Joey Roditis
@joeyroditis.bsky.social
🧿/ 🆓🇵🇸/ 😷⬆️ / #NoAI / He/him / branding designer by day, comics creator by night / Rep’d by Maria Vicente / SEQA ‘21 🐝, MSCD ‘25 🦬
🌐 https://www.joeyroditis.studio/
📦 https://joeyroditis.itch.io/
✉️ [email protected]
🌐 https://www.joeyroditis.studio/
📦 https://joeyroditis.itch.io/
✉️ [email protected]
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Joey Roditis
@joeyroditis.bsky.social
· Apr 8
![A 5 panel comic page. Panel 1: a young man with curly dark hair and glasses types on a phone. Panel 2. We see his thumbs typing; the phone is a 2000’s-style slide out keyboard phone. 3. The text box on the screen, reading “hope ur [you’re] ok”. 4. The text gets deleted. 5. The young man lays back on his bed frustrated, as we see the rest of his bedroom, which includes a desk, a bay window, and several posters on one wall. The whole page is colored in an orange/blue duochrome palette.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yk2usouya5hlgrhg7htew3u6/bafkreihlrhfmme6uiws7b2vornau6s747yblxdidvxixju32ogvbgam7ge@jpeg)
#PortfolioDay Hi! I’m Joey, #comicstartist and #graphicdesigner!
If you’re a GN writer I’d love to work with you on your next pitch; I’d also love to help design your next logo, book cover, promo material - anything you’d need a designer for. Let’s work together!
joeyroditis.studio✨
If you’re a GN writer I’d love to work with you on your next pitch; I’d also love to help design your next logo, book cover, promo material - anything you’d need a designer for. Let’s work together!
joeyroditis.studio✨
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it’s not that the number 69 really is all that funny past the age of like twelve. it’s that it’s fun to pretend it is
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
it’s not that the number 69 really is all that funny past the age of like twelve. it’s that it’s fun to pretend it is
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
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“‘AI’ is being used as a magic word that is code for less worker power, hoarding of more resources, and making an uninformed gamble on high energy demand computer chips magically saving us from climate change."
More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate
Workers say the firm’s ‘warp-speed’ approach fuels pressure, layoffs and rising emissions
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
“‘AI’ is being used as a magic word that is code for less worker power, hoarding of more resources, and making an uninformed gamble on high energy demand computer chips magically saving us from climate change."
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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The ideal situation for the managerial class is that you little piggies will just eat your slop and like it, and avoiding thinking of its contents, whether its nutritious, or if it has any resemblance to actual food.
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 29, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The ideal situation for the managerial class is that you little piggies will just eat your slop and like it, and avoiding thinking of its contents, whether its nutritious, or if it has any resemblance to actual food.
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AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
AI dubs aren't just an attempt to replace voice actors. Engineering, mixing, writing, directing, and QC are also cut, narrowed down to a single prompter.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
When I write dub scripts, it is an exercise in musicality, translation, and personal life experience. A prompter understands none of that.
Pursue art full-time again, making short comics and merch especially! I had 3 days off this last month including Thanksgiving because I work 2 jobs (like a LOT of other artists who would also benefit from UBI!), and that takes all the energy that I would otherwise have for creative output.
Honest question: If everyone got Universal Basic Income, no strings attached, what would YOU do with it?
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
Re-post with your quote or drop your take below.
November 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Pursue art full-time again, making short comics and merch especially! I had 3 days off this last month including Thanksgiving because I work 2 jobs (like a LOT of other artists who would also benefit from UBI!), and that takes all the energy that I would otherwise have for creative output.
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The fact that TPUSA posted the entirely reasonable comments from the instructor here as coming from the “TRANS PROFESSOR” gives away the game.
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
They’re not defending students, they’re targeting faculty — as always
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The people who make the plagiarism machine are deliberately reinforcing this conflation. It helps them if these actual good use cases are tied to their vapid product, for exactly this sorry of reason
part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The people who make the plagiarism machine are deliberately reinforcing this conflation. It helps them if these actual good use cases are tied to their vapid product, for exactly this sorry of reason
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The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
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'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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Saw ai guys getting excited about a new image generator and all the comments were like “it’s over for Instagram” and “it’s over for hinge” which underlines that these people have a combination of hatred for and misunderstanding of life
November 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Saw ai guys getting excited about a new image generator and all the comments were like “it’s over for Instagram” and “it’s over for hinge” which underlines that these people have a combination of hatred for and misunderstanding of life
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so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
so fucking tired of people saying AI "democratizes" creative skills, it's fucking privatizing it you dumb fuck, they're stealing your creativity from you and selling it back to you at a premium
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
the ability to draw and write and sing and fucking whatever else came free with your fucking humanity
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remember: the only reason jobs in the arts are eradicated is so that someone can make a bigger profit or a quicker buck.
traditional feature length animation doesn't have to be dead. practical effects don't have to be dead. etc and with caveats, yes, but still.
traditional feature length animation doesn't have to be dead. practical effects don't have to be dead. etc and with caveats, yes, but still.
November 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
remember: the only reason jobs in the arts are eradicated is so that someone can make a bigger profit or a quicker buck.
traditional feature length animation doesn't have to be dead. practical effects don't have to be dead. etc and with caveats, yes, but still.
traditional feature length animation doesn't have to be dead. practical effects don't have to be dead. etc and with caveats, yes, but still.
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
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Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Authors win discovery ruling in lawsuit against Open AI that could help prove willful copyright infringement (over the use of pirated datasets for AI training)
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Feels really significant that the Trump admin is making a concerted effort to force colleges to undo policies that made campus safe and accessible for trans people, because for so many trans people college is the first place they ever get to be themselves.
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Feels really significant that the Trump admin is making a concerted effort to force colleges to undo policies that made campus safe and accessible for trans people, because for so many trans people college is the first place they ever get to be themselves.
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
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i have complicated feelings about black friday and the consumerism that surges during the holidays, but, alas, my career is based upon the sale of objects. at least books are a pretty good object to own!
bookshop is doing free shipping through sunday! get hunger's bite!
bookshop.org/a/117708/978...
bookshop is doing free shipping through sunday! get hunger's bite!
bookshop.org/a/117708/978...
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
i have complicated feelings about black friday and the consumerism that surges during the holidays, but, alas, my career is based upon the sale of objects. at least books are a pretty good object to own!
bookshop is doing free shipping through sunday! get hunger's bite!
bookshop.org/a/117708/978...
bookshop is doing free shipping through sunday! get hunger's bite!
bookshop.org/a/117708/978...
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AI-generated images not only as a fascist aesthetic, but also as a trans misogynist one.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
AI-generated images not only as a fascist aesthetic, but also as a trans misogynist one.
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BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!
hi, this weekend for no reason at all we will be donating 10% of our sales to Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid 🏳️⚧️ Think of it as a sale but instead of you getting a discount, you’re giving money to a random trans person. I can’t think of anything better than that, can you??
hi, this weekend for no reason at all we will be donating 10% of our sales to Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid 🏳️⚧️ Think of it as a sale but instead of you getting a discount, you’re giving money to a random trans person. I can’t think of anything better than that, can you??
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!
hi, this weekend for no reason at all we will be donating 10% of our sales to Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid 🏳️⚧️ Think of it as a sale but instead of you getting a discount, you’re giving money to a random trans person. I can’t think of anything better than that, can you??
hi, this weekend for no reason at all we will be donating 10% of our sales to Twin Cities Trans Mutual Aid 🏳️⚧️ Think of it as a sale but instead of you getting a discount, you’re giving money to a random trans person. I can’t think of anything better than that, can you??