MacKeNZie

MacKeNZie

@mackenziemknz.bsky.social

MG & YA writer Artist- painting & illustration Makes tube guitar amps too Collects vintage children's books & comics Bossed around by cats Walter & Mango MKNZdavis.com RCDavisamps.com

217 Followers 555 Following 153 Posts Joined Sep 2023
3 days ago
A porcupine perched on a tree trunk that has been partially uprooted by the wind, so it’s nearly horizontal

You may need a thing about now that isn’t awful. Here. Have a porcupine in a tree that I spotted near the St Lawrence River. I talked to them for a while and told them they were cool. I hope they got the vibe.

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4 days ago
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Someday, I'll write an evocative line of description that makes readers laugh as much as I just did at this.
Haven't yet, but someday...

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4 days ago
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This is hilarious.

Also, completely enraging.

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3 weeks ago
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Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

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2 weeks ago
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Letz go even bigger and better,,, ALL Female US Olympians and Paralympian medalists are invited out to celebrate in Viva Las Vegas for the SHE GOT GAME Weekend ,,,

Hit a guy up and LETZ GOOO

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1 month ago
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

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2 months ago
A lemon has been turned into a pig with clove eyes, tiny triangle ears, a curly foil tail and toothpick legs. It has a coin in its mouth and is supposed to bring luck in the new year. It stands on a human hand in front of multicolored lights. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from a lemon piggie :)

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2 months ago
Saturated green red and yellow lights surfaces around a spooky underlit orange tabby sitting on a pine and red berry bedecked fireplace mantel, flanked by a large nutcracker.

(Sinister deep voice)

Meow-wha-ha-ha happy Caturday.

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2 months ago

Oh hey a good annual reminder that I’ve got a Bluesky starter pack full of agents on here. Go follow away.👇🏽

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2 months ago

Done! Thanks Eric :)

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3 months ago
Green onions, a couple of thick carrots, and half a red onion on a cutting board.

Jar salad?

Heck yeah, jar salad.

Pick your protein—I used some leftover rotisserie chicken. Then get:
•a thicc carrot
•half a red onion
•a couple green onions
•some cilantro and sesame seeds

BUCKLE UP
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3 months ago
Large grey tabby "Walter" reclining on black and silver guitar amplifiers

Wth it's small biz Sat so I'll do this

We are a Mom n Pop biz selling award-winning handmade tube guitar amps.

Tough times for our kind of biz so if u know any players looking for a deal plz send our way-Code for 30% off/free shipping: BF2025

Site: www.rcdavisamps.com

Thx from Walter & fam 😊

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3 months ago
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3 months ago

I do not want to create an account for a one-time purchase. Yes, I want a bag. Yes, I want a receipt, printed out, not emailed or texted. No, I will not download your app for future weak discounts.

Please just let me be a customer like it’s 1987

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4 months ago

Decent people who are really rich do not mind being taxed in a reasonable manner.

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5 months ago

Our $319 prepaid order from the Netherlands for parts to perform a customer's repair is apparently arriving with an additional charge of $496 in tariff fees that were not in any way revealed before shipment.

Welp. So much for small business survival. 🤨

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6 months ago
Sepia toned publicity photo of young Sam McKim, who also worked as a child actor in Westerns. He is grinning widely and has a large white cowboy hat on.

Thought you might like to see this. Picked it up in a thrift store many years ago, not knowing who it was. Had quite a lightbulb moment later on when I realized...

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6 months ago
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

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7 months ago
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A few oil painting close-ups from The Axolotl Parade 🌿
Photos never quite do a painting justice, so I hope these short videos help give a better feel for the textures and details.

#AxolotlArt #OilPaintingDetails #FantasyArt #AnimalIllustration #AmphibianArt

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9 months ago

Very proud of my Central CA town's #nokings turnout. ☺️
Hundreds lining the main thoroughfare.

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9 months ago

see what you need to understand is that they’re coming hard at california bc if they can take us down then it tells the smaller states there’s no point in fighting. we’re the bellwether. that’s why it’s so important we stop this shit NOW.

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9 months ago
Orange tabby reclining on his side with both arms crossed over his face to shut the world out.

Same, Mango. Same.

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9 months ago
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GWM & Associates Your voice. Our fight. Turning potent words into publishing powerhouses.

Another fake lit agency is on the prowl, soliciting self-pubbed authors: GWM & Associates. Lots of vague platitudes and generic stock images, plus a Feb 2025 domain registration date that gives the lie to the array of book covers on the site, most pubbed long before February gwmandassociates.com

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9 months ago

Who knew that the thinnest-skinned, money-hoarding, drug-addled, malignantly-narcissistic, terminally-online, casually-fascist, profoundly-incurious frail fraudster dipshit philanderers couldn’t stay BFFs forever??

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9 months ago

Double no.
Hell, triple dog dare no.

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9 months ago
A fluffy grey tabby cat is using an orange tabby's butt as a pillow-and he is grinning with bliss.

My feed this morning is...not as doom filled? A reminder that we all need a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. Balance is very important. Keep it up, folks!
So here are some kitties.

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9 months ago
A fluffy grey tabby cat is using an orange tabby's butt as a pillow-and he is grinning with bliss.

My feed this morning is...not as doom filled? A reminder that we all need a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down. Balance is very important. Keep it up, folks!
So here are some kitties.

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9 months ago
Floppy tired pillows- a rust orange rectangular one, flat from age, and a boring beige Costco pillow also too tired to keep. I may donate to my kitties instead of sending them straight to landfill!

Thank you!!! I needed to hear this today. I've become so "practical" the last few years that there is little joy in my decorating. These have got to go!

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9 months ago
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The grasshopper gets it — divide and conquer. Today’s robber barons use the same playbook. But together, we have all the power. Watch.

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