TTRPG SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT: CW: CSA materials I've just heard from a trusted source (with evidence linked below) that @ colbosch. bsky. social was arrested in June last year for possession of CSAM. Sharing this info so that others can look into it for themselves and keep themselves safe.

The open contempt that bluesky staff seems to have for is users is frustrating, any sort of concern is met with insular chuckling Yesterday they were discussing openly how bluesky- which has suffered a lot of glitches in the last month's- is vibecoded by Claude, a rebranded version of chatGPT

nice retrospective from my friend who made WigglyPaint - a good read for anyone who's wanting to have more intention behind their art software selection, and what it means to support folks who care about making their tools as open as possible, and how that gets abused beyondloom.com/blog/onwiggl...

AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal. The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright. (Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

The same game I tried to warn some people about for having genAI in it, but was told "It's fine because there's only a little." 🫩

So ARC Raiders is actual spyware: timothymeadows.com/arc-raiders-...

Having your technical advisor insult a big portion of your user base isn't exactly a good look. 😅

oh this place is a ticking time bomb. I see

The recent happenings have given me hope that people out there *do* pay attention & I genuinely hope the person who has copied/traced my work and others will finally wake up to the fact that it’s only a matter of time until you’re being called out. I’ve been hurting for 6 months with no closure.

The more I hear and experience drama in this community and see how y’all treat each other openly and behind the scenes the more I just want to go back to no-interact. I hoped artists had more empathy for their own kind, but give someone a little attention and y’all show your true faces.

I can get past tracing with an actual genuine apology. I cannot condone harassment and literally enabling it. I also don’t condone Prince’s piss poor treatment of their peers. If you still support them knowing what they’ve done, feel free to leave my space. Actually, please leave.

Feeling v gross about those that only just now drew a line in the sand with tracing and not me literally having proof of being manipulated and abused as if I didn't matter. It wasn't neutrality. It was enabling. I'm over this shit. I'm over them and their group. Thank god I have work to distract me

with the influx of new followers (thank you 🫶🏻) comes the need to once again state that this is a generative AI hate zone 🩷🩷 feed any of my work to AI and I'll kill you 🩷

Toilet detective. Photo from my collection, ca. 1960s.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a demiman and not bigender. Or maybe I'm demifluid. . Grr. .

Dirtbox XD 💙

Maybe if I continually post without reposting anything for a while, it'll fix whatever broke.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm shadowbanned or something.

I'm still needing help! #artcommission #artisthelp #art #commission

what a strange individual.

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Talking yourself up while tracing others' art for comms is crazy.

Happy Women's History Month! 💙✨

According to payment processors, purchasing fictional sexy art is grossly immoral. Betting on school children getting blown up is fine though.

he-who-will-be-hard-to-draw

irt recent events overnight; hi. this is me. a trans man who posts about my trans man oc and projects heavily onto him. he is no-op, i had a reduction. he has a biological child, i wish i could have one. over the past year i found out i have endometriosis, which can impact my own ability to do so

i love chibifying complex designs

In 1 month I've had Iranians, Venezuelans, and Cubans in my dms trying to explain to me how it's actually so cool for America to just bomb the country where their family lives and how it would magically fix everything.

“Excuse me, camera… I need to inspect if you smell like treats.” #cats #BlueskyCats #gato #CatsOfBluesky

Since the first pack was capped out. We are continuing the thrive and vibe from the first and continuing the spread of positivity and support to other Transgender Artist. Trans brothers, sisters and those in-between. I will be grabbing those who didn't fit last time & more. go.bsky.app/Bj2XDLb

Oh it’s been a while since I said it so I’ll say it again. AI is poop. It’s bad. I hate it. Pick up a pen. Have a soul. Reject the utter violation of humanity tool that sucks up drinkable water and steals from artists. I say again, ai is poop and I hate it. Okay go about your day

Don't know how you can study quantum mechanics and still believe there's a god It's like staring into an abyss and being confronted with the fact that no one designed this and it was never meant to be grasped or understood

As a TME NB person who presents -quite- feminine, I have no desire to speak over those who have a bit more authority on this subject, but I do consider myself to be trans, and the human form comes in a myriad of ways.

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Some people don't seem to understand that there is no black and white, and if something triggers you, then block that person instead of telling them censor their own trans joy. Every trans person experiences being trans in their own way and there's nothing wrong with that. (+)

I should draw more minorities. That'd make me happy.

Y’all need to be careful who you’re resharing because I’ve been noticing an increase of GenAI artists/tracers on Bluesky lately Usually I noticed these accounts will post highly rendered artworks every single day or few times every day

friendly reminder to check what moderation lists you follow as people like to abuse the functionality. i am not a mean person, but i do not take kindly to random strangers preaching that trans bodies should be censored :-)

Thy loyal hound, returned from the hunt 🩸 #Faurox #Astreux #Astrox #Art

this is the last thing i will say about this, but do not treat random artists you follow like they have to follow the same rules of your personal discord friendgroup. you are asking random strangers who do not know you and probably never will to "tw" their transness. i will never do that.

To the mass of people who just followed me: I do draw! Please check out my media tab if you're interested ^^

Occasionally I like to pull some ancient packs out of archive to get them out into the wild. Today it is the Mirror Pack from 2016 which is now Free+ on Ko-fi! ➡️ ko-fi.com/s/4b4a5d715e 63 full body pose references of a thin, white, female model in front of a full length mirror.

Fan service except it’s just an attractive emotionally intelligent man being sensitive to the nuances of mental illness.

There is no context 👻

I just want a vgen code and a new computer. I just wanna earn a living off of my art. Apparently, that's too much to ask atp and I'm thinking I don't deserve it. eh. fuck it we ball.

Please help Honey if you can. No amount is too small. 🙏