Sofia Elena
@sofia-elena.bsky.social
3D game artist 🕹️🎨 | Based in Chicago 🏙️🌭🍺 | https://sofiaee.artstation.com/
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Technology through my childhood / early adulthood was like an upward curving graph where one year you had VHS and the next dvd, then suddenly blu rays were a thing wow, streaming! And now it's like the curve steeply drops down to overpriced enshittified everything and every new advance fuckin sucks
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Technology through my childhood / early adulthood was like an upward curving graph where one year you had VHS and the next dvd, then suddenly blu rays were a thing wow, streaming! And now it's like the curve steeply drops down to overpriced enshittified everything and every new advance fuckin sucks
@collinjryan.bsky.social as Okarun from DanDaDan 👻👽💀🛸
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
@collinjryan.bsky.social as Okarun from DanDaDan 👻👽💀🛸
I love this because rolling (if there's no quick resolution) can shake things up in interesting ways, like force a character to act outside of their (or their players!) comfort zone, possibly leading to character development.
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I love this because rolling (if there's no quick resolution) can shake things up in interesting ways, like force a character to act outside of their (or their players!) comfort zone, possibly leading to character development.
Halloween as Momo and Okarun from Dan Dan Dan 🖤👻👽
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Halloween as Momo and Okarun from Dan Dan Dan 🖤👻👽
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This is a good sign
So proud of my city. 👊❤️
(Albany Park is a diverse neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.)
* Continuing to fight the "Chicago is a hellhole" narrative: I saw this because I biked a few miles to a lovely chocolate cafe on a gorgeous fall day where the leaves were starting to turn golden.
(Albany Park is a diverse neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago.)
* Continuing to fight the "Chicago is a hellhole" narrative: I saw this because I biked a few miles to a lovely chocolate cafe on a gorgeous fall day where the leaves were starting to turn golden.
October 28, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is a good sign
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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Some time ago I saw an artist say that folks often put a lot of effort into their work, and then post about it once. Which is such a shame!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Some time ago I saw an artist say that folks often put a lot of effort into their work, and then post about it once. Which is such a shame!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
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From the owner of the house tonight:
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
From the owner of the house tonight:
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The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
Federal agents detain Little Village high school student, deploy tear gas in faceoff with protesters
Feds wearing military-style camouflage gear and gas masks were seen tear-gassing and pepper-spraying protesters during the confrontation near a discount mall.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Sun-Times is reporting Border Patrol took at least two teenage boys today when they hit Little Village, again.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
One is said to be a 16-year old student, U.S. citizen, and student at Benito Juarez Community Academy.
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If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
Rogers Park Immigrant Families Need Your Support
Please give as you are able AND share this page! If you have friends and family asking how they can support Chicago in this difficult time, this is a way to directly support families. Go FundMe Link...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you would like to support some of the families of people who have been abducted by ICE in my area during the recent federal attacks on our community that I've written about, local organizers have put together this trusted list of crowd funds.
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🧵 This scene from Bridgeview was just captured on TikTok from multiple angles—
An Uber driver picked up a passenger & was immediately surrounded by ICE SRT agents. She says they almost rammed her off the road.
One of them approaches with a shield. They point weapons at her and grab her passenger.
An Uber driver picked up a passenger & was immediately surrounded by ICE SRT agents. She says they almost rammed her off the road.
One of them approaches with a shield. They point weapons at her and grab her passenger.
October 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🧵 This scene from Bridgeview was just captured on TikTok from multiple angles—
An Uber driver picked up a passenger & was immediately surrounded by ICE SRT agents. She says they almost rammed her off the road.
One of them approaches with a shield. They point weapons at her and grab her passenger.
An Uber driver picked up a passenger & was immediately surrounded by ICE SRT agents. She says they almost rammed her off the road.
One of them approaches with a shield. They point weapons at her and grab her passenger.
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I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
October 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I know that there are people outside Chicago who are paying attention and seeing these videos but there are no words for how it feels when the videos show everyday places in your neighborhood, places that are part of your routine. The sense of violation is profound.
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People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
October 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
People should absolutely be writing about how ICE's occupation of their cities is transforming life in these places, and they should be publishing it in print on paper - not just social media posts. There needs to be a record of this. Things are changing in measurable ways for the worse every day.
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While waiting in the federal agents’ minivan for his citation, the attorney caught a glimpse of the agents receiving text messages from a group chat called “Chiraq Team 2.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
‘Chiraq Team 2’: Oak Park attorney catches glimpse of federal agents’ group chat during arrest • The TRiiBE
Scott Sakiyama supported a neighboring Black family while federal prosecutors accused their son of assaulting a Border Patrol agent. Ten days later, federal agents arrested Sakiyama himself.
thetriibe.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
While waiting in the federal agents’ minivan for his citation, the attorney caught a glimpse of the agents receiving text messages from a group chat called “Chiraq Team 2.”
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
thetriibe.com/2025/10/chir...
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Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Yesterday's No Kings protests were apparently the largest since the first Earth Day in 1970
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
The NYT covered that story with a six column headline across the top of the paper and two full pages inside
Today, two small pics below the fold and a story on page A23
They constantly let America down
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So grateful for my alderwoman and for @blockclubchi.bsky.social’s coverage of the ongoing occupation
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/i...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/i...
ICE Tells North Side Alderperson To Back Off As She Warns Neighbors About Immigration Agents
Masked agents approached Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez and her chief of staff in an alley, where they were told they were impeding ICE activities and being issued a warning.
blockclubchicago.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
So grateful for my alderwoman and for @blockclubchi.bsky.social’s coverage of the ongoing occupation
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/i...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/21/i...
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Today’s raids show we need more and more people watching out and prepared to make noise.
Saving the ICIRR hotline in your phone, picking up a whistle, and occasionally going outside during daylight hours are so easy to do, and the cumulative effect of us all doing them can save someone.
Saving the ICIRR hotline in your phone, picking up a whistle, and occasionally going outside during daylight hours are so easy to do, and the cumulative effect of us all doing them can save someone.
October 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Today’s raids show we need more and more people watching out and prepared to make noise.
Saving the ICIRR hotline in your phone, picking up a whistle, and occasionally going outside during daylight hours are so easy to do, and the cumulative effect of us all doing them can save someone.
Saving the ICIRR hotline in your phone, picking up a whistle, and occasionally going outside during daylight hours are so easy to do, and the cumulative effect of us all doing them can save someone.
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If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you are on ICE watch in the Rogers Park vicinity please have a buddy and exercise extreme caution. ICE has assaulted verifiers today and arrested at least one of our people. If you are vulnerable to ICE in this area, I recommend staying inside if possible.
This guy is gonna single handedly cause the cicadas in our area to evolve to avoid sidewalks at all costs 😋🥴
September 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This guy is gonna single handedly cause the cicadas in our area to evolve to avoid sidewalks at all costs 😋🥴
working on a little 3d scene to say goodbye to summer here in Chicago😭 I love fall too, but the fact that beach days are pretty much behind us is distressing
September 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
working on a little 3d scene to say goodbye to summer here in Chicago😭 I love fall too, but the fact that beach days are pretty much behind us is distressing
Oliver says hello :)
August 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Oliver says hello :)
I've been spending way too long on this arcane style aquarium project. It's supposed to be Silco's aquarium for his office desk. I need to add some substrate and plants next 😤 #3dart #arcanefanart #gameart #blender #zbrush #substancepainter
August 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I've been spending way too long on this arcane style aquarium project. It's supposed to be Silco's aquarium for his office desk. I need to add some substrate and plants next 😤 #3dart #arcanefanart #gameart #blender #zbrush #substancepainter
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June 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
