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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 1d

As an instructor, I'd rather see your fever dream, No Doze-fueled 4AM essays written at an IHOP rather than anything generated by an LLM.

Hope this helps

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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cosmicdustvld @cosmicdustvld.bsky.social · Feb 8

FROM THE DEPTHS (zine fic)
#sheith | cosmic horror | 2.7k | canon-typical violence

Shiro and Keith investigate the sudden reappearance of ATLAS at the edges of Alliance space after an experiment gone wrong. But Shiro's once-flagship is not all she appears to be.

archiveofourown.org/works/41412828

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🌈 Hailey Piper 🌈 @haileypiperfights.bsky.social · 18h

fiction is a safe space to think of unsafe things

if you feel it's messing you up, step away. don't assume it's messing everyone up and you need to eradicate it because you caught a case of the feel-bads from something. go sit with that and think about why instead of pissing in everyone else's cheerios.

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Mittie Paul @mittiepaul.bsky.social · 17h

AI cannot give you the ego highs that can only be found in bullshitting assignments in the last minute and getting rewarded for your procrastination. My entire time as a history major was doing stunts like this.

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · 17h

Using AI is ceding control of the creative process not to a team of artists you might not understand like VFX but to a machine owned by a fucking tech company. Oh and the machine drinks all your water, power, and art as fuel.

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Kurt Russett 🥔 @kurtrussett.bsky.social · 17h

my favorite line that students echo is the "use it ethically" and you say, "okay, define ethically." and they can't come up with anything past the lede. it's like saying I only steal nikes because of the child labor.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 1d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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Samantha Ferreira Is Creating An Anime Mag @sam-animeherald.bsky.social · 20h

I still find it wild how anime fans, by and large, generally disowned Nobuhiro Watsuki and his work the moment he was outed as a pedophile. Meanwhile, Harry Potter fans keep finding new excuses to support the thing while the creator is actively working to exterminate trans people.

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 15h

“you’re too old for fandom” you’re just weak, this will be me in my 80s

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Mithras - Left Justified and Ancient @mithras.bsky.social · 16h

Oh look. The thing that everyone in computer security said would happen, happened.

And is bigger than originally reported.

And more widespread.

Quelle surprise.

404 Media @404media.co · 17h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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wolfereticinkart @wolfereticinkart.bsky.social · 15h

I need to express my love for this ship through art and writing. I'd love to revive the VLD fandom, but in a healthier way this time! Here's the second Sheith fic I wrote a couple of months ago:

archiveofourown.org/works/70503786

#vld #sheith #fiction #shiro #keith

With or without you - wolferetic - Voltron: Legendary Defender [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.app · 2d

I think also about how it doesn’t matter if those girls ever decide to be dancers

What matters is seeing it was an option. That they can make the choice

jordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 2d

"Ballerina Aesha Ash wandering around inner city Rochester breaking the stereotypes about women of color and to inspire young kids."

its a picture of a ballerina teaching future young ballerinas!!!

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 2d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction begins Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts

Thirty paintings by Bob Ross are set to be auctioned to support public television stations. The Bonhams auction is to begin Nov. 11 in Los Angeles with three of the paintings.

bit.ly

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wolfereticinkart @wolfereticinkart.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first time I've decided to share one of the fics I've written here on Bluesky, but I really want to because we need more Sheith in the VLD fandom! 🖤❤️ It's written in Italian, but Google Translate is our friend.

archiveofourown.org/works/67246045

#vld #fanfiction #sheith #shiro #keith

Toghether in good times and bad - wolferetic - Voltron: Legendary Defender [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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nadia ✩ comms open! @ghostelleart.bsky.social · 1d

it’s spooky szn

#wip #sheith

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Avid Beader @avidbeader.bsky.social · 22h

Day 95 #atagaday #Sheith fics - Boxer Shiro

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[AO3](archiveofourown.org/works?commit...)

boxershiro

Posts on sheithfictioncatalogue tagged as boxershiro

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Narney @narney.bsky.social · 2d

Quick reminder that Spotify's CEO doesn't care at all about what you think, nor artists or listeners.
If you ever want to move to Deezer (still crossing fingers they do not jump into AI too), they have a tool to import all your Spotify's playlists.

Plus : Spotify audio quality sucks.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3d

Spotify is partnering with ChatGPT

• Will personalize music and podcast recommendations

• Available on an opt-in basis

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Avid Beader @avidbeader.bsky.social · 1d

Day 94 #atagaday #Sheith fics - BOTW AU

[Tumblr](sheithfictioncatalogue.tumblr.com/tagged/botwau)

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botwau

Posts on sheithfictioncatalogue tagged as botwau

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 3d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Linnea @sebihinet.bsky.social · 2d

how the finnish nhl names are pronounced in finnish, 2025-26 version (we’re so back) 🔥

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
20m
From Create Mode
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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dtsjr @dtsjr.bsky.social · 2d

Seriously, watch this. Descriptions won’t do it justice. There’s no technical difficulty.

The amazing pause here from Miller is him realizing he said the quiet part out loud (probably a few months early) and then freezing like a possum in the face of a coyote or something as a defensive measure.

CandyCoatedChaos @candycoatedchaos.bsky.social · 3d

Not Stephen Miller accidentally outting the regime in an interview. Let that "plenary authority" claim slip right out and then had to act like the audio cut out.

Sir! We heard you.. and the President does NOT have plenary authority.

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Gilbert #NewDeal4Animation @discord12395.bsky.social · 7d

This is a warning to every artists and clients using PayPal: Leave the note blank or send invoices. Apparently even saying "commission" makes them trigger happy. #SaveSpeech #StopPaypros

And continue the pressure by calling PayPal. Helpful link here: anti-censorship-campaign.carrd.co#phonescript

@Inker_comics: I JUST GOT FUCKED UP REAL BAD [shared a screenshot of his suspension from PayPal]

@MrQuessos: [quote tweeting @Inker_comics] If you are going to pay an artist via PayPal, please DO NOT include ANYTHING related to commission or nsfw in the payment description. Whether out of ignorance or innocence, you could screw up someone's job.

Mastercard

Phone (US): 1-800-627-8372
1-800-307-7309
US option selection: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1
Phone (outside US): 1-636-722-7111
Aus: +61 1800 120 113
UK: 0-800-96-4767
All region numbers here (and here )

Stripe

California: 888-926-2289
US: 877-887-7815
France: +33 805-11-19-67

Paypal

Phone (US): 1-888-221-1161
Phone (outside US): 1-402-935-2050
UK: +44 (0203)-901-7000

Visa

Phone (US): 1-800-847-2911
US option selection: 1, 1, 2 or 1, 1, 3
Headquarters: +1 (650)-432-3200
Aus: +61 1800 125 440
Phone (outside US): click here

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Ryan (BenGraven) @bengraven.bsky.social · 2d

Goooood lord this would be a fun story to write and the outrage would be delicious.

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