New Bridge https://www.wikiart.org/en/edouard-cortes/new-bridge

Mandatory AI training is not fun.

New painting! "Midsummer Procession", 33"x 21", Oil on Linen.

My right hand's been hurting for months and today my left hand started to hurt... right after the first drum lesson where I didn't feel like my left hand was noticeably weaker. I guess the mysterious pain is from holding the drumstick all wrong. It will be hell to relearn this after 2+ years.

Hey look! A new book! Some of you may have caught The Packet serialised in ParSec magazine but this is its first outing as physical book. If you like stormy sea voyages and sci-fi, this is the one for you. Out in April, opening for pre-order now. www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Who is NOT envious of these socks?

Absolutely a fan! If you're not yet a fan, start reading: you'll be a fan in no time!

David & Robin are joined by Cheryl Morgan, owner of Wizard’s Tower Press. Gather to hear insights of an experienced indie publisher on anthologies, dealers’ rooms, colonisation of Welsh mythology. Cheryl reveals how to make a small fortune in publishing & provides enough recs to break a TBR pile.

Almost missed breakfast with my sister because I started doomscrolling. I hate this world and I hate it that we can't look away even for a moment.

Bandcamp has banned AI music. The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp." stereogum.com/2485199/band...

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

🏙️🩸 Folk horror with concrete under its nails. Blood in the Bricks (ed. Neil Williamson) puts dread in the Tube, tower blocks, and shuttered factories. Our review highlights “Down Street,” “Hagstone,” and “Flip” among the standouts. horrortree.com/epeolatry-bo... Edited by @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

These are apparently facial reconstructions of a 2,300-year-old Pazyryk Scythian male and female from the same kurgan in Berel, Kazakhstan and not - as I first thought - that couple I met at a Spiral Tribe soundsystem in 1992 who sold me E that turned out to be paracetamol.

And a reminder to Wishlist Tales of the Mabinogion on Steam, if you haven't already! There`ll be plenty more painterly views of Welsh-inspired castles, forests, mountain, and coastlines throughout the game! #WishlistWednesday store.steampowered.com/app/3067260/...

apropos of everything www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWw4...

Managed to cut my foot open with the waste paper basket. Can it get any more ridiculous. Can it.

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

people probably need an emotional/mental palette cleanser here is a cat owner being a cat to her cats

Opulent is good, I guess.

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.

This letter pretends it is reasonable and obvious but ultimately is an attempt to excuse a dozen or more ways of letting anti-human, pro-techlord, environment-destroying septic AI into our industry, organizations and processes. But there just isn’t an ethical use of generative AI, full stop.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Amur tigers used to be my favourite animals. I don't know if it was because I saw a captive Amur tiger piss on a clutch of 7-year-old kids when I was 5, with a precision that put the best snipers to shame, or because the zoo near my dad's place had Amur tiger cubs when I was 8. I suspect the latter.

Since it came up in a conversation I ended up googling if the rhinos in the Salzburg Zoo get out in Winter and not only do they, it also makes for some impressive photos Images by Manuel Bukovics

It's incredibly frustrating when I get stuck with a scene because I don't know if geese breathe loudly or not and what it sounds like and it's not even important and I should be able to sidestep this in at least a dozen ways but I'm paralysed, because. Do they snort. Do they wheeze. Are they quiet.

This is a really good point that I had not run into before: these "creators" have no further insight into their alleged creation than the average audience member and that is why it cannot be called art (besides all the other obvious reasons).

One thing that is always left out of Christmas Carol adaptations that I think is important in the book is that when Marley leaves, Scrooge looks over the city and sees thousands of spirits. Just a little suggestion to just how common miserliness and cruelty is and how few can make the change.

SFWA is doing a survey on LLM use in the industry. You don't need to be a member to submit. Writers/artists/humans need all the advocates we can get, and I hope we can encourage SFWA to take a strong stance. www.sfwa.org/sfwa-survey-...

Winter Solstice, Collooney, Sligo

Happy Winter Solstice. The light is coming! This is the Holly King who is now at the peak of his powers. Fortunately his ascension is complete so we can look forward to the emergence of the Oak King and moving into the light. From my reduction linocut ‘The Holly King versus The Oak King’.

Watching the solstice sunrise live stream from Newgrange has become a tradition for me since 2020. Another covid wave was just on the rise with lockdowns and fears and I cannot express how much it meant to be able to be part of something so eternal www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRgu... #NewgrangeSolstice

Somehow, today's yoga session fucked up my back instead of fixing it. The joys of being alive.

Just to remind you that the livestream of the solstice sunrise from Newgrange starts 12 hours from now. heritageireland.ie/visit/newgra...

Happy to finally show the illustration 'In Artur Hawkwing’s Hand' that I painted for @dragonsteelbooks.com 's edition of 'The Eye of The World' by Robert Jordan, from 'The Wheel of Time' series!

Cross posting this 14 book bundle from @aptshadow.bsky.social #booksky 💙📚 www.humblebundle.com/books/adrian...

Borrowed with love from Mastodon:

I just got a new phone with automatic AI edits in the camera and the first thing I noticed was that when I zoomed in, the details looked absolutely nothing like what was there in the field. Photos no longer reflect reality. It's appaling.

🤬Hungarians' anger was undeniable as they chanted “it’s all over” for the regime, echoing opposition leader Péter Magyar, outside PM Viktor Orbán’s Buda castle office at a weekend anti-gov't protest sparked by child-abuse scandals ignored or covered up by authorities. More videos in the thread.👇

"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard

I spent three days last week putting together an eligibility MEGA POST for @strangehorizons.bsky.social, with all the people and work within it that's eligible for awards in 2026. I hope you'll check it out, click on some things, and consider putting your faves forward 🥹 Thank you, and here's to 26!

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky We've hit peak Psychology Humour

Today I learned that NASA has a collection of free ebooks that can be downloaded as pdfs or ebub format. The science books even include a children’s section with fun activites and coloring books! science.nasa.gov/multimedia/s...

Be one of the first 100 civilians to remotely drive a rover on the moon in 2028. Or, give the opportunity to a friend or loved one. open.substack.com/pub/kschroed...

YES!!! I've been waiting for this since last December!

Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.

I would love to run a Vampire AP set in Dublin. However if that was a thing there would be no masquerade! Everyone in Ireland knows everyone. If a hunter went into the local pub saying they're looking for John the barman would immediately reply "Do you mean postman Johnny or vampire Johnny?"