aaaand Raffle time! to celebrate 300 followers as well as the new year! you know the rules! 2 winners, fullbody! Best of luck!

I can't stress how important it is that you NEVER type anything in transactions with sex workers or nsfw artists over PayPal (or any other payment platform for that matter, unless the person you're doing business with has specifically asked you to)

I cannot physically describe to you how scary it is that this option exists. Someone can think that they are helping you by leaving a nice review but actually end up damning you by describing what they bought to anAi programed by puritanical old men. LEAVE THIS FEILD BLANK OH MY GOD.

Pro Tip: No one who matters cares. If anything, the fact you have experience with “pretending to be/becoming something else” can only benefit you since you’re ready and willing to say What If even before you’ve stepped into a booth. There are far worse people already in the industry in comparison.

Before the year ends anyone wanna help me prepare for new year's eve dinner?

In light of recent Ai related nonsense in the creative industry, I wanted to present some easy-to-digest facts about Generative Ai

Julie K. Brown is a reporter for the Miami Herald who did groundbreaking work on Epstein beginning in 2018, including groundbreaking work on the disgusting coverup by Alex Acosta. Her travel itinerary was released with some of the Epstein files. It appears the DOJ was monitoring her in 2019.

very convenient that the rich ruling class techbros solution to income and wealth inequality will be solved by letting them accumulate even more wealth

[Emergency Help Needed] I still need *at least* $1500 USD for rent and bills by the 1st. More would be ideal for medical costs. I'm so sorry for needing a lot of help again. ;; Ko-fi (fees): ko-fi.com/eltalite -OR- Zelle (no fees): [email protected] (Replies are disabled to protect from bots/scams.)

Merry Christmas

Your seasonal reminder!

Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter

@rittzler.bsky.social (creator of Pseudoregalia), has had their Discord and email hacked and is linking to a virus in disguise. If you see anything linking to a game called "Furfall", DO NOT engage with it. It's not made by Rittz and isn't a real game (it's a Remote Access Trojan) DO NOT CLICK IT.

If Zuck would rather pay 8 billion usd than testify, the testifying would result in his arrest Rich people can pay to cover up any crime. This is the sign of a society that has failed in every ethical and moral way.

AI sloppers (is that a term?) crying that their prompts are being stolen is more beautiful than anything AI could produce

Conventions, if you use AI do not be surprised if creators turn down your invitations to be guests or even to be on panels. Do not use tools trained on stolen work from creators and then tell them you want to honor or uplift them - that’s not what you’re doing. You’re stealing and being lazy.

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

If I were innocent, I would want everything released to prove my innocence.

It was reprehensible when people mocked condom usage at the height of the AIDS pandemic. It is just as depraved to mock those wearing masks to reduce the spread of airborne viruses today. Whenever someone takes any kind of step to protect public health, they should be applauded, not mocked.

Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.

Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"

This message hits hard.

all bluesky not having an algorithm means is that all the adhd hyperfocus sickness of the mind posters finally don't get deboosted anymore; free of our shackles we can force everyone to read 50000 posts about blorbo a day every day

Oh my god bruh you only have 300 followers here, of course you’re not getting as much engagement

Trump says the Epstein Files are a Democrat hoax, but only Democrats were guilty of crimes with Epstein. He says the DOJ should stop releasing files and everyone should stop talking about it, but also the DOJ should charge Democrats with crimes. This is how you talk when you’re guilty as hell.

Quick reminder, the Code MENT guy is a far-right crazy person. He unfortunately is also thr Soup Store guy. He recently has tried to rebrand, but his final few videos before said rebranding had messages complaining about economic equality, DEI, et. Also slurs.

For those who have just left twitter/X and are afraid for their financial security as they try to rebuild, I want to share my experience as it will hopefully provide a bit of comfort. Earlier this year I ran a Kickstarter. Bsky outperformed Twitter for backers by more than 3x.

Unions (and the people who fought on behalf of them) are the reason you enjoy the vast majority of the enshrined rights that prevent your working environment from being even WORSE.

the first time in history this shit has happened. first time and it's on camera. what a privilege

Heartbreaking words from Dr. STONE mangaka Boichi, who decided to stop posting art on X because of the implementation of the GenAI Edit button and who has been so distressed by its hostile, destructive purpose to destroy other artists' works that he hasn't been able to eat properly since Christmas😢

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

I don't want gen AI in my software I don't want gen AI in my phone I don't want gen AI in my email I don't want gen AI in my recipes I don't want gen AI in my safety documentation I don't want gen AI in my schools I don't want gen AI in my healthcare I don't want gen AI in my life

The exec that said "we thought it was farther along then it was" is absolutely the greatest issue right now. Not only is it not capable of doing any of these things on a broad scale, it will do them significantly worse than any employee. Going all in on something to boost stock value that fails.

The holidays are hard when you're estranged from your family, but it gets easier, and you are not alone. From @sandyernestallen.bsky.social some counter programming for trans people who may be struggling today. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort

twitter: new update, every time you post, elon musk is literally going to break into your house and shit directly into your mouth users: that sucks but….i mean i HAVE to stay on there…..

I feel now is a good time for artists to come together and support each other. corporate money-hungry people may be out to kill the true meaning of art and try to ''buy'' our skills, but they will never achieve or be satisfied with whatever they have, as they will never feel accomplished.

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt

"This doesn't affect you because you animate, so you are fine." No. This sucks and this is really dangerous. In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious. I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.

six months ago Reader’s Digest asked if they could purchase the publishing rights for this elaborate shitpost I wrote a year ago now wherein I pretended to be the elf equivalent of David Brooks at the North Pole. Thought it was maybe a phishing scam but it’s real LMAOO

for everyone confused as to what the fuck is going on right now:

Hey new folks, here's a collection of top tier artists you can follow. Concept Artists: go.bsky.app/TyNJQ99 Creature Designers: go.bsky.app/SBCxqoa Pro Illustrators 1: go.bsky.app/79aS32C Pro Illustrators 2: go.bsky.app/D3T5kF Good Paleoartists: go.bsky.app/RYwJUEK

It’s not “losing money” any more than air traffic controllers or public highways or street lights or fire departments are “losing money.” It is a government service. It’s not SUPPOSED to make money. It’s supposed to reliably deliver to anywhere in the US, even the unprofitable places.

Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair." One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."