: Madison Ward Age: 2 Height: 5'2" Ability: Hypervision (Right Eye) Smile: Unconfirmed Affiliation: AEGIS Status: Active Role: Support (Spotter)
May 2, 2025 at 3:29 AM