Christopher James
@jameschristopher.bsky.social
Painter//Designer
www.christopherjamescreativestudio.com
www.christopherjamescreativestudio.com
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November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is how artists of all stripes can push back against the onslaught of the enshittification of our culture through AI zone-flooding. When you can, if you can, say ‘no’ to this bullshit.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
I'm already an above average writer so any supposed advantage to using an LLM goes out the window. I am not an above average artist, but that's why I pay artists when I need art. Remember I have it in my contracts that all work on my books (art, editing, translation, etc) has to be done by humans.
I imagine LLMs are less useful for expert wordsmiths like Mr. Scalzi.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is how artists of all stripes can push back against the onslaught of the enshittification of our culture through AI zone-flooding. When you can, if you can, say ‘no’ to this bullshit.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
Insist on the human. Insist on payment. Don’t allow your work to be folded into the AI machine.
Looks like the Star Wars orginal trilogy, as it appeared in cinemas in ‘77/80/83, is finally getting a full restoration, despite Lucas destroying the Lucasfilm negatives to make the Special Editions.
No Greedo shooting first, no cgi, Lak Sivrak in the cantina….the works.
Bring it.
No Greedo shooting first, no cgi, Lak Sivrak in the cantina….the works.
Bring it.
a man in a hooded sweatshirt says everything is proceeding as i have foreseen
ALT: a man in a hooded sweatshirt says everything is proceeding as i have foreseen
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November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Looks like the Star Wars orginal trilogy, as it appeared in cinemas in ‘77/80/83, is finally getting a full restoration, despite Lucas destroying the Lucasfilm negatives to make the Special Editions.
No Greedo shooting first, no cgi, Lak Sivrak in the cantina….the works.
Bring it.
No Greedo shooting first, no cgi, Lak Sivrak in the cantina….the works.
Bring it.
I’ve started buying Star Wars figures from the 90s. This is arrested development of some sort- I was too old to buy them then, I’m far too old to buy them now. I’ve bought 22 in the last week. I may be single if this continues- like an addict I’ve started hiding them- and my shame-around the house.
November 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’ve started buying Star Wars figures from the 90s. This is arrested development of some sort- I was too old to buy them then, I’m far too old to buy them now. I’ve bought 22 in the last week. I may be single if this continues- like an addict I’ve started hiding them- and my shame-around the house.
Swan Song (2021) was such a left turn for Udo Kier, it made me love him even more. It’s a great performance.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Swan Song (2021) was such a left turn for Udo Kier, it made me love him even more. It’s a great performance.
A film that takes place where you’re from
(Sort of)
(Sort of)
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A film that takes place where you’re from
(Sort of)
(Sort of)
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November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Taken from 'In Search Of Tomorrow'
(2022), a five hour documentary on 80s sci fi. Well worth renting.
Peter Hyams' love for Connery is evident here.
(Uploaded as two overlapping clips because BS is stuck in the 2010s) Pt 2 below.
@www.johnbleasdale.com
@mrenglish.bsky.social
@caiross.bsky.social
(2022), a five hour documentary on 80s sci fi. Well worth renting.
Peter Hyams' love for Connery is evident here.
(Uploaded as two overlapping clips because BS is stuck in the 2010s) Pt 2 below.
@www.johnbleasdale.com
@mrenglish.bsky.social
@caiross.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Taken from 'In Search Of Tomorrow'
(2022), a five hour documentary on 80s sci fi. Well worth renting.
Peter Hyams' love for Connery is evident here.
(Uploaded as two overlapping clips because BS is stuck in the 2010s) Pt 2 below.
@www.johnbleasdale.com
@mrenglish.bsky.social
@caiross.bsky.social
(2022), a five hour documentary on 80s sci fi. Well worth renting.
Peter Hyams' love for Connery is evident here.
(Uploaded as two overlapping clips because BS is stuck in the 2010s) Pt 2 below.
@www.johnbleasdale.com
@mrenglish.bsky.social
@caiross.bsky.social
Looks like Joan is off to the United States.
I’ve been afforded some magnificent opportunities recently that have pushed my work on, got the word out, and I’m hugely grateful for all of the support from those of you with incredibly good taste.
An exciting new startup is coming soon…
I’ve been afforded some magnificent opportunities recently that have pushed my work on, got the word out, and I’m hugely grateful for all of the support from those of you with incredibly good taste.
An exciting new startup is coming soon…
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Looks like Joan is off to the United States.
I’ve been afforded some magnificent opportunities recently that have pushed my work on, got the word out, and I’m hugely grateful for all of the support from those of you with incredibly good taste.
An exciting new startup is coming soon…
I’ve been afforded some magnificent opportunities recently that have pushed my work on, got the word out, and I’m hugely grateful for all of the support from those of you with incredibly good taste.
An exciting new startup is coming soon…
When you come down from a cleansing hot shower and expect to sprawl under a heated throw for the evening, only to find that you have to sit on the floor instead
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
When you come down from a cleansing hot shower and expect to sprawl under a heated throw for the evening, only to find that you have to sit on the floor instead
I never thought that in 2025 the most cutting and incisive satire on the US government would be coming from South Park of all things, but it is knocking it out of the…er…park at the minute.
a cartoon of donald trump sitting at a desk with his mouth taped
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November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I never thought that in 2025 the most cutting and incisive satire on the US government would be coming from South Park of all things, but it is knocking it out of the…er…park at the minute.
Labour don’t give the slightest shit about the arts. If they did they would be pushing back against AI companies using the work of artists like me, uncompensated, to train their models, rather than tearing up copyright law and giving them carte blanche AND cheap power to do it
Fuck the Labour Party
Fuck the Labour Party
Exclusive: The Labour Government is planning to slash electricity bills for AI companies (while everyone else struggles with sky-high bills)
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
www.thenational.scot/news/2563567...
Labour plot to slash electricity prices for AI companies while families struggle
LABOUR are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal.
www.thenational.scot
November 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Labour don’t give the slightest shit about the arts. If they did they would be pushing back against AI companies using the work of artists like me, uncompensated, to train their models, rather than tearing up copyright law and giving them carte blanche AND cheap power to do it
Fuck the Labour Party
Fuck the Labour Party
Eleven hours at the easel.
I wish I could do this every day.
I wish I could do this every day.
November 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Eleven hours at the easel.
I wish I could do this every day.
I wish I could do this every day.
Henry watches the Simpsons every day. He absolutely loves it, and, like me, rarely laughs at it anymore.
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Henry watches the Simpsons every day. He absolutely loves it, and, like me, rarely laughs at it anymore.
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Hm.... going somewhere i think...
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Hm.... going somewhere i think...
Mr Burton is on BBC1 lads- about the relationship between Richard Jenkins and Philip Burton.
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
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Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
a man in a tuxedo and bow tie is looking down
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Mr Burton is on BBC1 lads- about the relationship between Richard Jenkins and Philip Burton.
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
Not sure it’s particularly good, and Toby bloody Jones is in it, but anything Burton and all that
@caiross.bsky.social @www.johnbleasdale.com @mrenglish.bsky.social
Predator Badlands is shockingly bad. Those pitching that it is a fresh new take simply lack the ability to imagine a world in which we aren’t force-fed shit like this.
The Marvelisation of the Alien and Predator franchises continues apace.
Romulus, Alien Earth and now this; all soulless junk.
The Marvelisation of the Alien and Predator franchises continues apace.
Romulus, Alien Earth and now this; all soulless junk.
a man in armor is holding a large sword in a forest
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November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Predator Badlands is shockingly bad. Those pitching that it is a fresh new take simply lack the ability to imagine a world in which we aren’t force-fed shit like this.
The Marvelisation of the Alien and Predator franchises continues apace.
Romulus, Alien Earth and now this; all soulless junk.
The Marvelisation of the Alien and Predator franchises continues apace.
Romulus, Alien Earth and now this; all soulless junk.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted by Christopher James
From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
REM's 20 greatest singles of their major-label era
As chosen by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe themselves
www.uncut.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
From the venerable UNCUT way back in 2003, a selective critical listing of the band’s mid and later-period “singles” (1988-2001). Particularly fun to see the guys’ realtime reactions to some of these songs.
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
www.uncut.co.uk/features/lis...
There’s been a purple patch of tv over the summer, but now we are struggling to find anything decent. Back in the cycle of watching the first ep of a new show then immediately abandoning it because it’s dreck.
Any recommendations? The more nihilistic and dread-filled the better.
Any recommendations? The more nihilistic and dread-filled the better.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
There’s been a purple patch of tv over the summer, but now we are struggling to find anything decent. Back in the cycle of watching the first ep of a new show then immediately abandoning it because it’s dreck.
Any recommendations? The more nihilistic and dread-filled the better.
Any recommendations? The more nihilistic and dread-filled the better.
Hot off the Royal Mail van. Thanks for the recommendation @www.johnbleasdale.com
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Hot off the Royal Mail van. Thanks for the recommendation @www.johnbleasdale.com
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
I’m going to sit with this very comfortable seven inches in hand while I take a break from the easel and realign my back. Super fast delivery by the fabulous
@plumeriapics.bsky.social
Lovely stuff.
The Witcher was never Fellini, but it was fun. Series4 is dreadful. Sub-Hollyoaks levels of acting. A forced lesbian storyline that is meant titillate teenage boys but the lack of chemistry makes it completely sexless. And the budget has clearly been slashed so it looks like BBC’s ‘Doctors’. Dreck
a man is playing a guitar and screaming the word screams
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November 7, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Witcher was never Fellini, but it was fun. Series4 is dreadful. Sub-Hollyoaks levels of acting. A forced lesbian storyline that is meant titillate teenage boys but the lack of chemistry makes it completely sexless. And the budget has clearly been slashed so it looks like BBC’s ‘Doctors’. Dreck
As long as This Life+10 exists, this will not be the worst thing ever made.
It has usurped The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [all of the husbands are deeply closeted, but very obvious, homosexuals. It’s like Angels in America meets The Kardashians] as a new Hulu nadir. Watch while tripping balls.
It has usurped The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [all of the husbands are deeply closeted, but very obvious, homosexuals. It’s like Angels in America meets The Kardashians] as a new Hulu nadir. Watch while tripping balls.
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
As long as This Life+10 exists, this will not be the worst thing ever made.
It has usurped The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [all of the husbands are deeply closeted, but very obvious, homosexuals. It’s like Angels in America meets The Kardashians] as a new Hulu nadir. Watch while tripping balls.
It has usurped The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives [all of the husbands are deeply closeted, but very obvious, homosexuals. It’s like Angels in America meets The Kardashians] as a new Hulu nadir. Watch while tripping balls.
Portrait Artist of the year judges constantly talk about finding a likeness.
It is an utterly pointless goal in the age of the camera.
Painting should showcase the material, or why bother, and strive to communicate something more than the obvious, which lurks somewhere that is felt and not seen.
It is an utterly pointless goal in the age of the camera.
Painting should showcase the material, or why bother, and strive to communicate something more than the obvious, which lurks somewhere that is felt and not seen.
November 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Portrait Artist of the year judges constantly talk about finding a likeness.
It is an utterly pointless goal in the age of the camera.
Painting should showcase the material, or why bother, and strive to communicate something more than the obvious, which lurks somewhere that is felt and not seen.
It is an utterly pointless goal in the age of the camera.
Painting should showcase the material, or why bother, and strive to communicate something more than the obvious, which lurks somewhere that is felt and not seen.