I fear I may be cooking with this design

long story short, life has been hellish for the past ~2 yrs. last week, my dog passed away unexpectedly & i am drowning in grief. my partner is working, but her job won't pay until mid dec. i have enough for rent but not much else. if anyone feels like helping, i'd greatly appreciate it.

I finally finished them... 🦋🐏ARIES ♈🪲

If anyone wants to tune in, there's a National Day of Mourning livestream. The day commemorates Indigenous people, specifically Pequot people, who were lost to genocide. #nationaldayofmourning www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u-j...

For indigenous peoples day, if any allies or others are interested in supporting a 2S guy in need of funding for surgery I have a ton up!! It would make my day + be SUPER helpful 🐺🪶

Someone bls help my brain is esploding from all this

So uh Anyone good at Linux Mint troubleshooting? I did an oopsie and ran autoremove trying to get another program running last night. Now I'm stuck at the Linux Mint logo forever loading up

Someone bls help my brain is esploding from all this

So uh Anyone good at Linux Mint troubleshooting? I did an oopsie and ran autoremove trying to get another program running last night. Now I'm stuck at the Linux Mint logo forever loading up

Open for sketch commissions! Dm if interested!~ Headshot: $30+ Half Body: $45+ Full Body: $75+ + Flat colors: Varies + Colors & simple shading: Varies #art #digitalart #furry #furryart #commissionsopen

Spoke to a number of devs about how, in the face of CEOs claiming gen-AI is the future, their declaration of being genAI free is making waves.

I refuse to throw in the towel with my Stripe account. I work too hard only to be told I'm "high-risk" To anyone who's been able to restore payouts after being claimed to be high-risk: how did you do it? All of my appeals and information are stuck in "in-review" limbo. I want help from a PERSON

In brighter news, I applied for a part-time job that I got to meet the VP for the place about! He said to give him a call once I applied so he can help but the lines are busy at the moment Life's been really tough but I hope I get this job. It'll be good to be a working leem

Hey y'all, Stripe has decided my account is gonna be closed cause furry art commissions are considered restricted business and I am still out $134 from being put on standby from municipal elections If anyone has anything to spare, I could really use the help ;w; cash.app/$DraconicBeats

Bug ram incoming ... 🐏🐜

Tips are appreciated ko-fi.com/K3K6AVVJ#che...

Alright well if Stripe really doesn't address my appeal by tomorrow's end then I'm just kind of a sitting duck I sent that appeal WEEKS ago and they've been sitting on their thumbs doing nothing with those 1-2 business days

It was so nice getting to design this marten today. I love these fuzzy slinkies.

Another one bites the dust. Delete your Grammarly account, apps, plugins and everything related to it. They will use your writing to train AI.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Nor should you want it. It steals from living creators, its data centers pollute the communities they're forced into over citizens' protests, it guzzles resources we need to actually live, it contributes to the heat-death of the entire planet, it makes you stupid. Fuck genAI & everyone pushing it.

They still haven't responded to my appeal and I have 3 days left before the deadline. Please, if anyone knows anything in getting the appeal seen sooner, let me know!! I'd really rather not have an avenue of my money making be cut off at the heel :[

One of the cool things about being a scientist is that the answer "I don't know" to a question is actually super exciting and not embarrassing at all. It means you get to try and FIND OUT, either through literature search, asking a colleague, or deciding you want to determine the answer empirically

Paycheck is supposed to be coming this week but I've run out of kitty kibble and need to restock on that + wet food. Selling both of these should cover for most of it. Bls spread the word

When you can't get the face right

They said it would take 1-2 business days to review my appeal but it has been stuck under "in review". I'm worried they're trying to run the clock out and close my account without ever getting my appeal looked at

Alright well I'm running out of time so I'm gonna ask here: Did anyone manage to successfully appeal to Stripe when their account was threatened to suspend it under "restricted adult content"? I sent an appeal about 10 days ago and they haven't gotten back to me. It's 5 days 'til the given deadline

Alright well I'm running out of time so I'm gonna ask here: Did anyone manage to successfully appeal to Stripe when their account was threatened to suspend it under "restricted adult content"? I sent an appeal about 10 days ago and they haven't gotten back to me. It's 5 days 'til the given deadline

Well it seems it is going to be to late for @lastweektonight.com to help with their hiatus. Any suggestions for a big sci com/science interested news account I should play with to help save PRI? Tag them in the comments with your pitch for why they should help out this museum maybe

Oh right payment type UHHHH For now I'll accept PayPal or Cashapp for these. Stripe's being wonky with my account rn and I've been trying to resolve that

New adopts up!! 1 is Wizard Dragon, 2nd is Coastal Stoatter (stoat otter)! Both are 20 bucks. Pls DM me or reply if ya wanna claim! #adoptables #adoptables4sale #furry #furryart #dragon

Sun - - Comm to @compoundeyes.bsky.social

Hey real quick lemme say this real nice and clear: I don't take money from folks who think AI slop in ANY entertainment is okay one way or another. You want my art? You gotta appreciate and respect the time it took to make it, start to finish. Disrespect what I do? Off to the blocked shadow realm

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

New adopts up!! 1 is Wizard Dragon, 2nd is Coastal Stoatter (stoat otter)! Both are 20 bucks. Pls DM me or reply if ya wanna claim! #adoptables #adoptables4sale #furry #furryart #dragon

I can do Telegram stickers for $10 each like this one if you're in the market for smth new! Pls DM me if you're interested. I'll take a maximum of 5 stickers per order

ko-fi.com/tvoraa If you don't want any art from me but still wish to help I got my Ko-Fi here you can donate to ;w;

Hey fellas, I was told a few days before election that I was on standby and now I'm out $140. Imma be real: this has really messed with my holiday shopping plans for the family. If anyone wants to help a leem out, I could really use a hand

I had to spend a lot more than I wanted to this month and wanna recuperate the funds the best I can so I'm putting these stickers back up for sale! ko-fi.com/s/dc10dc9ce1 They're $3 or 2 for $5- I got a lot and need to see them go. Free shipping domestically! #art #stickers #dragon #forsale

Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics" guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation

we decided to give the computers that run society the weakness from the 1966 television show "star trek" where you can argue with them in plain english to defeat them

Baby pigeon mystery. My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

Aight y'all. I'm ready to admit I'm in need of some help. www.gofundme.com/f/SolSupport Thank you for any of your time.

There's a (decently) well known lesson that an art instructor should be teaching: (generally) you shouldn't copy from other artists that aren't masters. Why? Because you will learn their mistakes. You will learn their bad habits. So telling students to use genai is the mark of a horrible teacher.

Genai is filled with mistakes- obvious, stupid, easily spotted mistakes. Telling people to learn from bad material will make them learn all the things that make that material is bad. It's why it's so obvious when a traditional artist is using genai; they copy the red flags, the flaws, the gunk.

The real kicker I keep discovering in these sellout artists using genai is that they almost always sell classes. It's all part of the grift; shortcuts for end results. Why bother figuring out how to collect reference material and understand how things work when "a/i can do it". Newsflash: IT CAN'T

A good reminder of where I stand on this: I DGAF how technically good you are at traditional painting. If you use genai in ANY part of your process, you have abandoned the soul of art, abandoned the artist community and forfeit any reason I should give you an ounce of respect.

A family of Apatosaurus at Banff's wildlife crossing 👻🦕 Addition to my ghost animal series! #originalart #oc #art #illustration #ghost #dinosaurs #banff #nature