Key Ron
@ciaranlucas.bsky.social
Production Designer, maker of things
Husband to @davidjlucas.bsky.social
Lover of tea, colourful bits and learning lots!
https://ko-fi.com/ciaranlucas
Husband to @davidjlucas.bsky.social
Lover of tea, colourful bits and learning lots!
https://ko-fi.com/ciaranlucas
Adding cheese to a sandwich increases its gravitational pull. Recommend bombardment with microwave radiation or direct thermal exposure for optimal stasis.
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Adding cheese to a sandwich increases its gravitational pull. Recommend bombardment with microwave radiation or direct thermal exposure for optimal stasis.
It WAS mushrooms, I wasn’t lying! I hate this, but might yoink out the mushroom and go for it again in blender for the craic!
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It WAS mushrooms, I wasn’t lying! I hate this, but might yoink out the mushroom and go for it again in blender for the craic!
So Blender's frozen AS I SAVE. I pray and count the minutes...it's been a hot minute. I WAS JUST MODELLING SOME MUSHROOMS.
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
So Blender's frozen AS I SAVE. I pray and count the minutes...it's been a hot minute. I WAS JUST MODELLING SOME MUSHROOMS.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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The lie passed his lips, as it had before, and would again; ‘Everything will calm down next week’
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The lie passed his lips, as it had before, and would again; ‘Everything will calm down next week’
Realised it was Friday and’s got excited for louiestowell.bsky.social ‘s good news post
Louie Stowell (@louiestowell.bsky.social)
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This ...
louiestowell.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Realised it was Friday and’s got excited for louiestowell.bsky.social ‘s good news post
I’ve no voice this week, so I’m putting at least ten mins a day* to actually learn piano. Unlearning bad habits, and begrudgingly seeing benefits. we have reached the ‘oh, I don’t know shit’ stage
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’ve no voice this week, so I’m putting at least ten mins a day* to actually learn piano. Unlearning bad habits, and begrudgingly seeing benefits. we have reached the ‘oh, I don’t know shit’ stage
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I was on a pro vs anti ai panel the other day and this is what I was trying to say but I’m not as smart
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I was on a pro vs anti ai panel the other day and this is what I was trying to say but I’m not as smart
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
The point of playing a game of chess is not to achieve the quickest possible route to victory for one side in a chess game, it is to have and perform those thoughts and actions yourself and grow.
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Sadly, all the Learn Blender people were right. You couldn't pay me to go back to Maya or 3Ds Max. And I couldn't pay me either, because their license costs are insane
Support Blender today!!!
Support Blender today!!!
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Sadly, all the Learn Blender people were right. You couldn't pay me to go back to Maya or 3Ds Max. And I couldn't pay me either, because their license costs are insane
Support Blender today!!!
Support Blender today!!!
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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Ps if anyone knows of charities that distribute books to low income families etc hit me up.
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ps if anyone knows of charities that distribute books to low income families etc hit me up.
:reads that singing is a stimming behaviour: .... .... OHHHH
a cartoon of a dog and a cat standing next to each other on a tv screen
ALT: a cartoon of a dog and a cat standing next to each other on a tv screen
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November 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
:reads that singing is a stimming behaviour: .... .... OHHHH
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Experimenting a bit this morning!
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Experimenting a bit this morning!
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Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Blender Development Fund
Join the Development Fund and support Blender Foundation to work on core Blender development.
fund.blender.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Blender is struggling. it's the best piece of 3d software on the market, and it's free. I'm not going back to autodesk.
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
please donate if you can!
fund.blender.org
Experimenting a bit this morning!
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Experimenting a bit this morning!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZ... Just in case you DON'T know of this well mined GEM.
WIND ROSE - Diggy Diggy Hole (Official Video) | Napalm Records
YouTube video by Napalm Records
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34CZ... Just in case you DON'T know of this well mined GEM.
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As my Inbox fills up with stupid Black Friday emails.
Here's a little reminder of our starter pack, celebrating #IrishDesign.
Lots of lovely things to buy, and you will feel all squishy inside for supporting small Irish business.
#spheirgorm
#SLATED
#Boycottamazon
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
Here's a little reminder of our starter pack, celebrating #IrishDesign.
Lots of lovely things to buy, and you will feel all squishy inside for supporting small Irish business.
#spheirgorm
#SLATED
#Boycottamazon
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
As my Inbox fills up with stupid Black Friday emails.
Here's a little reminder of our starter pack, celebrating #IrishDesign.
Lots of lovely things to buy, and you will feel all squishy inside for supporting small Irish business.
#spheirgorm
#SLATED
#Boycottamazon
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
Here's a little reminder of our starter pack, celebrating #IrishDesign.
Lots of lovely things to buy, and you will feel all squishy inside for supporting small Irish business.
#spheirgorm
#SLATED
#Boycottamazon
go.bsky.app/9sh8HQq
I’m in an absolute heap today, to the point of CONSCIOUSLY BREATHING. the fuck, like. Taken the day off, and not magically better. 2 stars.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I’m in an absolute heap today, to the point of CONSCIOUSLY BREATHING. the fuck, like. Taken the day off, and not magically better. 2 stars.
Trying to listen to my body and be kind to myself but cop the fuck on like?
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Trying to listen to my body and be kind to myself but cop the fuck on like?
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This article is largely preaching to the converted, so Monbiot omits the basic problem that makes climate denial propaganda so powerful. For a long time, this was an invisible crisis that required the public to understand scientific theory. Deniers used emotional language first, and used it better.
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This article is largely preaching to the converted, so Monbiot omits the basic problem that makes climate denial propaganda so powerful. For a long time, this was an invisible crisis that required the public to understand scientific theory. Deniers used emotional language first, and used it better.
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Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Perhaps the most important thing to understand about the climate crisis
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How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Encounter at Farpoint: Wesley Crusher enters someone else's active holodeck program uninvited. Yikes, doesn't he realise what goes on in there? ://///
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Encounter at Farpoint: Wesley Crusher enters someone else's active holodeck program uninvited. Yikes, doesn't he realise what goes on in there? ://///
The 'future' in Back to the Future was 10 years ago.
a man in a suit says great scott
ALT: a man in a suit says great scott
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The 'future' in Back to the Future was 10 years ago.