Listen. I’m tired. So if you’re a writer and I see you posting an Ai book cover/art that’s just — at best — an instant mute, if not a block. If you’re not supporting other creative industries you don’t deserve my support. And if you support Ai in art, I assume you didn’t write your book/comic/etc.

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Oh no 🥺 The French-Iranian artist, comic book author and director Marjane Satrapi, who became world-renowned with the graphic novel and film "Persepolis," has died at the age of 56. She also directed Chicken with Plums (2011), The Voices (2014), Radioactive (2019), Dear Paris (2024)...

Oof, Guillermo del Toro absolutely roasting Gutierrez with subtweets over on X-Twitter... I can't even imagine. I hope the money was worth it.

Kojima is also a massive disappointment. These are people who should appreciate the value of real human creativity even more than most.

Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

Every one of these directors/producers jumping in with AI is convinced their skills are irreplaceable while kicking their hard-working peers to the curb. Praise the leopards all you like, but your face will still get eaten when the time comes.

If only there were some sort of beloved story about the perils of using a fundamentally corrupt technology created for evil ends, even if you yourself have pure motives. Ideally one which made it clear at the end that there can be no compromise with inherent evil, it must just be stamped out.

I do not want GenAI in fanart. I do not want GenAI in character design. I do not want GenAI in world design. I do not want GenAI in writing. I do not want GenAI in storyboarding. I do not want GenAI in voice acting. I do not want GenAI, period. If any piece of media uses GenAI, I don't want it.

Hey internet! You know how you love to be mad? Well now is a great time to put that skill to use and contact the FCC.

Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop) Triangle Agency Star Trek Adventures Cortex Prime Chasing Adventure

"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."

Feels poignant.

You asked! We listened! The 20-minute long "Marrone cut" of STO's Enterprise documentary is live now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhGj...

*sigh* If your Kickstarter video/image is AI, I won't back it. If your book has an AI cover, I won't read it. If you're a public supporter of AI use for creative work, I will unfollow you. I cannot stress enough how offensive I find AI use in the arts. It is outright theft, it is lazy, it is gross.

To Boldly Go… (2017) 🖖🏻 - #startrek #ussenterprise #Procreate #illustration #startrekart

Did you know you can just watch a Star Trek? Whenever you want? You can just turn on a Star Trek and feel good all the time. There is infinite Star Trek and if you know how to use the internet it's free, and it's like taking your brain to a brain spa. I forget this sometimes but I remember now.

While Starfleet serves the purpose of protecting the Federation from enemies both foreign and domestic and can function as the military force for the Federation state, its founding purpose was to seek out new life and new civilizations; which is an deeply important distinction.

One of the best things Star Trek: Enterprise did was subtly show that Starfleet began more as a NASA-style organization than reflective of the US military. We don't talk about that enough I think; and how the MACOs, like the War College in Starfleet Academy, are about showing what Starfleet ISN'T.

We’ve told all the casting agents that the Weird Al biopic sequel is currently on hold, but they just keep sending in headshots.

OpenAI is shutting down its AI video platform Sora after it flopped Disney is now exiting their $1B deal with OpenAI

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

I was super honored to get to come back for Zine O' Biology Volume 2! 💚 This was made as a companion piece to an essay by AlternateFutures about the importance of telepathic bonds for vulcan newborns <3 Check it out here: zine-obiology.itch.io/vol-2 #startrek #startrektos

I certainly have a type. my9games.com

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

the voyager crew is complete!! feel this is my best trek crew pic yet, so much so i wanna go back and do up the old ones aha hoping y'all like it after asking for it for so long, both online and in person 😅 #startrek #startrekvoyager #startrekart #janeway

We had a fun session for Star Trek Adventures campaign. We’re nearing the end and I wanted to have a fun session that highlighted how far the crew had come. One of our players sketched up the outfits for the crew’s masquerade ball. @fyerfly.bsky.social

SHE’S FINISHED! My 5-foot-long Enterprise D oil painting is complete after nearly 100 hours of work! I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖

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Captains of the enterprise series - Archer next obvs :D

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Three faces that have been in my mind all month, and will likely never leave—and sadly, there will likely be more. People need to start thinking really hard about what’s going on, and as an artist there’s a lot we can do. Abolish ICE!!!

so don't get too comfortable. #art

It’s not enough to say Abolish ICE. It’s not enough to vote no on ICE funding. It’s not enough to confront Kristi Noem or Greg Bovino with Stern Words. If you are a leader, what are you doing to protect your community? How are you using your power, privilege, and position to confront this threat?

Fuck ICE.

With video of another street execution from ICE going around, a reminder that while video documentation of atrocities is important, you have no ethical obligation to watch videos of people dying. Traumatizing yourself isn’t advocacy. You do not have to watch the video to be outspoken against this

Finished is better than terrible #oldknees

I was asked for a quote about San Diego Comic-Con banning AI art:

🚨”If everyone who came before me had just complied and complied and complied, then I probably would have entered this theater, any theater, through a colored section. Every good thing you have in your life is a product of someone else’s struggle.” ~ Josh Johnson Message: Do Not Comply

captain tendi you say

Star Trek has always been political. On The Lieutenant, Gene Roddenberry's series before Trek, scripts on racial bigotry and the inhumanity of warfare met network censorship. GR designed ST to use s-f allegory to tell stories that wouldn't otherwise be allowed on network TV.