Please pleasee back up your files every so often. I work in tech repair and cannot stress enough how important it is (especially now) because the amount of computers we take in get broken by bad OS updates It's a lot cheaper to buy a thumbstick and back up your data than have someone recover it.

Oh and just to expand on this? THEY MADE A NEW ACCOUNT AND RENAMED THE OLD ONE TO DODGE EVERYONES BLOCKLIST! They WERE at bsky.app/profile/did:... but they renamed that one for a 'fresh' account at bsky.app/profile/did:... to block! Also: GenAI avatar/art, pushes Twitter/Meta/Kick first, etc. Bad.

Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.

Just hit the Gen Z/Gen Alpha with this meme and they’ll forever be skeptical of the military recrooters.

The energy I want to bring this year 👊💥 #art

"something's gotten into the animals" happy year of the horse

For people that feel helpless, this period is so tough but there's ways to help for anyone. Go out there support Venezuelan ppl and artists living in it as they prepare for unpredictable times Here is a starter pack of artists with commissions or donations open as well: go.bsky.app/8daQmpX

whenever i start to hit Peak Seasonal Depression i try to remember Cousin Oskaar youtu.be/q5q77MQzU2Q?...

I'll always reblog this from time to time 😁

THREAD: I'll fact-check all the viral misinformation about the US military operation in Venezuela in this thread This image, purporting to show the US military arresting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, is AI-generated. According to Google's SynthID detector, it was created using Google AI.

For the sake of teens everywhere we gotta reintroduce this meme.

So much of American history is just impulsive and extremely stupid elites, who don't believe in consequences because they have never personally experienced them, doing highly consequential stuff because they're bored or believe it might make them richer. I guess a lot of our culture, too.

General timeline for the build up to World War 2: - Rise of aggressive ideologies. - Treaties/law ignored/violated. - Annexations. - Appeasement in the hope that the annexations cease. - Annexations continue. - War.

🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨 ✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups. ❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions. 👇

Time to dust this one off again

why do silver carp look like that

I'm not hiding the name because this person deserves to be called out for sharing work they didn't make/AI slop. But more & more we need to be careful with what art (or 'art') we repost on here, & it really sucks. I don't want to have to check the media tab or comments to know if the art is legit.

We are just $25 away from hitting $8,000, which puts us in striking distance of our final goal. We don't run ads or have corporate backers. Support from our readers powers our independent journalism.

For the most part I try to make what other folks are doing not my business. Twitter was enabling some pretty horrifying shit for a long time, but putting a "take this child actress's dress off" button on there is a level of "what the fuck are you doing on this site" that is hard to grapple with.

The scam website that is trying to steal money from artists is back, new logo and... very hastily made website. Be wary of them, block and report and warn other artists.

In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.

manifesting: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 ai bubble 🕯 🕯 to pop disastrously 🕯 🕯 for all involved 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

This year I am going to draw a horse, not well, but it will be drawn!!

(art by @wardsutton.bsky.social)

do you know what month it is???

FUCK YOU IT'S JANUARY!!!

Great Horned Owl tangled in a soccer net. No fractures but heavy swelling in soft tissues due to struggling. Congress of the Birds advises "Taking nets down when not in use can prevent these injuries." Want to donate? www.congressofthebirds.org Source: fb.com/102301306190... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

2026 will be full of a variety of mosses to lay your hand against and go “oh yes that’s a good one” or “hm this one is not for me”

🐊Followed to school

In 2026, I hope the Agentic chatbots and the AI curators and all the other worthless genAI sloppery in science finally dies. I also hope the famous and powerful empty suits trying to weave this junk into our lives are replaced with people who still have a shred of integrity. I can have hope, right?

Reminder that if you're still using Spotify in 2026, you're choosing to be okay with AI military tech, ICE, and exploitation of musicians. There are plenty of alternatives (I prefer Tidal), and there are services that automatically move your playlists over. Choosing not to cancel is a choice.

Happy New Year!!! 🎉🎉🎉 #ShadowTheHedgehog #AmyRose #Shadamy

I will never understand why they replaced community submitted subtitles for this nonsense Real human people were happy and willing to make subtitles in a variety of languages for free, and the creator had full control of what submissions were used And they GOT RID OF IT

I can't wrap my head around how using AI to undress random women using their clothed image is not considered image-based sexual harassement, and how a social media site whose AI doubles as a nudify app is allowed to carry on as normal.

Serebii Update: Pokémon has released a small animation to commemorate the start of 2026, the year of Pokémon's 30th Anniversary www.serebii.net

I don't know who needs to hear this, but opposing GenAI is not about opposing technology, it's about opposing capitalists. GenAI is not a technology: it's a massive automation of theft, masquerading as an industry, run by grifters. Don't hate computers, hate the capitalists behind the curtain.

buying an old refurbished ipod and supporting bandcamp 2026

Education Connection Mii animation !!! HEHEHE

@rittzler.bsky.social (creator of Pseudoregalia), has had their Discord and email hacked and is linking to a virus in disguise. If you see anything linking to a game called "Furfall", DO NOT engage with it. It's not made by Rittz and isn't a real game (it's a Remote Access Trojan) DO NOT CLICK IT.

Drop Fortnite and hold your fav streamers accountable for still playing and posting about it. I'm so serious I'm blocking anyone I see still stream and talk positively about it.

Why is it that tech and AI boosters keep saying "you can't put the genie back in the bottle" when making arguments about AI's supposed inevitable dominance? Did they not read the story? The genie does, indeed, go back in the bottle. Maybe we should start there.

Kermitquaza

Trying to find a scholastic book fair book, mid-late 2000's. Main character girl stays in a lodge (something to do with wolves in the name maybe?) with her mom for the Fall season. She suspects the other girl living there of being a werewolf due to odd behavior; growling, leaves in her hair. [1/2]

"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist

I don't want gen AI in my browser. I don't want gen AI in my PC. I don't want gen AI in my art. I don't want gen AI in my games. I don't want gen AI in my music. I don't want gen AI in my movies. I don't want gen AI in my books. I don't want gen AI in my cart. I don't want gen AI in my LIFE.

I collected my notes on hands in 54 pages. You can find the pdf here: www.patreon.com/posts/miyuli...

boycott xbox.