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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 1h

I can't draw, but I wanted some badges for if/when my players did the gyms, to show off if they meet specific people

Know what I did? Looked for some royalty free pngs, booted up photo shop & slapped things together till it was OK

Is it great? NO. But I did that, not everything needs to be great

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Darryl Mott 💀 @gamerstavernshow.com · 1h

This is precisely why I refuse to include works with ANY algorithmic generation in my sales and freebies column. I don't care you're giving it away. I don't care it's "just the art", "only for editing", or "a bit of writing".

I will never use my platform to knowingly promote anything using "AI".

Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 1h

I was so happy reading it & then utterly crestfallen.

It is becoming increasingly frustrating that so many creatives are all in on generative ai EXCEPT in the area that affects their work

Music artists using images but pissed it steals their voices, same for writers with book covers & internals

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 1h

I was so happy reading it & then utterly crestfallen.

It is becoming increasingly frustrating that so many creatives are all in on generative ai EXCEPT in the area that affects their work

Music artists using images but pissed it steals their voices, same for writers with book covers & internals

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ahdok @socksandpuppets.com · 11h

The sum total of blending all this together isn't "superhuman intelligence" it's "average intelligence" - it doesn't have any way to distinguish the quality of the information it ingests, and it's weighted towards common responses, not accurate ones.

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Honestly Initially I thought maybe, just maybe I was being dense (I am basically running on cumulatively 8 hours sleep for the past three days total) and that I missed some comment that explained it but nope. Straight up says he uses it, likes using it, just not OK for images such a slap in the face

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Because so much of ttrpgs/furry media is based in multi talent formats (video, writing, art etc.) but the idea that I can try to partition off an "Exception" to what's not OK to be stolen from and then be TOTALLY FINE WITH IT for others is absolutely insulting to the nth degree

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

To quote what I sent in a dm a few moments ago "what a Wet fart of a finish" I was cheering and so proud to see a well thought out message that hits all the points me and @dicefunctional.bsky.social often make about all this and then it just utterly shoots its messaging in the face

Maybe it's

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Acceptable to steal from billions of examples of people's writing, videos, voices but he draws the lines at images

Like, is it me or does it always seem folks are fine with the thing that's harming everyone else except when it comes to the area that harms them?

This isn't a piecemeal thing oatmeal

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

An evil Team working out A plan for revenge that I think alot of old school pokemon fans are really gonna dig

Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

More than happy to! It's 2am here so heading off to bed but it is a campaign based In a region called Duola where the focus is on team battles (to facilitate a ttrpg where there isn't just some folks left out 😅)

The campaign is going live on Monday so I can't say to much but there's 11 gyms and

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

Acceptable to steal from billions of examples of people's writing, videos, voices but he draws the lines at images

Like, is it me or does it always seem folks are fine with the thing that's harming everyone else except when it comes to the area that harms them?

This isn't a piecemeal thing oatmeal

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2h

The oatmeal Just did a comic about ai genned images (he calls it ai art) and while I'm glad he talks a out the heart, the process and all that fun stuff the message does fall flat at the part where be mentions using it and enjoying using it "except for art"

Like he's carving out a niche that its

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 3h

Now I'm tempted for my upcoming pokemon world 😅

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🎃Gore By Night🎃 @lorebynightvtm.bsky.social · 3h

Cause folks believe "it's like flu" & therefore not as dangerous anymore, so people aren't getting vaccinated as much &, shockingly, more kids are dying from flu.

Also think there's a "small" part that's contributed to it not being topical/trendy for influencers/creators telling people to mask up

Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 4

Masking at conventions makes so much sense I don't know why we don't all do it. The chances of getting get sick at a con are so high we have a cute little name for it: "con crud." That its easy to get COVID at cons should come as no surprise. Why would you not want to protect yourself and others?

Jadzia on stage at New York Comic Con, wearing a K95 mask.

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Ela Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 8h

@b0tster.yeag.gay said it best

Bunlith PSX, reclined like Sonic, saying "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding"

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 18h

In the lead up to my ttrpg actual play going live I'm Hoping folks will ask me some questions about it (and perhaps subscribe to mine and @starmetalpro.bsky.social) youtube channels

Drop Your questions here and I'll do my best to answer everything that isn't a spoiler 🤐

Anonymous messages!

ngl.link

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The Ghost Of Cohost. CoGhost. Gohosohssosost @ceresultra.bsky.social · 13h

How do I explain to offline people that my favorite Japanese mascot said "we can only be liberated from queer oppression if we are truly seen as human" and then started wielding fireworks like a rocket launcher on the side of a mountain without sounding like I've totally lost it?

Chiitan forever

Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 19h

Chiitan has a dream.
I hope that one day the term LGBT will become a thing of the past.
I will continue to spread my message until we live in a world where everyone can love freely and is free from persecution and discrimination.
Until then, let's all support each other🤍

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Aditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️‍🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · Aug 21

RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.

The Advocate @advocate.com · Aug 20

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why

Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.

bit.ly

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 13h

Oh go fuck yourself. All these high cost directors/buissness men feel that the viewers don't actually care about art & integrity

I don't understand how they think people are gonna give a shit about "massive action film #2676" of the month

People do give a shit about intent and artistry

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood, generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s 118-day strike over, among other issues, the threat of AI. And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was pilloried by Liberals and Greens alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Don Linn @donlinn.bsky.social · 9h

Claim and celebrate ALL the victories

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library’s children and young adult sections was awarded $700,000 in a settlement on Wednesday.

Librarian Fired in Books Dispute to Receive $700,000 Settlement

County officials in Wyoming fired Terri Lesley, a library director, after she refused to purge children and young adult books that contained sexual content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

nyti.ms

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 18h

#TTRPGQuestion

What, if any, things do you do to prepare for a game session be it a player or a game master?

Perhaps you go over your notes, reread your character sheet, get a little outfit ready or something offhand like bless your dice under the full moon 🎑

#TTRPG

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 15h

It's time again to remind folks to actively protest any sort of creative event that does not take a hard stance agaiant generative ai

If they don't care enough about creatives to have a position then they don't deserve your time (likely your work that they'd just let get taken for slop machines)

Ishtar Labryssa de Sapphe ⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎲📝 @labryssa-de-sapphe.bsky.social · 20h

There's a new "official" website for NaNoWriMo. The part about AI in the FAQ says

"We hope you’ll give yourself the gift of creating without technical intervention in November"

No hard rule against it, just "we hope you don't use it".

Well I hope you’ll give yourself the gift of middle finger.

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Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 9h

I've been informed by my partner that the food things been for a out. A month and I just havent been paying it any mind so that's ko good

Rayne Grimm ➡️Furpocalypse @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 9h

I'm looking for a shirt with the cubone skull on it (or cubone) stylized that isn't ai gen for my Halloween costume if anyone has any leads