Michael Blackbourn ꩜
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VFX supervisor, artist, author, ex paratrooper, neo-Luddite
@davidgerard.co.uk
I like your analysis of Yud and less wrong. I wrote a whole series of short stories and novellas based on the acasual boogeyman that gets you by just lesrning about it. Its such a great example of a modern curse.
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more painting with acrylics. Flames? Spirits? Visions in a dark forest?
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Here are some more of these Dark Watchers. Are they flames? spirits? Sirens? Maybe some of my Warrior Nun friends can weight in. Not sure where Im going with these...
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more painting with acrylics. Flames? Spirits? Visions in a dark forest?
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Doing some painting with slow dry acrylics. Rising summer heat from an afternoon at the beach.
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went up a hill. 756m of elevation.
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the second one with white clouds on blue sky feel like a Canadian Group of Seven painting. Lovely.
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4 months ago
And check this
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excellent trip hop song sampling Galt McDermots Coffee Cold.
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The Truth
Handsome Boy Modeling School, Róisín Murphy, J-Live · So...How's Your Girl? · Song · 1999
https://open.spotify.com/track/5l7icgnicl7JToRxPkSXyy?si=Z1hTqPqkT_ucubaiXFZVUQ&context=spotify%3Aplaylist%3A37i9dQZF1EIcZYNGsUzyIX
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watercolor. suggestion of an overcast landscape of the sea.
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acrylic on canvas. trying to capture the feel of a mosaic
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This would have been right at home on Netflix'
#warriornun
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@simondavisbarry.bsky.social
@toddgiroux.bsky.social
Can we get Cher and have another kick at a season 3? :)
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myrmepropagandist
6 months ago
To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/
) File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
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view from a look out point on a hike. lovely view
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Josh Crews
9 months ago
Winter Path by Christoph Niemann.
#art
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𝕲𝖆𝖝
7 months ago
Watercolor 💧
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Morning commute.
9 months ago
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Hey readers! All my twisted thriller sci-fi books are free right now on
#kindle
. Grab a copy! Leave a review! Tell your friends!
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9 months ago
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All my sci-fi novels and short stories are free right now on
#kindle
and
#kindleunlimited
Grab a copy! Tell your friends! Everyone needs more AI dystopia thrillers in the new year!
www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
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Michael Blackbourn: books, biography, latest update
Follow Michael Blackbourn and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Michael Blackbourn Author Page.
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Hey authors and readers! All by books are free on kindle right now! Tell your friends!
@jordangreen.bsky.social
@briansconverse.bsky.social
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All my sci-fi novels and short stories are free right now on
#kindle
and
#kindleunlimited
Grab a copy! Tell your friends! Everyone needs more AI dystopia thrillers in the new year!
www.amazon.com/stores/Micha...
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Michael Blackbourn: books, biography, latest update
Follow Michael Blackbourn and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Michael Blackbourn Author Page.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Michael-Blackbourn/author/B00TCSFLY6
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@shinyzeni.bsky.social
The back to back 40:56’s are cool man. That’s fantastic consistency.
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@shinyzeni.bsky.social
Cool this place is much nicer these days. While it was still invite only I managed to bring over a big chunk of the fandom of the Netflix show I’m the vfx supe for. Good people.
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Ok Bluesky. Let’s see how we can elevate visibility to indie published kindle books. Here is a short story I wrote about the rise of AI.
#kindle
#indieauthor
www.amazon.ca/Rokos-Basili...
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Roko's Basilisk: A Roko Event Short Story
Roko's Basilisk: A Roko Event Short Story eBook : Blackbourn, Michael: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store
https://www.amazon.ca/Rokos-Basilisk-Event-Short-Story-ebook/dp/B01DISRN0A
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Missing The Point
10 months ago
Jimmy Carter, the American president who gained superpowers by entering the core of a nuclear power plant to prevent a meltdown, dies at 100. RIP
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
10 months ago
I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.
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Michael Haslam
10 months ago
🌊 Orkney
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Old White Nepo Hat
12 months ago
“Venti pumpkin spice for Norm Hotep”
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Ygrene
12 months ago
starbucks barista: order for cathy lou cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me
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シノ
10 months ago
lol, lmao rip bozo
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Anthony Avon .Art
11 months ago
Sandfall.
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👻 🧹 🐈⬛ hob bug boo 🐈⬛ 🧹 👻
10 months ago
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Announcement Trailer for new Team ICO / genDesign game. If you know what that is you know why this is such a big deal. Looks amazing Fumito Ueda!
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Announcement Trailer For a New Upcoming Game From genDESIGN | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qBnYtK1stCk
10 months ago
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a motion / in picture
10 months ago
Like fauna responding to dangers not yet visible to humanity. Of *course* Miyazaki, the preeminent studier and depicter of life, whose art emerges from his sense of social responsibility, would intuitively grasp the crisis such a deeply inhuman - and more importantly unalive - system represents.
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a motion / in picture
10 months ago
I keep returning to Miyazaki’s response to “AI animation” all the way back in 2016, years before public access/primetime, declaring it “An insult to life itself” within minutes Struck how the absolute moral clarity of that impression still resonates today, unlike this so called Generative effort.
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Angus Johnston
10 months ago
A machine is capable of producing a moral horror without realizing it has done so.
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Angus Johnston
10 months ago
I think about that Miyazaki clip a lot, about how his visceral response was that what he was being shown was both inhuman and inhumane—an affront to both the artist and to human dignity.
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@dannyduke.bsky.social
Hey. If you want to chat about work stuff... I'm a VFX supe at Vancouver's "The Embassy VFX". Especially if you're working on anything Vancouver based and need to check off BC/canadian film credit requirements. We work on commercials, tv, and film.
10 months ago
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It’s eerie how much they know us. Surveillance state!?
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What’s up Bluesky peeps? What’s new? Who’s got something good going on?
10 months ago
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@flyrobynfly.bsky.social
This is the better avatar photo as well. The X one is way less good. This has Audrey Hepburn vibes. Keep it.
10 months ago
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Uncle Duke
10 months ago
it’s just been me and dad since calgon took mom in ‘86
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@flyrobynfly.bsky.social
Phew. thought I'd have to miss out on all the sass.
10 months ago
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Immediately thought this was about something else being a fan of AppleTV’s Silo series (and an old school fan of the books, when they were just short stories - Wool)
#silo
#wool
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Amalas
10 months ago
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My kid cartwheeling at the beach today. December 1, in Canada. Hardy child.
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Wild Geerters
11 months ago
People scared of violent crime in 2024 are such babies. Back in the day things were so bad we used to have to wear Action Jeans just in case a random karate fight broke out
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@hughhowey.com
Come in Hugh. Start posting with us over here in the good place. Reddit isn’t the best for poking at you about your fancy tv show.
11 months ago
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CartoonRecruit.com
11 months ago
Looking for animation artists and industry professionals to follow? Want more conversations about the animation industry in your feed? That's right, we published a Starter Pack.
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