there is a genre of person who hates AI in *their* field but sees how it could be useful in *other,* less prestigious, fields; ignore them. they are not trying to save the ship. they are just racing you to the lifeboats

auld lang syne 🤝🏻 louie louie nobody knows the words, everybody sings

if you push the buttons on a vending machine and it spits out a coke, that doesn't mean the vending machine understood thirst

THIS ARTICLE. ✊ #NoAI

"Let's use AI to write and design an embroidery stitch book, what could possibly go wrong"

It's fascinating to see the changes in one company's logo over the years.

Yeah, same. 😁 #Writing

my 2025 art summary 🦇

For those who have just left twitter/X and are afraid for their financial security as they try to rebuild, I want to share my experience as it will hopefully provide a bit of comfort. Earlier this year I ran a Kickstarter. Bsky outperformed Twitter for backers by more than 3x.

Lyn and I are runnin' a sale on our digital book to ring in the new year! You can get our 180+ book full of OC self-indulgence for only $9.90! ✨ 🎇 itch.io/s/177466/new...

I feel like there's a GenAI joke in here somewhere but I'm not funny enough

Blatant promo here: my independently published ebooks are on sale until Jan 1: it's a good time to give my writing a try! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... Thank you for your help and support! Happy reading!

Do you need to wrap a gift that's awkwardly shaped with sharp corners or protrusions? Try this tip: 1. Use thin cardboard, adhesive and bubble wrap to construct a rudimentary time machine. 2. Return to the moment right before you bought the fucking thing. 3. Buy something different.

2025 Quiz of the Year! 1. What the fuck? 2. Seriously, what the actual fuck? 3. Shall we put more brandy in the eggnog?

Thank you to everyone who bought my books or stories this year. If you enjoyed my work, please find time to post a review. If you didn't, please remember how busy you are. Season's blessings and jingle all the way, holy saints and sinners. X. thewritertype.com

Eventually you have to accept that no matter how many different notebooks you buy, they won’t make you a better writer. For that, you need to spend a lot of money on the right pen.

Now just 50 calendars left. I am going to the PO at 2pm so if you'd like to order one please order below www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...

ME. Roast will be ready at 4pm. 7pm. it’ll just be another 15 mins. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME

And this morning the Shed is a quiet place by a fireside, with good books at hand, and a purring cat; and a big brown pot of piping hot tea, and a generous pile of cherry scones...

#Grok #Twitter #AI #Theft

ARTISTS! Pull your Art from Twitter right now! Look at this shit! You can ask Grok it to simply remove a watermark to repost it! (also follow @sakurachanart02.bsky.social for this amazing art! sry to use ur work as an example)

Head's up, people using #Glaze to protect their #art work on #Twitter! They've apparently figured it out and it doesn't work any more. That new button on #Twitter when you post an image? It lets anyone steal & change your work. #Grok #NoAI

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

@mahoucarp.bsky.social: not only that but it also removes watermarks and it credits the user that generated it

i would remind anyone that if you used twitter since like mid 2024 you've legally consented to grok training and modifying your art. if you didn't know this, now you do. if you need twitter for a living, limit what you upload but otherwise just leave

Fay is posting some very good tips on this subject!

Using stolen material. Stolen from writers and artists.

YES. Every time we are expected to say “AI has SOME good uses”, even though the kind currently discussed (the slop producing kind) is not the same thing as the “good at spotting statistical anomalies” kind, and that disingenuous bullshit is to try to make people shut up about the slop engines!

I just saw someone yell “they’re just using it to generate ideas!” And I hate to say it But if you work in the ART DEPARTMENT and you need a death machine stuffed with your colleagues’ work to give you ideas Quit.

Any work made ineligible for the Nebula Awards by them disallowing slop and slop-assisted work was never eligible in the first place. "There are legitimate uses in translation, research" If you consider 30-70% incorrect results that poison neighborhoods with new cancers "legitimate"

*singing* l'm a writer and l'm ok I dream all night And I scheme all day Non-writers: So when does the writing happen? *singing louder* I'M A WRITER AND I'M OK

What a horrible thing to be a part of. Of all the crappy ai rollouts, ai in Word is the worst. Like saying "HR at the Spanish Inquisition"

U.S customers, my miniature paintings are exempt from tariffs, so the postage remains much the same! earthandsandbyanna.etsy.com #animals #flowers #birds 🪶 #art

I've posted this article before, but it's worth a repost, as these scams proliferate. #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor janefriedman.com/no-colleen-h...

“Slop” is a perfect word to describe AI output and I default hear it in the voice of Ren Höek. SssuhLLOPPuh!!

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

#RIPRobReiner & wife Michele Singer Reiner. 💔 This is a huge loss in so many different, important arenas of life.

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Anti-A.I. stamps! For illustrations, comics, photos and all your creative works, printed and digital! You can download the transparent file for free here: ko-fi.com/i/IT6T718NAKF (but consider donating please 😘)

Hey, and unlike a lot of places these days, they pay their writers! 😁❤️ 'Payment to Authors: We pay professional rates. An advance may be paid at the discretion of the editors. Royalties percentages will be negotiated upon acceptance.'

❗ HEAD'S UP NEW FOLLOWERS ❗ ➡️ I am 1000% against #AI⬅️ When I glance at your account, if I see an AI generated image or a pro-AI post--that makes me sad. It's an automatic mute/block, no matter how great I find the rest of your account. Creatives should NEVER use the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine.

😲 How amazing are these!

We need it. Not only are the classes full, but also concert halls, libraries - we've gone to a bunch of classical concerts this year as an antidote to despair and guess what - they are full. They were not as full before, but they are now. "Humanities are shrinking" is artificially imposed top down.

New blog post! 🐜😱 jackshenhouse.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

I couldn’t find a K-pop Demon Hunters shirt I liked so far made this one

My kid carved his pumpkin too scary and is now afraid of it. Honestly, being terrified of your own creation is about as Halloween as you can get.

New awareness campaign

You guys wanna see a dead body?

You can buy it here, by the way: bookshop.org/a/103632/978...

"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.