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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Jan 20

promise i'll upload a more aesthetically pleasing comms post sometime soon, but here's the important stuff for now! #commissionsopen #digitalartcommissions #artforsale #commissions

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE COOLEST!!! such an excellent retro vibe 🥹💖

Dia 💛✨🪩 @unteletoonz.bsky.social · Jul 5

First art fight attack of the season for @reallyhardy.bsky.social 💗🫶

#artfight #artfight2025

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Jul 13

and this is the cutest and coolest drawing 😭💖😭💖 literally so beautiful and excellent 💒💍💐

Kath!! 🍑 @peachtarott.bsky.social · Jul 5

#Artfight attack thread!!!
Starting with Hector and Ronnie for @reallyhardy.bsky.social, who are just the cutest and coolest characters ever 🧛‍♀️💒🧟

loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Jul 13

thank YOU too!!! 😭💖

Allison they/them @108minutes.bsky.social · Jun 13

Is it possible to have too many stickers? I don’t think so! Thank you @reallyhardy.bsky.social 💖

loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · May 24

struggling to make enough art to post!!! here's something #extremeghostbusters because kylie is kind of shown to have a thing with eduardo like, textually, but i firmly believe she had better interactions/chemistry with garrett. and so did eduardo. so like. let's go eduardo/garrett/kylie!!!

digital drawing of eduardo rivera, garrett miller & kylie griffin from extreme ghostbusters. eduardo is a tall, brown haired latino guy kissing the cheek of garrett, a redhead white guy in a wheelchair, who reaches up to hug eduardo, and behind him is kylie, a white girl with blue hair who hugs garrett around the waist and sticks her tongue out.

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Jessi (CrystallizedTwilight) @crystallizedtwi.bsky.social · Mar 31

I've wanted to draw @reallyhardy.bsky.social OCs, the Crypt Crew, for so long! Their designs and color schemes are so fun and it's always a joy to see them! I hope you like it, Loren! 😄

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Apr 8

a little #maybehappyending fanart! i love stories about robots falling in love 🥺 #musicaltheatre #broadway #reallyhardydraws

loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 28

and some close ups 💖

loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 28

my lil crypt crew headed home with groceries 🛍️ #cryptcrew #OCs #vampire #frankenmonster #siren #werewolf #reallyhardydraws

digital drawing of a group of friends walking down the street. hector, a frankenguy at the front of the group carries the shopping bags. ronnie, a vampire girl walks slightly behind with her arm linked with his, and she carries a drink in hand. annie, a mermaid in a wheelchair is behind ronnie, and she laughs at something nico, a werewolf guy says to her. nico is at the back of the group, carrying a pack of soda cans on his shoulder. they all wear bright coloured clothing, and the street behind them is purple.

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 27

thank you!!! his name is hector, and he is full of love 😌💚

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 27

tysm!!! 💖🌈

loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 27

let's go more OCposting!!! some cutesy chibi faces 😌 #cryptcrew #OCs #vampire #frankenmonster #siren #werewolf #reallyhardydraws

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 2

ride or die teens just so so obsessed with each other 👻👽 (+ one demon granny 😼) #dandadan #dandadanfanart #momoayase #okarun #momokarun #reallyhardydraws

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Shike @xshike.bsky.social · Nov 15

#MOMOKARUN: But since I survived, I realised... Wherever you go, that's where I'll follow.

「 #DanDaDan #ダンダダン」

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Arunco @arunco.bsky.social · Dec 5

It's #dandadan day !
#ダンダダン #momokarun

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 1

last weekend my friends and i watched all the #dandadan anime episodes and now i'm obsessed. finished catching up with the manga and now i must DRAW!!! 👻👽👹 #momoayase #okarun #momokarun #reallyhardydraws

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Mar 1

thank you!!! 🥳🥳💖💖

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Pamela @gallytin.bsky.social · Feb 23

The Lantern Parade by Random Acts of Silliness is a lovely prequel to Spring in Montana. So well done and attended.

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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · Feb 23

As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity.

TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

NO CHATGPT Or other artificial stupidity: motivation
First, clarity on distinguishing AIs:
Non-generative: grammar aid, translation, dictionary, text-to-audio (e.g. Natural Reader): no problem
As long as you use the appropriate tools (least intensive in data and server energy use).
Why? Because you provide the content. Your brain is doing the most important work
Generative: ChatGPT & Co.
You only supply the prompt, the AI supplies the content.
Why is this delegation of work problematic?
3 domains: ethical, environmental, intellectual engagement.

(Caveat: generative is probably ok for computer programming, where it can be useful and save time. Not relevant to this class.)

1) AI and ethics
Mass theft of all and everything
«learning» on books, articles, blogs, social media, images, music, cultural production, without permission of authors/creators, and leading to their mass joblessness. Profits are not reditributed to originators.
Permanent destruction of the mental health of underpaid precarious tech workers in the Global South (Kenya, Philippines …):
«correction» to avoid production of violent and pedophile contents etc, tech workers are obliged to watch and correct super violent contents for days on end, leading to extreme psychological suffering and trauma, from which recovery is doubtful. No or little compensation (certainly not at the level of the suffering inflicted).
In short, an industry built on theft of real human creation and sacrifice of real human health, profiting a few megafortunes.

2) AI and (un)sustainability

Massive consumption of electricity, water, server capacity for generative AI.
Outcome: keep fossil fuel companies in business, using up new renewable capacity, without any satisfaction of basic human needs.
Massive misappropriation of the finance necessary for climate and ecological action (renewable generation, efficiency and retrofit for buildings, public transit, infrastructures for cycling etc) towards AI industry.
Overall: undermine climate action, reinforce fossil industry, waste resources necessary for human development.

3) AI and intellectual engagement

First, what learning is (or should be) about:
The goal should not (only) be the reproduction of «correct» knowledge,
But mainly personal engagement and experience of thinking about topics of interest. Personal engagement = using one’s own brain.
The most important activity for learning and intellectual engagement is the experience of making one’s own mistakes, by trial and error, corrections based on new ideas, starting over again. Learning to recognise nuances, knowledge gaps, better explanations
This kind of learning is possible only through using your own brain, not AI.
Also, Ais are not «intelligent». At all.
They simply reproduce pre-existing patterns. They «bullshit», invent false references, false facts, false data, simply because those sound plausible. VERY DANGEROUS.
If you learn how to NOT use AI, and how to research facts and data on your own, this will serve you and your communities for the rest of your life.

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✸ 𝕵𝖆𝖘𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝕱𝖑𝖔𝖞𝖉 ✸ @jasminefloyd.bsky.social · Feb 15

I’ve gained a few new followers since I last mentioned my new and improved A5 fishy tin risograph prints so here I am telling you guys about them agaaaaaain! (Sorry haha)

I offer free uk shipping for them too 😁💖

jasminefloyd.etsy.com/listing/1862...

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Hyrax Every Hour @hyraxeveryhour.bsky.social · Feb 23

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Jams!! 💛💜 @jamscandraw.bsky.social · Feb 21

Updated Percy ref! She's level 5 now
#bg3 #baldursgate3

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Claire Mead @carmineclaire.bsky.social · Feb 23

In my petty era, just straight up stopping a YouTube video and refusing to continue to watch if someone mentions they're using Chat GPT. To me this just means you're too lazy to do the research by traditional means. You've just cheapened your entire content and I'm simply no longer interested. ❤️

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Feb 22

some #hadestown (NYTW pre-broadway) fanart from 2017-ish: persephone as played by amber gray, orpheus & eurydice as played by damon daunno and nabiyah be. #musicaltheatre #hadestownNYTW #reallyhardydraws

digital drawing of persephone from hadestown. she sings into a microphone.

digital drawing of orpheus and eurydice. she pulls him closer by the shoulder strap of his guitar.

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loren hardy @reallyhardy.bsky.social · Feb 22

@gravedonkey.bsky.social here's a couple drawings ft. nico the werewolf guy 😌 turns out i need to draw him more i've only got drawings of him with other characters 🐺

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