Splash / Retro

🧵: the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social asked me to do an image for them with a quick turnaround of PM Keir Starmer in the "This is Fine" pose. Needed it quick. I was game, gave them the boring, samey image they wanted to blast Starmer on his handling of the country.

🌟"PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAGICAL GIRL" EPISODE 2 🌟
"I Want to be a Normal Girl"

SATURDAY, JANUARY 31ST @ 11AM PST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screenshot of our new post titled: Enamel Pins...and Small Fishes In Big Ponds. With an aesthetic canted photo of enamel pins.

Mmmm new post this morning~
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Ubisoft is no more, long live Ubisoft! On January 21, 2026, Yves Guillemot announced the end of remote work, closure of several studios, cancellation of projects, and a new 200€ million “cost-cutting” plan. We were informed of this at the same time as the press — as none of these changes had been discussed during the mandatory consultations with the works councils a few days earlier! On January 26, 2026, management announced the implementation of a voluntary departure plan that will affect 200 people at Ubisoft’s headquarters. We are promised autonomy for « Creative Houses », but what about autonomy for employees? We have been negotiating for over a year on remote work policy, sometimes under difficult conditions. An agreement has been in place since September in some studios. Trampled underfoot! We are told about responsibilities, but those who wield this word so easily do not take any responsibility for the consequences of their catastrophic management.

We are not fooled: rather than taking financial responsibility for layoffs, they prefer to push us out by making our working conditions unbearable. It’s outrageous. It is because we love Ubisoft that this situation revolts us. Ubisoft’s unions are calling for a massive international strike by all Ubisoft employees on the 10th, 11th and 12th of February 2026. NO to their anti-remote-work obsession to “cost-cutting” plans on employees’ backs to top-down decisions to coercive control on our working conditions YES to our leaders truly taking their responsibilities to management’s duty of sincerity in the face of its failings It is time for our management to understand that they cannot do whatever they want, whether with public money or the work of hundreds of people! Without us, Ubisoft would never have conquered and transformed video games as it has. WE ARE UBISOFT.

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.

Ayy this is the best possible outcome, though! Easy fix 💚 I appreciate you checking that!

I swear Tumblr has been popping off lately!! I also really want Pillowfort to succeed (similar blogging style but queer and NSFW friendly)

One other thing that's also worth checking is whether your settings aren't being saved between mobile and desktop, just in case it's toggled on in one but not the other (which is frustrating as heck, but it happens).

Screenshot of my own post before posting, showing the experience of the alt text required option on a Windows desktop using firefox. My post text says: It does work on desktop! See the greyed out Reply and the "One or more images is missing alt text" above? It's possible that's something specific to your browser, OS, or add-ons, but in general I've had success with it on desktop (I use Firefox with a bunch of add-ons).

It does work on desktop! See the greyed out Reply and the "One or more images is missing alt text" above?
It's possible that's something specific to your browser, OS, or add-ons, but in general I've had success with it on desktop (I use Firefox with a bunch of add-ons).

Screenshot of the accessibility settings in Bluesky. It shows two options, “require alt text before posting” and “display larger alt text badges.” Both are at to on.

Using alt text is a way to be kind that you can start doing right now.

It’s right there in your accessibility settings. Turn on require alt text before posting to help yourself remember (worth checking because this app sometimes flips it off for no reason).

You will, you must and you will 💚

Strange, Shovel-Tusked Elephants Puzzled Paleontologists, Until Experts Took a Closer Look at Their Teeth The animals' extended lower jaws were seemingly made for scooping, but research over the past few decades has found they could do a lot more than initially expected

Shovel-tuskers! Ancient elephants like Amebelodon are an evolutionary success story, and we’re only just starting to understand how they used their exceptional jaws. I’ll tell you more at Smithsonian. 🧪

However many teeth there are, even where there are more, please add more.

I stand by these statements. Teeth!!!!!!!!!!!

p1: Autumn is sitting on a stool, addressing the audience. Autumn: Until today, the topic of AI in the workplace has gone undiscussed in this here comic strip. Given its nature, it feels like a substantial omission. Frankly, the degree to which we think it’s suck-ass makes it difficult to voice a more meaningful critique beyond “doesn’t this suck ass?” Still, we must satisfy the pedantic dweeb in our hearts. To that end, the cast of Nothing Doing now presents to you “Basically Every Comic We Would Make About AI” p2: Harvey is reading papers at a table. Harvey: Ok, next item on the agenda. In the interest of providing the most cutting-edge service for our customers, we have secured each of you a license to use the suicide engine. p3: Across from Harvey, the King of Sales sits tiredly while Autumn concernedly raises a hand. H: On each of your desks is a hammer, and- what’s up, Autumn? A: I don’t want to use the suicide engine p4: Harvey rolls his eyes at an unconvinced Autumn. H: Autumn, it’s impossible for a company to stay competitive and relevant in today’s market without embracing suicide. If you don’t start killing yourselves now, we’re going to get left behind

Nothing Doing no. 62

Sharing this again, a great quick educational video for washing tear gas out of eyes.

OH SWEETIES

Absolutely - it's a big sign that upper management is looking for easy ways for them to make more money while shoveling more work onto less people, all while coming off as modern by jumping into whatever is being sold as the current trendy thing.
It's TRANSPARENT, but folks like that don't care 😩

It's still near impossible to get most people to listen to women these days, much less vote for one

Theca the Therizinosaurus, of my Yuri&Friends series 1 :)
Designed with love and a lot of attention to detail 🦖

Adopt yours in my shop!
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Listen I do not care if this is the author's barely disguised fetish, if they're good at their damn job it will be MY barely disguised fetish while the story lasts and perhaps afterwards

If you aren't in MN, check this help to aid us! If you are and can't protest on the streets, make sure to call your reps. One of the senators I called has a full voicemail box, so clearly we're overwhelming them. Keep that up and make your voice heard!

HHH thank you for reposting this because I missed it the first time and these are GORGEOUS

both together, in outdoor lighting~!

Sharing snow & pet cuddle pictures back and forth with friends all morning is exactly how I hoped this day would go 💚

I think it's good to be extra careful with language in this current age where people are under attack for even showing the slightest bit of queerness in public, and speaking up about that is important.

Personal favorite is something like, "it makes me happy to see people in the public eye sharing art that makes them happy!"

Yeah, but specifically listing stuff that could put someone in danger in a post with framing as "bravery" comes off not as appreciation, but a vague threat.
Which I don't think is your intention, but worth reviewing

I do not know where the next bag of cat food is coming from. I need to find gas money first. I need help, again. I'm sorry I have to ask. Even a dollar helps.

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Cashapp, Venmo, kofi+Paypal, all three go to respective "debit cards"