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Terzilla Ford @bassdiesel.bsky.social · 3h

Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 3h

You kind of look like a young me now, which is a trip. It's lovely to see how much happier you seem in the second photo.

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OverClocked ReMix (We ♥ video game music!) 🎮🎵 @ocremix.org · 10h

25 years in, we are NOT allowing genAI music onto OC ReMix, full stop.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

ocremix.org/remix/OCR04918
youtube.com/watch?v=fUsg...

Recent comment: "This A.I. music is as fake as 🏈 🦇."

In this case, this is human-made. (3 of our judges panel are also involved as collaborators on it: jnWake, pixelseph, and paradiddlesjosh.)

We explicitly do NOT accept any music made with generative A.I. There are tools out there that help identify genAI music. If music involving genAI is ever unknowingly let on, it will be removed if it's discovered.

We're 100% against genAI music and are a community geared toward authentic creativity and artistic development. You don't get that by doing text prompts.

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witch lasagna (american hole wizard) @jokerpajamas.top · 7h

Followup to this, "There is no ethical consumption under capitalism" is intended as a systemic critique when it comes to things you need to survive, not as a blanket shield for you to use to absolve you of supporting a shitty author that created a fantasy franchise you refuse to let go of.

witch lasagna (american hole wizard) @jokerpajamas.top · 10h

Good morning to everyone except people who think "separate the artist from the art" applies to artists that are living and part of our current society!

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🇨🇦 Big Bite Games @bigbitegames.ca · 6h

Online meeting went well! Now for contractual agreement signing but I'll be working with John ( @rocketboot.bsky.social ) as co-creator for Legends of Rock: Music, Mayhem, & Monsters!

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

Damn straight - basic rule: if someone will treat a minority of any kind badly, they will find excuses to harm everyone else.

I'm an old cis biddy, not trans, and I see this happening all the time. It breaks my heart for people.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

Damn straight - basic rule: if someone will treat a minority of any kind badly, they will find excuses to harm everyone else.

I'm an old cis biddy, not trans, and I see this happening all the time. It breaks my heart for people.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

Also a massive red flag if a woman is cruel to trans men - they'll cause harm because that is what they want to do. They make up excuses in order to actively abuse people.

Linn von Ailurophilia 🏳️‍🌈+🏳️‍⚧️=❤️ @linnlaio.bsky.social · 6h

A man who is cruel to trans women will be cruel to Cis women too. Do not think you are safe just because he has not turned on you yet...it should really be the REDDEST of flags to anyone with a brain, if a man is cruel to trans women.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

Most did not notice. The confusion amongst the coven was palpable.

This made such a small difference.

It needs a new politic. Politicians for the coven. And so they came together again.

First, they sought out new patrons...(story continued when I can be bothered.)

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

It takes about 3 years. Researching, gathering ingredients, MANY chit-chats with oft-concerned Patrons. A coven of millions gathered, and the spell was cast.

And across the world, every politician instantly became a virgin. Their history wiped, their offspring vanished.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 6h

Short dumb Halloween story idea for you:

Witch Coven going through their requests letters:

"Okay, so someone wants us to make them pretty."
"Tell them we've done the spell, they'll just need a confidence boost."

"Okay."

"And someone wants us to de-fuck politics."

"..."

"You what?"

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

The Thing With Feathers was good.

Mathew Buck @filmbrainbmb.bsky.social · 7h

Today's #LFF was a double of two films overshadowed by other exploring similar themes at the fest. I thought Jay Kelly was better than Sentimental Value, and H is for Hawk isn't even the best bird-themed grief movie when The Thing with Feathers exists.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

Sharing this for a future idea so I'm less likely to lose it.

Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

I like the phrasing here, because it makes you sound like a PROLIFIC shoplifting cryptid.

And yeah, fuck 'em.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

I like the phrasing here, because it makes you sound like a PROLIFIC shoplifting cryptid.

And yeah, fuck 'em.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

1/2 cup of sugar into their cement mix if they're doing home renovations.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

We all know the answer is so they can scrape data retroactively, regardless of what you want.

If you can, abandon Microsoft products entirely, if not there are a lot of other options that don't let them steal from you (which is what this is).

Physical drives, torrent servers...

Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 11h

"Slashdot: What's the reason OneDrive tells users this setting can only be turned off 3 times a year?

[Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]"

Microsoft's OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users) - Slashdot

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft's "OneDrive" file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. "OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos.....

slashdot.org

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 7h

In "Joys' Adventures Going to the Village Pub", was nice to find that not only our 2 owners and cooks (food is great) fundraise for a lot of local charities, they're also strongly anti-racist. And the little cook yelled out a chap twice her size for being a racist POS.

You A Legend For That One Fam Thimothee Chalamet GIF

Alt: You A Legend For That One Fam Thimothee Chalamet GIF

media.tenor.com

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Jett Barker @jettbarker.bsky.social · 7h

My very treasured pal, fellow Friend of the Game Jam Waiver, and creator of my favorite vampiric Danish ex-husband is on the front frickin' page of Polygon.

I'm so bloody proud of you, @princerosalium.bsky.social 🥳

Polygon @polygon.com · 13h

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

As Steam cracks down on adult games, one dev urges taking back control

Game developers fear for the future of games with LGBTQ themes, which is leading some to pursue alternate (and way cooler) forms of distribution

www.polygon.com

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Haunted Bouncy Castle @hauntedbouncy.bsky.social · 8h

To celebrate our new variety of books, we've decided to give youy a free bookmark with every book purchase!

Let us know in the note section at checkout if you have a favourite.

hauntedbouncycastle.com/collections/...
#booksky 🌈📚 #queerbooksky

A collection of four bookmarks with cute cartoon critter illustrations on them.
The first is a trans flag coloured opossum holding a rainbow glazed donut, the second is a strawberry shark slurping on a school lunch sized strawberry milk with straw that they are holding with their fins, the third is a chubby baby mothman surrounded by gently twinkling lightbulbs, the fourth is a very round, red frog floating on a strawberry

two shelves of books, with three new releases turned facing the camera: A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal, Looking for Group by Alexis Hall and You Weren't Meant To Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 8h

"We pay in exposure".

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 10h

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 21h

Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...

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The Welsh DM - Wondrous Environments Kickstarter @thewelshdm.bsky.social · 13h

Any bloggers/YouTubers out there interested in reviewing The Crown of Endless Night?

Always seeking feedback and ways to improve

The Welsh DM - Wondrous Environments Kickstarter @thewelshdm.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see some people picking The Crown of Endless Night adventure.

I hope some tables enjoy the adventure this Halloween

www.dmsguild.com/en/product/5...

The Crown of Endless Night - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Uncover the Whispered One's darkest secret before it extinguishes the light! D&D greatest villain seeks to erradicate all life, uncovering and freeing his final Vassal secreted away in a forgotten...

www.dmsguild.com

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 1d

Oh - you can just drop me a comment or a chat request if you want a slot.

Money goes towards fixing the allotment gate after vandals, so the Rescues can be safe again.

Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 1d

As I need to make some extra cash quickly (thanks vandals), I'll open up 3 emergency portrait #art slots. They're £35, the samples below are what I do. Commercial rights included.

I had closed off #commission work due to #ttrpg work, now I have to make time so nab yours while you can! (Please 💗)

a painting of the withered man, a melting monster made of wax-like flesh with glowing orange eyes .

a woman from comicbook the ladder with long dark hair and glowing eyes.

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 12h

She's probably going to be sore for a week and maybe some scarring, but ferrets are VERY hardy.

She was already up and hiding her treats this morning. 😁

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Joy Makes Monsters - General Art Goblin! @joymakesmonsters.bsky.social · 12h

Expanding foam in his exhaust pipe.

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