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• Ellen Bass •

Choose 20 Poems that have stayed with you or influenced you.

One Poem per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just a link to the Poem.

Day 13/20

#BookSky
#PoetrySky
#Poem

Library. By Alvy Carragher.

This hits me where a poem should:)

Excellent list of all the issues with Gen AI.

(“Great” is sarcastic in this context)

4 panel comic Panel 1: A Purple person is standing holding a clipboard. A Blue Person sits at a laptop. Blue Person: Woohoo. I’m the CEO of a social media platform. Panel 2: Purple person: We should hire a PR person to interact with the public Blue Person begins to type on laptop and says: Nope. Gonna do all that myself Panel 3: Purple person looks concerned and says: Really…but… Panel 4: Purple person: You’re such a whiny little fucking baby

AI sucks all the humanity out of creating. I don't want my fiction chewed up and spat out by a soulless, ecosystem scarring automaton in the same way I don't want my sandwich pre-chewed and spat into my mouth by an oil magnate.

I raised myself on fanfic - it has gotten me through the worst times of my life. It fuels my love of creating, of literature and of fandom. Writing fanfic taught me that the act of giving is its own joy. If I ever publish it will be in large part to small creators spinning these tales.

Amazing! Had to order the little mushroom boar. So excited to find a place for him on the wall.

Painting of a boar in a sweater with a mushroom basket, holding and smelling a mushroom.

Day 27 of #septempera - the connoisseur.

This is gorgeous, I'll definitely snag a print if it gets added to your store ❤️

I refuse to let this hyperfix go

#hgsn #hikarugashindanatsu #thesummerhikarudied #yoshikaru ##光が死んだ夏

yoshikaru... falling in love with a mystical being inhabiting ur dead childhood crush's body.. its everything..

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now."

ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

hheeeyy pompom
#funnybunny #tadc

4 frame comic. 1st frame is Charlie Kirk recording a podcast. text reads : It's never too late to realize that you've been duped by authoritarians offering you convenient scapegoats to your problems. Second frame is a silhouette in the dark in front of a computer screen. text reads : there is no shame in admitting that you once spoke from a place of prejudice or ignorance. third frame, we see someone using a bellow to light a fire. text reads : I bet fanning the flame of hatred must have felt nice and warm... purposeful even, in the coldness of our world. fourth frame is the silhouette of a demonstration with banners and raised fists. text reads : it might be a long journey to redemption, but it is the only destination worth it. There is a place for you in the resistance.

It's never too late.

Chiitan loves all transgender people.
I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives.
Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like.
love you all 🤍
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being trans is not a negative outcome and neither is being autistic

this should be the goals of any relationship btw

Though of course that's just from my limited searching online. And there's every chance it could still be non native sadly 😞.

I think you'd need a clearer image for a more firm identification, showing colour, patterning, body structure etc.

It's hard to tell from the images, and Sawfly aren't something I've identified before. I think you're right that it isn't E.californica, from what I can find the larvae remain in galls. I'm not convinced it's E.ribesii though, as that normally eats currants - I haven't found info of them on willow

If so it's a little unclear how serious a pest this is - I think it depends on how mature and healthy the tree itself is. Might not be sawfly of course but that's my best guess

Pretty sure this is some species of sawfly larvae, probably something similar to Nematus pavidus (a little hard to tell from the images, but definitely some similarities). Would also explain why they're munching on a willow.

the amazing digital circus crept into my brain and made me draw 🤷‍♀️

"Well well well, suddenly we understand gender dysmorphia, don't we boys?"

part 1

Friends (esp if you live in CA) we REALLY need signatures on this petition supporting Bill AB412 - the AI Copyright Transparency Act.

TLDR = this will require AI corps to be transparent about what is in their datasets!

Signing takes 1 min. Once you sign, PLEASE SHARE!! tinyurl.com/4uxbp963

Original digital design of noodle dragon. Colours are the same (asexual pride flag scarf (black, grey, white, purple), yellow/orange/red body with four pairs of orange/red feathered wings. Red mane and tail tuft). Includes second horn not present in final design

In progress shot of design with scarf, wings and most of body embroidered

In progress shot with just outline and scarf embroidered

Embroidered outline on embroidery paper

Just a few progress pics of the latest noodle, plus my original design. Whipped my Huion out for this one. As always the finished product deviated from the plan somewhat, but overall this one ended up pretty similar.

Still taking 20-30 hours per noodle.

#embroidery #dragon #asexual #lgbt+

A noodle shaped dragon with a long loopy scarf in the asexual pride flag colours (black, grey, white, purple) wrapping around it's coils. The dragon is yellow from head to mid body, then orange until it thins for the tail, which is red. Four pairs of wings with orange and red feathers. Fur tipped tail and mane are a mix of reds, orange and yellow, with a small brown antler-like horn protruding from the mane. Hand embroidered on purple cotton fabric patterned with DnD dice.

Another noodle completed! This one was a gift. First try with embroidery paper, overall I'm happy with it, just need to wash my next piece out a bit more thoroughly before ironing.

Hope you all enjoy this asexual pride DnD noodle dragon

#dragon #embroidery #asexual #lgbt+

Small strip of embroidery in the asexual pride flag colours (black, grey, white, purple). Just a sneak peek so no further details on the overall design yet

Let me Ace you a question 😎

The question is do you want more pride dragons?

I mean you're getting them anyway so the answer is a bit irrelevant

These two are so adorable.

And the answer to more art is always yes. Yes PLEASE ❤️