As an author who has worked with a translator for two of my books, I want to very publicly emphasize that I will never, ever use machine translations for my work. I don't care how sophisticated it might be or get. When you work with a translator, it's a relationship.

🧵I just called @govpritzker.illinois.gov's office again to express my horror & rage. I also called my State Senator @harmonil.bsky.social & State Rep Camille Lilly. If you're in IL, please call. Pritzker's offices: 217-782-6830 217-782-6831 312-814-2121 312-814-2122 Find your IL state electeds ⬇️

Here is a Reddit threat that explains how to disable Copilot in Windows, which I've just followed: www.reddit.com/r/WindowsHel...

Sora is a paper machete. It is low-quality, impossible to make consistent or reliable, while also being incredibly expensive to run. Every single “good” video you’ve seen is cherrypicked from dozens of terrible ones to make you feel scared that this can create entire movies’ worth of content.

Mussolini boasted about being a rapist by the time he was 17. He preyed on hundreds of women and girls. Sexual abuse is rife in authoritarians. They think the whole world is their harem. No one stops them.

💛 AMARO x CMYK 💙

The EHRC and their transphobic handlers Sex Matters are clearly worried that MPs will demand full and public scrutiny of their anti-trans+ guidance - as an ever increasing number of MPs are demanding The window to push it through is dwindling and they know it Keep up the pressure folks ✊🏼

Our artist applications for "We've Always Been Here" are now open! Help us show that queer people have always existed, and always will 💕 Please share and tag your favorite artists! forms.gle/zHiVqh3SrsnT... #ZineSky #AToZines #Zine #Zines #ArtZine #QueerArt #LGBTQArt #ZineApps #ArtistsWanted

It’s #PortfolioDay 💖🎨 Hi I’m Toby, I work mainly in the TTRPG and CCG space. I love world building and fantasy, and I’m particularly interested in projects with diverse characters and cultures 🌐 www.tobyfoxart.com ✉️ [email protected]

How AI saves time and increases productivity.

"Magda Goebbels made a great strudel"

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment. An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action. A disinformation machine as our journalism fails. A bias machine as fascism takes root. A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

Mamdani promises to deploy *hundreds* if lawyers to fight for trans rights, create a new office of LGBTQ affairs, and allocate millions of dollars to fund housing and healthcare for trans kids and adults This is what fighting back looks like--elevating activists to materually support trans people.

Finally got to see Demon Slayer Infinity Castle this afternoon My heart So good

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79. people.com/diane-keaton...

Boris Johnson is corrupt and dishonest. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I am quite frankly desperate to make ends meet this month. We are $900 short on rent alone despite everything, and could really use any help we can get. I'm taking autumn YCH commissions and accepting any other help I can get to make sure the check clear in just a few days here. ko-fi.com/eskiworks

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

Super stoked to be a guest at this year’s Thought Bubble, and doing this panel with @bmure.bsky.social @donyatodd.bsky.social and @decassette.bsky.social Get the full programme at: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme Thanks again to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social for putting this together 🙏

okayyyy so I'm a little late to #FollowFriday today oops but I hope you'll still consider checking out these cool artists who draw pointy ears 👀🩷 (and lmk if you'd like to be added 🫶🏻) Elven Artists: go.bsky.app/QK4zXtb More Elven Artists: go.bsky.app/DH3rdLf #ElfEnjoyers

pink skies 💖☁️

Recent kitties from my teacup comms! ✿

someone followed me with dramione on their profile and posts so here's another psa: I AM A TRANS ARTIST if you have anything to do with hp on your profile or posts, my art is NEVER going to be for you 🏳️‍⚧️

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

The BT Tower is 60 years old today. Famous for its revolving restaurant...and a giant kitten courtesy of The Goodies.

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

Never take advice on an English degree from someone who won't spell check their own merch.

Protect the land that inspired this page.

Bloomberg research found wholesale electricity up ~270% in areas near data centers It doesn't seem like nearly enough people are taking it seriously One A.I. image isn't too much energy, but 5 million videos? Per day/hour/minute whatever. It's not sustainable www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

With the rise of AI and... well, everything's that is happening, really—I urge you all to read. There's a dismantling of Humanities for a reason, so you should read: fiction, poetry, History, everything. Take with you the lessons of previous generations, make your life richer, learn new things.

DON'T FUK'N SCARE ME LIKE THAT, FREIDA

Its parasocial foolishness cranked up to 1000 when folks become idols based off nothing more but a smoke screen of looking “good” via their online persona. Also, if people come to you “warning” you about someone? Ask questions, ask for receipts.

I beg y’all, stop putting folks on pedestals. Stop idolising them & upholding their character based on social media behaviour &/or personas. Watch who they curate their persona around & for.

Deleting English literature degrees would actually be a really interesting case study in whether the UK can destroy its own understanding of its own culture on an almost micro level. Worry not, sceptred isle, heir to Shakespeare, Byron, the Shelleys and Tolkien, you dont need to know who those are.

After struggling to get by for years my ME has become severe enough that I am completely homebound until further notice. I'm trying to apply for disability benefits but the process is incredibly slow. Commissions, kofi donations and the etsy shop are the only way I get any income. Please help me out

Hey kids! Remember when the pandemic struck and eventually the (Tory) government told everyone to stay at home, and the arts and entertainment industries were one of the few things keeping everyone from pulling our own eyes out of our skulls from abject fear and boredom? Remember that?

In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.

The storm of the decade has begun to errupt: Abeille vs Amaryllis! New page of Love Not Found is up now! lovenotfound.com/comic/love-n...

IT'S ANTI-PRIME DAY ON BOOKSHOP! Oct 7 & 8 you can get FREE SHIPPING on books, AND support independent bookstores! You should get Hunger's Bite, a YA horror adventure set on a Titanic-like ocean liner suffering a curse of capitalist greed. Perfect October reading! bookshop.org/p/books/hung...

I applied for an apprenticeship at a tattoo parlour because my industry continues to be in shambles and maybe it’s time for a pivot, they wanted examples of flash and I didn’t really have any so here are three I made up on the spot to show Range 🖊️🦑

Saturday at 11:00am I am on the How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Game Group Revisited with @cypheroftyr.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @critbard.com @quincystavern.bsky.social and @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social ! 3/7

Fuck Simon Wessely, fuck Wes Streeting, fuck Labour for consistently making life worse for the people they should be helping

Took Canada long enough to make a travel advisory to the US for lgbtq folk. But oof seeing this as an X passport user does indeed suck 😬

We really should have federal laws against people creating AI slop of ppl’s deceased loved ones. I know some states are passing laws against this, but it needs to be more widespread

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

Robin Williams daughter Zelda is pleading with people to stop creating AI videos of her Dad. I’m pleading with you to stop using generative AI. It’s destructive to the environment. It’s destructive to artists. It’s destructive to humanity. It steals from us and churns out slop. Just stop.

fuck ai