@birdgarlic.bsky.social
He/him, adult, comic creator and general public menace https://birdgarlic.carrd.co/
βThe popular post prompted others online to weigh in, saying that they resent living in a world where they never know if they're being recorded.β
27.08.2025 14:47 β π 9 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0γγγ―θ²Έγγ§γγ
Introducing Kashi θ²Έγ, a guide to why "Ghibli-inspired" media without Japanese creatives is harmful. It includes links to learn more about Orientalism, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, and Japanese culture.
Learn. Share. Change.
kashi-info.carrd.co
SCREEN ACT: -full age verification. (biometric scans, ID uploads, background checks) -Deeply unsafe for personal and data privacy. Security/data breaches are rampant, and uploading so much sensitive data to every single we site is just asking for mass ID theft. -id verification is much, much harder on small websites than larger ones, creating a chilling effect and stifling speech for anyone that isnt a massive corporation -draw comparison to UK's OSA [online safety act] and the backlash it is receiving
KOSA: -creates "duty of care,β meaning that tech companies and platform giants would be required to take steps to prevent potentially harmful encounters, such as posts about eating disorders and instances of online bullying, from impacting minors. -who gets to decide what is or is not "unsafe for minors"? Especially under the current administration -it will block access to important info minors could use to keep themselves safe or advocate for themselves. Ex: sex ed. -the vague nature of the bill will almost certainly be used to target LGBT content under the guise of "protecting children"
CONGRATS SOLDIER, we've hit 2 weeks of solid #SaveSpeech pressure! Youre doing a great job! Reward yourself!
And keep on calling/mailing!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
yellat.money
www.congress.gov/members/find...
"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.
04.08.2025 14:39 β π 5940 π 6086 π¬ 18 π 80Again: Marginalized people are disproportionately harmed by the spread of "AI" because the people who use it are essentially being trained to think the machine is "like us" & can speak "for us," even as it simultaneously pressures you to disbelieve *Actual Us* when we tell you "it's not & it cant."
30.07.2025 15:07 β π 306 π 128 π¬ 5 π 2MasterCard β’ 914.249.2000 (Global Headquarters, US) β’ 636.722.6100 (Operaction Center, US) β’ 971.4.391.4200 (Dubai HQ) β’ 305.539.2300 (Latin America HQ) β’ 914.249.6518 (North America HQ) β’ 1-800-627-8372 (US Only) β’ 1800-120-113 (Australia) β’ +1-636-722-7111 (International) β’ customer_support@mastercard.com β’ List of executives' Linkedin profiles
Visa β’ +1 650 432 3200 (Headquarters, US) β’ 1-800-847-2911 (US + Canada) β’ List of phone numbers by region β’ 1-888-289-9322 (Confidential Compliance Hotline) β’ askvisa@visa.com
PayPal Unfortunately, PayPal doesn't have any e-mail address, as it uses its website's customer support. You will need to log in to your PayPal account if you wish to access Customer Support lines or messages. Here's a few lines we found so far : β’ 1-402-935-2050 (US + Canada)
Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social Follow the number below doesnt work, as Stripe has changed their number, and is demanding a $2.99 fee to even tell you what it is. however, this number DOES still work and will let you leave a message: (877) 887-7815
Welcome to the weekend! You made it sailor. Which censorious payment processor would you like to call first? Thanks to my moot @dieselbrain.bsky.social for the Stripe number, can confirm it works
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Sign the ACLU Petition Against Mastercard
action.aclu.org/petition/mas...
Put your anger towards calling payment processors out! They're loud but we can be LOUDER!
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Global): 1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Canada): 1-800-847-2911
Paypal: 44-0203-901-7000
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Pen and marker drawing of a character with big pointy ears and short hair holding a pencil with dramatic explosion lines coming out from around it
Itβs artfight time! I donβt know how much I can participate this year bc things are rough, but I want to do a few attacks at least. Please link your profile in the comments! :] my user is perryberry
01.07.2025 17:45 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0One of the best parts of running it was getting to create portraits of my wonderful play-testers' characters!
23.06.2025 05:57 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0NO WAR ON IRAN
22.06.2025 00:19 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.
20.06.2025 17:14 β π 2054 π 625 π¬ 16 π 21In 5 years, long covid has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness among children in the US.
The only way to avoid long covid is to avoid catching covid.
Masks lower your instance of illness.
These are facts.
Cognitive dissonance & denial are kicking peopleβs ass.
btw if you're so petrified of doing a bad job that you can't even start, then what you need isn't advice on how to make comics. you need to learn to embrace being messy and bad at things and being okay with that because it's necessary, and actually it's GOOD. being messy is WONDERFUL
25.05.2025 19:34 β π 5729 π 1870 π¬ 27 π 87Photo of the physical printed copy of Stravagante: Gigante on a weathered wooden table surface, surrounded by red and white six-sided dice. Text to the side reads: available now on itch.io and print-on-demand.
Stravagante: Gigante! the updated expansion to my whimsical fantasy adventure TTRPG is officially available over on itchio and print-on-demand!
penflower-ink.itch.io/stravagante-...
Tbh It's actually okay to suck at stuff you enjoy doing. You don't have to gear into competition or be the absolute best. Existing and having fun is just as worthwhile. You don't have to make money off it. You don't have to get published. You can literally just create it, fail, learn, and make more
22.05.2025 07:37 β π 3784 π 1813 π¬ 27 π 46βMake America Healthy Again!β
βItβs your patriotic duty to be healthyβ
βOnly sick kids should die of measlesβ
Pay attention. This isnβt about health.
Theyβre coming for Medicaid
Theyβre targeting SNAP
Theyβve already criminalized abortion
They will make you sick & then blame you. Itβs a cull
arf arf π¦π
12.05.2025 16:28 β π 2085 π 551 π¬ 12 π 1Some more designs also if anyone has a #VGenCode please DM me! Alternatively, you can simply get me to 100 likes and 20 reposts!
vgen.co/GeriStrawberry
#warriorcats #leopardstar #tallstar #mapleshade #furryartist
Paper and pencil sketch of a man with big pointy ears standing with hands in pockets and jacket falling off one shoulder. Part of the jacket is a darker line added digitally
Forgot to draw the jacket bottom on paper so I drew it via photo mark up on my phone lol
11.05.2025 06:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Grey tabby cat stares down at the camera
she is judging me so hard for being awake at 4 am
10.05.2025 08:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
For anyone aware of the tragedy at Vancouver Lapu Lapu festival, here's a thread of GoFundMe's available to help support the many victims. (copy pasted from my friend 'J' in the Vancouver Filipino community)
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Timelapse because I enjoy timelapses yippeee
29.04.2025 18:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tried animating a silly loop in CSP for Aprilβs vgen challenge π«‘
29.04.2025 18:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I think he wears glasses but I just donβt draw them on him a lot. the horrors canβt see you if you canβt see them..?
29.04.2025 04:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Chibi sketch of a man cheering with his pet bird joining in to the side
silly sketch of my magnus archives ttrpg character and his pet pigeon
He wears a bee suit wrapped around his waist because his team had a wasp-filled first adventure >:]