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Neil Daigle Orians

@neilmakesthings.bsky.social

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Artist and educator, they/them. Keywords: haunting, unfiction, printed matter, ARG, archives Assistant Professor @ University of Cincinnati, posts are my own opinions www.neilmakesthings.com www.lusciniahistoricalsociety.com

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 4d

Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 5d

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 4d

I thought it had some pretty good concepts and settings but the execution was all over the place making it hard to enjoy what I found novel in the first place

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 4d

anytime I see someone using a swearword that they censor themselves online through asterisks, it's always either a boomer or early gen-X, and I think that's fun.

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 7d

There is less than 5 minutes of video posted for this project and I am already pumped for it @moonkowski.bsky.social really DID THAT.

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YouTube video by THEE HYMNALS

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 7d

I just love going to a coffee shop to work and immediately turning on a lo-fi coffee shop ambient music and sound playlist to really get the vibe going.

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 9d

Well SOMEBODY around here's gotta be

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 12d

this is the funniest thing I've seen on this app yet.

Gaia ⚖️ @mawile.bsky.social · 14d

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘢. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳.

Três esqueletos vestidos de gangster com metralhadoras em punho arrombam uma porta e assustam três pessoas dentro de uma casa

"THEY'VE UNSPOILERED IT! RATTLE 'EM BOYS!"

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 15d

considering purchasing merch from my local masonic organizations, because a) it exists, and b) I think it would be a fun bit. yay or nay?

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Buy Go-Man! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 19d

In case it needs restating, autism isn't caused by Tylenol, or vaccines, or woke parents or whatever. It's not a disease, and it doesn't need curing. Eugenicists and fascists love to think of ways to eradicate us because they are unwilling to understand us. But we will outlive them.

Edit of a meme which says I'M JOINING THE WAR ON AUTISM ON THE SIDE OF THE AUTISM and beside it is a picture of GO-MAN, a red, white and blue superhero character with a big scarf and mask.

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silas denver 🛸 @sweatermuppet.bsky.social · 17d

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a black and white typography edit that reads "i am gay and i must create". around the text are many arts and crafts supplies such as a glue gun, spools of thread, scissors, a linocut carver, tunes of paint, crayons, buttons, pins, a ball of yarn, paint brushes, pens, and pencils, and other things of that nature. the entire image is textured to look photocopied.

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 21d

PS if anyone wants to hear more about my connections between spirit photography/ectoplasm and generative AI, invite me as a visiting artist to your school (I’m up for reappointment this semester help an early career academic out) — I swear I’m a good public speaker!

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 21d

I’ve taken up common placing as a research practice. I find it’s helping me by creating a much more tactile approach to the texts I consume. I’m starting to see my research as having a materiality that I am getting my hands dirty with, manipulating it like an artist does with any other material.

Cut and paste sections of an article on spirit photography + ectoplasm from the 19th + 20th centuries alongside notes that connect both of those respective practices to generative AI.

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 21d

I love the teams group chat enough that I’m considering migrating away from Canvas as a result 😭😭😭

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 22d

The following is A Joke™️:
This feels pointed directly at me.
Thank you, that was A Joke™️

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 22d

there's no reason to believe they'd keep the twist ending as is, even if the remake actually makes it out of development hell. what would be the point of that? it's so iconic, it would be expected. i'm not holding my breath they'd keep it.

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 24d

I misspelled "I'm sick" as "I'm sic" so now I'm finally embodying the walking grammatical error I've always been.

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naylandblake @naylandblake.bsky.social · 24d

Today I'd like you to imagine a world we get to delight in fat androgyny. Androgynous doesn't have to mean "stick".

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · 26d

sometimes, I love researching contemporary spiritualist/ghost hunting technology and comparing it to historic forms. other times I'm reminded that 98% of this world is grifting.

screenshot of a youtube thumbnail showing a "spirit box session" with Charlie Kirk, posted 2 days after his death

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 11

UPDATE: I watched the first 35 seconds of it and it's a powerpoint slideshow with AI-generated voice and that's it.

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 11

YouTube's AI slop is a major MAJOR problem, but also kind of hilarious sometimes.

screenshot of a YouTube thumbnail featuring the text "why is lyrical absrtraction key to Thursday's emo music?" featuring a portrait of an Asian woman in a blue pantsuit with no relation to either Thursday as a band nor the lyrical abstraction movement.

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 7

You will also have the opportunity to join the Pink Acolyte Union, Cincinnati's longest running semi-fictional artist + scholar collective.
www.pinkacolyteunion.com

Pink Acolyte Union

www.pinkacolyteunion.com

Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 7

I forgot to crosspost here yesterday but if anyone is in the Cincinnati area and wants to learn more about the Terrifying Pink Thing, visit the Cincinnati Art Book Fair from 12-5 PM today at the Carnegie in Covington. www.cincinnatiartbookfair.com

Purple booth at an art fair with zines, prints, and other objects surrounding the Pink Acolyte Union.

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Cam @sirgrimmington.bsky.social · Sep 6

ZILLA!

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 6

Oh good I’m not totally incompetent hahah

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Neil Daigle Orians @neilmakesthings.bsky.social · Sep 6

🤔

Image of cyphered text with a decryption key. typing out what it says would spoil the fun, unfortunately. but it's dark blue on a textured purple background.

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