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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟

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Honestly just a bit of a mess. Sometimes a writer, mostly easily distracted. They/them #KDrama #MMRomance #3D https://benign-snails.co.uk

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · Dec 9

I should probably mention, in avoidance of confusion: I'm also @paxasteriae.bsky.social, but this is my art/writing/general chaos account where you get to deal with me being an AuDHD mess who makes stupid comments all the time, and the other account is my writing-focused one.

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🔞Althea Dread, Orc Apologist 🔞 @quintialmondi.bsky.social · 3h

Now's the time to call up Visa/MC to ask 'hey, how come you guys will pay for ChatGPT and Twitter subs but I can't buy certain games off of Steam?' Because I frankly would LOVE an answer to that...

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 18h

Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.

ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you

'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'

metro.co.uk

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · 3h

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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 18h

Owl Kestrel Manoeuvres in the Tarp

Schadenfreude @fleurdela.bsky.social · 20h

You'd think it'd be the chaotic kestrel chicks and not the calm barn owlets that are #GrowingUpWicked

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🦅🦅🦅🦅

💭💭💭💭💭💭
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All the better to surprise you...

#WickedWednesday #HashtagGame

4 unruly kestrel chicks sprawled over one side of what looks like a shirt spread over flattened grass, 6 well-behaved barn owlets neatly lined up on their backs on the other side.

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Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social · 6h

No. As a general rule, I reserve top third for type and the publisher handles the rest. We dedicated a newsletter to the topic recently if you'd like a more detail on that:

theartofmichaelwhelan.substack.com/p/setting-type

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 4h

Note: I don't think the reps will be there for the kids event, because that will be the fastest way for them to lose their jobs. The client is *zero tolerance* about this.

I think maybe, though, this person should not be allowed to run events anywhere near kids...

Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 4h

"Karaoke for kids!"
"[alcohol brand] reps will be in the building."

*headdesks repeatedly*

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 4h

"Bro youre English isnt Great"

I mean, pot, kettle...

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digital cartoon rabbit on the on-line @crashlapine.bsky.social · 19h

tearing into the mod files for the mysummerdog addon and finding the funniest UV unwrap ive ever seen in my life

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · Aug 11

it's 30 years later and this still happens.

Jenna Ortega revealed in an interview with The New York Times that she quit Twitter after seeing explicit images of herself generated by Al when she was a teenager. She also became inundated with messages from fans that ranged from "disgusting" to "absurd."
"I hate AI," Ortega said. "I mean, here's the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That's beautiful. Let's keep it to that. Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It's terrifying. It's corrupt. It's wrong."

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 8h

New comic up on @designweek.co.uk

www.designweek.co.uk#weeklycartoon

Join the DT! Newsletter for free and get 3 comics a week in your own email inbox, guaranteed!
Click here: designthinkingcomic.substack.com

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 7h

#LGBTQWriteAThon
Jude's favourite treat is the beer he crafts himself. Nothing more satisfying than enjoying his own hard work!

Gabe likes anything sweet, but his favourite sweets are old fashioned boiled ones. He has to put effort into eating them, thus savouring them.

AmaraJLynn💎🌌🌺GEMS & STAR FLOWERS coming soon! @amaralynn.bsky.social · 1d

#LGBTQWriteAThon October 15:

What's your MC's favorite treat?

#writesky #queerwriters #writers #lgbtqwriters

Image: a burnt orange background with two jack o' lanterns. Text: #LGBTQWriteAThon Use the tag and follow the feed on BlueSky! Tag @LGBTQWriteAThon in photos on Instagram! October 15: What's your MC's favorite treat? BlueSky: @amaralynn @rebeccafrostwrites.com Instagram: @LGBTQWriteAThon @amarajlynn @krakengoddess

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Richard Arugula @monkchips.com · 9h

My daughter was annoyed that i generated a picture for my talk yesterday. Normally avoid AI generated images but it was a talk about vibe coding @aifortherestofus.live.

So she drew me an alternative picture. This is a software developer that has replaced their keyboard with a tab button.

Quick line drawing using brown pencil of a software developer that has replaced their keyboard with a tab button. They are also saying "tab". There are plenty of "AI sparkles" around (she also hates that AI has appropriated those)

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 3d

A #Roman figurine of a dog, shown lying down with its back legs curled underneath, looking at something behind it. Dogs feature quite prominently in Roman everyday art, associated with loyalty & healing, & valued for their companionship (just like today!) 🐶 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

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Helen Grant @helengrantsays.bsky.social · 23h

My contributor's copy of NIGHTMARE ABBEY 9 has arrived! The pet gargoyle says it tastes lovely.

Nightmare Abbey magazine issue 9 with gargoyle in foreground

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 1d

Is there anything better than trans people smiling? I don't think so

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 22h

#PlotTober
Hm, the midpoint is probably while Gabe and Jude are exploring the house, and Jude suddenly vanishes...

Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 1d

#PlotTober Day 15: The midpoint

Answer the prompt on the card by quoting this post. Remember, answering a prompt is always optional. Even if you don't share it publicly, I hope the prompt encourages you to think about it privately.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

#PlotTober - a WIP plotting game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

15. The midpoint of the story serves two purposes: (1) it reveals critical information to the MC and (2) causes the MC to confront both who they used to be and who they need to become to grow, change, and/or achieve their goals. What are some ways you could do this?

Remember: Use the #PlotTober hashtag, engage with others, and have fun!

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 1d

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 1d

what even happened on the other site this time

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𝒕𝒚𝒊 | Shop and Membership on Ko-fi 🛸 @tyiart.bsky.social · 6d

sticker: ko-fi.com/s/b9c1e32ba7
print: ko-fi.com/s/36734366a8

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#bsnm #artshop #stickershop #relatable #kitty

Doodle of a kitty waking up in psych ward titled "what the absolute f*ck is going on"

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FieldExplores (Gator Days) @fieldexplores.bsky.social · 1d

Scary Nights - Gator Days

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Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone: I AM BOYCOTTING KINDLE

Me: cool, will you buy my books somewhere else at least?

*me looking at my sales report* Ah, I guess not.

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 1d

Yours are the best hand-crafted, free-range nightmare fuel Santas though. These other knockoff ones could never come close.

Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 1d

And on that note, it's time for the nightmare fuel Santas again!

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Aphnaaauuugh 🧟 @aphna.bsky.social · 1d

The plagiarism slop machine has apparently concluded the solution to an inability to render eyes is to render figures WITHOUT eyes instead.

And the incompetent wielders of the plagiarism slop machine are too stupid to notice.

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