Pickles
@preservedcucumbers.bsky.social
Quiche lover, FFXIV player, Jak and Daxter nerd. 40+, they/them. I draw sometimes. GenAỊ is garbage, full stop.
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If you're looking for a "nice healer" look elsewhere
(I missed drawing my girl)
(I missed drawing my girl)
I badly overexerted myself today and now I feel like absolute garbage ;_;
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I badly overexerted myself today and now I feel like absolute garbage ;_;
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And for the billionth time: Generative AI is not inevitable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you generative AI.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And for the billionth time: Generative AI is not inevitable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you generative AI.
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I try to keep my millennial nostalgia in check as much as I can, but this honestly was the best time to be alive
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I try to keep my millennial nostalgia in check as much as I can, but this honestly was the best time to be alive
G.I. Joe PSA Compilation - [Remastered HD]
YouTube video by L33T GUY
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Is your WoL/OC the type to approach a gross situation/area with "let me get a hazmat suit first" or are they "whatever, I can shower later"
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Is your WoL/OC the type to approach a gross situation/area with "let me get a hazmat suit first" or are they "whatever, I can shower later"
LRP call me old but being reachable by my employers at any time of day because I have a mobile phone only ever caused me grief. Especially when attempting to have boundaries and not answering at any hour is seen as a failing or not being "motivated to work."
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
LRP call me old but being reachable by my employers at any time of day because I have a mobile phone only ever caused me grief. Especially when attempting to have boundaries and not answering at any hour is seen as a failing or not being "motivated to work."
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Please don't fall for the lie that AI is 'going to lead to a three day work week.'
Sadly, MOST 'innovation' applied to labor results in WORSE CONDITIONS.
Cellphones made us available when we were not in the office.
Emails destroyed the boundary of business hours.
It always asks us for more.
Sadly, MOST 'innovation' applied to labor results in WORSE CONDITIONS.
Cellphones made us available when we were not in the office.
Emails destroyed the boundary of business hours.
It always asks us for more.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Please don't fall for the lie that AI is 'going to lead to a three day work week.'
Sadly, MOST 'innovation' applied to labor results in WORSE CONDITIONS.
Cellphones made us available when we were not in the office.
Emails destroyed the boundary of business hours.
It always asks us for more.
Sadly, MOST 'innovation' applied to labor results in WORSE CONDITIONS.
Cellphones made us available when we were not in the office.
Emails destroyed the boundary of business hours.
It always asks us for more.
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This video puts to words some of the feelings I've had about modern movies/cgi/digital film but haven't been able to enunciate, but moreover nails a problem in modern art making: the lack of real, tactile experiences reflected in the work youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This video puts to words some of the feelings I've had about modern movies/cgi/digital film but haven't been able to enunciate, but moreover nails a problem in modern art making: the lack of real, tactile experiences reflected in the work youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Fuckin' delicious
November 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Fuckin' delicious
Listening to alpha wave binaural tones while I draw. IDK how much science is backing this being "healing" for my brain, but if nothing else, it's layered with nice, peaceful music.
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Listening to alpha wave binaural tones while I draw. IDK how much science is backing this being "healing" for my brain, but if nothing else, it's layered with nice, peaceful music.
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I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
October 20, 2024 at 7:00 AM
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
My sister posted a genAĮ image of herself as Mozart in the family text thread and my brother said "ai for the win" and it made me so mad I couldn't see straight. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills whenever I see educated, sensible people use this slop.
November 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My sister posted a genAĮ image of herself as Mozart in the family text thread and my brother said "ai for the win" and it made me so mad I couldn't see straight. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills whenever I see educated, sensible people use this slop.
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Had to re-download Photoshop after my work license expired and had to use this trick to get pressure sensitivity back. A LIFE SAVER!!! The original post says PS 23 on it but it has worked with every update so far. GODSPEED
January 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Had to re-download Photoshop after my work license expired and had to use this trick to get pressure sensitivity back. A LIFE SAVER!!! The original post says PS 23 on it but it has worked with every update so far. GODSPEED
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The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
Day one of new meds and I'm already back on my bullshit lmao
30 min doodle of Elora and Aymeric's first kiss after she got back from the First #wolmeric
30 min doodle of Elora and Aymeric's first kiss after she got back from the First #wolmeric
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Day one of new meds and I'm already back on my bullshit lmao
30 min doodle of Elora and Aymeric's first kiss after she got back from the First #wolmeric
30 min doodle of Elora and Aymeric's first kiss after she got back from the First #wolmeric
So I've been doing thumbnail art for @drakanous.bsky.social's channel! If you're a FFXIV fan and haven't watched any NEST content, I recommend it. It is not an exaggeration to say that this team has made me cry laughing more than once.
www.youtube.com/@DrakGamestein
www.youtube.com/@DrakGamestein
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
So I've been doing thumbnail art for @drakanous.bsky.social's channel! If you're a FFXIV fan and haven't watched any NEST content, I recommend it. It is not an exaggeration to say that this team has made me cry laughing more than once.
www.youtube.com/@DrakGamestein
www.youtube.com/@DrakGamestein
I am restarting my NDRI today and I am very excited about the prospect of feeling a full range of emotions again and not just Relentless Anger At All Times. Which is hard with (gestures vaguely) everything but it should help.
November 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I am restarting my NDRI today and I am very excited about the prospect of feeling a full range of emotions again and not just Relentless Anger At All Times. Which is hard with (gestures vaguely) everything but it should help.
"I can't imagine a deeper pit of hell than being concerned about how the things that bring you joy will be perceived."
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"I can't imagine a deeper pit of hell than being concerned about how the things that bring you joy will be perceived."
Elora put a lot of effort into learning to suppress her miqo instincts early on, like ear/tail movements. It was a survival tactic to hide her emotions, growing up in a hostile environment as one of the only miqos, and certainly the only fem miqo.
So no. Not unless something REALLY startles her.
So no. Not unless something REALLY startles her.
Does your miqo'te tail puff up in certain situations? Cause I love the idea of it ☺️
#wolqotd
#wolqotd
a cat is crawling on the floor in front of a 4gifs.com sign
ALT: a cat is crawling on the floor in front of a 4gifs.com sign
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November 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elora put a lot of effort into learning to suppress her miqo instincts early on, like ear/tail movements. It was a survival tactic to hide her emotions, growing up in a hostile environment as one of the only miqos, and certainly the only fem miqo.
So no. Not unless something REALLY startles her.
So no. Not unless something REALLY startles her.
Behold, my freeloaders. They do not pay taxes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Behold, my freeloaders. They do not pay taxes.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
Things are really, really not good rn. Gonna get a pizza and keep on trucking, I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Things are really, really not good rn. Gonna get a pizza and keep on trucking, I guess.
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Customers want to pick up their crap and go home. They want people on-hand to help them. They want to talk to real people on the phone. But management forces cashiers to hawk credit cards and make customers wait for a clerk to unlock deodorant. Then they wonder why Amazon is kicking their ass.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Customers want to pick up their crap and go home. They want people on-hand to help them. They want to talk to real people on the phone. But management forces cashiers to hawk credit cards and make customers wait for a clerk to unlock deodorant. Then they wonder why Amazon is kicking their ass.
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We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We're socialized to constantly apologize for being too outwardly excited about things, but this world is so full of terror and misery that I'd rather see those bursts of light and passion shine through the cracks wherever you can find them.