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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson

@fendersonia.bsky.social

3.6K followers 3.4K following 28K posts

Weirdo artist/musician…producer of weird radio (THE DONCAST with Don “The Don” Rastberger)… Disabled & Immunocompromised…semi-licensed shit poster…KIND…Neurodivergent AF…They/Them… Dig pro wrasslin’

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · Oct 21

To all new followers:

I skeet about all sorts of shit and I don’t censor myself

Disability gets skeeted about A LOT

I also skeet about pro wrasslin’, but that’s just a small portion of my life here

I WILL nudge you to use Alt Txt

I believe in radical punk rock kindness

I block fools EASILY 🤷‍♂️

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 19m

Bantom Draper

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DOWN WITH THE SLOP

Free Łink - Matthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 1h

I am so tired of explaining to people why they shouldn't generate text or images or video with "AI", why they shouldn't share "AI"-generated content from other people, and why none of this is "inevitable".

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#ProtectJhordin and #FreeLink @permanentalien.blacksky.app · 10d

so i’m gonna stop here.

thank you for your support! whether you’ve helped me sharing, boosting, donating or encouraging me to ask for help, i’m alive because of mutual aid.

anything donated here this week is going towards health insurance payments and integration course and 9/

gofund.me/982b699b

Donate to help alyssum rebuild, stay housed and get HRT, organized by Alyssum Borges

Hi hello, maybe you saw my campaign to help me move out of a mold infeste… Alyssum Borges needs your support for help alyssum rebuild, stay housed and get HRT

gofund.me

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 43m

Sugar Free Haribos.

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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 1h

Happy ThankChristWeen season, Canada! 🫠

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 17h

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Grim Reaper plays heavy metal guitar next to a display of Christmas trees

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Glaze and Nightshade @theglazeproject.bsky.social · Nov 13

Some artists suggested that we pin a summary of Glaze, Nightshade & other projects here. Instead, I will point them to Melissa Heikkilä's article on our lab and projects. It is the definitive story of who we are, how we got here, and why we do what we do.

www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...

The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI

The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?

www.technologyreview.com

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 1h

My biggest thing about this is how do reconcile knowledge with fun?

We have been taught that we deserve a constant stream of fun, and anything that makes us feel bad is bad

What happens when you're a bread a circus baby, and now there's neither bread nor circus?

That crash out will be

Maya Media @mayamedia.bsky.social · 1h

As I said, after the AI crash, we’ll have to give remedial education to so many young people.

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jan 18

So deeply not kidding when I say that the current paradigm of "Gen AI" is doing deep, lasting harm to our ability to make knowledge, meaning, & truth w/ each other.

Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 1h

I was dating them! 🤷‍♂️

Pumpkinspacci Sequins @brentwaggoner.bsky.social · 14h

where were all these blue haired chicks when I was in college

Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 1h

🧵

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Taps the “this administration is full of eugenicists so yes, they do want people to die” sign so hard it snaps and shards go scattering everywhere.

And yes, we saw it coming.

Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 1h

Take care of you!

Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

Link was very good at pulling this out of people.

Jess @jesscamnj.bsky.social · 3h

There is nothing that brings out main character syndrome more in any comment section than a video about food/cooking. Nothing

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Andi Kennedy: Art & Words @andria-kennedy.com · 3h

Spread the love!

Sam Still Masks 🪉 @theailingwitch.bsky.social · 3h

Let’s get some Saturday #MutualAid going!

If you are disabled, chronically ill, and/or any flavor of trans, please feel welcome to post your links, shops, projects, etc.— any way we can support you!

If you want to ask “does X count?”, it does!

Nondisabled cis folks: repost & support folks below!

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 6h

Twice in 24 hours I've blocked journalists with 10k+ follower counts for uncritically reposting AI-generated video. Different videos. Look, I understand we are facing an unprecedented threat of realistic AI fabrications. That only makes it more pressing to verify sources, especially as a JOURNALIST.

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 15h

Link.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

Link.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 15h

Link.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Nov 11

The majority of posts used alt text before the first big influx from X-- unfortunately, larger accounts have never felt the need to change, b/c their current approach is working for them.

There are progressive voices that do care about accessibility, so I'm going to mute those who don't

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Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 20h

Cooking up an app-view 🧑🏾‍🍳

ASCII art at the Blacksky App View homepage

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Meghan Wilson Duff @mwduff.bsky.social · 3h

If you make a mistake a post genAI bullshit and then take it down once someone points it out to you, that's fair.

If you don't acknowledge your mistake & refuse to take down the post, that's what the block button is for. The stakes are too high right now. Spreading disinfo is not okay.

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

Puppy Bowl gonna eat them alive.

David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 2d

Just announced: Turning Point USA will present an alternative “All-American” halftime show (performers TBA) for those who don’t want to watch that Puerto Rican.

www.americanhalftimeshow.com

THE ALL-AMERICAN HALFTIME SHOW

Yes, the rumors are true... Turning Point USA is thrilled to announce The All American Halftime Show. Performers and event details coming soon.

www.americanhalftimeshow.com

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12h

American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

@jay.bsky.team

This was just a fraction of the good work our friend Link did around here.

At the very least you could repost!

Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 23h

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 23h

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

I'd characterize them as BLOCKABLE.

Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 9h

Pop quiz: how would you characterize someone who posts AI videos and then, when the comments that it’s AI start to pile up, leaves the video but turns off comments?

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♎ jentrification @jentrification.com · 3h

shout out to my autoimmune disease girlies

**Image description:** An infographic about visible and invisible disabilities on a light gray background.

At the top, the text reads "SOME DISABILITIES LOOK LIKE THIS" above a row of seven stick figure icons showing people with various visible mobility aids and disabilities: a person standing, a person using a cane, a person using crutches, a person using a wheelchair, a person using a walker, a person using a cane, and a person using a prosthetic leg.

Below that, the text reads "SOME LOOK LIKE THIS" above a single stick figure icon of a person standing without any visible mobility aids or indicators of disability.

At the bottom, the text reads "Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there."

The image raises awareness that many disabilities are invisible and not immediately apparent to others.

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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you for the alt text.