My roommate saw me put more cheese onto a frozen pizza & it was like I unlocked something in him. I saw the wheels turning as he realized we don't have to settle for the default amount of cheese the pizza overlords offer us. What goes onto the frozen pizza is in our control. We have the power.

My painting VASTNESS.

There is no ethical use of AI because the continued existence of the AI industry is directly harmful to (alongside everyone else) the interests of everyone whose labour makes books exist—writers of fiction & nonfiction, illustrators, translators, researchers, editors, everyone.

Benefits of alt text: • Supports visually impaired users • Provides context and clarity • Allows images to be machine readable • Increases image discoverability • Assists in data interpretation • Makes searching and navigation easier • Improves SEO (where applicable)

The survey is open to non-members (I am not one) and to readers (who here is not &c.) so I encourage you to share your feelings on the matter. Don't assume that everyone already understands that AI is bad or why! I mean, people *should*, but you could say that about a lot of things.

That "Pantsing" is the way to go. I wish that were true but it shows when someone just sends it without /any/ outline. You need to know your narrative to fully utilize it. Everyone will have their own special blend of planning and pantsing, but it can't be an either or.

You don't need to be able to read every pore and eyelash on a character's face for "good" graphics. You need good art direction and design. Those are what ensure your game still looks striking and memorable even decades later.

Apparently Paypal is now asking those who commissioned artists through invoices for feedback on the experience, Please never type anything, Its a trap. Just putting both yours and their accounts at risk of bans.

21. DIESEL

I do not dream of influencer status but I want influencer dollars to achieve my printed book goals. Do you understand the kind of dilemma I’m having.

thank u for all the love on this one wear a mask ardbert compels you

Death is Not the End update on patreon!! We hit 100 pages folks :') It feels so big. #webcomic #wip #sada 🔗 www.patreon.com/posts/death-...

Milicent Study

“As a writer…you are the freest person that ever was.” Don’t let genAI ever take away this freedom.

sometimes editing is just going what the fuck ever. the simplest word is the best word here, actually.

i love you bloodborne. i'll always love you bloodborne.

What did the good hunter receive on Christmas day?

Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.

lrp for real... just be nice. use the energy spent on being an ass to actually be helpful. People will see you replied the alt text and be more inclined to do it the next time + learn from how you provided it! I have never convinced anyone to see my side by attacking their character.

Hey, instead of yelling at people about not using Alt text, if it's really important with you, post the alt text in comments. Accessibility is important, yes, but let's not forget that people have different levels of energy to provide them. It is not always malicious intent.

This review (correctly) compares Cameron to Rowling as being someone with a singular toxic obsession (the alleged weakness of the Lakota Sioux), but forgets his even more toxic obsession—AI. Don’t forget he’s a board member at StabilityAI and spending money on his movies funds AI development.

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"uhmm actually trans men should not be represented in yaoi because it'll be fetishized." TRANS BODIES EXISTING AND BEING SEXUAL IS NOT A FETISH!!!!! PLEASE TALK TO ANY TRANS PERSON IRL EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

new years resolution is to figure out what exactly their problem is

they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead

it's been a very shrimp year... 🦐 kind of satisfying seeing this story has such a defined color palette. really love that shrimp pink-orange and purple huh...

As a pet care person I BEG YOU plz book more than a week in advance of a major holiday. Please. Even if you have a regular person. They have to schedule their lives around you

please fill out if you're a working artist 🫡 (portfolio submission is to screen out non-professionals and they will send you the study survey after verification) re: concerns about data collection, I know the researchers and have already participated in the survey myself, it's just for verification

I've seen some people saying that the new SFWA rule on "AI" in the Nebulas will prevent people from being transparent about their LLM use. Newsflash: They wouldn't have been anyway. It would cost them readers. It would cost them votes. It would potentially cost them opportunities with publishers.

a little breakdown of MoCCA 2025. for reference, their latest publicly available 990 lists $185,971 for "MOCCA FEST EVENT COSTS". MoCCA is, quite clearly, a fundraising gala in the shape of comics convention. Incidentally it is also a college fair.

Sometimes when you white queers are all up in your man hating you just end up sounding racist and ableist and many other such things bc you ignore all the other axes in which men exist and I’m a little over it to be real

Sighs. The hypermobile ribs are the worst part I think. Walking around doing my day to day with a rib out is not fun.

thank fuck. good.

Can’t believe it took over 100k words for someone to do cocaine in this Victorian novel

I’ve changed my mind, maybe everybody DOES need to go to art school

Wizard

People donating their bodies to science or for organ donation is a gift they're giving humanity. Their tissues being used for for-profit cosmetic procedures is so unethical and ghoulish it boggles the mind.

Sleep and common sense would be nice but Nieve is shooting for the stars here. She needs more time. Surely more time could fix everything… right?

No snow in Southern Finland, but a lot of happy moss growing on the cemetary fence.

Bro, you doing alright, bro? I saw the autosave icon come on just as you entered the room

#ELDENRING #エルデンリング

what if you could take action in support of worker solidarity and labor rights in a simple and visual way in, at the very least, public indoor spaces, without saying a word?

Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2. www.sfwa.org/complete-neb... This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI

Saint Trina

I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite