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Graph showing the type, number, and cohort of challenged ballots

There's still a lot of curable ballots from Seattle (about 1,800). Most are unsigned or signature mismatches, and most skew younger.

[through gritted teeth, visibly trembling] I must strive to maintain a sense of whimsy

An ad for Be Not Afraid by S. Jean. To the right is the cover featuring Seth, an angel with pink wings, white hair, and bright eyes leaping across the cover in profile while pink smears the blue background and eyes stare at him. To the right of it is the description for the work in question, which is: "Deadbeat Trent Cain can't catch a break. Life's been one disaster after another, rent's always due, and he's always late. Even his band doesn't want anything to do with him anymore and playing the guitar was the one joy he had left in life. When he takes a shortcut home through the park at 3AM, he walks right into another disaster: five angels waiting to greet him. Unfortunately, despite their proclamations of be not afraid, they mean him harm. His only hope is another angel wielding a lead pipe, but there’s something familiar about this one..." Below it is a list of what you'll find in the work. They read: decaying seraphs, a deadbeat guitarist, a coy angel with a lead pipe, an otherworld parallel to ours, and blood & viscera everywhere. On the right side below the cover there is a call to action for preorders, the Dec 6th release date, and a URL where you can find a copy, which reads: books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

anyway don't forget i have a book coming out in december! if you like silent hill (esp the older games) and sorry we're closed, you might like BE NOT AFRAID, my fast-paced horror novella feat. some very deadly angels.

itchio: earlronove.itch.io/benotafraid
amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLYH2ZSS

Happy birthday! ❤️

I would like to feel an emotion other than “consumed with worry” or “bleak resignation”.

Ilu Nero sorry about your dad

#art #fanart #devilmaycry #dmc5 #capcom

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

I feel dividing music listenership into "people who exclusively listen to streaming services" and "people who exclusively listen to physical media" is overlooking the important transitional category of "people who exclusively listen to shitty overcompressed MP3s they pirated on LimeWire in 2002".

WIP shot from one of the recent updates

#art #sketch #comic #ocsky #solivaga

Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets With SNAP benefits going out late, nonprofits are begging for pet food donations to prevent desperate owners from surrendering their dogs and cats to animal shelters.

While they’re still screwing about with SNAP, it’s a good idea to donate to pet shelters, too.

If you dare show up with “poor people shouldn’t have pets”, I will tear such a new one it generates a black hole.

apnews.com/article/pets...

A screenshot of the @blueskybotverify.bsky.social account, which just tried to phish me.

In more bullshit, this fake-ass account just tried to phish me by claiming I was suspended and to contact [some random phishing link]. I've reported it and blocked, you may want to as well.

Four characters from the game The Secret World dressed in safety yellow hazmat suits, navigating through ruins.

Four characters from the game The Secret World dressed in safety yellow hazmat suits, navigating through a river.

Hey, want to see some pictures that were TOO RACY for Tumblr's new auto flagging algorithm?

... yeah.

Frazzle little Maia sketch from the most recent page

#art #sketch #ocsky #solivaga

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Nothing bad ever happens on a subway.
Even if the lights go off and something divine stares at you in the dark...

BE NOT AFRAID, my survival horror novella, is out in one month on Dec 9th! Preorder today!
👁️ books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

sciel fanart🃏
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#expedition33 #ClairObscureExpedition33 #ClairObscurExpedition33

Tiny Elias from my folders that I've never posted before.

#art #sketch #ocsky #solivaga

A graphic about the two main characters from BE NOT AFRAID. The logo is at the top and the illustration of the two main characters are in the center. To the left is Seth, an angel with pale blonde hair, fair skin, bright purple eyes, with white freckles across his cheeks. He has a pair of pale yellow wings. He is holding a lead pipe over his shoulder and he is smiling shyly and glancing to his right. He is wearing a dark tank top, a black sleeved jacket with cherry blossoms along the sleeves, and white shorts. Along his shoulders are wing tattoos and hanging from his neck is a sunflower guitar pick. Beside him is Trent, a punk with brown hair, green eyes, tan skin, and piercings on his face. He is wearing a black leather jacket with red lapels and accents and brown pants. His hands are tucked into his pocket and he looks to the right, a little concerned. Around them is text that detail their names and characteristics. On Seth's side, the text reads: SETH an angel with a lead pipe coy smiles, dreams of a different life, sewn on wings, and a quote that reads: "We're not real. We're just fodder." On Trent's side, the text reads: TRENT a deadbeat guitarist prone to panic, brash but means well, dreams of a life not falling apart, and a quote that reads: "Oh, fuck this shit."

A graphic about a character from BE NOT AFRAID. The logo is at the top and the character art is in the center. The character is a Seraph. He has pallid skin, dark stringy hair, and is wearing dark robes that almost merge with his hair. Red accents sketch across his hair and robes, bringing out a pop of color. His face is pulled into a strained smile, lips dark with grime in the sharp teeth, and blood spills from his mouth. His eyes are wide and dark with lights in the center. He is holding his hands in the "as above, so below" pose. Behind him are dark wings with eyes peaking out from between the feathers. Around him are specfic characteristics. On the right, it reads: A SERAPH one of many, a legion doesn't know how humans work..., rotting from the inside out, when one dies there's always more. On the left, it reads: THE LEADER a mission to wake God desires experiences it can't have, would like all humans dead thank you, has a thing for cars... In the center is a quote from the character and it reads: "be not afraid..." Along the bottom is here to find your copy and it reads: books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

Since I've teased the first 3 chapters through shitposts... let me reintroduce the characters for BE NOT AFRAID, my fast-paced horror novella coming to you Dec 9th!

Find your copy!
itchio: earlronove.itch.io/benotafraid
amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FLYH2ZSS
others: books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

QRP your dark art 💜

Hmm... Nakyl counts for this fine meme

#art #illustration #OCsky

Reposting because, and I say this with love, some of you are going to see this and go “oh shit, I need to check my bottle” and then immediately forget about it so if this could affect you, go check right now before you even scroll to the next post, I mean it.

And so are you. ❤️

You can always take comfort in the fact that I am [REDACTED] + [REDACTED] years older than you and if you still think I'm hot/great/amazing, well, the same MUST apply to you!

potion labels and apothecary logo made for this page (and future usages. hooray, we love making assets for re-use!)

#art #solivaga

A hermit crab looks hopefully into the middle distance on a sandy beach with some leaves strewn about

You’ve all been very good this week, please have a crab.

a graphic comprised of a photograph of an empty street lined with lamps and a Rolls-Royce in the center. The colors are heavy on the blues and reds, looking rather distressed. On the top of the Rolls-Royce is a young man with yellow wings and a lead pipe balanced on his shoulder. The text accompanying the image reads: okay so you didn't get out of the rolls-royce... what do you do when this angel (??) opens it like a tin can? you fuckin RUN Be Not Afraid releases dec 9th books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

So the angels have taken you to a secondary location (you probably didn't have a choice...). What do you do then when another angel with a lead pipe opens the Rolls-Royce from the top, like a tin can??

Maybe run??
BE NOT AFRAID releases Dec 9th!
books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

(This freakin' Guy)

solivaga.net read on the website for a better view! 💚

#art #comic #webcomic #comics #ocsky #solivaga

It's actually a batch log in system, it's only rly congested if you see a queue in the hundreds to thousands. idk why it's the same message for both situations.

Guildhests aren't well-populated since they're very early game and don't give much xp, but dungeons etc shouldn't be a problem!

a graphic comprised of a photograph of a park and a rolls-royce in the background, both with blue and pale pink as colors, with a character portrait of an angel (??) in the front. The angel has pale skin, wide eyes with huge pupils, dark greasy hair, and is wearing a dark robe. He has black wings with eyeballs within them. He is smiling wide as blood streams down from his mouth and nose. The text accompanying the image reads: What do you do when this angel (??) invites (drags) you into his Rolls-Royce? you fuckin GET OUT Be Not Afraid releases dec 9th books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

just Be Not Afraid shitposty things to entice you into its story. What DO you do when you find five of these guys and their Rolls-Royce as you take a shortcut home in the park??

Hopefully, you run away. Does Trent do that? Well...

BE NOT AFRAID releases Dec 9th!
books.earlronove.com/benotafraid

Cheney dying on election day is not quite the level of dramatic irony of Jefferson and Adams both dying on the fourth of July but if this is a portent, O Lord, I'm on board with it.

🫂

brings you some water and an ice pack and tiptoes away

Be Not Afraid - Signed Bookplate Bundle - Ronove's Ko-fi Shop A Signed Bookplate Pre-Order for BE NOT AFRAID. It comes with a signed bookplate designed to fit with the book, a bookmark handmade by me, and two dif...

BE NOT AFRAID copies to be signed have been ordered! Please ingram don't fuck them up... I should find a pink pen that matches the cover to sign the books...

If you still want the goodies (the bookmark + the prints), the bookplate bundle is still available until release!
ko-fi.com/s/f113b1677f