Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character, wrong answers only.

🚨🇮🇹 Gigi D’Agostino banned Country Music in Italy He said, “It is not an Italian value, but an American degeneracy.” The Italian Ministry of Sound confirmed that any cowboy hats detected within 500 m of a discoteca will result in immediate deportation to Nashville. Your thoughts on this?

Hot gaming take: If a developer *knows* their game has been cracked and listed for download on pirate sites, they might as well just remove the DRM (instead of replacing it with a new one for no reason. Looking at you, Capcom)

If you haven't seen the video, GO WATCH IT, IT LOOKS INCREDIBLE.

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

Final blood eel concepts for the film Iron Lung I had the opportunity to work on! She's such a beast and I absolutely adore her! I will be posting much more in the near future! #ironlung

Finally some quality content to start posting on Bsky

This petition wants contributing to Free Software to be legally and officially recognized as volunteering in Germany on the same level as youth work or ambulance service: www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...

felt this sudden surge of inspiration and figured I'd bang out @cousinmike.bsky.social's sharkgirl Arlie real quick before it fizzled out again. I still feel a bit rusty, but despite that this only took a little under an hour. not bad if I do say so myself.

Heard a good question regarding AI: "Who is going to be interested in paying for something that someone couldn't be bothered to make?" Would you pay restaurant prices to get something out of a vending machine?

I try to avoid blocking people. I find reading all opinions to be beneficial. They either bolster my own or prompt reassessment. People that post AI content, however, are blocked on sight, as AI does not offer an opinion or view. AI is white noise that drowns real voices out.

You don't need to pay Apple or start a new subscription to unleash your creativity. We asked creatives what free software they use to get the job done and here are their picks. kde.org/for/creators/ A graphical thread 🧵 ▶️ #creativity #design #audio #editing #art

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy (and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)

quick doodle because why not.

I've been sitting on a comic idea for literally years now. The fact that none of the characters I came up with so long ago ever left my mind tells me I'm on to something - and I'm finally actively working on breaking out of my patterns of inaction and the resulting self loathing...

Do you use a tablet on Linux? You can share your device info in two easy steps - no coding skills required! 💙 Help KDE devs like @redstrate.com build driver support. More info at: github.com/linuxwacom/w... #linux #tablet #wacom #huion #stylus #artwithopensource #kde #freesoftware

Quick, open the art program while you're distracted!!

Are you an artist switching to #Linux but don't want to leave behind your beloved #ClipStudioPaint? You don't have to! Here's my handy dandy beginner friendly guide on how to get Clip Studio Paint running on any Linux distro! github.com/pomcomic/CSP...

In light of recent events this is highly relevant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm51...