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Ray Pesina

@raypesina.bsky.social

Artist, Teacher, Layabout, General Purpose Learner for Hire.

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Monkey minion booth

Monkey minion booth

Oklahoma City! We are going to be at the inaugural OK Comic Arts Fest @okcomicarts.bsky.social tomorrow! 10-6 at the Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center!

13.09.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

To celebrate Father’s Day, we’ve programmed all the slot machines to say β€œI love you, daddy” every time you hit a jackpot.

15.06.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 315    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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We feed you.
They hunt us.

11.06.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 34945    πŸ” 14927    πŸ’¬ 1205    πŸ“Œ 1245

W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee:

β€œEither he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

11.06.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 38853    πŸ” 8848    πŸ’¬ 300    πŸ“Œ 271

Somebody got a case of the lazies. I don't know for a fact, but I've heard that maize at that time wouldn't have really looked like that either. Cool to think that your guys an actor on the set of ab movie. There's a second game about what's happening of screen.

11.06.2025 04:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YOU BETTER TUNE IN!

04.06.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

If you scream at the puppets wandering the halls at night, don't blame us if they scream back.

04.06.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

one day it's going to come out that the total revenue for the entire generative AI industry is like $20-$25bn in 2025, and the cost to make that revenue was $50bn-$100bn+

04.06.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2139    πŸ” 376    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 31
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A recent study found that for every $1 invested in the National Weather Service, it produces $73 in value to Americans.

Not only is the NWS a life-saving government resource, it's actually quite efficient.

04.06.2025 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14093    πŸ” 4691    πŸ’¬ 346    πŸ“Œ 208

This is how we should treat AIvangelicals

31.05.2025 03:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Luddites weren't anti-tech.

They were against technology being used by the capitalist class to capture wealth at the expense of the worker.

I am a Luddite, and a tech enthusiast. They're not in opposition. I want technology that makes MY life better, not that sells my life piecemeal to corps.

24.05.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3621    πŸ” 1344    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 45
A flock of Butterfrees

A flock of Butterfrees

Been wanting to expand on the MCM pokemon idea and this year we landed on Kanto National Forest as an overarching theme for them. So I wanted to do a WPA/National Park-style poster for it. I’ve had this idea for a Butterfree print in my head for a while. This will be with me at PhoenixFF #art πŸ’πŸŽ¨

26.05.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Skyline needs more Borbs, so here are some Borb mid-century patterns I designed.

28.05.2023 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

For when you need Gilligan's Island with your Deliverance.

25.05.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of police officer on pink background saying "look bud, I don't make the laws. I just voluntarily signed up to enthusiastically enforce the violence that they require"

Picture of police officer on pink background saying "look bud, I don't make the laws. I just voluntarily signed up to enthusiastically enforce the violence that they require"

25.05.2025 04:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1875    πŸ” 503    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

They've severed the rainbow connection.

25.05.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They'll computer animate the live action movies using AI. Robinhood will be a fun villain. The price and sheriff will be the heroes.

24.05.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And your problem with that is...?

24.05.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Peanuts comic panel of a schoolroom, Linus is looking back over his shoulder saying 

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them

Peanuts comic panel of a schoolroom, Linus is looking back over his shoulder saying No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them

Comrade Linus ✊✊

10.05.2024 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 929    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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The good old days

17.04.2025 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1797    πŸ” 454    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 31

How’s your mental health?

03.05.2025 04:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There's probably less sex too.

19.04.2025 03:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s funny how wrong the Truman Show was

18.04.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 190    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 3

Yeah, the mirror never changed.

15.04.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I used to believe that space was the mirror that would give us the perspective we need on our collective flaws. Now I know it's the mirror of a late stage addict who thinks they're still fine.

15.04.2025 03:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many fingers...

12.04.2025 05:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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@iwriteok.bsky.social I'm pretty sure the whole Timeless Decision thing came from "Ender's Game" I know it's not exactly the same, but it really smells of hit hard enough that you win this fight and every future fight.

22.03.2025 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Zenith Chromacolor
Keota, IA

25.02.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1531    πŸ” 227    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 13

This is how our government has been corrupted:Β 

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.Β 
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.Β 
3) Donors make a huge profit.Β 
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

23.02.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8470    πŸ” 2079    πŸ’¬ 290    πŸ“Œ 102

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