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✨hauntedtoasters✨

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she/they a bird that writes. tech support class (charisma build)

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · Nov 13

There are many reasons to hate on generative AI and large language models but my personal #1 reason is gen AI marketing appropriating the sparkle emoji.

It's blatant erasure of sarcastic bitch culture and I won't stand for it.

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 8h

'Black Cat' - Hasegawa Sadanobu IV, late 1900s.
#Caturday #JapaneseArt

Black cat licks its paw. Muted yellow background.

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EZRA 🗝 ROSE @sheydgarden.bsky.social · 16h

if you're curious about WHY every other occult horror movie is chock full of Hebrew-lettered diagrams, & also why this actually sucks, you can read my (citation-heavy) zine on the subject here ezrarose.itch.io/fyma-a-lesse...

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

The art is from Side Quested btw which is an awesome and really fun webcomic!

sidequested.com

Side Quested

A Fantasy romcom webcomic, updates every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

sidequested.com

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

eg "me when that one guy from the customer success team slides into my DMs on slack and asks me to do his job"

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

This has the makings of an amazing reaction image

A close crop of a panel from today's Side Quested, Charlie's birth mother, eyes bright red, brandishing her axe and looking really pissed off

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

That's such a beautiful piece, I think you've really captured how regal he looked!!

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

Omg I love this so much — both the final image and also seeing the initial inspiration!

The final piece is haunting and really gorgeous 💚💚💚

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Laura @barklaart.bsky.social · Jul 9

Drew some new art!! Turned out really well but it had the stupidest inspiration lol #art

A post-apocalyptic illustration with horror overtones. It is rendered in black, orange, and murky greys and browns. In the foreground, the silhouette of a decaying skeletal deer missing its forelegs stands on a dead tree to inspect its two leaves, the only sign of normal life. Its antlered head, a skull with traces of flesh hanging from it, stands out against a giant orange moon in the background. Behind the deer is an industrial cityscape - a chain-link fence, the rubble of fallen buildings, a crane, and mysteries factories and warehouses.

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

(I've had a long week)

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

For example: "my face when that one guy from the customer success team slides into my DMs on slack expecting me to do his job"

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 19h

This has the makings of an amazing reaction image

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 20h

Yes! Yes;!!

The bright colours are great :D

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

Now I'm trying to come up with an alternative that *does* work, boo, why can't I be a literary translator.

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah the flow is not flowing

✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmmnnyeah that doesn't quite work, I agree with you. If it worked well in English I wouldn't have a problem with adding to the meaning like that, but it's a little too tenuous to work

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

I just can't imagine a context in which it isn't clear which meaning is intended, but then again, it's Baudelaire we're talking about, and that bastard could *write*

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

Or is that spoilers for your newsletter haha

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✨hauntedtoasters✨ @hauntedtoasters.bsky.social · 1d

Oooh which poem is it? Because yeah whew that sure is *a choice*, which really doesn't translate adornment either, so I don't understand why such a long, technical word was used.

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The City of Edinburgh Council @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social · 1d

The southwest façade of North Bridge is on show again!

We can now see the expert hand finished details in all their glory.

Work is continuing to ensure that this unique piece of Edinburgh's history is preserved for future generations.