jasper
@verminvalley.bsky.social
illustrator and comic artist! - 24 - he/him 🏳️⚧️
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Really focusing on improving my coloring speed and experimentation during #ArtFight this year, it’s been a fun practice! Team Fossils for the win!!
July 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Really focusing on improving my coloring speed and experimentation during #ArtFight this year, it’s been a fun practice! Team Fossils for the win!!
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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THE CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE...
The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.
Learn more at our journal:
cartoonist.coop/journal/anno...
(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)
The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.
Learn more at our journal:
cartoonist.coop/journal/anno...
(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
THE CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE...
The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.
Learn more at our journal:
cartoonist.coop/journal/anno...
(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)
The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.
Learn more at our journal:
cartoonist.coop/journal/anno...
(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)
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Man Waiting Until Parents Die Before Doing A Single Thing That Makes Him Happy
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February 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Man Waiting Until Parents Die Before Doing A Single Thing That Makes Him Happy
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Entwined with you
February 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Entwined with you
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️
February 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers have developed a nasal COVID-19 vaccine that BLOCKS transmission of the virus. This suggests vaccines delivered directly to the nose or mouth could play a CRITICAL role in containing the spread of respiratory infections. Phase I clinical trials HAVE BEEN APPROVED! 🧪🧵⬇️
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Resharing this as a Google Docs alt as I do suggest trying to de-Google your ife as much and as fast as possible.
Because it might be helpful: If anyone is looking for an AI-free, clean writing tool Ellipsus is super good.
It's meant for writers, but I use it as a Google Docs alternative.
ellipsus.com
It's meant for writers, but I use it as a Google Docs alternative.
ellipsus.com
Ellipsus | Collaborative writing software
Write, edit, and collaborate on any device. Ellipsus is a principled alternative to Google Docs—built for writers, by writers. Sign up for free.
ellipsus.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Resharing this as a Google Docs alt as I do suggest trying to de-Google your ife as much and as fast as possible.
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BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove.
This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.
This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: In response to our motion, the court has required CDC, FDA, and HHS to immediately restore critical health info and data that the Trump administration ordered the agencies to remove.
This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.
This is a huge win for doctors, researchers, and patients.
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If I have any advice for making comics it’s this:
Sure your comic might be bad, but no one can make that bad comic in quite the same way you can, so you should still do it.
Sure your comic might be bad, but no one can make that bad comic in quite the same way you can, so you should still do it.
February 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If I have any advice for making comics it’s this:
Sure your comic might be bad, but no one can make that bad comic in quite the same way you can, so you should still do it.
Sure your comic might be bad, but no one can make that bad comic in quite the same way you can, so you should still do it.
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I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Oh please please i am begging, don't use generative AI for any reason if you can avoid it.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
It's being marketed as a quick time-saver, but it's messy, inaccurate, it is putting entire industries of people out of work, and the environmental impacts (energy and water usage) are huge and debilitating.
February 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.
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This!!! But for your state. Aside from just the big society based impact, I’ve been wondering how long I’ll be able to keep my job. I’m extremely anxious about it.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
February 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This!!! But for your state. Aside from just the big society based impact, I’ve been wondering how long I’ll be able to keep my job. I’m extremely anxious about it.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
February 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Major breaking trans news: The ACLU has launched a lawsuit on behalf of 7 transgender people affected by Trump’s passport ban.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
Incredible filing. The Trump admin is now swarmed with lawsuits over discriminatory and illegal executive orders.
signed!! and its incredibly easy, i encourage my peers to as well!
🔴CALLING ALL ARTISTS🔴
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists.
If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter.
openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...
February 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
signed!! and its incredibly easy, i encourage my peers to as well!
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Anyone still buying art and silly little things made by artists when shit’s this scary are the goat. I could honestly cry every time I get an order if I think about it too much, little guys are the epitome of a non essential and you guys still like them enough to buy them anyways 🥹🥹🥹😭😭
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Anyone still buying art and silly little things made by artists when shit’s this scary are the goat. I could honestly cry every time I get an order if I think about it too much, little guys are the epitome of a non essential and you guys still like them enough to buy them anyways 🥹🥹🥹😭😭
not what i normally post but here are a few photos i took with a pinhole camera for one of my classes this week! with the crazy current times it has been nice to get away from it all and take photos with a little paint can
February 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
not what i normally post but here are a few photos i took with a pinhole camera for one of my classes this week! with the crazy current times it has been nice to get away from it all and take photos with a little paint can
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corporate DEI was always ~90% wokewashing, though the government versions of it had more teeth. but even it it was a smokescreen, the anti-DEI movement is *also* a smokescreen for bringing back explicit white supremacy
I honestly don’t functionally disagree that a lot of DEI stuff has been annoying, pointless and some of it even actively counterproductive, I just think the backlash is several million times worse than whatever the issues were. It’s like murdering someone for chewing loudly.
I thought of DEI policies as mildly annoying like IRB. They exist for a reason but it's kind of hard to bureaucratize a response to a real concern. The bigger issue was if all my colleagues look like me or all my students look like me, that's not good, fair, or likely to be a vibrant place.
February 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
corporate DEI was always ~90% wokewashing, though the government versions of it had more teeth. but even it it was a smokescreen, the anti-DEI movement is *also* a smokescreen for bringing back explicit white supremacy
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MORE BARGING
Two Dem lawmakers barge into House speaker's office in backlash against Musk
Reps. Judy Chu and Gwen Moore denounced DOGE's access to a vast government payments system.
www.politico.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:25 AM
MORE BARGING
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i mean this so seriously. if you are transgender. please be safe. do not get caught commiting crimes. do not get caught by the state. do not sacrifice yourself, we will survive
February 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
i mean this so seriously. if you are transgender. please be safe. do not get caught commiting crimes. do not get caught by the state. do not sacrifice yourself, we will survive
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the sludge man showed up at my house again. buddy i already know about the gospel of grime, you talked my ear off about it last week. i know all about the coming days of goop
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
the sludge man showed up at my house again. buddy i already know about the gospel of grime, you talked my ear off about it last week. i know all about the coming days of goop
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vibe for the week
February 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
vibe for the week