Miscellaneous Mischief

🐸He/They/It☆22☆Queer☆Disabled🐸 My main/art blog 🚫Anti AI. Anti TERF. Anti Fascist.🚫

[ectopunkart]

Howdy there, Welcome to my blog! My name is Nik, and I'm a character designer, illustrator, and amateur concept artist! Im a giant fantasy nerd and spend a majority of my time posting about OCs or various D&D things, but I also take comissions from time to time! If you're interested, here's all of the other places you can find me!

Instagram: Ecto_Punk_Art

Bluesky: EctoPunkArt.bluesky.social

Heres where you can support me:

Get more from Ecto-Punk on Patreon

And here's where you can commission me:

Ko-fi Commissions Open! Click to see Ecto-Punk's commission menu.

Niether of these things are mandatory, of course. But they would help out a lot, so give them a look if you wanna see art I've never posted anywhere else, or wish to see a blorbo of your own drawn in my style!

[dilfosaur]

an extra futbol luce

[dilfosaur]

been watching a lot of soccer

[ectopunkart]

I made a Speed paint of my silly little vampire :)

Warning for flashing images

Final piece below cut

Himmmmmm! I love my stupid little bat twink :3

[nosimpincurly]

You’re not depressed. You just need $250,000 in your bank account.

[catherinebunnington]

Reblog to materialize $250,000 in prev's bank account

[noah-wyles]

spin this wheel

you're now this mythical creature, congrats!

how do you feel?

i love it!!!

i like it

it's okay i suppose...

why would you do this to me?

i hate it!!!!!

nuanced answer / i don't know

Voting ended onMay 17, 2025

[whumpster-dumpster]

You're transported into the last movie or TV show you watched. Could you survive whatever canon-typical whump happens there?

Yes

No

Voting ended onMay 3, 2025

[a-wild-haggis]

my trusty old mouse finally died and i don't think i like this new mouse as much. :(

[a-wild-haggis]

[ross-hollander]

Verily, man, this wizard peace is splendid. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "spirits o' field and vineyard" or something along those lines, and every one around him was showered in fresh-baked pastries and loaves, had their cups fill with aged wine, and then were soothed by a warm summer breeze. The minstrels didn't even sing his praises, that's what a joyous time this is. And here I've just been casting calming dew and level 2 aura of cheer. I think I just heard "power word: dessert" two groups over. I gotta get over there.

[devious-buffoon]

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

[xxscrabiesxx-deactivated2025062]

hey folks if you have an android phone: google shadow installed a "security app".

Android System SafetyCore - Apps on Google Play

Provides safety features for Android devices.

I had to go and delete it myself this morning.

[unexpectedyarns]

And several others as well. Clear data, disable, uninstall if you can.

[luxwing]

Found this on my phone as well. Open Settings > Apps > See All Apps. In the top right click on the meatball menu (the dots) and click Show System Apps and sort by name. If it's installed it should appear as Android Safety Core. It can be safely uninstalled.

[wiisagi-maiingan]

Hiding government and public services to reduce how much they're used and "prove" that they're unneeded is a tried and true Republican technique. It's not a conspiracy, these things are deliberately made difficult to access to discourage people from using them because "more use = more funding" and "less use = less funding" is how public service funding is generally decided.

Musk outright lying about "deleting" a whole IRS program for low income tax filing is just a progression of common Republican tactics. Don't fall for it.

[tea-and-charcoal]

I can confirm that I filed using the irs direct file several days after Musk claimed it was gone. It's still there.

People have been fighting for this option for years, and while it's limited in many ways I found it easy to use and didn't require some random other company to have access to all my information.

https://www.irs.gov/filing/irs-direct-file-for-free

[thelocalmuffin]

Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

[yeahwrite]

Writers: It's asking to read your Google Docs and be able to 'summarize' things from them and such things. I just turned all mine off.

[last-starry-sky]

Because this isn't mentioned above, also go to google.com/drive/settings and turn off all the annoying bits that interface directly with docs there.

This is all in the "privacy" tab of your settings. How fun that everything is hidden two layers deep. 🙄 This DOESN'T get rid of the stupid little star constantly asking you to use it, unfortunately, but that's what the picker in ublock is for. 😉

[buf309]

More detail instructions for OP's post for those who are confused. This is done from the browser on my laptop, I don't know what they look like on phones.

When you click the first link gemini.google.com/extensions, you need to click on the setting icon at the bottom, then choose "Extension", like this:

Scroll down a bit, you will see the options, turn them all off.

Then, you click on the second link myactivity.google.com/product/gemini, you'll see it tells you that it's already "turn off". NO! IT'S NOT! You have to click on that "Turn off" option, it'll drop down a menu like this:

Turn that thing off. Until that button shows you have to click to turn it back on like this:

And then, click on the delete button down there too, even if it says there's nothing to delete, just do it as a caution.

After you's done with those two. You go to your Drive, find the Setting button.

Click on the "Privacy" tab, choose the button "Manage Workspace smart feature setting"

Tick both of those off, then click Save. Or if you still want to use Google AI assistant for some reasons, please read the fine lines very very carefully.

Only then, you can feel safe enough with this force AI assistant bullshit. FOR NOW 🤡 All these steps still can't get rid of that Gemini blinkblink icon though >:(((((

Repeat for every one of your google accounts 💀

[atalana]

can confirm it looks pretty much the same on mobile

if you already had your google account on the highest privacy settings possible (as i did with my main), gemini is off by default, there won't be anything in the extensions tab and you don't have to turn it off

but i did have to go through this process with my other accounts, so do check all of them

[browsethestacks]

The World Of Becca Blake

Art by Dan Schkade

[anarchistmemedistro]

oops shared without amendment: don’t use milk to rinse eyes just plain water

[rederiswrites]

Quietly losing my mind over the fact that Elon Musk has straight up orchestrated a coup of our executive branch and like....I don't even know what, if any, system we have in place to fix this. Like... He's just taken control of the money and locked out the actual appointed officials. What the fuck.

[rederiswrites]

Nazis are taking over my government, and like, not even just the Nazis we fucking elected! And I'm...making hamburgers? Because somebody has to make dinner? I just feel completely unhinged.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

I think that's how random civillians generally feel in these situations. Someone's gotta make dinner.

[lizardlicks]

If you're wondering, there is plenty to be done about it, and plenty being done about it already, even if it's not happening instantly in a way you can perceive.

Is Somebody Doing Something?!

Yes. Let me break it down for you.

[rederiswrites]

Reblogging because this is an excellent article that both tells you about some of what's being done and breaks it down in a way that will help you understand and think about future action. Please read!

[ectopunkart]

Miscellaneous Concept Art from my Patreon!

The first three are player characters for a DnD oneshot im running, and the next two are my own OCs that live in the same universe. (They aren't related to the one-shot), but I do plan on drawing a bunch of the important NPCs from said one-shot and offering them up as art assets for other DnD games.

Unsure where I would post them or how much to charge for them, though. I guess lemme know if you have opinions on that.

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

#Repost @gogreensavegreen

You might be more than one. You might be different ones at different times. 🫶🏽🫶🏽 you might not be one of these. There are more roles 💪🏽 but this is an amazing intro.

You can’t just like the idea and envision yourself in one of these roles you have to figure out how to be about it ♥️🫶🏽

Via @deiloh & @fablefulart