I made DDG my default browser a while ago. I don't love being tracked and distracted by Big Googoo all the time, and this is yet another reason to make the switch. techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/d...

Fascinating experiment conducted by this X user to see how Glaze protects artwork from Grok. Glaze and/or Nightshade everything you upload folks, it works! Also stop using X please and thank you!

Made a cheat sheet to help you with the calling process. There is info on how to find out who to call, script ideas, and hopefully everything else you'll need. Feel free to share or offer suggestions! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...

Update: The TERRIBLE 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulations advanced House Committee. What does this mean? It means we BLAST the HELL out of their phones! Call your House Members AND Senators today! Called a few days ago? Call again! Tell them NO on 10-year State AI Regulation Ban! (Info in thread)

Yes, we can all laugh at this, but it also demonstrates the entire point of the AI push: They want to make you dependent on it to inform you, and then control what it tells you. It’s why they buy newspapers and social media, too. Elon is showing the billionaire playbook in the dumbest way possible.

Did AI kill your job? If so, I want to hear about it. The response to my story on the AI jobs crisis has been overwhelming. I heard from so many people impacted by AI that it made me want to collect and organize these stories to better understand the phenomenon. Share yours at: [email protected]

giving myself a gold star for this

A new sketchbook will fix me.

Today is the day – it’s #PortfolioDay! Put your best work forward and show us what you’ve got! Visit portfolioday.art for info, merch, and more! Good luck! 💛

Clip Studio is constantly on sale. Animation Paper is $25. Rough Animator on the iPAD is $25. Blender is free. Davinci Resolve is free. There is no better time to leave Adobe or buy a bunch of SSD's with an Adobe coupon (which is a lot of work).

The horrors persist but so should you. Rage.

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It's almost time again #PortfolioDay is in two weeks on Tuesday, April 8th! If you're a creative looking for work or someone who hires creative professionals, watch this video to find out how to participate. 👉 youtu.be/09cs_chctNk 👈 Visit portfolioday.art for more!

Morbidly fascinated with Futurist art because I think a lot of it looks neat and it's interesting how it actively engages with the technical revolutions of the time like film and machines but am horrified by the massive fascism connection and fundamentally violent current that runs through it. . . .

Generative AI is so damaging it got all the UK papers to unite against it. How's that for some solidarity 🇬🇧

NEW: Fully leaked diplomatic cable directing the implementation of this policy at all US diplomatic and consular posts.

I will say to the people who are excited about the AI bubble popping: if i am correct (nothing I say is financial advice) it will ravage the markets in a way that will hurt just about everybody. It won't just hit tech. Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg must be held responsible.

If an employer suggests their employees can side-hustle to make ends meet, we'd recommend you side-hustle all your coworkers together in a room to talk about organizing! 💪

The big takeaway here is that Reuters won this case against the AI company on grounds they violated fair use—the judge found the AI company was guilty because, in using copyrighted works to generate its output, it “meant to compete... by developing a market substitute.” Huge.

Twitter is evil. Get off if you possibly can, friends.

It's appropriate that this sentiment comes after the industry realized that they haven't done anything useful in 20 years so they descended into mass psychosis over tech that does nothing but purports to do everything

We are members of Congress at the Treasury Department. We want to be let in to provide oversight on behalf of our constituents. @jasmineforus.bsky.social @sethmagaziner.bsky.social

AOC: Trans girls are girls. And for all the folks that are so concerned, thank you for your concern for women for the first time. I don't know who has been to gym class, I’ve played co-ed sports all the time

Windows 🪟🎢📎

I ask everyone with a sizable following to at least consider if deleting might be possible. YOU might be the reason your followers still stick around. I hear „I only have the acc to keep up with artists who haven’t left yet“ so often. Leave. It sadly *is* us creators who must take the plunge first.

I have many beefs with Zuck but one of my beefiest is the damage he's done to VR as a concept. Stupid half-baked metaverse bullshit acquiring Oculus messed up VR like crazy man fuck Jessie Eisenberg man.

I’ll be real, we’re not all going to be okay the next 4 years. Especially the marginalized groups his administration is targeting. Being realistic doesn’t mean giving up, though. Finding joy is a radical act, love yourself and take care of the people around you. That’s what I’ll keep doing.

This is a home inventory template I created for myself, thought it could be useful to others in light of *gestures to everything* Hope it helps!

Hi y'all! I started collecting fundraisers for members of The Animation Guild (my union) and their friends and family in hopes of having a centralized list people can send around. Please feel free to share! 📃 bit.ly/TAG839LAFires

This is one of the most valuable immediate resources I’ve read for those who have lost their homes. Please share widely with those who need it 🤍

Many animation folks have been affected by the LA fires, here is a current list of gofundmes to help those that have lost so much. Please consider donating or sharing to help our union kin. If you know animation folks not on the list, let me know so they can be added ❤️ airtable.com/appugwkqKAVG...

Finally did the thing I've been agonizing about for over a year. 💛

Is it a meme to misspell "paid" as "payed" now? Please help me I'm out of touch and I don't use TikTok

If you want to thank someone for that squad shot that goes hard af, look no further than @krsatterwhite.bsky.social for character layout/special pose, Janice Kubo on colors (look at those call outs!) and @audreygonzalez.bsky.social on the BG color card! #InvincibleFightGirl

Guess whaaat? Hashtags are operational here now which means #PortfolioDay Bluesky Edition™️ is a go! Just in time for the next one happening on April 9th!💛 Take the time NOW to Nightshade & Glaze your work! nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html See you there! 🫡

The biggest enabler for creativity is stability. I wish that was made more central to the creative narrative. Figure out what your specific needs are to limit stressors and enable "boring" time and work to achieve that as hard as you're practicing your art.

So SoCal residents, what are your tropical storm plans for this weekend? 🍹

SAG-AFTRA Strike, explained

I’ll find something to say at some point uhhh hold on… *rustles through boxes* I saw Barbie movie. I liked it.

Lol they let me in here.