⟡ Karen ⟡
@opalstone.design
🤓 Graphic & Web Designer
🩷 Art, video games, music, nature, astronomy
☀️ California
Need professional design or have questions? DM or email me!
🩷 Art, video games, music, nature, astronomy
☀️ California
Need professional design or have questions? DM or email me!
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⟡ Karen ⟡
@opalstone.design
· Feb 2
#promosky looking for moots 😊
❤️ I’m Mexican/Japanese
💞 Human rights
📚 Reading & learning
🖼️ Art events, museums
📼 Anime (Studio Ghibli, Cowboy Beebop, Cyberpunk)
🎮 Tech & video games
🎵 EDM, ambient, classical, emo/alt, indie, reggae
🌌 Astronomy, astrophysics
🌄 Nature, hiking, camping
❤️ I’m Mexican/Japanese
💞 Human rights
📚 Reading & learning
🖼️ Art events, museums
📼 Anime (Studio Ghibli, Cowboy Beebop, Cyberpunk)
🎮 Tech & video games
🎵 EDM, ambient, classical, emo/alt, indie, reggae
🌌 Astronomy, astrophysics
🌄 Nature, hiking, camping
Hi everybunny! It’s been a while since I’ve visited bsky. My mental health has been going through it due to politics, and not finding work. I’ve been hiding under a rock but need to climb on out or else it’ll get worse during Winter 🥲 Gotta keep fighting the good fight.
September 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hi everybunny! It’s been a while since I’ve visited bsky. My mental health has been going through it due to politics, and not finding work. I’ve been hiding under a rock but need to climb on out or else it’ll get worse during Winter 🥲 Gotta keep fighting the good fight.
I missed getting a San Diego comic-con ticket but I’m still going to go and have fun finding things to do outside/nearby. Going to try and do an Elaina from Lazarus fit 😌
May 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I missed getting a San Diego comic-con ticket but I’m still going to go and have fun finding things to do outside/nearby. Going to try and do an Elaina from Lazarus fit 😌
I love old MySpace graphics so I made this :p I’ve seen them be called preppy signs but I’m not sure if it’s even the right term :D
May 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I love old MySpace graphics so I made this :p I’ve seen them be called preppy signs but I’m not sure if it’s even the right term :D
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Evolution of the Photoshop Toolbar 0.63 – CS2
May 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Evolution of the Photoshop Toolbar 0.63 – CS2
I wish I had gaming friends to do release parties with. Do you guys remember standing outside of GameStop for midnight releases? The one near my house would get a DJ for the parking lot 😆
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I wish I had gaming friends to do release parties with. Do you guys remember standing outside of GameStop for midnight releases? The one near my house would get a DJ for the parking lot 😆
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Welp, the federal minimum wage is now officially a poverty wage (as in, a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage gets paid less than the poverty line for a single person). www.epi.org/blog/the-fed...
April 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Welp, the federal minimum wage is now officially a poverty wage (as in, a full-time worker earning the federal minimum wage gets paid less than the poverty line for a single person). www.epi.org/blog/the-fed...
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I hope I don’t regret ordering a Switch 2 😅 Did anyone else get to preorder one?
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I hope I don’t regret ordering a Switch 2 😅 Did anyone else get to preorder one?
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🧵
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
April 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🧵
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
NGC 6302, also known as the Butterfly Nebula, is a remarkable example of how stars, as they age, can take on some nice shapes sometimes resembling flowers or insects.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap22112...
This #Hubble image has been processed to highlight incredible
🔭 🧪 #stellarastro #galactic
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Reposted by ⟡ Karen ⟡
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
Colossal Squid, 1st Live Observation | Searching for New Species in the South Sandwich Islands
YouTube video by Schmidt Ocean
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🦑 This baby is COLOSSAL! 🦑
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat. Filmed at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition. youtu.be/lzPoG9H8Hlo
Finally started Lazarus and ofc the soundtrack hits
April 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Finally started Lazarus and ofc the soundtrack hits
April’s “Pink Moon” is the first full moon of Spring. Named after pink phlox flowers.
April 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
April’s “Pink Moon” is the first full moon of Spring. Named after pink phlox flowers.
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36,000 Angelenos on COACHELLA WEEKEND. Let that sink in…125k people are in the desert this weekend, and LA was still able to amass a crowd this large to support Bernie and AOC’s anti-oligarchy tour.
36,000 people going to see Bernie Sanders on a Saturday in Los Angeles is pretty insane.
April 13, 2025 at 12:03 AM
36,000 Angelenos on COACHELLA WEEKEND. Let that sink in…125k people are in the desert this weekend, and LA was still able to amass a crowd this large to support Bernie and AOC’s anti-oligarchy tour.
Bernie speaking at Coachella? Incredible.
April 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Bernie speaking at Coachella? Incredible.
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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
April 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
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Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
digiday.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yep. I saved hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month just from switching from Substack to self-hosted Ghost.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
I pay a roughly flat $85/month now (~$75 for mailsending, $10 for hosting), vs. 10% of all my subscription income.
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"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa
Pilot lost control after bird in cardboard box slid off a passenger's knee and knocked controls, aviation authority finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Going to see Bernie and AOC tomorrow in LA 💙
April 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Going to see Bernie and AOC tomorrow in LA 💙
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Cuddling a water sausage.
April 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cuddling a water sausage.
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Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
April 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Sometimes, the Moon passes directly in front of the beautiful Pleiades star cluster in a celestial event called an occultation! This composite image from Spain captures the Moon's visit. These monthly occultations last until 2029, then not again until 2042!
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
Credit: Cayetana Saiz
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More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
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I know it might seem simple, but it really matters to tell people they matter. We assume they know, but often they don’t—and hearing it can make a big difference.
April 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I know it might seem simple, but it really matters to tell people they matter. We assume they know, but often they don’t—and hearing it can make a big difference.