i think it's good actually that a videogame prominently featuring AI voice acting is finding success while my VA friends haven't found steady work in years and have their rates forcibly ground into dust over the few reliable gigs left but hey the game is really fun right!!!!!!!

Another tech bro run thing you really should stop using if you haven't already. Our phones can hold cavernous amounts of MP3s, music-only devices can be found in abundance, and there's stuff like Bandcamp for direct artist support. Fresh reminder that ModRetro's founder also funds death dealing.

I cannot describe how accurate this is. And this is in ideal conditions. There's a ton more fucked up shit with job hunting than this. This methodology of employment is not it, chief. Companies will pass on the best employees they'll ever have. And they don't give a fuck.

brb gonna ponder that my mental state might just be that of orange cat

To try and help clear up confusion going around BSky at the moment regarding the gov’t shutdown: The Democratic Party folded. They agreed to re-open government for a PROMISE of a vote. Yes, SNAP recipients suffered for *nothing*. Yes, there was NO ACA extension. Yes, they accepted ALL the blame.

the twitter & instagram comments on this are insane i ended up turning replies off on both

The single most important thing a creative can have is "at least one friend or romantic partner who will Gas Them The Fuck Up when they talk about a new project." The second most important thing is money.

Is there an updated version of this

DYING

what i really like about Charles Keeping's illustrations of frankenstein are how apparent it is that this is a CORPSE. This is not a thing made of fresh, clean, well preserved and well treated flesh he is bloated and putrefying. the idea this thing is ALIVE in such a body is repugnant

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded. HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

Some eldritch horror old god thangs living on small Croatian islets, i drew not long ago.

This isn't how you improve as an artist but dude was never going to improve

For the last 24 hours Twitter has been full of people mocking the everloving shit out of this “fantasy author” for trying to dunk on one of Hideo Kojima’s best creations: FAT MAN. If you’re wondering why everyone is making Orc City jokes, this is why:

Enough of you asked me about this that I wrote some brief thoughts on Ocean Ramsey's particular brand of pseudoscientific nonsense. I believe this addresses almost all of the frequently asked questions I receive, but as always I am happy to answer serious questions asked in good faith. 🧪🦑🌎🦈

'Still' Brown pencils on ivory cartridge paper, 150 × 105 mm. Belated #Junicorn

As posted earlier, both Hannes Bok and CM Kornbluth were born on this day (2nd) - so fittingly, here's some of Bok's illustrations to Kornbluth tales. 1st for "Crisis"; 2-4 for "The Perfect Invasion". Both names on the magazine cover are Kornbluth pseudonyms: 'Cecil Corwin' was used for "Crisis" too

Kong vs cave serpent again. I think this is original production art for the film? The serpent’s anatomy is clearer here than it is in the film.

Here's a convenient link to the #Amphiterra project, if you're interested in giving it a read! I'm always amazed at people's enthusiasm over my spec evo project, and I really hope to expand it further very soon. amphiterra.weebly.com

Aenocyon dirus [ #paleoart | #canids | #direwolf | #3Dart | #art ]

It looks awesome! Props to everyone who took part! Here is the Varan I did for this wonderful collab!: [ #godzilla #kaiju #kaijune ]

GODZILLA KAIJUNE -draw all monsters- COLLAB! Thanks to everyone for joining in! There will be a link with credits and links to everyone that participated, also hopefully I'll be repostin and liking some y'all submissions when they're posted up~ [ #godzilla #kaiju #kaijune ]

Lelia bio done! Wew.

Character bio for Kaiko Westfield!

Also got the bio for Erina done too! Of my "main" characters, I think I only have Lelia or Koron left!

The future of the web is either 1) a site does not allow adult content at all, no porn, no sex health ed, no queers, no whatever else they deem offensive. Or 2) a site does allow adult content, but you have to give your personal info over to companies who will sell it to data brokers. Cool.

Why taxonomy can't be replaced by 'AI': The land crab genus Gecarcinus was just revised based on 26 morphological characters, some requiring dissection. Only an expert could do this! (Paper link next skeet) It is now monotypic (1+2), the other 3 species referred to Hartnollius n. gen. (3+4) 🧪🦀

Some more Clark Darlton covers (all by Johnny Bruck):

Southerby's auctioning off an incredible juvenile Ceratosaurus formerly exhibited at the Museum of Ancient Life in Utah. Instead of buying this, why not fund paleo research in Utah. Support American science and get a dinosaur or two named for you or yours. #FossilFriday @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social

More medieval Marios at #AnnecyFestival.

Illustrations from Astonishing Stories for authors without a SFE entry (1940-1942): 1&2. Harry Walton, 3. C Shook, 4 Joseph Gilbert (Artist: 1-3 Hannes Bok, 4 Lawrence) 1&2 for "Radiation Trap", 3 for "The Band Played On", 4 for "The Eternal Quest":

I think what was uniquely disturbing about the Meganulon in Rodan is that, unlike the ants in Them!, or the Rodans themselves, they did not view people as food source, and merely killed all of their victims out of sheer territorial aggression. Like this fundamental incohabitability.

Titanoboa [ #paleoart | #titanoboa | #snakes | #3Dart | #art ]

My favourite thing about the Friday the 13th series is that the timeline is convoluted and doesn't make any sense, so that if you envision each movie as a different campfire tale being told by some drunk counselors, each getting weirder as they try and top each other, it totally works.

An astronomy professor colleague of mine once relayed trying to explain to his students why it was important that they actually write their class reports themselves. “The point is not to teach ME about neutron stars,” he said.

There are many animals that appear only briefly in Kaimere's fossil record. Animals that found tremendous initial success but did not endure past this first boom. Most modern descendants of this harvests are small generalists, not the heavy hitters.

Pakardia is a massive island in the southeastern corner of the known world. It is home to many strange and unique animals found nowhere else in Kaimere. One of its most famous endemic animals is the u'ruek, a semi-domesticated bird-like dinosaur. Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tiy4...

June: The Dark Ages 👹💥💪☠️🖤

True story…

I think we’ve reached a point where most major news media has decided to accept the fabricated right wing fantasy world as realer than the real one, and the speed at which this has happened is utterly appalling and horrifying. It’s extremely hard to take in, even if it was a long time coming.

These two book pages were responsible for making me think Troodon was a nightmarish pack hunter that slaughtered Velociraptor throughout my childhood.

FYI. The media is lying.

Brachiosaurus altithorax [ #paleoart | #dinosaurs | #brachiosaurus | #3Dart | #art ]

I was originally going to make a part 2 to this series but I decided to just continue it where I last left off. So with that being said here’s Retrosaur 14. This one is based off of ankylosaurids.

いろんな角度で見たいよね

Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatment - in contrast to the label which suggests dogs can safely swim 48 h after treatment. www.newscientist.com/article/2482...

This week's new SFE entries are here: sf-encyclopedia.com/whatsnew.php - Anthony Rother, David Schleinkofer & Edmund Wnuk-Lipiński; the films 'Fire Maidens from Outer Space' (UK, 1956) & 'Last Angel of History' (UK-German, 1996), plus the US comic 'Operation: Peril' (1950-53). 2-4 art Ogden Whitney: