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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 3h

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 1d

#Inktober Day 8

Prompt: reckless

Han Solo at the precise moment he begins to regret charging a group of stormtroopers.

#inktoberday8 #inktoberreckless #hansolo #inkdrawing #noai #madebyahuman

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 1d

#Inktober Day 7

Prompt: Starfish

I decided to imagine how a medieval monk illustrating a bestiary might envision a starfish if they had never seen one but only had vague and exaggerated written descriptions.

#inktoberday7 #inktoberstarfish #medievalbestiary #inkdrawings #noai #madebyahuman

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 1d

Every sentence in this piece disturbs me and makes me deeply worried for the future of the human race.

#noai #ai

As schools embrace AI, more students are using it as a friend

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As schools embrace AI, more students are using it as a friend : NPR

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 1d

@kateconger.com on Bluesky

Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 1d

@davidjbier.bsky.social on Bluesky

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 2d

#Inktober Day 6.

Prompt: Pierce

A Styracosaurus and a Pachycephalosaurus. The dinosaur nerd in me would like to note that both species are native to North America in the Late Cretaceous. So the scene you see here is 100% scientifically plausible.

#inktober2025 #inktoberday6 #dinosaurs

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 3d

#Inktober Day 5.

Prompt: Deer

A skeleton of a megaloceras, also known as the “Irish Elk” (a misnomer since it is neither specifically Irish nor is it an elk), an extinct species of deer that used to range across Eurasia.

#inktoberday5 #inktoberdeer #inkdrawings #paleoart #noai #maderbyahuman

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 3d

#Inktober Day 4. (This one took a while, so I’m a couple days behind.)

Prompt: Murky

#inktoberday4 #inktobermurky #inkdrawings #noai #madebyahuman

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Hope Doe @flyapples.bsky.social · 6d

#inktober day 3 crown

There is no meaning of shiny things other than to horde them.
きんきらものは、蓄えること以外に意味がない

#inktober2025 #inktoberday3 #crown

A watercolor painting of a pigeon sitting on a nest with a crown full of shit.

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 6d

#Inktober Day 3.

Prompt: Crown

(My mind went immediately to Macbeth, though if you want to take this as a more general commentary on the blood-soaked origins of the institution of monarchy, that works too.)

#Inktober2025 #inktoberday3 #inktobercrown #macbeth #inkdrawing #madebyahuman #noAI

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 6d

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 7d

#Inktober Day 2.

Prompt: Weave

#inktober2025 #inktoberday2 #inktoberweave #inkdrawings #noai #madebyahuman

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Alex Weston (he / him) @northbynorthweston.bsky.social · 8d

#Inktober Day 1.

Prompt: Mustache

#inktober2025 #inktoberday1 #inktobermustache #agathachristie #poirot #davidsuchet #impressivemoustaches #inkdrawing #madebyahuman