mercia (but spooky🎃)

✨️❄️ Madame de Fer ❄️✨️
#dragonage #dai #vivienne

Illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee". Two lovers embrace at the edge of the sea, water splashes around them and the surrounding rocks. A full moon shines over them, and storm clouds loom. Published in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" 2024 Macmillan

illustration by Abigail Larson of a raven perched on a skull with a teal curtain backdrop

illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a scene from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" showing a man restrained as a pendulum blade swings close to him. Rats have swarmed around him, chewing the ropes that hold him down. This illustration is featured in "Sticker Jigsaw: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection" for Macmillan Books.

Illustration by Abigail Larson for Macmillan's "Edgar Allan Poe Sticker Jigsaw" book. The illustration is a scene from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "The Raven". The narrator is at the center of the image looking up at at raven perched above an open doorway. Behind the narrator is a tall window with red curtains, and the ghost of Lenore lurks nearby. A black cat is watching the scene from the lower right corner.

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 176th deathday, here are a few of my recent pieces inspired by Poe's works 🫀

hey y'all. let's support Kala.

people are being more openly rude to creators on YT.

the bullying generally on YT is to the point that it's prompted other creators like Khadija Mbowe to leave. so if you can support creators there, that would be cool.

This is going around again and it is not true. Like every site on the internet, Bluesky uses machine learning to do a first-pass approximation of image classification to detect and label content. They have repeatedly confirmed outside services do not use Bluesky user data to train their models.

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline:

AB 82/SB 497
AB 1084/SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 728
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images

A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming in ocean. Its arms are held together, with two arms extended a bit further, so it looks like a big pink blob.

A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming in a kelp forest. It looks like an orangish gelatinous blob with arms.

A view of a seven-armed octopus's (Haliphron atlanticus) mouth. Its arms are spread out, showing the messy row of suckers and webbing. You can see the octopus's eight arms. The octopus is orange with white suckers. It is swimming in a kelp forest.

A seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) swimming towards the camera while extending its arms. Webbing is between its arms and the tips of the arms are curled outwards. The rest of the octopus is gelatinous. It is pink.

The Seven-armed octopus (Haliphron atlanticus) is a large octopus species, that as its name suggests, has eight arms!

The reason it gets its name is that males have their hectocotylus (a specialized arm used for mating) curled up in a pouch, making it look like they only have seven arms

#OCTOtober

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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ɪ ᴀᴍ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴘᴀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ

#EmmrichVolkarin #DATV #Veilguard

Pspsps would love to get 2 more comms for the month! 🩷🩷🩷

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

Sending you lots of love Emmaline💕you’ll be missed here but i’m glad you’re taking good care.

I’m behind already but uh, I might have overplayed my hand thinking I can do both inktober and #emmrichweek :’D

So, Day 1 - Necromancy | Corpse whispering

#emmrichvolkarin #emmrichweekday01

he has a smart comms team behind him with a big budget. it’s why his public perception is high. but marketing can’t fix Hollow Linkedinfluencer Energy.

its always the petite ones that are like a five foot tall can of whoop ass. and i do celebrate that.

i like this reading of the situation very much. slick does not an opposition leader make.

it’s profoundly disheartening just how obvious the ploy is, and how aggressively ignorant they are about what they share.

all veneers and no sauce.

A warm, summery commissioned painting of Calida Laidir against the backdrop of the Rivain Coast. It's always a pleasure to depict the characters from the Lords of Fortune — their armor is so colorful!

#DragonAge #DragonAgeTheVeilguard

Please its urgent 🥺

Agree with all of this 100% but also wanna add:

You will pry me off this webbed site.

Meanwhile pillowfort is just fun. A lil goof. Until shit goes sideways for real. Or maybe it never will! Either way, cool beans.

Preparing for bad outcomes =/= abandoning the community

i think it’s so sweet how she was willing to try new stuff. older folks can surprise us with blunt honesty to suit the moment.

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Two characters you like and tag 5 others to do the same.

Eivor Varinsdottir and Kassandra.

Gif by artschoolglasses on tumblr.

@dr-demi-bee.bsky.social
@bastilas.bsky.social
@solass.bsky.social
@juliabarceloss.bsky.social
@lavellinda.bsky.social

1300 only 🎉🎉

After genocide, we have only your humanity and love.🍉

Every pound you give is a roof over my family, and the hope in their hearts.🫂
I'm truly grateful to every share and every donation.

Be their light — donate now.🙏

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

Day 2 — Family | Curiosity💀

feat. Manfred & a fellow wisp, spending time together as a family~✨

#EmmrichWeek #EmmrichWeek2025 #DATV #DragonAge #LousticArt #EmmrichVolkarin #Manfred

Pushing my animation skills a little further with each video. Lorekeeper Redd, my loredump ASMR channel. If you like Dragon Age, fantasy lore, or shitty cartoons, hit me up with that good old like and subscribe. youtu.be/rbzHSEQQIyI?...

said in a previous thing but wanted to make it more clear, i ditched spotify when i found out about their CEO’s AI drone investments.

it definitely took more time than i thought to get all my data. but it’s doable.