If you see a lot of political memes that have an out-of-place sepia filter, it's because the Studio Ghibli filter OpenAI added to ChatGPT was too popular and polluted their database, and will force a "nostalgic Ghibli sepia filter" onto images without asking. The recent White House Halo pic is one.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you want to commission art for winter holidays, you better start doing it soon to be sure you get it on time

Censorship is now coming for your dnd and your warhammer and your farming sim, they don't care if it's not adult content. They wanted everything

This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥

It’s Asexual Awareness Week 🖤 Oct 19 - 25, 2025 🩶 Celebrate identities 🤍 Build community 💜 Advocate for acceptance I’m a proud 🖤A🩶C🤍E💜 with some info to share. Take a look ⤵️ and THANK YOU for your support! AceWeek.org #Asexual #AsexualAwareness #AceAwarenessWeek

need more sapphic art on my feed

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on. Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights. Block, and move on. This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

i would love it if bsky would stop forgetting my fucking language settings.

you don't understand, i love the teal fake plant the Smosh set has. i want it. i need it. i keep googling and trying to find one for myself, yet i am denied.

UK cis women, please sign this to acknowledge that trans people are not a threat. (Unless you think they are, in which case you're awful so please fuck off and never come back.) Everybody else, please circulate. 💜

i despise gen ai and the side effect of it where i'm somehow supposed to be recording my work every damn time i art, or at the very least take progress screenshots, just in case i gotta prove to some rando that i didn't use ai, lest they start an inquisition on me. may gen ai burn in hell.

It especially frustrates me b/c I'm gray-asexual and I am also an adult artist and writer. This stuff DOES affect us & acting otherwise erases much of the ace spectrum & reinforces the stereotype we're all puritanical prudes. In any case, something not affecting you doesn't mean one shouldn't care.

artists aren’t the fucking bourgeois or “elite”. every artist i know can barely make rent. every artist i know is one severe enough hospital bill away from being homeless. we’re not all banksy or andy warhol. sick of this idea being passed around as we deal with companies exploiting us constantly.

DO NOT participate in #blueskyblackout2025 I'm nsfw artist and other nsfw artists are asking you to SHOUT! Bsky wants to censor us so the worst thing we can do is censor ourselves! Publicly shame them, use the feedback button, and post about it using the tag #bskycensorship Silence is compliance!

This is a BAD idea from a tactical pov all this means is an issue that bsky mods do NOT want controversy around will have NO posting about it for a full week a large number of people who come back from the "blackout" will likely not start up the complaints again it hamstrings the cause

Anyway, here’s your form of consent, Bluesky.

Know what I think is neat? Torn clothing. It perfectly represents that these mfs are in a hurry to get down to business and it's hot as shit. It can also be easily construed as noncon by people who don't fuckin get it and I'm exhausted just thinking about this.

In addition to the other replies, bsky is designating themselves fhe arbiter of the true meaning of an artwork. If they think someone looks a little too upset (emotion during sex is nuanced and complex irl!) they can decide it's against TOS and ban you.

the issue (not the only issue) with these kind of guidelines is that it also prevents fictional depictions of abusive relationships. am I gonna get banned for this because she's a teenager?? I was very careful to make it not too explicit. to make it really fucking uncomfortable. but I don't know

You might see several artists mad about the bluesky policy update banning non-con, even artists who do not make that kind of material, and wonder why it's such a problem. If that's you, here is a quick breakdown: 🧵

#SaveSpeech Germany has, unfortunately, reversed its position back to undecided. folks in the EU, but GERMANS ESPECIALLY, need to call your MEPs about Chat Control and urge them to oppose this proposal! find your MEP below and yell at them! www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/home

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The petition is nearly at 10k - just a little bit more of a push is needed!

honestly disgusting how few news media do any real journalism these days. rather lone investigative journalism. far too many just parrot some other article, without any critical eye, without any checking on their own part, without any leg work. likely bc there's no budget for actual work.

fucking hilarious show. and no one saw it???

VENUS a mini comic about girls night uniting us all 1/2

“From people I’ve spoken with at multiple platforms, they’re just suddenly told, ‘Starting next week, you won’t be able to use our [payment] services anymore.’ And it’s not even communicated by Visa or Mastercard directly, it’s passed down indirectly" automaton-media.com/en/news/cred...

today is a good day to repost this

I cannot overstate just how awful this stupid fucking bill proposal is - adding backdoors into encryption on OS level - "sniff" every single message before it gets encrypted AND SAVE IT CENTRALLY - let a goddamn hallucinating "AI" mark people as criminals it needs to be stopped, post haste

I refuse to accept that our future will be to live in puritan hell states. Keep calling!

had to practice drawing Miranda Priestly bc eventually i *will* draw mirandy. [threat] #art

had to practice drawing Miranda Priestly bc eventually i *will* draw mirandy. [threat] #art

Only one day left to apply for the communal sales table 😱🔥 The online form closes at the end of the day tomorrow!

one very real, concrete way to help feed Gaza right now is through donating to World Central Kitchen

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

I can finally share my piece for Broads And Broadswords vol 2 (@ broadswordszine on twitter), a zine that donates its proceeds to Transgender Law Center! I decided to do a take on a sword in the stone type of story. She would prefer it if the stone took the sword back please.

I'm seeing fewer posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation, and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them and losing them money. Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of. ⬇️

EU folks, make sure this is on your radar!

Hi new bsky people! I'm a NSFW artist and by default the site hides NSFW from you! To make sure you can see it, go to: SETTINGS > MODERATION > Flip on the toggle and adjust each section how you see fit. Thank you! 💖

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

I don't know if it's being sent at random, but I got an email survey from Patreon. And I never miss an opportunity to yell. It's all about AI. They very much want to use AI. They very much want to use your art to train AI. They could not broadcast more clearly how much they want a piece of that AI

Bsky community guidelines got updated Please see the posts in the thread for context abt our concerns because the devil is always in how these rules are enforced. Rampant overcorrection that stifles art and gets people deplatformed who have done nothing wrong is a result we've seen over and over.

check it y'all! (i was in vol 1 but haven't had time to do the others. hopefully this year tho!)

No lie, this calling campaign is one of the most effective levers we have at the moment. If we sustain the campaign through the financial quarter we'll be sending a strong message that this administration is bad for business. Please continue making censorship unprofitable.

More and more people reporting today that Stripe - the payment processor that Itch said were putting the most pressure on them - now have staff actively confirming that yes, they are censoring LGBT content, adult or otherwise. That this is official company policy. This seems kinda significant.

Stripe crossed a line now. Call up whatever local LGBT organizations exist in your area, gay activist groups, gay bars, pride organizing committees, folks who schedule drag shows, queer church groups, everyone. Also libraries and bookstores. Show up in person to talk to any business using Stripe.