Life After the Biosphere Collapse, May 2023

Happy to see @apnews.com is now on Bluesky - and lots of AP staffers are in this starter pack: go.bsky.app/M7Xo4gK

Trump taps “guy who spins the Chinese restaurant sign on 6th Ave” as Ambassador to Taiwan.

Tyson ain’t playing around with intros. He brought 55% of a shirt and a bad attitude.

gm to VNDLs on perilous journeys

gm to VNDLs on perilous journeys

He filed for copyright stating the machine made it "on its own," which is not copyrightable. He later claimed he directed the machine, e.g., gave it instructions, etc, but his filing for copyright did not state as much. I think works using AI as *part of the process* will/should be copyrightable.

Shelter

"Keep it Together" A piece I submitted to ArtCrush Gallery for an open call to exhibit in Australia in September related to mental health.

"A Son and Man" A piece I submitted for ObscuraDAO and Joyn for NFTParis

Two pieces submitted for The Frame Society and Sloika open call for black-and-white art: (L) "Speak Now" (R) "Weekend Hat"

"the death of web2" (submitted for an open call for Bad Glitches Redux)

A piece I submitted for AI Art Weekly #46

tomorrow 👀

E N T R T H E V̸̨͔̱̟̣̹̠̦̞̿͂́ Ṉ̴̡̢̛͇̙̰͓̞͇͊͆͋̄̕ͅ D̷̤̟͂͑͐͆̑̀̈͐̚ L̷̦̦̳͋̓̓̍̈́̀͒̓͘͝ S̷̠̩͙̥̩̞̈́̀̋͛͑̋̂͆͜͠ _ 8.3.23

Another great artist combo! [prompt/details in the alt] #midjourney #aiart

Just Be You

E N T R T H E V̸̨͔̱̟̣̹̠̦̞̿͂́ Ṉ̴̡̢̛͇̙̰͓̞͇͊͆͋̄̕ͅ D̷̤̟͂͑͐͆̑̀̈͐̚ L̷̦̦̳͋̓̓̍̈́̀͒̓͘͝ S̷̠̩͙̥̩̞̈́̀̋͛͑̋̂͆͜͠ _ 8.3.23

House Musk (intentional comparison to House Bolton sigil)

what in the....c'mon?! bluesky is rate limiting now, too?

pro tip: if German children can learn the truth about the Holocaust, American children can learn the truth about slavery

big bird, as requested, @banditelli.org 🦉

Starting over... #aiart

me rn #aiart

Run the show today, fam #aiart

Pilgrimage to Ghent #aiart minted for #opentez https://objkt.com/asset/KT1GXPXc9FVRoXencXnnN6u6Kbej72VqQCyj/1

A "cross tweet" 👀 https://twitter.com/sutanz/status/1679814471273832449

You’d think Elon was running Reddit, too.

Some small town exploration #aiart #postphotography

Coming soon...IYKYK.

this piece on Zaslav incompetence and the enshittification of HBO and streaming by @davidjroth.bsky.social is very good https://defector.com/they-dont-want-us-and-we-dont-need-them

Is there a "news orgs" or "columnists" feed on here yet?

The Simpsons have done it again!

Elsewhere on social media... #aiart

Some recent explorations #aiart #VNDL

like once a week, lol

They should have read the Twitter message more closely.

"Babe. Babe. Babe. BABE! Did you find another interesting bug?"

Frog seeks to withdraw from taking scorpion across river

So this happened

gm

Not sure how they missed "The Embracer Group is Letting People Go" as the headline.

gm! I wanted to share my Deca gallery for @samspratt.bsky.social's excellent Luci series. the fantastic visuals are only half the art—click through to each piece to read the entire poetry. https://deca.art/do/thestoryofluci

Some post-photography* *AI-assisted via Midjourney

For the black & white fans