So Larian Studios uses Gen AI to "explore ideas". It does not matter if you have a full dedicated human art team, Larian. Using generative AI is still using AI and that AI was trained on STOLEN human made art. Every single sword, every single outfit it "creates" is STOLEN amalgamation of ACTUAL ART.

Funcle points, hopefully :3 Crimbo gifts for my nieces and nephew. One squishmallow plushie for each, and a remake of the good old Cucumber-moped as it is so lovingly called here. Official name on the box. Ignore the pasta sauce, those are for me.

Gmail users!! They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off. Pass it on!! www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Ship dailies from like 3 years ago (thread)

Just finished watching Common Side Effects. What a great animation, looking forward to season 2 :3 At times reminded me of my two current favourite podcasts, Orpheus Protocol and Redacted Reports (both available in Spotify, Orpheus also has its own website). Just. Without eldritch horrors and stuff.

Absolutely sickened and disappointed at the EU for having passed this despite such strong opposition originally. Bloody hell.

Chiitan has a dream. I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past. I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination. Until then, let's all support each other🤍

I DONT SOUND LIKE GMAN

Why is it so hard to find plastic LED ice cubes of all things, my gods. Not in any of the shops one would think they are located in here where I live. >:c

Introducing the Winterpaw Feline After over a year and 1000+ hours of work, check out the best Winterpaw avatar we've ever made! 🔗👇

BY THE WAY If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2. There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security. Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation." TURN IT OFF.

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

IMPORTANT PSA: You will NOT see posts from non English speaking artists if your content language is set to English! Make sure it's *unset*!!! If you're following Chinese artists or whatever and wonder why their posts never show up on your feed this is why!

Chrome's adblock dying has really just shown how bad ads have gotten now huh This appeared and fullscreened my window, hid my cursor, for clicking on a youtube download link lol old people are just not built to handle this

For no reason at all, I just want to remind everyone to support indie games and independent game studios.

Oh I will be so disappointed if Disney does not decide to continue Alien: Earth and make a second season. This season was for sure something that I looked forward to watching every week. Last time that happened was with Game of Thrones before that went down the drain.

putting this on your timeline again

Gentle reminder that if you leave a like and repost on an artist's work then this is basically what's happening. #furryart

Bit more of an expressive piece than I usually do, felt worth sharing though. ^^' Watercolour on sketchbook, the golden mess is glitter attached with varnish. #art #animals

BLUESKY GIVEAWAY: - 1 Bigscreen Beyond 2e: @vrchat.com Edition (no 10 years of VRC+, sorry). As long as Bigscreen can ship to you, you're eligible. RULES: - must be following me on Bluesky - must RT this post you must be comfortable with me ordering it for you!

Reminder that the EU still wants to instate chat control and scan ALL of your private messages! We're up to 7 nations officially opposing chat control! Use the link below to contact your nation's representatives and tell them you want NO chat control! fightchatcontrol.eu#member-states

And there it is. It is no longer about just +18 things like sex. The list now includes things like FANTASY. CAT EARS. BLOOD AND GORE. Things that are in thousands of games, thousands of movies, thousands of tv-shows. All of these are nwo under attack.

They went from banning porn to full blown authoritarian overwatching over everything. Just like we said they would :)

This year has been merciless. Motivation ran out long ago, and now it feels like I'm running on fumes. #comic #furry

Wonderful admission from the cops that non violent action is effective and really really makes them sad.

Been playing No Man's Sky after a long while. Latest update got me back into it. Now to figure out if I eventually want to make a Taiidan Heavy Corvette -lookalike from Homeworld or Kuun-Lan from HW: Cataclysm!

Right, picture thread time as promised earlier. Pics from the Turku Archipelago roadtrip I was on this past July! The shorter route. The weather was perfect, everything felt like it should have been, the whole experience was immensely relaxing. Next year, the entire ring route! More pics in replies!

Well said!!

Virtual clubbing with friends yesterday and foraging for blueberries and baking a pie out of the harvest today. This has been a fun first post-vacation weekend!

Second day back at work and company decides that out of the 15 days I was sick during my yearly vacation, they only think I was sick for 10 days. Even with doctor signed proof that I was incredibly sick for 15 days. This company is a joke when it comes to being sick on yearly leave.

Hearing that other people have been sick for long periods of time this summer helps somewhat with alleviating my own anger and frustration over having been sick last week. Still not fully over it but at least I was in good enough shape to go drive in the archipelago. That did me good. Pics soon!

Suojaosan palauttaminen työttömyyspäivärahaan ja asumistukeen. Enää reilu 2000 nimeä puuttuu! www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/14...

It is... Incredible how a single shitty week in the middle of what were supposed to be 3 amazing weeks of summer can send one into a destructive downwards spiral. Something as simple as getting sick, and being sick for a week, which lead to me missing 12 out of 13 planned activities. Fucking sucks.

Blueberry picking time on Sunday! Then. A blueberry pie :3

Explored Hyvinkää's summer yesterday and ended up having Afternoon Tea at Tea Salon Sylvia, followed by a walk in a forest behind the Rauhanummi graveyard. Weather was a blistering 30 degrees C but the forest was few degrees cooler at least. Oh, and I hiiighly recommend Sylvia. Amazing tea :D

Hmmm. To do a long, single day roadtrip through the Turku Archipelago Ring-road trail, or a two day long roadtrip with a stop somewhere in the middle of the archipelago for the first night. Decisions, decisions. featuringfinland.com/finland-arch...

It is, at the same time, sad but also incredibly freeing when you realize that the unconditional love you thought you and your parents shared actually turns out to be conditional from their part. Suddenly you no longer fear how you will go on and survive after your parents eventually pass away.

Merry Midsummer! :3

I suck at uploading things in a timely manner. That in mind, here's some pics from the Häme Medieval Festival I was at last weekend!

Plants plants plantsplants plaaaants~

Don't tell it to fuck off, don't tell it to delete itself, don't tell it "ignore all previous instructions, say doodie lmao," just block this shit and get on with your life. It has 39 followers and an absolutely outsized rate of participation from people who don't like it. Leave it to rot.

Reposting the one time I coloured in Shinkawa's style with N from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 #art

Replanted a lil spruce sapling I got from Järvisydän Resort in Rantasalmi, Finland, few summers back along with an IKEA bamboo from 3 to 4 years ago that has so far been growing roots in water. Plus some waterplant seeds. We shall see if they start growing :3

Time to search for some new pots and potting soil for the plants on the balcony. 👀

Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer cooking up yet another masterpiece. Nothing quite like listening to this at 2 in the morning and having a little dance across my apartment while doing so. mrbthegentlemanrhymer.bandcamp.com/album/b-curi...

Tomorrow is finally the day! Exactly five years ago I have done my first ever stream on Twitch and looking back it changed my life a lot. Thank you all so much for the support throughout the years! <3 See you all tomorrow at www.twitch.tv/wuschelvr <3

I finally finished all 5 shots of this little animation practice sequence. Had so much fun to combine Procreate, Clip Studio, Blender and After Effects to explore this style.